Pope Leo Warns AI Could Become a False God
The Pope has entered the AI debate, and Martyn sees the real fight: organic God versus artificial God in the biggest market turf war on Earth.

The Pope has entered the AI debate, and Martyn sees the real fight: organic God versus artificial God in the biggest market turf war on Earth.
Clarke Gayford’s intimate Jacinda Ardern documentary has won an Emmy. Somewhere, the right-wing outrage machine is making the most beautiful noise.

Hospitals burned. Patients missing. Health workers under attack. Ebola misinformation is deadly, and the West has already shown it is hardly immune.
Trump followed Netanyahu into a war with Iran. Tehran answered by choking the Strait of Hormuz. Now the price of reopening it may be billions in frozen assets.

There are more than 11,000 home-educated children and ERO reviewed just 10 families last year. Erica Stanford tried basic oversight, then discovered homeschooling is political kryptonite.

State tenants pay more. Students lose Fees Free. Beneficiaries are squeezed. The rich remain protected. This is not a recovery Budget, it is punishment with a sermon attached.

State tenants pay more. Students lose Fees Free. Beneficiaries are squeezed. Banks get a token levy. Budget 2026 is not recovery, it is abandonment.

Officials said do not intervene. Big Polluters wanted protection from Mike Smith’s court case. The Government went ahead and gave them exactly what they wanted.

National has abolished the Ministry for the Environment and folded nature’s voice into a development mega-ministry. It feels less like reform than an institutional bonfire.

State tenants face higher rents and the threat of being pushed back into the private market, while landlords pocket a $2.9 billion tax break. Vote like your home depends on it.