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Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Paganism re-visited

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In a conversation over some craft beer last weekend, the topic of pagan practices being pretty ugly came up briefly, specifically this pract...
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Chinese babies

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Not that I want to upset our (slightly delayed) future Overlords, but Chinese sensitivity to imagined  historical slights is getting out of...

Very unfortunate

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It's pretty rare to see significant construction accidents in Australia lately, it seems; and this one seems particularly embarrassing g...

Weird Japanese tomb to be excavated?

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From Japan Times: The Imperial Household Agency is considering excavating Daisen Kofun in Osaka Prefecture, the country’s largest ancient b...

Some good context on "court packing"

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I learnt stuff from this column at CNN . 
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Monday, October 12, 2020

Another cult noted

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I have to say, the New York Times Op-docs videos on Youtube are very good.  Very artfully made, sometimes a bit trivial but still extremely ...

Corn fritters for future reference

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I love when it's cheap, fresh corn season, and over the last couple of years I've tried making corn fritters a couple of times, with...
Sunday, October 11, 2020

Exactly. Why doesn't Chas Licciardello realise this?

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I refer to cheery Chas on Planet America who keeps saying Biden is playing this wrong.  
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Friday, October 09, 2020

Maybe something good for my ageing body?

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Oh look, maybe body builders have stumbled onto something good.  From Science last month : A dietary supplement bodybuilders use to bulk up ...
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It might be slightly exaggerated...

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...but this Twitter commentary on how a Trump interview on Hannity went a short time ago is pretty amusing:  
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What he said...

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 And also, what she said:
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Extremely obvious sexism and misogyny

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It's impossible to read the conservative reactions on Twitter and the net to Kamala Harris's debate performance without seeing screa...
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Thursday, October 08, 2020

An unrelated thing

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Seeking diversity of topics for this blog, I just had a scroll through this year's Archives of Sexual Behaviour.   As you do.   I see th...

A VP debate

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Didn't see any of it, but seems to me that Harris supporters think she won, and Pence supporters think he did.   (Actually, in the routi...
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Some appalling social media news

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Noticed this at Gulf News : Manila: Online misinformation is leaching out from cheap mobile phones and free Facebook plans used by million...
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Some cultural education for you

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I should know more than the average Australian about what (some) Japanese don't like about their own culture, but this list by a young J...
Wednesday, October 07, 2020

Wishing him ill

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Forgot to mention on the weekend, but this Vox piece: Is it immoral if you feel schadenfreude about Trump’s Covid-19?  is really good.  Afte...

Just stop it, Patricia

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Patricia Karvelas is quite OK as a broadcaster on the ABC, even though her evening slot means I don't hear all that much of her show.   ...
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Netflix movie review time

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Last weekend - saw the recent Netflix Tom Holland/Robert Pattinson vehicle The Devil All the Time . First:  how does Tom Holland manage to a...

Kevin has a point

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You all know I had no time for Rudd as a politician, but he really has a point here:  
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