Three (and a half?) Items: Election Spending, Aviation Fuel Tech, Extradition

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Jon Klein notes a new Conservative strategy for defeating the purpose of Canadian federal elections law. He doesn't call it that, but I will.

(Also, he pointed out a new satirical account on Twitter: the Alberta War Room.)

Daniel Oberhaus at WIRED notes a new aviation/spacecraft fuel that has several advantages over hydrazine.

Mainland China continues to insist upon Canadian surrender in the matter of Meng Wanzhou.

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From WIRED: "AFM-315, on the other hand, is less toxic than caffeine, so all you need is a lab coat and a pump."

As the LD50 for caffeine is about 4000 mg for an adult human, this isn't saying much.

Safer than hydrazine, sure. But there's "safer than ..." and then there's "safe", and this ain't it.

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I take that under strong advisement.