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Tony Fisk
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Dog owner's revenge...
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As original with my avatar as ever.
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Tony Fisk
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Dog owner's revenge...
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Tony Fisk
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Homo Economicus: a mutant caricature of the selfish, know-all 'rational' being Adam Smith used to model his economic theories. (I don't blame Smith for using his circle of peers for a first approximation. That they subsequently doubled down on the idea as an *aspiration*... well, narcissists.)
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Tony Fisk
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🎼Hello Daddy. Hello Mom...🎵
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Tony Fisk
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At this point, I feel that Project 2025 is a thousand pages of trolling. Vote against the people who want it.
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Tony Fisk
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It being winter here, we've been having the opposite problem: unusually cold weather for Melbourne (12C occasionally, yes, but not a week of it!) Dogs don't mind the cold as much, but our lad has appreciated a cushion to curl up in.
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Tony Fisk
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It is no longer available online, alas, but Patrick Farley's "Don't Look Back" comic featured creations like this.
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Tony Fisk
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We once tried adding some halloween fangs to daughter's plush triceratops pillow. The effect was... alarming. (plowhorn -> grimhorn IYKYK)
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Denying knowledge of Project 2025 is Trump's senior moment. He is either: - lying about it - wasn't told about it - forgotten about it
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Tony Fisk
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My mother in law used to say she was going out so she could come back.
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This wasn't part of the plan! How dare he achieve something?
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Tony Fisk
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I think it's a common mistake: to argue from facts (what Aristotle called 'logos') rather than feels ('ethos'). Facts are for persuading/motivating you to persuade someone else to feel the same way about something you do. They are a shield, rather than a spear. (although... shield rushes...)
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Tony Fisk
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*Don't* do this with a gimpygimpy tree!
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Tony Fisk
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I might pass on 'TickToc' though.
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Tony Fisk
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Fursday?
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Tony Fisk
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Toilets of renown:* The wide one gracing the room where I stayed in California for three months had a long slow flush which consumed half a reservoir and... generally failed to achieve its objective. Californians wonder why they have water shortages? * in the 'hall of shame' sense
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Tony Fisk
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There was a nature show about snow leopards in the Hindu Kush. Photographer camped out for weeks among a group of (tasty?) marmots. All he had to show for it was a short video of him explaining how much he *hated* marmots. Oh yes, and a group of suspicious US rangers moving into Afghanistan...
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Tony Fisk
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The way I see it: Vote* for your least worst choice, because not voting is the exact opposite. * Voting in Australia is compulsory. At least one commentator has called this the biggest factor in preserving democracy here.
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Tony Fisk
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... but the elephants attract birds.
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Tony Fisk
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... and people with strings attached?
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Tony Fisk
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Watch out for volcanoes over Iceland
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Tony Fisk
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Given that the average velociraptor would be over 70 million years old, that part does make sense. They probably were the zombies.
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Tony Fisk
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Who, or what, plays *THAT*!!??
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Tony Fisk
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'snot rockets' are a thing in polar regions, but...
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There's at least one ST episode based on that idea.
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Tony Fisk
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There are marketing situations where a 'fail fast' strategy is just outright failure.
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Tony Fisk
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I remember someone receiving a *book* with all the websites.
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Roger Zelazny makes several references to the traumatic effect 'hell rides' have on the steeds of Amber princes as they rapidly shift through alternative worlds.
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Tony Fisk
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I am simultaneously reminded of the 'pneumatic' references in 'Brave New World', and the process of injecting air subcutaneously to make it easier to remove the hide.
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Tony Fisk
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def is_red(rgb_color): return rgb_color[0] > rgb_color[1] and \ rgb_color[0] > rgb_color[2]
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tube worms?
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Is Artificial Dumbness a thing yet?
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After the Covid lockdown in Australia, some interesting stats came out in response to Morrison's egregious 'gas led recovery'. The extraction industry is the sector with the least number of jobs in the economy. The most? Entertainment and Arts.
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Tony Fisk
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The jig was up when that rookie cop who used his army training to calm and disarm a black guy was dismissed for endangering the safety of his fellow officers (who turned up later and summarily shot said guy)
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Important to understand: we are now flying blind!
"Rising temperatures are causing “knock-on effects that we’re only just beginning to understand,” climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe says on this week’s Zero."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Small scale daily variability starts now to rule...
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Tony Fisk
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They are starting to use saxophones, with devastating effect.
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Tony Fisk
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There are such things as 'sea hares', and they do have fairy stories associated with them.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaspidea
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Tony Fisk
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Which one is 'my brain hurts'?
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Those more experienced with corporate takeovers tend to refer to such preliminary announcements as 'the first lie'. Bu-ut let's not be cynical.
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Tony Fisk
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Parking lots, roofs, watercourses, sure!. But I thought we were talking sheep farms (which also impact desert environments. Other things grow well under panels too, which might appease Ursula ;-)
Anyway, this is the sort of article I was cribbing from.
www.newscientist.com/article/2357...
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Tony Fisk
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"It is the cessation of weeding that saves the world."
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Assuming(!?) you weaken, set up a solar farm. The sheep'll love it.
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Imperfect narratives are your friend, especially when those narrative use different media. (One reason why House of the Dragon works: Martin deliberately made the book an imperfect history, so nobody grumbles about that not happening in the book)
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That's the problem with satire: reality outdoes it because reality doesn't have to worry about believability.
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Checks out.
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Blank page bad. Write something (anything!) on it that can be editted later. First editor is you, so don't be embarrassed about the gibberish. Yet. Reading stuff back to yourself, aloud (your voice!), is useful. If it sounds good, and makes sense, great. If you're turning blue, it needs full stops.
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"Following today’s qualifying deadline, the Florida Democratic Party confirmed that for the first time since the state flipped nearly 30 years ago, there is a Democrat running in every House and Senate district, successfully fielding 140 candidates in every race for the Florida legislature."
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Tony Fisk
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... although I can't help wondering about the roof. (due to possums, and too many rewatches of 'Aliens')
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Arnie demonstrates that a T-1000 is the closest thing to a human being* the GOP has. *Arnie does actually strike me as a human being.
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🎵Sure they're all straight. Straight as any line. All the gays are macho, Can't you see their leather shine?🎵
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