Monday, May 18, 2026

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Climate change science is not “settled” and net zero C02 targets are superstitions: Clintel

Guest Contributor

Here are three suggestions for you, the global political leaders:

  1. Depoliticize climate science, discarding computer models that do not match reality, focusing instead on real-world climate observations and the latest climate science, listening carefully to objective interventions from independent experts.
  2. Change climate policy from the senseless mitigation approach to the successful adaptation method. Mitigation is prohibitively expensive and has never saved a single human life and will do very little to alter an ever-changing climate. Adaptation, on the other hand, is affordable, can be precisely focused and has already saved millions of lives. Adaptation is without a doubt the way to go in climate policy.
  3. Invest in extending and replenishing the world’s oil & gas reserves. Be realistic, the world will still need oil and gas for several decades. In parallel, go full steam ahead with developing nuclear power, the energy source of the future.

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Teachers’ strike vs. Truckers’ convoy – have we lost the will to fight unpopular government?

Rita Smith

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) may be mis-reading the mood of the public and the press in planning for an illegal strike on November 4th. 

CUPE represents school custodians, administrative staff and educational assistants in Ontario. 

While in years past these workers might have hoped for automatic support from parents, the public and the mainstream media, they may find out that 2022 is a tough time to ask for sympathy – or money. 

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The quality of longevity: instant gratification seems to mean near-instant breakdown, too

Mike Murchison

We, as a country that formerly manufactured things like freezers, lawnmowers, drills, vehicles and a lot of other things, traded our “quality control” overseeing for “ease of convenience” strategies. 

Things are not built to last anymore. They are built to give us a sense of immediate gratification, only to be followed by that horrendous sound of silence. That thing we just bought won’t turn on, light up or go whoosh when the switch thingy is flicked.

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Millions of Americans Were Assigned ‘COVID-19 Violation’ Scores Based on Cellphone Data Collected During Lockdowns

Guest Contributor

A voter analytics firm harvested data from millions of Americans’ cellphones during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns and used the data to assign phone users a “COVID-19 decree violation” score and a “COVID-19 concern” score, according to a whitepaper released by PredictWise, the firm that harvested the data.

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Whitby's short-lived "self-driving shuttle" pilot project did not operate in heavy rain or snow, yet it still managed to jump the curb, hit a tree and injure its safety attendent. What I found most impressive about the press conference was how articulate the corporate spokeswoman was: she had persuasive answers for every question. Photo: Colin Williamson
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Autonomous vehicles: cross jurisdictional regulatory perspectives update

Guest Contributor

Since the release of our regulatory perspectives article in 2021, there have been a variety of regulatory and policy developments around the world regarding the use of autonomous vehicles (AV or AVs).

In addition to highlighting recent developments for the operation of AVs in Japan, the U.K., the European Union, the U.S., and China, jurisdictions of South America, Australia, New Zealand and India are poised to make significant strides in developing regulatory landscapes conducive to the development of autonomous vehicles.

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