Fish farm interests in Iceland are pushing for an ecologically dangerous expansion, and intimidating scientists into silence.

Extinction Rebellion organizers proclaim success in making global heating a focus of social discussion.

A North Carolina Republican candidate for Congress has yielded to the demand for a new election, since he can no longer hope that a court will overlook the ballot-tampering that has been tied to his campaign.

Australia's automated system to claw money back from welfare recipients has brought in only a little more than it cost.

Right-wingers won't mind, though, because they are determined to serve the principle that poor people should get as little help as possible, and never, ever allowed one dollar more than they can rigorously justify. Any excess money they keep would deprive deserving tycoons.

China is deploying robot cops with face recognition systems. The article does not mention "social credit", but it is clear that these robots are tied into the system and that their decision to label you as a "suspect" can depend on whatever the Chinese state wants it to depend on.

The most dangerous aspect of them is that they can (and surely will) report on everyone they see. I predict that any "equilibrium" between security and privacy that thugs may choose will give privacy short shrift.