Europe shuts nuclear power plants due to drought. Now imagine putting nuclear power plants on the driest inhabited continent on earth 🙄
Anne-Maree Gray
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Aussie who drinks too much coffee, writes fanfic as mrstrentreznor and books (that I never finish) as me, AM Gray. She/her https://www.fanfiction.net/u/2154210/Mrstrentreznor annemareegray.com
USA: "Yes, That ‘Summer Cold’ Really Might Be COVID (Again). What to Know About Bay Area Viral Levels." 🔸COVID-19 levels in Bay Area wastewater are rising again this summer, increasing 136% in July compared with June. Source: archive.md/uaXeC
Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media
"Being charged with a federal felony, a conspiracy charge that holds the potential for six years in prison because I showed up to a protest, seems to me to be an attack on a fundamental right that all Americans hold," Mavalwalla, a combat veteran who served in Afghanistan, told NPR."
She protested ICE raids. Then agents showed up at her door
The Justice Department is using federal conspiracy charges to sweep up ICE protesters. Some legal experts worry the agency is casting too wide a net to prosecute political activists.
npr.org
#BREAKING 🚨 The new DEWR Secretary announced they'll seek to resume suspending or cancelling welfare payments on October 26 in respect of: • Refusal or failure to accept an offer of suitable work • Failure to 'reconnect' with a provider within 4 weeks www.dewr.gov.au/assuring-int...
dewr.gov.au
FFS Queensland... queen... think about it. You gonna remove that, too?
Jessie L@jessielilley.bsky.social · 23h agoWe are truly living in the idiot age
Age verification is surveillance by another name. They won’t stop until they’ve age-gated everything that transmits over the internet. Including your streaming and messages.
404 Media@404media.co · yesterdayMike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects of Project 2025.
Just reading about a couple of the attorneys at this firm, this is disturbing.
26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court
None of the Burke Law Group’s lawyers list immigration law as an area of expertise, per the firm’s website.
politico.com
An Israeli court has temporarily blocked a plan, cooked up by far right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, to construct a moat full of crocodiles around a notoriously abusive prison that holds Palestinians, over concerns that the crocodiles would be harmed or mistreated.
Only Animal Welfare Raised in Israeli Debate on Crocodile Moat for Palestinian Prisoners
A judge temporarily blocked the plan over concerns about “the expected harm to the crocodiles.”…
truthout.org
Even if involved in narcotrafficking, this would be illegal. Due process.
CNN@cnn.com · 2d agoThe US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House, following “a careful review” of classified information he has seen so far.
Qawawis is a Palestinian village in the West Bank. Since the Oslo Accords, it falls into "Area C," which makes up ~60% of the WB and is run solely by the Israeli military. Israel is actively settling this area, and one might think Israeli children could use this school, but the cruelty is the point.
Josep Goded (Backup Account But Still Active)@josepgoded2.bsky.social · yesterdayIsraeli occupation forces demolish a school in Qawawis, leaving local Palestinians devastated.
“In recent months, ICE has deployed a round-the-clock digital dragnet to scour the public internet—from Facebook to Instagram to X—for speech that could endanger the agency’s mission.” Speech. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against its Critics
Agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements.
wsj.com
"The month before his arrest, Yaroch allegedly asked ChatGPT: “If you had a bucket of money (around $1 million) and you wanted to leave the USA and become a resident or citizen of an EU country, what would you do?”"
“Last year’s ceasefire allowed Israeli forces to retain control of 53% of Gaza initially, before eventually withdrawing. But Israel has instead expanded its control. Defence Minister Israel Katz confirmed on Sunday that the Israeli-held area had reached 60% to 70%” www.reuters.com/world/middle...
After deadly day, Gazans say Trump's touting of plan jars with grim reality
Palestinians in Gaza said on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump's touting of a deal aimed at disarming Hamas and ending the war was out of touch with their worsening reality, after Israel killed...
reuters.com
look - I have been fighting off a migraine... and if this is not a message from the goddess... fine. Goes to take ibuprofen
🌿viktor aleksander🌿🌸patreon launch!🌸@nooskadraws.bsky.social · last mo.thou hast been blessed by the ibuprofen knight praise be ⚔️💚
This is Massive Attack's response to what happened in Singapore, posted on their Instagram page. Good on them.
Kirsten Han 韩俐颖@kirstenhan.com · 5d agoMassive Attack has been banned from Singapore after they held up a Palestinian flag during their concert here last week. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Soft Rains Day. "Today is August 4, 2026, in the city of Allendale, California. Today is Mr. Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita's marriage. Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills." RIP Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012
USA: Medicare is dropping two COVID-19 tracking rules for long-term care and 11 specialty cancer hospitals. The agency will stop collecting data on how many staff members are vaccinated, as well as tracking if patients and residents are up to date on their shots.
Cancer and Long-Term Care Hospitals Will Stop Reporting Staff COVID Vaccination Rates Under a Finalized Medicare Rule
CMS finalized removal of staff COVID vaccination reporting for 11 cancer hospitals and long-term care hospitals, beginning with the FY 2028 program year.
medicaldaily.com
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
The greatest magic trick of them all is *lying*. The reason you can't figure out that coin vanish even after the conjurer performs it three times in a row is that they *didn't* do the same trick three times in a row! 1/
“We believe Adelaide University panicked in the face of pro-Israel lobbying, and gave spurious and demonstrably false reasons for cancelling the event" Another academic institution shamefully trampling on free speech in their rush to placate genocide supporters. www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
FOI reveals reason why SA uni cast out UN speaker event - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia
In March, Adelaide University ejected a sold-out event focused on the Israel-Palestine conflict from its campus. New FOI documents reveal why.
indailysa.com.au
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
A first year above 2C in the mid-2030s now looks plausible. 0.5C was first passed in 1980, 1.0C in 2010 and 1.5C in 2024. The 15-year trend runs at 0.42C per decade. The 2026 and 2027 points for the current El Nino are estimates. We're not remotely ready!
Next two years are going to be the worst yet for climate — and we’ll still have News Corp saying it’s not real. People will believe them. And will blame migrants for burning down their houses. And will refuse to accept that 250 years of industrial fossil fuel combustion has lead to where we are.
Kid 1 and I just watched Zardos while it's still free to air on SBS Australia... and it is certainly something.
Dr. PTOR's SanctumSanctorum 🤟@sanctumblog.bsky.social · 2mo agoWHY did i buy a copy of ZARDOZ on DVD for my "DoctorSTRANGE collection? (Not that there need be a reason... because it's a good [weird] movie.) Well, DR. ORPHEUS of the VENTURE BROS is based on DOCTOR STRANGE, and in the VentureBros finale movie, Dr. O has a scene as Zed (Sean Connery) from Zardoz.
