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This is generally my commonplace book.
(en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonplace_book)
Politics: Mute the words; examine the actions.
Remember: Also read that with which you disagree.
Admire: Joseph Bindle.
Interests: ideas, flows, patterns, science...
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"Heritage trades like locksmiths, lead-lighting, struggling to attract apprentices" - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-13/rare-trades-locksmiths-stained-glass-in-decline/106510440
> A shortage of locksmiths in Australia persists despite government-funded incentives. The nation's changing labour landscape has meant some specialist trades are not being chosen by apprentices.
"Family creates bespoke 'university of life' campus for daughter Lillian, an NDIS participant" - ABC News
> When Lillian Rowsell was in her final year of school and unable to continue formal education, her parents found a creative solution.
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Political lobbyists and corporate representatives with privileged access to Parliament House will be publicly identified under a major overhaul of the parliamentary pass system, ending decades of secrecy around who can roam the building’s private corridors.
Bureaucrats and party representatives have been briefed on a package of reforms expected to be adopted over the next two years, including the creation of a public online register of …
Neues Einschlafritual mit Kind: ich zähle von Null leise los, er sagt Stopp, und ich erzähle dann, was in meinem Leben so los war als ich so alt war.
Das ist super verbindend, spannend, ich muss oft lange überlegen, was wann war, aber auch die Unterschiede zu seinem Aufwachsen kindgerecht zu erklären
Can trees boost our creativity? My daily forest walks have changed how I write | Culture | The Guardian
> Ideas come more quickly, my thoughts roam freely and I’m reminded I am not the main form of life on the planet
NSW town of Wentworth sets vintage tractor record 70 years on from flood
… residents who refused to let it be swallowed by the rising Murray and Darling rivers.
An army of little grey tractors sprung into action, quickly establishing clay levee banks to fight back against the unprecedented water levels.
Climbing, scooping and shifting the earth, the tractors were used around the clock to patch and strengthen the town-saving infrastructure.
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Australians may well support the real objective, and the government should explain AUKUS in those terms. If we really want to go there, a good second-hand car works just as well as a new one.
Professor Clinton Fernandes is part of University of NSW’s Future Operations Research Group which analyses the threats, risks and opportunities that military forces will face in the future. He is a former intelligence officer in the Australian Army. His latest book is …
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-06/tactical-frivolity-growing-form-of-protest/106517838
"tactical frivolity"
"serious play"
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Sean Scalmer, professor of history at the University of Melbourne agrees, pointing to forms of public mockery known as 'Charivari', widely popular in Medieval Europe and up until the 19th century.
The noisy mock serenade was often performed to denounce corrupt officials or other kinds of antisocial behaviour.
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"There's a real history of people combining humour and loopholes to ridicule the repression of free speech," he says.
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