Willem de Beer

Amen!

Excellent wordsmithing from @timdunlop.bsky.social.

The myth of 'social cohesion' - do as they say, not as they do - The Shot There’s an established principle in law: he who comes looking for equity must come with clean hands. The clean hands...

My latest article in The Shot

"The largest contributors to the breakdown of social cohesion in Australia are the governments of Australia, practising a privileged fuck-you version of democracy that makes its own rules & caters for those within the club"

#pffft
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*Pearls of wisdom*

Don’t share your faith
Nobody wants to hear that 💩

Oh dang. This is an excellent analogy.

The myth of 'social cohesion' - do as they say, not as they do - The Shot There’s an established principle in law: he who comes looking for equity must come with clean hands. The clean hands...

The inestimable @ronnisalt.bsky.social nailing it:
The breakdown in trust in society is due to the people in power who abuse that trust, not Norm and Jenny on the corner, not the people wanting to stop children being burned alive in Palestine, not the people wanting to stop the death of the planet.

The segregation crisis in schools funding In the Albanese government’s first term, Education Minister Jason Clare observed that Australia has one of the most segregated education systems in the OECD. What is deeply shocking – though not surpr...

This from @janecaro.bsky.social is well worth the read

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪

Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.

I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:

Airline Life Vest. A lesson on inflation.

An actual quote from the Secretary of State for Business and Trade

Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’

Look forward to Wes S saying 'too often people go to hospital to have operations' or Heidi Alexander saying 'too often people go to the station to catch a train'

"We no longer think of chairs as technology; we just think of them as chairs. But there was a time when we hadn't worked out how many legs chairs should have, how tall they should be, and they would often 'crash' when we tried to use them."
- Douglas Adams

@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social Sturgeon misses the point. For some immigration is not the issue, it is the colour and religion of the migrants.

Lmao at this open letter to the Unimelb VC proposing she pay for Meanjin with a 10% salary sacrifice that would still leave her better paid than the VC of the University of Cambridge

It was my joy to sign, & I recommend doing so to all in the world of arts & letters

Australian politicians reveal their housing portfolios, with some owning as many as six homes Dozens of politicians are landlords, having also declared rental income from their investment properties

Removing negative gearing is the most effective and most needed tax reform in Australia, which would also go a long way to addressing the housing shortage and cost of housing. I guess it won't happen any time soon...

Slightly blows my mind that Telstra does not offer roaming in Mongolia due inability to find a partner network, Mongolia not being a priority for Australians.

The biggest Australian mining companies are developing the largest mines in the world here. The place is awash with Australians. And money.

From the Damnthatsinteresting community on Reddit: The German Shopping Cart Return Championships Explore this post and more from the Damnthatsinteresting community

🛒 Uber alles.

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@alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @restispolitics.bsky.social

Maria Artini in close up B&W headshot of striking young woman with serious expression

Maria Artini #Italian engineer 1918 1st woman electrical engineering uni graduate in Italy 2nd woman grad @ Polimi Worked for Edison energy in #Milan on design & construction of country's 1st v high-voltage power line in Brugherio-Parma d #OTD 2 Aug 1951 #WomenInSTEM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_A...

‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

Inequality.

What is it with Indonesian airports and umbrellas in carry-on luggage?
There is no consistency even in the same airport and nothing on the internet.