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Posted on February 12, 2021

Report from a besieged city (Melbourne)

Today 12 February, Melbourne and all the citizens of Victoria have been thrown, with eleven hours notice, again into a futile, fickle lockdown that is not founded in evidence of…

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Posted on December 20, 2020

Fragments from my diaries – the year in review

Throughout the year I have kept a diary in a an A5 black notebook of 200 pages or so. I have followed this practice for quite some years now, and…

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Posted on December 18, 2020

Viral Meltdown – Year in Review

As part of my The Kaeleidoscope of 2020: Year in Review post I have updated with my reflections on the pandemic and lockdowns in this section, Viral Meltdown Viral Meltdown…

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Posted on September 20, 2020October 9, 2020

Captain Ahab and Lockdown in Melbourne

Historians (and I am one) will search for cultural archetypes that explain the strange delusions of power that have inflicted a captivity on the citizens of Melbourne and Victoria. In…

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Posted on August 4, 2020

Poem: Curfew, Melbourne 2020

Curfew, Melbourne 2020 Unimaginable city, locked down in its dark tomb,Its streets masked for an uncommon cold. Now all movement and strangeness stopped at 8 pm.Some turn in in fear;…

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Posted on May 9, 2020December 6, 2020

Public Health Rulez, OK?

The psychology of power is enigmatic and poisonous, and it infects more than just the ruthless and the mercenary. Principled men and women of medicine succumb, even at their moment…

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Posted on April 26, 2020April 26, 2020

Poem: Lockdown

Lockdown If you can tell lies, you must stay home.If you can live your life, you must stop now.If you want to free your heart, you must lock down.And if…

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