Archive for month: December, 2024
Predicting the Geopolitical State of the Planet in 2050
29 December 2024
Predicting the geopolitical state of the planet in 2050 is inherently uncertain, but we can draw on current trends, known…
Merry Christmas Folks & Don’t Forget to Subscribe!
24 December 2024
Compliments of the Season to all our readers, listeners and followers! As many of you know from reading last Friday’s…
Yes, Klara and Freya and Thomas and Elliot, there really is a Santa
20 December 2024
Dear Klara and Freya and Thomas and Elliot, I wanted to take just a moment to answer the question that…
50 Ways to Sign Off!
20 December 2024
Here’s a list of common ways people sign off emails and messages, depending on the tone, relationship, and purpose of…
Rumours Confirmed – Nicola Forrest Buys The Terminus
19 December 2024
First thing this morning the long-shared rumour that Nicola Forrest had purchased or was about to buy the derelict-looking Terminus…
Christmas Hampers on the Way to Visiting Seafarers
19 December 2024
Spare a thought for the visiting Seafarers in Freo this Christmas. Seafarers play a vital part in international trade and…
Until next year … 2024, Another Big Shipping Year!
19 December 2024
Well, that was quick. One minute I was looking through my lens at the new DP World crane at the…
All At Sea with the Conversationalist in the Pacific
19 December 2024
Six straight sea days from Long Beach, California to the Hawaiian Islands chain sorted out the “cruisers” from the “trippers”…
Azamara Pursuit to Jingle all the Way to Sydney & Melbourne
18 December 2024
Azamara Pursuit sailed between the heads into Fremantle just after midday today, amidst a sky made smoky from a 2…
Remember Covid? New Omicron subvariants now circulating. Booster vaccine available.
17 December 2024
Surveillance data – from wastewater, and the number of reported cases and hospitalisations – indicates increasing community transmission of COVID-19…