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A change of use from a medical centre to a prayer room is so clearly in ‘you need a DA’ territory it is practically out of the textbook of EP&A Act application. Places of worship have their own building subclass for a reason
December 23, 2025 at 5:29 AM
A change of use from a medical centre to a prayer room is so clearly in ‘you need a DA’ territory it is practically out of the textbook of EP&A Act application. Places of worship have their own building subclass for a reason
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The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
December 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
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On the seventh anniversary of THIS image, here's a funny story about the elephants, Naomi Wolf and the absurdity of online nostalgia.
November 20, 2023 at 11:49 AM
On the seventh anniversary of THIS image, here's a funny story about the elephants, Naomi Wolf and the absurdity of online nostalgia.
Town hall blood bank a bit overwhelmed with walk-ins.
quite a queue even for the booked appointments
quite a queue even for the booked appointments
December 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Town hall blood bank a bit overwhelmed with walk-ins.
quite a queue even for the booked appointments
quite a queue even for the booked appointments
Name a film containing a memorable elevator scene.
December 6, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Name a film containing a memorable elevator scene.
What does it mean to be a "Secret wedding" if they have photos of it???
region.com.au/prime-minist...
region.com.au/prime-minist...
Prime Minister and Jodie Haydon married in secret Lodge wedding | Region Canberra
Anthony Albanese and his partner of five years, Jodie Haydon, were married Saturday afternoon (29 November) in a small and…
region.com.au
November 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM
What does it mean to be a "Secret wedding" if they have photos of it???
region.com.au/prime-minist...
region.com.au/prime-minist...
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Having just been through the desert carrying a guy with no name, it felt good to get out of the rain.
November 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Having just been through the desert carrying a guy with no name, it felt good to get out of the rain.
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My new piece is on the deeply worrying problem of fraud in the obstetric and gynaecological space and what's being done about it.
gidmk.substack.com/p/the-terrif...
gidmk.substack.com/p/the-terrif...
The Terrifying Problem Of Fraud In Women's Health
A scientific issue impacting pretty much every person with a vagina.
gidmk.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
My new piece is on the deeply worrying problem of fraud in the obstetric and gynaecological space and what's being done about it.
gidmk.substack.com/p/the-terrif...
gidmk.substack.com/p/the-terrif...
had to go to the strata managers office to pick up a new key.
Looks like they have some pretty brutal meetings.
Looks like they have some pretty brutal meetings.
October 31, 2025 at 3:18 AM
had to go to the strata managers office to pick up a new key.
Looks like they have some pretty brutal meetings.
Looks like they have some pretty brutal meetings.
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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Sign the petition to sanction Israel now: www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/09/peti...
Petition: Sanction Israel for Genocide in Gaza
To: The Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong. We, the undersigned, call […]
www.jewishcouncil.com.au
September 16, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Sign the petition to sanction Israel now: www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/09/peti...
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I wrote a thing. As someone who survived the 1970s and kept the receipts.
Shocked by Epstein’s birthday book? That culture was everywhere before feminism | Rebecca Solnit
Feminism exposed the ubiquity of child abuse, rape, sexual harassment and domestic violence – and helped fight that culture
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I wrote a thing. As someone who survived the 1970s and kept the receipts.
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Never will I tire of newspaper headlines that show there's nothing funnier than a human being extra-human.
September 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Never will I tire of newspaper headlines that show there's nothing funnier than a human being extra-human.
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"Immunologists tell me that the average person’s immune system looks different than it did in 2019. That we’re walking around with more inflammation, and with immune systems that don’t work quite as well as they did in the beforetimes (on average)."
Source: canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter/2...
Source: canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter/2...
August 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
"Immunologists tell me that the average person’s immune system looks different than it did in 2019. That we’re walking around with more inflammation, and with immune systems that don’t work quite as well as they did in the beforetimes (on average)."
Source: canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter/2...
Source: canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter/2...
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NEW: Incredible scenes in Sydney, Australia today as tens of thousands march for Gaza, demanding an end to the genocide.
#MarchForHumanity
(🎥 Ema Franklin)
#MarchForHumanity
(🎥 Ema Franklin)
August 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
NEW: Incredible scenes in Sydney, Australia today as tens of thousands march for Gaza, demanding an end to the genocide.
#MarchForHumanity
(🎥 Ema Franklin)
#MarchForHumanity
(🎥 Ema Franklin)
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Never change Australian coppers www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
August 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Never change Australian coppers www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Age verification? I remember boot loading a mainframe with mag tape and toggle switches.
Age verification? I remember squinting at a computer monitor that was limited to the colour green.
Age verification? I remember hoarding all the yellow floppy discs because Hackers.
July 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Age verification? I remember boot loading a mainframe with mag tape and toggle switches.
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The latest round of cuts at ANU include an outrageous plan to close the Australian National Dictionary Centre (ANDC). ANU has forgotten its vital function as the national university.
Please sign this petition urging ANU to reconsider and protect the ANDC:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please sign this petition urging ANU to reconsider and protect the ANDC:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
July 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The latest round of cuts at ANU include an outrageous plan to close the Australian National Dictionary Centre (ANDC). ANU has forgotten its vital function as the national university.
Please sign this petition urging ANU to reconsider and protect the ANDC:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please sign this petition urging ANU to reconsider and protect the ANDC:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
They’re off to Bovine University on the Beef Bus
July 21, 2025 at 12:49 AM
They’re off to Bovine University on the Beef Bus
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The mushroom case got all the attention, but this is much more important to understand.
The mushroom case got all the attention, but this is much more important to understand.
Here’s some Indigenous truth-telling: structural police racism had a hand in the death of Kumanjayi Walker | Lorena Allam
After the inquest into the Aboriginal teenager’s death, the coroner found constable Zachary Rolfe operated in a system that failed on a number of occasions to ‘rein him in’
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The mushroom case got all the attention, but this is much more important to understand.
The mushroom case got all the attention, but this is much more important to understand.
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"We've shown that when we want to, we can have entire teams dedicated to covering when people are killed."
chaser.com.au/general-news...
chaser.com.au/general-news...
July 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
"We've shown that when we want to, we can have entire teams dedicated to covering when people are killed."
chaser.com.au/general-news...
chaser.com.au/general-news...
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July 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Please sign, if you haven't already.
getup.to/w77738f5eEcZ...
getup.to/w77738f5eEcZ...
June 23, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Please sign, if you haven't already.
getup.to/w77738f5eEcZ...
getup.to/w77738f5eEcZ...
