Crushed?

But a tennis player is a sole breadwinner for a whole ecosystem of coaches and sponsors and if their muscle tears off the bone and they have to go back to school and become an accountant a lot of people go hungry. So I do get it. #ausopen 2/2

Yep in rod laver and I'm sure the roof will be closed! 🌞🌞🌞

And from the TV, seems the person is in the shady part!

Frankfest 2026.

That was Greece vs Russia. The next match, between Frances and Francisco, might be a bit less ... Orthodox.

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Not notably different looking to a Hyundai Tucson.

I'll be needing a chart with two axes. thx

I agree this place is not the new Twitter. but probably nothing ever will be? fracturing into silos seems normal. I'm considering plowing a bit more effort into substack notes though.

ha! never thought of that but there's something to it. Calming that vagal nerve.

You have an interest in urban sharks if I recall?

you can argue for banning cigs instead of taxing, beyond a certain level.
but then there's vapes....
idk. prohibition works beautifully in theory but wars on drugs are messy in practice. corrupt cops, huge profits, violent turf wars, small players with criminal records, etc,etc ...

Seems like one of those theory vs practice things. You do seem to be 100% right; on the other hand, look around.

Al Capone was arrested but they still got rid of Prohibition.
Also see: the war on drugs.

It is catastrophic in the way we've done it. We have enriched a generation of organised criminals who will haunt Australia for decades with the networks they are building; we've also completely deregulated tobacco - anyone can buy it cheaply on the main street and smoking will rise.