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We haven't really had controlled burns in my country since the 60's. Aussie forests are more prone to bush fires, I'd imagine. Sweden had some pretty bad forest fires last summer, some Finnish firemen went there. Those things can happen. Maybe some areas should have less folks living in them...

If by "managing forests" you mean logging and razing much of the said forest then yes, I suppose you can prevent some fires that way. The forest won't be a natural forest after that. Will a natural forest sometimes have fires? Yes. Does climate change make those fires more frequent and...

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jan/02/we-were-surrounded-how-the-bushfires-forced-rosedale-families-to-flee-to-the-beach 7 more deaths, 200 more houses gone. Still normal, Serifan?

I've worked a little as a teacher, I can give you a short synopsis about the whole PISA-ranking situation from the 'grass root' -level, if you wish. There are many factors that influence the learning results in a particular nation, PISA might not be the best way to measure the overall level of...

Capitalism has never been criticized, we are still being subjected to the same system which hasn't changed since ancient Egypt. Instead of a pharaoh we now take orders from "the markets", "Wall street", etc.

New year, new capitalist scams. Or are we finally going to get rid of capitalism? Capitalism isn't fixing the inequalities in the world, or protecting the environment, or solving any of the big problems facing planet Earth. So it's basically a toxic, harmful ideology.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/26/student-died-protecting-classmates-gunman-jedi-star-wars-book "A college student hailed by police as a hero for preventing more injuries and deaths after a gunman opened fire in a classroom has been immortalized as a Jedi by the production company...

Swing dancing, eh? I hope you get a good dance partner who is closer to your own height. I once went to a dance course, my dance partner on the course was from Lithuania and a lot shorter than I was, and didn't even speak English. Suffice to say I need to brush up on my tango skills. :D...

Well I hope you had a nice visit to the land of your ancestors. Unless your folks emigrated from, say, the Philippines or something. :)

I see Serifan is all quiet about all this all of a sudden. Biggest mass evacuation in Victoria's history is happening. Victoria. I guess Serifan doesn't live there so everything is cool. :-? Every Ozzie state has now hit 40 deg C. That's it brew, game over bro, game over! Nuke it from orbit.

You drink your beer with leather gloves on? Not saying that's a nazi officer -kind of thing to do but...yea. War...war never changes. Neither do Germans. :D If they're cousins then Hass ate all the sammiches at the family get togethers. Edit. Ok checked it's -1 deg C in Cologne, you are...

They are trying to make it more private here too, so I don't think any country in the world is 'safe' from rampant privatization.

Sounds nice, have fun. Go check out the amazing church.

Even 30 % requires the 62 million bucks, only goes to show how large the problem is. Still, NZ is safer than US where things are the way you want them to be, although you don't even live there.

Some quotes: Whoa, didn't know they're handing out that much. I wouldn't pay anything, I'd just enact the law and then those with guns would be criminals. NZ is successful, US isn't. Ok so majority of yanks would want the gun loonies to hand over their semi-auto rifles, even by force. That...

A state of emergency has been declared in Australia. It's not just the large insects, crocks and sharks pestering folks down under. The prime minister of Ozzieland is in deep ish now because he took a Hawaii-vacation in the middle of the national state of catastrophy. Duude....you fucked up...

I've bought a lot of their stuff, so much so that I no longer buy their stuff. Don't want to go around looking like a military nut. They have some good products, if you want recommendations I can give some that have a good money/value -ratio. Like these pants and some of the backpacks. This...