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WhyTwoKay, WayToGo

Last month twenty-five years ago the Y2K computer bug was threatening armageddon on 31 December, by melting down the world’s…

computer meltdowns, life without computers, Robert Moran, Y2K bug

Nuclear Rubbish

The Federal Opposition finally announced some lightweight details of its risible collective thought bubble about throwing Australia’s power switch to…

Asse 2 nuclear storage, Dutton nuclear plan, nuclear disaster, nuclear disaster liability, nuclear waste, Tellus Holdings Sandy Ridge facility

Fester Season (Revised)

(My original piece has been revised below, as I’ve reconsidered crime numbers in the light of Mark Twain’s famous maxim…

abuse, Christmas and New Year violence, Domestic violence, domestic-abuse, Festive season, mental-health, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, trauma

Aussie Energiewende

Energiewende is used to describe German national strategy for transition to a climate-neutral energy system, including closure of nuclear plants…

Australia Institute - retail electricity rip off, Australian approvals for coal mines, Australian gas exports, Australian gas fracking, climate change, Energiewende, energy, renewable energy

Trumped Again

Think of the time we all wasted before the recent US elections reading poll experts and pundits all agreeing that…

autocratic leanings, democracy, Donald Trump, elections, Politics, presidential power, Trump, Trump elected, Trumpness, US elections, US polling industry

‘Prophet Song’

Apparently Australians have a book buying frenzy in the period before Christmas, generating 70% of annual bookshop sales from October.…

Booker Prize 2023, literary prizes, Orwellian, Paul Lynch, police-state, Prophet Song

Japan Primer

Japan is a fascinating country, that we visited in July. Aussies are flocking to the ‘Thinking Man’s Bali’. The mix…

asia, Japan, Japan travel, Matsuyama onsen, Naoshima art island, onsen, The Passenger Japan, travel

Sutherland Starred

Sad news: my old mate the actor Donald Sutherland passed away on Thursday, aged 88. We haven’t been in touch…

Canada destination advertising, Donald Sutherland

Sub Standard

The federal submarine corporation ASC is struggling to maintain the Australian navy’s six ageing (i.e. old) Collins class boats, originally…

ASC maintenance issues, Aukus nuclear submarines, Collins class boats, Dutton's nuclear announcement, HMS Farncomb

Faithful Fifteenth

Well, self congratulations are in order today, as KC celebrates our 15th year anniversary, which is apparently signified by crystal…

Fifteenth anniversary, Marriage fidelity

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