Happy 2021!
Wishing for all of us, a less ‘interesting’ year than the last one…
LINKDUMP: December 2020
Hey hey hey movie review for 1st of month! https://www.news.com.au/sponsored/aw6zi35GduPYFG2egIN9/hbos-new-miniseries-the-third-day-is-the-new-supernatural-thriller-to-sink-your-teeth-into/ https://www.timeanddate.com/date/birthdayresult.html?d1=11&m1=02&y1=1957&h1=07&i1=11&s1=00&type=0&gran=5 https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/key-senator-personally-trialed-cashless-debit-card-ahead-of-parliament-vote-20201209-p56lyi.html https://me.getup.org.au/ A majority of Australians would welcome a universal basic income, survey finds https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-12/zodiac-killer-code-cracked-by-australian-mathematician/12977342 Amg8833 ir 8×8 infrared thermal imager array temperature sensor 7m farthest detection distance Sale Senegambia Stone Circles 13.691254888913008, -15.522569198776422 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Senegambian+stone+circles/@13.6911128,-15.5230489,273m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0xee8e40b155de389:0x3445fcefb78ffcba!8m2!3d13.6911115!4d-15.5225017 The dark parts of The Flintstones only adults notice … Read more
LINKDUMP: Nov 2020
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
Weaning Ourselves Off The Dead Dinosaur Teat
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
New: Linkdumps
I’ve started a new thing, just an idea but I may keep it up. I read a LOT during the average month, and most of it doesn’t make it to this site as articles. But I save links that are too interesting to lose sight of but I’m not wanting to turn into articles. I’ll … Read more
LINKDUMP: Oct 2020
Canada to the US: Keep your romaine lettuce Cos the USA food system is srewed. Can I shop my way out of the climate crisis? https://grist.org/climate/anti-climate-ads-are-flourishing-on-facebook-report-says FB is a POS a lying POS New human evolution research finds wisdom teeth vanish and extra arteries added as part of a micro evolution Is this a good … Read more
Welcome COVID-20?
It appears that COVID-19 is to have a younger sibling, this one originating in the cute little mink. Over 200 people in Denmark have fallen ill with a genotype of coronavirus that is associated with mink that are farmed there. That’s about half of Danes with coronavirus, and seems to indicate that we’ll have two … Read more
Tears Of Joy
It’s been a long time for Melburnians – and First Dog nailed it. I think he could have done it all with just one panel of the strip. See The Strip On The Guardian This one panel captures the feeling perfectly I think
COVIDSAFE in Pollen Season
https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/news/staying-covid-safe-during-pollen-and-thunderstorm-asthma-season TL;DR – If you think your allergy reaction is different this year, get a COVID test.
Throwing Figures Around
So this happened, someone who’s chafing under the totalitarian yoke of having to wear a mask, not spread COVID-19 far and wide, and keep their fellow humans safe, mentioned that “COVID-19 – it’s just a flu” and I think she personally won’t be our cleaner any more. I’ll call her Karen, for no reason. . … Read more