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Cake day: June 29th, 2023

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  • Try the Thomas Covenant Chronicles. They taper off in quality over the series but the first three, particularly the first, are incredible. Quick premise: man diagnosed with leprosy, hates the world, hates himself. Transported to fantasy land. Does very bad thing within minutes of being there. Has consequences that scar generations and shape the world. A true anti hero.

    I'm not a fantasy fan really, but these are an exception.



  • Start here: https://peo.gov.au/ for basic explanations in how things work here.

    Also try last year's Vote Compass: https://votecompass.abc.net.au/ That will help you map your values to how they align with the political parties - or at least what the parties say they'll do

    When it's time to vote, go to the actual websites of the parties and read about their policies. Don't rely just on their names as they can be misleading. Do the vote compass every year and that will help you organise your thoughts on the parties.

    You don't necessarily need to read the news to form an opinion on parties, but do pay attention to fact checkers and the like, for example: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-13/fact-check-jacinta-nampijinpa-price-closing-the-gap-place-race/102966826?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other. Pay attention to who lies and their motivations to spread misinformation.