DOES SPANKING VIOLATE THE NON-AGGRESSION PRINCIPLE?

'Barbaric': Children Under Five Being Subjected To Forced Marriage In Britain Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Britain now has children aged five and under on the books of the Forced Marriage Unit. Home Office figures obtained through Freedom of Information requests show at least 27 children five or younger were referred between 2021 and 2025. They sit inside a wider total of more than 100 children aged 12 or under. A referral is not a completed marriage. It is information about an actual, potential or suspected forced marriage. Campaigners...

Scientists Warn Of Urgent AI Biosecurity Threat Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, For the first time, artificial intelligence has designed complete, functional viral genomes from scratch. Oh dear. Stanford University and Arc Institute researchers used generative AI models to produce 16 novel bacteriophages that successfully infect and kill bacteria in the lab. Breaking News: Scientists have used A.I. to create new viruses for the first time, raising hopes for medical advances while also raising the possibility that the technology could someday be used to invent dangerous pathogens. https://t.co/MJG4mp0TTb — The New York Times...

Rabobank: "The World As We Knew It No Longer Exists" Via Rabobank, As we move towards the end of another trading week, most action was again dominated by the now ubiquitous market bugbear of geopolitics. Central banks are trying to reassert themselves, but under that shadow, and as everything they understand starts to fall apart around them. Putin suggested he’s open to peace vs. Ukraine. That would be wonderful. It would also be remarkable given everything we have seen to date and the rumours we hear of imminent escalation – unless the peace...