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Geoff Davies

Canberra Times

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Barack Obama wants us to care about the oceans

What are the five most precious things in my life? I have wondered often lately what might catch the attention of those who are busy despoiling our...

20.12.2024 6

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Davies

They spit in our faces

The fossil fuel corporations and their enablers treat us with complete contempt. This is not very polite to say, I know, but they spit in our faces...

18.11.2024 2

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Davies

Detaching Australia from the death grip of the United States

Our challenge now is to detach Australia from the death grip of the United States and to pursue an independent future, which we are quite capable...

17.11.2024 5

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Davies

To save the planet: Disable this global consumer-corporate machine

The global consumer-capitalist machine is well-programmed to consume the planet in its quest to produce ever-more stuff. Avoiding pollution is...

05.11.2024 1

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Davies

Universities: dead, buried and cremated?

In the late nineties, the management of the Australian National University was attacking its academic staff. That may seem a little strange, until...

17.09.2024 2

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Davies

Artificial cleverness is polluting the essence of our humanity

Fakes, deep fakes, disinformation, lies and rumours pollute the internet, the legacy media and conversations. Some of these are not new, but their...

23.08.2024 1

Pearls and Irritations

Geoff Davies