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A #Australian Senate committee has recommended the government & telecommunications industry accelerate the rollout of mobile phone services via the #Starlink network.

Musk famously secretly ordered #SpaceX engineers to switch off the Starlink satellite communications network near the coast of occupied #Crimea in order to thwart a #Ukrainian surprise attack on #Russia ‘s naval fleet, according to a report.

#AxisOfEvil #UScoup #auspol What could possibly go wrong?

abc.net.au/news/2025-02-26/sen

"One in five #Australian adults hold strong anti-Semitic beliefs, according to a surprising new poll."

"A survey carried out by the Anti-Defamation League found that 46 per cent of the world's adult population – an estimated 2.2 billion people – harbour 'deeply-entrenched anti-Semitic attitudes' – double the number a decade ago."
dailymail.co.uk/news/australia
#world
#Antisemitism
#Australia
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@uk
@australia
@histodons

Daily Mail · Shock new poll finds staggering number of Australians hold disturbing views about one of the darkest...By Max Aitchison
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“A parliamentary committee examining the impact of #SocialMedia on #Australian society has recommended users be given the power to alter, reset or turn off #algorithms, as well as be provided with greater #privacy protections but has stopped short of recommending a #ban on under-16s accessing social media.”

#labor / #Austech / #surveillance <theguardian.com/technology/202>

The Guardian · Australian parliamentary inquiry stops short of backing social media ban for under-16sBy Josh Taylor

#Australian #Architecture nerds, is there a name / period / phrase for this era / style of house construction - featuring heavy timber exposed frames, with round tree trunk log posts, and then usually sawn beams. These houses were nearly always a million shades of brown, and would have high sarking board ceilings. There's a lot of these for sale now, all painted white and attempting to be Modernist, despite the tension of trying to hide the truth to materials of the rustic construction.

For my special Halloween edition of Fish Friday, Fish of Nightmares.

First up, the Viper Fish. From the Guardian, "The charismatic Viperfish ; Deep-sea viperfish have fangs so big they don’t fit inside their mouth, but they interlock in front of their jaws forming an inescapable, glassy cage" says Yi-Kai Tea, a fish expert from the Australian Museum in Sydney.

You can tell the expert cited is #Australian as only an #Aussie would describe this monstrosity as "Charismatic".

Visit my Ebay store to keep me my cats and my 5 aquariums afloat. So to speak.

ebay.com/usr/crystal_fish_cave #FishFriday #aquarium #crafts #handmade #fedigiftshop #pets

An #Australian state police chief apologized to the #Jewish community on Saturday after a sergeant allegedly performed an outlawed #Nazi salute.
The 65-year-old instructor on #DomesticViolence policy and law at the #Victoria state police academy in #Melbourne is facing charges for the gesture & for praising Nazi leader #AdolfHitler with the words, “#HeilHitler” on Tuesday and Wednesday in front of academy staff and recruits, Police Chief Commissioner #ShanePatton said.

ctvnews.ca/world/an-australian

CTVNews · An Australian police sergeant likely to be charged over a Nazi saluteAn Australian state police chief apologized to the Jewish community on Saturday after a sergeant allegedly performed an outlawed Nazi salute.