Man with stereotypical Italian name has close relative also with stereotypical Italian name

Australia has such an abundance of solar power that, international flights notwithstanding, it could become one of the world’s least oil-dependent countries. Replace household gas with electricity (heat pumps, induction cooking), electrify fixed-route buses and railways, roll out electric micromobility (bikes/scooters) and vehicle charging infrastructure, while making public transport and active mobility more viable alternatives to motoring. As for supply, we’re seeing solar panels appear on rooftops, so keep encouraging that and also allow tenants to install German-style balcony/window solar panels.

Now that’s a shoggoth.

That money would be better spent improving service frequency and reliability to the point where one who has the option of driving would consider catching public transport. Also, electrifying outer-suburban rail services currently run by overloaded V/Line trains would achieve this and cut the fuel bill, freeing up money for future improvements. Though if we don’t expect cheap oil to return, we should be thinking of electrifying frequent country services as well.

Woodchippers and black bin bags are next

In Rome, Caligula made his horse a senator. In America, this happened.

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From what I’ve read, Japan’s work ethic has been more about presenteeism than productivity for a while. While long hours are the norm, it’s more important to be seen to be working than to be productive, so you don’t leave before the boss does, but you do spend a large amount of that time staring out the window or otherwise idling.

“My husband plays that mobile game all the time!”

What will happen: Harris will put in a fine performance, coolly parrying his attacks and laying out a coherent vision for her presidential term. The press will latch onto one thing—perhaps some ambiguity around tax policy or her correcting herself after starting to say the wrong word —and blow it up into existential doubts about the very basis of her campaign. Meanwhile, Trump will ramble semicoherently, spouting disjointed assertions about protecting the border or the children or whatever, segueing into stories about golfing with famous people or immigrants abducting and transing American children, calls for mass executions of bad guys and word salad with no discernible meaning. The media will helpfully gloss over that, pointing out that he “forcefully advocated American interests” and is “in tune with public concerns about security/the economy”. They’ll award it to him, judging that he had regained the initiative and Harris is now on the run, and the 99.9% of the public who didn’t watch the debate themselves will believe that.

Luckily for the red side, the system’s designed so that sand can vote

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