Origami of death
A few days ago, I happened upon a video by one Wes O’Donnell (again) in which he referred to a cardboard drone made in Australia and shipped to Ukraine1. The SYPAQ...
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Septic tanks and merchant bankers
On Tuesday, I was talking to an American friend on Zoom at 6:30 am Canberra time. He couldn’t stop laughing when I told him that it was rare for me...
Murdoch media EV lies
The Murdoch media’s slavering support of the Liberal Party and other far right causes, has led them to extremely stupid and hypocritical campaigns against EVs. This even got to the...
History repeats
The US was termed the ‘arsenal of democracy’ by then president Franklin Delano Roosevelt in a radio broadcast on December 29, 19401. Early in the speech he referred to the...
Yachts on the move
There has been a bit of activity among a small fleet of superyachts recently. One, Scheherazade, was impounded by Italian authorities in May 2022 under suspicion that it was owned by...
David Rothkopf quote
Covid again
We got back from Sydney and the next day, woke up feeling like I had been hit by a bus. Incessant coughing, feeling there was a small furry animal trapped...
The TACO effect
We drove up to Sydney in our EV again1. This time it was to do a bit of ‘babysitting’ for some of the last few days of school holidays. We...
Unmitigated delight
What lies behind the Peace Prize awarded in Washington, on December 5, 2025, to Donald Trump by the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino? More than seven months after the Mango...
Tattoos and hairdos
Being an old soccer player from way back, I have of course been watching the men’s World Cup which is being played in Canada, the US and Mexico. This time...