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Is AUKUS a boondoggle?
Boondoggle: “An informal term for an expensive and wasteful project, especially one funded by the public.” – Cambridge Dictionary. I’d come across the American word ‘boondoggle’ and was puzzled by this bizarre verbal mishmash. What did this weird word mean? I looked it up, and found the word was used by Americans to describe wasteful…
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Nimbin Time
There’s something they don’t tell you when you move to Nimbin: time operates differently in this village. Those familiar with the concept of “island time” may note some similarities, but there’s quirks to Nimbin that make it an entirely unique phenomenon where time becomes as malleable as clay. When I first arrived in early 2023,…
