Future of the car, according to Bosch
While car manufacturers get all the attention, much of the innovation in the world of the motor vehicle actually happens at component suppliers. So when one of the biggest of those suppliers, Robert Bosch GmbH, gives its annual press briefing, [...]
Lazy Sunday!
Since we don’t live by politix alone (I sincerely hope), what did people get up to this weekend? Join in, share some tales, regulars and lurkers all!
Saturday Salon
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
Look at the system, not the individual
The head of Victoria’s Country Fire Authority, Russell Rees, has been given a right bollocking by the counsel assisting the Victorian Bushfire Royal Commission over the past few weeks. Despite this, John Brumby has publicly come out in support of [...]
More methane
Recently my notice has been captured by a couple of interesting reports about methane. First, it seems that there is twice as much carbon in the form of methane in permafrost than we previously thought. In fact about 1.5 trillion [...]
I won't add my condemn to your condemn XXXVIII
Well, we haven’t condemned since last month, so it must be long past time again to condemn. Here’s a 38th open condemnation thread. What’s getting up your goat? Which evil political, cultural, social, musical, religious, and other phenomena need condemnation? [...]
The PM and Il Santo Padre; and world capitalism
If Kevin Rudd wanted to impress Pope Benedict with his support for Blessed Mary MacKillop’s canonisation, he might have picked the wrong topic. In the lead up to the G20 meeting, the Pontiff had other things on his mind – [...]
Guest post by Patrickg: Distant Suns VII
The latest installment in an occasional series on speculative fiction by guest poster Patrickg: Distant Suns VII: Darkness like a dream Fairyland, Fae, Anwnn, whichever name you like to call it, occupies a very unique place in fantasy settings. It [...]
A People's Bank for Australia?
A number of economists, including the blogosphere’s own John Quiggin and Nicholas Gruen, today released a letter in Canberra calling for a new enquiry into the financial system. [See the hyperlinks for the text of the letter and commentary from [...]
Troubles at the frontier
Urumqi must be one of the most obscure cities of its size anywhere on Earth. Google Maps shows its location in the far north-western corner of China. It’s the capital of Xinjiang Province, whose indigenous population was mainly Muslim Uighurs. [...]
The Liberals, women and the Mad Monk
By Kim on July 9, 2009
Pavlov’s Cat made a very incisive comment here recently, apropos of the silly push for Tony Abbott to be leader of the Liberal Party (which seems to have disappeared ever since Malcolm got ‘back on the front foot’, ‘muscled up’, [...]
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