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Don’t forget to make a submission about the Australian Government’s proposed censorship bill to censor anything not in conformity with the Official Narrative. (They falsely call the material they wish to censor misinformation and disinformation.)
Things on a blog like this would be subject to censorship as many articles and comments question the Official Narrative, just like science is meant to work.
You have until 20th August.
Information about submissions here.
https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/have-your-say/new-acma-powers-combat-misinformation-and-disinformation
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Word of advice on making effective submissions. First step is to read the proposal and make sure you understand it first. Then submit your view.
Don’t just react to what some guy on a blog says is the case, as your submission will be rubbishy and will be rightly overlooked.
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All the information and necessary links are in the link I included.
I assume you won’t be making a submission.
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Maybe her pet, Chi Chi the Chihuahua will write it.
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I’m thinking more of a cat Lady.
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She owns a dog, and we’ve all been to Bunnings and encountered those old ducks with psycho chihuahuas. 😆
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Aw it’s cute.
Chi chi reminds everyone that submissions don’t have to be negative.
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science in the 17th century: nullius in verba: “take the word of no one”
‘science’ in the 21st century: take the government’s word for it.
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“your submission will be rubbishy and will be rightly overlooked”
sounds like misinformation.
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Usually it is misrepresentation of the proposal or misunderstanding of it.
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have you read it?
they confuse epistemic and deontic authority (it must be epistemically true because the government said so).
that’s a logical fallacy.
“Those however who seek to learn my personal opinion on the various questions show an unreasonable degree of curiosity. In discussion it is not so much weight of authority as force of argument that should be demanded. Indeed the authority of those who profess to teach is often a positive hindrance to those who desire to learn ; they cease to employ their own judgement, and take what they perceive to be the verdict of their chosen master as settling the question. In fact I am not disposed to approve the practice traditionally ascribed to the Pythagoreans, who, when questioned as to the grounds of any assertion that they advanced in debate, are said to have been accustomed to reply ‘He himself said so,’ ‘he himself’ being Pythagoras. So potent was an opinion already decided, making authority prevail unsupported by reason.”
-Cicero, On the Nature of the Gods
[and if anyone pronounces “Cicero” as “si·suh·row”, that’s also dis/mis information; it’s pronounced “kee-keh-roh”
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Maybe direct your efforts into making a submission.
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Giving themselves
The verdict.
Two legs bad,
Four legs better.
(Or vice versa.)
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Yep, I’m going to give as much time to reading that as president albo has given to reading the voice details.
My sub mission is to request that all acma powers be reduced by 97% to reduce the effect of climate change.
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Given that albo is fairly dim in my view I suspect he hasn’t comprehended the content. Then again.
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Here’s something else to consider: In The Field: Surveying the nation ( and you get results of 66.7% or 97% , or, or, or whatever you like or pay for)
Social surveys offer immense and uniquely valuable insights into the lives of people up and down the country,
But as statistical organisations around the world are also finding, with our lives becoming increasingly busy, it is more difficult to get people to take part than ever before.
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“Don’t just react to what some guy on a blog says is the case, as your submission will be rubbishy and will be rightly overlooked.”*
I would just note, that “some random guy on a blog” has more credibility nowadays than government and the MSM.
Most of us now know this as result of mostly random guys on blogs.
The governments and the MSM are mad.
“Random guys” on blogs are the 21st century reincarnation of spontaneous nocturnal gatherings of villagers with pre-industrial night vision and manual pronged hay redistribution implements.
They understand that the monstrous creations reeking havoc on the village are the creations of mad aristocrats that live inside the protective parapets of Unis and Capitol cit … I mean castles.
*(Your submissions are going into the waste bin anyway, it’s the reason for the restlessness of the villagers, and the anti-villager law proposals will remove the necessity of refuse disposal.)
Gee, I recommended this bit of 19th century literature for you and those whose interest you so effectively represent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Masque_of_the_Red_Death
(And yes, it is for sale, but the transaction takes place in the castle.)
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Bollocks in the first sentence. Very rarely is disinformation effective in threatening anything. It has to be very good or backed by strong censorship. And never is censorship justified for any other reason than the safety, health and wellbeing of society.
So who decides not only that it’s a false but that it’s threatening?
Free speech is always based on the idea that wallowing through a mire of misinformation is always better for democracy than a government lie being unchallenged.
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If I can use a bit of disinformation published in 1828 as an example. A fairytale writer made up the history of Columbus and the flat Earth. It still gets taught in schools because it is malicious and attacks the Catholic Church. The same false history is used to ridicule sceptics. Is it dangerous to society? Well if you couldn’t tell people to look up Columbus in their kiddies’ encyclopaedia and discover it’s BS, then yes.
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Some examples of things various governments and/or their social media or legacy media agents claimed were mis/disinformation include:
Hunter Biden laptop
Covid lockups being effective
Face masks being effective against covid
Epstein Island nothing to see here
Child trafficking claimed not happening
Russiagate
Fake Steele dossier
Origins of covid
Ivermectin not effective or safe
Covid vaccines fully safe and effective and would stop transmission
Social media collaboration with US Government to censor various opinions
In Australia unreliables the cheapest form of electricity despite obviously not true
Shutting down power stations will stop supposed global warming
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What about misinformation disseminated by the Dept. of Health and TGA with regard to the efficacy of HCQ and Ivermectin in the treatment of Covid19. Or would the numerous studies that demonstrated their efficacy be considered misinformation.
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Yes, the most dangerous misinformation comes from government because it’s assumed (or claimed) to be authoritative. E.g. Ardern’s “single source of truth” claim. Random stuff on the Internet, people should use their critical thinking skills.
WEF graduate Ardern says how the New Zimbabwe Government is to be a single source of truth:
https://youtu.be/ENEUktOrQV8
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Can we expect the Government to censor a Government disinformation?
That would lead to an explosive growth of the Government .. and here we are.
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Labor taking Australia down ‘very dangerous pathway’
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Ted O’Brien is slightly less clueless than other members of the Liberal faction of the Uniparty but fundamentally, he still believes in “decarbonising” (sic). So he is still useless, just like Dutton, who still believes in unreliables.
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This should make you laugh –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYanZL8R0XA
Chairman Dan the hypocrite cooking with gas at home –
https://twitter.com/DanielAndrewsMP/status/1248542493840257024
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gas for me,
but not for thee
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Sounds like “1984”.
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As we all know, weather is not climate, yet in this *Error Of Boiling*
MetService: South Island Mountains
Tuesday 1 August 2023
HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS
“Rain turning to snow everywhere”
Sounds like normal globing to me.
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snow globing?
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New term: “Heat hole” aka “cold blob”
Note for the following. Key Words: “could” and “might”.
Variations of the following article title are all over news on the internet:
‘Study: Ocean currents vital for distributing heat could collapse’
That’s the Ditlevsen paper:
Prof Peter Ditlevsen: crucial ocean current system heading for collapse
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2018900443/prof-peter-ditlevsen-crucial-ocean-current-system-heading-for-collapse
Third slide in – “Heat hole”
And at RealClimate:
What is happening in the Atlantic Ocean to the AMOC?
https://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2023/07/what-is-happening-in-the-atlantic-ocean-to-the-amoc/
“9. Standard climate models get the observed ‘cold blob’, but only later.”
I note that only “high warming models” simulate the “cold blob”.
I’m familiar with the term “heat sink” but “heat hole” and “cold blob” was not covered in my studies of thermodynamics. I’m guessing that a “heat hole” falls somewhere between a plug hole and a black hole.
It’s really quite frightening
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Will the result of Africa splitting in two be a heat hole, a cold blob I wonder.
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Australia: Power Companies Could Remotely Switch Off EV Chargers To Reduce Grid Stress
Energy providers could have the option to switch off home EV charging stations remotely to reduce pressure on Queensland’s electricity grid.
The proposal is part of the Australian state’s Queensland Electricity Connection Manual (QECM), which provides a framework for the grid’s operation.
Section 8 of the QECM proposes that EV charging equipment may be limited or switched off by operators Ergon Energy and Energex (distributed network service providers or DNSPs) if it has an output of more than 20 amps—a standard domestic single-phase EV charger uses 32 amps.
The use of such “demand management” schemes is largely unique to Queensland and is also used on residential pool cleaning machines, hot water systems, and air conditioning units under the Peaksmart program.
Peaksmart gives households a cash rebate; in return, the operator can turn off air conditioners remotely during peak operating times (summer) to reduce pressure on the energy grid.
The large-scale roll-out of such programs has been earmarked as a potential catalyst to close down coal-fired power stations faster—amid the net zero push—and to, instead, adopt more intermittent renewable energy sources like wind, solar, and battery.
Confidence Towards Net Zero’s Viability is Low: MP
Federal Nationals MP Keith Pitt, himself an electrical engineer, says a proposal to use demand management on EV charging reveals that operators have little confidence the grid can handle the uptake of electric cars expected in the push towards net zero.
https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/power-companies-could-remotely-switch-ev-chargers-reduce-grid-stress
Unlimited power=freedom. Planned dysfunctional limited intermittent unreliable power=control.
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As I have said before, almost all air conditioners sold in Australia are equipped with DRED, Demand Response Enable Device. This means that if that is connected, currently optional, the power company or Big Brother can reduce the level of heating or cooling or indeed turn it off altogether. I am guessing such demand management will become compulsory for EV chargers as more power stations are shut down.
I wrote an article about DRED in 2017.
https://www.siliconchip.com.au/Issue/2017/April/DRED%3A+they+can+turn+your+aircon+off%21
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I prefer Elektor. 😄
Only joking.
We judge the demand, we judge the response needed, we judge the need to enable the device.
Judge DRED… sounds sorta familiar, with the same outcomes.
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David, you are a smart fella, is there a way to filter or perhaps scramble the ripple signal for Dred?
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In the UK smart meters communicate with the death star via 4g chips. To disable this capability only requires a piece of appropriately placed copper or tin foil.
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Warning that Chinese electric car ‘invasion’ could paralyse Britain
A coming influx of Chinese electric cars represents a security risk as they could be remotely controlled to “paralyse” Britain, according to the head of the industry’s professional body.
Britons face “major security issues” from Chinese cars, warned Professor Jim Saker, president of the Institute of the Motor Industry.
In a report due to be shared with car makers and regulators, Prof Saker said there was “no way” of stopping Chinese cars coming under remote control.
He said: “The car manufacturer may be in Shanghai and could stop 100,000 to 300,000 cars across Europe thus paralysing a country.”
While regulators can test samples of cars for spyware or other security vulnerabilities, testing thousands of vehicles is not feasible, he said.
A similar frailty of testing samples allowed Volkswagen to cheat emissions tests ahead of the Dieselgate scandal.
Up to 30 new electric vehicle brands are eyeing up the UK car market, most of them Chinese.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/07/30/chinese-electric-car-invasion-paralyse-britain-jim-saker/
A realistic and exploitable risk. For every electric vehicle.
That’s assuming shiploads of 500 ev’s don’t self ignite crossing the ocean.
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Not just Chinese and not just electric cars as most high end cars can be remotely shut down now.
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A couple of interesting posts and comment threads re Tesla Semi payload:
How Big Was Tesla Semi Payload?
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2022/12/how-big-was-tesla-semi-payload.html
Freightliner [electric] Cascadia Trucks Versus Tesla Semi
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2022/12/freightliner-cascadia-trucks-versus-tesla-semi.html
Tesla have been less than forthcoming re vehicle weight, payload, performance, etc. Some PR stunts but real-world info sadly lacking.
Best real-world is Frito Lay and Pepsico. Pepsico limit heavy Tesla deliveries (pepsi bottles/cans) to 100 miles. Light loads to 250.
Driver comments indicate operating one of these things would be an impractical mission (driver seated in centre).
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Made a comment on this on Sunday so this is a rehash in respect to trucks:
Tesla’s secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/494785/tesla-s-secret-team-to-suppress-thousands-of-driving-range-complaints
Apart from cold:
Hilly terrain is a big factor in NZ. Not so much in the US except for the biggy – Donner Pass.
I had a chuckle at this PR video featuring a lead foot and a hill in the US (Donner Pass):
Watch Tesla Semi blow past diesel trucks up a hill
https://electrek.co/2023/07/17/tesla-semi-blow-past-diesel-trucks-up-hill-video/
“Fully loaded” Tesla Semi blows past a diesel hauling a military Light Armoured Vehicle – wow.
What is not elaborated on is that an EV truck loses 25% of payload to the battery that they haul around ALL THE TIME – fully charged or near flat. Tesla is adamant that they will match diesel Class 8 payload (even if the rules have to be changed in US and EU). They have yet to provide real-world operations proof.
Also, in the background is a diesel semi blasting up the lane behind the Tesla passing the same diesels. I don’t think lead foot driving up hill is a winner with line haul companies but that’s just me.
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>”How Big Was Tesla Semi Payload?”
Tesla Semi was promoted hauling 11 Jersey Barriers. Here’s a close-up:
Jersey Barriers on Tesla Semi trailer on Donner Pass
https://nextbigfuture.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/12/Screen-Shot-2022-12-20-at-11.45.43-AM-1-768×583.jpg
These don’t seem to be the Ontario Tall Wall variant and more like F-shape. They also have chain holes which are unusual. There has been questions raised as to whether the concrete is high density concrete (the colour seems off for starters). In other words, they look custom made for the trial.
I don’t think we’ve heard the last of this trial run.
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>”They [Tesla promo barriers] also have chain holes which are unusual”
Not so. Seem to be a short variant of standard Caltrans K-Rail barriers.
Tesla promo barriers again – 10′ 4000 lbs
https://nextbigfuture.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/12/Screen-Shot-2022-12-20-at-11.45.43-AM-1-768×583.jpg
20′ K-Rails (Caltrans Standard) – 8000 lbs
https://midstateconcrete.com/product/20-k-rails-caltrans-standard/
20′ K-Rails (Caltrans Standard) – plans and specs
https://midstateconcrete.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2009120914281140509_k-rail_20.pdf
The steel interlinks are missing from the Tesla promo barriers. I wonder what else is missing or out of spec? Like concrete and rebars.
Shoddy molding too compared to the Mid State products above. I think it is possible the promo barriers are mock ups.
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1) >”The steel interlinks are missing from the Tesla promo barriers. I wonder what else is missing or out of spec? Like concrete and rebars.”
2) The 1 1/2″ holes in the top are missing.
3) Forklift recesses appear to be missing
4) The recesses for fixing slots are there but the actual slots seem to be missing
5) Material does not seem to be concrete. Probably painted but in that case could be polystyrene. Like this:
Engineering Foam Board
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Foam_Board.jpg
I did as-built checks for contracts so details like this stand out. The more I look the more the promo barriers look like custom built mock up Caltrans Std lookalikes.
The (possibly mock up) barriers do not appear to be functional i.e. no forklift slots, no fixing slots, no interlocks – no functionality.
They could be concrete but lightweight aggregate and minimal steel rebars.
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Richard,
In my capacity as head of the tinfoil hat brigade I would suggest that they are made of Hebel . Would the ruling AI please investigate it ?
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As cronyism works both ways, how many large companies could push a Govt into declaring any doubts on Tesla’s capacity be labelled official misinformation and deleted from the net??
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O G, CSR doesn’t describe Hebel as a benefit to EV hype:
I’ve worked in a materials testing lab dissecting mixes. Would not take much to produce a slap-up lightweight mix without going to the lengths of Hebel.
I’m just highlighting the juxtaposition of the same product:
Mid State Concrete product finish – immaculate
Tesla promo barrier product finish – rough as guts
Rough as guts is all it would take for an exercise in deception and one-off promo.
I could be wrong of course. But Tesla’s record is not exactly scrupulous – remember the Cyber Trucks ‘bulletproof’ windows ?
Elon Musk’s epic Cybertruck ‘bulletproof’ window smash fail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMWwImDX3ks
Tesla touts the Semis’ window as “thermonuclear explosion-proof”:
Tesla Semi’s “thermonuclear explosion-proof glass (according to EM)” – ALON® Transparent Ceramic aka Transparent Aluminum
https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/tesla-semis-thermonuclear-explosion-proof-glass-according-to-em-alon%C2%AE-transparent-ceramic-aka-transparent-aluminum.288426/
Very nice. But no sleeper cab and the entry door is behind the driver:
Tesla Semi’s Entry Door
http://www.xautoworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tesla-semi-exterior-door.jpg
Driver comments have noted the hassle of not being able to just open a window at toll booths or the door for handing over documents at highway patrol checks and talking to officers.
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Can’t shake this.
I’m curious about the Donner Pass run i.e. how did the Tesla Semi get there and was there recharging before the uphill blast?
Tesla Freemont Factory is just north of Silicon Valley (map here) and 150 miles (240 km) from Donner Pass peak. The Pass is between Sacramento and Reno at the Reno end (map here), on the way to Salt lake City (trip details and map here).
Except going by the photos (sun, shadows, right side lanes, etc) the run seems to be BACK towards Sacramento.
It’s an odd load to haul over the Pass but even more odd to be hauling BACK from Reno.
Photo of Semi at a depot somewhere so possible it was at Sacramento. In which case it’s only 80 miles (130 km) to Donner Pass peak. But to do the run they would have to haul out towards Reno, over the Pass peak, turn around, and haul back.
There’s so much more to the logistics of this promo than just one run for pics over a very short distance.
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Diesel Generators Used To Charge Electric Garbage Trucks
Wales epitomizes the government application of global warmism by using diesel generators to charge its new fleet of electric garbage trucks:
Cardiff Council started transitioning to electric vehicles for its waste collection in 2021 as part of its efforts to hit net zero by 2030.
But it was forced to admit that it was charging the vehicles using diesel generators after a local resident spotted the backup power.
“The council has infrastructure at Lamby Way Depot to charge electric vehicles. This equipment charges the smaller vehicles without any issue, but a software problem between these electric chargers and the new electric Denis Eagle RCV vehicles, causes the system to trip.
“To mitigate this, the council does have portable diesel generators onsite which are being used on a temporary basis when issues occur. This is being used while we wait for portable electrical chargers, which are engineered by the vehicle manufacturer – Denis Eagle – to be installed.”
Cardiff Council said it had a temporary fix for the problem that meant it could use the regular electrical charging system, but was keeping the diesel generators on backup until it has permanent chargers installed next year.
The bin trucks contain five packs of lithium ion batteries, and typically take between six and seven hours to recharge.
Earlier this year, it emerged that York Council could not yet use its £8 million fleet of electric bin lorries because it did not have sufficient charging infrastructure.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/27/labour-cardiff-council-diesel-generators-electric-lorries/
The future is stupid.
Here’s Greta to explain:
https://imgbox.com/l08kZQdd
😆😆
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And, the national breakdown services use diesel generators to rescue broken down EVs.
The implicit message is: you need a diesel generator to go green.
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Nigel Farage says he wants to ‘build a powerful lobby group’ to tackle the ‘major national scandal’ of ‘de-banking’ – as its revealed banks are shutting up to 1,000 accounts a day
Nigel Farage has said he wants to build a ‘powerful lobby group a powerful’ to tackle the ‘major national scandal’ of de-banking.
The former UKIP leader launched a new website as part of his campaign to hold the UK’s financial giants to account after he received an overwhelming number of messages from people who have had their bank accounts cancelled.
He said in an interview with The Telegraph that the AccountClosed.org site aims to identify the main reasons for accounts being cancelled and highlight the banks who are the ‘worst offenders’.
The start of his campaign comes as The Mail on Sunday revealed today that banks are shutting more than a thousand accounts every working day.
Mr Farage himself recently had his Coutts account closed because of his political views which led to the resignation of Dame Alison Rose, the chief executive of its parent bank NatWest, and Coutts chief executive Peter Flavel.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12353605/Nigel-Farage-says-wants-build-powerful-lobby-group-tackle-major-national-scandal-banking-revealed-banks-shutting-1-000-accounts-day.html
There’s actually a global group monitoring people for wrongthink and reporting them to banks…
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We May Have Found The Part of The Brain Where Conscious Experience Lives
New research sheds light on a tricky idea of consciousness: There’s a difference between what the brain takes in and what we’re consciously aware of taking in.
Scientists now think they’ve pinpointed the brain region where that conscious awareness is managed.
The team, from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel and the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), in the US, found sustained brain activity in the occipitotemporal area of the visual cortex in the back of the brain.
The researchers can’t say for sure how their findings relate to consciousness, but they suggest that the sustained activity in the visual cortex could be fed back to the prefrontal cortex, where thoughts and actions are managed.
There remains a lot of scientific debate about how this all does or doesn’t work. After damage to one brain hemisphere following a stroke, for example, some people experience unilateral neglect: They only consciously perceive half a photo or scene but emotionally react to it in its entirety.
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(23)00763-5
Better hurry up. The WEF wackjobs will need to know if they’re going to transfer their minds to the cloud by 2030.
P.S. Cloud = someone else’s computer. 😁
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Scientists Invented an Entirely New Process For Refrigerating Things
Say hello to ionocaloric cooling. It’s a new way to lower temperatures with the potential to replace existing methods of chilling things with a process that is safer and better for the planet.
Typical refrigeration systems transport heat away from a space via a gas that cools as it expands some distance away. As effective as this process is, some of the choice gases we use are particularly unfriendly to the environment.
Raise the temperature on a block of ice, it’ll melt. What we might not see so easily is that melting absorbs heat from its surroundings, effectively cooling it.
One way to force ice to melt without needing to turn up the heat is to add a few charged particles, or ions. Putting salt on roads to prevent ice from forming is a common example of this in action. The ionocaloric cycle also uses salt to change a fluid’s phase and cool its surroundings.
“The landscape of refrigerants is an unsolved problem,” said mechanical engineer Drew Lilley from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California in January 2023 statement. “No one has successfully developed an alternative solution that makes stuff cold, works efficiently, is safe, and doesn’t hurt the environment.”
“We think the ionocaloric cycle has the potential to meet all those goals if realized appropriately.”
The team also ran experiments using a salt made with iodine and sodium to melt ethylene carbonate. This common organic solvent is also used in lithium-ion batteries and is produced using carbon dioxide as an input. That could make the system not just GWP [global warming potential] zero but GWP negative.
A temperature shift of 25 degrees Celsius (45 degrees Fahrenheit) was measured through the application of less than a single volt of charge in the experiment, a result that exceeds what other caloric technologies have managed to achieve so far.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ade1696
25C drop with 1v. Impressive!
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How many amps?
signed
Time Poor Lazy Reader.
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Some may be aware that a wobbly four legged table can be rotated to find a stable position assuming either that the legs are even and the floor isn’t or vice versa. This problem has been studied mathematically since the 1960’s. Here is the latest development of the proof, from 2005, showing that it is possible as long as there is no slope more than 35.26 degrees between any two points. One of the authors (Polster) is Australian.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/math/0511490
arXiv:math/0511490v1 [math.HO] 19 Nov 2005
Mathematical Table Turning Revisited
by Bill Baritompa, Rainer L¨owen, Burkard Polster, and Marty Ross
SEE LINK FOR REST
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I do that with my ladder when hedge trimming.
Left a bit, turn a bit, in a bit…stable.
Don’t need a maths lesson from “some guy on a blog”.😆😆
/GI epic humour
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Since you are an obvious keen gardner here is another one for you. After sowing grass seed you should always spray scotch whiskey over it….. that way it comes up half cut.
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“assuming either that the legs are even and the floor isn’t or vice versa” – actually the proof requires the table legs to be even. If the floor was even then turning the table would make no difference.
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This speech would be equally applicable to Parliament today as it was in 1653.
Oliver Cromwell: ‘In the name of God, go!’ speech dismissing Rump Parliament – 1653
20 April 1653, London, England
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IIRC repeated on Chamberlain in WW2
https://theconversation.com/in-the-name-of-god-go-the-history-of-a-speech-that-has-brought-down-parliament-and-a-prime-minister-175368
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Here is the closing speech by the Lord Protector in “Cromwell” (1970).
He could just as easily have been addressing the Victorian Parliament and Dan Andrews.
https://youtu.be/a9DHOnUngxQ
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Malcolm Roberts, update on the WHO Pandemic Treaty.
https://www.malcolmrobertsqld.com.au/new-update-on-who-pandemic-treaty/
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SEE LINK FOR REST
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Let’s hope a boy dog doesn’t take a fancy.
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Covid must be officially over in South Australia! I went to my local Woolies today and noticed that all the perspex screens had been removed from the checkout registers. Also our beloved Chief Medical Officer has the time to train and compete in trail running events again. She went missing for a few years.
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Do transplant patients in South Australia require compulsory covid vaccination?
It looks like education employees require compulsory covid vax.
https://www.education.sa.gov.au/parents-and-families/covid-19-coronavirus/covid-19-vaccination-requirements
Certain healthcare workers still require it.
https://www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/public+content/sa+health+internet/clinical+resources/clinical+governance+and+leadership/allied+and+scientific+health/allied+and+scientific+health
The Government doesn’t think it’s over.
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Guv’ments are NUTS. The ‘Rona is not the problem. But the Jabs are.
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Will Joe Biden announce he’s not standing for re-election, and pardon his son?
Jonathan Turley speculates:
Biden’s Break-The-Glass Option: Pardon Hunter and Withdraw from the 2024 Election – JONATHAN TURLEY
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I doubt very much that Biden has any say in the matter at all.
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British PM is pro Car and on the motorists side.
Maybe the worm is turning a little more –
Rishi Sunak promised drivers that he is “on their side” as he ordered a review of controversial anti-car schemes being rolled out across Britain.
In an interview with The Telegraph, the Prime Minister said the vast majority of people “are dependent on their cars” and that “anti-motorist” policies fail to take account of how “families live their lives”.
Mr Sunak has ordered the Department for Transport (DfT) to carry out a review of low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs), which often use cameras, giant planters and bollards to turn away cars.
https://www.michaelsmithnews.com/2023/07/british-pm-is-pro-car-and-on-the-motorists-side.html
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Sunak was put into power by the bankers, not the electorate.
He is therefore plainly on the side of the capitalists not the plebs. Like any politician it is important to judge him by what he does, not what he says.
But yes, maybe the worm is turning …
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Do you think Labor (or the Liberal faction of the Uniparty) will allow the lights to go out? Do they even care?
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Mummy Powder And Fart Sniffing: The Weirdest Medical Treatments We Once Relied On
Modern society has many perks, and one that our ancestors would have surely envied is our ability to visit a doctor and expect safe and effective treatment.
You don’t have to look far back in history to suddenly appreciate how far medicine has come.
The Great Plague of London in the 1660s was a scary time. The public was willing to do just about anything to stay healthy, including sniffing a jar of their own farts.
Back then, doctors were apparently convinced that the plague was spread via deadly air vapor and that a foul-smelling substance could dilute the pollution.
As such, some locals apparently took to storing their farts in jars, just in case the situation suddenly demanded a quick whiff.
From the 12th century onward, mummy medicine was widespread in Europe and was used to treat bruises, headaches, wounds, cancer, gout, or depression.
Only in the 16th century did doctors begin to question the remedy. In all likelihood, the whole fad was a silly misunderstanding based on a mistranslation of ancient texts.
One of the more recent and ridiculous medical crazes began at the very end of the nineteenth century at a hotel in Australia. Here, patients with rheumatoid arthritis were rowed out to a dead whale and instructed to lie down in its carcass for several hours.
The bizarre treatment was apparently ‘discovered’ by a drunk individual who stumbled upon a dead whale on the beach and, for some reason, “took a header into the decomposing blubber”.
Not only did he emerge completely sober, he claimed to have been cured of his rheumatism.
https://www.sciencealert.com/mummy-powder-and-fart-sniffing-the-weirdest-medical-treatments-we-once-relied-on
For more, Horrible Histories comes through (as always):
https://youtube.com/watch?feature=shared&v=ogUNkyk3qgI
These days we have gubermint health experts who are totally trustworthy and credible and never push unproven quack dangerous products…
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G’day. Did you miss me?
Bin offline for a week with a dead ‘puter. Officially my Mac has 12 mths warranty but Aus has consumer laws that use terms like “fit for purpose” for performance and “reasonable expectations” for life. The USA call centre is cognisant of this and OKed repairs on mine which was 27mths old.
I’m happy enough with getting my old one back, I would have been disinclined to buy another Mac but really have no wish to learn windows.
Can US consumers get that or are they left with an expensive boat anchor?
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Gee, H , don’t you have an iPhone? You know, your little Mac in your pocket?
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An iPhone costs more than my Mac Mini. I don’t have grandkids so why do I need one?
My son bought me an android tablet but more trouble typing than it’s worth.
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If the tablet has bluetooth capability, a bluetooth keyboard can be paired with the tablet.
Then you have a “full size” keyboard to work with. They can pair with iPhones, android phones, Mac, PC, etc,
There’s even some bluetooth keyboards that fold up for portability .
Might be an option.
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Thanks Lance but problem solved in the short term. I’ll check it out, it may solve another.
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Apple offers applecare that covers repairs over a longer period
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The struggle has landed at the feet of the ABS
It was ominicron wot dun it!
How to interpret results
You have to feel for the team!
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Do a search for
Midazolam Murders – When a Common Sedative Becomes an Execution Drug
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In 2019, Moderna new there would be a pandemic in 2019
https://twitter.com/iluminatibot/status/1685652105590099969
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Some mistakenly believe that ozone is the source of infrared radiation in the upper stratosphere, but this radiation is released during the Chapman reaction, which involves the photolysis of an O2 molecule by photons of UVC radiation.
“Ozone is naturally formed and destroyed by the following set of reactions.
http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/molsim/teaching/fall2008/ozone/Ozone%20website_files/Page603.htm
These reactions, proposed by Sydney Chapman in 1930, explain the presence of ozone in the stratosphere. Oxygen molecules can be photolyzed by UV radiation, forming oxygen radicals in reaction 1. In reaction 2, these reactive oxygen radicals can combine with an oxygen molecule to form ozone. M in this reaction is any third molecule: M absorbs heat from this reaction. The increasing temperature profile of the stratosphere results from this reaction. In reaction 3, ozone is destroyed by UV radiation, forming an oxygen radical and an oxygen molecule. Ozone can also be destroyed by combining with the radical, as seen in reaction 4.”
Therefore, temperature changes in the upper stratosphere are a good indicator of solar activity because ozone production depends on UV photons at the highest energies. These photons depend on flares on the Sun.
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/stratosphere/strat-trop/gif_files/time_pres_TEMP_MEAN_ALL_EQ_2023.png
https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/stratosphere/strat-trop/gif_files/time_pres_TEMP_ANOM_ALL_EQ_2023.png
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Ford set to lose $4.5 billion on electric vehicles this year, despite increased revenue
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GM is bleeding money big time too. Their electric hummer (?) sold 27 vehicles in a qtr.
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Modern car dash signs explained –
“Have you ever looked at all those icons on the dashboard of your vehicle, and wondered what they could possibly mean?
Fear not! Roberta X explains all in a post on her blog. Examples:”
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd59C8asSHvTi_H4_h4Ph5XvTqImdgQz7YUUSaevXEp18KUd0t8sJv2-_IUuqgqoCXeO2UsGcaxuS4GQXyTyuA6hfiRnTw13A-9PNr8hO92WoJPCLsuRODNcDGbeUrMkoSZJKNz_4zzbdMhq5MSa8NFNLUVB8ixcr2AtQrpkmpKG-DzyosNV7VicSOGF4/w400-h211/Dashboard%20icons.png
“1. Motorcycles ran over snake three times, left.
8. Built-in adobe bread oven has been left open.
21. You are *so* fat-bottomed!
26. Warning! Anal probe unlocked!”
Thelwell didn’t have a range like that to interpret!
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So come on Australians, SET UP A POLITICAL PARTY that is pro-fossil fuel use, and which advocates fossil fuels not on grounds of selfishness but argues the science. Have centrist policies on everything else so as not to alienate people. You’ll win!
Where are you?
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Already exists. Its called One Nation. Australian masses only vote for major parties, because they don’t really follow politics.
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FWIW
“PROOF THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST BLACKS”
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/07/proof-that-law-enforcement-does-not-discriminate-against-blacks.php
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Yes, you may as well set up a religeon to convert Muslims to Jews..!
…because the warmist cult behave as if it is a faith they believe in, and neither facts nor science will change that belief.
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https://usawatchdog.com/cv19-vax-is-a-crime-coverup-ed-dowd/
CV19 Vax is a Crime & Coverup – Ed Dowd
Former Wall Street money manager Ed Dowd is still a skillful number cruncher. Dowd made billions of dollars in profits by being right on the data. He’s right on the data again in his recent wildly popular book “Cause Unknown” The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 and 2022. Dowd’s book documents the extreme deaths and horrible injuries that are now skyrocketing in number.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPeAErj4IfA
Dr Andrew Kaufman – Unmasking The Lies Around COVID-19: Facts vs Fiction Of The Coronavirus Pandemic
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