Opinion Dominion

Wednesday, May 27, 2026

A government that needs to counter rumour and spin

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I know we are a long way off an election, but I'm bothered by the lack of concerted pushback from the Labor government against the popul...

Science fiction death (and sex too!)

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Well, I guess money was the motivation, but it's unusual to hear of a murder related to a Netflix project: Chinese authorities have exec...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2026

"The Pitt" - season 2

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I finished the second season the other night, and I have thoughts: *   I guess that for dramatic purposes, there won't ever be a season ...

The Saudi history of "more money than sense"

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The BBC has a lengthy article about Saudi Arabia abandoning most of the ridiculous Vision 2030 projects (such as The Line, and the ski reso...
Monday, May 25, 2026

The much ignored Chinese space programme

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Perhaps because I have watched some Chinese space content in the past, Youtube did remind me yesterday that the country was about to launch ...
Sunday, May 24, 2026

Goodbye to Colbert

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I think it obvious that Stephen Colbert is a smart, empathetic, talented guy, and as far as I know has a reputation of being a very decent m...
Friday, May 22, 2026

What a country

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From a New England Journal of Medicine article, as summarised at phys.org:  Update :  I also wondered how Australia's motor vehicle deat...
Thursday, May 21, 2026

Tone deaf?

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Given the state of the Middle East at the moment, I am genuinely surprised that a theatre company is going to start a run of Fiddler on the ...
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How's the home for Australia's stupid old(er) people going?

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I look at New Catallaxy perhaps a few times a week because, like checking X, it seems appropriate to know what Right wing brain washed peopl...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Let it go...

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I lost interest in the Star Wars universe long ago, and have only watched a few episodes of any of the TV spin offs and found they just were...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Jewish hatred (no, not that kind)

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I initially thought that reports of conservative Jewish acts of hostility towards obvious Christians in the streets of Jerusalem might be a ...
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Monday, May 18, 2026

Dwindling Buddhists

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I don't think I had read about this before : Buddhists are the world’s only major religious group whose population shrank between 2010 a...
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The Perfect Karen surprised me in a good way

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 I don't actually care much for true crime documentaries on Netflix, but The Perfect Neighbor (set in Florida) kept being at the top of...
Thursday, May 14, 2026

Antarctic madness

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The novel I recently read The Thing Itself features an episode of murderous madness happening at an Antarctic station, so I was interested ...

Likeable (ex) politicians

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The unreasonably protracted Liberal governments starting with Tony Abbott gradually killed off nearly all likeability amongst Federal politi...
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