New Catallaxy

Where do you put religion in your lives is my question for the week. Mind you, I am talking only about the true religion Christianity, with an honourable place for Judaism. I am not talking about the nonsense that goes under the name of Islam, or for that matter any of the Eastern religions like…

Greetings from Syktyvkar, Russian Federation. Syktyvkar is located on the Sysola River and is the capital city of the Komi Republic as well as its largest city and administrative centre.  Syktyvkar is a moderate sized city with a population around 200,000 located some 1,200km NE of Moscow.  Founded in 1586, it was granted city status…

Read a very long article here on the BBC’s website last week.  In essence, it is a thinly-disguised apologia for the IOC’s decision to allow Imane Khelif to compete in women’s boxing despite being banned by the International Boxing Association (IBA), which governs amateur boxing. Is the chromosome test conducted by the IBA, which apparently…

MEETING OF THE AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR ASSOCIATION TO OPEN WITH Acknowledgment of country WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? Attention: Dr Mark Ho – President ANA. Dear Mark, Further to the Agenda below, why do you feel it is necessary to have an ‘acknowledgement of country.’ This is in breach of Clause 2 – Objects part…

Andrew (Twiggy) Forest is downsizing his green hydrogen ambitions. It’s funny really, outside of alchemy and perpetual motion there is little that can’t be done if enough money is thrown at it. There’s the rub. Money ruining everything again, even the dreams of climate cultists. A condition precedent for making affordable green hydrogen according to…