Look up the definition of ignorant.

I think the '1973' is supposed to be '1937', even though that is the title at this web page: https://www.max-ernst.com/the-triumph-of-surrealism.jsp - the text describes it as 1937 - and this style was a response to rising fascism, which presumably seemed disorienting and surreal - just as it does today.

armor plating and tractor tracks coming soon.

it can only happen in Canberra where all those Greens and Labor staffers are

You can take the cop out of Queensland...

it gets a bit unsettling and empty when you get into your 40s.

that's a mid life crisis. I'm glad having a kid helped you through it. Also a better option than running away with a hooker, maybe.

Linux, dovecot, postfix and a large quantity of pain medication.

Subsidizing daycare vs better wages for working parents. Sounds like a plan.

Loose (verb) = "to let loose" = "to free" (verb), so "loose their power" implies freeing or expressing their power. (Having power)

Lose (verb) = "to not have any more" (lost), so "lose their power" implies no longer having their power. (Not having power).

"Loose" and "lose" are completely different words. "Loose" is commonly written incorrectly online for "lose", so many English speakers make this mistake when writing it.

Editing to add that "loose" is very rarely used as a verb in the way described - it's archaic and nobody would use it in conversation - it is normally an adjective meaning "not tight". The main thing is to remember that "lose", like "lost" is spelled with a single "o" and "loose", like "not tight" has two.

Hadn't heard about this before - sounds like a debacle.... https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/01/16/2326247/jeepney-drivers-protest-over-phase-out-plan

climate change is like pressure building in a bottle. You can only cork it for so long before there's some kind of structural failure and the champagne is all over the floor with broken glass everywhere.

This is what happens when there's no union.

Same shit, different century.