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@TMFScottP Just be yourself. Everyone else is already taken

This.

In 1916, a pack of dogs attacked a private zoo in Hawaii. Two terrified wallabies broke out of their cage and escaped into the mountains. What happened next is one of the wildest accidents in wildlife history. After the wallabies vanished into the forested cliffs of Kalihi Valley, the zoo's owner called for a massive public hunt. Nobody caught them. A local newspaper joked that they might eventually "produce a breed of Hawaiian wallabies."They were exactly right. Despite being 5,000 miles from Australia, the steep volcanic rock faces in Hawaii turned out to be the perfect habitat. By 1984, researchers counted roughly 250 wallabies thriving in the valley. They had even started developing their own unique evolutionary characteristics. The craziest part? They aren't considered invasive.They only eat non-native plants. They don't compete with native species (Hawaii has no native land mammals). Because they peacefully coexist with the ecosystem, the state of Hawaii officially protects them. It is strictly illegal to hunt or harm a Hawaiian wallaby. Back in their native Australia, the brush-tailed rock wallaby is fighting for its life. Predators, habitat clearing, and the devastating 2019-2020 bushfires wiped out an estimated 70% of their remaining habitat. But that accidental Honolulu colony? They have no foxes. No feral cats in the cliffs. No bushfires. Two wallabies that broke out of a cage 110 years ago accidentally founded what might be the most secure population of their species anywhere on Earth.

This is too good. Someone used AI to turn Haaland into the Norwegian techno viking. credit: u/aasimpy

This is possibly the best example of guerrilla marketing by an airline all year - SAS - Scandinavian Airlines😍

Norway knocked out Brazil, then the army posted a Viking celebration video.

@cmkusher this is the recession more than anything. The recession is bursting through the seams.

If you think that a 0.4% monthly fall in home prices is problematic I have news for you, the monthly declines are likely to get larger from here.

El ojo que tiene quien quiera que sea la persona detrás de esta cuenta!

@TheKouk @iwearahoodie don't confuse infrastructure spend and value delivered. Spending huge on consultant fees and public sector timesheet parties is not the same as adding value through infrastructure delivery.

@iwearahoodie Yes - a disaster: record low spending on infrastructure, record high tax and huge privatisations. Any fuckwit can pay off debt selling the family jewels, neglecting infrastructure and taxing the shit out of the population. We are correcting that legacy now

I am not sure people realise how trivially small the level of gross govt debt is, even as it hovers under $1 trillion. There are $4.5 trillion in superannuation assets; $12 trillion in residential real estate; $3.5 trillion in the ASX. Annual GDP is $3 trillion. I note that net govt debt is around $0.55 trillion - chook feed in other words

@TheKouk private assets are not part of the government balance sheet.

I've had to do some crazy repairs in the bush to get myself home, but never anything like this.

@NoelWhittaker we need to devolve the tax set up so states raise their own taxes. It shouldn't go through the federal government. NSW needs to stop subsidising all the others states.

Big Troubles Are A-Coming State debt is about to explode. NSW debt will jump 331% by 2030 to $273 billion, with interest costs alone hitting $11 billion annually. Victoria's even worse—a 427% increase to $291 billion, where interest will swallow $12 billion or 9.4% of the entire state budget. Tasmania faces the worst blowout of all, with debt jumping 552% by 2030. 📈 Across all states combined, debt will soar 261%—climbing from $270 billion in 2019 to $977 billion by 2030. When interest costs eat 9% of your budget, there's no money left for schools, hospitals, or roads. This is what happens when governments spend like there's no tomorrow. Tomorrow's here.

Interessant verhaal over de omegablokkade. Een meteoroloog legt uit waarom het deze week zo warm is (en nee, het komt niet door klimaat- verandering De omegablokkade — dat is de werkelijke meteorologische verklaring achter de extreme temperaturen die momenteel over een groot deel van het Europese continent worden gemeten. Terwijl grootmedia als de NOS de hitte vrijwel reflexmatig koppelen aan klimaatverandering en broeikasgassen, wijzen kritische wetenschappers op een veel nuchterder en beter onderbouwde verklaring: een hardnekkig weerpatroon in de hogere atmosfeer dat Europa al vaker in zijn greep heeft gehouden. Wat is een omegablokkade precies? Een omegablokkade is een specifiek patroon in de straalstroom — de krachtige windstroom op grote hoogte die het weer in onze breedtegraden grotendeels stuurt. De naam komt van de gelijkenis met de Griekse hoofdletter omega (Ω): een grote hogedrukrug in het midden, geflankeerd door twee lagedrukgebieden aan weerszijden. Dit patroon zorgt ervoor dat luchtmassa’s nauwelijks kunnen doorstromen en het weerpatroon wekenlang kan vaststaan. In het geval van de huidige hittegolf wordt hete Saharalucht door het anticyclonale (met de klok mee draaiende) luchtstroompatroon noordwaarts getransporteerd richting West-Europa. Terwijl die luchtmassa stijgt en daalt onder de hogedrukrug, wordt ze adiabatisch samengedrukt — een puur fysisch proces dat de temperatuur verder doet oplopen. Geen CO2 aan te pas. Meteoroloog Chris Martz trekt aan de bel. De Amerikaanse meteoroloog Chris Martz deelde zijn analyse van het huidige weerpatroon uitgebreid via sociale media. Zijn conclusie is helder: deze omegablokkade heeft niets te maken met klimaatverandering of uitstoot van broeikasgassen. Het is een bekende, goed gedocumenteerde weerdynamiek die altijd al heeft plaatsgevonden en ook in een hypothetisch pre-industrieel klimaat tot recordhitte zou hebben geleid. Martz wijst bovendien op een opvallende wetenschappelijke paradox. Er bestaan namelijk diverse studies die suggereren dat opwarming van de Arctis juist zou leiden tot minder frequente blokkerende weerpatronen zoals de omegablokkade, omdat het temperatuurverschil tussen de evenaar en de poolgebieden kleiner wordt. Dat staat haaks op de bewering dat klimaatverandering dit soort hittegolven veroorzaakt of versterkt. Martz erkent dat er debat bestaat over dit onderwerp, maar de eenvoudige klimaatboodschap die media uitdragen, is sowieso te kort door de bocht. Europa vaker getroffen, maar waarom eigenlijk? Dan is er nog een toename van zonnestraling die het aardoppervlak bereikt, doordat er minder bewolking is van lage en middelmatige wolkenlagen. Die afname van bewolking hangt deels samen met de strenge Europese luchtvervuilingsregels, die hebben geleid tot minder atmosferische aerosolen. Minder deeltjes in de lucht betekent minder wolkenvorming, meer direct zonlicht en dus hogere oppervlaktetemperaturen. Met andere woorden: de eigen Europese milieuregulering draagt bij aan de toegenomen hitte. Dat is een ongemakkelijke conclusie die je in de reguliere media zelden zult tegenkomen. Media kiezen sensatie boven wetenschappelijke nuance Denktank Clintel, vertegenwoordigd door wetenschapsjournalist Marcel Crok, onderschrijft de analyse van Martz. De conclusie is simpel: wie de oorzaak van de Europese hitte wil begrijpen, kan beter een meteoroloog raadplegen dan een krantenredactie die op zoek is naar een clickbait-verhaal. Het is inmiddels een vast patroon: zodra het ergens warm is, wordt de link met klimaatverandering gelegd, vrijwel zonder nuance, zelden met meteorologische onderbouwing en al helemaal niet met verwijzing naar mogelijke alternatieve verklaringen. Dat is geen journalistiek — dat is activisme vermomd als wetenschap.

This is not even a joke. I have had incredibly high nicotine levels in my blood for the last 18 years and I NEVER get ticks. I've been in the woods with non-nic-users who get a half-dozen ticks at a go, and I get zero because my blood is literally pesticide.

@FAFO_TV Building codes are cool like that

Who let the architect cook? 💀

@senbmckenzie Also preys upon and exploits the immigrants themselves

Australia operates a non-discriminatory immigration policy and takes in more migrants per head than any other Western country. Our economy has become addicted to it. High migration appeals to big business, big property developers, big universities and big, lazy government. #auspol #migration #education

@markbouris We need to devolve the tax system to decentralise and allow state governments to self fund

Payroll tax that is taxing employers for employing people is the dumbest tax in history . I get it the feds need to change the gst by increasing it which was John Howard’s original plan but successive govt did follow through . Come on Albo /Dr Jim let’s kill off payroll tax and increase the gst and give nsw its fair share ! That’s real reform !

@Adam_Creighton Make diplomas great again

University 'degrees' should no longer be a prerequisite for any government job except in highly technical areas. Time for basic in person aptitude tests for jobs. A good idea from Governor Josh Shapiro in Pennsylvania. pa.gov/governor/newsr…

Edward Norton talking to himself at the USA-Türkiye game 😅

Britain is preparing to test a hypersonic space plane that could help cut London to Sydney flying times to just three hours. The Invictus aircraft, being developed by the European Space Agency and backed by the UK Space Agency, would travel at Mach 5 – more than 3,800 mph and five times the speed of sound ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/2…

@bryan_johnson Tasmania has no ozone layer. If you get a little bit of sun there you look like you have been in a microwave oven

Australians have older looking skin. In one week, the Australian sun aged my skin by 5%. > 15% stronger UV; fair skin can burn in under 15 mins > 2 in 3 aussies skin cancer before age 70 > 2-3x increase in melanoma risk vs USA A study involving 1472 Caucasian and Asian women found that signs of skin aging appeared 10–20 years earlier in Australian women than in US women from the same study. Australians self-reported higher rates of change and significantly more severe facial lines and volume-related features like tear troughs and naso-labial folds than women from the other countries. The sun in Australia is very intense. The Australian sun increased my skin aging by 5% (via UV damage and spots). Even though I: > I used my umbrella when in sun > protected my skin during peak UV > and still my skin UV damage increased by 5% Australians get more intense UV radiation. For example, during summer the earth's orbit puts the Southern Hemisphere closer to the sun, making the sun stronger than in most of the U.S. Even outside of Southern Hemisphere summer, Australia is almost a "perfect storm" for UV exposure: > thinner ozone overhead makes it stronger > cleaner air allows UV to penetrate deeper > high solar elevation angles due to its relatively low latitude, meaning sunlight reaches the surface more directly and passes through less atmosphere This is particularly true in Queensland, where proximity to the equator further amplifies UV intensity. Most people in Queensland live roughly at 17–28° from the equator, compared with ~34° for Los Angeles, allowing the Sun to reach significantly higher elevations in the sky and resulting in more intense UV radiation at ground level. More than the increased cancer risk, up to 90% of visible facial aging is from UV. The sun is great. You want the right amount. Not too much and not too little.