David

Thanks for this link Robyn

It’s the same addiction to gas in Aust

Translated
“…gas junky..Reiche explains we are freeing ourselves from dependence on gas from authoritarian systems by more gas from authoritarian systems. Junky logic: More dealers of dependence = more freedom. The only way out of dependence is renewables”

Opinion | Something Surprising Happens When Bus Rides Are Free

“Is it really worth the huge effort to spare people that tiny outlay?It is..beyond saving riders money, free buses deliver a cascade of benefits, from easing traffic to promoting public safety..& it doesn’t have to be costly - in fact, it can come out just about even”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...

ICE Agents Menaced Minnesota Protesters at Their Homes, Filings Say

“Among nearly 100 sworn statements filed in federal court on Friday are more than a dozen accounts like Mr. Woo’s, in which federal agents deployed to Minnesota singled out protesters, finding the addresses of their homes & showing up there”

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...

Agents Suspended After Their Story of Shooting an Immigrant Falls Apart

“Two federal agents have been suspended, and criminal charges against a man one of them shot have been dropped, after a prosecutor in Minnesota revealed that the story those agents told about the shooting was not true”

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...

Travel industry sounds alarm as US enters another partial shutdown After Congress failed to pass laws necessary to fully fund the US government, one of its biggest departments has shut down.

TSA administrator Ha McNeill told the..hearing “Many in our workforce were subject to late fees & penalties for missed payments, eviction notices, loss of long-term childcare”..the agency warning of "impacts at airports, delays, longer wait times & cancelled flights"
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Toilet?

I'm 62, and I will be homeless from next Monday. Not looking forward to sleeping in my car.

Will check it out - thank you

Excellent - thanks again

I really don’t have anything against Canberra believe it or not.

Thank you so much - it wouldn’t be my first choice but it definitely is attractive. I’ll keep looking locally for a week but after that I will certainly give it a hard go. Are you aware of the vacancy rate?

Thanks for that

#MorningtonPeninsula

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I’m skeptical of climate researchers using economic terminology that not even economists understand 😉. How about we just stop using fossil fuels and care for habitat and country generally. Within those parameters, and as long as we distribute wealth fairly, we get to do whatever we want.

Could not agree more

SA makes international headlines, conveniently forgetting a few facts. Like the states largest company = Santos.

No, I haven’t, but I certainly will. Thank you.

A federal judge issued a permanent injunction against Trump's last election related executive order in January, finding that the president does not have the authority to unilaterally alter election procedures. The same thing will happen with this one.

So The Age has churned out "special series" on exclusive men's clubs, then private golf clubs, now restaurant tycoons. All suitably fawning over supposed powerful elites. Tell you what, why not just save time and do one called "Rich arseholes, and why we suck up to them".🙄

Cuba oil refinery fire hits as fuel crisis deepens The fire, which Cuban officials say was contained quickly, comes as electricity and fuel supplies dwindle.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
“No-one was injured and an investigation into the blaze has been set up, Cuba's energy ministry said in a post on X. The fire occurred close to where two oil tankers were moored in Havana Bay.”

This may have been an accident, but the timing makes it suspicious

@janephuong.bsky.social water mum

‘It’s over for us’: release of new AI video generator Seedance 2.0 spooks Hollywood An AI clip featuring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting has caused concern among industry figures

“A leading Hollywood figure has warned “it’s likely over for us”, after watching a widely disseminated AI-generated clip featuring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting”

www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

Australia and EU on the cusp of signing landmark free trade agreement Australia and the European Union are on the cusp of finally reaching a free trade agreement after years of sometimes fraught negotiations.

“Australia is close to forming a new free trade agreement with the EU. Farmers in Australia and the EU have warned that the agreement exposes them to intensified competition in fragile markets”

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Dozens of Australians diagnosed with tattoo-related vision loss Eye doctors have documented 40 cases of a rare tattoo-related eye inflammation that is hard to treat and can lead to vision loss.

“The condition, known as tattoo-associated uveitis, can lead to permanent vision loss, glaucoma, and patients requiring immunosuppressants for the rest of their life”

www.abc.net.au/news/health/...

Spot on - and some don’t even bother with that.

Oh man, THAT'S going to cause the Felon-In-Chief to melt the fuck down! I can't WAIT. 🤣🤣

It’s awful - used to be straight forward and personal, now it’s all on line and coldly impersonal (as well as insecure). I chose to rent but it’s come back to bite me