The horrors of war are making the planet unliveable. Every decent human being wants it to end.

Out of all the groups of people in society, females are the most bullied, abused and subjected to eugenics. They are the group of people most asked to change, their tone, their clothes, their way of reacting, as if women have to always follow or else. And then, when women follow, they’ll then be vilified by another fashion that wishes to bully them into following.

Do we do it to make ourselves feel better or to make ourselves feel worse? Either way, PLEASE MAKE ME STOP LOOKING AT THE INSTAGRAM.

Light pollution, glare and light trespass are all easy environmental problems to fix. If we can’t (or won’t) fix this, then what chance do we have of reducing or reversing other environmental issues?

I’m curious as to what others wished they had learnt in school and what they think our young people need to learn to cope/thrive in the future. I work as an educator and constantly question the relevance of what I’m teaching. What do we assume (most, some, all?) kids will naturally learn, but in fact they’d all benefit from explicitly being taught?

The state’s involvement in economics, our system of interventionism, breed further and further control over individual lives, liberty and freedom. It matters to me as I’m a producer constantly paying higher and higher taxes, and losing more and more of my freedoms. It should matter to anyone who values freedom and liberty.

Modern society has taken to mobile technology at an astonishing rate. Most of us are plugged in, connected, friended or have followers; but is our immersion in the online world and our obsession with the next gadget adversely affecting our engagement with, and enjoyment of, the real one?

Are people-pleasers restricting public discourse and making it tricky to challenge? Asking because difficult conversations can solve big problems

I was once asked and gave a quick and definite answer. I have, however, wondered about my answer ever since.

Labs around the world are developing lab grown meats. This will change industries related to animal consumption like farming, live export, as well as impacting energy, consumption, and world hunger. The development of this meat is happening now but the public conversation has yet to begin. Let’s start now!

I am perturbed by the conflicting stories around whether Harper Lee actually consented to publication. And that plays with a bigger question in my mind about artist’s legacies and what happens to their unpublished or unreleased work posthumously.

In a university class at the moment I am learning about indigenous land injustice. I came up with this question in a tutorial. History is not objective, and who really shapes it?