Ramblings and Curated Info For "Interesting Times"
Not just theoretical. We are actually ALL going to endure a climate famine over the following years. Maybe stock up a little on long-lasting stuff like rice and pasta and salt and sugar and flour. You may yet find yourself very glad of it as prices for groceries start to soar past anything we’ve ever … Read more
It is, as the Chinese curse will have it, an ‘interesting time’ to be alive. – Me, who’s been saying this for over two decades. The pandemic isn’t just – gone – it’s still going. But try and find figures on infections and deaths under all the Putin palaver. The world’s under attack from a … Read more
So what’s actually changed with the new way of dealing with the pandemic? By opening up they’re improving the Flow Of The Mighty Dollar. This would seem to be the only thing that matters to them. Follow along: They’ve stated that EVERYONE will now be exposed to COVID. (I can’t deal with this.) I’ve got … Read more
Scott Morrison, despite his best efforts at branding himself as the ‘daggy dad’ with the adorable nickname (self-chosen, mind you) of Scomo, hasn’t ever really lived up to his poorly fitted projection of himself. At best he’s come across as the dad that crashes kites, hides from Mum when there’s chores to be done, and … Read more
Doom and gloom are cheap ways to fill blog pages, I know. In between feeling doomful gloomful panic the last six months while the Saga Of The New Landlord played out, I tried to write a few upbeat posts, and failed. And now I’m going to write another gloomful doomful post, damnit. World Political Situation: … Read more
Since the start of the pandemic we’ve had a chance to prove what utter asshats we can be. We’ve also proved that NOT being an asshat is possible. Take it away, Ted! Toilet paper – it was the thing that proved human asshattery knows few limits, almost a year ago now. People proved the Politics … Read more
Wishing for all of us, a less ‘interesting’ year than the last one…
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This AI Can Tell if You Have Covid-19 Just by Listening to Your Cough I have the idea for an app. (Contact Tracing Painlessly…) Sonnen to pay cash to households with batteries to help stabilise the grid Brisbane father loses 50 kilos on ‘cookie diet’ … aaaand that’s a big NOPE from me! I’d be … Read more
In Australia, we’re in the no-longer-so-unique situation of the whole damn country knowing that everything’s going to change due to COVID-19 and it’s progeny, we know that things DO DAMN WELL HAVE TO CHANGE if we want the planet to survive. And our government is still firmly stuck in the pre-Industrial Ages and stubbornly refusing … Read more