Opinion Dominion

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Monday, June 03, 2024

Rupert likes to live dangerously, apparently

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I didn't know these details of Rupert's new wife: Rupert Murdoch tied the knot for a fifth time Saturday, marrying Elena Zhukova, a ...
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Saturday, June 01, 2024

Tweets of note

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Friday, May 31, 2024

Reactionary conservatives have become too stupid to bother engaging with (Part 10,000)

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They literally have circled around far enough to the Right to shake hands with Communists and fascist murdering leaders (both with territori...
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Amusing technological story

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 You have to read the whole, long, story by that Josh Whiton to see why it's funny.   (Turns out that in poorer countries where they buy...

The coming disappointment?

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Following Trump's conviction, which I was watching live on breakfast TV this morning, I saw two American lawyer commentators saying that...
Thursday, May 30, 2024

Perchance to dream

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A BBC story about the (very common) exam anxiety dream: We may have lots going on in our lives, so why is it that exams can stand out in ou...

Feeling sorry for the subcontinent (again)

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In India: Temperatures in Delhi have hit a record high of 52.9C (127.2F), as authorities warned of water shortages in India’s capital. A he...
Wednesday, May 29, 2024

In which I get to gloat a bit about commercial failure

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So, that Furiosa movie which I was happy to criticise sight unseen (honestly, the chances of my liking it after I panned Fury Road were so ...
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Tuesday, May 28, 2024

I'm busy (and I have a new phone)

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 I would have bought another Vivo if only they hadn't abandoned the Australian market, so instead I went with a Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro...
Friday, May 24, 2024

The game-ification of violence [an old(er) man complaint]

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There was very little chance that I would like any series based on a video game that begins with a warning of "strong blood and violenc...
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Thursday, May 23, 2024

Turbulence worry

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I'm pleased to see that the nearly all reporting on the terrible Singapore Airlines turbulence injury story has included reference to st...
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What a surprise - Republican shameful cowardice on full display

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From the Washington Post, the predictable but still appalling retreat: Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, who suspended her run for the Rep...
Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Odd history I did not know

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There's a lot of history about, so can I forgiven for not knowing this until it turned up in a Twitter thread recently?: Stetson Kennedy...

Who put a curse on the Olympics?

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The Tokyo Olympics should have been a fun time in what is now a wildly popular international tourist destination.  But instead, Covid meant ...

AI stuff, again

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Here's an article suggesting that artificial superintelligences going rogue is what prevents civilisations ever spreading beyond their h...
Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Maybe the last photo from the Vivo

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The light coming in from the window yesterday morning was striking just this camillia flower in a vase on the dining table.  So, a photo was...

Time for a new phone

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Oh dear.  I had been thinking it was time for a phone upgrade, even though the almost completely unknown Vivo model I bought in 2020 was st...
Monday, May 20, 2024

Not an age thing: it's a Hollywood thing?

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I finally caught up with the 2020 science fiction movie on Amazon "The Vast of Night" on the weekend.   As it got good reviews, an...
Friday, May 17, 2024

Sounds pretty appalling

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Who would want to live there ?: Governor Greg Abbott of Texas issued a full pardon on Thursday to a former US army sergeant convicted of...
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Thursday, May 16, 2024

Max leaves me cold (and puzzled)

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I can't for the life of me understand the critical approval George Miller gets for movies set in a dystopian world with (as far as I kno...
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