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The Trump administration has shut down more than 100 climate studies
James Temple,    -  MIT Technology Review

_Stephan: Trump, his fascist oligarchs, and his servants in Congress have made it very clear that they’re not going to do anything to prepare for what climate change is going to do to the country.  Quite the contrary, the use of carbon energy, the cause of the problem, is being promoted. Can this possibly be true? If you have been reading SR you k … ⌘ Read more

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Trump administration strips federal protections for emergency abortion providers
Adriel Bettelheim,  Senior Health Care Editor  -  Axios

_Stephan: The Trump Republican coup is devastating health care, but particularly for women, in ways few women seem to realize. If you are a pregnant woman in a Republican-controlled state, and it comes down to your life or the baby’s life, thanks to the Trump coup, it may be your life, because no doctor will d … ⌘ Read more

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Doctors flee Trump’s America: ‘It’s no longer safe or sane to practice here’
Brett Kelman,  Kaiser Family Foundation Health News  -  Kaiseer Family Foundation | Raw Story

_Stephan: It is not only that the Republicans and Trump are trying to terminate the healthcare of millions of Americans. All of this dismantlement of the medical system in the U.S. is also causing a significant number of physicians to just leave the country, as this article describes. … ⌘ Read more

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ICE Invaded Child’s Birthday Party Claiming It Was a Gang Meeting
Malcolm Ferguson,  Staff Writer  -  The New Republic

_Stephan: You’re five years old, a little boy or girl. You’re at a birthday party with your parents when suddenly masked men in black burst into the house with rifles and handguns. They shout and throw flash grenades that burst, creating big flashes, smoke, and loud noises. They grab your parents, screaming at them, turn them around, and handc … ⌘ Read more

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NSW workers’ comp reforms delayed after Liberals side with unions
The NSW Coalition sides with unions to delay the Labor government’s workers’ compensation reforms over a measure that would have made it harder to claim long-term compensation for psychological injuries. ⌘ Read more

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With Jeremy Rockliff toppled, Labor and the Greens have plenty to explain
Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff may have just been forced out of the top job, but the man who brought him down will have plenty to answer for, writes Adam Langenberg. ⌘ Read more

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‘Can cause overdose’: Dangerous drug cocktail found in counterfeit Xanax
A public health alert is issued after a dangerous drug cocktail is found circulating in Canberra for the first time, sold as a counterfeit prescription anxiety medication. ⌘ Read more

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‘Tip of the iceberg’: First round of job cuts announced by ANU
As the Australian National University grapples with its dire financial position, the first of several rounds of job cuts has been announced as the institution seeks to save $250 million by the end of the year, including $100 million from salaries. ⌘ Read more

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10 Good Things That Happened in the Year Without a Summer
The volcanic winter brought on by the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia made 1816 the Year Without a Summer. In a previous list, we enumerated the disruptions inflicted on human society by the famines and diseases unleashed by the Tambora eruption. Yet, not everything about 1816 was gloom and doom. There were positive aspects […]

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Erlang Solutions: Avoiding Common Startup Tech Mistakes
When you’re moving quickly in a startup, taking shortcuts in your tech stack is tempting. A quick workaround here, a temporary fix there, with plans to tidy it all up later. But later can easily turn into never.

Those early decisions, however small they seem, have a habit of sticking around. Over time, they slow you down, create technical debt, and make it harder to scale.

This blog looks at how to avoid common startup tech mistakes b … ⌘ Read more

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Liberal men still struggle to read the room when it comes to women
This week in politics the parliament has achieved gender parity despite tone-deaf commentary, an independent triumphed after a recount and Dorinda Cox changed her tune. ⌘ Read more

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Trump orders probe into Joe Biden’s alleged use of ‘autopen’
Donald Trump says the alleged conspiracy — a cover-up of Joe Biden’s cognitive decline — marks “one of the most dangerous and concerning scandals in American history”. ⌘ Read more

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‘Time for action’: Australian healthcare workers sign open letters on Gaza
One of the letters to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese calls on the government to apply “sustained diplomatic pressure to lift the blockade” on Gaza for medical supplies, food and water. ⌘ Read more

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Sunwater directed to start work on $4.4 billion Paradise Dam rebuild
Farmers in Queensland’s Bundaberg region are cautiously optimistic after the government ordered Sunwater to start early works rebuilding a beleaguered water source. ⌘ Read more

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Trump kündigt Einreisesperren an
US-Präsident Donald Trump hat aus „Sicherheitsgründen“ eine Einreisesperre für Staatsangehörige aus zwölf Ländern, darunter der Iran und Afghanistan, ab Montag angekündigt. Von Teilbeschränkungen würden darüber hinaus acht weitere Länder betroffen sein. Trump will zudem ausländischen Staatsangehörigen die Einreise verwehren, die an der Eliteuniversität Harvard studieren wollen. ⌘ Read more

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Final texts between dad and allegedly murdered son revealed in court
Nineteen-year-old Charlie Gander made Christmas plans with his father days before his body was found in a burnt-out car in northern Victoria, the Supreme Court has heard. ⌘ Read more

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How a chance meeting in 1971 sparked a 50 year love story
In 1971, Vincenzo Pandolfi’s life changed when a chance meeting introduced him to “the light of his life”, Elaine. Even in the face of illness and heartbreak, the enduring power of their love continues. ⌘ Read more

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Bogie triple-murder trial delayed to assess 400,000 pages of evidence
The trial of a north Queensland grazier accused of killing three of his neighbours has been delayed a month before its start as the defence seeks more time to assess evidence, including 400,000 pages of data. ⌘ Read more

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Waldbrände bis nach Europa merkbar
Kanada ist in den wärmsten Monaten des Jahres regelmäßig mit Waldbränden konfrontiert, doch die Frühzeitigkeit und Heftigkeit der Ausbrüche heuer ist alarmierend. Anfang der Woche waren bereits zwei Millionen Hektar verbrannt, das entspricht etwa der Fläche Sloweniens – bis in diese Region reicht inzwischen auch der Rauch der Waldbrände. In den kommenden Tagen treffen weitere Rauchwolken über den Atlantik auf Europa, wie das EU-Erdbeobachtungsprogramm Copernicus mitteilte. ⌘ Read more

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Drug smuggler sentenced to 17 years’ jail after Queensland cocaine bust
Mark Anthony Dumenil has been jailed for 17 years after playing a “key role” in smuggling more than 26 kilograms of cocaine into Queensland from Colombia inside a shipping container. ⌘ Read more

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