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Is Australia a sitting duck for ransomware attacks? Yes, and the danger has been growing for 30 years
Paul Haskell-Dowland, Edith Cowan University; Andrew Woodward, Edith Cowan University

The first ransomware attack, in 1988, was a crude effort involving virus-laden floppy disks. But in the decades since, the sophistication of malware, and the money reaped by criminals, has skyrocketed.

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Support package for Sydney better and more fit for purpose than JobKeeper
Steven Hamilton, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

The business support package to save the NSW economy gets it right on most counts.


more like susceptible to usa style fear/paranoia

 

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nsw/au
a likely further 32 eweek lockdown ffs

ffs

ffs

lat the fucken thing go...ffs

ffs
you bloody idiotsd

a mate/former kiwi,now aussie
lived in qld 12 yuearsliving in victoria now3 eweek holiday ion queensland
on way home thru sydney
now trapped i n sydney x 9 fdays,so far
casnt/not sallowed to go homefor fucks saker

 

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coin the phrfase
'super lockdown'
skys paul murray,ffe australa

sad,state of affairs

 

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Rare Albino Redwoods
For decades, Tom Stapleton has searched for and logged rare albino redwoods, their silver-white branches a stark contrast to the dark wood of the surrounding forest, and even less common wild chimera redwoods, which sport patchworks of green and white needle leaves. Collaborating with albino redwood researchers and enthusiasts, he has found more than 500 albino redwoods and 116 wild chimeras. Their locations are kept secret to protect them from souvenir hunters or other vandals. Stapleton is now working with researchers to understand why these unusual trees exist, and what their presence may mean for the health of surrounding trees and even entire ecosystems.
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as far as im cocerned the russians,and chinese are far more adbvanced than the usa/uk/europe
anyone else,re hacking haha

remember the bdspace rtace

besides
your usa,have your trip off facebook and others

hope
the don,trumpys succesful,with those mongrells




Russian-based hacking group REvil disappears from the internet

What The World is following
Russian-based hacking group REvil disappears from the internet

Credit: Jenny Kane/AP/File photo
REvil offline
REvil, a Russia-based hacking group behind recent ransomware attacks that crippled companies worldwide, has gone offline. While the criminal syndicate’s dark web data-leak site and the portal where ransom was negotiated are now unreachable, the reason behind the disappearance is still unknown. On a call last week, US President Joe Biden told Russian President Vladimir Putin that he needed to curb the cyber attacks from Russia-based groups. But there is still no indication that REvil was taken down by government authorities. The group operated off a model of offering “ransomware as a service,” leasing out its ability to extort companies to other criminals and keep a percentage of the ransom money.

Masih Alinejad
Four Iranian intelligence officials have been charged in New York’s Federal court with plotting to kidnap Iranian American journalist and activist Masih Alinejad, who has been critical of the Iranian government. The US justice department said that Iranian officials planned to lure Alinejad, a US citizen living in New York, to a third country in order to abduct her. Alinejad was not identified directly by prosecutors, but she confirmed in an interview that she was the target of the plot. Alinejad wrote an opinion piece in the Washington Post last year titled “Iranian officials have declared they want to kidnap me. It’s happened to others before.” Other charges against the alleged conspirators who live in Iran include sanctions violations, bank and wire fraud and money laundering.

Canada First Nations
The Penelakut Tribe in British Columbia, Canada, said it has found over 160 unmarked graves in what was home to the Kuper Island Residential School for Indigenous children, run by the Catholic Church with funding from the Canadian government. This is the fourth such finding in the past two months in Canada. The school, which operated from 1890 to the mid-1970s on Penelakut Island as part of a campaign to assimilate Indigenous children into white Canadian society, was demolished in the 1980s. The Canadian government has admitted that physical and sexual abuse was rampant in the schools.


US bans some solar products from Xinjiang, citing human rights abuses of Uyghur people

Credit: Mark Schiefelbein/AP/File photo
The US has banned some solar products from China's Xinjiang province after a recent report revealed that makers of polysilicon — a key component of solar panels — used the forced labor of Uyghur people. Companies in the region produce 45% of the world's polysilicon, which is then shipped around the world, said Laura Murphy, a human rights researcher.

 

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Happy National Forest Week!

Happy National Forest Week! On Monday we kicked off National Forest Week with a special virtual event and the celebration will continue through Sunday, July 18. We are so excited to celebrate our incredible 193-million-acre National Forest System once again this year. From stunning overlooks to rushing waterfalls, we invite you to “Explore It All” this National Forest Week.

Please join us in celebrating National Forest Week. Here are a few ways to get involved:

• Submit a photo to the National Forest Week photo contest for a chance to win a Yeti cooler, America the Beautiful Pass, custom framing, and more! Submit your photos here.
• Watch and engage with a virtual event. From an interpretive chat about the Sonoran Desert and nature draw-along with artist Bryn Merrell, click here to see the full lineup of events.
• Purchase your “Explore National Forests” Bonfire T-shirt and/or limited edition print by artist Bryn Merrell.
• Share why you love National Forests on social media with the hashtag #NationalForestWeek.

Visit nationalforestweek.org to learn more and get involved.

 

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australia,youve lost the r'kn plot,period
lockdowns galore
ss to do anything

humanity in charge huh

 

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please
hug me to a human death
by order huh

Coppicing Is a Useful Strategy to Use in Your Permaculture Garden
Elizabeth describes coppicing as "an age-old technique that involves harvesting stems from a tree while allowing it to remain in active growth." It never caught on in North America, where there were endless forests to chop, but with the rise of mass timber in architecture, people are looking at it again because it is completely carbon neutral; there are no roots to rot or trees to plant because it just keeps growing after you chop off the branch. We may soon see cross-laminated coppicing.
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You Can Still Feast While Roughing It in the Bush
Katherine knows her camping; this is all good advice.
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What Is the Carbon Footprint of Space Tourism?
Our problem isn't too many rockets; it's too many billionaires.
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Fashion Designer Uses Plant-Based Dyes to Make Beautiful Zero Waste Clothes
The cutting edge of slow and sustainable fashion.
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What Oregon's Ambitious Climate Bill Means for Climate Change
The bill commits Oregon to source 100% of its electricity from clean—or zero-emission—sources by 2040.
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What Makes Recess Fun for Kids?
"Not all recess is created equal."
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The Permaculture Practice of Wood Coppicing
Here's more to read about coppicing; it is so interesting.
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Pacific Northwest Heat Waves Impossible Without Human-Caused Climate Change
Sami says, "It's all pretty scary stuff." He's right. Get used to more of it.
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Birds Won’t Rely on You If You Feed Them, Study Finds

 

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australia

pretty well f'n laughing

the first time i have heard a geust on sky tv,she thought

people are getting fed up,duh


tbh,will admit,virtually all have been moaning consistently,like i have
every night
sky tv that is

 

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a weekend nz/au
still,mightily angggry,dont knoe why'at that/my beloved couintry,australia

bloody lockdowns,pathetic
am sure its 'this generation'and there allowing there state/federal govts,dictatorial rights,over there lives ...

 

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BY Elizabeth Landau

In "Projections: A Story of Human Emotions" and "A Sense of Self: Memory, the Brain, and Who We Are," Karl Deisseroth and Veronica O’Keane, respectively, use patient stories as conduits to talk about advancements in neuroscience, illuminating the brain’s various structures and the connections between them. Read on »
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Court Affirms Health Workers’ Rights to Speak up on Safety

BY Harris Meyer, KHN

Media policies barring health care workers from publicly speaking or posting about safety issues have been a bitter source of conflict over the past year as workers have been fired for calling out inadequate Covid-19 safety precautions. But in May, a federal court affirmed that such policies are illegal. Read on »
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a littlr bewildered tbh

 

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werid
but works for me
strange

no matter,how many xs dropped ha grrrrr

 

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reminisce

living under a railway bridge x 8 months
couple of hick aussie brothers,played this consistntly ha/nice

euri creek/bowen/qld/australia


and
it did rain/pissed down,yesterday nz
close enough huh

 

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damn usa
vtctoria/australia,anb its continual bullshit extended lockdown,of millions of lives
all at @ the fucked whim of a sub-human state premier,your geeeeeeess

 

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CONGRATULATIONS AUSTRALIA

being awarded the o;ympic games in .... whenever

likely,wont be around,no matter

will
ne thinkinhg of you/many bitching re cost/loss from now on

meh usa
old school thought

a permanent venue,should be awarded tp greece,forever

 

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finally caughtup with the wanker state premiers,and the federsal pm como

'doing better than new zealand' huh,boastful aussies

is thsat why our govbt has suspended all trans tasman travel/agreements
and
offering to bring any kiwi homt,within 7 days

ps000s of aussies still trapped overseas