Opinion Dominion

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Thursday, June 09, 2022

I didn't even watch the show, but find this funny

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On Twitter, David Roberts is talking about looking at episodes from the early seasons of Game of Thrones, and noting how good they were comp...
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When technology pushes physics

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Here's a lengthy review of a book that concentrates on the development of the telegraph cable in the 19th century, and how these were u...

When progressives go too far

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I've read two articles inspired, mainly, by the recall election of the San Francisco District Attorney who seems to be the key one to bl...
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Wednesday, June 08, 2022

Economies of scale, and Mars

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Paul Krugman talks about how even a million people living on Mars (as Elon Musk has envisaged) would not really make for an economy of the ...

Culture war trumps children's lives

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I have said many times, I really do not like Matthew McConaughey as an actor, but I respect him for taking steps to try to get some modest g...

Keeping things in perspective

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For all of the talk of increasing electricity bills in Australia, I note that this month's bill for me (household of 3 adults) is $147 -...

More fantastic American administration

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Another story of terrible American administration, this time at their airport.   An Australian traveller was denied entry to the US, cavity ...

An accurate take

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The American criminal law system seems kind of 3rd world

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This reminds me of the recent publicity given to people in the US wrongly arrested for "stealing" hire cars that they actually ret...
Tuesday, June 07, 2022

Warped priorities

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As for this related news:  Elon Musk has a "right not to consummate" his acquisition of Twitter and a "right to terminate th...

A complicated aspect of climate change

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There's a twitter thread that's worth a read, even if it is still a little unclear on what it might mean for climate on land around ...

I wouldn't even bother with nuclear submarines, actually

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How to look competent

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 Hilariously, Currency Lad posted after the election that Penny Wong's sexuality and serious demeanour would mean she would go over like...
Monday, June 06, 2022

Another significant double slit experiment?

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This is interesting.  The headline sums it up: Neutrons In The Double-Slit Experiment Really Do Individually Take Both Paths Here's anot...

Now that's a headline you don't see every day...

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Especially from Singapore! : Man attacked with 20cm tactical harpoon in his back at Ming Arcade  

How self-abasing can he get?

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I missed this from last week : Sky News host James Morrow has blamed the poor police response during the Texas school shooting on the left’...

On being optimistic enough to have children

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I strongly agree with the argument set out by Ezra Klein in the New York Times :  climate change is a very serious and urgent issue, but it ...
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Hurt ego

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I saw that Tim Wilson was trending on Twitter, and found out that this is why (from The Age yesterday): Wilson, who before parliament was ...
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Friday, June 03, 2022

Crazy old women

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Jeez, how absolutely loopy is Bettina Arndt, not to mention ungrateful to a government which thought they were on her side of the culture wa...
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Some good news

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Whoops, I originally copied a tweet that Sky News Australia was going to no longer on the WIN regional network, but it from last year and ca...
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