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Having been in high school in the 1960s my “place-name geography” has been superseded by renaming events. Today I learned that Lake Eyre got a new moniker in 2012. Kati Thanda + Lake Eyre. Also noted (Wikipedia) is the dual native attribution: “The native title over most of the lake and surrounding region is held by the Arabana people, with the eastern portion allocated to the Dieri people.” I have no idea what that means.
Maybe 10/15 years ago the Lake experienced a filling episode and I read about the bursting of life there about. I don’t recall the dual name, so it might have been prior to the regular use of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre.
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Even the more famous landmarks Ayers Rock and the nearby Olgas have been renamed.
If you are in the unfortunate position of ever listening to Their ABC (Australia), taxpayer funded $1 billion+ per year far Left propaganda unit, they constantly use the supposed Aboriginal names for Australian cities and towns.
Also, Australia Post will happily accept an item addressed to a place using the supposed Aboriginal name rather than the European name.
At the moment, all Australian place names are subject to revision and renaming.
It will get even worse if no one complains about this destruction of Australian heritage.
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It gets confusing.
I moved into this city 2 years ago.
I knew there was a gym & swim centre in Kangaroo Flat but found nothing in the phone directory under K or under gym & swim. If you wanted to find the phone number you had to know what the local tribal name was. It’s listed under Gurri Wanyarra. I guess Gurri means Kangaroo Flat and Wanyarra means gym & swim centre.
But how many people know that? How useful is it, how descriptive? How many visitors or even locals speak that language or understand the words?
The same with Lake Eyre. At least that name tells me it’s a lake. How many people would know Kati means lake and Thanda means Eyre?
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A state school in the shire, has about 30 students, proudly boasts that they are being taught to speak the local language. Now just at a guess, I would say that even the local land council people converse in English, so these kids are being taught something that actually has no use in the real world. I don’t know how many traditional owners in total numbers there are but say 500, so the kids proudly will “possibly” be able to converse with some of them should they randomly come across one in the street. Recognising these people is also a bit difficult given that most of them look just like all the other locals without any distinguishing traits like highly pigmented skin.
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Australian kids graduate barely being able to speak, read or write English.
They should be focusing on learning English, not a primitive language which even the fully woke University of Melbourne admits only has 3000 to 5000 words*, and that’s probably and exaggeration counting all variants of a word.
In comparison English aa defined by the Oxford English Dictionary has about 1 million entries and about 171,000 words in current use.
The greater number of words in English or other modern language vocabularies allows the expression of a much larger range of concepts, feelings and nuances and is far more appropriate for an advanced Civilisation rather than a Stone Age one.
Native Australian languages have a limited counting system, traditionally thought to include “one”, “two” and “many”, but whether true or not, this is claimed to now include numbers up to 15 in the Wotjobaluk counting system**. On the other hand, most Australian school kids graduate as innumerates anyway so it may do no extra harm only learning to count to 15 in a local language.
There are a high and rising number of Aboriginal people in Australia as well as people who identify as such. It is appropriate that they maintain knowledge of their traditional languages but the limited education provided in Australian schools shouldn’t be further diluted away from core subjects
* https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/50-words-in-australian-indigenous-languages
** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_enumeration#%3A%7E%3Atext%3DThe_Australian_Aboriginal_counting_system%2C-fights%2C_and_ball_games.?wprov=sfla1
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Meant green David. Maybe my new thick-framed reading glasses are making my steering go amiss. 🙁
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Eavesdropping on future school yard banter might be interesting given the language enrichment:
School kid “… played Grand Theft Auto on the new Wii console till 3am Saturday morning personal best 480,000 points “
Gotta butbut it.
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I was under the impresssion that there are several hundred different aboriginal languages ( few with any actual written text ) , so which actual language is Kati Thanda based on ?
And of the 3% or so of the population that claims aboriginal heritage, how many of them actually recognise it .
Meanwhile, the remaining 90+ % of the population will be confused by this pointless renameing process. !
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Popular the world over with bureaucrats with too much time, other people’s money, and an agenda to divide and agitate.
Yr Wyddfa (was Snowdon)
Eryri (was Snowdonia)
Bannau Brycheiniog (was Brecon Beacons National Park)
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Do dragons speak Welsh?
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Do Taniwha speak te Lingo?
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Have the Romans left?
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I recall that in about Feb 22, there were floods in Townsville, caused by climate change of course. In May 2022, the ABC had news that the flood waters had reached Lake Eyre, no mention of climate change.
Now the smh is saying that the lake is flooding for just the fourth time in 160 years and people are flocking there. It’s probably been the same for thousands of years. However, there is a difference between now and a few thousand years ago. Before modern technology, the occupants would have known the flooding was coming when it was nearly there. Now they would know when the floods hit Queensland, that the flood waters would reach the lake in a few months.
https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/inspiration/after-rare-flooding-event-aussies-are-flocking-our-largest-lake-20250725-p5mhqa.html
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On the subject of Lake Eyre, there have been proposals as early as 1883 to dig about a 500km canal or install a pipeline from Spencer Gulf to Lake Eyre to permanently flood it with seawater thus changing the local environment and improving rainfall by allowing the evaporation of water from the lake.
I don’t know if it would work or not but when I hear woke “scientists” say “modelling” says it wouldn’t work, that suggests to me it should be scientifically investigated. Obviously the Left will be opposed to any such plan.
The additional problem is that under Australia’s apartheid policies, non-Aboriginal people are no longer allowed to visit the area so construction work would be impossible unless an all-Aboriginal workforce could be assembled.
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No wonder I’m confused
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‘Record number of over-60s are referred to anti-terrorism scheme amid overall explosion in ‘extreme right wing’ views’.
Now I’m sure there are some deeply unpleasant people amongst them, but I bet most are just people with pretty normal views that are now defined as ‘extreme’.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14946993/Record-60s-referred-anti-terrorism-scheme-Prevent.html
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Mercury BANNED in US Vaccines.
“HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s next step toward making America Healthy again is an outright ban on thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative, found in common vaccines. “I’m proud to finally deliver on a long-overdue promise: protecting our most vulnerable from unnecessary mercury exposure,” Kennedy stated on a video posted on X, noting that the chemical is a known neurotoxin that has been administered to millions of Americans.
The former director of the FDA, Willian Egan, admitted in 2001 that the safety of this preservative had never been studied. The government simply allowed the pharmaceutical agencies to incorporate it in vaccines to extend their shelf lives. PubMed and PubChem, as Kennedy stated, have published countless peer-reviewed studies citing thimerosal as a known carcinogen and neurotoxin. The FDA has a clear understanding that this chemical can cause reproductive issues. They are also aware that the chemical is linked to mild to severe retardation, autism, and/or motor skill impairment in children, but children are encouraged to take the vaccine to stop the spread. One study found that women had a 7.7x greater chance of miscarriage if they received the common flu vaccine while pregnant, but pregnant women are still encouraged to take the vaccination. “They had the science but chose to ignore it,” Kennedy announced. Every agency was aware that this was an ongoing danger to the public for decades. In fact, the current amount of mercury found in the common flu vaccination is 25,000 times over the EPA’s current safety level for drinking water.
These chemicals are so hazardous that they are required to be disposed of in special landfills for hazardous waste, and yet, we were permitting the pharmaceutical agencies to inject these toxins into our bodies and convincing the public that they must blindly take the vaccine for the greater good of society. No one has been allowed to comment on the dangers despite the various studies that warn against its use in humans.”
More at –
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/disease/mercury-banned-in-us-vaccines/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=RSS
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The American Academy of Pediatrics claims thimerosal is safe.
Just sayin’.
https://www.aap.org/en/news-room/fact-checked/fact-checked-extensive-research-shows-thimerosal-is-safe/
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And by “Safe’ they mean it is a “Market maker’ for creating not quite right children that then need paediatric attention.
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Is that the same ‘mercury’ used in children’s fillings when we were marched along to ‘the murder house’ for trainee dental nurses to practice on back in the 1960/70s? With no anaesthetic and using pre-historical foot-pedal-powered drills, the nightmares were real.
Due to breakdown & leakage of said mercury amalgam fillings (a very unhealthy toxic situation for those of my era) I bit the bullet and had all mine removed in my mid-40s: my health improved greatly – no more of that metallic taste in my mouth and I can still chew down on a good steak – mmm steak.
Also, no more vaxxxines since then too.
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Good idea- at the moment Greg I settle for free chelation therapy offered by the Red Cross (aka plasma donation)- they get 787 ml pure blood plasma – I get 200 ml IV sodium citrate + a freebie gift every third donation.
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Yup I’m of that era in NZ primary schooling who has a horrible memory of the school dental clinic. Remember the ‘dental nurses’ pouring drops of mercury into my hand to play with as a reward for tolerance! Then taking the name of the next kid up the surname alphabet to present to the teacher for that kid to report to the clinic for their assured treatment.
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I asked a dentist about having my mercury fillings removed, for health reasons. This was probably twenty years ago. He said that, unless the fillings were breaking up, it was safer to leave them in place because the act of removing them can release mercury into your system. Like I said, that was twenty years ago. Removal techniques might have improved since then.
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They have. I’m slowly getting most of my old amalgam fillings replaced. I asked about that ” mercury release into your system” and they advised that it wasn’t an issue. I think that mercury release excuse was a complete furphy. In fact the dentists should all advise it because it makes them money. The ceramic replacements I’m doing are much more expensive.
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Exact same primary school student dental experience here except we got a bus ride there and back so a taste of Nazi transportation thrown in. The other added free extra was when the trainee nurse called the head nurse to come and check her progress/finished work and that “qualified” nurse thrust her fingers into your mouth to pull your cheeks into all sorts of angles for best viewing of your gums and you got the strong nauseating smell of sunlight soap (but probably used some other carbolic). Oh how “they” looked after us kids back then – want another bottle of that warm milk that has been standing in the sun for a couple of hours before the caretaker brought it in??
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The “murder house” love it…….but very true. Brought back some bad memories Greg !!!….lol
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Video 31 seconds
https://conservativeus.com/trump-would-laugh-australias-migrant-crime-solution-is-wokeness-at-its-dumbest-video/
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I wonder what the definition of a machete is.
How do you exclude a long knife, as used in the kitchen? A fish filleting knife can get quite long.
https://chefmichaelsalmon.com/product/wusthof-12-inch-salmon-slicer/
How do you exclude a sword, as found in numerous cultural/historic displays in many homes?
https://www.amazon.com.au/Glaswder-Plastic-Samurai-Cosplay-Accessories/dp/B0D4TQZNFT
What if the machete has a curved blade instead of a straight one or maybe double edged?
https://www.reddit.com/r/ArmsandArmor/comments/1ej1jy3/why_do_we_see_such_a_lack_of_forward_curving/
Or this going to be another huge Cluster F where the police determine if you have a machete in your shed, when actually it is a pair of garden shears, still hinged in the middle?
https://www.amazon.com.au/Berry-Bird-Trimming-Clippers-Gardening/dp/B0D3XCTX2S?th=1
I doubt very much that they will get the weapons out of the hands of the bad people, I doubt even more that anyone, (of the unspeakable class who use these weapons), will be charged with additional offences due to being caught in the possession of one of these weapons whilst joyfully walking through a Westfield shopping centre. And if they did, what chance would it have of changing the “Everyone goes free” bail model currently in place.
https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/crime/hero-shopper-performs-citizens-arrest-in-disgraceful-northland-shopping-centre-brawl/news-story/0f208cefdc25c6268f4cec62ac0a8498
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Chances are good that it will be about as successful as the gun buyback, where the honest people did the feds bidding and the crims just did what crims do.
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I read about the. Machete bins and, for some reason, the old joke about a missionary rebuking a convert for eating meat on a Friday and was told It is alright Father – when I was baptised my name changed to John, so I’ve baptised this and called it fish.
Should Victorians rename their Machetes as GOVERNMENT EXEMPTIONS?
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The said penalties are maximums, no one ever gets the “maximum” penalty for anything. its t like telling the kiddies that the bogey man will get them if they don’t do as they are told.
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Turning the majority of peaceful citizens into criminals, in other words – and giving a much more comfortable space for Plod to arrest you if your neighbour dobs you in for “owning” the said machete.
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Two equally matched fighters one with a cordless saw, one with a machete. Who wins?
All I know is that they are not bringing down ULEZ cameras with machetes…
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The one with a…
…chain saw
…water pistol full of acid
.. cup filled with petrol and holding a cig lighter
…Greg Norman Big Bertha driver
…..etc etc.
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Well … hadn’t heard of this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Compact_for_Migration
‘The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) is an intergovernmentally negotiated agreement, prepared under the auspices of the United Nations, that describes itself as covering “all dimensions of international migration in a holistic and comprehensive manner”.’
Yep, holistic.
Comprehensive.
Looks pretty regular too.
Orderly … not so much.
It was necessitated by Climate Change.
‘Cause there’s so much of it.
Poor migrants.
I bet they think they’ll get to see snow.
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‘The ‘Migrant Crisis’ Is a Facilitated, Planned, Taxpayer-Funded Agreement: Joshua Philipp’
British Thought Leaders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obgZ-Oh6Es0
Just in case some of you thought that this was just a thing that got out control due to political incompetence.
We can bundle this freight with our Net Zero payments.
Do you think we could get a discount paying both at the same time?
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Might have known the UN were behind any bad sneaky stuff.
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I’m guessing that OZ needs these new Japanese-built frigates to sink Chinese tankers bringing diesel to NZ.
Any refineries left in OZ?
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C’mon brauny, Winnie & Shane Jones will fix it (crickets…).
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I think Winnie moved fairly quickly on that one ; at least I hope that is what he was talking about – musing that perhaps we still had some storage at our vandalised refinery. Surely the tanks were not filled with concrete , along with the pipework?
Shirley?
Believe me , a diesel shortage , such as might happen in a regional war, will make for trying conditions here in Godzone.
Still a diet of meat , fish, eggs , fruit , and a little dairy if you’re lucky, would do a world of good to the majority of “we the people”.
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Yes, two, also the frigates are by the same company that brought you the Zero.
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But more to be built in OZ , apparently.
You’re not going to start burning coal over there , are you?
You know , to make steel and stuff like that?
Are you?
Of course , Godzone has some of the best coking coal around.
But which side will we be on?
No idea.
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“…brought you the Zero”
So no parachutes then? I’d be looking for a calmer khazi.
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‘Any refineries left in OZ?’
We have four and they will remain operational.
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Speaking of climate change the Great Barrier Reef had another bleaching event last year. According to Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) coral cover has dropped by 20-30% with some areas like Lizard Island (where I worked at the research station) is now described as the graveyard of corals. These events are increasing in frequency, which means that the reef does not have time to recover before the next bleaching occurs. Since cyclones (according to this blog) are less frequent, the main driver is climate
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OMG!!!
We’re doomed!
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Not quite farmerbraun: The reef died in 1971 – “Scientists” predicted it and it was headlined in the SMH that the reef would be dead by Christmas.
It must have been resurrected because there have been many predictions of early death quite a few times since then.
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Crimea (on the Black Sea) had everything for a beautiful family holiday.
Everything, except Coral Reef,
Now they eagerly anticipate imminent arrival of such.
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Breaking news: the Great Barrier Reef has died. Again.
I once took a trip out to the reef, from Cairns, with a young female marine scientist. She was very knowledgeable and I learned a lot. During the trip, having somehow ascertained that we weren’t disciples of the Church of Holy Warming, she remarked that stories of coral bleaching and constant apocalyptic propaganda was damaging the economy that relies on the reef and its surrounds, all based on lies and exaggeration. She was maybe 35 or so and said she had seem many bleaching incidents, all of which were natural and temporary. She also pointed out that those invested in the GBR’s demise somehow never want to photograph or visit recovered coral.
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Maybe the aircraft they do the ‘coral count’ from was flying higher each time..
I’ll worry about it when I see the reports from the other side.
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That AIMS?
included in the funding is:
Appears the deal adds 6 new staff members to the AIMS facility which would lead to 6 new single occupant ‘Commonwealth Cars’ filing out of Cape Cleveland at knock off time. I trust they remember to leave the power to the Aquariums turned on over the week-end and I trust the new power system has a back up diesel generator and is able to communicate to a concerned staff member with HR clearance to respond out of hours or on a week-end should the facility lose power and its long term experiments again.
Here is the Guardian defending the Institution against concerns raised by scientists whose work both can sustain as well as treasure scrutiny.
Little wonder PF appears to be again mistaking opinions voiced in selective media with actual scientific research as was conducted by Ridd & Larcombe. The $163.4 million may have been better spent in the interest of Science on the research of these two scientists.
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Broadie what happened to that $440 odd Milion Lord Poopy Pants donated to his Wife’s pals at the GBR Foundation ???????….wasn’t that long ago….must be a very expensive research station up there ???
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Annual summary report just released https://www.aims.gov.au/monitoring-great-barrier-reef/gbr-condition-summary-2024-25
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Is there any proof that SST determine bleaching? No mention of strong El Nino and sea level fall in the west Pacific causing bleaching.
‘When sea temperatures exceed the long term summer maximum by as little as 1–1.5°c for only six weeks, extensive coral bleaching occurs, leading to widespread coral mortality if temperatures do not return to normal levels.’
‘The great barrier reef has experienced eight mass bleaching events since 1979, triggered by unusually high sea surface temperatures. the most widespread events occurred in 1998 and 2002 with more than 50% of reefs bleached.’
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It’s those durn coal mines a few hundered K’s inland.
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No need to panic PF. The “expert” also said that the coral cover was close to the long term average. Let’s see what Peter Ridd has to say about it.
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Peter Ridd on GBR science.
‘Science groupthink flounders on state of Great Barrier Reef
‘It is well recognised that most areas of scientific study are suffering a problem of reliability. Is there any other profession with such a high failure rate?’ (Oz)
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Yup, just like the Great Barrier Reef has been on the verge of extinctions since the early 1970’s. Just how many times have the stories of doom and gloom been shown to be lies, deliberate mis information or just a complete lack of understanding of reefs. Anyone who believes this has to be pretty gullible.
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The Democrats react to Sydney Sweeney
https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_t0bn5aULMg1vvlsnk.mp4
/satire
/adult
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Syd Sweeney restored the Ford Mustang 350 often pictured with her in some vids and photos.
Here is Syn doing basic maintenance at #syds_garage
https://choiceclips.whatfinger.com/2025/08/05/how-can-you-not-love-this-woman-sydney-sweeney-actually-restored-this-car-herself-badass/
and below the first vid, is Syd at the gun range going full John Wick.
Liberals cannot understand how a woman can be intelligent, attractive, mechanically inclined, firearms proficient, and an actress.
What the world needs is MORE Syd Sweeneys and less loud mouthed, virtue signalling, self absorbed, harpies, who couldn’t manage a normal relationship if they tried. Gonna stop here, lest my better judgement becomes insufficient.
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My almost middle aged son, who treats a wide range of people and is always up for a chat, has formed the view that Gen Z males are less woke than his generation. Syd Sweeney appears to be the female version of how my son describes the male version.
My son views Gen Z as not being into saving the planet because they see it as a hoax. They were schooled to believe that they would not see middle age but their lying eyes show that not much has changed over their lifetime. The constant dooming has worn very thin. He believes Joe Rogan has been highly successful in tapping into this cohort.
We even discussed the idea of Judith Curry doing a long interview with Joe Rogan. Her story of survival and now revival against the dark forces of the Global Warming™ industrial complex is with telling to a wider audience.
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The 14th century Black Death: after 600 years we now know the exact origin
https://youtu.be/fjLNxIf2lXk?si=K4APqpMjdpVhEDjM
Y Pestis has been around for a few millenia though.
Given the giant rat problem in the UK now, we could be in for another wave.
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Wuhan lab.
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Denmark zoo wants people to donate their small pets as food for its predators
The Aalborg Zoo asked for donations of “a healthy animal that needs to be given away for various reasons” — including guinea pigs, rabbits and chickens — to be “gently euthanized” before they’re used as a food course, the facility said in a Facebook post last week.
“In zoos we have a responsibility to imitate the natural food chain of the animals — in terms of both animal welfare and professional integrity,” it added.
https://nypost.com/2025/08/05/world-news/denmark-zoo-asks-people-to-donate-their-small-pets-as-food-for-captive-predators/
“Gently euthanised” – like Monty Python’s “lightly killed”?
Kittens and Chihuahuas only – wouldn’t want the animals to choke.
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Much as I try I just can’t memorise the names
SBS of course
And have you seen the 2 minute weather forecast on NITV? It’s this with words
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Funny how there is a “traditional” name for EVERY place named by the new comers
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Sambar, a respectful correction – not “named”, established.
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Crazy isn’t it? So if you live in Ballarat, Warragul, Manangatang, Koo Wee Rup, Warrnambool, Toowoomba, Goondiwindi, Wagga Wagga, Wollongong, Nuriootpa, Woomera, Kalgoorlie, Meekatharra, Jabiru – you have to now remember another aboriginal name. I’ve been everywhere man……..
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Unitree announces Stellar Hunter robot
https://x.com/disclosetv/status/1952676109029400885
A bit faster than the old one.
I see AI advances every single day but one is taking things to a new level by mimicking how the brain works.
It’s not LLM based, doesn’t need vast training, small, runs on one GPU, doesn’t need a power station, obliterates the competition.
By the time these data centers are built, this thing will have replaced them.
This is getting scary…
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“taking things to a new level by mimicking how the brain works…. doesn’t need vast training”
That’s funny, we need 20 years to teach a human to use its brain..
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Tempt me not little one, lest I show you what’s REALLY happening. 😎
It’s v1.0 but by v2.0 in tbe next year or 2, we will be its subordinates.
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FWIW
Chiefio thread comments on Victoria’s “machete laws” starts here –
https://joannenova.com.au/2025/08/shh-chinese-solar-firms-sacked-one-third-of-their-workers-87000-solar-jobs-gone/
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Oops! Chiefio link starts here
https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2025/07/04/w-o-o-d-4-july-2025-big-b-b-passes-im-baaack-russia-winning-ukraine-toast/#comment-178186
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The Orana West “renewable” energy zone was to cost $650M. It has now blown out to $5.5bn.
I can only find paywalled stories on this.
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FWIW
“If Global Warming is a Problem, Why is there So Much Snow in Australia?”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/08/05/if-global-warming-is-such-a-problem-why-is-there-so-much-snow-in-australia/
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The Left getting moving in the morning… SMH articles today-
“Trump’s efforts to control information echo authoritarian playbook”
“Trump wants to gerrymander Texas. ”
“Trump says he will hike tariffs on India for buying Russian oil”
“Trump dealt a blow as the world is flooded with oil”
“Trump wants to be sole arbiter of truth … just like a real dictator”
There’s nothing explains a country faster than looking at its mainstream, un-biased, informative news..
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FWIW
Willis E. takes a look at OCO satellites
“OCO Satellites: Fancy Tools, Empty Pockets”
“One of the most reliable tells in the climate shell game is a government program with a name that promises “carbon” and delivers something suspiciously less concrete. Enter the OCO satellites—Orbiting Carbon Observatories, which, right off the bat, don’t actually measure “carbon.” They measure CO₂. It’s like opening a box labeled “Mystery Steak” and finding tofu.
If you want a tale of cosmic hubris stitched to pure bureaucratic ambition, look no further than NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellites—OCO by name, not by actual carbon content. These polished tin cans were launched to spy on atmospheric CO₂ from space, the latest chapter in humanity’s endless fantasy that, if we just measure nature sharply enough, we might finally drag the carbon cycle kicking and screaming under bureaucratic control.”
More there which leads to
“Could I have missed a secret billion-dollar industry quietly built on real-time OCO data? Well, sure. And if those unicorns take up day-trading next week, I’ll issue an apology.
Until then, the obvious answer is: if a satellite’s only measurable benefit is keeping research staff busy and PowerPoint decks vivid, it’s better to let the thing burn up, let the lights go out at OCO HQ, and see if maybe, just maybe, someone finds a direct use for satellite data that isn’t another exercise in scientific navel-gazing. Otherwise, call it what it is:
A very fancy, very expensive cosmic spectator sport.”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/08/05/oco-satellites-fancy-tools-empty-pockets/
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“If the challenges facing the NEM are left unaddressed, there is a growing risk that consumers will view
electricity markets as a system that no longer serves their interest”
Page 13, National Electricity Market wholesale market settings review August 2025, Nelson et. al. (DCCEEW web)
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I had not picked that up. But it is what I have been stating for a long time. Those who can leave the grid will. Some may stay connected and pay the connection fee but they will not be buying much energy.
The grid is in terminal decline. The highest average monthly demand in the NEM was July 2008 averaging 25.5GW. This July the average demand was down to 24.4GW. And the decline is accelerating. So dramatically rising costs being spread across declining production. It is a terrible position for any business model.
I put loss of Tomage next summer as better than even chance. Boyne smelter is not far behind.
There will not be any energy intensive AI being powered with wind and solar in Australia.
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This is the link to the report:
https://storage.googleapis.com/files-au-climate/climate-au/p/prj36f491a5284dc4c74959e/page/NEM_Review_Draft_Report_August_2025_Final_1.pdf
And this is also from p13:
I see the “system” is in a shambles.
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“In 2024 about 4.5 TWh of (residential rooftop PV, behind the meter) generation was curtailed – an increase from previous years.
A large share of this was due to network constraints but more than 3.3 TWh was curtailed for economic reasons. This is equivalent to over 1.3 GW of utility-scale solar sitting idle for a full year.”
Page 86 (my addition in brackets)
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This is Tulsi Gabbard talking about the grand jury into the Riussia Hoax:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfqS7bLcHFw
Story is the the grand jury will be impelled in Florida.
What appears to be unfolding is that Hillary Clinton initiated the story and found (manufactured by Steele) evidence for the story that later proved false. That was before the 2016 election to discredit Trump. After Trump won, Obama rekindle the story line with more investigation and a whole lot of muddy water to question the legitimacy of Trump’s presidency. Showing Obama’s involvements before he left office is the real news. I expect the aim was to impeach Trump.
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FWIW
Rick
IIRC Grand Juries are “empaneled”
More on that in here
https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/draculas-brides-tuesday-august-5?
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That is what I thought I had written but spell check came up with something different and I did not check it.
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A lot more insightful opinion on your link. Time will tell ion it is well-founded opinion.
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It’s curious.
This has all been well known.
I suppose the additional info is additional documentation.
So many things are like this nowadays.
For those paying attention, today’s news is so 5 years ago.
But alas, it’s painful being hip.
Hey, have you heard that Climate Change thing is a load crap and renewable energy doesn’t work?
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Oh yeah, and the vaccine doesn’t work either and they’re saying it probably came a lab somewhere.
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Honk R Smith,
You know Honk, you really are quite a hoot!
You say they claim the vaccine came from a lab leak, but all indications are that it really came from a wet market.
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I find Jo’s site light years ahead of the rabble, who merely repeat jaded news & out-dated third-hand watered-down mish-mash, pap for the masses.
Jo and crew, take a bow! 😃
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FWIW – for the covid record
“RFK Jr. Drops Bombshell About mRNA Vaccines and Pandemic – It Will Make You Furious”
“”We reviewed the science, listened to the experts, and acted,” Kennedy’s post read. “BARDA is terminating 22 mRNA vaccine development investments because the data show these vaccines fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections like COVID and flu.”
https://redstate.com/katie-jerkovich/2025/08/05/rfk-jr-drops-bombshell-about-mrna-vaccines-and-pandemic-it-will-make-you-furious-n2192489
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Yes, just reading about that on Robert Malones substack. RFK jr also said :-
Which is aligned with my thinking. Putting adverse reactions aside, the mRNA vaccines just weren’t that effective. I also dont believe any government stats saying that the COVID vaccines saved lives.
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And more
“Looks like mRNA self-amplifying vaccines are already approved and in use – see https://www.merck-animal-health-usa.com/nobivac/nobivac-nxt
If your dog or cat is injected with this stuff, there’s a question about whether it will be shedding the stuff this genetic modification produces. Also whether that can be picked up by other cats/dogs (or humans/other animals) and have any effects on them.
It’s supposed to have a limited time during which it replicates. Famous last words….
Plus the following comment from Chiefio
https://chiefio.wordpress.com/2025/07/04/w-o-o-d-4-july-2025-big-b-b-passes-im-baaack-russia-winning-ukraine-toast/#comment-178217
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FWIW
Starmer’s genie
“BRITAIN HAS AWAKENED: Manchester MASSIVE Anti-Immigration Protest Shows Citizen Pushback Against Starmer’s Suicidal Policies Has Gained Unstoppable Momentum (VIDEOS)”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/08/britain-has-awakened-manchester-massive-anti-immigration-protest/
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For those who enquired most recently- there’s a big building being erected ( nearly finished) adjacent to the Western Hwy in Truganina, Victoria. Between Swann Drive and Mt Derrimutt Rd overpass. I have finally worked out what it is via Grok, Maps and Google Earth. The facility on Swann Drive in Truganina is indeed Microsoft’s MEL11 data center site, being constructed by the Kapitol/Built Group. There was even a groundbreaking ceremony held on December 5, 2022, with the Wurundjeri Traditional Landowners. Big concrete building with giant cooling fans on top. So, in future all your MSW documents might be stored there. 🙂
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Andy May discusses oscillations in detail.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/08/05/climate-oscillations-12-the-causes-significance/
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FWIW
When the edict ain’t edicting!
“EVs Stuck Below 22%”
“EV sales remain stuck at around 21%, well below the ZEV mandate of 28% for this year:”
“It is hard to see what carmakers can do now to shift the dial, especially as the target goes up to 33% next year.
The Government still does not seem to have got the message that for the vast majority of drivers, EVs are not fit for purpose. Very few want to buy them now, and there is no reason to think anything will change anytime soon.
Carmakers will doubtless roll their deficits against ZEV targets forward to next year, but this is sillier than taking out a payday loan!”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/08/05/evs-stuck-below-22/
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And comments!
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FWIW
“Yet Another Misleading Report on “Low-Cost” Wind and Solar”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/08/05/yet-another-misleading-report-on-low-cost-wind-and-solar/
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“Eh? Gawd!” – cop that!
More on the US “Jeans War”
“Work on It, Sweetheart’: Megyn Kelly DROPS Sarah Longwell Over Beyoncé’s Knock-Off Jeans Ad”
https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2025/08/05/megyn-kelly-drops-the-bulwarks-sarah-longwell-over-beyonces-knock-off-jeans-ad-n2416794
Read to the end for full flavour!
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FWIW – comparison?
“As teachers still complain about pay, let’s provide some perspective”
“There are wonderful teachers out there. I know there are.
But there are terrible teachers out there, with a lot more somewhere in between, and I’m not going to just pretend that we should be forking over more and more money to a group that has failed, as a group, so spectacularly.”
https://tomknighton.substack.com/p/as-teachers-still-complain-about
Via https://instapundit.com/736602/#disqus_thread
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