I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files. But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.

This favouring of older voters skews the economy, Tugendhat says: "Parties are religious about preventing any building, defending an established asset class against a future asset class." This is refreshingly blunt stuff for a Tory conference.

Look how wonderful Low Traffic Neighborhoods can be! This is the Van Gogh Walk in Lambeth, London. This street is decades old but built for people first yet still has access for last block travel & emergency vehicles! @openplans.org @nyc.streetsblog.org @thewaroncars.bsky.social @nycdot.bsky.social

Spotted this gem in a footnote on page 62 of Treasury's He Tirohanga Mokopuna "Between 25% and 30% of everyone born in New Zealand is living overseas by age 30, and emigration rates are even higher among those with tertiary qualifications" Radical idea here - how about stop shitting on our young?

Look at this accompanying photo and realize that what was once a monumentous achievement has now been reduced to a conveyor-belt experience for the moneyed idle. The pristine mountain is now littered with frozen garbage, human waste and the bodies of a few poor souls.

CONFIRMED: Australia's cheapest EV the BYD Atto 1 (nee Dolphin Surf) will land in November with an estimated mid $20k starting price. Competing squarely with the small ICE segment like the Suzuki Swift, Toyota Yaris and Mazda 2. Price parity has arrived. www.drive.com.au/news/2026-by...

You can have a situation with rising renewable absolute output and percentages of total (and falling emissions intensity!), but also stagnant or even rising greenhouse gas emissions: when *demand* itself is rising fast. This is very clearly the case in Aus, and it should trigger alarm bells

As one of NASA’s first African-American employees, Annie Easley helped develop software for the Centaur rocket stage, which enabled several landmark spaceflights in the later 20th century. She also helped develop early battery powered vehicles. adalovelaceday.subst...

The 506 bus is one of Melbourne's busiest bus routes that doesn't have a Sunday service - sign the petition to make it run till 9pm, seven days a week: www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved...

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU. Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

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First they came for Ben Roberts-Smith, and everyone went "he's over there, hiding behind Kerry Stokes' couch"

Jedi mind trick from the dark side (the oil lobby): "These are the low-emissions vehicles you are looking for" Plug-in hybrids emit 5X what official tests claim – EU data Car lobby demand EU scrap rules to not penalise PHEVs pollution www.transportenvironment.org/articles/plu...

The US is pursuing "energy dominance" and forcing allies to buy US oil and gas. And, yet, China is beating the US on energy exports. Surprised? Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

When I was a kid, I used to be inspired by the notion that “Anyone could be President.” Now it just feels like a warning.

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror." ( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

The French do protest/revolution second to none.

It seems like every private education institution in the country that receives some level of public funding is involved in shit like this. STOP giving these white supremacy shit holes money and the problem goes away. 😡

De Brouwer made the exact same argument two years ago after the Robodebt Royal Commission report was delivered. This is how I treated it in Mean Streak: "Grow up."

All of America's big money lords are hanging their hats on data centres and AI. When they eventually figure out what they handed over their disappearing billions for, its going to make the 2008 financial crisis look like a fvkn' picnic. 🙄

Great story on ABC #4Corners now on how online gambling companies operate, the damage they do to the community & how they keep the major political parties in the pockets.

Watching 4 Corners on Gambling endemic in AUS. I am ashamed of the Albanese Gov for not implementing the Peta Murphy Report ‼️‼️‼️ #auspol #StopGamblingAdvertising www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Vale to the great Dame Patricia Routledge 🩷

It's completely captured and useless. I'm pro-union, don't get me wrong, but I am anti useless establishment union. They cause more harm than good.

The states absolutely have the power to enforce their laws against federal agents that violate them

Australia’s housing market isn’t a ladder, it’s a Ponzi scheme. The new “first home buyer” plan just feeds the property lobby while renters queue in Bondi. End negative gearing. Scrap CGT perks. Tax Airbnb rorts. Everyone knows how to fix it. No one’s got the guts. #auspol #housingcrisis

Australians, please raid your Uncle's old PC in his shed, and help me find a copy of this to archive. #Australia #AFL #DOSGaming #Wolfenstein #RetroGaming #MSDOS #RetroComputing

Well, this would be because the Nationals are the Mining Party, while everyone thinks they're the Farmers' Party.

The more I read about the lack of American urbanism, the more I realise that whole 'freedom' schtick they have is all a complete load or rubbish. THEY HAVE TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN THEIR OWN FOOTPATHS.

How did Portland and Minneapolis start getting people to cycle more? Simple! They utilized modal filters and created neighborhood greenways. Not only prioritizing pedestrians and bikes but also reducing rat running on side streets. More cities need modal filters!

It’s so embarrassing for us as a species that our next major economic crash is gonna be because of the ‘gamer company selling chips to billionaires so they can make ai girlfriends to jack off to’ bubble bursting

Six heroic Aussies are inside a notorious Israeli prison, the same hellhole where Greta Thunberg was dragged by her hair and made to kiss the Israeli flag. Reports DFAT is scolding ppl on the phone that have called in. Your government is complicit. Free Palestine, Melbourne/Naarm

How guilty? This guilty.

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Lovely message in our inbox this morning 😊 One of the foundational NIMBY beliefs is that renters aren't worthy of having a say about their communities.

There is no left wing terrorism organization or machine in America. They just want to kill Americans.

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The fact they jumped straight to AI actors modeled after women when, if I’m not mistaken, male actors are a higher labor cost kind of says it all doesn’t it,

as a girl with a PhD in natural language processing and machine learning it's actually offensive to me when you say "we don't know how LLMs work so they might be conscious" I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge. We know exactly how LLMs work.

This is evil. There is nothing Christian about this.

Note: he doesn't technically say that they can run it *well*

Reseting clocks is a pain. When daylight savings comes and goes, the electric companies ought to cut the power for a couple of seconds so that all clocks default to the correct time, albeit blinking the correct time.

Dr Jane Goodall filmed an interview in March 2025 with the understanding it would only be released after her death. This is her final message.