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Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This is not aid. This is orchestrated killing. | MSF MSF's frontline medical testimony on systematic mass casualties from GHF sites in Gaza, Palestine.

MSF: This is not aid. This is orchestrated killing www.msf.org/not-aid-orch...

FMI: July was exceptionally warm, especially in Finnish Lapland Studies have indicated that Finland's climate is warming significantly faster than the global average.

’The month of July was "exceptionally warm" this year in Finland and neighbouring countries, according to the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI).’

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East Antarctica slides into the spotlight as surface melt hotspot - Nature Climate Change Ice-sheet surface melting impacts sea level and ice dynamics. Now two studies provide a wake-up call for monitoring melt in Antarctica.

East Antarctica is emerging as a surface melt hotspot.

In Nature Climate Change, Schmidt Sciences’ Alexandra Boghosian spotlights new research revealing rising meltwater ponding driven by atmospheric shifts.

Read the article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The deep fried Terf was so successful at framing Dan Andrews as a dictator hes now doing the same with Allan 🫠

What an absolute crock of America First propaganda crap from @pbsnews.org - while the yanks were gathered to photograph the surrender, the Australian #journalist Wilfred Burchett was alone on a train to Hiroshima with a typewriter and a revolver in a carriage of very angry Japanese troops... 1/2

Can probably do without Bernard Keane as the latest instant Tassie expert; for instance declaring Dean Winter "a politician whose entire career has been political staffing and lobbying" - that is not even close to true #politas

Exactly where they are meant to be

‘They slaughtered us like animals’: the inside story of how one of the biggest atrocities of the Sudan war unfolded in Zamzam As the UK prepared to host a global summit on bringing peace to Sudan, the RSF paramilitary began a ‘genocidal’ massacre in Zamzam refugee camp. But when reports emerged of the killings, London held i...

Often overlooked but just as devastating, the ongoing conflict in Sudan

#ConflictInSudan

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

YouTube video by Constitutional Clarion Expelling Ward - The powers of the courts and Parliament

Anne Twomey (the source of choice for discerning Tasmanian Governors) on Gareth Ward expulsion case and surprise temporary injunction. Hearing tomorrow morning. #nswpol

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKRm...

Race Disc Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman calls out The Daily Telegraph who sent in Far Right Jewish man Ofir Birenbaum to “insight violence” in a Sydney cafe & says this type action by the media only increases racism against “all communities”💥 #NPC

Yeah I imagine she would

Illustration of a woman standing in a lit doorway, casting a long shadow down a dark hallway. Text on the image reads: 'Restricting access to safe abortion drives women and girls to unsafe procedures.'

Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls.

As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination.

#HealthForAll

Thumbnail of draft revised Melbourne Train and Tram map.

Melbourne Metro Tunnel opens in a few months, so I’ve been updating my Melbourne Train and Tram map to reflect the network changes it will usher in.

My map is now in its 30th year, and Metro Tunnel introduces the biggest changes I've made to this map.

Let’s look at the changes (1 of 10).

Seeing a bit of commentary about whether Labor have now lost the election (which spills the leadership) under their rules. No; Rockliff has not formed government in any real sense if his ministry is voted out on the floor after one week. #politas

If it’s fucking raining and everyone says it’s fucking raining and the meteorologists say it’s fucking raining and you’re out there in the rain getting fucking wet and someone tells you it’s not raining, that doesn’t make them a “wet weather skeptic” it makes them a fucking idiot

Damaging compliance system must stop immediately after damning Ombudsman report: ACOSS ACOSS Media Release   The Government must immediately stop the Targeted Compliance Framework being used against people relying on income support, after the Commonwealth Ombudsman’s report today found ...

‘The Government must immediately stop the Targeted Compliance Framework being used against people relying on income support, after the Ombudsman’s report today found alarming systematic failings in its administration.’

theaimn.net/damaging-com...

Groundwater is drying out, heating up, and causing sea level rise Overuse of groundwater has created zones of “mega-drying” around the world — and caused more sea level rise than Greenland’s ice sheets.

Groundwater is drying out, heating up, and causing sea level rise #Climate

Should big tech be allowed to mine Australians’ text and data to train AI? The Productivity Commission is considering it Interim report on digital economy also mulls changes to privacy rules and copyright collections to help harness AI’s benefits

Idk why the productivity commission believes productivity can be derived by giving away other people's labour for free to companies with way too much money. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Russia takes Australia to High Court over cancelled lease Australia passed a law in 2023 cancelling Russia's lease for a planned embassy near Parliament House, but Russia is now disputing that in the High Court.

Legal stoush between Russia and Australia over embassy site near Parliament House reaches the High Court
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08... #auspol #auslaw

Someone has distracted Bernard from the SRL

Old mate Bernie is an IPA Research Fellow now?

Check out the full house Brisbane qConvention Centre of striking Queensland teachers… with 100+ teachers outside due to no seats left

I support fair pay & conditions for our Qld teachers 100%!

It’s time jet setting Premier Crisafulli started showing more respect for state school teachers!

Race Disc Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman says he found it distressing the day Neo Nazis crashed the Anzac ceremony attacking Welcome To Country
“And all the debate after that became about Welcome To Country, rather than about ‘Why are Neo Nazis at the Anzac Day Rally?’”💯 #NPC

I found this woman's house. It's more hilarious than you thought.

Sleepy birds, quiet dawns: how noisy, bright city nights disrupt and change birdsong New research shows common mynas sang fewer and less complex songs after a bad night’s sleep. Poor-quality song could affect a bird’s ability to reproduce and survive.

Sleepy birds, quiet dawns: how noisy, bright city nights disrupt and change birdsong
theconversation.com/sleepy-birds...

World Athletics’ mandatory genetic test for women athletes is misguided. I should know – I discovered the relevant gene in 1990 - Murdoch Children's Research Institute MCRI's Professor Andrew Sinclair SRY gene identifier critiques World Athletics’ new gene testing rule. Read more.

So many issues with this new mandatory genetic test for women. World Athletics’ mandatory genetic test for women athletes is misguided. I should know – I discovered the relevant gene in 1990 www.mcri.edu.au/news/insight...