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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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US 2022 Mid-Terms Thread
The latest indication of national sentiment:
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Meme of the Day #62
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Open Thread – Tues 8 Nov 2022
Suicide of Saul, Pieter Bruegel, 1562
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A tangled web of electric make-believe
I looked it up. Apparently, pylons are needed each 75 to 100 metres to support high-voltage overhead transmission lines. In England and Wales there are 7000 kms of high voltage overhead transmission lines and 90,000 pylons. Roughly one pylon per 80 metres. Seems about right. I’ll use this number. Peter Dutton referred in Parliament to…
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Let’s Lift Wind Literacy
Reading literacy appears to be in decline and that is causing concern but spare a thought for the prevalence of “wind illiteracy.” This means lack of awareness of the wind supply, especially at the continental scale. Wind illiteracy has enabled the biggest peacetime policy blunder in our history, that is, connecting intermittent energy sources from…
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Mater’s Musings #62: “Real-life skills” indeed
Do the fees include the super glue, or is that extra?Is it issued before or after graduation?
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Open Thread – Weekend 5 Nov 2022
Erminia and the Shepherds, Eugene Delacroix, 1859
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Weekend Reading #11
Henry George in The Critic wades into the mire that is Jonathan Last’s recent criticism of the conservatism of Roger Scruton. Two essays on the demands for ‘pandemic amnesty’, recently request by the Regime via their Atlanticist envoy, the reply from Sohrab Ahmari was Nyet and from Pedro Gonzalez was Punish. Pierre Manet reviews Émile…