Australia news LIVE: One Nation leads major parties on primary vote, Trump berates Israel on Lebanon strikes, Senate inquiry into CGT changes to begin
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Australia news LIVE: One Nation leads major parties on primary vote, Trump berates Israel on Lebanon strikes, Senate inquiry into CGT changes to begin
We bring you the latest live news updates from Australia and beyond. ⌘ Read more
Hanson overtakes Albanese as preferred PM, Coalition crashes to record low
One Nation is also now Australia’s preferred party by primary vote, overtaking Labor for the first time. ⌘ Read more
Israeli firm BlackCore suspected of meddling in New York and Scotland votes
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/israeli-firm-blackcore-also-suspected-meddling-nyc-scotland-votes-french-2026-06-11/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48514560
Points: 9
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Hundreds of BHP staff vote to strike following stalled pay negotiations
Hundreds of BHP Port Hedland staff are a step closer to walking off the job at Australia’s biggest iron ore hub. ⌘ Read more
Not Every Byte Gets a Vote
Article URL: https://mitander.xyz/posts/not-every-byte-gets-a-vote/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48367009
Points: 3
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Corporations can vote in some Delaware elections, judge says
Article URL: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/corporations-have-the-right-to-vote-in-delaware-town-judge-says
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48295460
Points: 4
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Drone Ports and Funding Mayhem: Trump’s Ballroom Has Turned Toxic
“Republicans are just going to have to suck it up and get it done,” says one Trump aide about the funding melee. The votes, though, may simply not be there. ⌘ Read more
Trump Wants to Be the Hero Vapers Don’t Really Need
The White House says Trump’s pro-vape stance is based on “gold standard science.” It feels more like vice-signaling to a demographic that often doesn’t vote—over products that are widely available. ⌘ Read more
Google DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals
UK staff of Google’s AI research lab hope to block the use of the company’s artificial intelligence models in military settings. ⌘ Read more
Musk v. Altman Kicks Off, DOJ Guts Voting Rights Unit, and Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?
In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we get into how the Elon Musk-Sam Altman trial goes way beyond their rivalry and could have major implications both for OpenAI and also the AI industry at large. ⌘ Read more
How Trump Weaponized the DOJ Division That Kept Elections Fair
The Trump administration has effectively forced out more than two dozen experienced lawyers from the DOJ’s Voting Section, the part of the agency responsible for upholding the Voting Rights Act. ⌘ Read more
The Justice Department Has Destroyed Its Voting Rights Section
There were around 30 attorneys in the DOJ’s voting section on the day of Donald Trump’s second inauguration. Three months later, all but two were gone. Now the election deniers are in control. ⌘ Read more
The Justice Department Has Destroyed Its Voting Rights Section
There were around 30 attorneys in the DOJ’s Voting Section on the day of Donald Trump’s second inauguration. Three months later, all but two were gone. Now the election deniers are in control. ⌘ Read more
French lawmakers vote to tax American retirees who freely benefit from social security ⌘ Read more
Latvia’s parliament votes to quit global treaty protecting women ⌘ Read more
Poland votes to ban fur farming by 2033, with payouts for early closures ⌘ Read more
Poorer health linked to more votes for Reform UK, 2024 voting patterns suggest
Poorer health is linked to a higher proportion of votes for the populist right wing political party, Reform UK, indicates an analysis of the 2024 general election voting patterns in England, published online in the open access journal BMJ Open Respiratory Research. ⌘ Read more
Eurovision organisers postpone vote on Israel’s inclusion in contest next year
The European Broadcasting Union had previously announced it would hold a vote on Israel’s participation in November. ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: Europe’s Digital Sovereignty Paradox - “Chat Control” update
October 14th was supposed to be the day the European Council voted to mandate scanning of all private communications, encrypted or not.
The vote was pulled at the last minute.
Germany withdrew support, creating a blocking minority that blocked the Danish Presidency&aposs hope to g … ⌘ Read more
Met Police civilian staff vote to strike over pay
More than 6,000 Metropolitan Police staff are due to take industrial action in a dispute over pay. ⌘ Read more
Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens
University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer. ⌘ Read more
Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens
University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer. ⌘ Read more
What has been agreed and what happens next
Israel’s security cabinet are expected to meet at 17:00 Israel time (15:00 BST) to formally vote on the first phase of the plan. ⌘ Read more
What has been agreed and what happens next
Israel’s security cabinet are expected to meet at 17:00 Israel time (15:00 BST) to formally vote on the first phase of the plan. ⌘ Read more
What has been agreed - and what happens next
Israel’s war cabinet are expected to meet at 17:00 Israel time (15:00 BST) to formally vote on the first phase of the plan. ⌘ Read more
@klaxzy@klaxzy.net Yes, if Germany actually opposes this. But so far, there’s only one guy that said something on a press conference. He does speak for the “CDU” party, which is “in command” at the moment, but that’s about it. I don’t trust these people – not until I’ve actually seen them voting against Chat Control. 🥴
Trump open to invoking the Insurrection Act
Irie Sentner, Staff Writer - Politico
Stephan: We are watching the military, ICE, and CBP Gestapo takeover of cities where Americans voted for Democrat control. In my opinion, this is all being done because Trump wants to frighten Americans into submission, and control the outcome of 2026 election so a submissive Republican majority retains control of Congress.
 left are opposing this (at least in Germany). Sadly, Germany is leaning more right with every year … As for young people: The (far) left is the strongest party among young people, with the (far) right being the second strongest one. (https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2025-02-23-BT-DE/umfrage-alter.shtml) Is there cause for hope? I don’t know.
ProcessOne: Why Europe’s ‘Chat Control’ Proposal Will Cripple European Communication Industry While Failing to Protect Children
On October 14th, the European Concil will vote on a regulation that … ⌘ Read more
What #TheLEFT had to say about #vonderleyen ’s #SOTU speech?
There are several news stories going around saying that there are two no-confidence votes to Von Der Leyen about to be submitted, saying little to nothing about them, and even filing them together as if they both want or mean the same.
It might be useful to know exactly what the criticisms are, so here is a link to The Left’s comment to today’s speech. Read it in full, but here is my summary:
“acts as the guardian of the interests of the most powerful, at the expense of democracy, justice, and the future of the planet”;
Gaza: “The bare minimum is ending military cooperation and fully suspending the EU–Israel Association Agreement. This is genocide and we need to do everything to stop it”
pushing the MERCOSUR deal (they are actually light on their criticism of this treaty, but I’ll leave my rant about ot on a another toot)
the EU-US deal: “subjugation of European policy to the economic and military interests of the USA. You are sacrificing energy, digital policy, security, and climate protection on the altar of the hollow phrase of transatlantic partnership”
“Europeans’ living standards are falling, jobs are lost, authoritarianism grows, and social systems are under pressure”
went to vote. got told i can’t vote because i’m not registered. handed a form to fill out that i later learn is not in english.
go home and find out the problem is widespread among young voters like me.
fuck this country.
South Korea’s new president vows to ‘restore democracy’
Reuters Editorial Staff, - Reuters
_Stephan: I am leading today’s SR with this story because it represents exactly how the population of a country can end a fascist authoritarian coup. First, millions go into the streets for nonviolent demonstrations, then citizens overwhelmingly vote for democracy. As Trump tries to stir up violence in the Los Angeles demonstrations so he can claim it is an insurrection and susp … ⌘ Read more
Nurses to vote on pay deal as potential strike looms
The ballot is being billed by representatives as the biggest single vote by the profession in the UK. ⌘ Read more
Nurses to vote on pay deal as potential strike looms
The ballot is being billed by representatives as the biggest single vote by the profession in the UK. ⌘ Read more
Nurses to vote on pay deal as potential strike looms
The ballot is being billed by representatives as the biggest single vote by the profession in the UK. ⌘ Read more
Live: The Classic 100: Piano countdown has begun but who will be #1?
Tens of thousands of Australians have cast their votes in the 2025 Classic 100: Piano. Join us as we countdown to #1. ⌘ Read more
House GOP ‘didn’t know’ what was in the spending bill when they voted: report
Krystina Alarcon Carroll, Contributing Writer - Raw Story
_Stephan: The spineless, moral weaklings Republican Americans elected as their Congressional Representatives, as this report describes, did not even bother to read the Trump fascist bill designed to destroy healthcare in the United States and make the uber-rich even richer, before voting on it. I hope all you Repub … ⌘ Read more
Tasmanian premier forced out of the top job after marathon no-confidence debate
Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff has lost the no-confidence motion, with a majority of MPs voting against him, effectively costing him the job. ⌘ Read more
Trump urges Senate to postpone vote on Russia sanctions bill, Senator says ⌘ Read more
Liberal Party weighing up legal challenge in Sydney seat after 26-vote loss
Still not conceding defeat, the Liberal Party is weighing up whether to challenge Gisele Kapterian’s narrow loss in Bradfield in court. ⌘ Read more
South Korea’s new president has to mend rifts after months of chaos
Lee Jae-myung takes office on the back of the highest voting turnout in recent elections, which followed three different interim presidents, protests and legal battles that exposed rifts in one of Asia’s most successful democracies. ⌘ Read more
Tasmanian premier to face second day of no-confidence motion
Premier Jeremy Rockliff will remain in Tasmania’s top job for at least one more night, after a majority of MPs voted to continue debating a no-confidence motion in his leadership on Thursday. ⌘ Read more
Tasmanian MPs set to receive a pay rise, but they remain the lowest-paid
The Tasmanian Industrial Commission has determined a $30,000 increase to the base salary of state politicians, which will take effect from July — unless MPs vote against it. ⌘ Read more
Appeals Court Strips Voters’ Ability to File Voting Rights Act Lawsuits in 7 States
Andrew Garber, - Brennan Center for Justice
Stephan: Parts of the Judicial system are still honorable and law-abiding, parts are not. This is going to mean a lot as the 2026 election comes closer. Here is an example showing what I mean.
_Credit: Frame S … ⌘ Read moreRight-wing candidate Karol Nawrocki wins Poland’s presidential election
The conservative candidate, who is backed by US President Donald Trump, has won Poland’s weekend presidential runoff election, according to the final vote count on Monday. ⌘ Read more
How the US became the biggest military emitter and stopped everyone finding out
Nina Lakhani, Reporter - The Guardian (U.K.)
_Stephan: Yet another story showing that the U.S. government just doesn’t get it, or more accurately, doesn’t want to get it, and neither do the majority of Americans who voted these cretins into office. Our technologies are destroying the Earth’s matrix of life, and the price for this greed and willful ignorance is goi … ⌘ Read more
Trump Is Weaponizing the Justice Department to Advance His Voter Suppression Plans
Ari Berman, National Voting Rights Correspondent - Mother Jones
Stephan: I have been convinced since the Trump coup began last January that the MAGAt Republicans and their king were going to do everything they could to rig the 2026 election to keep themselves in power. And sure enough, they are.
 😅 And increasing the Twt Hash size will ensure that we never run into the chance of collision for ions to come. Chances of a 50% collision with 64 bits / 12 characters is roughly ~12.44B Twts. That ought to be enough! -- I also propose that we modify all our clients and make this change from the 1st July 2025, which will be Yarn.social's 5th birthday and 5 years since I started this whole project and endeavour! 😱 #Twtxt #Update
@eapl.me@eapl.me I honestly believe you are overreacting here a little bit 🤣 I completely emphasize with you, it can be pretty tough to feel part of a community at times and run a project with a kind of “democracy” or “vote by committee”. But one thing that life has taught me about open source projects and especially decentralised ecosystems is that this doesn’t really work.
It isn’t that I’ve not considered all the other options on the table (which can still be), it’s just that I’ve made a decision as the project lead that largely helped trigger a rebirth of the use of Twtxt back in July 1 2020. There are good reasons not to change the threading model right now, as the changes being proposed are quite disruptive and don’t consider all the possible things that could go wrong.
now() or the message's creation timestamp? I reckon the latter is the case, but it's undefined right now. Then we can discuss and potentially tweak the proposal.
@bender@twtxt.net Hehehe! :-D
@movq@www.uninformativ.de I have to admit, I didn’t follow the topic very closely, but I was under the impression that there were more votes on location-based addressing. But maybe I’m completely wrong. Anyway. I don’t have the energy to be part of a fundamental debate.
Open Source PaaS Cozystack Becomes a CNCF Sandbox Project
On February 28, members of the CNCF Technical Oversight Committee completed their voting and unanimously accepted Cozystack, a platform for building private clouds and PaaS, into the CNCF Sandbox. The project is currently undergoing the onboarding… ⌘ Read more
Debian Project Leader Election 2025 results
The Debian Project Leader election results
have been announced. Andreas
Tille has been re-elected and will serve another term through
April 2026. LWN looked at the election and\
candidates in early April. ⌘ Read more
A little-known federal agency is at the center of Trump’s executive order to overhaul US elections
CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY, Reporter - Associated Press
_Stephan: I told you despot Trump and his Republican Congressional servants were going to try and rig the 2026 election so they could not be voted out of office. Well, here it is. The United States is now, at best, a pseudo-democracy. We will definitely have an election in 2026, … ⌘ Read more
Editor’s Note – Is This What You Voted For
Stephan A. Schwartz, Editor - Schwartzreport
Stephan: EDITOR’S NOTE – IS THIS WHAT YOU VOTED FOR?
_The Founders didn’t agree about everything when they created the Constitution. But they did all agree about three things. They did not want a king. They did want a firewall between church and state. And they wanted the three branches of government they were creating to operate equally to preserve democracy. Now, 250 years later, psych … ⌘ Read more
‘Deep red rural America’ hurts most as Trump attacks on liberal programs backfire: report
Jennifer Bowers Bahney, Contributing Writer - Raw Story
_Stephan: Just as I, and many others have predicted, MAGAt world is going to experience the worst effects of the Trump coup and dismantlement of the economy and government. And in many ways, MAGAt voters didn’t even think about that when they voted. Here is an example of what I mean. I think … ⌘ Read more
yarnd UI/UX experience (for those that use it) and as "client" features (not spec changes). The two ideas are quite simple:
This expands the usefulness of Twtxt / Yarn.social to:
- Sharing small posts
- Sharing links
- Sharing media
- Having long conversations
- Voting on topics, opinions or decisions
- RSVPing to virtual or physical events
**(#6kkpdda) This expands the usefulness of Twtxt / Yarn.social to:
Sharing small posts
Sharing links
Sharing media
Having long conversat …**
This expands the usefulness of Twtxt / Yarn.social to:Sharing small posts
Sharing links
Sharing media
Having long conversations
Voting on topics, opinions or decisions
RSVPing to virtual or physical events ⌘ Read more
(#6kenzgq) #poll:xyz123 Vote: None
#poll:xyz123 Vote: None ⌘ Read more
💡 I had this crazy idea (or is it?) last night while thinking about Twtxt and Yarn.social 😅 There are two things I think that could be really useful additions to the yarnd UI/UX experience (for those that use it) and as “client” features (not spec changes). The two ideas are quite simple:
- Voting – a way to cast, collect a vote on a decision, topic or opinion.
- RSVP – a way to “rsvp” to a virtual (pr physical) event.
Both would use “plain text” on top of the way we already use Twtxt today and clients would render an appropriate UI/UX.
💡 I had this crazy idea (or is it?) last night while thinking about Twtxt and Yarn.social 😅 There are two things I think that could …
💡 I had this crazy idea ( or is it?) last night while thinking about Twtxt and Yarn.social 😅 There are two things I think that could be really useful additions to the yarnd UI/UX experience ( for those that use it) and as “client” features ( not spec changes). The two ideas are quite simple:
Voting – a way to cast, collect a vote on a decision, topic or opinion.
RSVP – a way to “ … ⌘ Read more
Open Source Initiative Hides Election Details, Others Fear “Political Retribution”
Last month, the Open Source Initiative held an election where the votes were tampered with in order to exclude “reform” candidates”. ⌘ Read more
Am I the only one that’s confused by the discussions, and then the voting we had on the whole threading model? 🤔 I’m not even sure what I voted for, but I know it wasn’t the one that won haha 🤣 (which I’m still very much against for based on an intuition, experience and lots of code writing lately).
Am I the only one that’s confused by the discussions, and then the voting we had on the whole threading model? 🤔 I’m not even sure what I vot …
Am I the only one that’s confused by the discussions, and then the voting we had on the whole threading model? 🤔 I’m not even sure what I voted for, but I know it wasn’t the one that won haha 🤣 ( which I’m still very much against for based on an intuition, experience and lots of code writing lately). ⌘ Read more
dm-only.txt feeds. 😂
@andros@twtxt.andros.dev I give you not creating another file, but then I’d vote for commenting out DMs. See https://eapl.me/timeline/post/z5e2bna
It’s easier to find the DM in comments from your side, than asking all the client maintainers to add the regex =P
You can even use a Modified comment, such as
#! <DM content>
Or something like that
This approach is retro-compatible with current and older clients.
Patient Safety Network Abruptly Cut by Trump Administration
Jeremy Faust, MD, MS, MA,, Editor-in-Chief - MedPage Today
_Stephan: American healthcare has been devastated by dictator Trump and his servants, and the Republicans in Congress have stood by and watched while they sucked their thumbs. The only chance we have of retaining a democracy in the United States, assuming the 2026 election is not rigged in advance, is to vote all Republicans in the House and t … ⌘ Read more
Polling shows growing number of Republicans identify with the MAGA movement
Ben Kamisar, - NBC News
Stephan: What you rarely hear anyone talking about is how many Germans supported Hitler for years after they voted him into office. You may find it hard to believe but that is exactly the same thing happening in the United States, Here are the facts.
 I do think integrating things like Salty.im might actually be a good idea. I can also see a future where we integrate other thing …
I do think integrating things like Salty.im might actually be a good idea. I can also see a future where we integrate other things like todo.txt and calendar.txt. I’d even love to see decentralised forms of “plain text” voting too. ⌘ Read more
[$] Debian Project Leader election 2025 edition
Four candidates have stepped up to run in the 2025 Debian Project\
Leader (DPL) election. Andreas\
Tille, who is in his first term as DPL, is running again. Sruthi\
Chandran, Gianfranco\
Costamagna, and Julian Andres\
Klode are the o … ⌘ Read more
Republicans are quietly trying to disenfranchise millions of voters
Alexis Anderson-Reed, President of State Voices, a non-partisan organization - The Guardian (U.K.)
Stephan:
_It should be clear to anyone with an IQ higher than their height in inches (78 is considered retarded) that the Trump MAGAt (formerly Republican) Party is doing everything in its power to create a pseudo-democracy. They do not want a fair all-citizens voting election. Here is … ⌘ Read more
Pam Bondi orders DOJ to drop case accusing Georgia of suppressing Black voters
David Edwards, Staff Writer - Raw Story
Stephan: Pam Bondi, incomprehensibly the Attorney General of the United States looks to me like a Barbie doll and sounds about as competent as one. But she is an unfailingly loyal vassal of psychopath “monarch” Trump and is doing his bidding to destroy voting rights in the country. Here is the latest in that trend.
 has the “advantage”, that you do not have to “mention” the original author if the thread slightly diverges. It seems to be a thing here that conversations are typically very flat instead of trees. Hence, and despite being a tree hugger, I voted for 3 being my favorite one, then 2, 1 and finally 4.
All proposals still need more work to clarify the details and edge cases in my opinion before they can be implemented.
@eapl.me@eapl.me Thank you for this!
I cast a test vote. Did it work? :-)
also I’ve made a draft of a voting page to receive preferences on each proposal
https://eapl.me/rfc0001/
Help me to play with it a bit and report any vulnerability or bug. Also any idea is welcome.
Trump pushes annexation of Greenland during meeting with NATO secretary
Brett Samuels, Staff Writer - The Hill
_Stephan: Authoritarian psychopath Trump is modeling himself on Vladimir Putin and aggressively threatening the takeover of Greenland, territory belonging to another country, Denmark, just as Putin invaded Ukraine. Just as happened in Germany, when the Nazis were voted into office and dismantled German democracy in less than two months, exa … ⌘ Read more
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a project on Hacker News with 1300 votes (every few days something comes up with 600).
https://github.com/suitenumerique/docs
DHS Official Explicitly Equates Protest to Terrorism in ‘Stunning’ Interview
Julia Conley, Staff Writer - Common Dreams
_Stephan: Your country is being taken away from you, I hope every American realizes that. It is happening because a small majority of us voted for it. After all, all of what is taking place day-by-day was completely spelled out in Project 2025. Aspiring dictator Trump doesn’t like opposition so he has his flying monkeys trying to … ⌘ Read more
A New Missouri Bill Would Let Residents Donate to Anti-Abortion Centers Instead of Paying Any Taxes
Jeremy Kohler, Contributing Writer - ProPublica
_Stephan: If you are a woman and you live in the Red state, and maybe you voted for psychopath Trump and other MAGAt Republicans, you voted to put your personal health at risk. OB/GYN specialist physicians and nurses are fleeing your state, Trump and his DOGE Frankenstein have … ⌘ Read more
Trump admin cancels $21M promised for Arizona to buy food for kids and poor
Jim Small, Reporter - Arizona Mirror | Raw Story
_Stephan: Do you get it yet? Psychopath Trump, his Frankenstein Musk, and their congressional flying monkeys don’t give a damn about the wellbeing of American children. They don’t even care if they get enough to eat. I don’t think I have a lot of readers who voted for Trump, but if you know someone who did voter for Trump, … ⌘ Read more
How hard will Trump’s immigration raids hit red states?
Myah Ward, - Politico
_Stephan: As this article describes all those farmers and herders, most of whom voted for MAGAts, are now going to face the economic crisis that will come from that decision. For years at our property in rural Tidewater Virginia, my family raised registered purebred Angus cattle, not for meat, but like a dog breeding operation, to improve the herd genetics. It introduced me to a world I ha … ⌘ Read more
Dow falls by almost 900 points in market rout after Trump says he won’t rule out a recession
John Towfighi and Lucy Bayly, Reporters - CNN
Stephan: I warned you it was going to happen, and two months into this nightmare it is happening. And “king” Trump is admitting the reality. All the men and women who voted for this psychopath I now expect to begin whining because of what is happening to their wellbeing.
. That way, we get a good mix of perspectives before taking a decision in a decent timelapse.
What do you think? If this sounds good, we can start agreeing on this. Let me know your thoughts!
I like this syntax, you have my vote, although I’d change it a bit like
#<Alice https://example.com/twtxt.com#2024-12-18T14:18:26+01:00>
Hashes are not a problem on PHP, I dont know why it’s slow to calculate them from your side, but I agree with your points.
BTW, did you have the chance to read my proposal on twtxt 2.0? I shared a few ideas about possible improvements to discuss:
https://text.eapl.mx/a-few-ideas-for-a-next-twtxt-version
https://text.eapl.mx/reply-to-lyse-about-twtxt
Republicans and Elon Musk Are Also Causing a Constitutional Crisis in the States
Ari Berman, National Voting Rights Correspondent - Mother Jones
_Stephan: It isn’t getting much national. media attention but I want my readers to know that the Republicans in service to “king” Trump are trying to dismantle American democracy, not only at the federal level but at the state level as well. The Great Schism Trend I have been telling you about for y … ⌘ Read more
Several Republicans push impeachment bids against judges who’ve stood in Trump’s way
Steve Benen, Producer Rachel Maddow Show - MSNBC
_Stephan: Republican members of Congress have recognized that the main block to the Trumpian coup is judges. So what are they doing? They are now trying to impeach those judges, as this report describes. If you are a Republican voter you voted to end the American democratic republic and replace it with a dic … ⌘ Read more