Hugo Timms, in Spiked, describes a grim future for freedom of speech in Australia thanks to the country’s “eSafety Commissioner” Julie Inman-Grant. Based on recent clashes with Elon Musk and others, it appears Inman-Grant is determined to not only limit what Australians can say to each other over the internet, but to impose such censorship powers on the entire world.
The Paper-Pushers Who (Barely) Control America’s Skies
Fans of the 1999 movie Pushing Tin will recall frenetic scenes of air traffic controllers working to keep airliners from colliding in crowded skies. The current reality, writes John Tierney in City Journal, is far worse. Control tasks at U.S. airports today are still exchanged using paper “flight strips”. In contrast to this “international disgrace”, writes Tierney, European and even Canadian control towers have gone nearly all-digital.