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Thursday, December 05, 2019

The incidence of the peace making recession

"If God wanted us to vote," US comedian Jay Leno once remarked, "he would have given us candidates".

 It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck.
— Joseph Conrad, born in 1857
I'm speaking out about bet365 because the information I know is a burden on my conscience."

 Interesting. This suggests recent sex trends are more due to changing fashions and attitudes toward sex, and is less about difficulties in finding partners.The incidence of the sex recession

 Are We In the Throes of a Global 'Sex Recession'? Eh - Rolling Stone
The argument that millennials are in the midst of a sex recession is “legitimate in a sense,” because the GSS data does show that sexual frequency is on the decline, says Dr. Justin ...

Sex is not about exchange values … It’s a gift economy

It is astounding how normalised gambling has become in our community and how risky this is for young people. 
Liberal staffer who obtained false figures used by Angus Taylor will keep job 
A government adviser facing claims he obtained doctored figures used by Energy Minister Angus Taylor to attack Sydney's Lord Mayor will keep his job

The big reveal: Services Australia reforms linked to data sharing and digital transformation 
CONSOLIDATE TO IMPROVE: The Commonwealth has unveiled its plans to dramatically change the face of federal service delivery, and the back-end systems behind 
NSW info commissioner reminds councils their private pecuniary interests must be made public
YOU'RE NOT TRUMP: It comes after several local councils announced plans to remove personal financial interest registers from their websites.

Rare Individuals Are Amazing at Reading Cats’ Expressions. Are You One of Them? Vice. Hahaha, I was really bad at the test! My rationalization is that I’ve had three Abys and they are half way to being dogs, as in care about their humans making nice to them, and therefore generally make happier faces to their humans than most cats. 
 
We Don’t Need Space Colonies, and We Definitely Don’t Need Jeff Bezos Jacobin 
The Billionaire Problem Project Syndicate (UserFriendly). Simon Johnson.
How’s life? OECD Better Life Index (JG)
‘Losing two farms a day’: Wisconsin is facing a serious dairy crisis Yahoo Finance (furzy)
What counts as work? London Review of Books
The Way Out for a World Economy Hooked On Debt? More Debt Bloomberg. UserFriendly:  “It sure would be helpful if they stopped conflating public and private debt.”
As politics heat up, so do hiring bias worries TechTarget
Ecommerce turns to biometrics to validate shoppers FT
The Limits of Lagarde Project Syndicate (UserFriendly). Yanis Varoufakis.
Germany’s ruling coalition shaken by new SPD election FT. The German equivalent of electing Bernie president.
Opinion: New SPD leadership could bring Germany closer to new election  Deutsche Welle
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