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ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing. From the archives:

The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax

ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...

propublica.org

Sunday Taquitos #30: Flock This! Art by @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social

D&D has released an official statblock for Jimothy

Degraves St., Melbourne AU

Gillian Anderson has officially revealed the upcoming 1,478-piece LEGO set for THE X-FILES. The set is centered on Mulder’s office, paired with a forest clearing scene and a hovering UFO. Includes 8 minifigures, featuring Mulder, Scully, The Flukeman & more. August 4.

Monday morning, first thing I have to remember to do at work: Update my GitHub Copilot billing from _personal org_ to _work org_. Seriously GH - you have one job. Tip: Usage should be linked (in order of preference) - Repo <-- PLEASE ADD THIS - Fall back account <-- this is the current setting

"From July 1, 2026, households in New South Wales, South Australia, and southeastern Queensland can access at least three hours of free electricity each day through a new initiative called the Solar Sharer Offer" via No One Cares

This is pretty well known, but the Australian flag Sam Neill wore on his uniform in Event Horizon was designed at his request to show the Union Jack replaced with the Aboriginal flag, because he hoped in the future this is how it would actually look. A proper fucken ally in every way, this bloke.

…Repetitive chants!

One of the best rave songs ever: youtu.be/nYujoPP1gKM?... 30+ years later is still hit hard.

Brainchild - Symmetry (C-Mix)

YouTube video by lilje7

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So long #LHC and thank you for all the collisions 👋 Today, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, comes to the end of an extraordinary chapter in its scientific journey. Find out more: home.cern/cern-bids-fa...

Germany has successfully engineered a revolutionary transparent solar glass that generates clean electricity while remaining completely see-through from both sides, fundamentally transforming how buildings produce energy. #solarpower #ActOnClimate

Treating myself to a warm dinner before the footy at the MCG

I’ve just lost my best friend. Chairman Meow was the rock in our family, the heart and soul. He never complained. He always gave huge cuddles. I sincerely hope you felt loved and enjoyed your brief time alive. He passed away from heart failure at the hospital. We miss you already. 😿😭

I don't think Americans really understand just how fkn shitty our corporate overlords have made our country. In China they got cars under 10k... What would Americans financials look like with one of those instead of the COVID vehicles most are stuck with that hold marks for 50k+ vehicles.

How has an astronaut never shared a picture of earth with a banana? How am I supposed to understand the scale?

That’s the most cat thing ever, with sass. 😹

Love what @davidpocock.bsky.social was saying on Insiders (tv show). David, I would vote for you and a team of Independents Im a heart beat. And a ton of people I know. Please make this happen!

NASA just dropped more than 12,000 photos from the Artemis II mission. It'll take me a few days to go through them all, but so far it's one stunner after another. Link: eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos... Credit: NASA/Artemis II Crew (h/t @jonostrower.com)

Police associations and unions demand urgent action over revelations that a security flaw allows officers to be tracked by criminals with a phone or laptop.

'Officer safety is non-negotiable': Police demand answers over trackable tasers

Police associations and unions demand urgent action over revelations that a security flaw allows officers to be tracked by criminals with a phone or laptop.

abc.net.au

Windows have updated the RUN dialog. > 🔬 Data driven engineering > The browse button has very low usage. 0.0038% of users have clicked that button with a sample of 35 million. The what? - me hits WIN+R - clicks the Browse button OOH! And +1 statistic REF: devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/...

The new Run dialog: faster, cleaner, and more capable

We’ve shipped the new Run dialog – and we want to say thanks. As the team behind Windows Terminal and PowerToys, we’re excited to bring this to Windows 11, and your feedback helped shape it! Run has b...

devblogs.microsoft.com

Australia's government has signed $60m of Palantir contracts. It owns $160m of Palantir shares. But what does the pro-Trump company actually do for us? Internal documents shows how an agency uses it to analyse 42 million call records, messages and other data points

Calls, messages, police records: How Palantir helped an intelligence agency analyse 42 million data points on Australians

Internal and public government records reveals how the federal government has spent $60 million on contracts with the Trump-aligned company, bought a stake worth more than $160 million, but has never considered if it is a responsible investment.

crikey.com.au

Australians lose $87 million to gambling every day, an amount of money so staggering it is being featured in magazines like the Australian Women’s Weekly.