With The Guardian’s recent revelations about the use of Pegasus spyware by governments to repress their citizens, snooping is much on our minds. Can the freedom to speak survive in an age when all speech is suspect?
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You’ve heard about it. You’ve seen other people doing it. Most likely you’ve experienced it yourself. In the years of COVID, we’re told, people walked more, appreciated nature more, smelled the roses, got pollen allergies and took up birdwatching for the first time. Here, to help you nurture, top-dress and root-feed your newfound passion for the Living World, are a few booky nuggets.
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In view of the storming of the U.S. Capitol, I’ve got cults on the brain. Some people are now claiming to have had the best of intentions: It was in the interests of democracy that a violent mob was threatening to murder the elected representatives of that democracy, they say. By what hypnotic magic is a group hoping to save (fill in the blank) transformed into a cynical cult, run for the enrichment of a con-artist cult leader?
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