RIP

Elaine Darling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Darling

Jane Mathews https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Mathews

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Leavelle
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrance_Dicks
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Holowka
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sogyal_Rinpoche
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahu_Potiki

F.U.

Hong Kong

East Timor https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-29/declassified-us-intelligence-documents-sheds-light-timor-leste/11459284 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/aug/30/infuriated-alexander-downer-tried-to-get-us-officials-to-back-up-response-to-east-timor-leaks

Aggressive magpie executed https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-03/agressive-magpie-shot-dead-after-hills-shire-council-decision/11473598

Magpie Alert https://www.magpiealert.com/

Vegans and sardines https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/03/vegan-takes-neighbours-to-court-in-western-australia-over-smell-from-barbecues

Boisterous poultry https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/03/if-it-quacks-like-a-duck-boisterous-poultry-land-french-owner-in-court

Maurice, the feather-trousered cockerel https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/04/maurice-the-cockerel-noise-polluter-case-heard-in-court

Democracy Sausage

Sri Lankan family

Religious Freedom

Polling

Things

Identity politics, ecofundamentalism ... postmodernism? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/02/parliamentary-inquiry-labels-identity-politics-as-threat-alongside-rightwing-nationalism

McCool's problem with modernist or postmodernist architecture

Extinction Shenanigans https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/sep/03/new-york-times-drops-sponsorship-of-oil-conference https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/02/manchester-extinction-rebellion-activists-glue-banks-barclays-hsbc

Stacks

Tim (and Sundar) https://techcrunch.com/2019/08/31/china-google-iphone-uyghur/

Oh Sundar https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vb9kwm/youtube-has-been-harvesting-kids-data-for-years-and-the-ftc-seems-fine-with-that

Future Crime

Future Crime: Uploading Videos in a Coordinated Manner

• Maximum Penalty: $2500 fine for each video
• https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/22/tech/youtube-china-hong-kong/index.html

Future Crime: eSports Match Fixing

• Maximum Penalty: 10 years
• https://afkgaming.com/articles/csgo/News/2307-Six-arrested-by-Australian-authorities-over-match-fixing-scandal

Future Crime: Operating Drones in a Coordinated Manner

• Maximum Penalty: "long jail sentences"
• https://au.news.yahoo.com/heathrow-protests-climate-change-activists-195400697.html

Gatwick drone hallucinations https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/08/16/gatwick_drone_investigation_costs_double_no_arrests/

Games (specifically excluding Chess)

Bury FC https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/09/03/exclusive-police-launch-fraud-inquiry-demise-bury-fc/

fin