This piece seems confused to me: conflates gravity and magnetics throughout, fails to notice that a submerged submarine exhibits no net gravity anomaly (at neutral buoyancy, its mass is exactly matched by the water it displaces). What am I missing here?
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But wait, wasn't the Iranian navy wiped out?
ATO asked to comment on the line from 2019 that oil and gas were "systemic non-payers of tax".
The ATO repeats the line that oil and gas were among the small number of firms that they said in 2019 were "systemic non payers"
So yeah. They said it. Fact check that, Shell Oil
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Might not know this was Bjelke-Petersen government policy in Queensland in the early 1980s, to 'protect' red deer, which Petersen and mates liked to hunt.
This is your Victorian Labor political party's policy provenance.
David Pocock calls for complete ban on gambling advertising, slamming 'vested interests' and Labor's half measures www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
Double-eyed Fig Parrots have the most beautiful red, turquoise & blue feathers around their eyes, striking against that impressive green! #drawing #bird #parrot #illustration
Oh.
There's also some nice bits of ice, 3D printed.
Detail from Elíasson's 'Cars in Rivers' ... the red Landrover.
Ólafur Elíasson's 'Cars in Rivers', a collection of 35 photos of cars stuck in rivers, all in Iceland. An old red Landrover, person standing on bonnet, is the best
Ólafur Elíasson 'Cars in rivers', 2009, is currently at GOMA.
New to me. I've used one or two non-approved apps, mapping applications. People, especially enthusiasts, have their reasons for not jumping hoops. Why should Google be permitted to run a closed shop.
Presumably this is really about blocking those US ICE tracking apps?
But the US has now reportedly 'interdicted' the tanker Tifani on the high seas far from Iran:
More. Note that this is a wildly pro-US pro-Israel group.
Not piracy?
Surely breaches Australian consumer law. Unreasonable restraint of trade? ACCC?
Wot.
Susan McDonald up now talking about how glorious gas is - including the fact it "put bubbles in your drinks" (a *direct quote*)
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Frightening!
Zhuhai (pronounced ~ 'Jew-high') is a pleasant Chinese coastal city on the western side of the Pearl River between Hong Kong and Macau. It's not a military port.
What chemicals might be 'dual use for ballistic missiles', dunno. Perchlorate rocket propellant? What is the other use?
'Seized'! At last report before the transponder failed it was drifting east at 1.2 kt, bow pointed NW, about 40k off the far SE coast of Iran. If the Yanks don't find a tow soon, it'll likely run aground somewhere on the south coast of Pakistan.
But hey, carrying 'dual use chemicals', from Zhuhai!
A woman in a hijab and young boy are looking at a display case with a sign saying "NETANYAHU'S GAZA MODEL" above a scale model of a bombed and broken city. A sign saying "COMING SOON!" is sticking out the rubble. The woman is saying "It looks like his vision for South Lebanon is based on something he made earlier"
ICYMI- yesterday's cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com
"By the time Minns reached the premiership, leading pro-Israel organisations were publicly hailing him as a 'strong friend.' Not a sympathiser. Not a useful contact. A reliable asset"
Following Minns ignoring the court's ruling, worth re-upping this. #nswpol
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U.S. naval operations against Iran have expanded beyond the Middle East, as U.S. forces on Tuesday seized a tanker ship suspected of smuggling oil in the Indian Ocean and escorted at least one other vessel off India’s western coast, officials said.
Those are the tip of it; the bit we see.
Straightforwardly crooks, yet they continue to pretend integrity, and are believed!
Whatever this tool's actual merits, if any, the PR effort has been magnificent, and is still running.
(Since someone I know wrote a thesis on machine detection of (specific language) software vulnerabilities, maybe am less sceptical here than some.)
Groomed, captured, deployed. How the Israel lobby runs Chris Minns
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'It's ok to rig electoral boundaries if a (small) majority of voters say it's ok.'
Failed democracy, much?
(Was this ever a democracy?)
They're celebrating sacking of the independent electoral commission in Virginia; replacement with (Democratic Party) political influence!
U. S. A.