New Catallaxy

  • Report from Kislovodsk

    Ahhh, Kislovodsk. Love this place. For those unaware, Kislovodsk is approximately 1,500kms SSE from Moscow located in the Stavropol Krai region (North Caucasus) located between the Black and Caspian Seas (each about 300kms away). The resident population of about 150,000 swells to well over 200,000 during the summer holiday period. ? Temp ranges are acceptable…

  • Open Thread – Mon 12 Aug 2024

  • Pretence is better than nothing

    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…

  • Open Thread – Weekend 10 Aug 2024

  • Open Thread – Thurs 8 Aug 2024

  • Report from Syktyvkar

    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…

  • Pugilistic Sexual Dysphoria and the Protection of XXs

    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…

  • Open Thread – Mon 5 Aug 2024

  • Politicisation of the ANA

    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…

  • Here you didn’t see green hydrogen, now you don’t

    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…

  1. So… if you want to take a picture of the fascinating witches who put the scintillating stitches in the britches…

  2. Iran’s missile facilities are buried so deep underground currently impossible to destroy but the downside is the limited ability to…

  5. Exactly. It couldn’t be more obvious. We’re making waves for all the wrong reasons. age assurance as the trojan horse…

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