This is like Gates talking about cures for diseases. These folk should stick to their core competencies.
This is like Gates talking about cures for diseases. These folk should stick to their core competencies.
Goodbye to Joe Biden, and Whoever Was President the Last Four Years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT4tXFe1gVA The audible of Taibbi’s sub stack. The…
Anthony Albanese still can’t see how he’s helped to unleash a catastrophe – anti-Jewish terrorism in our country.Of course he…
Interesting snippet. Especially about the colours. Any rainbow ones? I don’t suppose they breed up too well.
General rule in navies is to have three. One operational, one training people or busted, and one being refitted.
Well hello there
Morning Bill
Only 9 o’clock here and still 40 degrees
Not a lot going on then??
Just hanging around
Have to go to Perth tomorrow to see some crappy band play in some crappy sand quarry.
I hate Perth.
I used to be take-it-or-leave-it, now I just hate it.
And I hate outdoor “festival” gigs. I always have.
Shite. Gonna be warmish there! Bold Park??
I totally boycott any Perth Festival stuff.
I went to see a comedy duo in Northbridge last night. Got a laugh here and there but tooo much swearing for my taste. Yippee down to 29C at 11pm.
Very few comedians are actually that.
They fall into two groups:
Toilet humour – point at or make a joke about a toilet – laughter.
Sweary humour – every second word is “F*CK – edgy laughter.
No longer funny, just boring.
Thinking about beddie-byes but a bit early yet (9.35 pm) Fecking 40 degrees again tomorrow. Sick of it.
Bruce in WA
January 23, 2025 12:36 am
Thinking about beddie-byes but a bit early yet (9.35 pm) Fecking 40 degrees again tomorrow. Sick of it.
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You are not alone.
A mild 16 and a bit in Melbourne atm. Will heat up a bit over the next few days.
At least that Andrews carnt has gone. But still suffering that Jacinta carnt.
Suffered 3 months of it so far. At least the local serves schooners for $8
Yep, can’t afford to drink in the big smoke.
Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls (Lockdown Version) wW extended
ChatGPT
Isn’t it true that philosophers who haven’t kept themselves updated with developments in neuroscience continue to believe in existence of mind as an entity?
Yes, many philosophers who have not engaged with contemporary neuroscience might maintain traditional or dualistic views of the mind as an independent, non-physical entity. This perspective, often associated with Cartesian dualism, posits that the mind and body are fundamentally distinct.
However, developments in neuroscience challenge this view by increasingly demonstrating that mental processes correlate with and depend on brain activity. These findings have led to the growing influence of physicalist and materialist perspectives, which argue that the mind arises from and is inseparable from the physical brain.
Skiting alert: My artwork has been recognised! Libs of TikTok used an image that was created by me.
I feel sooooooooo important.
This isn’t as high up the totem pole as, say, the shoeshine boy who shined Trump’s shoes before the inaugural ball, but us nobodies take small wins when we get them!
Well, put it up for us to critique it.
Johannes Leak.
Peter Broelman.
Brett Lethbridge.
Michael Ramirez.
A.F. Branco.
Matt Margolis.
Tom Stiglich.
Chip Bok.
Gary Varvel.
Henry Payne.
Lisa Benson.
Tired soldiers.
Jubilant soldiers.
Interesting snippet, not many know, I didn’t.
“In the early days of air travel, the first stewardesses were required to be registered nurses.”
You can survive in farming but luck also helps.
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Tarndwarncoort is one of Victoria’s oldest surviving homesteads + the continuation of one of Australia’s oldest family sheep farms.
Tarndie (or more respectfully, Tarndwarncoort) is based in South Western Victoria, Australia and has been owned and operated by the Dennis family since 1840.
The property is home to Australia’s first breed of sheep, the Polwarth sheep and its listed buildings reflect the Cornish heritage of the pioneer family.
The Polwarth County was typified by grassy plains, lakes, creeks, swamps, and ancient volcanic soils. These natural attributes, when matched with the graziers resolve to continually improve their farms and sheep, provided the impetus to breed a type of sheep to suit this environment.
The Polwarth Sheep was the result.
The family links to Tarndwarncoort started with Emma and Alexander Dennis when they left their shrinking family farm in Cornwall, UK in 1839. It was on the advice of Emma’s ship captain brother that new farmlands were discovered in “Australia Felix”.
They landed 615 Merino sheep at Point Henry in Geelong and found a suitable run at Tarndwarncoort by 1840. Here they began a dynasty of innovative farming that has seen boom and bust over 7 generations.
Polwarth Sheep are naturally white; however, Tarndie has a specialised flock of black and coloured sheep in unique and sought-after shades.
The members of the first original flock still grow at Tarndwarncoort, and their wool is treasured by crafters all over the world.
Source: Tarndwarncoort
Interesting snippet. Especially about the colours. Any rainbow ones?
I don’t suppose they breed up too well.
All cats will get it.
chuckle!
Morning, KevinM!
Sometimes a handful of luck is worth more than a bucketful of brain.
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The Defenestration of Prague: How Three Men Falling Sparked Europe’s Deadliest War
On a warm May morning in 1618, three men took an unexpected flight from a window of Prague Castle. Their 70-foot plunge into history would ignite a conflict that would ravage Europe for the next three decades.
The stage was set in Bohemia, modern-day Czech Republic. Protestant nobles were seething. The Catholic Emperor Matthias had broken his promise of religious freedom. Something had to give.
That something was the patience of Count Thurn and his fellow Protestant lords. They stormed into the Bohemian Chancellery, grabbed two Catholic regents and their secretary, and unceremoniously chucked them out the window.
Now, you might think a fall from such a height would be fatal. But our three unwilling aeronauts had a stroke of luck – or divine intervention, depending on who you ask. They landed in a pile of manure. Stinky? Yes. Lifesaving?
Absolutely.
Catholics cried miracle, claiming angels had cushioned the fall. Protestants scoffed, crediting good old-fashioned horse droppings. Either way, the men survived.
But while they lived, peace died that day. The “Defenestration of Prague” (that’s fancy talk for “tossing folks out windows”) lit the fuse of the Thirty Years’ War. This conflict would redraw Europe’s religious and political map, leaving millions dead in its wake.
It wasn’t the first time Prague had seen such window-based political statements. A similar incident in 1419 had kicked off the Hussite Wars. But this one?
This one would change the course of European history.
With voice wavering and lip quivering, you can see it’s all becoming a bit much for Albo. The latest garbage about foreign actors is just that. Complete arrogance to suggest Australians will swallow it.
Is it too much to dream that he will lose his seat in the upcoming election?
Of course he can. It’s deliberate – one of Communisms main strategies for fomenting yet another crisis is to divide a nation into political groups. And that’s precisely what this pile of shit is doing – creating a Nation of Tribes so he can set them against each other.
Goodbye to Joe Biden, and Whoever Was President the Last Four Years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT4tXFe1gVA
The audible of Taibbi’s sub stack.
The next time you have a 30min drive, good listening.