Quote

Quantity has a quality all its own. - Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili aka Joseph Stalin

R.I.P.

50 humans in Christchurch

Oswald Mosely is an eggy shtcnt https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/new-zealand-shooting-australian-leader-sides-egger-over-egged-anti-n984111

Is this a turning point in Australian politics?

ScoMo and his 2011 statement on using Muslim hate in political campaign

Utrecht

Erdogan

Trump

Water crises https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/11/day-zero-water-crises-spain-morocco-india-and-iraq-at-risk-as-dams-shrink

A Canberra politician has invoked the Christchurch shootings, in which 50 people were killed, to argue against a bill reforming child sex abuse laws. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-19/christchurch-shootings-referenced-by-mla-confession-laws/10917960

Mozambiquans https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/18/cyclone-idai-death-toll-climbs-over-120-in-mozambique-and-zimbabwe (see also below)

F.U.

737MAX8 and Trump's interference in investigation

Algerian protests https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/15/algeria-protesters-bouteflik-movement

Things

Politics and the Stench of Corruption™

Saudis

Climate Strikes

NSW Election - Guess what? Daley's a disappointment.

Federal Election

Weather

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/mar/19/cyclone-trevor-hits-the-queensland-coast-with-200kmh-winds https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/18/cyclone-idai-death-toll-climbs-over-120-in-mozambique-and-zimbabwe https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/17/at-least-50-people-killed-by-flash-floods-in-eastern-indonesia https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/16/nebraska-flood-man-dead-rescue-effort https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2019/jan/16/our-oceans-broke-heat-records-in-2018-and-the-consequences-are-catastrophic

Apophenia or white power symbols? https://twitter.com/AuStinkTank/status/1107135326697541638

Bercow https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-vote-theresa-may-john-bercow-commons-parliament-eu-statement-a8828416.html

Non-tendered contracts and the Fed Govt https://www.michaelwest.com.au/poisoning-the-well-liberal-spending-splurge-to-bury-labor-in-debt/

Growing mini-brains https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/mar/18/scientists-grow-mini-brain-on-the-move-that-can-contract-muscle

Time Travel ... ish. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/miop-prt031119.php

Grapes 'n' Plasma https://www.sciencealert.com/we-might-finally-know-why-grapes-burst-into-flames-in-the-microwave

Life finds a way... https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-39558-8

Stacks

So, Mark had an epiphany?

Leaving the Stacks https://www.geekwire.com/2019/evil-empire-model-citizen-microsofts-good-deeds-work-competitive-advantage/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-i-tried-and-failed-to-quit-google/

Digital Veganism https://observer.com/2011/06/what-is-digital-veganism-cody-brown-explains-his-catchphrase/

Remember MySpace https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-19/myspace-has-accidentally-deleted-all-your-old-songs-and-photos/10917298

Politicians want social media to change after the NZ shootings, but experts say it's not that simple https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-19/scott-morrison-social-media-companies-christchurch-shootings/10915246

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-03-19/facebook-to-blame-for-christchurch-live-video-but-so-are-we/10911238

https://twitter.com/alexstamos/status/1106650394707427329/photo/1

Sport

Valtteri Bottas https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/47600736

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