This is the first of mine to make it too 😊

The ongoing loss of life, starvation and human suffering in Gaza is unconscionable and I do not accept that Australia's influence is limited. I have written to the Prime Minister asking him to use the authority of his office in a stand against the actions of Israel. #gaza #auspol
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My parents live in Wannon and were disgusted by the attacks by the Libs on the independent running so are now planning on putting the Libs last.

I completely agree, their coverage has been excellent. I’ve also found the BBC’s Americast and The News Agent podcasts have had some excellent analysis.

Great first episode!

Donald Trump just publicly unveiled a plan alongside war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu to ethnically cleanse Gaza and turn it into a real estate opportunity. And what's our Prime Minister saying about that? Precisely nothing. Far out, we really are just laying out the red carpet for fascism. 🤯

My 2 kids both currently attend a Victorian secondary school and have studied both Wars in history. My son who completed Year 10 completed a semester on WWII last year.

Absolutely pathetic failure

Alexis Wright wins $60,000 Melbourne literature prize The Waanyi writer, who won the Miles Franklin award and Stella prize this year for her novel Praiseworthy, has been recognised for her body of work and contribution to Australian culture Alexis Wright has been awarded the $60,000 Melbourne prize for literature, capping off an extraordinary year in which she has won more than $200,000 in prize money after the publication of her epic novel, Praiseworthy. The Melbourne prize for literature, awarded every three years, recognises a Victorian writer whose “body of published work has made an outstanding contribution to Australian literature and to cultural and intellectual life”. Past winners include Christos Tsiolkas, Alison Lester and Helen Garner. Sign up for our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

Alexis Wright wins $60,000 Melbourne literature prize

So happy to see Margaret here 😊

But Musk’s influence is more brazen and expansive. There is little precedent for a civilian’s becoming the arbiter of a war between nations in such a granular way, or for the degree of dependency that the U.S. now has on Musk in a variety of fields, from the future of energy and transportation to the exploration of space. SpaceX is currently the sole means by which nasa transports crew from U.S. soil into space, a situation that will persist for at least another year. The government’s plan to move the auto industry toward electric cars requires increasing access to charging stations along America’s highways. But this rests on the actions of another Musk enterprise, Tesla. The automaker has seeded so much of the country with its proprietary charging stations that the Biden Administration relaxed an early push for a universal charging standard disliked by Musk. His stations are eligible for billions of dollars in subsidies, so long as Tesla makes them compatible with the other charging s

In the past twenty years, against a backdrop of crumbling infrastructure and declining trust in institutions, Musk has sought out business opportunities in crucial areas where, after decades of privatization, the state has receded. The government is now reliant on him, but struggles to respond to his risk-taking, brinkmanship, and caprice. Current and former officials from nasa, the DoD, DoT, FAA, and the OSHA told me that Musk’s influence had become inescapable in their work, and several of them said that they now treat him like a sort of unelected official. One Pentagon spokesman said that he was keeping Musk apprised of my inquiries about his role in Ukraine and would grant an interview with an official about the matter only with Musk’s permission. “We’ll talk to you if Elon wants us to,” he told me. In a podcast interview last year, Musk was asked whether he has more influence than the US govt. He replied "in some ways"

Musk’s power continues to grow. His takeover of Twitter, which he has rebranded “X,” gives him a critical forum for political discourse ahead of the next Presidential election. He recently launched an artificial-intelligence company, a move that follows years of involvement in the technology.

The Ronan Farrow article on Musk is legit terrifying https://archive.is/bbysz

Australia is having a lot of feelings! Welcome to First Dog on the Moon’s expert guide to the Worl... I am yelling at the television and jumping up and down. Whatever has become of me? Of us?

The World Cup - everyone is losing their minds and having a lovely time for just a moment. www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/1...