Labor trumpets that theyβre rescuing the soccer players for the headlines, while ramming through laws which racially profile and punish everyone else in the same boat.
Cunning stunts.
I hate this
Gonna weigh in with my suggestion of a canal to end the oil crisis
Scoop: After Australia ruled out an AI copyright exception, the business lobby had a new plan: bypass the copyright system.
A leaked Business Council of Australia doc shows it considered, then ditched, a push to let AI companies train on Australia data without paying.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
Robodebt was the great test of Australiaβs accountability mechanisms β and they failed
"Ministers want to make it harder for inquests to pass verdicts of unlawful killing, which have been crucial in getting justice for women who committed suicide after suffering abuse."
I don't think anyone expected Labour would change course after its electoral drubbing but this is π€―
UK government 0
Kneecap 3
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βWhy would she think she could get away with something weβre currently in the process of letting her get away with?β
More headlines should be written like this
!["What ultimately broke me and my Blizzard career was I got called into the CFO's office and he sits me down and he saysβhe gives me a date which at the time was 2020 and was going to slip to 2021, but at the time it was 2020βand he said: 'Overwatch has to make [redacted] in 2020, and then every year after that it needs a recurring revenue of [redacted]' and then he says to me 'if it doesn't do [redacted] we're going to lay off 1,000 people, and that's going to be on you.' And that was the biggest fuck you moment I've had in my career, it felt surreal to be in that condition."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6kfv4l2wkabpwgw3v6k2vwx2/bafkreigxhkst43oa76yvbsaeoupzkdmles6drmfitfymosj3mty5gjzreu)
"What ultimately broke me and my Blizzard career was I got called into the CFO's office and he sits me down and he saysβhe gives me a date which at the time was 2020 and was going to slip to 2021, but at the time it was 2020βand he said: 'Overwatch has to make [redacted] in 2020, and then every year after that it needs a recurring revenue of [redacted]' and then he says to me 'if it doesn't do [redacted] we're going to lay off 1,000 people, and that's going to be on you.' And that was the biggest fuck you moment I've had in my career, it felt surreal to be in that condition."
This is a deranged thing to say to someone wtf. www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/ov...
Narratively having Ever Given getting stuck in 2021 to set up Hormuz in 2026 is great foreshadowing. You want your audience to understand the basics of international shipping in a lower stakes context so you drop the real plot without a lot of saggy exposition about the minutiae of cargo logistics.
This is the reality of what AI companies want for the future: where EVERYONE is unable to function without relying on them for "intelligence as a utility."
In order for them to sell this to us, they need to convince us our brains are never creative, interesting, able enough.
kinda weird to do the haha theyβre gay for each other when their whole thing was raping girls
Illustration of twelve bird friends, each labeled with a month from January to December
Your month, your bird friend!!
I have regrets (not using my nasal spray this morning)
Recommendations and outcomes The investigation made findings of serious corrupt conduct against 2 individuals. It also concluded that there was insufficient admissible evidence to establish the alleged offences against either Mr Withnell or Ms Wilson beyond reasonable doubt. Key admissions and statements made during this investigation are not admissible in criminal proceedings. It is therefore not appropriate to refer either to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions. The NACC Act invests the Commission with corruption prevention and education functions and the power to make recommendations as part of the Commissionβs investigation reports aimed at preventing corrupt conduct from occurring again. In this case, however, the Royal Commission made a number of recommendations to improve the budget process and agency responses to the Commonwealth Ombudsman, and they have since been implemented.
NACC clears Morrison, Campbell, Musolino, & Halbert of corrupt conduct.
Withnell & Wilson were found guilty of "serious corrupt conduct", but aren't referred to the Director of Public Prosecutions because statements they made to NACC "are not admissible in criminal proceedings"
The system works!
And yet China fans can turn up in shirts emblazoned with text indicating they are part of the Sydney chapter of the Australian Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification of China, and nothing happens.
I also remember the coach last night said Taiwan in the press conference at least once.
at Taiwanβs match against India yesterday, a fan - who it turns out is a former head coach of the national team and was filmed on the womenβs team bus later that night (!) - was kicked out of the stadium for chanting βgo Taiwan!β which security deemed to be βpoliticalβ.
Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now
![Iran cannot participate in the 2026 World Cup after the United States killed their leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the sports minister, Ahmad Donyamali, said on Wednesday.
The United States and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran nearly two weeks ago, killing the Islamic Republicβs supreme leader, leading to a region-wide conflict in the Gulf.
βConsidering that this corrupt regime [the US] has assassinated our leader, under no circumstances can we participate in the World Cup,β the minister told state television. βOur children are not safe and, fundamentally, such conditions for participation do not exist.
βGiven the malicious actions they have carried out against Iran, they have forced two wars on us over eight or nine months and have killed and martyred thousands of our people. Therefore, we certainly cannot have such a presence.β](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tgw3d4hvw3x5ijrxax7lg26u/bafkreib7eju4rl66vuamckwd2xp74d5zfp5r3ukhphssv6awdwuh3zvgi4)
Iran cannot participate in the 2026 World Cup after the United States killed their leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the sports minister, Ahmad Donyamali, said on Wednesday. The United States and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran nearly two weeks ago, killing the Islamic Republicβs supreme leader, leading to a region-wide conflict in the Gulf. βConsidering that this corrupt regime [the US] has assassinated our leader, under no circumstances can we participate in the World Cup,β the minister told state television. βOur children are not safe and, fundamentally, such conditions for participation do not exist. βGiven the malicious actions they have carried out against Iran, they have forced two wars on us over eight or nine months and have killed and martyred thousands of our people. Therefore, we certainly cannot have such a presence.β
Iran will not participate in the menβs World Cup.
βConsidering that this corrupt regime [the US] has assassinated our leader, under no circumstances can we participate in the World Cup. Our children are not safe and, fundamentally, such conditions for participation do not exist.β
Amen.
π¨ NEW: Peter Mandelson requested half a million pounds in taxpayer-funds after being sacked as US Ambassador
He was ultimately awarded Β£75,000, which the Government said it would "not publish"
80s singer Thomas Dolby on raising queer kids: "the eldest is trans, the middle is a lesbian, and the youngest is a drummer"
The 3 genders
The NWSL has instituted the AKB Rule to discourage βgoalkeeper timeoutsβ
In the event of goalkeeper injury, players may not approach their teamβs technical area. They must remain in the area where they were located when play was stopped OR gather on their teamβs side of the midfield center circle.
Men on ave have 15% greater aerobic capacity than women.
This International level trans woman cyclist experienced a 15% LOSS of aerobic capacity in just 3 months.
After a class action that left people out of pocket, a pissweak royal commission, a bullshit NACC report and a compensation settlement that hundreds of thousands of Robodebt victims are going to miss out on, no wonder people are disillusioned with the ALP
Pressing my hand to the screen of my monitor. On it displays a modern version of the windows XP bliss wallpaper (rolling green hills, blue skies)
Touching grass
In the present context, however, of an investigation into allegations of corrupt conduct, we are not so much concerned with Diceyan theory of ministerial accountability and Cabinet solidarity as with personal obligations of honesty and good faith. Thus, although Mr Morrison may have been responsible to Cabinet for the failings of DSS β in particular for DSSβ failings in not preventing the shortcomings of the NPP and checklist β it by no means necessarily follows that Mr Morrison was personally at fault for not detecting the failings of DSS or that he set out to act dishonestly or in bad faith. The question of any personal shortcoming requires consideration of the system and circumstances of ERCβs operation at the time of its adoption of the NPP.
The passages clearing Morrison of fault are extraordinary
NACC says Morrison is technically "responsible" as cabinet Minister, but not "personally at fault"
If responsibility exists without consequence...then what does "ministerial accountability" even mean anymore?
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following @brisbaneroar.bsky.socialβs offer for the five Brisbane-based Iranian players to train with them, both @sydneyfootballclub.bsky.social and @wswanderersfc.bsky.social have told me theyβd love to invite the Sydney-based players to train with them while they settle in too. #AFCWAC #ALeague
