It appears to have, er, stepped on the gas! Click on the image below to view the article: GIZMODO.COM 'Oumuamua’s Bizarre Acceleration May Have Been Caused by Hydrogen, Not Alien Technology According to a new paper, a perplexing interstellar object was just a comet sweating hydrogen ..read more

Violence, theft, poisoning the planet, corruption... nah, don't matter as much as hating on people trying to be themselves. That this guy gets supported, rather than carted of to a home for the terminally bewildered, is an indictment on all those who aren't at least shocked. Quote: The right’s war on queer and trans people took center stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference as Daily Wire host Michael Knowles openly called for the public eradication of transgenderism. During his speech on Saturday, Knowles told the crowd, “For the good of society… transgenderism must be eradicat ..read more

Where it read "media from unknown sources will be mounted in a sacrificial test computer", please alter to read "media from unknown sources will be mounted in a sacrificial test computer, out in a field, behind a fucking big blast wall". Click on the image below to view the article: BBC.CO.UK Journalist opens USB letter bomb in newsroom Ecuador's government condemns the attack after journalists nationwide are targeted ..read more

I am a man of science: logic has no place at its table for God. There is no proof that any god exists, neither is there any proof that any god does not exist. Therefore, God is an unnecessary hypothesis. You may check my logic. I think that it is quite solid myself ..read more

Bats can be a pesticide. I'll drink to that. Quote: Key points: A UNE researcher is looking at moth-eating bats as a pesticide alternative for wineries If successful, the Australian wine industry could save $50 million in pesticide costs each year Researchers could then increase the number of bats and habitats in vineyards by creating artificial hollows Click on the image below to view the article: ABC.NET.AU Wineries using bats to keep down pesticides and costs Researchers say moth-eating bats may be the key to dramatically reducing the use of pesticides in wineries, potentially sa ..read more

From Mastodon: Quote: Carl @nitpicking@mstdn.partyAbout the German who murdered several Jehovah's Witnesses, Wikipedia (as I write this) says he "was not known as an extremist" and also, "he self-published a book [that] claims ... to have visited hell for three years and to have 'angelic fans'. It interpreted the Russian invasion of Ukraine as God's cleansing of Ukrainian sex workers." Maybe it's just me, but I think believing that is religious extremism. I reckon eight dead is probably enough to say "extremist here ..read more

Thought-provoking. I found the author's mention on Crooked Timber: Quote: Burning Men by Maria on March 8, 2023 My rather long short story “Burning Men” was published this morning by the Australian literary magazine, Westerly. It’s the first story I felt I was channeling, not writing. Burning Men is about a world where the cost of sexual violence is born by the perpetrators and how that changes everything. It burst out of the personal experience of deeply loving someone whose life was fractured by this kind of violence, and also from the mood music of brexit and covid. It’s taken a year ..read more

Of course Harmony Day/Week always looked a little bit fairyfloss: sweet, but fuck-all substance. Quote: As we are only a week or two away from Harmony Week (yes, it’s a week now), I’d like to tell the story of the greatest Harmony Day poster ever designed. And by ‘greatest’ I of course mean the absolute fucking worst most condensing piece of shit imaginable because of course it is. To understand this story, it’s important to remember that the government department that is responsible for Harmony Day is the same one that Peter ‘won’t somebody PLEASE think of the white South Africans’ Dutton ..read more

What do a sawmill crane and a party in government have in common? They both stack a fuckload of boards. Quote: It shouldn’t be necessary, but it is. Today, independent member for Mackellar, Sophie Scamps, is introducing the ‘Ending Jobs for Mates Bill’ which hopes to legislate an independent watchdog for all major government-appointed jobs. Callum Foote reports. If legislated, the Scamps Bill, which was drafted in partnership with The Centre for Public Integrity, would see the creation of a Public Appointments Commissioner (PAC) and departmental Independent Selection Panels (ISP) overseen ..read more

Select 1 from the four options below that you think is right. a) Sight b) Ignorance c) Understanding d) Disbelief The right answerer(s) earns FRIENDSHIP ..read more