Were vaccines a political treatment for public fear?
‘All of the public health response [around Covid] appeared to be focused on ‘well’ people, and none of it was…
Chimeras: the monsters of man
In 2021, under the cover of Covid, scientists from China, Spain, and America created embryos that shared human and macaque…
Sensitivity readers: no better than Medieval statue butchers
‘Yeah, the good news is that this is a right-wing source that is probably blowing it out of proportion. But…
One-legged seagull: the cult of victimhood
There is a hardwood pier stretching out into the protected harbour where I live, styled to resemble a vintage port.…
The God delusion: men seeking womb transplants
Last week, I stumbled over the Daily Mail article titled: EXCLUSIVE: Womb transplants for TRANS women are ‘very likely in the near future’,…
Novak Djokovic: this trophy is yours, as much as it is mine
I am normally patriotic about sport, but when Novak Djokovic handed Australian Alex de Minaur his arse in the fourth…
Valley of the Whales: science, power, and politics
Wādī al-Ḥītān, also known as ‘The Valley of the Whales’, is an extraordinary paleontological site sitting 150 km south-west of…
The crimes of eco-fascism
Conservatives never should have surrendered the ground of environmental conservation to the radicalised, collectivised, totalitarian Left. Since becoming custodians of…
A ‘borderless world’? Not for carbon!
The European Union has long been known as a collection of bad ideas. On brand, it has decided to become…
An Australian Christmas
When I was small, Christmas meant visiting my nan in St Ives. Her house existed in a state of chaos,…
The joke’s on Xi: China will not keep its climate fortune
China is kidding itself if it thinks Western mining corporations and tax-hungry governments are going to sit around and let…
Aussie life
It might not be a very net-zero-friendly activity, but driving around to view the Christmas light show is part of…
Parks Australia: when bureaucracy turns racist
Imagine telling a Brit of migrant origin that they’re forbidden from visiting the White Cliffs of Dover because they are…
The ‘green leap’ forward
The Dutch Minister for Nitrogen, Christianne van der Wal, announced that 3,000 farms will be forced to sell their properties…
This is war: Renewables vs the West
The future of renewable energy is laid out before us, bound by inevitable consequences and engineering restraints. It is a…
The Teals are ‘my people’
Facebook is something I try not to open. It’s not only a jarring reminder of mortality, with spectres from my…
Lobster bisque
The doomed politics of Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew (Matt?) Guy
The politics of tea
There is no greater beneficiary of ‘evil colonialism’ and British Empire than the local Woke tea shop. That doesn’t stop…
Climate criminals
If an ordinary person walks up to a priceless work of art in a gallery and either glues themselves to…
Australia’s white elephant zoo
Covid quarantine, a failure so large it is visible from space
Biology will decide this
The end of radical feminism cannot come soon enough
Until we meet again
Red roses hit the side of the state hearse as the Queen’s coffin was driven from London to Windsor at…
Cash is King (for now)
Nicola Salvi’s Baroque Trevi Fountain sits in the centre of Rome. It is a relatively modern addition, built on the…
Gorbachev bows out as the curtain falls
What a time to die – and I say that with melancholy. We live in an era when so many…
Carbon police and edible wind turbines
Old wind turbine blades could be recycled into GUMMY BEARS after scientists develop a resin that can be dissolved and…