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Save our rural surroundings
And our farmland and forests. The Menzies Research Institute is hosting a webinar forum on the rising tide of protests from rural communities faced with the wreck and ruin inflicted by wind and solar factories and the transmission lines associated with them. Express interest here. The date is 15 December at 6.00 Sydney time. These…
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Covid’s variant of Munchausen by proxy
Minding my own business watching TV late the other night. I am assailed by professor Michael Kidd, who is apparently deputy chief medical officer. He warned me that I needed to stop the spread; to wear a mask when inside in crowded situations, to keep my distance from other folk, to wash my hands. Is…
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Open Thread – Weekend 19 Nov 2022
Dark Forest, Ivan Shishkin, 1890
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WolfmanOz at the Movies #45
Great movie endings Sometimes the ending of a movie can elevate it to another level – think of The Bridge On The River Kwai, Casablanca and One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest to name a few classics. So the following 3 selections are from lesser known films that have an outstanding ending/climax. With the release…
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Guest Post: thefrollickingmole – The Unseriousness of Modern Prison ‘reformers’
It’s becoming quite clear there will be a push for large numbers of current inmates to be released from jails as the new drip, drip of the campaign emerges. Led by the assistant Treasurer Andrew Leigh it will be presented as a pragmatic budgetary exercise, saving millions of dollars as non violent crims are released…
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Open Thread – Tues 15 Nov 2022
The Temptation of Adam, Tintoretto, 1552
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Book review: The scientific method
J Scott Armstrong and Kesten Green, The Scientific Method: A Guide to Finding Useful Knowledge. Cambridge University Press, 2022. Science and academic life at large have changed out of recognition since the second world war under the influence of rapid growth, increasing government control and the politicisation of the allocation of research grants. The world…
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Open Thread – Weekend 12 Nov 2022
The Mansard Roof, Edward Hopper, 1923
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Mater’s Musings #63: Lest We Forget
Here’s a contemporary historical account that the AWM could use for its proposed Frontier War display. Might even be of interest to Mr Pascoe. “When Mr. Wedge first landed at Port Phillip he found seven families of natives residing in their huts near the encampment which had been formed by the settlers who had just…
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WolfmanOz at the Movies #44
Demonic Possession It’s now 49 years ago that William Friedkin’s supernatural horror classic The Exorcist was first released (actually at Xmas in 1973). The film is based on the novel by William Peter Blatty, which it follows very closely in depicting the demonic possession of a young girl and her mother’s attempt to rescue her through…