MacArthur Park

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#humanist #progressive #flaneur #dilettante #twexiteer

I'm an old baby boomer who survived Uni in the Joh era and still have plenty of my old idealisms although they're possibly tempered with a bit more life-acquired wisdom. This photo is of General Giap, the great North Vietnamese military strategist. He lived long enough to see the ascendance of a corrupt socialist govt in the country he had fought so valiantly and idealistically for.

“I did not sacrifice 21 years of my life to stand idly by, while religious fanatics try to impose fascism on my country”

My hero this week is former Navy Commander John Wessley Rexrode, who goes to the podium at a local schoolboard meeting to speak the truth about the new book ban laws. 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

https://youtu.be/CXr9YcMU_WU

Former Navy Commander's strong message for Florida on what a book ban means

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The Liberal Party in Australia is now a worse stranded asset for Murdoch than MySpace was. #VoiceToParliament

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How America celebrates Lunar New Year, versus how Australia celebrates Lunar New Year. Because we’re not safe in Australia because our citizens are not free to buy military assault weapons at Costco. Because Liberty. However do we manage?
Please don’t confuse what is legal with what is right. There is some overlap, of course, but not as much as one might think. Laws are generally written by the rich and powerful to protect their interests, often at the expense of the poor and weak. Many atrocities are lawful, and many acts of mercy are unlawful. I say this as an attorney.
Gee. What a surprise! The coalition bullshit version of the GONSKI report turned out to 100% totally fucking useless. Who would have thunk that if you refused to fund schools that needed funding and opted to fund schools that did not need funding, you would get fuck all? #auspol
I mean, all you have to do is scam together the right outfit, dodge a few debt collectors, get the right haircut and tell Republican voters the lies they want to hear; you, too, can be a completely unaccountable member of Congress, making life or death decisions over millions. https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1614115115443306496
Any Patricia Highsmith fans on Aus.social https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324092940
Patricia Highsmith's Diaries and Notebooks

Essential for understanding Patricia Highsmith’s transgressive life and prophetic work, this volume is also “one of the most observant and ecstatic accounts . . . about being young and alive in New York City” (Dwight Garner,—<em>New York Times</em>)., Patricia Highsmith's Diaries and Notebooks, The New York Years, 1941-1950, Anna von Planta, Joan Schenkar, Patricia Highsmith, 9781324092940

If you are the kind who says, “You know, I'd mask on flights if WHO or the CDC said I should,” I guess you can now start masking on flights.

WHO urges travellers to wear masks as new #COVID19 variant spreads. #wearamask

https://www.reuters.com/world/whoeurope-backs-travel-checks-us-given-spread-latest-omicron-variant-2023-01-10/

WHO urges travellers to wear masks as new COVID variant spreads

Countries should consider recommending that passengers wear masks on long-haul flights, given the rapid spread of the latest Omicron subvariant of COVID-19 in the United States, World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Tuesday.

Reuters

A leading Queensland university has begun trialling a 3-in-1 mega vaccine that would protect against COVID-19, Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus.

Source: https://www.couriermail.com.au/coronavirus/covid19-influenza-and-respiratory-syncytial-virus-vaccine-to-be-trialled-by-the-university-of-the-sunshine-coast/news-story/115bdb07d2265b07597455293bb37853