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the great shovellers of America...
life was meant to be easy...Millions of dollars have been scooped up in CEO bonuses and paid out in stock dividends by corporations that also claimed the JobKeeper wage subsidy, a Labor MP claims, in a situation described as “disgraceful”.
in god we trust, all others pay with credit cards — or with their own life...
of english architecture and slavery...
rising methane, sponsorships and hot air...The rush to immunise populations against Covid-19 could lead to the rollout of a vaccine that is not very effective and risk worsening the pandemic, leading scientists have said.
used to be sweating like a pig... now it's thinking like a pig (nothing new)...
war is our business...
double-speak in the times of forbidden double-entendre...Marise Payne had been Australia's Foreign Minister for just over two months in early November 2018.
when the weather influenced the course of history...![]()
the future of work...
'duck!': the problem with Sydney's new ferries...Ten new Sydney ferries will not be able to pass under two bridges on the Parramatta River if commuters are seated on the top deck, the government has confirmed.
more than seven years in the making-ish...Advocates are welcoming substantial changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) which they believe will make the system quicker and easier to navigate.
The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error...When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.
the thin guy and the fat guy: chasing the windmills of democracy...In this illustration by Gustave Doré, we can see Don Quijote riding backwards on Sancho’s donkey while Sancho Panza (one guesses it means big belly) is doing the hard yards on foot while pulling the main nag in front…
Here, Gus’s twisted mind saw an allegory of gigantic modern proportions.
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