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The cost of doing business:
Sydney developer who illegally cut down native trees lodges plan for $10m mansion

"Property developer Amir Abu Abara illegally cut down hundreds of native trees to build a $3 million mansion in Sydney."

The new development application includes "features the same tenpin bowling alley, indoor basketball court, gym with a sauna, infinity pool, movie theatre, prayer room, man-cave, library, and an underground car park with six car spaces."

"An environmental report found Mr Abara's property was situated on environmentally-sensitive land and home to threatened species like koalas and the powerful owl."

"The way this has happened will lead to this becoming an acceptable business model." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-01/developer-amir-abu-abara-trees-cut-down-sydney-mansion/106515314
#biodiversity #wildlife #trees #NSW #McMansion #OpEx #BusinessAsUsual #cars #housing

Developer who illegally cut down trees lodges plan for $10m mansion

A property developer who illegally cut down hundreds of native trees has lodged a new plan to build a lavish $10 million, six-bedroom mansion in Sydney's south.

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Amans Mar 17

@freakonometrics ah merci Chloé, limpide ce diagramme !

Bon le #BusinessAsUsual est en réalité un sacré paquet de #déni d'une part et de figement #trauma d'autre part - et on a besoin du bail psychosocial je crois pour en sortir - mais un peu de lucidité factuelle ne nuit pas, et l'ironie (du sort) doit en tout cas être traversée

Wen Mar 8

Never remember, always forget. The US way. At least Bush attempted to deliver in his very limited way.

http://archive.today/2026.03.07-134322/https://www.thetimes.com/world/middle-east/article/paul-bremer-iraq-emails-diplomat-2fwd70g8j

#Iraq #Diary #USA #Cockup #BusinessAsUsual #Iran #Venezuela #Bremner #Bush #Trump #Torture #War

50+ Music Feb 16

"Who Can It Be Now?" is a song by Australian band #MenAtWork. It was released in Australia in 1981, prior to the recording of their 1981 debut album #BusinessAsUsual, on which the track was later included as its opening track. "Who Can It Be Now?" reached No. 2 on the Australian singles chart in August that year, and was awarded a gold disc for sales of over 50,000 copies in Australia. The song also hit No. 45 in New Zealand. Released in Canada in early 1982.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SECVGN4Bsgg

Men At Work - Who Can It Be Now? (Official Video)

Men At Work's official music video for 'Who Can It Be Now'. Click to listen to Men At Work on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/MenAtWorkSpotify?I...As featured on...

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Solar🌄Garden Feb 11

This article is so well written and _so_ to the point, I've just come back here to re-post it. Boost, especially if you live in the UK.

originally via @markhburton

https://northwestbylines.co.uk/environment/climate-change/psychology-climate-crisis/?fsp_sid=2201

#goodReads #collapse #climateBreakdown #gaslighting #businessAsUsual #boiledFrogs #citizenJournalism

The psychology of collapse and the solution, why the UK climate crisis feels ‘normal’ now

Last in our series: politicians normalise disaster, people develop crisis fatigue – the solution: climate resilience that actually works

North West Bylines | Powerful Citizen Journalism

N-gated Hacker News Jan 17

🎉 Breaking news: #ClickHouse swallows #Langfuse whole! 🤯 Don't worry, dear user, absolutely nothing will change... except everything. Welcome to the magical world where acquisitions mean "business as usual" and your roadmap is still shrouded in ✨ corporate mystery ✨.
https://langfuse.com/blog/joining-clickhouse #Acquisition #BusinessAsUsual #CorporateMystery #DataNews #HackerNews #ngated