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Open Thread – Weekend 19 Nov 2022
Dark Forest, Ivan Shishkin, 1890
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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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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…