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The point is that, while criminal proceedings are on foot, a royal commission can't look at anything to do with the Bondi shootings or the shooters, including why and how they did it, that is it can't touch on the subject that is its sole reason for being established. It will achieve nothing.
There's a glaring problem with calls for a royal commission into the Bondi terror attack
Australians deserve answers after the Bondi Beach shooting — but a royal commission won't deliver them.
www.crikey.com.au
January 8, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Happy New Year - rainy Brisbane wishing you all a lighter and joyful 2026
December 31, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Again with the demands. So you’ve had 2 and a half years of feeling unsafe due to rising antisemitism. Does that include the acts done by your own?
It pales in comparison to what Aboriginal people face daily, and with no special envoy.
‘You owe us answers’: Families of Bondi victims demand PM launch federal royal commission — The Age
Calls for a Commonwealth inquiry into the rise of antisemitism and other security failings that have affected the Jewish community are escalating.
apple.news
December 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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"Lothlórien is beautiful because there the trees were loved."
~ J.R.R. Tolkien
September 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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"More troubling is the underlying premise that treats autism as a preventable tragedy rather than recognizing it as neurological difference," said Dr. Anita Patel. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
'Ignorance Dressed Up As Policy': Medical Experts Go Off On Trump's 'Reckless' Tylenol Tirade
Here's what medical professionals want patients to know about the president's "cruel" and "dangerous" statements.
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September 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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American asset manager Nuveen plans to spend as much as $330 million on a solar and battery project in Australia within the next year, as political uncertainty clouds the outlook for clean energy in the US.
Nuveen Plans $330 Million Australian Solar-Battery Project as It Shifts Focus From US
American asset manager Nuveen LLC plans to spend as much as A$500 million ($330 million) on a solar and battery project in Australia within the next year, as political uncertainty clouds the outlook for clean energy in the US.
bloom.bg
September 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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"The trend line is unmistakable."
New Report Finds That China's Space Program Is Rapidly Outstripping NASA
China's space program is experiencing a meteoric rise, and will soon pose a significant challenge to the US' dominant position in space.
trib.al
September 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Anthropic Agrees to Pay Authors at Least $1.5 Billion in AI Copyright Settlement A New Era for AI and Copyright Protection The AI industry just witnessed a seismic.... @cosmicmeta.ai #AIlaw

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Anthropic Agrees to Pay Authors at Least $1.5 Billion in AI Copyright Settlement
Anthropic settles the largest AI copyright lawsuit, agreeing to pay at least $1.5 billion to authors and publishers. Learn how this historic decision will shape AI, copyright, and future content licensing.
cosmicmeta.ai
September 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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What if we could repurpose an existing vaccine for another disease? 🤔
This month, England launched the first-ever gonorrhea vaccine program - using a vaccine for meningococcal disease
🤯
This could change our fight against antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Gonorrhoea vaccine roll-out begins across the UK
Doctors say the jabs could save the NHS millions of pounds over the next decade.
www.bbc.com
August 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Risky DIY poo experiment transforms woman's life #bipolar #faecal #transplant
Risky DIY poo experiment transforms woman's life
After 18 years with bipolar 1 disorder, an Australian woman's life has been changed by a poo transplant from her partner.
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July 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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“A team led by China’s Nankai University has completed what it calls the world’s first human trial of a brain-computer interface (BCI) implanted via blood vessels, helping a paralysed patient regain limb movement.”
www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
Can China’s brain tech make Elon’s Neuralink open-skull surgery out of date?
Chinese researchers conduct world-first human trial of brain-computer interface operation allowing paralysed patient to move his limbs.
www.scmp.com
June 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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A top adviser to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has visited Australia for discussions on deepening security ties, as Japan looks to win a government contract to replace the quasi-ally’s aging frigates.
Top Japanese official visits Australia as bid to build new frigate heats up
The trip by Akihisa Nagashima, special adviser to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, was seen as another move by Tokyo to secure the multibillion dollar contract.
www.japantimes.co.jp
June 29, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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🚨 BREAKING: Court says Trump doesn't have the authority to set tariffs
Trump's sweeping global tariffs blocked by federal court
The U.S. Court of International Trade's ruling could bring the trade war to a screeching halt.
trib.al
May 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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First bike ride of 2025 with the handlebar vase: lily of the valley, and forget-me-nots from my backyard. #BikeJoy
May 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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ECB’s Lagarde pitches euro alternative to dollar in ‘fracturing’ world

The retreat of the US dollar could “open the door for the euro to play a greater international role”.
ECB's Lagarde pitches euro alternative to dollar in 'fracturing' world - Euractiv
The retreat of the US dollar could "open the door for the euro to play a greater international role".
www.euractiv.com
May 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Do you have a broken down old horse you want to sell? Need to make it seem young again?

Then, friend, you need an eel! In medieval & early modern England, horse sellers practiced feaguing: inserting a live eel into the horse's rectum to get the animal to act more lively. 1/5
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May 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Do you feel lucky, punk?
Happy World Turtle Day, 23 May.
From my archives - a very grumpy Macquarie turtle at Lake Alford, Gympie.
#worldturtleday
May 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Jocelyn Sze is a clinical psychologist who specializes in narcissists and people who have been traumatized by them

In a new piece for @huffpost.com Personal, she breaks down what Trump is doing to our country and how we stop him
I’m A Psychologist Who Specializes In Narcissists. Here’s What We Need To Do To Stop Trump.
"The same patterns that destabilize families destabilize democracies."
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May 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Trump ‘recommending’ 50% tariff on EU, and threatens Apple with 25% tariff – business live
Trump ‘recommending’ 50% tariff on EU, and threatens Apple with 25% tariff – business live
US president Donald Trump reignites trade war with threat to impose high tariffs on European goods, and Apple iPhones made overseas * Typical energy bill in Great Britain to fall 7% to £1,720 a year from July As well as cutting UK energy costs (see earlier), Donald Trump can also take credit for growing the German economy! New GDP data this morning shows that Germany’s GDP rose by 0.4% in January-March, twice as fast as the first estimate of 0.2% growth in the quarter. “The reason for the slightly higher growth compared to the initial estimate was the surprisingly positive economic development in March.” “In particular, production in the manufacturing sector and exports performed better than initially expected. The German economy had its best quarterly performance since the third quarter of 2022, and the reason for it seems to be Donald Trump. As a result of the announced tariffs and in anticipation of ‘Liberation Day,’ German industrial production and exports surged in March. Net exports and private consumption drove economic activity in the first quarter, while government consumption and inventories dragged on growth. Continue reading...
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May 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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The giants of corporate America from Pfizer to Google are borrowing in euros like never before as Donald Trump’s tariff threats push them to hunt for alternative funding avenues
Giant US Companies Are Rushing to Europe to Borrow Money
A record number of so-called reverse Yankee deals have been sold this year, an early sign of a possible lasting shift in the US-dominated corporate debt market.
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May 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Great to be back on Anchor Island in Fiordland for a brief visit. The rimu is looking good: with record fruit counts we’re gearing up for a big 2026 for #kakapo! #conservation #parrots
May 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Great convo that covers a lot of the root flaws in the foundation of LLMs, number one imo being that they are probabilistic, not deterministic. Also, is hardest thing to get other nominally intelligent people to understand what that means in practice and where it breaks down consistently.
"I’ll post a screenshot of ChatGPT making a mistake and people will respond saying, 'it worked when I did it!' And my response is: You see why that’s bad, right? If the same input leads to different outputs, how useful is this tool?"

buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/how-to-out...
How to outwit generative AI
My conversation with data scientist Colin Fraser
buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com
May 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Some of Asia’s richest families are cutting exposure to U.S. assets, saying U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs have made the world’s largest economy much less predictable.
Asia’s superrich rapidly scale back U.S. exposure amid trade war
The pullback marks a rapid change from just a few months ago, when many in the region’s business elite cheered the election win of U.S. President Donald Trump.
www.japantimes.co.jp
May 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM