Data Dot

CPS to appeal against dismissal of terrorism charge against Kneecap’s Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh The rapper was accused of displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah but case was thrown out by magistrate

Oh, what.

Let's hope the appeal fails as well.

Maybe Starmer should be realistically doing something about Gaza and Palestine and stop worrying about people who keep calling out his bullshit

#freepalestine

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

What a rogue in the ranks? Surely a whitewash or damn.

Sadly, it feels like far too many are compromised. I doubt many will feel good about his work as it shows themselves up as hacks

I'm going to get burned

www.instagram.com/share/reel/B...

Today's not the day, Peter. Isn't that what Albo said

LIVE: Allison Gill - REPUBLICANS DIRTY SHUTDOWN SECRET REVEALED YouTube video by MeidasTouch

I have receipts that republicans can end the shutdown right now without a single democratic vote, and that the trump administration wants this shutdown and that's why they're not ending it. See the proof! www.youtube.com/live/PkEOK7J...

This seems important

Brilliant ❤️❤️❤️

From the book Saving a Sick America:a prescription for moral and cultural transformation Here in America, “studies find that in the United States the irreligious are far more likely than the religious to believe in a whole array of occult beliefs such as Atlantis, Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, astrology, UFOs, haunted houses, and ghosts.”34 So it is not those following the Scriptures who believe in fairy tales and superstitious myths. It is those who reject God’s Word who are more likely to do this. In the oft-quoted words of G. K. Chesterton, “When people stop believing in God, they don’t believe in nothing—they believe in anything.”35 On October 14, 1941, Adolph Hitler commented: So it’s not opportune to hurl ourselves now into a struggle with the Churches. The best thing is to let Christianity die a natural death. A slow death has something comforting about it. The dogma of Christianity gets worn away before the advances of science. Religion will have to make more and more concessions. Gradually the myths crumble. All that’s left is to prove that in nature there is no frontier between the organic and the inorganic. When understanding of the universe has become widespread, when the majority of men know that the stars are not sources of light but worlds, perhaps inhabited worlds like ours, then the Christian doctrine will be convicted of absurdity.36 Today we can say that it was not Christianity that died a natural death. To the contrary, it was Nazism that died a violent, ignominious death while the Christian faith, despite setbacks in the West, is thriving worldwide like never before. Nazism, for its part, has been “convicted of absurdity”—and far worse.

It's interesting to read this and see how Christianity in America is enabling it all over again.

Which will rise and crash this time?

There isn't a pretty future for some of these people

They'll extend it to their allies if we remain one. It'll all be about protecting the regime because of all the reasons they can manifest like protecting USA forces

#auspol

Government subsidies will be the answer, and the government will spruiker that it's all about the jobs. Probably 250 of them

News.com.au headline "Never ending demand: Household bills expected rise due the AI energy consumption " picture of Sky News taking head

The global AI boom is well on its way to Australia, with the prices of energy and property expected to rise as a result. The government will need to find a solution to prevent Aussies from footing the bill, with a Coalition minister spruiking nuclear energy as a potential solution. Increased investment from international firms in Australian AI infrastructure over the coming years is set to drive up demand for land and energy to support the technology. Energy and utility expert Phillip Vrettakis said the demand for energy from technology companies “is much more than we’ve got available”. “It’s going to be a challenge for the entire energy sector,” he said. Mr Vrettakis, an executive director of energy advisory firm Rennie, said the increase in energy demand from data centres would lead to “bigger bills for consumers going forward”.

Data centres have a “never-ending demand” for energy and are “hungry” for data, land and water to cool their facilities, he said. “At the moment there’s a real scramble for locations that are close to city centres to make sure infrastructure, especially fibre connections and latency are short.” The warning comes after US-based software giant OpenAI confirmed plans to open its first Australian office in Sydney, and Amazon pledged a $20bn investment in local data centres. A spokesperson for the federal government’s trade and investment promotion agency Austrade, said they are “seeing strong interest from international investors” in AI. An April report from the International Energy Agency projected electricity demand from data centres worldwide is set to more than double by 2030.

Coalition spokesman for Energy Dan Tehan said nuclear innovations in the United States including small modular reactors could provide a solution to Australian energy demands. “There’s basically a nuclear renaissance taking place in the US,” Mr Tehan told ABC Radio National on Thursday following a trip to the US touring nuclear sites. “Everyone that I spoke to is incredibly confident given the use of AI, given the use of quantum, that they will continue to make rapid developments with nuclear technology.

The headline looks OK. The first part seems reasonable, and then the switcheroo

Dan, the expert, spruiks nuclear with his fictional SMRs

#auspol

‘Time is running out’: Sportsbet offered share of $1m in bonus bets if customers gambled on AFL grand final day Online bookmaker’s offer, one of a series texted during finals, was valid only if customer took up a suggested same-game multi bet

Imagine if the government did its job and protected the people who voted for it

It was one of their own who instigated the plan and did nothing.

#auspol

Another shameful response by @albomp.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

They are going to flog this immigrants are the problem until the cows come home.
I'm pretty sure we should have never let those 10 pound poms into the country as all that suburban development put a lot of pressure on infrastructure then

BREAKING NEWS: We just secured a court order blocking the president’s order to deploy federalized National Guard troops to Portland when a federal judge granted our request for a Temporary Restraining Order. Read our statement.

#orpol #nationalguard #portland #portlandoregon

The massive loss in sales for Qantas is the main driver. We, the public, are not of concern in the late stage capitalism death throes

The irony is elephantine proportions for this mob.

But sure, let's have a chat about all the things the government should be subsidizing. Oil, Coal, Gas, capital gains.

I'm sure someone better has the other great tax candidates for Matt to start an argument about.

I think revolution comes next

Sounds like fun times ahead. I'm sure every enemy and perhaps now a few allies are looking around and going, are they for real.

Fun times ahead

Best wishes, and I'm hoping for a speedy recovery. I'm glad you're getting good help.

🤷‍♂️🤣🤣

Bitter fruit: the dark underside of the booming NSW blueberry industry Labour hire companies operating on the mid-north coast said to be taking advantage of ‘extremely weak’ state regulation and visa loopholes

Chris Minns needs to fix this.

It's not a Labor government if it's enabling worker exploitation

#auspol

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

If you wake up many days with a degree of dread, even though by all accounts, you're living a good life.
It's most likely because your brain and gut are having difficulty with this masquerading bullshit used by our politicians that they label social cohesion while themselves breaking it.

#auspol

Right now, very few in federal or state parliament have clean hands.

I'm not sure I need both hands to count all who would come to the table as clean

It's a horrible plan. It's worse than negotiating with your dogs as to what you're feeding them for dinner tonight.

#freepalestine

Siena Larsson

Heading out to see my friend play tonight

open.spotify.com/artist/5qOH4...

Great list, and while I filled some, it wasn't all

Let's hope more Americans and others see it for what it is

The great free market of the USA isn't want to be so free when China eats their cake. Let's face it Japan did it first, but because they were considered "good guys," well, that was okay.

Now it's the Chinese they are all, "we can't have that."

Toyota faffed around. Now they're behind