Opinion Dominion

Monday, June 03, 2024

Rupert likes to live dangerously, apparently

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I didn't know these details of Rupert's new wife: Rupert Murdoch tied the knot for a fifth time Saturday, marrying Elena Zhukova, a ...
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Saturday, June 01, 2024

Tweets of note

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Friday, May 31, 2024

Reactionary conservatives have become too stupid to bother engaging with (Part 10,000)

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They literally have circled around far enough to the Right to shake hands with Communists and fascist murdering leaders (both with territori...
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Amusing technological story

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 You have to read the whole, long, story by that Josh Whiton to see why it's funny.   (Turns out that in poorer countries where they buy...

The coming disappointment?

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Following Trump's conviction, which I was watching live on breakfast TV this morning, I saw two American lawyer commentators saying that...
Thursday, May 30, 2024

Perchance to dream

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A BBC story about the (very common) exam anxiety dream: We may have lots going on in our lives, so why is it that exams can stand out in ou...

Feeling sorry for the subcontinent (again)

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In India: Temperatures in Delhi have hit a record high of 52.9C (127.2F), as authorities warned of water shortages in India’s capital. A he...
Wednesday, May 29, 2024

In which I get to gloat a bit about commercial failure

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So, that Furiosa movie which I was happy to criticise sight unseen (honestly, the chances of my liking it after I panned Fury Road were so ...
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Tuesday, May 28, 2024

I'm busy (and I have a new phone)

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 I would have bought another Vivo if only they hadn't abandoned the Australian market, so instead I went with a Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro...
Friday, May 24, 2024

The game-ification of violence [an old(er) man complaint]

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There was very little chance that I would like any series based on a video game that begins with a warning of "strong blood and violenc...
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Thursday, May 23, 2024

Turbulence worry

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I'm pleased to see that the nearly all reporting on the terrible Singapore Airlines turbulence injury story has included reference to st...
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What a surprise - Republican shameful cowardice on full display

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From the Washington Post, the predictable but still appalling retreat: Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, who suspended her run for the Rep...
Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Odd history I did not know

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There's a lot of history about, so can I forgiven for not knowing this until it turned up in a Twitter thread recently?: Stetson Kennedy...

Who put a curse on the Olympics?

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The Tokyo Olympics should have been a fun time in what is now a wildly popular international tourist destination.  But instead, Covid meant ...

AI stuff, again

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Here's an article suggesting that artificial superintelligences going rogue is what prevents civilisations ever spreading beyond their h...
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