12 12, 2022

“Incredibly High” Excess Deaths Must Be Investigated, Says Australia’s Top Actuary Body

December 12, 2022|Australia, Censorship, Corruption, Fatality, Human Rights, Inquiry, Misinformed Media, Pharma, Politics, Propaganda, Psychology, Surveillance|

The “incredibly high” excess death rate in 2022 should be urgently investigated by the Government, Australia’s top actuarial body has said.

According to new analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data by the Actuaries Institute, […]

12 12, 2022

Discriminatory Attitudes Against the Unvaccinated During a Global Pandemic

December 12, 2022|Abuse, Censorship, Human Rights, International, Misinformed Media, Politics, Psychology, Research|

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic sizeable groups of unvaccinated minorities persist even in countries with high vaccine access1. Consequently, vaccination became a controversial subject of debate and even protest2.

Here, we assess whether people express discriminatory attitudes in the form of negative affect, stereotypes and […]

12 12, 2022

Can Small-Scale Farming Feed the World?

December 12, 2022|Abuse, Censorship, Corruption, Food Supply, GreenWash, Health, Human Rights, Inquiry, International, Misinformed Media, Politics, Propaganda, Psychology, Resistance|

small scale farming

In the 1970s, environmentalists and politicians in the imperial core quivered in their seats at the prospect of a population explosion. Malthusian prophecies of total collapse and Thanos-esque proposals of racial extermination pervaded political thought. For many, it seemed the end of the […]

12 12, 2022

Protect the Stack

December 12, 2022|Censorship, Corruption, Finance, History, Human Rights, Inquiry, International, Military, Misinformed Media, Politics, Privacy, Propaganda, Protest, Psychology, Resistance, Technology|

Intro

Providers of internet infrastructure services are under pressure to play a greater role in policing online content and participation. Some are deciding to intervene on their own. This is a dangerous trend that must end now.

While the call to enlist the full […]

12 12, 2022

Gmail Alternatives Guide: How (and Why) to Avoid Gmail

December 12, 2022|Censorship, Corruption, Finance, Human Rights, Inquiry, International, Politics, Privacy, Propaganda, Psychology, Surveillance, Technology|

Gmail is a free, advertising-supported email service released on April 1, 2004. 

Over 1.8 billion users worldwide make it indisputably the most popular email platform. In comparison, just 400 million use Microsoft Outlook and 225 million have signed up to Yahoo […]

12 12, 2022

Amazon Alternatives Guide: 2021 Update

December 12, 2022|Abuse, Censorship, Corruption, Finance, History, Human Rights, Inquiry, International, Misinformed Media, Politics, Privacy, Propaganda, Psychology, Resistance, Slavery, Surveillance, Technology|

Why would anyone want to avoid Amazon?

A one-stop-shop for everything from books to clothes to pillows featuring Nicolas Cage’s face photoshopped onto Kim Jong Un’s head, it has made it possible for almost anything you want to appear on your doorstep the next day.

But […]

12 12, 2022

Apple hobbled a crucial tool of dissent in China weeks before widespread protests broke out

December 12, 2022|Abuse, Censorship, Corruption, Finance, Human Rights, International, Politics, Privacy, Psychology, Surveillance, Technology|

Illustration:  Quartz
Illustration: Quartz

Anti-government protests flared in several Chinese cities and on college campuses over the weekend. But the country’s most widespread show of public dissent in decades will have to manage without a crucial communication tool, because Apple restricted its use in China […]