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Death by Pixels

Sylvia Shawcross I am living out my days in what once was a forested community but now a growing...

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Digital Pound: Have your say on CBDCs in the UK

This month marks the close of the UK government’s “consultation” on the planned digital pound. This is your chance...

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Squabble-Warbling Again

Sylvia shawcross So I was on the phone to a government department and was speaking to the computer. Or...

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Notes to Poetry: Or, defending freedom for the future

Simon Elmer Der Zauberlehrling (1797) is the title of a famous ballad by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a re-telling...

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In the days before…

Sylvia Shawcross So we’re having a Dogwood Spring some would say here in this part of the world. Early...

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WATCH: Thwarting Facial Recognition – #SolutionsWatch

We all know about the danger of a future society where we’re all tracked everywhere we go every single...

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Conference on Propaganda and COVID-19

This weekend PANDA in association with the Portuguese Society of Integrative Medicine, are sponsoring a conference on Propaganda and...

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WATCH: A Better Way – #SolutionsWatch

In the run up to the Better Way conference – taking place in Bath next month – James Corbett...

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The Easter Island Heads Don’t Face the Sea

Sylvia Shawcross Welcome to your Off-Guardian Friday/Saturday opinion piece. Also known as the placeholder for the discussion that might...

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It Is All Sushi

Sylvia Shawcross I understand Easter Island now. Those heads and bodies huge on the horizon of the islands staring...

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Testing and Filtering Your Water – #SolutionsWatch

If you’re a regular Corbett Reporteer, then by now you’re aware of the danger to human health caused by...

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20 Memes to Get You Through May Day – Part 32

Well, it’s May 1st – Happy May Day (Meme Day?) everyone! Where I live it has finally – finally...

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Why not the zebra long-winged butterfly?

Sylvia Shawcross Some things keep us up at night such as the horrifying thought that if they eliminate all...

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WATCH: National Citizens Inquiry – #SolutionsWatch

The National Citizens Inquiry is a citizen-led and citizen-funded initiative that is hearing testimony from Canadians and experts examining...

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Why do Peacock Spiders dance?

Sylvia Shawcross We’re not divided enough. Surely there are more things for us to fight each other over? We’ve...

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WATCH: Meeting People is Easy – #SolutionsWatch

Previously on #SolutionsWatch James Corbett has looked at Building Community as a key part of the solution to the...

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Mother Goose Stepping

Sylvia Shawcross Here in the northern hemisphere winter mourns its way to spring with tears that sometimes freeze on...

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WATCH: Beyond the Reset

This excellent short film is a darkly humorous journey into one possible near-future. We all hope it never happens...

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Faust Walks Out on Easter Morning

Edward Curtin

“All things transient are but a parable” Goethe, Faust These books are killing me he thought. The sun has...

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If Ignorance is Bliss, Awareness is Pain

Geoff Olson I visited with a distressed friend recently. “I feel I don’t know enough,” he said with a...

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