@gardenamateur.bsky.social
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These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
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I've just finished reading the judgment in the Lehrmann appeal to the Federal Court and a few points really stuck out - apart from the fact that the appeal judges agreed that Lehrmann's story was an absolute fabrication.
Lisa Wilkinson was found to have been poorly done by in the original judgment
Lisa Wilkinson was found to have been poorly done by in the original judgment
December 8, 2025 at 6:38 AM
I've just finished reading the judgment in the Lehrmann appeal to the Federal Court and a few points really stuck out - apart from the fact that the appeal judges agreed that Lehrmann's story was an absolute fabrication.
Lisa Wilkinson was found to have been poorly done by in the original judgment
Lisa Wilkinson was found to have been poorly done by in the original judgment
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The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
Spotted Pardalote fan club here
Tawny for the win!
VOTING HAS BEGUN! Who will be the 2025 Australian bird of the year? Vote now, vote every day for the best bird. Will it be the tawny frogmouth's year? www.theguardian.com/environment/... #birdoftheyear #birds
October 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Spotted Pardalote fan club here
that final quarter of the #AFLGF I thought i had time travelled back to a Swans Grand Final. But no, it’s just latent trauma bubbling up again. Well done Brisbane, deserving winners
September 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
that final quarter of the #AFLGF I thought i had time travelled back to a Swans Grand Final. But no, it’s just latent trauma bubbling up again. Well done Brisbane, deserving winners
It seems to me the most crowded place in the USA right now is the moral high ground
September 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
It seems to me the most crowded place in the USA right now is the moral high ground
Great opinion piece by David Brooks arguing that throwing money at social problems might seem like a good idea, but its success rate isn't as good as many progressive people hope for. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/o...
Opinion | Why I Am Not a Liberal
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Great opinion piece by David Brooks arguing that throwing money at social problems might seem like a good idea, but its success rate isn't as good as many progressive people hope for. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/o...
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Bill Clinton proves Marco Rubio is lying, right here, clear as day: WE forced Ukraine to give up their nukes, cruise missiles, and strategic bombers: WE promised to protect Ukraine from Russia; WE made Ukraine vulnerable. So yeah, THIS IS OUR WAR.
August 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Bill Clinton proves Marco Rubio is lying, right here, clear as day: WE forced Ukraine to give up their nukes, cruise missiles, and strategic bombers: WE promised to protect Ukraine from Russia; WE made Ukraine vulnerable. So yeah, THIS IS OUR WAR.
Ever since I finished my literature degree in 1975, this has been my reading list (and that includes gift books from friends).
August 18, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Ever since I finished my literature degree in 1975, this has been my reading list (and that includes gift books from friends).
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Writing is funny because both my biggest brightest dream and stomach churning dread is having people read my book.
August 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Writing is funny because both my biggest brightest dream and stomach churning dread is having people read my book.
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Please stop calling it Alligator Alcatraz. That is the cutesy right-wing propaganda name The administration wants you to use. This is nothing more than a concentration camp. It's #AlligatorAuschwitz.
August 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Please stop calling it Alligator Alcatraz. That is the cutesy right-wing propaganda name The administration wants you to use. This is nothing more than a concentration camp. It's #AlligatorAuschwitz.
Positive News! Spain Is Going Its Own Way www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...
Opinion | Spain Is Going Its Own Way
www.nytimes.com
August 11, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Positive News! Spain Is Going Its Own Way www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...
My favourite baking story is of a gran whose baked potatoes and capsicums dish was always terrific, but as for the recipe, it only works with her old oven with the broken door that was in her garage. So to get it right, just smash your oven door with a hammer until it's half off its hinges...
As world's worst baker, tried with a carrot and walnut cake today... again, a disaster.
But I am learning to blame the oven, not myself.
That,I feel, is an improvement..
PS: DO NOT send recipes!
But I am learning to blame the oven, not myself.
That,I feel, is an improvement..
PS: DO NOT send recipes!
“When engaged in a challenging task, try framing your activity as an opportunity for growth and learning,” writes Arthur C. Brooks. “You are not an incompetent idiot; you are simply a person hoping to learn and improve”:
August 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
My favourite baking story is of a gran whose baked potatoes and capsicums dish was always terrific, but as for the recipe, it only works with her old oven with the broken door that was in her garage. So to get it right, just smash your oven door with a hammer until it's half off its hinges...
At age 86, Flaco Jiminez joins Clifton Chenier up in heaven, and there's a dance on this Saturday night!
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
Flaco Jiménez, Grammy award-winning tejano music legend, dies at 86
The singer-songwriter and accordionist won six Grammy awards and worked with the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
At age 86, Flaco Jiminez joins Clifton Chenier up in heaven, and there's a dance on this Saturday night!
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
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Delta Airlines reportedly wants to use AI to set individualized ticket prices for passengers.
It's the latest company to embrace a shady tactic called "surveillance pricing" that weaponizes your personal data.
Watch Lina Khan explain how it works. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=SDZuk-VY-HH4V7f9
It's the latest company to embrace a shady tactic called "surveillance pricing" that weaponizes your personal data.
Watch Lina Khan explain how it works. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=SDZuk-VY-HH4V7f9
The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Should corporations be able to weaponize your personal data to rip you off? Well, they may already be doing that thanks
youtu.be
July 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Delta Airlines reportedly wants to use AI to set individualized ticket prices for passengers.
It's the latest company to embrace a shady tactic called "surveillance pricing" that weaponizes your personal data.
Watch Lina Khan explain how it works. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=SDZuk-VY-HH4V7f9
It's the latest company to embrace a shady tactic called "surveillance pricing" that weaponizes your personal data.
Watch Lina Khan explain how it works. https://youtu.be/-cbtUYshYM8?si=SDZuk-VY-HH4V7f9
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Cracking essay re-link from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social: "Our aim should be not to use societal collapse as a tool to shape the world to our tastes, but to seek to avert societal collapse." #NotRocketScience Do read it all!
10. Now onto food systems. To me, her approach exemplifies what I call “the cruel fantasies of well-fed people”. Indeed, she wrote the foreword to the book this article is about, and it applies just as much to her approach as it does to Chris Smaje’s. www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...
The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People
The astonishing story of how a movement’s quest for rural simplicity drifted into a formula for mass death
www.monbiot.com
June 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Cracking essay re-link from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social: "Our aim should be not to use societal collapse as a tool to shape the world to our tastes, but to seek to avert societal collapse." #NotRocketScience Do read it all!
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Greg Sargent and Will Sommer at The New Republic on the Trump Admin's sadism v-a-v immigrants. Recommended.
Essential point in this exchange with @willsommer.bsky.social: Trump-Miller have to target noncriminals for deportation because it's the only way to get the numbers they need to try for "full-scale ethnic change." Terror is central to this.
Will is very good here:
newrepublic.com/article/1968...
Will is very good here:
newrepublic.com/article/1968...
June 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Greg Sargent and Will Sommer at The New Republic on the Trump Admin's sadism v-a-v immigrants. Recommended.
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What's really wrong with the Qatar plane deal. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Situation: A Used Plane That Needs Work
I have problems with the Qatar plane deal.
www.lawfaremedia.org
May 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
What's really wrong with the Qatar plane deal. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons
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April 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Brendan Loper. #NewYorkerCartoons
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New York Times on why Apple is in a pickle. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...
Opinion | Can Tim Cook Save Apple From Being Crushed by Trump? (Gift Article)
You will probably have to pay a lot more for your next iPhone. That’s bad news for Apple, for our markets and for our economy.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
New York Times on why Apple is in a pickle. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...
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WARNER: Can you explain how it helps natl security or our trade balance - I loved your fancy Greek formula which was bad math on steroids - how with a trade surplus Australia got hit with a 10% tariff as well?
GREER: Australia has the lowest rate available
WARNER: We have a trade surplus!
GREER: Australia has the lowest rate available
WARNER: We have a trade surplus!
April 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
WARNER: Can you explain how it helps natl security or our trade balance - I loved your fancy Greek formula which was bad math on steroids - how with a trade surplus Australia got hit with a 10% tariff as well?
GREER: Australia has the lowest rate available
WARNER: We have a trade surplus!
GREER: Australia has the lowest rate available
WARNER: We have a trade surplus!
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Whoever came up with these supposed tariff rates is like Kramer from Seinfeld when he pretended to work at that job "in business"
April 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Whoever came up with these supposed tariff rates is like Kramer from Seinfeld when he pretended to work at that job "in business"
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Defence Ministry: Shoreline defence force Gentoo’s prepare mortars. Our Navy Seals conduct clandestine training, and teach tactical camouflage and concealment to juveniles. We stand ready. Flippers Up.
April 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Defence Ministry: Shoreline defence force Gentoo’s prepare mortars. Our Navy Seals conduct clandestine training, and teach tactical camouflage and concealment to juveniles. We stand ready. Flippers Up.