Danielle Smith to invoke Sovereignty Act over federal net-zero targets Monday
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is set to reveal the architecture of the infamous Sovereignty Act Monday, ahead of it being tabled in the legislature …
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Indigenous data sovereignty—A new take on an old theme
A new kind of data revolution is unfolding around the world, one that is unlikely to be on the radar of tech giants and the power brokers of Silicon …
US has ‘concerns’ about Hungary’s ‘sovereignty’ law
The U.S. State Department released a statement expressing concern about Hungary’s adoption of a “Sovereign Defense Authority” law that contains …
The philosophy of anarchism, explained
When you think of anarchism, what comes to mind? Maybe you have some vague image of a punk rocker with the Circle-A symbol scratched into her jeans. Or some comic-book supervillain out to destroy the world that spurned him. Those are fun caricatures, but anarchism is actually a rich tradition of …
Juror who ‘did own research’ in High Court trial cops $250 fine
A juror in a High Court trial in Hamilton who was discharged for undertaking his own research has been fined $250. The juror was summoned to appear …
AI is quickly becoming a matter of national technological sovereignty
Listen to this podcast Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify As with many technologies that preceded it, generative artificial intelligence is …
France unveils draft ‘energy sovereignty bill’, with emphasis on nuclear
France’s main energy priorities for 2030 largely promote nuclear power as a way of ditching fossil fuels while failing to mention the EU’s renewable …
Why is Everyone Concerned About the WHO?
In a 6 to 3 ruling on the Murthy v. Missouri case, the Supreme Court ruled against me and my fellow co-plaintiffs, in effect rendering the US First …
Episode #193 … The main export of the western world is trash. – Anarchism pt. 2
Today we talk about some of the work of Murray Bookchin. We talk about anarchism as a historical trend in human thought that keeps recurring. Then we talk about the superficiality of typical approaches to being environmentally conscious. We talk about Futurism and the hope of colonizing other planets. We talk about Artificial Intelligence and…
Rewilding Democracy: On Anne Norton’s “Wild Democracy” | Los Angeles Review of Books
BEFORE THE GREAT RECESSION and the populist tides of the 2010s, the meaning of democracy was somewhat stable. Democracy was, for a brief period— …