your father's excellent books were prescient about this collapse..

i think it could also indicate an insecurity..

so very Trump

not sure if Murdoch is equivilent of the Springer family.. the US and eu versions seem ok to me.. there could be far worse these days, especially in the US

wondering about the implications... will the Libs become more moderate? doesn't seem that likely.. will the nats be affected?

I found Terry Pratchett late in life, and would laugh out loud at his clever humour and readability. Very British, specifcally for me at least west country, but should be universal.
LOTR of course.

I'm still absorbing his message, was very happy when i read native logging was stopped..

As a recent arriver in Aus, and having spent my life studying UK politics i'm struck by how small the Aus parliament is, and have an instinctive sense that a bigger parliament would fit with a growing country..

and i believe the Lonely Planet guides were a mishearing of 'lovely planet' by the founders the Wheelers..

This Hannah Arendt quote feels appropriate right now

"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."