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What sheep know about the benefits of wind turbines that Australia's National Party doesn't
November 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
What sheep know about the benefits of wind turbines that Australia's National Party doesn't
Absolute insanity. www.news.com.au/travel/trave...
Ex-cop jailed and deported during holiday to US
A former NSW police officer has described the terrifying ordeal she faced after she was detained, jailed overnight and deported from the United States – despite travelling there legally on a tourist visa to visit her US military husband.
www.news.com.au
May 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Absolute insanity. www.news.com.au/travel/trave...
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Our cover this week.
April 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Our cover this week.
When considering his current health checkup, keep in mind this letter from his doctor in 2015 stating that Trump would be "the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency" which the doctor later admitted was dictated by Trump. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
April 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
When considering his current health checkup, keep in mind this letter from his doctor in 2015 stating that Trump would be "the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency" which the doctor later admitted was dictated by Trump. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
Trump is pushing people away from conservative parties around the world. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Trump backlash shifts voters from Dutton to Albanese: poll
The shift has cut support for the Coalition to 46.5 per cent in two-party terms, while Labor is within sight of holding majority government.
www.smh.com.au
April 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Trump is pushing people away from conservative parties around the world. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
I worked at JP Morgan in Sydney where most major super funds' tax returns were run from Excel spreadsheets. There were detailed run books with instructions to manually copy and paste values from ='Data'!J45 from file1.xls to ='Calc'!ZZ127 in file2.xls, etc. And lots of untested VBA scripts.
I think people would be entirely shocked to see just how many things get run out of a single Excel spreadsheet
March 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I worked at JP Morgan in Sydney where most major super funds' tax returns were run from Excel spreadsheets. There were detailed run books with instructions to manually copy and paste values from ='Data'!J45 from file1.xls to ='Calc'!ZZ127 in file2.xls, etc. And lots of untested VBA scripts.
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No one in DC can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not follow laws passed by Congress.
No one internationally can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not respect agreements made by the United States.
Being a counterparty just makes you a target for another shakedown.
No one internationally can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not respect agreements made by the United States.
Being a counterparty just makes you a target for another shakedown.
March 4, 2025 at 1:34 AM
No one in DC can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not follow laws passed by Congress.
No one internationally can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not respect agreements made by the United States.
Being a counterparty just makes you a target for another shakedown.
No one internationally can bargain in good faith with Trump because he will not respect agreements made by the United States.
Being a counterparty just makes you a target for another shakedown.
After he's spat in the eye of Canada of all places, no ally should feel comfortable in their "special relationship".
Trump believes allies will be easier to shake down because their close ties make them more vulnerable to his tariffs and an inevitable protection racket.
Trump believes allies will be easier to shake down because their close ties make them more vulnerable to his tariffs and an inevitable protection racket.
Tbh I am actually surprised at how unpopular Trump is in the UK. Happy surprise!
First, compared with anywhere else in the West, UK support of Ukraine is both strong AND cross-politics. So is dislike of Trump. Only about a quarter of Tory voters have a favourable view on Trump. Even among Reform, it's probably lower than you'd expect.
March 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
After he's spat in the eye of Canada of all places, no ally should feel comfortable in their "special relationship".
Trump believes allies will be easier to shake down because their close ties make them more vulnerable to his tariffs and an inevitable protection racket.
Trump believes allies will be easier to shake down because their close ties make them more vulnerable to his tariffs and an inevitable protection racket.
The whole H1-B situation is going to end up with MAGA supporting H1-Bs, but only for people working in crypto.
December 28, 2024 at 10:58 PM
The whole H1-B situation is going to end up with MAGA supporting H1-Bs, but only for people working in crypto.
Bluesky is way better than Twitter. I never had Angelina Jolie follow me on Twitter, or this random lottery winner who wants to give me $55,000 for being her friend.
November 24, 2024 at 3:52 AM
Bluesky is way better than Twitter. I never had Angelina Jolie follow me on Twitter, or this random lottery winner who wants to give me $55,000 for being her friend.
I'm sure the infectious diseases will appreciate this and give us a break in return. Just a little truce between old adversaries.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol.... “I’m gonna say to NIH scientists, God bless you all,” Kennedy said. “Thank you for public service. We’re going to give infectious disease a break for about eight years.”
RFK Jr. comes ‘home’ to his anti-vaccine group, commits to ‘a break’ for U.S. infectious disease research
He has suggested without evidence that researchers and pharmaceutical companies are driven by profit to neglect chronic conditions.
www.nbcnews.com
November 19, 2024 at 10:41 AM
I'm sure the infectious diseases will appreciate this and give us a break in return. Just a little truce between old adversaries.
Quick, someone train a camera on a head off lettuce.
Haha happened faster than I thought, not gonna lie
November 19, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Quick, someone train a camera on a head off lettuce.
Found a good answer here. www.reddit.com/r/BlueskySoc... Apparently (and obviously) the Discover feed does have an algorithm, but the point people are making is that you can choose alternate feeds (and algorithms) so you're not locked in to Discover.
Surely the Discover feed has some kind of algorithm. It's not picking things at random.
When I first joined, I clicked on a comic, and then my feed was half comics. Then I clicked on a homemade pizza and suddenly I'm swamped with pizza shots.
I'm not complaining, but something is going on here!
When I first joined, I clicked on a comic, and then my feed was half comics. Then I clicked on a homemade pizza and suddenly I'm swamped with pizza shots.
I'm not complaining, but something is going on here!
November 18, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Found a good answer here. www.reddit.com/r/BlueskySoc... Apparently (and obviously) the Discover feed does have an algorithm, but the point people are making is that you can choose alternate feeds (and algorithms) so you're not locked in to Discover.
Age yourself with your first computer.
November 18, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Age yourself with your first computer.
"it may have been taken out of context"
The missing context is that Babet is a dickhead. Once you consider this broader context, his comments make much more sense.
The missing context is that Babet is a dickhead. Once you consider this broader context, his comments make much more sense.
Babet: “The chances of me apologising for anything I’ve said on X are zero”
Also Babet: “In hindsight I realise I made a mistake. I have now removed my tweet”
Also Babet: “In hindsight I realise I made a mistake. I have now removed my tweet”
November 18, 2024 at 11:41 AM
"it may have been taken out of context"
The missing context is that Babet is a dickhead. Once you consider this broader context, his comments make much more sense.
The missing context is that Babet is a dickhead. Once you consider this broader context, his comments make much more sense.
So far so good here at Bluesky. I tried to move to Threads a while back, but there was too much Instagram-adjacent crap. And a lot more of the people I follow are active here. Hope it keeps up, network effects are hard to overcome!
November 15, 2024 at 11:02 AM
So far so good here at Bluesky. I tried to move to Threads a while back, but there was too much Instagram-adjacent crap. And a lot more of the people I follow are active here. Hope it keeps up, network effects are hard to overcome!
I clicked on one comic in the Discover feed and now Discover is literally 70-80% comics. WTF is going on???
November 15, 2024 at 10:27 AM
I clicked on one comic in the Discover feed and now Discover is literally 70-80% comics. WTF is going on???