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I enjoy a podcast or two, and i only see a few here i know, so heres a few favourites that i didn't see yet,

Battleground: Ukraine, podcast that was being started about historical battles at the same time as the march on Kyiv happened. They pivoted and have kept abrest of events weekly since then. Its been very valuable during times the rest of the media aren't covering it.

Age of Napoleon, an all time favourite, Everett Rummage is a well researched unassuming host. His excursion into the history of Haiti and its ties to the Napoleonic era is some of the best podcast hours i've ever spent.

Philosophize This, Stephen West is the happiest podcaster in a state that most philosophers would refer to as alive. He has gone through so many philosophers from all ages and gives them all a fair go.

Capitalisn't, Bethany Mclean and Luigi Zingales take an issue with the capital system today, interview an expert, and discuss.

Debunking Economics, Welcome to the mind of economist Steve Keen. The most heterodox economist kicking goals today. Slightly MMT but has some disagreements, and shines a new lense over the field of economics.

Dot Social, Interview Podcast for the fediverse curious. Don't know if anybody here would be interested in that kind of thing though...

Rest is Politics UK/US, both UK and US ones are great. These political current affairs podcasts are hosted by former political insiders. Their insights are valuable, even if you disagree with them. The podcasts motto is "disagree agreeably". Rory Stewart and Allastair Campbell's discussion on the Iraq War was an extremely poignant and honest moment and is well worth listening.

Climate Deniers Playbook, Same guy from Climate Town on YouTube, but even more annoying because he's right there in your ear holes telling you about all the ways Big Oil is going out of its way to fuck you, and specifically you, over.

The Tally Room, Ben Raue interviews a guest or two on Australasian elections. He analyses and discusses the electoral possibilities in upcoming elections, and historical electoral practices. This is not a politics podcast, its an election analysis podcast. Therefore he generally only strays into the policies of a certain party as it impacts on the electoral outcomes of the government area in question.

I hope theres some podcasts in there that interest people.

Also, followed this link from the article,

https://archive.org/details/acclimatisation00unkngoog/page/n24/mode/2up

The writer mentions Dasuri as filling the role of native cats. Had a look on wikipedia to work out what they meant, and i think they mean Quolls. I suppose they'd fill a cat-like roll. Interesting comparison though.

Quoll Wikipedia Entry

He bought it because he was going to be forced to https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-did-elon-musk-agree-080448660.html

I really dislike how this fact is being forgotten. There is no 'big brain' conspiracy going on here he got caught out making an offer that he didn't actually mean to be taken seriously. The rest has been making the best, for himself, of a bad situation.

Also this article only gets to the really interesting question in the last twenty words or so. 'Why are people still on there?' Thats the analyses good journalists could be focusing on.

thought vomit

Lol! Good luck

Dammit, typed bigly and lost message.

I hate it when that happens.

First, Basque, Catalonia, Scotland et al are independence movements. Taiwan is a functioning democratic nation, (albeit without the recognised status). They have their own separate while related history from mainland China, check the wikipedia on taiwan its got a good a quick run down near the page top. They were a Dutch colony, Japanese, then Chinese, now on their own again and thats only since the 1600's. Spain and England are also no longer demonstrating bellicose saber ratling language and behaviour, while they still disagree with the respective independence movements; China is demonstrating a distinct intention to take Taiwan, with or without the Taiwanese consent.

Specific comments on each:

Basque: I can't comment too much on Spain's relationships with Basque and Catalonia. I do know there has been movement to make Catalonia more autonomous, i don't know if thats the same for Basque but i'd assume the situations are similar. Which means Spain is on the road to a peaceful settlement that works for everyone. Its also notable that the EU's ease of borders and trade has also helped the Spanish State and the Independence movements live more autonomously but still together.

Scotland: A referendum was had on the subject before brexit. The order of those looked very strategic, or stupid, at the time by the Cameron government. The UK High court ruled that Westminster has the only legitimate power to hold another referendum.

Immediately post brexit the Scottish did want out, however the tide has gone out on this subject for now, cost of living pressures, SNP corruption problems, need to vote out Tories, have all added up to send independence down the list of priorities.

But by far the largest problem now with Scottish independence is how would Scotland and the rest ameliorate the similar effects to Scotland's and the rests economy's as brexit is having on the british economy. Scotland is integrated into Britain far more than Britain was/is integrated into the EU. Think roads, trains, defence, finance, postal, and everything else. This now presents a tough question for independence advocates to answer, and preferably there should be a plan before the referendum with it, because as we found out 'Brexit did not mean brexit'. So independence might still sound good to the Scottish people, so based on the recent brexit experience a sober discussion needs to be had, and a real plan needs to be worked out otherwise its all a pie in the sky rush of blood to the head that could cause people a lot of long-term pain in their lives.

Indian Muslims: The subcontinent's story is huge, and there is no answer but to say there is no changes from the ouside that would have a positive effect. Don't forget Pakistan and Bangladesh are Muslim majority and were part of India. Indian Muslims are far from the only peoples persecuted in the Indian subcontinent. Indian partition was fucked up, and maybe India is better off as smaller principalities as it mainly was before the British.

I recently listened to this series, its well worth the time and explains that part of their history so much better than i,

https://open.spotify.com/episode/24liH113yVBe3ccfO7U4Z1?si=nUw26N4bS2q4PxFNf0Js6g

Yeah, I hated that example. Because its probably the least likely scenario in which we will use the Australian Military. As per our history shows.

Thats why i used an example of a more limited operation to lop off the Pilbara in some resource control scenario. Its, I don't know, less unlikely than the whole of Aus? Lol

There are parts I agree with. We shouldn't be putting all our eggs in the US technology basket, homegrown industry is best a diversified mix is second. Tying ourselves to the US technology pipe might work out, but it also might end like Keating says.

But his brainfart of an armada getting picked off before they reached our shores is fanciful. Last i checked we couldn't afford to send a warship to the red sea because we don't have enough sailors, and working frigates (was it 3?). Our submarines are rusting and going in and out of repairs. We have a few planes, but is that enough to pick off an armada? So whats to stop a serious attempt to lop off a nice section of the Pilbara? Lets be sensible, our military is functional but small, if we want to take our own defence seriously, then the current civic understanding and arrangements would need to change.

But the stuff on Taiwan especially. He is so wrong about. We as a nation should always defend the right of a peoples self determination. Not that we live up to that ideal very often, but he is from the side of politics that speaks in those terms more often, so his lack of concern is surprising. The Taiwanese very clearly want a separate identity to mainland China. And no shit they do, Taiwan has been a separate but related island forever. It has the awkward distinction of being the retreat point for the Chinese Nationalists, but thats a pretty small part of the islands population.

Anyway, i suppose its all way more complicated than all this, and thats exactly why I find Keatings comments on so many of those matters so poor. He presented simple solutions that would see Australia more alone instead of more engaged in the region. A loner nation, instead of a friend nation.

I had to recheck what month it was when i saw this headline. This sounded like it had April fools written all over it.

There you go; hadn't even considered the wider implications of this, such as fears around simply static electricity.

Um, wow. Thats a hazardous connection i'd not readily notice looking about a place like that. It'd be the heavy, falling stuff i'd be examining with my Inspector Clouseau magnifying glass.

Huh! Thats a bit of a populist swing. Not necessarily bad, just populist. Could work with voters. Might be an expensive ox-cart to pull on the otherside though.

Haha nice!