The freedom of the individual vs autocracy
The ethical norms around the concept of individual freedom were perhaps best articulated by the liberal German philosopher Wilhelm von Humboldt, who argued that Whatever does not spring from a…
Sky News, what’s not to love
Are you hysterial about lefties right now, Sky News? Not projecting but. Paranoid conniptions about heinous Sharia law taking over because halal food manufacturers get the same certification as manufacturers…
The Age: ‘Underpaid, unappreciated, exhausted: The hatred for unis is strong, and staff are quitting in droves’
via https://www.theage.com.au/national/a-kind-of-monster-why-does-everyone-hate-universities-20250626-p5mann.html In the lead-up to the federal election, university administrators were chilled by the messages they were hearing from the conservative side of politics: that research was an indulgence,…
Email to Ballarat City Council
Lapkin never responded, not that I imagined he would. Mon 17 Mar, 15:58 to info, damonsaunders, tedlapkin, bentaylor, samanthamcintosh, traceyhargreaves, tessmorgan, jimrinaldi, deshudson, jaymorrison, president, vice_president, catherine.king.mp, balltlc, fua, XRBallarat,…
Ministry – N.W.O.
Classic clip from the 1990s, from a classic band from the 1990s. This original version doesn’t seem to be on Youtube (I had to torrent it), and they also seem…
Rolling finance capital turds in sustainability glitter
Isn’t this nice. Ethical banks, not mean nasty rapacious banks. Inclusive of women and people from non-majority religious cults and everything. A bit of everything for everyone. Well except for…
The Beastie Boys have a history
There are not many good things about being old as shit. One of the things that is, at least you were around when some all-time, balls-out classic LPs like Licensed…
Middle-class liberals in a .jpg
Besides the meme featuring Thom Yorke that is. For progressively-minded people who are their own person and can think for themselves, boy do middle-class liberals get triggered by nonconformity and…
Commentary on ‘Act Like Nothing’s Wrong’
A decade or so ago I was living in a brick one-br flat in Bacchus Marsh, hanging out with the apple farmers and meth smokers. The brick flat, besides being…