Leinster, western Australia
Stefan
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Sparky living the quite life in Perth western Australia, hubby to awesome Wifie, quiet observer, geek, motorcycles are my therapy, am a big softie for air-cooled VW's.
Jeff JarvisThe good news is that nobody's going to be scheduling a damned Teams call today.
Well fancy this. The Gutenberg Parenthesis is a finalist for a PROSE Award (Association of American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence).
Facebook's divorce from news continues: Dead news tab; no new deals for "traditional news;" no products made for publishers. Moral to this story: Be careful what you lobby for, publishers. You attacked Facebook on every front. What did you expect? Hugs?
https://about.fb.com/news/2024/02/update-on-facebook-news-us-australia/
https://about.fb.com/news/2024/02/update-on-facebook-news-us-australia/
The Conversation AU + NZPilger inspired many with his willingness to critique the damaging effects on ordinary people’s lives of capitalism and Western countries’ foreign policies. But he also provoked global controversy.
https://theconversation.com/the-world-has-lost-a-dissenting-voice-australian-journalist-john-pilger-has-died-age-84-220418?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1704080057
https://theconversation.com/the-world-has-lost-a-dissenting-voice-australian-journalist-john-pilger-has-died-age-84-220418?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1704080057
The world has lost a dissenting voice: Australian journalist John Pilger has died, age 84
Pilger inspired many with his willingness to critique the damaging effects on ordinary people’s lives of capitalism and Western countries’ foreign policies. But he also provoked global controversy.
The Optus chief will face some tough questions about the company’s poor handling of last week’s catastrophic network outage when she appears before a Senate inquiry.
https://theconversation.com/the-optus-outage-shows-us-the-perils-of-having-vital-networks-in-private-hands-217660?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1700021561
https://theconversation.com/the-optus-outage-shows-us-the-perils-of-having-vital-networks-in-private-hands-217660?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1700021561
The Australian government has at last produced a serious plan to control an introduced predator that is a big reason this country has one of the world’s worst records for species extinctions.
https://theconversation.com/10-year-feral-cat-plan-brings-us-a-step-closer-to-properly-protecting-endangered-wildlife-212976?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1694158013
https://theconversation.com/10-year-feral-cat-plan-brings-us-a-step-closer-to-properly-protecting-endangered-wildlife-212976?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1694158013
South-west Australia relies on groundwater for three-quarters of its water use.
But a new study of the region’s caves by @StacePriestley + colleagues has found a drying climate is having a dramatic impact on this precious resource.
@CSIRO @UNSW @ANSTO
https://t.co/ayoECdTjro
Dan GillmorIf you're thinking of using Facebook/Instagram's Twitter clone, here's a reminder of just how invasive it will be of your privacy:
h/t @nelson
@mttvll hey mate, been using Fenix for ages. So sad to see what has happened. Thanks for a great app and look forward to your next adventure 👍