This won’t end well. As soon as there’s government money on offer, private corporations come out to dip their snouts in the trough. We’ve seen it in aged care, childcare, disability providers, employment services, etc, but continue to fail to learn the lessons from these examples.

#auspol #vicpol #housing

Australia Post says it has beaten its emissions reduction site, reached 100 pct renewables at its operational sites, and rolled out thousands of EVs.

If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.

Sometimes I think about how from 1935-1975ish, Bell Labs produced an insane amount of revolutionary science and technology, including 11 Nobel Prizes, the transistor, UNIX, C, the laser, the solar cell, information theory, etc. The secret? Provide scientists with ample, steady, no-strings funding.

When a president sends troops into American cities to “restore order,” what he’s really doing is testing obedience. Portland and Chicago aren’t war zones…they’re warning shots. Authoritarians don’t announce takeovers. They practice them. One city at a time. However, each practice destroys families.

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?

#TwentyfiveFortyseven

"Discrediting science and scientists is an essential first step for authoritarian regimes to discredit any other forms of learning and truth and destabilize societies to keep them under control."

Understandable, although Dave’s sister is presumably an Aussie

Mia says no to redevelopment, she likes her simple boxes just as they are.

I’m sorry, but I just don’t get the attraction of flat-faced cats (or dogs). It doesn’t look attractive to me, & surely it’s not good for the animals’ breathing?? Humans have a lot to answer for in our selective breeding of “cute” deleterious traits in our pets.

In 1935 German leadership called a surprise meeting and informed their previous oath to uphold the Weimar constitution was now void and they instead must swear a personal oath to the Führer. Many claimed they didn’t like the order, but they did it anyway.

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Tom McIlroy‘s excellent report on PM Albanese’s powerful UN speech and global recognition for Australia’s action on climate change which domestic commentators still
fail to acknowledge
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Get your hands off my ladder

More like 95% fare evasion from my experience of Melbourne buses.

Of course The Age fails this basic test of public interest journalism right out of the gate. bsky.app/profile/gree...

Journalists need to be very very careful reporting on the paracetamol story. This is no time for straw man reporting or headlining Trump's statement without commentary, because all most people will see is the headline and take it as gospel. 1/

A simple denial in the headline might be less click baity, but perhaps more in keeping with morally upright journalism?

This is very good news. Meeting Trump is a bad idea that never helps anyone or any country. Stay as far away from the fetid, racist, sex pest as you can.

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my mom took tylenol when she was pregnant, which made me super focused on menswear and now i have a million followers on twitter

Vertical rows are the agrivoltaic winner!

“The vertical panels produce slightly less electricity—but with higher value, as generation peaks coincide with morning and late afternoon demand…The crops don't seem to mind the presence of solar panels and they like the wind protection they provide.”

Good, but stop using the word "graft". It sounds wonky and technical.

"Tom Homan took bribes. Pam Bondi and Kash Patel covered it up. Why? Are they also for sale to the highest bidder? Maybe even foreign governments?"