Opinion Dominion

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Friday, May 07, 2021

An underrated invention

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I just threw out this portable gas cooker after what I think was probably close to 30 years of good and faithful, if very intermittent, serv...
Thursday, May 06, 2021

What is wrong with the Murdochs??

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So, we all know that Rupert Murdoch was early in the line up to get vaccinated for COVID.   (In December, in England.) I see that his Fox Ne...
Wednesday, May 05, 2021

Solar wins

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Noah Smith posted this the other day - a lengthy essay entitled Long Live the Sun by someone or other, but with lots of figures and easily ...

I'm very busy, but...

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...just when my Youtube subs seem to be getting a bit stale, there's a flurry of things I liked watching: *  From Chinese Propaganda Cen...
Monday, May 03, 2021

Cleaning up

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Got a skip on Friday for a long weekend clean up.   It feels like we are getting ready to move house, even though we aren't.   Also, its...
Friday, April 30, 2021

The Nordic key to happiness - modest expectations?

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It's worth clearing your cookies to read this Slate article: The Grim Secret of Nordic Happiness.  It’s not hygge, the welfare state, or...
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Kimmel and the paranoid former crackhead

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I think the Jimmy Kimmel/Mike Lindell interview is well worth watching for a few reasons: *  I had no idea about Lindell's terrible hist...

Youth these days

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This article in The Atlantic: The Real Reason Young Adults Seem Slow to ‘Grow Up’ It’s not a new developmental stage; it’s the economy. is a...
Thursday, April 29, 2021

Forensics note

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Science magazine has a short article that starts: U.S. B-movie actress Lana Clarkson was found dead on 3 February 2003. She had been shot ...

My astronaut connection - a final mention

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So, Michael Collins has died: American astronaut Michael Collins, who was part of the Apollo 11 original moon landing crew and kept the com...

And the Right have gaslite themselves into thinking they're following the smart one

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Trump yesterday:  Biden today:
Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Can't get enough Kant, too

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Spotted in Kinokuniya, Sydney: Notice the book "Kant's Humorous Writings"?   Yeah, I didn't know he told jokes or anecdote...
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Can never get enough free will

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Well, yeah, it might be going over old ground that you and I have read before, but this "long read" in The Guardian about the phil...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021

A complete and utter jerk (not to mention, danger to civil society)

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Following up from last week's media attention to the fact that rich college boy Tucker made a "joke" about supporting a murder...
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Still talking about Sydney

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Things I still like about Sydney after all these years: *   The antique feeling about some of the old underground subway stations in the cit...
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Monday, April 26, 2021

Sydney looking pretty good

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I was last in Sydney when the George Street light rail was still under its lengthy and expensive construction. But now that it's finishe...
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An Australian Colbert

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So, I'm in a hotel and watching BBC World news, and this guy Aaron Heslehurst turns up with  30 business Talking Business show. He's...
Friday, April 23, 2021

The technology works

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I still strongly suspect that its not worth the amount of orbital space that it's taking up, but I have to admit, even with it being far...
Thursday, April 22, 2021

More than a touch of "What have the Romans ever done for us?"

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Look, it's not that I expect indigenous people to say they are grateful for European colonisation.   Of course, their experience is cons...
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Dumb, unhealthy, angry.... and happy?

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Some stuff on Twitter has got me thinking about that favourite topic:  How the Right Got Consumed by the Culture Wars and Went Nuts. This, f...
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