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Just....what the very fuck is wrong with that place? I think it's got dramatically worse recently. The sickening idea that guns should be associated with children as some kind of virtue is one of the worst signs. The way assault rifles are prominent is another horror. They are specifically designed ...

The father should face extra charges for naming his child "Colt". Laugh isn't the right emoji, more a dark chuckle. (Just to clarify). I generally try to contain my inner horror at modern trends in baby names, mainly out of respect for the children saddled with their parents' ill-advised self ...

Another day another US school shooting. This time the parent has been arrested on multiple charges. After the student making facebook threats the family was contacted by the FBI, the student was interviewed with parent present and identified as a troubled teen, the parent made an undertaking that ...

Well, that's one car that won't be on my list, the new "Smart Car." I mean it's got all the goods, price and range etc, but in the video the presenter starts talking about the "avatar" on the touchscreen. I should point out the "gigantic" touch screen that sits right in the middle of your line of ...

I didn't play close attention to the recent surge in prominence of Elle McPherson. I thought maybe she was in some sense a victim of wellness bullshit. I didn't realise she is a profiteering perpetrator of this garbage, selling "Goddess Elixir" for $60 a bottle. https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle ...

I'm putting this here instead of the electric vehicles thread, because my response to it is that we already had an inadequate plan to reduce emissions. That plan is already behind schedule, it includes unrealistic expectations of carbon capture and other as yet non-existent technologies, and now ...

Don't live in anti-vaxx hotspots if you can avoid it.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/09 ... xemptions/

That's my morning musing. My morning musing is that Harris has some strategies for victory and I am cheering for her to win, but I also worry about what comes next. The specific example is when she was asked about Trump's racism, she replied "Same old tired playbook. Next question." It seems like a ...

The wattle tree experiment is not going so well. I think two of them are dead, but I'm going to wait and see if they can revive themselves. Another big failure was my replanting of some very jolly daisies I found in the bush, which I thought might be the native brachycome. I have now discovered they ...

I can't get excited about the US Inflation Reduction At because it's not the emissions reduction act. It involves the manufacture of billions of tonnes of concrete and steel to build roads and bridges as well as energy transition things. And now even this deeply flawed response can't even be ...