Australia's No.1 Nazi propaganda site has been temporarily suspended on X, The Everything App. (The Good News is that it remains Zucc-approved.)
Michael Brown
@mjibrown.bsky.social
Astronomer, Monash academic, Conversation writer, cycling commuter or mamil. https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/michael-brown
Bloke who infamously had no issue with Musk doing a Nazi salute has thoughts and ABC decides they’re worth repeating?
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 2d agoTop US Jewish leader issues stark warning to Australia on antisemitism
Kmart sells out of low-cost rival to Meta camera glasses across Australia amid warnings of ‘privacy nightmare’
Kmart sells out of low-cost rival to Meta camera glasses across Australia amid warnings of ‘privacy nightmare’
Expert says people face being filmed without their consent as $89 Anko smartglasses sell out in stores and online * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Kmart has sold out of Anko-branded $89 camera glasses across Australia, which a digital rights expert says presents a “privacy nightmare” as people face being filmed without their consent. As of Monday, the clear-lens, black-rimmed glasses, which can capture images and record high-definition videos, were sold out at Kmart stores across Australia and online. Continue reading...
theguardian.com
Proper sense in a FT editorial. Come on PM. Easy wins right here.
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 2d agoTime for Andy Burnham to smile on UK science ft.trib.al/YaGOWfr | opinion
Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...
More than 80% of kids still using social media despite ban, new eSafety report finds
The report provides more evidence Australia’s world-leading social media ban isn’t going to plan.
theconversation.com
Well there goes the +2C El Nino barrier... We are into 'strong' territory www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso...
Lovely images of the COSMOS field from the Vera Rubin telescope. It would be interesting to have an immediate comparison with Hubble images of the field since Rubin has more collecting area while Hubble has higher angular resolution. noirlab.edu/public/video...
Pan on Rubin Observatory’s Image of the COSMOS Field
Pan on Rubin Observatory’s Image of the COSMOS Field
noirlab.edu
Dear Australia: fuel prices are not about to jump. What is about to happen is that you will pay something closer to the real price of oil reliance, rather than forcing your fellow taxpayers who either don't drive or drive less to make up the difference.
Prices to jump at the bowser as fuel excise cut ends
The price of unleaded and diesel will climb in the next week as the government's fuel excise cut officially ends. But experts say prices won't go as high as they did due to increased supply.
abc.net.au
airbnb I’m staying at unintentionally created the toughest punk album cover of 2027
Nice press release for the WA police union and the Liberal Party.
ABC News Bot (unofficial)@abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 3d agoThe WA Police Union say six police officers were required to hunt each person who took off the device, meaning 48 officers were diverted from their usual duties this weekend.
Geez, July rainfall in Southern/SE Australia just can’t recover from the millennium drought… July 2026 yet again drier than average…
Taking this long to acknowledge the obvious was presumably an attempt to punish him anyway.
Simon Little 🍁@simonplittle.ca · 5d ago"The damage was the result of a botched installation and not vandalism as initially represented," the administration admitted. www.cbc.ca/news/world/u...
Competition good for the economy, right? Iran and the US have said ships should pass through the strait via two competing routes, with Iran bombing ships that take the southern route, close to the coast of Oman, and the US bombing ships that violate its blockade of Iranian ships and ports.
Iran strikes tankers under US escort in Hormuz strait as Trump gathers cabinet to discuss war
Energy prices have soared again since fighting between US and Iran resumed two weeks ago as conflict spreads across Middle East
theguardian.com
Headline makes it sound like this is her job description.
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 5d agoCop assaulter Raina Cruise back in custody after police shock at early release from prison
Looks like we need to put another 50p in the HUXt meter. Fortunately, I can now run the forecast on my phone (link coming soon). It's only a single run (it's an old phone), but the WSA-DONKI-SURF forecast puts the recent CME arriving late on the 1st/early on the 2nd.
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
theonion.com
There is no silver bullet for managing forests, but this study answers some historic questions.
We revisited a forest experiment that lay forgotten for 30 years. What we found was astounding
theconversation.com
Seeing the same lies and half-truths appearing now as happened during the 2019-2020 Australian fires. From memory the claim is made that fires are decreasing globally but that includes fires for agriculture and land clearing and grassland fires too. It also doesn’t consider fire severity.
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a global conference www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Did you know the ARC is on Bluesky? If not, I encourage you to follow them: @arc-gov-au.bsky.social There will be a lot of change over the next couple of years. Tuning into them on here will help raise this channel's priority for their communication with actual researchers.
A woman who filmed a Provac Australia driver making an apparent racist gesture to her rideshare driver faces legal action from a company directed by a former One Nation candidate.
Woman faces legal action over video of driver in racist road rage incident
A woman who filmed a Provac Australia driver making an apparent racist gesture to her rideshare driver faces legal action from a company directed by a former One Nation candidate.
abc.net.au
