Australian Atheists Forum

Trying to get my thinking straight on where we are at, I don't have the patience to sit down and read a whole shelf full of climate books. It would be great to do that, but in the meantime, I really appreciate good summaries. I thought this review of "Bottleneck" by William Catton, and ano...

the only long term solution is to remove fossil fuels from the energy mix I think what's emerging is that that is not actually a long-term solution, because there is NO long-term solution, there is only a short-term solution. We either have shock therapy and immediately stop burning fossil fuels, o...

I must confess that i have a degree of antipathy toward EVs. Putting aside the teslas, which produce in me a strange compulsion to crash into them, i just can't quite make it passed their greenwash. Of course they're better than combustion engines but they're still a disaster environmentally - elec...

Only one being is moving in a mysterious way, and it's Skum. I'm not saying his belief is in any way justified. They are all such cultists. Post-singularity AI is digital god, uploaders and transhumanists are looking forward to eternal life, the tech oligarchs are rich because the prosperity gospel...

Does the Enshittifier have his own silly mode of Rapture Ready thinking? https://www.techdirt.com/2023/11/30/elon-says-copyright-ai-lawsuits-dont-matter-because-digital-god-will-arrive-before-theyre-decided/ All those repetitive arguments about whether biblical god exists get to be wheeled out for ...

Shane MacGowan makes the news in 1976. Such happy times! There's also film of him hanging out with the so-called "Bromley contingent" of Sex Pistols fans.

Thanks and goodbye, Shane MacGowan. Singer-songwriter and The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan has died aged 65, following ill-health and a recent hospital stay after being diagnosed with encephalitis. The musician, whose hits include 1987's Fairytale of New York and A Pair of Brown Eyes, had been un...

If ever I come tantalisingly close to wining some high profile contest, and I get to speak about my feelings, I think I know what to say. It might be even more fun than actually winning!

Go fuck yourself?!? Maybe he plans to win by losing. He's talking about the company being killed, and he thinks "the public" will blame the advertisers, not him. Pffft! I've long thought killing the company would be a good outcome. It's remarkable that it's now on the cards. I hope it can ...

The best car is no car... or it would be for me if I lived closer to public transport and better footpaths. I was prompted to create the thread because of the traffic chaos in inner Sydney which has followed the opening of the Rozelle Interchange. At first bad signage was blamed, then too many const...