Monthly Archives: November 2022

This weeks links (2022-11-27)

In brief: .. 🌳 Conservation efforts may have worsened catastrophic bushfires in south-east Australia, study finds (2022-Nov-26) [ABC|News] ❝ I think it should be recognised that you’re going to lose environmental values and … ecological values in those areas that … Continue reading

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better informed and watch less television

❝ A reliable way of making people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. ❞ — Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow ❝ We know that people can maintain an unshakable faith in … Continue reading

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Vox Populi, Vox Dei

❝ Nec audiendi qui solent dicere, Vox populi, vox Dei, quum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit. ❞ — a letter from Alcuin to Charlemagne in 798 “We should not listen to those who like to affirm that the voice … Continue reading

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This weeks links (2022-11-20)

In brief: 🧗 Tragedy as climber dies in a freak accident after being hit by a falling rock triggering a cardiac arrest (2022-Nov-20) [Daily Mail] 🎁 Furoshiki: Easy, Sustainable Gift Wrap for the Holidays and Beyond (2022-Oct-27) [MSR] .. 💻 … Continue reading

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then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness

❝ They were careless people, […] they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they … Continue reading

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This weeks links (2022-11-13)

❝ Strange things happen near the boundaries ❞ — James Gleick (Chaos) In brief: ♻️ Planet Ark walks back printer cartridge recycling claim (2022-Nov-10) [The Age] ♻️ Coles, Woolworths-partnered recycling giant denies program failed after ‘concerning’ revelations (2022-Nov-09) [SBS|News] ♻️ … Continue reading

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The only real failure is the failure to try

❝ The only real failure is the failure to try, and the measure of success is how we cope with disappointment. […] But it’s also true that the person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing. All we know about … Continue reading

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The Legend of Vox Machina – S2

❝ What the f*** is up with that? ❞

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This weeks links (2022-11-06)

In brief: 🏔 Mountaineers recover cameras lost in 1937 expedition to Canadian peak (2022-Nov-05) [The Guardian] 🍹 Hopes drink-spiking self-test kits for victims will reveal the scale of the problem in regional WA (2022-Nov-05) [ABC|News] .. Summer water quality The … Continue reading

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November – Buath Gurru – Grass Flowering Season

Buath Gurru – Grass Flowering Season (November) The weather is warm, and it is often raining. Kangaroo Grass is flowering. ❝ They must have done something with the seeds for damper to pulp down into a floury thing for damper. … Continue reading

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