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Men Ain’t Women and Vice Versa
The Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, published the results of some research in 2017 which was directed to try to explain the different incidences of particular diseases in men and women. Researchers analysed 20,000 different genes, sorting them by sex and for differences in expression in each body tissue. They found that around 6,500 of…
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Open Thread – Easter Weekend 8 April 2023
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Trump’s a rotter, the Libs are far right, and the voice is the bee’s knees?
From today’s (4/4) op-ed in the Australian newspaper. Greg Sheridan: “…his [Trump’s] style was chaotic and he told countless lies. Nonetheless, he did do some good things.” Countless lies? Pray tell, when you’re hurling ad hominem insults, what are the most egregious of those lies? Give at least one example surely. As usual for Sheridan,…
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Open Thread – Tues 4 April 2023
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Adult Human Female
This is interesting to watch, especially if you can last the distance. Very interesting in parts. On the other hand, look at these people trying to put that genie back in the bottle. Like they never conjured it in the first place. The executive and judiciary will be next.
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Rabz’ Radio Show April Fool’s Day 2023 – Romance, love and fractured cardio organs
Cats, the topic above is what contemporary music has always revelled in. A rich vein of subject matter, so to speak. You’re romancing a personage of the opposite sex – you listen to lots of music about that phenomenon, while imagining that nothing could ever be wrong with the world. Being incapable of thinking about…
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Rafe’s Roundup 1 April
Not joking. Drop in and see what they are up to BEFORE YOU CHECK OUT THE USUAL SUSPECTS, LOOK AT THE OFFERINGS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPECTATOR AND SIGN ON TO GET THEM DIRECTLY IN YOUR MAILBOX. And have a look at The Free Press as well. Australiana podcasts, samples from Alexandra Marshall’s Evening Unfiltered; The…
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Open Thread – Weekend 1 April 2023
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Rating the reliability of the grid
We read at RenewEconomy that the Reliability Panel is reviewing the way they rate the reliability of the grid. The Panel operates under the auspices of the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC, not to be confused with the Australian Energy Market Operator, AEMO). The reliability of the grid has been a matter of great concern…
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Guest Post: Santissima Trinidad – Comments on Indigenous Voice Co-design Process Final Report to the Australian Government
Note: p.17 – page number. P.100/272 is the .pdf number, 2 higher than the written page number I’m a very, very long term regular reader and rare contributor. I’ve been through a proggie vengeance attack cycle for public commentary before. So the above is a throwaway nom de plume. Any future contributions of mine will…