Definitely ask your GP to refer you to different therapist. If trauma is the main issue maybe ask about EMDR instead of therapists who specialize in CBT

Not a single line, but I like his song about being a bureaucrat

I dunno. Rip Taylor set a pretty high bar

Parenting? Caretaking? Guardianship?

Thats only a short term solution, global warming will negate those benefits.

Southern ocean currents just reversed and will likely cause rapid warming of water temps.

Southern Ocean circulation reversed

Southern Ocean current reverses for first time, signalling risk of climate system collapse

France and Switzerland just had to shutdown their nuclear reactors due to the water sources they use for cooling being too warm.

France and Switzerland shut down nuclear power plants amid scorching heatwave

When heat halts power: Europe’s nuclear dilemma

My understanding is that traditional AI essentially takes a bruteforce approach to learning and because it is hardwired, its ability to learn and make logical connections is impaired.

Newer technologies like organic computers using neurons can change and adapt as it learns, forming new pathways for information to travel along, which reduces processing requirements and in turn, reduces power requirements.

https://www.techradar.com/pro/a-breakthrough-in-computing-cortical-labs-cl1-is-the-first-living-biocomputer-and-costs-almost-the-same-as-apples-best-failure

https://corticallabs.com/cl1.html

Yep.

2008 Chinese milk scandal

2 executed and 1 life in prison

There are studies linking appearance and personality:

Why It’s Surprisingly Easy to See People’s Personalities in Their Faces

Is There a Link between Physical Appearance and Personality?

How your looks betray your personality

It’s Rupert Murdoch spewing garbage like normal

Don’t even have to go that far, just change your DNS to a non-Australian one. Anything that turns up from a “top 10 dns providers” search works.

Our previous governments have tied us to the US so tightly that we may as well be a US vassal state. Whatever America’s foreign policy is, is Australia’s policy. Our military is dependent on the US for its equipment.

It would be great to have more ties to the EU and SE Asian counties but thats unlikely to happen unfortunately.

Drought. When you live in the bush and only have tank water for everything, drinking water comes before showering/bathing. When things are bad, shower once per week and use a bowl of water and wash cloth to freshen up the rest of the time. Still end up with a smell though. You can smell the drought on the people in a rural areas when you go into town.

Looks interesting. I’ll check it out.

How easily/quickly are plants identified on it? Leafsnap usually only takes a minute or so and has id’ed around 90% of what I’ve thrown at it.

But I do like the idea of tracking more than just plants and contributing to data gathering for science.

Edit: yep iNaturalist is much better. The search is about the same but its prioritizing results based on location is a good feature.

Leafsnap - an excellent plant identification app. Can id from a photo of a flower, leaf or bark.