Ok I’m installing Linux on a desktop. Which distro? 

 The Chinese government should really sell TikTok US to George Soros. That would fix things.

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 Revealed: the secret algorithm that controls the lives of Australia‘s Serco’s immigration detainees

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2024/mar/13/serco-australia-immigration-detention-network-srat-tool-risk-rating-ntwnfb-

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 Trump dangles prospect of a national abortion ban in a 2nd term: how to impose a national abortion ban, not whether to impose a national abortion ban.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-dangles-prospect-national-abortion-ban-second-term-rcna141336

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 Alcoholics Anonymous not so effective: “most scientific studies show that some alcoholics can drink in moderation and that numerous drugs & therapies could prove more successful than AA in curing alcoholism, Miller writes.”

“Out of 50 treatment methods ranked by the strength of scientific evidence, AA comes in 38th,” Miller writes, citing a study by the Uni New Mexico.

https://nypost.com/2019/04/13/how-alcoholics-anonymous-lied-to-the-american-people/

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 US Federal Judges Have Shown Leniency in Nearly All Jan. 6 Cases 

In these criminal cases of hundreds of people charged in connection with the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the U S Capitol have overwhelmingly issued sentences far more lenient than Justice Department prosecutors sought 

https://theintercept.com/2024/01/05/january-6-cases-judges/

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 It obviously went to the highest bidder 🤷‍♀️ The mystery of the missing binder: How a collection of raw Russian intelligence disappeared under Trump 

https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/12/politics/missing-russia-intelligence-trump-dg/

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 So evil “The letters from the boss of the fossil fuel company to Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen were blunt. The company & its foreign partners “could not accept” the government’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions unless it guaranteed loopholes to allow it to keep polluting.” 
 https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environment/2023/12/16/emails-reveal-labor-caved-santos

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 Oh he’s all for freedom except when he’s not eh? Ted Cruz pushes for car manufacturers to keep AM radio, a tool for emergency communication and conservative talk | @8ac124ee

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/07/ted-cruz-am-radio-senate/

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 “What we are witnessing in Florida is an intellectual reign of terror. There is a tremendous sense of dread right now, not just among faculty; it’s tangible among students and staff as well. People are intellectually and physically scared. We are being named an enemy of the State. The events at Jacksonville too, feel real, and people feel it could happen to them.2

—LeRoy Pernell, professor of law, Florida A&M (interview with the special committee)” 

ht 
https://www.aaup.org/report/report-special-committee-political-interference-and-academic-freedom-florida%E2%80%99s-public-higher

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 😡 Outrageous: Top NSW cop’s name to be secret until 2063 after drink-drive charge

“The identity of a top-ranking police officer accused of crashing his car in Sydney while drunk will remain suppressed for 40 years after a court agreed to an unprecedented secrecy push by NSW Police.”

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/top-nsw-cop-s-name-to-be-secret-until-2063-after-drink-drive-charge-20231201-p5eoej.html

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 Everything indicates a Chinese ship [Russian ally] damaged Baltic pipeline on purpose, Finland says.

‘I would think that you would notice that you’re dragging an anchor behind you for hundreds of kilometers,’ says minister.

 https://www.politico.eu/article/balticconnector-damage-likely-to-be-intentional-finnish-minister-says-china-estonia/

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 Every time you read the term “Christian Nationalist” just substitute “Nazi”. 

 Men are the problem. All of them. They say shit like this: A newsletter in which a school principal writes that a man who killed a woman with a hammer in a bathroom was "in everybody's estimation, an absolute delight." He was "not a monster", he "did a monstrous act". 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-04/sydney-school-principal-lilie-james-murder-criticised-newsletter/103062628 

 ❌❌✅❌✅✅✅✅✅✅
The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 472
I got 7/10! https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/quiz/2023/10/21

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 My adorable cat nephew Oscar (he is an ancient)

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 Bugger. I followed an interesting person here then immediately accidentally unfollowed them and I can’t remember who they are 🤦‍♀️ 

 I’m normally still asleep now. 

 I’m on a tram. 

 Gah! Diet Coke tastes so bad 😝 

 my new NBN router is taking ages to sync 😭 

 3M Band-Aid’s just don’t stick to my feet. 

 Spiced rum is the Devil’s work. 

 Democracied and sausaged #AusVotes #VoteYes 

 I wonder what Bruce Lerhmann is up to nowadays? 

 Oh no just heard about Cal Wilson 😢 

 Fucking NBN FTTN outage again. Thanks Malcolm. 

 Elon Musk Is Now Endorsing German neo-Nazis and Jews Are Still Excusing Him

“From white nationalists and antisemitic conspiracy theorists, Musk is now eagerly engaging with the far right in the UK and Germany. But will his flaunting of support by Jews including Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and hard-right demagogue Ben Shapiro, provide the cover he seeks?”

https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2023-10-05/ty-article-opinion/.premium/elon-musk-is-now-endorsing-german-neo-nazis-and-jews-are-still-excusing-him/0000018a-fec8-d12f-afbf-ffddd7580001

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 Neo-Nazis? The Conservative Party is disintegrating
“As the boundary between the Tories and the radical right breaks down, the party has morphed into something new.”

https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2023/10/conservative-party-disintegrating

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 Penguin beach

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 When you hear Hamas always add Iran and Russia to your thoughts. 

 Eek! 🙀 Hundreds of malicious Python packages found stealing sensitive data

#CyberSecurity

#DataBreaches
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hundreds-of-malicious-python-packages-found-stealing-sensitive-data/

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 Anyone got a nice new job for me? 

 Brilliant commentary on Chat GPT and the old chat assistants Elle Cordova over on TikTok

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 Mont Blanc shrinks to lowest level in 22 years as hot summers shrink snowpack: The Mont Blanc, Western Europe's highest peak, has lost more than two metres (6.5 ft) in two years and shrunk to its lowest level since precise measurements started 22 years ago as warmer summers reduced snowpack size, researchers said on Thursday. | Reuters 

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/mont-blanc-shrinks-over-two-metres-height-two-years-researchers-2023-10-05/

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 Excellent News! Breeder fined for short-snouted bulldogs as Netherlands tackles overbreeding 

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/breeder-fined-short-snouted-bulldogs-netherlands-tackles-overbreeding-2023-09-14/

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 They voted for this and now they’re getting what they wanted: How [GOP] red-state politics are shaving years off American lives [in GOP states] 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2023/republican-politics-south-midwest-life-expectancy/

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 Peter rabid: “The ‘No’ campaign has emboldened racists, and emboldened Peter Dutton to become the worst version [the version he has always been] of himself”

https://www.themonthly.com.au/the-politics/rachel-withers/2023/10/05/peter-rabid

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 Fat Bear 🐻 Week 2023 voting https://explore.org/fat-bear-week

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 🙌 Fat Bear 🐻 Week is here: Meet the contestants 

https://www.axios.com/2023/10/05/fat-bear-week-katmai

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 Oh goody! Can’t wait 😒 #Bushfires one day, #floods the next: why Australia can expect more ‘compound events’
Floods or fires are worrying enough, but as Gippsland has experienced this week, combined they are even more extreme, experts say

#ClimateCatastrophe #ClimateChange

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 #MrMaxi went to the groomer yesterday (for dog grooming) and he was “deshedded” (I do not know what they do but he is not shedding today)  and it is glorious 😞🙌

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 This reminds me so much of the fractured opposition in Weimar: Moderates could unite amid House speaker chaos. Why don’t they?
So far, Republicans plan to elect a new speaker using GOP votes alone. It may not work — and no one knows what happens next. Via Washington Post 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/05/mccarthy-speaker-coalition-government/

🎁 https://wapo.st/3rHu22A

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 This is the final death throes of the old #news media industry - we’ve known for while this was coming. Things are going to get wild now. Truth, what even is it? #AI is the final nail in their coffin.

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 Putin says Russia has tested next-generation nuclear weapon: Putin said on Thursday that Russia had successfully tested a potent new strategic missile and declined to rule out the possibility it could carry out weapons tests involving nuclear explosions for the first time in more than three decades. | Reuters 

 https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-says-russia-has-tested-next-generation-nuclear-weapon-2023-10-05/

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 The story behind the viral Voice video shared by Jason Momoa and Taika Waititi https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/the-story-behind-the-viral-voice-video-shared-by-jason-momoa-and-taika-waititi-20231005-p5e9yg.html

#TheVoice

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 Strokes, heart attacks, sudden deaths: Does America [or anyone even] understand the long-term risks of catching #COVID? 

https://fortune.com/2022/10/06/strokes-heart-attacks-sudden-death-america-long-term-risks-catching-covid-carolyn-barber/

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 “Oh Cool, Another Gross Matt Gaetz Sex Story—Shared by a Fellow Republican” 

https://jezebel.com/oh-cool-another-gross-matt-gaetz-sex-story-shared-by-a-1850902856

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 Of course they can! They’re not just liquid. 🧐 Cats among mammals that can fluoresce, new study finds

https://abcnews.go.com/International/cats-mammals-glow-dark-new-study-finds/story?id=103713730

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 Haha the foreign national is allegedly our very own Pratt! 😂 Trump allegedly discussed US nuclear subs with foreign national after leaving White House: Sources

https://abcnews.go.com/US/after-white-house-trump-allegedly-discussed-potentially-sensitive/story?id=103760456

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 How a #ConspiracyTheorist and former Neighbours star triggered an avalanche of fears about #TheVoice being a secret UN land grab 🙄

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-05/united-nations-voice-conspiracy-misinformation-spread-revealed/102932852

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 👏👏👏 “No Place For T#ransPhobia in Anthropology”: Session pulled from Annual Meeting program - The American Anthropological Association” 

https://americananthro.org/news/no-place-for-transphobia-in-anthropology-session-pulled-from-annual-meeting-program/

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