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Word of the day Vernant – blooming or flourishing; relating to the spring season; of, pertaining to, or occurring in springtime; vernal. This entry was posted on Wednesday, September 9th, 2026 at 3:00 pm and is filed under language. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Post navigation « Previous Post

Woman of the day is Henda Ayari: It’s me. On the left, I’m 21 years old. On the right, I’m 49. Many years have passed. 28 years separate these two photos. But it’s not time that divides these two women, so different in the pictures. It’s freedom. At 21, I was gradually disappearing under the fabric, what I eventually came to call my fabric prison. But the worst part wasn’t what covered my body. It was what had ended up imprisoning my mind. I thought I was on the right path.

The idea that 120 government-owned supermarkets would fix the cost of living is a Green delusion. That they’d start by trampling all over existing supermarkets by forcing them to sell to the state is an abuse of property rights from the mad-dictator’s play book. To make a profit from lower prices would require lower costs. That would mean buying food and other goods for less than the privately owned supermarkets do. Suppliers complain about prices they have to accept now.

Word of the day Chelidonize -the chirping of swallows as they fly overhead; to sing or cry like a swallow. This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 8th, 2026 at 3:00 pm and is filed under language. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Post navigation « Previous Post

Woman of the day Let me introduce you to a brave hero from my country, Iran. She was 16 years old. Just a girl. And on the streets of Iran, she did something braver than most people do in a lifetime: she took off her hijab and burned it in public. Right in front of the regime. Right in front of… pic.twitter.com/hY0x6mZ4IY — Masih Alinejad (@AlinejadMasih) August 31, 2026 This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 8th, 2026 at 9:00 am and is filed under politics, women, women's rights.

The UN has endorsed the Equal Earth projection on to display the true relative sizes of the world’s continents. The Mercator map distorts the size of land masses, making Greenland similar in size to Africa when it is much smaller. Blue is the old projection, red the new and more accurate one.

Word of the day Egerminate – to spring, sprout, or bud out from a dormant state; to germinate. This entry was posted on Monday, September 7th, 2026 at 3:00 pm and is filed under language. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Post navigation « Previous Post

Afghan women have protested the insulting remarks of a Taliban official who called women “deficient in intellect.” Afghan women protested and changed: —I am a woman doctor. I am not deficient in intellect. —I am a teacher. I am not deficient in intellect. —I am an athlete. I am… https://t.co/irD5X3LK7s pic.twitter.com/W72GCm22UC

The economic policies of Labour, Opportunity, the Greens and Te Pāti Māori all assume ceteris paribus. That taxes can increase and the lump of labour that is the workforce will not respond. That no investment decisions will be altered. They are wrong. Labour is proposing to raise $1.3b annually with a capital gains tax to pay for free doctor visits.

Word of the day Patrisate – to imitate one’s father or ancestors; to act like or take after one’s father. This entry was posted on Sunday, September 6th, 2026 at 3:00 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Post navigation « Previous Post