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‘Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lake Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics

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‘We’re living in an Orwellian nightmare’: Grace Tame calls Anthony Albanese a ‘coward’ in scathing critique In an essay for Crikey, the former Australian of the Year says the PM is a ‘turncoat’ who is ‘capitulating to foreign powers’ amid the US-Israel war on Iran

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13.03.2026 21:56 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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I think often of this meme I saw a while back and it is so awful and so true. It just never ceases to amaze and disgust me that this is the president of the U.S. And it saddens me that I probably don’t have enough years left on this planet to see the damage that he’s caused be corrected.

13.03.2026 09:05 👍 13 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 0
Inquiry into CSIRO funding cuts reveals grim future for Australia | The Australian Greens A Senate inquiry hearing into the job and program cuts at the CSIRO, Australia’s leading scientific research agency, has revealed low morale for our scientific community and a grim future for essentia...

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13.03.2026 09:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I keep seeing people ask about the 25th Amendment.

Guys. His entire Cabinet is walking around in shoes that don’t fit because they’re scared to take them off.

The 25th is never happening.

12.03.2026 11:27 👍 35376 🔁 8393 💬 1372 📌 519
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New Australia Institute research finds state and federal subsidies for coal, gas and oil products increased 10% in past year, growing at a faster pace than funding to the national disability insurance scheme (NDIS).

Read more: https://theaus.in/3P2fV38

12.03.2026 00:06 👍 55 🔁 41 💬 2 📌 5
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Australian governments subsidising fossil fuel use by more than $30,000 a minute, analysis finds Australia Institute data finds state and federal subsidies for coal, gas and oil products increased 10% in past year, growing at a faster pace than funding to NDIS

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

11.03.2026 16:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Americans aren't facing a democratic collapse. We’re living in its aftermath | Eric Reinhart The US was an oligarchy well before Trump’s first term. Recognizing this reality is essential to building a true democracy

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09.03.2026 04:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Sci-fi surgery as doctor in UK directs robot to remove a prostate in Gibraltar Briton with cancer operated on by doctor located 1,500 miles away using four-armed robot fitted with 3D camera

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

06.03.2026 01:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

04.03.2026 11:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Supporting ‘illegal aggression’ against Iran ‘the worst thing’ Australia could do, international law experts say Ben Saul says ‘rolling over’ after Israel and US attack is counterproductive for middle powers because it undermines rules-based order

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

01.03.2026 10:11 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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THIS.

28.02.2026 12:21 👍 27773 🔁 11361 💬 1002 📌 605
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Former Harvard president Summers’ soft landing after Epstein revelations is case study of economics’ trouble with misbehaving men Despite repeated calls for the university to revoke his tenure, the economist held onto his teaching and academic appointments until he chose to retire.

Former Harvard president Larry Summers will retire with the title “president emeritus” after scrutiny over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein — a soft landing that, one economist argues, underscores academia’s tolerance of powerful, sexist men.

theconversation.com/former-harva...

28.02.2026 13:07 👍 114 🔁 77 💬 6 📌 14
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‘Unbelievably dangerous’: experts sound alarm after ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergencies Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

26.02.2026 16:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Australia’s most costly anti-climate policy hits taxpayers for $30m a day as calls mount to wind back fuel tax credits | Adam Morton The government will hand over $10.8bn this financial year under the scheme that makes it cheaper for miners and other industries to use diesel and petrol

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

25.02.2026 10:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Bill Kelty’s tax reform comments cast a harsh light on Labor’s lack of ambition The Labor heavyweight and union legend says young Australians increasingly feel economic policy is rigged against them. But will Jim Chalmers step up?

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

23.02.2026 10:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

22.02.2026 04:10 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Excellent informative article...

22.02.2026 04:18 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

boat
Winter
North Atlantic
Greenland

What could possibly go wrong?

22.02.2026 05:13 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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‘This idea that we can now eat our clothes is pretty revolutionary’: how to give unwanted garments a second life Half of unwanted clothes in Australia end up in landfill. Considered buying, repair and recycling garments can help reduce that waste

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21.02.2026 05:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The cover-up just never ends. Rest in peace, Ruben Ray Martinez.

20.02.2026 03:40 👍 19167 🔁 9012 💬 504 📌 392
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Danish state could face legal action over deal that gives US powers on its soil Claims that agreement is unconstitutional could pose problems in talks with Washington over Greenland

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

15.02.2026 01:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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An ‘impossible’ situation or ‘unhinged’ police? Inside the chaos at Sydney’s anti-Herzog protest Police have defended their actions after Monday’s protest. Here’s how the night played out

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

14.02.2026 05:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You see, they're sending them to a camp in TX, where abortion is illegal, because "pro-life."

"Some were as young as 13, and at least half of those taken in so far became pregnant as a result of rape... Their pregnancies are considered high risk by definition, particularly for the youngest girls."

12.02.2026 16:33 👍 591 🔁 381 💬 7 📌 23
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Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

11.02.2026 20:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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‘I saw the writing on the wall’: Austria offers safe haven for US academics as Trump wages war on universities Other countries benefit from the Trump brain drain as administration wages war on academia and research

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

10.02.2026 10:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Shared with us from Sydney happening now. He had his hands up.

09.02.2026 09:00 👍 1510 🔁 813 💬 323 📌 359
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If you are reading this it is because I’m dead: here’s what I want to tell you about how to live | Carlos Hernández de Miguel Leaving this world in an age of lies and cruelty, my last message is simple: don’t give up on truth, says Spanish journalist Carlos Hernández de Miguel

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

07.02.2026 12:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
a brown wire-haired pup stands on a wooden deck in a grassy yard. he looks at us with golden eyes and his right ear flipped inside out. he has a pipe-shaped stick in his mouth, giving him the appearance of a sophisticated and dapper gentleman. just give him a deerstalker cap and a cloak, and he'd give Sherlock Holmes a run for his money.

a brown wire-haired pup stands on a wooden deck in a grassy yard. he looks at us with golden eyes and his right ear flipped inside out. he has a pipe-shaped stick in his mouth, giving him the appearance of a sophisticated and dapper gentleman. just give him a deerstalker cap and a cloak, and he'd give Sherlock Holmes a run for his money.

This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10

04.02.2026 21:59 👍 19012 🔁 3014 💬 315 📌 254
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Wow: This appears to be a draft statement written by Ghislaine Maxwell in which she addresses allegations made against her and Prince Andrew by Virginia Giuffre. Maxwell appears to confirm that the photo is real and admits that Epstein committed crimes—contradicting her sworn testimony.

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