And the lesson for today is…
…from the Second Book of Kings, Chapter 20, Verses 12-19: 12 At that time Marduk-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of Hezekiah’s illness. 13...
View ArticleEnraged is not a good way to end the year
So I will post this without comment: The New York Times Helped a Vindictive Teen Destroy a Classmate Who Uttered a Racial Slur When She Was 15 May better times lie ahead for all reading this. It is a...
View ArticleCOVID-19 and the Political Economy of Mass Hysteria – a quotation
Investigating the possibility and extension of a mass hysteria related to COVID-19 is beyond the scope of this article. In this article, we analyze a more fundamental question, namely, the role of the...
View ArticleCMV: the threat to liberty from mandatory voter ID is insignificant
“CMV” stands for “Change my view”. It is the name of a subreddit where people go to argue, expecting disagreement, as I expect it now. In the most recent Queen’s Speech, Her Majesty told the Lords and...
View ArticleThe European Digital Identity is born
The Executive Vice-President for a Europe Fit for the Digital Age loves the idea: Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President for a Europe Fit for the Digital Age said: “The European digital identity...
View Article“We need information crimes”
Until Brexit, “Green Molly” a.k.a. Molly Scott Cato was a Green Party MEP. She is currently the Green Party External Communications Coordinator and Speaker on Economy and Finance. On July 29th she...
View ArticleSocial credit in the UK
“There’s a reason that Her Majesty’s government can now afford, politically speaking, to experiment with policies that are native to stratified east Asian states. It’s the very same reason why the...
View Article“The app will contact people at random asking them to provide proof of their...
How will South Australia’s home quarantine trial work? Premier Steven Marshall said he hoped the trial would be expanded to international travellers in “subsequent weeks”, making it a national first....
View ArticleCharged with ‘aggravated misconduct’. For a tweet he made when he was 14.
Here is an extract from the report in today’s Times: The Middlesbrough defender Marc Bola has been charged by the FA [Football Association] with aggravated misconduct for comments he made on social...
View ArticleThe unapologetic face of totalitarianism
Lin Jinyue, designer of China’s totalitarian social credit system explain how it would have prevented Gilets Jaunes & any other protests. (via Alan Miller)
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day
I think that the people who operate Facebook and other social media are concerned about facts. That’s why they go out of their way to disappear them – Shlomo Maistre
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day
“There is a growing Covid industry of companies selling security interventions. Some vaccine manufacturers are enthusiastically promoting repeated boosters. The private gains from PPE sales are so...
View ArticleThe work is ongoing
“Daily we work to remove that content online which is both harmful and – particularly when it comes to Covid-19 and vaccinations – which is harmful and provides misinformation and disinformation –...
View ArticleThe Tories are not the solution to anything
“If you don’t vote Tory, then Labour might get in” is the main argument I hear from people when I tell them I live in a very marginal Tory constituency and have no intention of voting Tory again. But...
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day
“It is not simply scandalous that civil servants and advisers had fun while none of us could; it is scandalous that they were the ones who imposed those rules on us and are yet to apologise for them.”...
View Article“Legal but harmful”
“The draft Online Safety Bill delivers the government’s manifesto commitment to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online while defending free expression”, says the gov.uk website. It...
View ArticleSamizdata quote of the day
“This is the man whom Canadians have thrice elected, which speaks for a country that—with the exception of a courageous and steadfast minority—no longer values its freedoms and traditions. Fear and...
View ArticleGive us power. We won’t use it, honest.
“Bill C-11 would give CRTC power over user-generated content, but it won’t use it: chair”, reports CityNews Ottawa. The chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission says a...
View ArticleGovernment love
“Tinder Wants Money. We Want Love. The Solution: Socialize Dating Apps”, writes Nick French in Jacobin magazine.
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