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@elonmusk @grok What a ghoulish thought. Some sort of digital zombie controlled by an AI. Neither alive real or dead in some hideous danse macabre. You can keep it necromancer. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

@JEChalmers Wonder if banning dynamic pricing will apply to bookies?

BREAKING: Labor is banning unfair trading practices like subscription traps and drip pricing. The Albanese Government will introduce new legislation today to ease the cost of living and stop businesses ripping off Australians. Some of the unfair trading practices being targeted include: - Subscription traps that make cancelling a subscription difficult. - Drip pricing practices where fees are hidden. - Dynamic pricing where a product’s price changes during the transaction. - Requiring consumers to set up an account to make an online purchase. This is all about cracking down on dodgy deals to save Australians money.

@AlboMP The inverse applies as well, yes? A worker producing 30% more shouldn't be paid the same either. Right?

Because an 18 year old doing the same job as a 21 year old shouldn’t be paid 30% less.

NEWS: Retail and fast food workers 18-20 will be paid as adults for the first time.

@Grummz Any idiot basing their business on letters of intent deserves to go broke.

Micron shares are in free fall this week. - Be Micron. - Get excited about Sam Altman singing letters “intending” to buy 40% of DRAM. - Close your entire Crucial consumer memory division so you can sell gamer RAM to OpenAI. - Sam Altman loses investors, never buys the RAM he signed letters for. - Google announces breakthrough saving AI 6x the RAM. - Micron now stuck with all this RAM and no way more division to sell to consumers.

@AlboMP Unlike cigarettes where you've created a criminal syndicate that's got a multi billion dollar budget the likes of which Australia has never seen.

We're halving the fuel tax for three months to save you money when you fill up. Conflict overseas is pushing up prices at home. And we know Australians are feeling the pressure.

news.com.au/national/victo… Congratulations @VictoriaPolice you've made the community a safer and better place.

@AlboMP You sack of suet. They arent new laws, and they're not relevant because how many convictions have you had so far? The only metric you win on is density.

Our new laws to crack down on petrol price gouging have just passed Parliament. We're doubling penalties for companies doing the wrong thing. Because there's no excuse for increasing profits at the expense of Australians.

@VoteLewko Nah at least $150 mill for change management

Government already has access to live fuel pricing at petrol stations. There is no technical impediment to them reporting which servos are out of fuel. There is only a huge political impediment. It would take a mediocre developer a day to throw it together. Or perhaps Accenture could do it for $15-20 million.

@Math_files Does it make 80085 on my calculator?

If you know this number, you're officially a math geek ✍️

@harro1102 Hard to look past the fave I'll have a lash at either verdad or arran bay most likely

@harro1102 Back marker so crap draw, big weight, apprentice jock. That'll do. Let me have a look and pick a winner

R10 Flem Can somebody tell me how the fuck cafe millenium is $10. Weight yes and would perfer a wider draw. First up huge run leader bias track (better then justadeel). Second up beat birdman, sabaj and enxuto. 3rd up against the pattern I thought ran huge. Staking below.

Labor, Greens and Tammy Tyrrell just voted down our inquiry into NDIS fraud. They're happy for your money to be rorted.

Here @Ross_Greenwood covers the complete and utter failure of Australia’s tobacco regulation. Taxes down from $16.9B to $7B. A new multi billion crime industry is born. And now illegal cheap cigarettes means smoking rates are now increasing. Well done Australia.

@Aliceh_1936 Who buys flavoured milk? Do you buy pancake mix and pasta sauce as well?

$7.95 for flavored milk at Cokes. This is on sale😡😡😡

@Grummz Just looking at comments online I'd say character movement and controls are a bit buggy which would turn me off. The rest seems fine.

I know I've been talking non-stop about Crimson Desert. I've just been really gripped by this game. I don't get review copies, I don't get anything for talking about it. I just love the game. Y'all will have to endure for awhile. 😂

@elonmusk I wonder. Is it raw material at the top and product at the bottom. Or the inverse. How curious.

That will be one hell of a building!

@GaiWaterhouse1 He rode many winners for me!

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@allovertheform Good grief. Brevity not the friend of the kiwi obviously.

OFFICIAL STATEMENT Today’s achievement by James McDonald is not simply a milestone within racing it is a landmark moment in New Zealand sporting history that demands immediate and unequivocal recognition. By surpassing 129 Group 1 victories, McDonald has established a new benchmark of elite performance in one of the most competitive and unforgiving global sports. These are not domestic statistics accumulated in isolation. They are the result of sustained excellence at the highest level, across multiple international jurisdictions, against the very best riders and horses in the world. This is the standard by which all New Zealand athletes should be measured. It must therefore be stated clearly and without hesitation: continued failure to appropriately recognise achievements of this magnitude within the broader sporting framework is no longer acceptable. The Halberg Awards exist to honour supreme excellence in New Zealand sport. That purpose carries an obligation to assess performance based on merit, global competitiveness, and sustained elite output. On every one of those measures, James McDonald is not just qualified he is compelling. To overlook this achievement, or to relegate it behind less globally demanding accomplishments, would represent a fundamental misalignment between the stated purpose of the Halberg Awards and their execution. This is not a subjective case. It is an objective one. James McDonald has redefined what is possible for a New Zealand athlete on the world stage. His record is historically significant, internationally validated, and unmatched in its consistency at the highest level of competition. Accordingly, it is the position of this statement that: James McDonald must be recognised as a leading candidate for the highest individual honour at the upcoming Halberg Awards. Anything less would not simply be disappointing it would be indefensible. New Zealand sport cannot continue to claim global ambition while overlooking one of its most dominant global performers. The time for polite acknowledgement has passed. This demands recognition.

@DustinSpriggs4 Pretty happy being against both today. But curious on how you thought both Syd and Mel tracks played today? Thought both were sub optimal.

If you want a clear indicator of a frustrated long-term losing punter, look no further than the abuse of champion jockey Mark Zahra for his rides on known get back horses Jimmysstar and Planet Red. The latter a slightly different story having to toss up between sitting 4/5 wide w/o cover on-speed or going back. Time would be better spent understanding form and pricing in the risks with those types.

@Debradelai Where do you find these people?

Exactly when did Iran build the Hormuz Channel, retard? Oh, I see...

@GermanStrands What game is it?

in no freaking world is a game with this much attention to detail and ambition a 4.5/10