Yeah, clear view of the head which was a “that looks just the photos” moment. A cross check of Australian falcons when I got home just to be sure.
I’m sure experienced bird watchers can recognise more subtle features but I was fortunate to see one up close.
Telegraph newspaper editorial on Mandelson's appointment in December 2024 versus editorial today
Almost anywhere but not often? Not sure I’ve seen one near my home before.
It passed within 10 metres which made the identification easy (and a pleasant surprise).
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The AI slopaganda videos on fuel production have come to Australia....check out Leo's thread
Just saw a peregrine falcon while walking down the street which makes a change from the usual peak hour sights.
How’s his liberalism going? Has he done any good liberalling lately?
I heard from a mate in the auto industry that one of the electric car companies hired the expert in Australian conditions suspension to nail that.
How’s moderate* Tim Wilson going? Has he done any moderating lately?
Regarding the article, “do your own research” can be bad but steadfastly refusing to do any research whatsoever is also bad.
1977: Edward Teller, father of the hydrogen bomb, addresses the Queensland Parliament. His visit was sponsored by Gina Rinehart’s father, Lang Hancock, who wanted to use nuclear explosives to extract iron ore and create a new Pilbara harbour to accommodate massive ore ships
How’s defending western civilisation going?
Here we go again - an investigation.
Israeli army investigates soldier seen striking Jesus statue in Lebanon.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Yeah, all those crypto bets.
Remember the good old days when crypto was for speculation, drugs and blackmail?
All federal wind power R&D at the Department of Energy is $0.137 billion. So the government is paying 7x the amount it spends on all wind power R&D just for a fee to kill one wind project. Seems bad.
This war seems even more stupid, and recycling 2003 cheerleading thus seems tired.
I particularly liked the US had to bomb Iran as Israel was going to bomb anyway. We need more of that quality.
winning of tired
Oh damn typos. Oh well - the joys of soc med.
I wonder what this implies about where we are at.
Must be a slow news day if this is getting mistaken for a meteor. It’s a plane.
These looks aircraft contrails.
Channel 9 should have contacted an astronomer.
An unfortunate consequence of people becoming more aware of space junk is people (who presumably don’t look at the sky much) posting contrails on social media believing they’re seeing space junk or meteors.
'A campaign group that attacked Labor, the Greens & teal independent candidates at the last federal election was almost entirely funded by a coal industry lobby group, analysis of political disclosures reveals'.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Like a real one?
He must be very upset they’re taking his gravy train away.
Australian headline: Hungary's stand against the woke-imperialists of Europe just got weaker
Who works (worked?) for an Orban sponsored think tank?
I seriously wonder if getting cops out of black (or may as well be black) into blue would improve police attitudes around use of force.
Dressing for the occasion basically.
“That suggests there is far more to people’s decision-making than the price of public transport: whether people have access to it, whether people can make a trip reasonably from their origin to the destination that they used to make via car.”
Has the number of anti-ev articles in Australian media increased during the war? It seems like it but I could be wrong.
I think there was official neutrality but some modest cooperation with the allies during WW2 such as allowing the passage of aircraft and sharing weather information.