Gorgritch_Umie_Killa

  • 330 Posts
  • 787 Comments
Joined 1 year ago
cake
Cake day: June 11th, 2023

help-circle
  • A Successful Failure

    So, haha, things didn’t exactly go to plan. The pack of Karaage mix i had turned out to be over a year put of date, so oops!

    Nevermind i said, i’ve most ingredients anyway, lets muck in!

    The karaage mix took ages to make, and was very stodgy, so i ah… took a few shortcuts.

    Conclusion

    The chicken was cooked well, and tasted ok, but the texture of the coating was a bit rubbery. Not a great result but worth a try :)












  • I disagree that incrementalism will never lead to systemic change. But i’m a believer that big change is precipitated by ten small changes. Cue Paul Kelly…

    I don’t feel George Monbiot put his case well. If we take Australia as the example, without the incremental changes we’ve individually already made its hard to believe that the bigger things we are actually doing now would be as uncontroversial as they are.

    The big projects I’m thinking are the many renewables going in around the country. The offshore wind farm in NSW, is maybe the only exception, but even thats not stopping the nation like it might’ve a decade ago.

    Plastic bag bans, container deposit schemes, removal of plastic straws, yellow top recycle bins, FOGO, keep cups, these are all examples of the highly visible incremental changes that, bu their constant presence, demand people rethink a wasteful practice.

    I think he’s right to say is incrementalism might be too slow. But his other option of waiting for the economic/climate revolution is akin to rolling the dice at a casino you don’t own.

















  • Here’s the problem we have. By most accounts the only reason the green light hasn’t been given to Ukraine for wider use of the Storm Shadow missile (UK weapon) in their defense against Russia, is because of a US veto. A veto they apparrently only have due to a single component for the weapon coming from the US.

    If this is the case, and the US is using their military technology supply chain as leverage with its allies in this way, then Keating is right, and Australians should be concerned about a critical arm of our defense structure being open to that risk.

    There is however other possibilities, such as, UK wishing to talk the talk, but not walk the walk on wider military support. In other words essentially agreeing with the US about the risks of escalation, but wanting to be quiet about that fact.