The importance of rules, laws and norms is that they create a stable background system so that people can peacefully get on with their lives, knowing what will, and will not, bring them trouble. I suppose some people must find their absence exhilarating.
I hate when MeanCat borrows the wheelbarrow. Means he wants to get rid of a body or something, probably mine. I’m sure it’s fine
It's cool how when you don't have a strategy, anything you do is strategic!
Helping Israel destroy the military of a Chinese ally: Grand Strategy, Much Pivot, Very Clausewitz.
Helping Ukraine destroy the military of a Chinese ally: Big Distraction, Waste of Munitions, Elbridge Colby Sadness.
Today, Canadian PM Mark Carney delivered a strong and completely sensible speech to the Australian Parliament, where he said “In a world of great power rivalry, middle powers have a choice: compete for favour or combine for strength”.
This reason resonates with me so powerfully (1)
Many people think that a scientific consensus is a large group of scientists who all agree that something is true.
In reality, it’s a large body of scientific studies that all agree with and support each other. The agreement is a by-product of the consistent evidence.
And this is before the US attacking Iran.
Israel. He's talking about Israel.
Screenshot from live blog: with Trump quote: "Spain actually said that we can't use their bases... we could use that base if we want. "We could just fly in and use it. Nobody's going to tell us not to use it."
I’m sure those Aukus submarines will be all ours though. Under Australian sovereign control and all that.
A good society is where people have plenty of legal rights but never even have to think of going to law to enforce them.
A bad society is where legal rights are fragile or contested or violated and the courts are overloaded with cases.
A terrible society is where rights are not legally protected.
Yes.
And if, as he says, he meant her difficult life made her a strong advocate, why wasn't advocate the word he found for her. Be an advocate for women but be soft and unchallenging.
I read that he asked the American athletes what they wanted him to do, and followed their request.
Rather than a period of reflection and listening post-Voice, we have seen a rapid return to the obstructive habits that produced failure in the first place.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
100% right back then, and now.
This is Alex Pretti.
Moose seem pretty dangerous too if youtube is right.
#auspol what did Australia ask for, test match at Lords?
They were selling oil before this without the US, so...what?
Don't blame Trump, he told you to drink more whole milk.
BTW he's only 60. Isn't breaking a hip in a minor fall unusual at that age for a healthy 60yo?
Invest $100b in my scheme guys, you can't lose.
Trump “If you don’t want to go in, just let me know, because I got 25 people that aren’t here today that are willing to take your place.”
Also if you lost billions when Venezuela took back production, "that's your fault".
These three Bluey episodes retell stories from the Christian, Buddhist and Taoist faiths.
“If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer… And a people that no longer can believe anything cannot make up its mind…And with such a people you can then do what you please.”
Hannah Arendt
This is anti-police work. This is insane. Don’t create the risk and then escalate it. Slow down. Think about what is the point of your actions. But then perhaps this is the point. And that point leads us to disaster.
🌌 In 2026 we will see a total eclipse of the Moon, a blue Moon, a supermoon and the two brightest planets close together in the sky.
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Hey 7News Aust, why is your headline "America takes control" instead of America attacks Venezuela?
A beautiful moment in all the darkness - Cornelius Eady performs a poem for New York
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Well done to the US for heroically deterring Russia and China from considering regime change abroad by doing it themselves and suffering absolutely no consequences whatsoever up to and including having their allies fall short of actually criticizing them for it.
Among the top three priorities is addressing the gravest crisis of our time: Gaza.
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They are on YouTube under the same account name.
