@Gupperduck

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Heads up: I often disappear down rabbit holes, generally post unlisted but boost a lot.

This is generally my commonplace book.
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Politics: Mute the words; examine the actions.
Remember: Also read that with which you disagree.
Admire: Joseph Bindle.
Interests: ideas, flows, patterns, science...

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Gupperduck8h ago

Two mates, one chair: How Fletcher and Lachie create their own kind of accessible travel - ABC News

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-13/two-mates-one-chair-paraplegia-wheelchair-accessible-travel/106791490

> Best friends Lachie and Fletcher have nailed the art of ignoring what people think, travelling the world as Two Mates, 1 Chair.

They know it looks unusual, but these mates are 'piggybacking the world'

Best friends Lachie and Fletcher have nailed the art of ignoring what people think, travelling the world as Two Mates, 1 Chair.

Gupperduck17h ago

"Heritage trades like locksmiths, lead-lighting, struggling to attract apprentices" - ABC News

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-13/rare-trades-locksmiths-stained-glass-in-decline/106510440

> A shortage of locksmiths in Australia persists despite government-funded incentives. The nation's changing labour landscape has meant some specialist trades are not being chosen by apprentices.

As work modernises in Australia, some rare trades are in decline

A shortage of locksmiths in Australia persists despite government-funded incentives. The nation's changing labour landscape has meant some specialist trades are not being chosen by apprentices.

Gupperduck17h ago

"Family creates bespoke 'university of life' campus for daughter Lillian, an NDIS participant" - ABC News

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-13/family-builds-university-of-life-for-daughter-on-ndis/106719662

> When Lillian Rowsell was in her final year of school and unable to continue formal education, her parents found a creative solution.

Parents create 'university of life' for non-verbal daughter

When Lillian Rowsell was in her final year of school and unable to continue formal education, her parents found a creative solution.

Gupperduck1d ago

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https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/decades-of-secrecy-to-end-with-parliament-house-lobbyists-unmasked-20260609-p605a8.html

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Political lobbyists and corporate representatives with privileged access to Parliament House will be publicly identified under a major overhaul of the parliamentary pass system, ending decades of secrecy around who can roam the building’s private corridors.

Bureaucrats and party representatives have been briefed on a package of reforms expected to be adopted over the next two years, including the creation of a public online register of …

#AusPol

Decades of secrecy to end with Parliament House lobbyists unmasked

A major overhaul of the parliamentary pass system will force the public disclosure of business representatives roaming private corridors.

The Sydney Morning Herald
Gupperduck2d ago
Andreas N. ⁂2d ago

Neues Einschlafritual mit Kind: ich zähle von Null leise los, er sagt Stopp, und ich erzähle dann, was in meinem Leben so los war als ich so alt war.

Das ist super verbindend, spannend, ich muss oft lange überlegen, was wann war, aber auch die Unterschiede zu seinem Aufwachsen kindgerecht zu erklären

#Fedieltern

Gupperduck5d ago

Can trees boost our creativity? My daily forest walks have changed how I write | Culture | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jun/08/can-trees-boost-creativity-forest-walks-changed-how-i-write

> Ideas come more quickly, my thoughts roam freely and I’m reminded I am not the main form of life on the planet

Can trees boost our creativity? My daily forest walks have changed how I write

Ideas come more quickly, my thoughts roam freely and I’m reminded I am not the main form of life on the planet

The Guardian
Gupperduck5d ago

NSW town of Wentworth sets vintage tractor record 70 years on from flood

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-08/town-saved-from-flooding-sets-vintage-tractor-record/106771030

… residents who refused to let it be swallowed by the rising Murray and Darling rivers.

An army of little grey tractors sprung into action, quickly establishing clay levee banks to fight back against the unprecedented water levels.

Climbing, scooping and shifting the earth, the tractors were used around the clock to patch and strengthen the town-saving infrastructure.
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Town saved from flooding 70 years ago sets vintage tractor record

A New South Wales town hosts a celebration of the "little grey" tractors that helped save it from flooding 70 years ago.

Show threadGupperduck6d ago

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Australians may well support the real objective, and the government should explain AUKUS in those terms. If we really want to go there, a good second-hand car works just as well as a new one.

Professor Clinton Fernandes is part of University of NSW’s Future Operations Research Group which analyses the threats, risks and opportunities that military forces will face in the future. He is a former intelligence officer in the Australian Army. His latest book is …

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… By the end of the next decade, there are expected to be 25 allied nuclear-powered attack submarines on permanent or rotational deployment in Fremantle, Guam and Hawaii. They give the US the potential, should President Donald Trump or his successors decide, to block and cripple China’s energy imports, which must pass through the choke point that is the Strait of Malacca after making the long transit across the Indian Ocean. …
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Gupperduck6d ago
"Let’s not pretend that new – or old – submarines are what AUKUS is really about"
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/let-s-not-pretend-that-new-or-old-submarines-are-what-aukus-is-really-about-20260605-p604ck.html
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We have committed at least $8 billion to upgrade wharves, maintenance facilities and logistics infrastructure near Fremantle to create Submarine Rotation Force-West. …, it is a forward-operational deployment of the US Navy, …, not a down payment on Australia getting its own … submarines. …The boats may never arrive, but SRF-W will remain as a forward-operational deployment of the US Navy
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Let’s not pretend that new – or old – submarines are what AUKUS is really about

Some say Australia’s new deal is akin to forfeiting a deposit on a new Renault to get a top-of-the-range Tesla, but receiving a second-hand model with 200,000 kilometres on the clock.

The Sydney Morning Herald