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Mental detritus etc and so forth. As seen on the internet since last century. Occasional Flathead Valley Police Blotter amanuensis. Gadigal, Australia.
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Zoo animals to get more space in 'long overdue' welfare reforms

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What Are People Still Doing on X? archive.md/wrwlC

The detailing of Farshad Mehdizadeh’s Goldstan Residence building in Iran is looking sharp Left is a construction photo, right is how the whole apartment building will look

The man told Noticias Telemundo that authorities took his ID from his wallet and told him it was fake before handcuffing him.

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@drng.bsky.social @noodlefish.bsky.social @realcrunchylatte.bsky.social LMAO every bit as third-rate scammy as expected. archive.md/hC37p

N. Korea in 'strongest strategic position' in decades: U.S. intel report | Yonhap News Agency en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...

Mining company Rio Tinto blasted two 47,000-year-old rock shelters in 2020. An archaeologist says destruction continues "almost on a daily basis".

Elon Musk’s Tesla met with senior civil servants several times to push the Government to fast-track its self-driving cars, The i Paper can reveal. Read more: trib.al/Nxa7Dnr

People who start changing what they say mid stream without batting an eyelid to support their 'argument' when their argument is being refuted i.e. they're not incorrect because that's no what they said. 2.0 does this, amongst many things.

"Billionaire Elon Musk’s DOGE team is expanding use of his AI chatbot Grok in the US federal government to analyze data, said three people familiar with the matter, potentially violating conflict-of-interest laws and putting at risk sensitive information on millions of Americans."

EU’s ‘chocolate crisis’ worsened by climate breakdown, researchers warn. Cocoa one of six commodities vulnerable to environmental threats in ‘extremely worrying picture’ for food resilience. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It is 1942. Nazi-Germany is heavily losing at Stalingrad, thousands die at the eastern front. Yet it still finds reason and time to publish a study about fairy abductions.

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The Sunderland Collection Acquires Cao Junyi's A Complete Map of All Under Heaven www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-n...

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@drng.bsky.social @noodlefish.bsky.social @realcrunchylatte.bsky.social Hahahahaha

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Japan's new agriculture minister pledged on Friday to quickly move rice from government stockpiles to store shelves where it would be offered at prices significantly lower than current levels.

Can't make up my mind as to whether to go to the Lifeline '$2 clearance' bookfair tomorrow. 2 hrs return by train. I've only been to this once, and there was nothing of interest. Ended up basically forcing myself to buy one book so it would seem like less of a wasted trip. Tending towards a no atm.

Good news and well done the people behind this. 🧪 #nature @euanritchie.bsky.social cosmosmagazine.com/nature/anima...

"Tiger mosquitoes are increasingly spreading across Europe as climate change makes environmental conditions more habitable, raising the risk that vector-borne diseases once limited to the tropics become endemic across the continent."

Australian local council planning committees LMAO.

Did you know that #beekeeping is a major industry in #Ukraine, and that they were targeted during the Russian invasion? Myself and the Ambassadors for Slovenia and Belgium were interviewed ahead of the major World Bee Day events coming up this Saturday! www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Reminder that Maye Musk's parents were techno-fascists who moved to South Africa because they were fans of apartheid www.newyorker.com/news/daily-c...

There's still time to apply for our Ronald Duncan Stipends for South-West Writing! ✏️ There are 3 stipends available for writers to explore our incredible archives and to inspire new creative works. 📆 Deadline: 15 June ⬇️ More info and apply

🚨Over 25,000 people have been newly displaced in Mozambique in a matter of weeks. They join close to 1.3 million people who have been uprooted by the armed conflict, back-to-back cyclones and drought.

"Albanese says extreme weather events...are becoming more frequent and intense as a fifth body has been found in the disaster-hit region." What the PM didn't say: 'It would be irresponsible of us to approve any more gas fields or coal mines.' #hypocrisy #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I guess we'll find out how much 'the unions' influence what the ALP does

Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection reminded high-risk groups to get their Covid boosters, as Covid levels will likely remain relatively high for the next few weeks, but also noted infections are now relatively mild, so the general public need not be overly concerned

Elon Musk's Starlink issued warning by Australian communications watchdog www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

So - have more of those govt organisations/ departments, educational institutions, libraries, similar bodies and well, individuals still at the other place left after Muskrat lobbied Trump to push that Oval Office BS about white genocide in South Africa (and stood there watching the farce)?

I could watch #echidnas forage for hours. They wander around, occasionally ramming their sensitive snout into the ground to search for ants and termites, using smell or by detecting the electrical impulses given off by their prey's nerves and muscles.🐽⚡️🐜 #fieldwork #Tasmania #MammalWatching #WildOz

A fourth person has been confirmed dead and another is still missing in record floods on the NSW Mid North Coast. These pictures capture the impact the flooding has had on people's lives.

More of this please. Co-designing play spaces with children and young people near their homes led to “what researchers say is the highest increase in children’s physical activity ever recorded by an intervention of its kind”

This Sunday, South Western Railway will become the first train company to be nationalised under the government’s plans to transfer the passenger services into public ownership. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/sou...

Diamond mining company goes into administration: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-23/lucapa-diamond-company-goes-into-administration/105329966