Grass roots.
My @smh cartoon.

I've also now seen the video of the aftermath where the woman's wife, who was in the car with her when she was shot, was wailing and crying and asking for help as in the background ICE agents prevent a doctor from trying to help the shot woman. I am incandescent with rage.

@mhdksafa for the record: cops aren't supposed to kill guilty people either (from 2023)

This figure illustrates molecules and minerals discovered in samples of near-Earth asteroid Bennu, which were delivered to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission in September 2023. The upper left panel depicts precursor molecules like ammonia and formaldehyde, while the upper right depicts salts and clays. These early ingredients mixed with water inside the parent body to undergo chemical reactions and synthesize organic molecules, shown at bottom. The lower right panel depicts nucleobases, the genetic components of DNA and RNA, while the lower left depicts amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. The Bennu samples contain all five of the nucleobases that are found in DNA and RNA, and 14 of the 20 amino acids that life uses to build proteins. Credit: NASA

Rock and dust samples brought back from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu contain organic matter, including amino acids and all five DNA and RNA nucleobases, according to two papers published in Nature Astronomy and Nature in January.
go.nature.com/40SlwfF
go.nature.com/3CC6ZLO
🔭 🧪

NSW firearm registry data shows that in Sydney there are more than 70 individuals who own more than 100 firearms, including one person who owns 385 guns. The register notes that this is not a collector or a dealer.

This chart shows complete failure.

Artificial intelligence and data centres Australia is building domestic capabilities in artificial intelligence. Home chevron_right Do business with Australia chevron_right Explore a sector chevron_right Technology chevron_right AI and data centres On this page Helping to power digital transformation Australian AI Industry Capability Report Why buy Australian AI Why invest in Australia Strategic location as a data centre hub Australia emerges as an AI powerhouse How we can help Success stories Incentives, grants and support Snapshot - Data centres Snapshot - Artificial Intelligence Strategic direction Industry and research ecosystem How Austrade can help Helping to power digital transformation Australia is becoming a regional data centre hub, and a global leader for artificial intelligence (AI). We are helping to power digital transformation in the Asia Pacific and the adoption of artificial intelligence technologies scross broad sectors. Our economy hosts an outsized AI industry, including over 1,100 private AI companies. Adoption of AI is strong across society, with over 400 public firms developing or deploying AI solutions. Our vibrant AI ecosystem and proximity to Asia means we are becoming a service provider for the region, with AI-related patents quadrupling over the past decade. Sydney and Melbourne are both top-ten data centre markets in the Asia-Pacific region. Australia’s abundance of renewable energy resources means we are a great location for regional, green data centres. This includes supplying Asia via subsea cables. Australia aims to become a global leader in developing and adopting trusted, secure and responsible artificial intelligence, led by the National Artificial Intelligence Centre. Australian AI Industry Capability Report Unlocking potential with Australian AI, an industry capability report on Australia’s capabilities and expertise in artificial intelligence, highlights the achievements of Australian companies in the growing sector. Austra…

HEY FRIENDS!! Did you know that Australia - #2 in the world for data centre investment - is now formally missing its climate targets thanks in large part to the resulting surge in power demand?

It's massive news - @crikey.com.au let me NERD OUT to explain why:

www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/04/d...

The second episode of my murder-story podcast is out. You could do worse things with half an hour of your Sunday, for sure. If you need me to name some examples I will do.

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills: the emails from Landon Thomas has his New York Times signature block...he was employed by NY Times at the time. He was communicating directly with Epstein about Trump, and was given incriminating information about Trump. It's been in NYT's possession since 2015

What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.

A view from Vann Newkirk of the sacrifice zones and climate migrations appearing now and likely to be more common by mid-century in America, ending with a vision of climate democracy as the countermovement to stem this tide.

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Price of poverty hurts us all, yet research reveals an easy fix In 2020, Australia massively increased welfare payments and conducted a live experiment in ending poverty, but when the subsidy was removed, many were thrown back into hardship. Leaving aside the mora...

Its's super-shitty that we don't just institute proper welfare because it's the right thing to do but truly nuts that we won't even do it despite knowing it benefits everybody to do so

He said fuck you nate bargatz

Fuck ICE

An actual crowd expert analysed drone footage after the march and calculated 225K in attendance based on a whole variety of factors that he analysed over many hours

Some senior cop stands up *during* the march, claiming it was "about 90,000"

And everyone everywhere prefers his word as gospel?

"AI" is IT from A Wrinkle in Time.
"Just give in," the AI pushers say. "We can all be together in this. You don't have to think."

Time to hold onto your inner Meg, friends.

oh this is sad. i loved this growing up

Victoria records highest number of arrests in 172 years as crime rate soars Victoria has recorded a significant rise in criminal activity over the past 12 months, up to March 2025. According to the latest data from the Crime Statistics Agency (CSA), 627,268 criminal offences ...

The crime rate doesn’t exist in a microcosm. It is directly related to the issue of poverty www.sbs.com.au/language/pun...

the skinny jeans are sending me

Fortunately I’m getting great at this “don’t believe what you see/hear with your own eyes/ears” caper 🙃

IDF: “Findings from an initial inquiry indicate that the IDF did not fire at civilians while they were near or within the humanitarian aid distribution site. Reports to this effect are false.”

Albanese surrounded by drought

“Look, I said when I was elected Prime Minister that I wanted the climate wars to end. They're pretty pointless, frankly.”

- PM Anthony Albanese, in SA to announce $57m in drought relief cash, one (1) business day after greenlighting a 45-year extension of Australia’s most polluting gas project.

I’ll just leave this here for your edification.

I find myself completely unable to function today. I’ve seen a child surrounded by the flames of what was her family home. Starving babies. Defeated, broken men. Women cradling their shrouded children. It’s too much. And yet I still have to hear ‘but Hamas..’ FUCK OFF. Israel is committing genocide

Could be important. Maybe we should look into this

thank you!

where can i buy it in Australia do you knoww???

When I die you'll find a USB stick with every episode of ITVs Press Gang (89-93)

Israel is keeping up its blockade of aid as kids starve to death As the total ban on any humanitarian aid entering Gaza stretches into its third month, doctors warn babies are starving in hospitals.

Never forget how many of those advising the ALP are patting themselves on the back for ensuring the govt did nothing in this.

“Not an issue/we made sure it hurt the Greens”

Those doing so are truly putrid. At best excusing murder, at worst cheering for it.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...