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The Madness that is Institutional Thinking
Lynn Arnold was a long-serving minister and premier of South Australia from 1992-93. After Labor’s defeat in 1993, he moved to Spain to research for a PhD in linguistics, worked for World Vision, then ran Anglicare. Since Anglicare was essentially a lobbying body, Lynn thought it appropriate to resign from the ALP. …
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The Thinking Person, Life, Hope, for Me in 2025: Why Ignoring Professional Historians will be the end of Good Local Governance?
Dr Neville Buch (ABN 86703686642) Extensively Experienced and Qualified Queensland Professional History of the Queensland Mind. Business Office 18 Callendar Street, Sunnybank Hills 4109 AUSTRALIA 6 June 2025 (Queensland Day) It is unique in the country: https://mappingbrisbanehistory.com.au/ But then many would appear to be small minded…
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Re: Why do we understand how others read “Humanism”?
Death and life flourishing is at the centre of our humanity. Which is why we understand how others read “Humanism”. Each person has their own ideas of what is the experience of death and life, but, surprise, surprise (Gomer Pyle), we find others have different ideas. Understanding others is, thus, only possible in common schemas…
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What I am to do, the Evidence is There in Large Quantities and Qualities?
I was childish and unfair To you, my only friend I regret, but now it’s too late I can’t show you any more The things I’ve learned from you ‘Cause life just took you away, Ruth, and being paid for my work, I’m asking why? (I’m asking why?) I’m asking why? (I’m asking why?) Nobody…
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Experiencing Northern Colorado
Experiencing Northern Colorado: Video https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ja7t-n_bBuh0U86k_LH18vGKfRm4M5QL/view?usp=sharing Experiencing Northern Colorado: PowerPoint Show Experiencing Northern Colorado: PDF Selected information on Colorado from Wikipedia Entry: The Rocky Mountains within Colorado contain 53 true peaks and 58 named peaks that are 14,000 feet (4,267 m) or higher in…
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UNIVERSAL SURVIVAL
President Trump, under the cover of the culture war, is attempting to pull billions of dollars in funding from universities unless they agree to his ideological demands. After Harvard refused and sued the Trump administration, Trump tried banning all of its 27 percent of international students last week. Dana Milbank, Catherine Rampell and Jason…
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Notes: Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway
KEY POINT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A HISTORIAN The United Kingdom Prime Minister in 1925, when the book was published on 14 May 1925 was the moderating conservative, Stanley Baldwin (in office 1924-1929, 1935-1937; MP for Bewdley; 1867-1947). This means he was in office during the reign of Edward VIII and his…
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From 1989 to 2025. A Message from Dr Michael Macklin
The message from Dr Michael Macklin in 1989 to the Australian Senate: On Saturday October 28 1989, Senator (Dr) Macklin spoke at the second fund-raising dinner of the St Patrick’s Old Boys, on the topic of “How Green is my Party”. At the time, Senator Macklin was only person elected from…
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No Food to Eat. The Corrupt Thinking of Decision Makers
This is an image of my empty fridge today. Would a society be unhappy with the corrupt ways of thinking from managers in their decision making? Would Australian society be happy that many experts in different fields of learning are experiencing poverty, well below the poverty line as western countries’ averaged…
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An example of basic prejudice in both machine and humans
What I said to the machine: Is it a holiday today anywhere in the United States? Of course, you understand, machine, that today is AEST? No, I was asking about May 27 AEST, which is not Monday in the United States. You cannot make the time cognition conversions. Machines are stupid. …