– Albert Camus
"The weekend downpour pretty much washed-out most outdoor markets across Sydney," writes Jack Dikian of Mosman. "So I was bemused by the fact the only stall open for business was the tarot card reader at Crows Nest. Didn’t she see the rains coming?"
I’m a very firm believer in karma, and put it this way: I get a lot of good parking spots
China turns up state hero-making machine in bid to shift narrative around coronavirus outbreak Globe and Mail
U.S. charges four Chinese military hackers in 2017 Equifax breach Reuters
Personal Data of All 6.5 Million Israeli Voters Is Exposed NYT. Thanks, Bibi!
Software error exposes the ID numbers for 1.26 million Danish citizens ZDNet
How Big Companies Spy on Your Emails Vice
Why Are Cops Around the World Using This Outlandish Mind-Reading Tool? ProPublica
Unhealthy bureaucracy: Nepotism, defamation claims and millions of taxpayer dollars 'Indefensible' legal proceedings are at the centre of a scandal at Australia's largest hospital service, with one whistleblower alleging misconduct and corruption
Back in my day government would act on expert advice, says Nick Greiner
In 1989 premier Nick Greiner was known as the activist chief executive of NSW Inc, but signs of today's governmental malaise are there in newly released cabinet documents.
In Wired Andrew Leonard reports on how A Code-Obsessed Novelist Builds a Writing Bot. The Plot Thickens, as: "Vikram Chandra, the author of Sacred Games, createdGranthika to keep track of complex narratives. It could change the future of storytelling."
Not sure how convinced I am by this. The Journal of the Philosophy of Emotion has published its first issue — it’s open-access
Not sure how convinced I am by this. The Journal of the Philosophy of Emotion has published its first issue — it’s open-access
Employment in newspaper newsrooms decreased by 60 percent from 1990 to 2016. Does the industry deserve a government bailout? Fifth Estate News
ENEMY ACTION: The Literary Assassination of Ian Fleming
RAY BRICKNELL. Fixing our Democracy – Step one – Community Involvement in Policy Formulation
The Problem. As indicated in an earlier post, there is a fundamental deceit in the concept of governments claiming to have a mandate to introduce particular policies on the basis that the policy was presented as part of a multi-policy election platform, and the party proposing that policy was subsequently elected.Continue reading
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Italian referee banned for a year after headbutting goalkeeper
An
Italian soccer referee has been banned for one year after headbutting a
goalkeeper who had remonstrated with him after the match for being sent
off.
Meet Titania McGrath, the Wokest SJW on Twitter – Reason.com.
Based in London, McGrath burst onto social media in 2018 and describes herself as a "radical intersectionalist poet committed to feminism, social justice and armed peaceful protest." She identifies as "non-binary," "polyracial," and ecosexual" and claims to"teabag the foes of justice with a gender-neutral scrotum." She is the author of the new book Woke: A Guide to Social Justice, which is climbing the charts in both the United Kingdom and the United States.
Meet Titania McGrath, the Wokest SJW on Twitter – Reason.com.
Based in London, McGrath burst onto social media in 2018 and describes herself as a "radical intersectionalist poet committed to feminism, social justice and armed peaceful protest." She identifies as "non-binary," "polyracial," and ecosexual" and claims to"teabag the foes of justice with a gender-neutral scrotum." She is the author of the new book Woke: A Guide to Social Justice, which is climbing the charts in both the United Kingdom and the United States.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” – Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 Habitually Chic has always been a place to come to see something pretty
Chic in Capri
Every once in a while there is an event that overtakes Instagram, in a good way, and this week it was the Zimmermann press trip to Capri. The fashion brand had invited a select group of celebrities and influencers to the