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Ferdi Magellan 11h ago

Chris Hall Apr 10

Do Indigenous Australians get good deals from mining companies that extract rare earth minerals on their lands?

As Professor Park explains, we don't really know because of a lack of transparency. "Co-benefit" agreements are opaque.

#AusPol #RareEarth #CriticalMinerals #Usyd #FirstNations

https://youtu.be/qYc9yOuUecM?si=SGGZsXHUlWharJR3&t=569

Critical Minerals and Rare Earth Mining Issues - Interview with Professor Susan Park

YouTube

Ferdi Magellan 11h ago

CheRosach 1d ago

By 2030, humanity will require the equivalent of two Earths to sustain its current consumption patterns, according to the Living Planet Report. This stark projection highlights the unsustainable path we are on, where our demands for resources far exceed the planet’s capacity to regenerate them. The report emphasizes that human demands on natural resources have doubled in less than 50 years, creating a significant ecological overshoot.

Ferdi Magellan 11h ago

Felix Reda 12h ago

„I created a list of 19 ways that the Nazis pushed Jews out of society between 1933 and 1939, paving the way for the “Final Solution.” They banned Jewish people from schools and universities, from the civil service, and from the media. They made it illegal for them to participate in sports, kicked them out of the military, and denied them state funded health care.“

„By my count, Republicans today are attempting to achieve all 19 but attacking trans people instead.“

https://www.damemagazine.com/2025/04/29/why-i-am-leaving-the-usa/

Why I Am Leaving the USA - Dame Magazine

My family is fleeing the country. We are not doing this in a panic; this is an orderly retreat from an unwinnable situation. We are slowly but surely packing up and emptying out our house. Instead of planning summer vacation and planting flowers, we're tackling a mountain of overdue home repairs, painting, carpeting, and deep

Dame Magazine -

Ferdi Magellan 11h ago

Mark 11h ago

#DOGE Puts College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations

A #student with no #government experience who has yet to even complete his undergraduate degree is working for Elon #Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and has been tasked with using artificial intelligence to rewrite the agency’s rules and regulations.

https://web.archive.org/web/20250501083337/https://www.wired.com/story/doge-college-student-ai-rewrite-regulations-deregulation/#intcid=_wired-right-rail_cd7af7eb-664e-465d-af0b-d7df6bdd4486_popular4-2

#dictatorship #Trump #AgentOrange #AI #regulation #DictatorTrump

DOGE Put a College Student in Charge of Using AI to Rewrite Regulations

A DOGE operative has been tasked with using AI to propose rewrites to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s regulations—an effort sources are told will roll out across government.

WIRED

Ferdi Magellan 11h ago

Mark 11h ago

Final YouGov poll for #AusVotes2025 (2PP):
🟥 Labor 53%
🟦 LNP 47%

#AusVotes2025 #polls #auspol

https://au.yougov.com/elections/au/2025

YouGov Australian Federal election MRP poll

Australian MRP Poll predicting likely result for 2025 Australian Federal election for House of Representatives.

Ferdi Magellan 14h ago

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Matt H 14h ago

@camwilson I have seen several ads on Kayo spruiking candidates for seats that not just not mine, but also not even in my fucking state. So that was money well spent by them.

Ferdi Magellan 14h ago

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Dave Rahardja 16h ago

It’s incredible that a lot of what we call modern living standards in the US absolutely depend on communal enforcement of standards and a pooling of funds to provide public goods and services. The Interstate system and state and local highways. The national air traffic system. GPS. Radio tech, including cellular, Bluetooth, WiFi.

Government-run organizations like OSHA, NTSB, and NHTSA keep us safe at a *fraction* of the cost it would take for everyone to lobby for their own improvements.

Public goods like local parks, national parks, beaches, and public town squares allow us to relax and live with dignity. They are all paid using pooled funds, and by keeping property away from capitalists’ hands.

There are *so many services* the government provides that make life safer, cheaper, and more efficient for everyone. And a typical USian views them all with utter disdain.

Ferdi Magellan 14h ago

On This Day In History 14h ago

Today in 1707, 318 years ago: The Act of Union joining England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain takes effect.

#OnThisDay

Ferdi Magellan 14h ago

Matthew Haughey 1d ago

Sometimes you see an image so striking that you have to state plainly that there are concentration camps inside the US with kidnapped people in them suffering