Climate scientists disagree about whether there is a danger of a rapid release of Arctic methane that would cause fast global heating.

How much should the world bet on the theory that this can't happen?

The Toronto school system will no longer arrange student or staff trips to the US, in response to the uncertainties created by the troll's harassment of visitors.

Advice from Turks about how to resist tyranny.

A study estimates that 10 million jobs in the UK could be replaced by automation by 15 years from now. That's roughly one third of all jobs.

I suppose the situation in the US is roughly similar.

Under a plutocratic state, this will be a disaster for all working people, an opportunity to drive wages and working conditions down, and destroy what remains of unions. If roughly one third of all people die from this, the plutocrats won't mind. Meanwhile, technocrats will admire the deadly efficiency of it all.

In a democratic society, we can choose which kinds of automation to permit. We need to restore democracy, urgently, for this reason among many others.

Putin, while meddling in the French presidential election, says he wouldn't ever do such a thing.