New Catallaxy

  • O Advent Tree!

    The buds begin to appear towards the end of November, just before Advent. Thoughtfully, the trees vary in their timing, some retaining their vibrant heads of blossom well into January, but for the most part, their display is at its most spectacular in the third and fourth weeks of Advent with a show that always…

  • Guest Post: Mother Lode – A Pagan Christmas

    Well we are closing in on Christmas – a special, even magical time of the year. Families will be sitting down together, table heaped rich foods, adults already slightly aglow from a glass or two of Christmas cheer, kids on their second wind after their frenzied ravine upon Christmas wrapping, aaand then some pompous boor…

  • The modern slave trade

    From the transcript People need to know about this… Never throughout the history of slavery has there been more suffering that generated more profit that was linked to the lives of more people around the world… Preview YouTube video The Disturbing Reality of Cobalt Mining for Rechargeable Batteries Who are the modern slave traders? When…

  • Open Thread – Christmas Weekend 2022

    Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence, Caravaggio, 1609

  • A Small Price (for us) To Pay

    On 25th of March, 2022 (keep the date in mind) Sergei Shoigu, the Russian Defence Minister, released figures for Russian army casualties in the month-long war, or “special military operation,” in Ukraine. 1,351 Russian servicemen had been killed, and another 3,825 wounded. NATO sources put the number killed at between 7,000 and 15,000. On 22nd…

  • WolfmanOz at the Movies #50

    Laurel & Hardy Well for my last post before Xmas, and to bring a smile to Cats faces, I can think of no better topic than to discuss the most beloved comedy duo in cinema history in Laurel & Hardy. Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957) started their career as a duo in the silent…

  • Offshore Wind.

    From The Guardian: Australia’s first offshore windfarm zone … will be on Victoria’s Gippsland coast, which environmental advocates have labelled a game-changer. “It is one of the most significant wind resources anywhere in the world,”the premier, Daniel Andrews, said, referring to powerful winds from the Bass Strait. The projects are expected to support more than…

  • Diversity, a one-way street

    Efforts are afoot to make North American (ice) hockey more diverse. Apparently it’s too white. I am not aware of any similar efforts being made in water polo or swimming or in chess for that matter. Nor am I ware of any complaints that American basketball and football and, say, athletic sprinting are disproportionately too…

  • Genital cutting

    Not my favourite topic but someone had to say it. While there is animated discussion about the mutilation of girls who have been persuaded that they want to be boys there is another kind of female mutilation that has been under the radar for some time. What is going on? I don’t have time to…

  • Open Thread – Tue 20 Dec 2022

    Rocks and Ferns in a Wood at Crossmount, John Ruskin, 1847

  4. Lebanese taking off storm water? covers and calling for Nasrallah to come out. Lol. https://x.com/Robiiin_Hoodx/status/1838200236591706137?t=oat95GqfobV3GTjsD3XtGQ&s=19

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