"No-brainer"

#AusPol #SaturdayPaper

A reminder about the Sunday Paper, begun as a middle finger to the #SaturdayPaper deplatforming a certain group of writers.

www.thesundaypaper.com.au

Did the Saturday Paper Quiz with the paper.

26/40, best score this year!

Not the best percentage though.

#saturdaypaper

First cryptic crossword clue I've genuinely thought might just be a typo. But knowing #lr it's unlikely?

But yikes.

From today's #SaturdayPaper:

"PR pro rD? (4,6)"

That is it, character by character. Sic, and all that.

(No un-content warninged answers yet please)

#CrypticCrosswords

Today’s “Post” from the #SaturdayPaper summarises what’s the go about International plans for #plastic.

recently i mentioned we should ban plastic bottles. a web-search for Guardian+Plastic+CocaCola will provide links to lots of articles about the scale of this problem. coca cola became a worldwide hit long before plastic bottles became standard, and it could revert to glass quite successfully if we had the political will to demand it.

on the other hand, i don’t believe an immediate and total ban on all plastics is practical — just one example is that the plastic wrap used to store silage is an important part of the food supply chain. it will take time and further effort to transition away from ALL plastics without putting lots of people at risk of hunger or malnutrition [as if low wages, urban design etc aren’t already bad enough] — but this doesn’t mean we should do nothing about plastic at all
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US fights plastic production caps

As talks to develop a global treaty combating plastic pollution continue, the Trump administration has circulated a memo in direct opposition of more than 100 countries supporting the proposed measures.
The talks, which began in Geneva on Tuesday, involve almost 180 countries and are scheduled to run for 10 days, aiming to create a legally binding instrument to reduce plastic solutions (SBS).
The delegations for several countries received letters from the US, urging them to reject limits on plastic production (Reuters).
“We will not support impractical global approaches such as plastic production targets or bans and restrictions on plastic additives or plastic products – that will increase the costs of all plastic products that are used throughout our daily lives,” the memo sent by the US delegation read.
Ahead of the negotiations, The Lancet reported that 8000 megatonnes of plastic now pollute the planet, posing a grave health risk (ABC).
A report released by the UN Environment Programme in 2023, outlined that re-orientating the plastics market towards circularity, as opposed to single use, could eliminate plastic pollution by up to 80% by 2040 (The Saturday Paper).

This is by far the furthest I've gotten in a #Cryptic #Crossword. Answers tomorrow, so tonight's my cut off before I find out what I didn't get.

Some great clues this week.

(LR, from the #SaturdayPaper)

Interesting article regarding The #Greens from Mike Seccombe in the #SaturdayPaper

It seems the Greens might be too clever by half on this one.

https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/19388/VBvO3wKp