Bessie Coleman was an American civil aviator and the first African-American woman to earn an international pilot's license.
www.womenshistory.org/education-re...

CATL claims 6-minute charge and 1,500km range for new electric vehicle batteries Chinese group also slashes charging time in race against BYD for electric vehicle battery supremacy

1500km charge in 6 minutes!! “The boundaries of electrochemistry are still far from being reached, and the possibilities of materials science are still far from being exhausted" - Robin Zeng, CATL founder

Still think its all subsidies & copycat & no science or innovation?
www.ft.com/content/1773...

Meanwhile in Australia, LNP look to bury electrical engines. This would speed up the madness of living in the past to shut Gina up.

Queensland is debating new ‘adult crime, adult time’ laws. How will they work – and who do they disadvantage? Under the proposed legislation, police powers are expanded while children convicted of some offences are subject to the same sentences as adults

Redneck Laws in the Redneck House.
#CrimesAgainstChildren should result in punishment of those that enact racist and class based failed legislation, to a State.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

What went wrong in Israel? A genocide scholar examines ‘what Zionism became’ In his new book, Omer Bartov tracks how a liberatory strand of Zionism transformed into an extremist ideology that he sees as responsible for genocide in Gaza

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Some things just have to be done.

Oysters and garlic bread on plate with glass of water to the left , another plate of garlic bread mid table rear, larger plate right middle with oysters on a bed of sea salt and in background is the view of the Pacific Ocean through windows and a fenced cyclone gate. Pacific Hotel, Yamba.

Plate of steak and chips with veges. Behind is a glass of water on the wooden table with view of the Pacific Ocean in the background. Pacific Hotel Yamba.

View on Yamba Hill overlooking green ocean with gentle waves and a large pine tree on edge of the reserve before drops down to Yamba Beach It’s a beautiful blue sky with build up of thunder clouds mid distance of the pic.

Not a bad lunch.

Iran War Pushes Asia to Think Twice Before Doubling Down on LNG A record wave of new liquefied natural gas supply was meant to usher in a prolonged period of lower prices. Governments from India to Southeast Asia crafted energy strategies that would allow them to ...

“Gas’s reputation as a reliable and affordable energy source has taken a serious hit, and plans for its speedy adoption in Asia’s developing nations have been derailed”
This + storage + electrification = possibly the biggest energy story of the decade

Australia’s depending on AUKUS Virginia-class subs. The US says they’re not its priority Vice Admiral Robert Gaucher, appointed to lift lagging submarine production, acknowledged the construction rate was “still not where it needs to be” to meet AUKUS commitments.

this story is paywalled, but the gist is the US authorities are talking up delivering the Virginia class submarines with no real mechanisms to do so - it's a bit pissy and windy, as you'd expect...
www.smh.com.au/world/north-...

a man with white hair is saying i feel like i 'm taking crazy pills ALT: a man with white hair is saying i feel like i 'm taking crazy pills

So my co worker was telling us a story about how ChatGPT sent him to a business that was closed and he got mad at it for wasting his time and petrol and that he hasn’t spoken to ChatGPT in 3 days to punish it and you want me to process this as normal behavior? LIKE WTF.

Jfc

How will humans survive!! MF!

Picture taken on open window seat to a cafe for breakfast. Overlooking a white bench with other white tables on footpath. Opposite side is a thick bush and tree with a small road dividing.

Breakfast feels

People have started siphoning fuel from people’s fuel tanks at night in our sleeping country town. Hard times for many already, and sure to get worse given the mess the US gov has created.

Why not tax gas at 78%, like Norway?

Outrage over Israeli soldier's vandalism of Jesus statue in Lebanon The Israeli military says it views with "great severity" the actions of the soldier, as the US ambassador demands "swift" consequences.

BBC outraged over a fucken statue.
Not the genocide of a nation.
Why, oh christian.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Pauline Hanson can’t run a chook raffle let alone a political party.
Wake the fuck up Australia

I know what is implies to me about private school students

RFK was caught lying again.

About wanting to re-parent black children.

The US has the worst Health Secretary to go with the worst health care system...

www.msn.com/en-au/news/o...

Hopefully he’ll see the seven apocalypse whatever it is and we move on/

Somalia has confirmed its strong rejection of Israel’s decision to appoint a diplomatic mission in the Somaliland region, describing the move as a clear violation of the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260420-som...

Labor secretary leaves Trump's cabinet after abuse of power allegations The Labor secretary's departure was announced by a White House aide on Monday, local time.

Curious what Trump's three sacked Cabinet Secretaries have in common....

Noem, Bondi and Chavez-DeRemer were undoubtedly heinous and beyond incompetent....but were they really worse than Hegseth, Kennedy or Patel?

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

The patriarchy is strong in this one.

Why is the fact that she's a private school girl relevant in any way?

Getting a car out the door, service, detailing, odd repairs has literally taken me all day so far and that’s without getting the various work days started for finishing it ready for sale and handover.
Where’s my admin!!!!!!
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Eight children in Shreveport. Ages 3 to 11. Seven killed by their own father, who also shot their mother.

This is what domestic violence looks like when the abuser has a gun. DC refuses to act.

If elected to Congress, I'll treat this like the emergency it is. #mepolitics

The DOJ is now 122 days overdue to release the Epstein files.

The oldest known image of Keith Richards, published around 1140 AD ...

Federal agents detain wife of another US army member: ‘ICE is out of control’ Jose Serrano, a sergeant, said Deisy Rivera Ortega, his wife, was arrested at an immigration appointment

A US army sergeant with 27 years of military service – including deployment to Afghanistan – has said that federal immigration agents recently arrested his wife during an appointment at an El Paso, Texas, immigration office.

Most horrific news I can remember hearing for young people in what should never be a thing.
I can’t believe it’s been that long. It still feels far more recent than that.
Spirit & Strength to all who have suffered as a result.
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