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U.S. tourism faces $5.7B US loss as Canadians continue to stay home — CBC News Many Canadians continue to boycott travel to the United States, and the U.S. economy is paying the price. A U.S. Travel Association report forecasts a 3.2 per cent decline in international tourism spe...

Good start, Canada.

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Since 1999, it seems. 26 years of battling cancer would certainly explain his prematurely aged look.

Congrats! That is an attractive bowl right there. I'm sure it's going straight to the pool room.

Graham Richardson was only 76?!?!
Hoo, all that factional powerplaying must've really messed with his DNA. I could've sworn he was in his mid-80s!
#AusPol

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 95th day out of the last 107.

12 days of work in 107 days.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

She believes in the sanctity of traditional Christian marriage.

Good grief…

Firefighters sound alarm over missing data on new BOM site As bushfire season approaches, firefighters say the BOM's redesigned website is missing crucial safety data — a gap some fire chiefs fear could put lives at risk.

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It was old and needed a refresh (not least because it was still using http rather than https).
But, as here, web developers and IT change managers often prioritise form over function. To lose existing functionality in any IT 'upgrade' is to demonstrate that it's not an 'upgrade' at all.

The utter stupidity of pursuing a criminal trial against someone for throwing a sandwich that bounced off a bullet proof vest pissing away hundreds of thousands of dollars for this joke is the perfect encapsulation of this Administration.

Nationals To Resurrect Australian Whaling Industry As Part Of Exciting New Energy Policy — The Shovel “What we need is a sensible, modern approach to energy policy and hunting whales and killing them for their oil is exactly that"

“What we need is a sensible, modern approach to energy policy and hunting whales and killing them for their oil is exactly that"

Oh, I can be.
I didn't say anything about what proportion of the bill you could take on the vibes, did I?

'Just' 17 points, Kyle? That's still a pretty healthy margin.

I think you can quickly work out which parts of the bill you need to read in forensic detail and which parts you can settle for knowing the vibe.

Also, I find Krishna to be incredibly watchable. I'd probably watch her reading out the train timetable. But that's just me ... 🤷‍♂️

YouTube video by NYT Cooking The Year-Long Quest to Recreate My Family’s Secret Recipe | Priya Krishna | NYT Cooking

If you're a fan of food nostalgia, you will *love* this chronicle of Priya Krishna's attempt to recreate her family's spice blend.
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I see what you did there ... 😉

Thanks for giving this a signal boost. Have added it to my list of Things To Watch When I Need To Forget About F***ing HR For A While.

1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.

The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵

Alternatively, by dissolving it in some liquid and drinking it. 🤷‍♂️
Whenever legislation is rushed through, you do have to wonder what the government is hiding, don't you?

By relying on a couple of cheat sheets:
1 - The explanatory memorandum for the bill; and
2 - The Parliamentary Library analysis of the bill.
Or by relying on advice from:
1 - Your own (admittedly very small and overworked) staff; and
2 - Commentary from others you trust (think tanks, etc.)

Kath and Jenny lost their sons following illegal robodebts, the ongoing secrecy of the NACC is compounding their trauma. They deserve answers and accountability.

Perhaps edit the hashtag? #VoteIndependent

Well that’s just shocking, @cathywilcox.bsky.social @ingridm.bsky.social, especially given that the Chancellor of ANU is *checks notes* … oh, as you were #auspol

When you look into Duffy's eyes, you can just see the absence of a calculating mind behind them.
It's not even that he has a mind but it's been clouded by drugs (as with so many others in the Trump Administration) but that there had never been a mind there at all.

1. MSNBC’s Ken Dilanian got his hands on an advanced copy of a new book that claims to reveal the nature of deliberations inside the US Department of Justice after the 2020 presidential election that “may have hampered the federal criminal investigations” of Donald Trump.

Trump’s Raids Terrorize Catholics — Pope Leo’s Top Cardinal Calls It an ‘Assault on Millions’ Seminarians are leaving the country, priests worry they could be next, and Pope Leo XIV insists the Church must stand with its most vulnerable faithful.

Cardinal Robert McElroy, a Pope Leo ally who serves as archbishop of Washington, doesn’t mince words about what’s happening.

“We are witnessing a full-scale governmental assault designed to produce fear among millions.

“It's an instrument of terror.”