Mad social scientist, gardener, and science / history / English geek. Tend to mother my adult offspring, strangers, and small animals.
Western Australian born, and still here.
Trivia: My W.A. born grandmother saw a horse-and-buggy chase of police going after gold thieves in Kalgoorlie, pre-1900.
also @erasmid
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because servers can disappear
Maybe different servers will show different aspects of me...
Former RBA governor Bernie Fraser just told a Senate hearing the 50% capital gains tax discount is a rort that should be scrapped entirely. He called out the 'toxic' cartel of existing homeowners, property developers, and vote-chasing politicians who love skyrocketing house prices because it pads their pockets and wins elections. Meanwhile young Aussies are priced out forever.
Time to tax unearned wealth properly and make housing a home, not a casino. Abolish the CGT discount – one small step to fix the generational theft.
Does anyone else get the impression Ariadne is rather underwhelmed...
Source: https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/bacchus-and-ariadne-49226
Today I learned that all those pointless collective nouns (a murder of crows, a parliament of owls, a pride of lions), which are only ever used in pub quizzes, were made up by one woman 500 years ago.
https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/01/04/brian-wildsmith-birds-company-terms/
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