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on unceded Awabakal land.
New-Grad intra-operative nurse.
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New-Grad intra-operative nurse.
Bikefluencer @lambtomnium #cargobike & runner. Music lover. Not-too-bad-a-cook.
👈Woke leftie.
#couchpeloton 🚴🏼♀️
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"After her hearing ended, three-year-old Lucy cuddled her teddy bear as she walked back from the lawyer’s table and took a seat.
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"After her hearing ended, three-year-old Lucy cuddled her teddy bear as she walked back from the lawyer’s table and took a seat.
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
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In two days, hundreds of thousands of teens will be cut off from the friends, groups and communities on social media.
From homeschooling meetups to buying used bikes, here's what teens say they're going to lose, in their own words.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
From homeschooling meetups to buying used bikes, here's what teens say they're going to lose, in their own words.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
December 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
In two days, hundreds of thousands of teens will be cut off from the friends, groups and communities on social media.
From homeschooling meetups to buying used bikes, here's what teens say they're going to lose, in their own words.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
From homeschooling meetups to buying used bikes, here's what teens say they're going to lose, in their own words.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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every couple of years these politicians' grifts come to light and then they get forgotten again and every continues along as normal
Labor minister Don Farrell claimed $9,000 for family travel during sports events and theatre showings
Labor minister Don Farrell claimed $9,000 for family travel during sports events and theatre showings
Minister says family travel expenses, including those claimed around the time of AFL grand final and a sunset dinner at Uluru, are ‘in line with relevant rules’
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Senior government minister Don Farrell charged taxpayers $9,000 over three years for his family’s travel costs after being invited to football games and tennis matches around Australia, parliamentary records show.
Amid growing scrutiny of politicians’ expenses, it can be revealed that Farrell, the trade minister, also charged thousands to bring family members to Sydney, where he accepted tickets to the opera; to Uluru, where he received an exclusive sunset dinner; and to Melbourne at the time of a theatre premiere. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
every couple of years these politicians' grifts come to light and then they get forgotten again and every continues along as normal
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Welcome to your One Nation onboarding. Please complete these self-paced modules.
1. Why we don’t bonk the staff
2. Staying sober until lunchtime
3. Racist dog whistling and the bogan vote
4. Why a $675K drought report requires more than a text
5. Remembering you aren’t the leader.
1. Why we don’t bonk the staff
2. Staying sober until lunchtime
3. Racist dog whistling and the bogan vote
4. Why a $675K drought report requires more than a text
5. Remembering you aren’t the leader.
December 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Welcome to your One Nation onboarding. Please complete these self-paced modules.
1. Why we don’t bonk the staff
2. Staying sober until lunchtime
3. Racist dog whistling and the bogan vote
4. Why a $675K drought report requires more than a text
5. Remembering you aren’t the leader.
1. Why we don’t bonk the staff
2. Staying sober until lunchtime
3. Racist dog whistling and the bogan vote
4. Why a $675K drought report requires more than a text
5. Remembering you aren’t the leader.
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Why, oh why does the ABC 7:30 report keep having Barnaby Joyce on. He’s a complete idiot, he’s incoherent, he doesn’t answer a single question. A complete waste of time, a man of little to no relevance
December 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Why, oh why does the ABC 7:30 report keep having Barnaby Joyce on. He’s a complete idiot, he’s incoherent, he doesn’t answer a single question. A complete waste of time, a man of little to no relevance
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Bit late sharing, but the fact someone can win an election this way is both blood boiling and chilling.
Daniel volunteers were shouted at, spat on and stalked. They were told by police to travel in groups. I couldn't get it all in here.
And Wilson shows no remorse
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/a...
Daniel volunteers were shouted at, spat on and stalked. They were told by police to travel in groups. I couldn't get it all in here.
And Wilson shows no remorse
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/a...
'There are still people recovering from the trauma': The Goldstein campaign was worse than we thought
While the 2025 federal election inquiry has shown there was a clear rise in hostility at election booths around the country, Tim Wilson's electorate of Goldstein seems to have reached another level.
www.crikey.com.au
December 8, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Bit late sharing, but the fact someone can win an election this way is both blood boiling and chilling.
Daniel volunteers were shouted at, spat on and stalked. They were told by police to travel in groups. I couldn't get it all in here.
And Wilson shows no remorse
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/a...
Daniel volunteers were shouted at, spat on and stalked. They were told by police to travel in groups. I couldn't get it all in here.
And Wilson shows no remorse
www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/a...
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One day, someone will not ask if renewable energy has caused electricity prices to increase.
December 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
One day, someone will not ask if renewable energy has caused electricity prices to increase.
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What the everloving fuck is this
They wonder why people think government is a sick joke
Nah, we won't stop funding fossil fuels, or stop gambling ads, or regulate AI. We'll do an unworkable and idiotic social media ban for kids...
Oh and here's a pile of cash for private equity because Tim Tams.
They wonder why people think government is a sick joke
Nah, we won't stop funding fossil fuels, or stop gambling ads, or regulate AI. We'll do an unworkable and idiotic social media ban for kids...
Oh and here's a pile of cash for private equity because Tim Tams.
December 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
What the everloving fuck is this
They wonder why people think government is a sick joke
Nah, we won't stop funding fossil fuels, or stop gambling ads, or regulate AI. We'll do an unworkable and idiotic social media ban for kids...
Oh and here's a pile of cash for private equity because Tim Tams.
They wonder why people think government is a sick joke
Nah, we won't stop funding fossil fuels, or stop gambling ads, or regulate AI. We'll do an unworkable and idiotic social media ban for kids...
Oh and here's a pile of cash for private equity because Tim Tams.
Love it when politicians tell us that their grift is entirely within the rules that they created
December 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Love it when politicians tell us that their grift is entirely within the rules that they created
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The Greedy Billionaires Grasping to Destroy the Planet prize
December 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The Greedy Billionaires Grasping to Destroy the Planet prize
Is this little boomp an Antechinus of some sort?
December 7, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Is this little boomp an Antechinus of some sort?
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not now digitally-enhanced predatory gambling culture, we haven't finished our slop-firehose soul-crushing information toxification AI hype curve
Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones. One recent Kalshi betting market that allowed people to bet on whether Palestinians in Gaza would suffer mass starvation.
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
buff.ly
December 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
not now digitally-enhanced predatory gambling culture, we haven't finished our slop-firehose soul-crushing information toxification AI hype curve
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NEW: An AI image generator startup left its database exposed online, unsecured and accessible to anyone.
The "overwhelming majority" of the files inside contained nudity, with images appearing to contain children and explicit face-swaps
The "overwhelming majority" of the files inside contained nudity, with images appearing to contain children and explicit face-swaps
Huge Trove of Nude Images Leaked by AI Image Generator Startup’s Exposed Database
An AI image generator startup’s database was left accessible to the open internet, revealing more than 1 million images and videos, including photos of real people who had been “nudified.”
www.wired.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
NEW: An AI image generator startup left its database exposed online, unsecured and accessible to anyone.
The "overwhelming majority" of the files inside contained nudity, with images appearing to contain children and explicit face-swaps
The "overwhelming majority" of the files inside contained nudity, with images appearing to contain children and explicit face-swaps
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"Between 1951 and 2000, 3M produced at least 100 million pounds of [perfluorooctanesulfonic acid] and chemicals that degrade into [it]... After the [1970s], when 3M scientists established that the chemical was toxic in animals and was accumulating in humans, it produced millions of pounds per year."
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work.
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
(Published May 2024)
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
"Between 1951 and 2000, 3M produced at least 100 million pounds of [perfluorooctanesulfonic acid] and chemicals that degrade into [it]... After the [1970s], when 3M scientists established that the chemical was toxic in animals and was accumulating in humans, it produced millions of pounds per year."
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Multiple sources confirm the Albanese government has pushed lobbyists and industry groups to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requirements. Read more: satpa.pe/h3OmIrz
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Multiple sources confirm the Albanese government has pushed lobbyists and industry groups to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requirements. Read more: satpa.pe/h3OmIrz
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In an otherwise strong article, Guardian Australia chooses not to name influencers allegedly profiting off these possibly dangerous peptides, for reasons unstated.
I don't buy that it's to prevent driving sales, the whole premise of the article is that internet/socials are awash with them.
I don't buy that it's to prevent driving sales, the whole premise of the article is that internet/socials are awash with them.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
In an otherwise strong article, Guardian Australia chooses not to name influencers allegedly profiting off these possibly dangerous peptides, for reasons unstated.
I don't buy that it's to prevent driving sales, the whole premise of the article is that internet/socials are awash with them.
I don't buy that it's to prevent driving sales, the whole premise of the article is that internet/socials are awash with them.
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Chickens have quadrupled in size too...
www.economist.com/internationa...
www.economist.com/internationa...
December 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Chickens have quadrupled in size too...
www.economist.com/internationa...
www.economist.com/internationa...
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After seeing Meta cutting their metaverse group by 30%, having lost… $444 per second over the last five years: archive.is/2025.12.04-1... thought I’d look in on some McKinsey reports
December 5, 2025 at 7:17 AM
After seeing Meta cutting their metaverse group by 30%, having lost… $444 per second over the last five years: archive.is/2025.12.04-1... thought I’d look in on some McKinsey reports
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"A problem with current deployable structures and emergency structures is, for example, tents are sometimes strong, sometimes they can compact really small, and sometimes they're easily deployable, but almost never are they all three." www.sciencealert.com/14-year-old-...
14-Year-Old Wins Prize For Origami That Can Hold 10,000 Times Its Own Weight
While most 14-year-olds are folding paper airplanes, Miles Wu is folding origami patterns that he believes could one day improve disaster relief.
www.sciencealert.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
"A problem with current deployable structures and emergency structures is, for example, tents are sometimes strong, sometimes they can compact really small, and sometimes they're easily deployable, but almost never are they all three." www.sciencealert.com/14-year-old-...
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60,000 African penguins starve to death after sardine numbers collapse – study
60,000 African penguins starve to death after sardine numbers collapse – study
Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds
More than 60,000 penguins in colonies off the coast of South Africa have starved to death as a result of disappearing sardines, a new paper has found.
More than 95% of the African penguins in two of the most important breeding colonies, on Dassen Island and Robben Island, died between 2004 and 2012. The breeding penguins probably starved to death during the moulting period, according to the paper, which said the climate crisis and overfishing were driving declines. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
60,000 African penguins starve to death after sardine numbers collapse – study
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“Even if the Vacant Residential Land Tax were applied to all the empty houses, though, it’s unlikely it would make a big difference. 1/3
redflag.org.au/article/weve...
redflag.org.au/article/weve...
‘We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas’: Labor turns blind eye to Melbourne’s 100,000 empty homes | Red Flag
“Melbourne may be an unhappy home for its 24,000 homeless residents”, begins Prosper Australia’s
redflag.org.au
December 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
“Even if the Vacant Residential Land Tax were applied to all the empty houses, though, it’s unlikely it would make a big difference. 1/3
redflag.org.au/article/weve...
redflag.org.au/article/weve...
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New: AI chatbots can change voters' minds, according to a pair of in-depth studies published just now in Science and Nature.
How they do it is interesting — and concerning. Gift link: wapo.st/49RSstP
How they do it is interesting — and concerning. Gift link: wapo.st/49RSstP
Voters’ minds are hard to change. AI chatbots are surprisingly good at it.
New research suggests AI chatbots can shift people’s political views more effectively than campaign ads on TV.
wapo.st
December 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
New: AI chatbots can change voters' minds, according to a pair of in-depth studies published just now in Science and Nature.
How they do it is interesting — and concerning. Gift link: wapo.st/49RSstP
How they do it is interesting — and concerning. Gift link: wapo.st/49RSstP
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Fresh dystopian hell from Samsung fridges with ads.
November 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Fresh dystopian hell from Samsung fridges with ads.