From the University of the Obvious
Some academics make it very hard to argue against funding cuts to higher education. Take, for example, this groundbreaking research into the online dating apps: New research from William Chopik, …
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Dating while racist
We all have certain preferences about appearance, certain characteristics we find attractive in others. It might be the age, height, body shape, hair or eye colour, complexion, muscle tone, hair …
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Girls Gone Wild on Brisbane Tinder, Part XIX: Farewell to 2020
Warning: Adult themes, language and nudity It’s somewhat ironic that having spent 99 per cent of my Tinder talk time defending the app from people who assume the worst about …
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Girls Gone Wild on Brisbane Tinder, Part XVII: The Gen X(XX) Edition
Lest the previous fourteen installments of this series have given you the wrong idea that going wild on Tinder is the sole domain of Gen Ys and Gen Zs (kids …
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Girls Gone Wild on Brisbane Tinder, Part XVI
Warning: Adult themes and language I was going to sit down and write a profound intro paragraph but really… it’s 2020. It’s been a shitshow; depressing wherever you look, from …
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Don’t ban death wishes
Twitter swings wildly and widely in their editorial policies: The four progressive Democratic congresswomen known as “The Squad” expressed surprise on Friday night when Twitter posted about its policy against wishing harm …
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China does as China is
Call this the Commiebridge Analytica: Tens of thousands of Australians — including celebrities, politicians and journalists — have had their data collected by a company with links to Chinese military …
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Ultraviolet Wrong Because Orange Man Bad
This is an incredible story of science versus the political-media complex: I ran an obscure pharmaceutical company until a few days ago. Then we got famous. Early in the Covid-19 …
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I will sacrifice myself so you don’t have to
Dear libertarian friends I’m going to take one for your team. I don’t particularly like the idea of a contact tracing app on my phone, but since the government seems …
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Girls Gone Wild On Brisbane Tinder, Part XV: The Birthday Edition
Warning: Adult Content & Language Not that we need any excuses to continue with new installments of the “Girls”, but the world is still in a lock-down and needs plenty …
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Girls Gone Wild on Brisbane Tinder, Part XIV: The Quarantine Special
Let’s face it, with the viral doom and gloom seemingly inescapable, distractions are at a premium. Desperate times require desperate measures. Such as bringing this disreputable blog series back from …
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Love in time of Corona*
Giovanni Boccaccio had written “The Decameron” in the aftermath of the Black Death pandemic of 1348, which carried away somewhere around one third of the European population. The book is …
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THOTs and prayers – and other ways to help the fireys and victims
There are many ways to raise money for the victims of natural disasters, from charity concerts to social media donation drives, but some enterprising young women in Australia and the …
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Russia and China after your internet
Nothing good ever comes of when these two take interest in something: The United Nations on Friday approved a Russian-led bid that aims to create a new convention on cybercrime, …
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Polish Jesus starts transmitting internet
Happy 101st birthday to modern Poland, which regained its independence (briefly) as a result of World War One, after over a century of being partitioned and colonised by Russia, Prussia …
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Leo DiCaprio is the Everyman
Well, not quite; certainly not as far as the fame and fortune are concerned, or the looks. Or, for that matter, his choice of mainly blonde lingerie and swimsuit models …
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Elizabeth Warren sends smoke signals about broadband
It’s just somebody else’s money, so who cares, right? Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren unveiled a proposal to guarantee universal high-speed internet access on Wednesday as part of a new …
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What to do when your elders commit a thought crime?
If you are a woke Millennial, chances are at least some of your older relatives – parents, grandparents, uncles – are not just an embarrassment but a menace, using their …
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Epstein and Clinton, or the tale of two searches
I have written about the scumbag Jeffrey Epstein before; in any case, he’s all over the news again so you can get an update elsewhere. While everyone’s favourite ex-President, Bill …
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Polarisation takes us back to the 19th century
We seem to be on the cusp of another age of sharp tribalisation, where people of different beliefs and persuasions increasingly lead different lives and share different spaces, passing each …
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