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There’s lots of shit there, but it’s not in a hole, unfortunately. It just sits there right on the pavement.

Why do Americans keep comparing crime rates to 30-50 years ago? Compare to other societies now. There’s supposed to be progress, and in other places, there has been.

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How does it feel to post outright incorrect information? Do you delete now or leave it up?

Not an expert on GDPR but can't imagine privacy strict EU agreeing to this. US shutting down visa waiver for EU would be dumb as the Consulates are already swamped and absolutely c…

are you kidding? this is basically a blog for a group of politial scientists

so you don't get desperately ill for several days / weeks? why is this so hard for you types to understand?

you're an ass. my child is a toddler. they need to be exploring and interacting with other children, in person, playing, learning and receiving stimuli, not locked at home staring …

Sounds to me they likely don't have children. Even one week at home for my kid is damaging let alone a year. The kids weren't spreading covid to teachers. Teachers could have worn …

It's easy to romanticise the early days of the internet but seeing this brought a tinge of depression.

We are back in offices in Sydney for a while now. I think Singapore too. Most flexibly and tech the slowest to return. Trust me things get back to normal quickly, it's just about m…

We check in with a govt app and QR codes in NSW and all of Australia does this and venues confirm before letting you in. It's integrated into the Service NSW app so I don't need a …

We had a 5% decline in suicide this year in Sydney. Although it wasn’t a very hard or long lockdown. The hypothesis is that increased welfare payments may be the reason but persona…

I keep saying this about the silly island argument. It's not like the virus is coming into the US via Mexico and Canada. And domestic travel was halted with state border closures. …

It's probably not the office people dislike, it's the commute. If your office was next door to your house and all your colleagues were there you wouldn't go? You could come back fo…

i've stopped thinking about it because I can't deal with the fact that it was nineteen years ago . Nineteen!

it's normal in the US media where there's a general desensitization to violence

Americans are just race obsessed. There's basically no argument in the national discourse about race being a human construct with no basis in science.

WTF is going on here? This man was followed into his condo by a man dressed in a black suit and a mask carrying an electric saw. That man killed him and was in the process of cutti…

probably means "someone I would be unlikely to meet via my personal circles, but likely someone I'd encounter at work, and then develop a friendship with, both within and outside t…

Right people always bring up that quote "nobody on their deathbed wished they worked more." But how many people on their deathbed regret a life passed in mediocrity, without at lea…

Not possible for me. The behaviour of others around me on the train stresses me out immensely, especially sneezing and coughing (and that was pre-COVID), listening to music or phon…

There is no such thing as people who are "going to get it anyways."

Why do you struggle with staying home so much? What exactly are you missing? You can socialise at home, and maintain distance easily. You can still do outdoor activities. It's basi…