Here's how developers get their paws on prime public waterfront: NSW Crown Lands jacks up rent on Port Hacking Sailing Club by over 600%—from $660 to nearly $10k (then 'kindly' halves it to $5k).
Volunteer club open to all, no fancy bar or pokies, just community sailing since 1945. Can't afford it? Too bad, close down.
Next step: sell off the land to the "highest bidder" -behind close doors, with zero advertising. Public space, a gift for the rich, again. Solidarity with the club—keep fighting!

#ClassWar #protectpublicland #developers #greed #NSWpol

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-04/port-hacking-sailing-club-faces-closure-600-per-cent-rent-hike/106410064

- Australia's emissions continue to trend well above the trajectory towards the 2030 target of a 43% reduction (including unreliable land-use data)

- Albanese is 1 quarter away from matching Scott Morrison's tenure; fossil emissions have remained pretty much the same (this excludes land-use data)

My students experiencing physics at Melbourne's Luna Park today. A lot of fun has been had. #Physics

We are over a year into the Trump chaos, and European leaders are still playing Trump's game in The Oval Office, pretending to respect the most ridiculed president in US history.

When all of this is over, we should not only remember the lives lost, but also the leaders who legitimized the killer.

RE: https://aus.social/@Spoon/116167285752893783

This bludger is just one of Australia’s 48 billionaires whose wealth has grown by almost $600,000 for each day of 2025.

They own more wealth than the entire bottom 40 per cent of Australians put together.

From the comforts of his luxury yacht he is purchasing a voice to parliament.
#EatTheRich

Since 1950, no country has matched the U.S. in global military reach or frequency of intervention. From covert coups in Iran (1953) and Guatemala (1954) to long wars in Vietnam and Iraq, backing regime change from Chile to Nicaragua, and post-9/11 campaigns across the Middle East, Washington has repeatedly projected force without broad international authorization.
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Image: Project 2025 bound publication. Source: https://archive.org/details/2025-mandate-for-leadership-full_20240712

#iran #IranWar #history #histodons #blackmastodon

@jascha
"Scientists don't want you to know" usually translates to "Scientists want to tell the truth (or what they established as truth so far). But that doesn't sell my products/services/world view... so I'm making some shit up and hope you don't realize it."

Pale Flier

This soft‑focused image of an American goldfinch in midair is actually a photo bomb. I was focused on a different bird when this one slipped into the corner of the frame. The result feels like a pastel made of light and motion, a small burst of color drifting through the shot at just the right moment.

Step into a world where even the smallest moments—like the glint in a bird's eye—tell their own story.

https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #finch #americangoldfinch

@MercG @TheBreadmonkey People need to realise that clones are for life, not just for Christmas.

Maybe we need a charity for all the clones who end up discarded on the streets. I suggest calling it "Home a Clone". The charity's ambassador to be Macauley Culkin.

@hacks4pancakes And all people used to have to complain about was crappy autocorrect... if only they'd known what wonders the future had in store!

Perhaps historians will refer to the current conflict In the Middle East as the Epstein War? #WorldPolitics

One of our cats just naturally smells like talcum powder (of which we have none in the house). She is the nicest smelling pet we've ever had! #Cats

The ‘European’ Jolla Phone Is an Anti-Big-Tech Smartphone - https://www.wired.com/story/jolla-phone-2026/ "The Finnish company Jolla is back with the #Linux-powered Jolla Phone. It’s being positioned as an antidote to the US-dominated smartphone status quo of #Android and #iOS."

When Christine's grandson told her that a multi-million dollar plan to build a gaudy, massive Trump Tower on the Gold Coast had just been proposed, she didn't waste a minute.

Christine launched a campaign to stop Trump Tower being built on the Gold Coast – and the response is already building.

https://petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/stop-trump-tower-on-the-gold-coast

#petition #petitions #australia #ausgov #politas #auspol #taspol #tasgov #psa #qldpol #qldgov #queensland #classwar #antidonaldtrump #fucktrump #antiMAGA #maga #usa #america

It is 30 years today since I considered migrating to Réunion. It’s a little island that you’d eventually hit if you were sailing from Exmouth, WA to Madagascar. My mum said she voted for Howard because “his family payments will keep women where they belong, at home with the children”. I still don’t know how to respond to that. I never will.
🧵

@frogglin Clearly that was a risk Bella was willing to take! 😀

A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that
⚠️ the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was
💥“anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,” according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer.

From Saturday morning through Monday night,
👉more than 110 similar complaints about commanders in every branch of the military had been logged by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF).

The complaints came from more than 40 different units spread across at least 30 military installations, the MRFF told me Monday night.

The MRFF is keeping the complainants anonymous to prevent retribution by the Defense Department.

https://jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for

Congratulations on not having sex to all who celibate.

@blogdiva I'd watch that! 😀