Category Archives: Innovation and technology

We won’t be able to tell the difference – in more ways than one

Posted on 2 June, 2023 by C.L.

Gosh: Generative AI could lead to ‘a world where you can’t trust the information you receive’.

Posted in Fake news, Innovation and technology | 9 Comments

Yawn. Another truck boat. Neither compares to the 1978 FJ45

Posted on 29 May, 2023 by C.L.

Toyota’s huge Tundra ute will finally be sold in Australia – here’s how it compares to popular Hilux. No womanish accessories like reverse camera, sat nav, Bluetooth or air con. Did have an ashtray.

Posted in Innovation and technology | 12 Comments

Boulevard of Token Reams

Posted on 19 May, 2023 by C.L.

What connects Barry Humphries, a little-known deco artist, AI, yours truly and the future of scholarship? My computer cache, in a way, because I’ve watched or read so many clips and pieces of Humphries talking about culture since he died … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, music, letters, History, Innovation and technology | 6 Comments

They want us to think it’s Jack Palance and the state is Shane

Posted on 31 March, 2023 by C.L.

Rand Paul dismisses the TikTok panic as a Trojan bid to seize control of social media generally.

Posted in Fake news, Innovation and technology, Politics | 4 Comments

Into the sun would be preferable but Proxima Centauri will do

Posted on 29 March, 2023 by C.L.

Abundans cautela non nocet: Pope Francis to bless satellite set to launch his words into space.

Posted in Innovation and technology, Religion and faith | 4 Comments

Less threatening than chow mein

Posted on 24 March, 2023 by C.L.
Posted in Fake news, Innovation and technology | 7 Comments

Meanwhile, as little Australia builds paper planes for Ukraine…

Posted on 4 March, 2023 by C.L.

Two new stations a week: China’s new coal plant approvals surge in 2022, highest since 2015.

Posted in Climate hoax, Innovation and technology | 8 Comments

Vehicular encyclopaedia David Burge is fed up with angry cars

Posted on 16 February, 2023 by C.L.

He says the two best looking motors ever made “look like happy fish, not crazed axe murderers.”

Posted in Art, music, letters, Innovation and technology | 22 Comments

Get well wishes for the Donald Bradman of blogging, Tim Blair

Posted on 17 January, 2023 by C.L.

I thought he was taking a WEB but he was having a STEMI – a more unpleasant kind of vacation.

Posted in Innovation and technology, Media, Social media | 30 Comments

Still No Flying Cars

Posted on 16 December, 2022 by C.L.

But I have to point out that this important breakthrough was foretold in Back to the Future Part II.

Posted in Culture, Innovation and technology | 2 Comments

Never argue with a man who buys uplink by the barrel

Posted on 15 October, 2022 by C.L.
Posted in Innovation and technology | 3 Comments

Full Marx

Posted on 30 September, 2022 by C.L.
Posted in Ethics and morality, Innovation and technology | 3 Comments

Mrs Bandt alive and well at the coal-fired Cost of Living Ball

Posted on 8 September, 2022 by C.L.

“…where MPs and senators try to disprove the theory politics is show business for ugly people…”

Posted in Federal politics, Innovation and technology | 28 Comments

Look What the Catastrophe Dragged in

Posted on 25 August, 2022 by C.L.
Posted in Climate hoax, Innovation and technology | 42 Comments

Plucky machine braves the sceptics without a bulletproof vest

Posted on 12 August, 2022 by C.L.

I do believe it was rigged in some way. No president can lose so many states and still win an election. Yes, I think Trump did win. Did you vote for him? He’s not my favorite person, but he is … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections, Innovation and technology, US politics | 14 Comments

Russia Hoaxers To The Rescue

Posted on 16 June, 2022 by C.L.

VPN firms to help Russians evade censors and access Western media about war in Ukraine. The Russian government is attempting to censor what their citizens can see and say online in order to obscure the truth and silence dissent.” – … Continue reading →

Posted in Hypocrisy of the left, Innovation and technology | 6 Comments

Old King Coal

Posted on 8 June, 2022 by C.L.

What we really need to do is to have the coal power stations come back online, because that is the missing piece in the puzzle right now…” – Mr Albanese was right. Resources Minister Madeleine King confirms the climate wars … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics and the economy, Hypocrisy of the left, Innovation and technology | 32 Comments

Identifying as a pilot

Posted on 30 April, 2022 by C.L.

It’s possible this New York Times tweet will feature in a future episode of Air Crash Investigations.

Posted in Culture, Innovation and technology, Left-wing extremism | 19 Comments