https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2025/dec/10/parents-react-to-australias-under-16s-social-media-ban-interactive It's only been two days, so polling so soon seems a bit ridiculous. But anyway, there are some interesting responses. The one comment that stood out to me: They (and I) would rather see regulation of the social media companies than the children. Yeah, this. I think it's a shame that they had to include Youtube in the mix. There is so much really, really good stuff on YT. IMO, YT should be responsible for ensuring a safe platform so that everyone can enjoy its real benefits. I can't comment on snapchat or instagram because I've never used them. It seems to be 'profits at all costs' for these companies. If they'd taken their responsibility seriously to begin with, perhaps a ban would never have been necessary.

Beautiful!

[image: p0mlb99m.jpg] An area of Mount Zao's Jizōdake summit in 2010 (top left), 2013 (top right), 2020 (lower left) and 2025 (lower right) (Credit: Yanagisawa Fumitaka/ Tohoku Regional Forest Office)

I think the concept much like the concept of hyper-surveillance is very unpleasant.

Capitalism is the worst form of economic organization. Except for all the rest that have ever been tried. This is probably a good messaging bill for the Dems though.

@bernard It's Neo-Gothic. I love Neo-Gothic.

@jon-nyc I am so sorry to hear that! Air travel is so awful these days. Hopefully your new itinerary with UA wasn't too expensive, and suits your travel plans etc.

@wtg said in My "final exam" for piano class this semester: oh wait, you must mean links embedded in the posts in the thread... Yep! I was curious about the other arrangement I had linked, I might have it somewhere but I don't recall. But I'm pretty sure the Kaneyasu one I mentioned is (was) a piano recording of the exact arrangement that I have (and play in the video at the top of this thread). I got it from a Japanese music magazine and they had links to performances of the scores. But that link appears to be broken as well.

I'm voting with wtg.

Doug would do well with the chics if he had that.

My hair started falling out and I remember the moment I was looking in the mirror and noticed it. I shaved my head after that and never looked back. Four years later I moved to Hawaii where almost every man shaved his head. Lol. Now twenty years on in Florida and over 55 nobody gives AF if you shave your head. Of course, I'm an "average Joe" and not a "world leader" so I guess I have more freedom. So dumb. Shave your head and move on with your life.

That looks like a fairy land! Stunning.

Finally, a Peace Prize. Trump wins his peace prize from Fifa – any chance of a VAR review? At a gaudy and gauche World Cup draw, Gianni Infantino went all out to flatter the world’s most precious ego https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/trump-peace-prize-fifa-world-cup