Opinion Dominion
Founded in 2005: interested in lots of stuff.
Tuesday, September 05, 2023
Another way to burn money
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I've always been skeptical of Richard Branson's Virgin Galatic joy ride space plane, and now I see that someone at The Spectator cla...
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A problem in Africa
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Here's another gift link from the NYT , about how African countries find it difficult to raise the investment needed for solar power and...
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A bottleneck, or not
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The NYT version of the science story last week that maybe we (in the generic sense) barely made it through a population bottleneck: Research...
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Monday, September 04, 2023
Crabb on the Voice referendum (and my general bleat about the matter)
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I quite liked Annabel Crabb's article on the Voice , as it does explain the difference with the 1967 referendum, and pretty much acknowl...
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Saturday, September 02, 2023
Competing theories
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I also saw someone on Twitter/X say "what if there's a Pentagon cabal that is worshipping the aliens?", and I have to admit, t...
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Thursday, August 31, 2023
What if that's only because they don't want us to know they are conscious?
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(I haven't read the paper yet - I'm not entirely serious...)
Tactics changed
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I heard Noel Pearson on Radio National this morning, gushing how the "Yes"to the Voice side is coming from the side of Love. You...
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The two Naomi's
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Well, at least I'm glad to know I'm not the only person in the world to sometimes get a little confused between Naomi Klein and (now...
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Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Hard to tell who is most nuts here
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I see the bizarre Canadian story about the mega fake boob wearing teacher is back in the news because (as hard to believe as this is) it se...
They would last less than 6 months
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Axios notes: Trump open to Vivek Ramaswamy as vice president I reckon that their working relationship would be lucky to last 6 months. Loo...
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She is one of many, but that is no excuse
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Here's a column by Frank Bruni at NYT pointing out the "pathetic" history of Nikki Haley's continual flip flopping on her...
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Tuesday, August 29, 2023
On our way to an AI Pope
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At the Catholic Herald , a big claim in the first sentence here: As an AI-based app currently in the beta phase, Magisterium AI “could be a ...
I get to amuse myself about Kant, again
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First. please read the footnote to this blog entry back in 2010. Then, I offer as further evidence in support of my proposed Kant fan fictio...
Krugman connects the dots
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Paul Krugman writes: Recently Dr. Peter Hotez, a leading vaccine scientist and a frequent target of anti-vaxxer harassment , expressed some ...
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Literally, a brainworm
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I guess this story will further cement Australia's reputation for all things dangerous: Woman complained of forgetfulness and depressio...
The urban doom loop is a worry everywhere
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I'll gift a link to this Washington Post article talking about concerns as to whether commercial building values in inner cities are (du...
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Monday, August 28, 2023
I guess "being swallowed by a whale" is not really a thing...
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Slate has stepped away from it's first person "this is my weird sex life" stories (why does this magazine spend so much time o...
Has this been answered yet?
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Who ordered or arranged the completely over the top police/security escort to Trump's arrest in Atlanta last week? Many people were com...
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Saturday, August 26, 2023
Two interesting videos on Chinese ghosts
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The first is by Singaporean content creator Sneaky Sushii, who for some reason has done a series of videos with a supernatural theme, even t...
Friday, August 25, 2023
Aren't they pathetic?
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On the one hand, the reaction to Trump's poseur mugshot from a bunch of delusional men for whom he (bizarrely) represents a strong man: ...
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