zero_gravitas

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Reddit launches high court challenge to Australia’s under-16s social media ban (www.theguardian.com)
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Demand for water cannot be an 'afterthought' in AI push (www.abc.net.au)
 

In short:

Australia has more than 250 data centres and more in the pipeline, prompting experts to warn against using drinking water to cool servers.

It comes after the Commonwealth announced its National AI Plan after a two-year consultation period.

One water authority is already exploring the use of recycled waste water for data centres.

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Barnaby Joyce joins One Nation as sitting MP with promise of future Senate ticket (www.theguardian.com)
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Today in History - November 30: Australia's most popular movie genre banned (www.9news.com.au)
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Massive industrial fire in Sydney's west could burn for days, explosions felt kilometres away (www.9news.com.au)
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Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle (www.theguardian.com)
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'Lions of Zion' group event celebrating Israel's pager attacks condemned (www.sbs.com.au)
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Australia is bringing in ‘world first’ minimum pay for food delivery drivers – here’s how it will work (www.theguardian.com)
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First catastrophic fire warning in two years triggers NSW school closures (www.abc.net.au)
 

In short:

The NSW Department of Education is closing 25 schools across the state ahead of dangerous fire conditions forecast for Wednesday.

A total fire ban is in place across the 11 districts where an extreme or catastrophic fire danger rating has been issued.

What's next?

The RFS is asking people in affected areas to remain vigilant and report fires immediately.

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Neo-Nazi's bank accounts frozen as private sector moves to cut off group's funding pipeline (www.abc.net.au)
 

In short:

An Australian bank has frozen the accounts of a prominent Neo-Nazi leader, while a US-based technology firm has blocked the group's attempts to solicit donations online.

The nation's corporate watchdog has also revoked the group's proposed company name, "White Australia".

Despite these actions, the Neo-Nazi organisation claims it has collected 1,495 of the 1,500 signatures required to register as a federal political party.

Ex Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating's daughter Kathrine Keating linked to Epstein in emails. in c/news@aussie.zone
[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Anyone else find it odd that this article doesn't contain the word 'Trump' even once?

Ex Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating's daughter Kathrine Keating linked to Epstein in emails. in c/news@aussie.zone
[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Full text, to save you giving Murdoch the clicks.

I appreciate it! Archive link as another option: https://archive.is/vRG0P

formally unknown

Whether Epstein was “well” or not in October 2011 is not known but what is is that the world knew who he was a sex offender.

Good grief! I guess news.com.au fired all the sub-editors?

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Mark Speakman stands down as leader of NSW Liberals with Kellie Sloane expected to replace him (www.theguardian.com)
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CSIRO to cut up to 350 research jobs in major overhaul (www.abc.net.au)
 

In short:

The CSIRO will slash up to 350 full-time equivalent jobs to address rising costs.

It comes on top of more than 800 positions being slashed in the past 18 months.

What's next?

The job losses will come from across the country, with no details about what positions are at risk.

Cloudflare apologises for outage which took down Aussie.Zone in c/news@aussie.zone
[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nobody should ever apologise for taking down X and ChatGPT 😆

Good chance of aurora tonight, as two-year peak solar activity nears its end in c/australia@aussie.zone
[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Damn! Hopefully you'll have more luck tonight!

‘Less like Monopoly, more like Lego’: Labor’s plan to scrap lock-in contracts in c/australia@aussie.zone
[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Just put 'archive.is/' at the front of the URL to de-paywall it. Works with most major news sites.

https://archive.is/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/less-like-monopoly-more-like-lego-labor-s-plan-to-scrap-lock-in-contracts-20250915-p5mv19.html

Israel top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of soldiers’ abuse in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 12 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Take a look around here: https://bdsmovement.net/

Warning over deadly virus after bat bites Pilbara woman in c/australia@aussie.zone
[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 12 points 1 month ago

It's a reference to this comedy sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM

And dockedatthewrongworf was playing along with the next line in the sketch.

Warning over deadly virus after bat bites Pilbara woman in c/australia@aussie.zone
[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 7 points 1 month ago

Incurable once you're symptomatic, and, to be totally clear for anyone not aware, invariably fatal. It's a horrible death, too. Also, the incubation period can be anywhere from a few weeks to two years.

The ABC article could have benefited from making that clearer. It calls the virus 'deadly', but doesn't impress upon the reader just how deadly.

Warning over deadly virus after bat bites Pilbara woman in c/australia@aussie.zone
[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago

You shouldn't touch any wildlife if you can avoid it, but especially not bats!

Tensions erupt in Melbourne as immigration rallies held across Australia in c/news@aussie.zone
[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 12 points 1 month ago (3 children)

There's no need for a 'hmmm...', those shitheads are open, Hitler-heiling Nazis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_Network

Miles Herbert: Watching from Australia while Donald Trump targets my home of Chicago with armed troops prompts deep questions in c/australia@aussie.zone
[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Only a suggestion, but perhaps more suitable for !worldnews@aussie.zone

Pocock reinvited to parliamentary sports club after PM weighs in [after being kicked out for criticising their gambling sponsor] in c/australia@aussie.zone
[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 12 points 2 months ago

Whether Pocock, individually, is in or out is pretty irrelevant to ordinary Australians, yeah, and there's probably a bit too much of the word count spent on that aspect. However, that MPs' leisure activities are being funded by the gambling lobby and other corporates does seem worth public scrutiny.

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