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Please donate to send quolls to the top of the mountain, or cure cancer, or something. I just did.
Please donate encouragingly to help eradicate this bastard of a disease pointtopinnacle2025.grassrootz.com/menzies-inst...
The Even Looser Quolls in Elders Point to Pinnacle & Brooks Point to Pub 2025
Hi there
We are trying to fundraise $35000 to help Menzies Institute for Medical Research. To accomplish this we have created a team called The Even Looser Quolls.
Please help us accomplish our goal...
pointtopinnacle2025.grassrootz.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Please donate to send quolls to the top of the mountain, or cure cancer, or something. I just did.
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Palestinians face more than 150 Israeli settler, military attacks so far during this year's olive harvest in West Bank.
‘Armed, dangerous’: Israeli settlers attack Palestinians harvesting olives
Palestinians face more than 150 Israeli settler, military attacks so far during this year's olive harvest in West Bank.
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October 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Palestinians face more than 150 Israeli settler, military attacks so far during this year's olive harvest in West Bank.
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Video shows widespread destruction and flattened neighbourhoods in Khan Younis following Israel’s war on Gaza.
October 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Video shows widespread destruction and flattened neighbourhoods in Khan Younis following Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Getting paid to sleep would be the dream job.
October 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Getting paid to sleep would be the dream job.
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Sussan Ley today in a speech on the economy: "Government must live within its means, just as families and businesses do."
Cripes.
I guess no families or business hold any debt.
Save up for that home and only buy when you have it all in cash!!
Cripes.
I guess no families or business hold any debt.
Save up for that home and only buy when you have it all in cash!!
October 20, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Sussan Ley today in a speech on the economy: "Government must live within its means, just as families and businesses do."
Cripes.
I guess no families or business hold any debt.
Save up for that home and only buy when you have it all in cash!!
Cripes.
I guess no families or business hold any debt.
Save up for that home and only buy when you have it all in cash!!
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Head of ABS defends debunking far-right ‘mass migration’ claims after censorship accusations
Head of ABS defends debunking far-right ‘mass migration’ claims after censorship accusations
Chief statistician David Gruen says bureau did not censor anyone and is ‘trying to take the side of truth’ after misuse of overseas arrivals figures
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Australia’s chief statistician, David Gruen, has defended the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ recent public debunking of far-right claims of “mass migration”, as he said the independent agency “stands ready to respond” to “egregious misrepresentations” of its data.
The biennial World Stats Day on 20 October comes amid a rising tide of mis- and disinformation around the world that has propelled often anonymous statistical bodies and their officials into the public eye. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Head of ABS defends debunking far-right ‘mass migration’ claims after censorship accusations
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AUSSIE BIRD COUNT STARTS TODAY! aussiebirdcount.org.au
Spend 20 minutes counting the birds you encounter. Log them. Repeat as many times as you like. Proper science! There are also prizes.
Spend 20 minutes counting the birds you encounter. Log them. Repeat as many times as you like. Proper science! There are also prizes.
Aussie Bird Count
Celebrate National Bird Week by taking part in the biggest citizen science project to hit Aussie shores. Join thousands of people from across the country, heading out into their backyards, local parks...
aussiebirdcount.org.au
October 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
AUSSIE BIRD COUNT STARTS TODAY! aussiebirdcount.org.au
Spend 20 minutes counting the birds you encounter. Log them. Repeat as many times as you like. Proper science! There are also prizes.
Spend 20 minutes counting the birds you encounter. Log them. Repeat as many times as you like. Proper science! There are also prizes.
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I threw a ball for my dog.
It’s a bit extravagant, I know, but it was her birthday and she looks great in a frock.
It’s a bit extravagant, I know, but it was her birthday and she looks great in a frock.
October 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I threw a ball for my dog.
It’s a bit extravagant, I know, but it was her birthday and she looks great in a frock.
It’s a bit extravagant, I know, but it was her birthday and she looks great in a frock.
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Hey remember when the CDC dropped 6 of the 8 foodborne illnesses from the nationwide monitoring system in July and one of them was listeria? Mentioning for no particular reason www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
September 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Hey remember when the CDC dropped 6 of the 8 foodborne illnesses from the nationwide monitoring system in July and one of them was listeria? Mentioning for no particular reason www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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Another episode in the ongoing series: Techbros Read Dystopias and think, "Cool".
Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'
Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune
Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.
fortune.com
September 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Another episode in the ongoing series: Techbros Read Dystopias and think, "Cool".
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One for the “who could have seen this coming “ crowd
September 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
One for the “who could have seen this coming “ crowd
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Indeed.
LLMs are LLMs.
Machine learning is machine learning.
AIs are Astro Boy, Robby the Robot, Cmdr Data, the Ghost in the Shell Puppet Master, etc. I will not use the term for anything less.
Don’t feed the hype machine. Don’t call it AI.
LLMs are LLMs.
Machine learning is machine learning.
AIs are Astro Boy, Robby the Robot, Cmdr Data, the Ghost in the Shell Puppet Master, etc. I will not use the term for anything less.
Don’t feed the hype machine. Don’t call it AI.
There is absolutely no good faith reason to use the term “AI” for any technology one is selling.
It serves only for dazzling people into thinking the technology has capabilities that it doesn’t.
If one wants a technology to be trustworthy, just use a transparent, informative term without hype.
It serves only for dazzling people into thinking the technology has capabilities that it doesn’t.
If one wants a technology to be trustworthy, just use a transparent, informative term without hype.
September 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Indeed.
LLMs are LLMs.
Machine learning is machine learning.
AIs are Astro Boy, Robby the Robot, Cmdr Data, the Ghost in the Shell Puppet Master, etc. I will not use the term for anything less.
Don’t feed the hype machine. Don’t call it AI.
LLMs are LLMs.
Machine learning is machine learning.
AIs are Astro Boy, Robby the Robot, Cmdr Data, the Ghost in the Shell Puppet Master, etc. I will not use the term for anything less.
Don’t feed the hype machine. Don’t call it AI.
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Nasty side effect of semaglutide!
Woman hospitalized with pain and vomiting—diet soda cured her arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Woman hospitalized with pain and vomiting—diet soda cured her
Doctors dissolve mass in woman’s stomach by getting her to chug soda.
arstechnica.com
September 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Nasty side effect of semaglutide!
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#FOI requests granted in full have plummeted under @albomp.bsky.social.
His response? Introduce a Bill into Parliament that substantially expands the information officials can withhold from you. How’s that for transparency? #auspol
His response? Introduce a Bill into Parliament that substantially expands the information officials can withhold from you. How’s that for transparency? #auspol
September 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
#FOI requests granted in full have plummeted under @albomp.bsky.social.
His response? Introduce a Bill into Parliament that substantially expands the information officials can withhold from you. How’s that for transparency? #auspol
His response? Introduce a Bill into Parliament that substantially expands the information officials can withhold from you. How’s that for transparency? #auspol
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Permitted Trump-Epstein statue smashed and removed without notice boingboing.net/2025/09/24/p...
Permitted Trump-Epstein statue smashed and removed without notice
The artwork was destroyed in the middle of the night, with no notice, by US Park police.
boingboing.net
September 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Permitted Trump-Epstein statue smashed and removed without notice boingboing.net/2025/09/24/p...
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The other half just called me a sex machine.
They said “fucking tool”, but I know what they mean.
They said “fucking tool”, but I know what they mean.
September 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The other half just called me a sex machine.
They said “fucking tool”, but I know what they mean.
They said “fucking tool”, but I know what they mean.
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Official petition to the 🇦🇺 govt: make part-time PhD students' stipends tax-exempt!
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
Stipends are low but at least tax-exempt. Unless they go part time, then it becomes taxable. This disproportionately affects PhD students w/ care duties, health issues, young children..
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
Stipends are low but at least tax-exempt. Unless they go part time, then it becomes taxable. This disproportionately affects PhD students w/ care duties, health issues, young children..
e-petitions
e-petitions
www.aph.gov.au
September 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Official petition to the 🇦🇺 govt: make part-time PhD students' stipends tax-exempt!
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
Stipends are low but at least tax-exempt. Unless they go part time, then it becomes taxable. This disproportionately affects PhD students w/ care duties, health issues, young children..
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
Stipends are low but at least tax-exempt. Unless they go part time, then it becomes taxable. This disproportionately affects PhD students w/ care duties, health issues, young children..
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Dr Catherine Williams, exec. director of the Centre for Public Integrity, calls on the Albanese gvt to withdraw the flawed Freedom of Information Amendment Bill, and commit to a comprehensive and independent review of Australia’s broken FOI system www.canberratimes.com.au/story/907395...
This bill is galling for a government that talks a big game on transparency
They are winding back our right to government information.
www.canberratimes.com.au
September 24, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Dr Catherine Williams, exec. director of the Centre for Public Integrity, calls on the Albanese gvt to withdraw the flawed Freedom of Information Amendment Bill, and commit to a comprehensive and independent review of Australia’s broken FOI system www.canberratimes.com.au/story/907395...
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Electricity generation costs would be up to 50% higher in Australia without renewables, analysis shows
Electricity generation costs would be up to 50% higher in Australia without renewables, analysis shows
Griffith University experts reveal that the 30% increase in consumer power bills since 2021 would have been worse under fossil fuel only scenario
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The cost of generating electricity would be up to 50% higher today if Australia had relied solely on coal and gas instead of pursuing renewables, according to new analysis.
Right-leaning politicians and climate deniers have seized on the 30% increase in electricity bills since 2021 to call for new coal-fired power plants to replace renewable projects, claiming it would bring down energy bills. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Electricity generation costs would be up to 50% higher in Australia without renewables, analysis shows
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I watched the entire three-part documentary The People vs. Robodebt. I’m infuriated. This is a deliberately cruel, demonising and punitive scheme that made people on welfare’s lives a living hell, one which many didn’t survive. Thank you to people such as @asherwolf.bsky.social for their advocacy.
September 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I watched the entire three-part documentary The People vs. Robodebt. I’m infuriated. This is a deliberately cruel, demonising and punitive scheme that made people on welfare’s lives a living hell, one which many didn’t survive. Thank you to people such as @asherwolf.bsky.social for their advocacy.