They're not thinking. They're in kneejerk mode, because of what happened in Victoria. Personally, I'd be surprised if the proposed legislation survived any examination by the courts.

I'm currently reading Oathbreakers, which is a history book about the Carolingians (Frankish Kings). Very interesting.

It will not only answer who is 007, and what is 007, but also how is 007, and why is 007.

I also expect it will be at least an hour too long.

Burble squawk rumble Yes.

The Murdoch media living rent free in their heads.

Except at 2am. And 3am. And 4, 5, and 6am. On the hour, every hour. We have an alarm cat* and it's cat o'clock.

Of course, she sleeps during the day.

*Siamese

They've already delayed its deployment to reconsider the feedback. - https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/114709820512537821

In the mid-70s, our population was smaller than South Australia (around 600k).

He's white.

We deploy our subs for blue water not just littoral use. They patrol up as far as the South China Sea. Nukes allow us the stay on station for much longer than DEs.

Does it still count as drunk texting if you haven't been sober since the Bush presidency?

The only difference between the entertainment industry and the porn industry, is that in the porn industry the talent know they're going to get screwed.

Breakfast Club. I saw it in the 80s, and loved it, but thought I'd never watch it again. I put it on again during COVID and while it still holds up, I definitely won't watch it a third time. Past is prologue, and all.

I'm currently reading Zero 22 by Chris Ryan. It's about an SAS operative, and is a sequel to Black Ops. I loved Black Ops but thought the ending was naff. It appears he had Zero 22 in mind when he wrote that ending. Still naff, but I'm enjoying Z 22 so far.

I didn't bother. I have a local server, and just inputted the info, and I was away.

They're supposed to be the party of small business, but small business can't afford them anymore.

I had to manually uninstall the old version and then install the new one, but it works fine.

Nah, it's just crunchy.

Fuck Nestle!

That maxim is no longer true, especially in the medium-to-long term. Reddit posts older than 8 or so years old aren't accessible (even to their creators), same with the original Digg posts. If you go back to the Usenet days, most posts haven't been archived and are lost, especially those from the smaller newsgroups. I expect over the coming decades, we'll see data loss as a growing issue.