disgusting NIMBYism 😡
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Construction underway on seniors public housing in Sydney's south-west, despite local opposition - ABC News

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-13/public-housing-for-seniors-in-riverwood-hardwicke-and-munmurra/106638656

$1.5b Trump Tower deal on Gold Coast scrapped, developer says - ABC News

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-13/trump-tower-gold-coast-plans-scrapped/106673096

This year 171 Starlinks have reentered injecting >5t of aluminum oxide into our atmosphere which is ~33% more Al₂O₃ added to our atmosphere than from meteorites. That number is projected to increase to 640%! "It adds up to a giant uncontrolled experiment in atmospheric chemistry. Researchers already know that aluminum oxides can destroy ozone in a complex series of steps involving Al₂O₃, HCl, AlCl₃, sunlight, Cl, & O₃. Other side-effects may reveal themselves in time."

https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=28&month=04&year=2026

Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. At 15 he became a foundational member of Creative Commons. He was working on precursors to markdown at 16.

We should not be locking young people out of our communities and keeping them away from digital tools that can open doors for them, expand their knowledge, sharpen their skills, and help them grow into well-rounded adults.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fantafanta/116554251796800503

News update: As our story published, xAI quietly changed its contact address again, to another address in Estonia.

I'm taking bets on whether, this time, their "office" is for real.

This evening has had a sad surprise for me.

Now, I am calling for #openSUSE to revert the recently imposed project-wide ban on young people:

https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6PU6JU2IGKDANYNN3KIXDR2UQSVP6JI2/

(Update: Thanks for the overwhelming reactions! Please also consider https://toot.teckids.org/@nik/116550879189375534 .)