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rhe links ogre

no changes
truth,speaks for itself
but
shjoot the messenger,if it makes one feel better

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Schools are Australia's new Delta battleground. How risky are they really?
As another week of home learning begins for thousands of Australian students, and those in south-east Queensland head to class in masks, a return to school-as-normal seems further away than ever.

Gladys Berejiklian intervened in $5.5m grant pursued by Daryl Maguire
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Live: Victoria opens Australia's first drive-through vaccination clinic
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'This is a race': NSW Premier issues warning over easing of lockdown restrictions
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says the state needs to reach 6 million COVID vaccinations by the end of August for restrictions to ease, but warns life will not go back to this way it was before the Delta outbreak.

Thousands of students don masks for the first time at school in wake of Queensland's Delta outbreak
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More lockdowns can’t be ruled out as Delta 'storm' not over, Queensland’s Chief Health Officer warns
Queensland's Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young says strict rules in the south-east seem to have contained a Delta outbreak, but she warns it's not over yet.

Five of the best moments from the Tokyo Olympics closing ceremony
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The most memorable races of the Tokyo Olympics
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Cairns and Yarrabah residents face anxious wait to learn extent of COVID outbreak
A mysterious case of COVID-19 sends Cairns and Yarrabah into a 3-day lockdown. Residents are being urged to get tested as contact tracers race to find people who crossed paths with a taxi driver who was infectious in the community for 10 days.

Study finds 14 residents of this town die prematurely every year. The reason? Woodfired heaters
New data suggests woodfired heaters are responsible for more premature deaths than previously thought, as health experts call for reform

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nz,as bad or worse,apparently
doubt that

47-000 attendfing bthis seasons 1st rugby bledisloe cvup/that new zea;land won btw

promptingh aussie top [possible relocate some sporting gsamers,to nz
go figure,re comntinuasl lockdowns,in australia

 

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never thought/expectred
thre poms of pongoland,would/could sdteasl a march,as they say,on australia

ps
just showes,whast p0oliticasl partiers can influence a populace/country hjuh
my thought

 

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linksd ogre speaking
watching the varioud dtate spokespweauns in australia
almost a peresonal nattle with cv
si ne issue
under sa/rhe pretectof 'looking after you'

anyonewould think,you tge only cvountry in the wotl,suyyeringwith this viruscan yoiu belioever ythe frderasl govts still making no greay effort to bting 000s home

tge adveertising catchcry they used in advertyising

'make austtralia home'
doesent appli to there own citizens , it seems


waening
link following/related
cant be bothered looking for proper aus ad

ps
still goiung on,every night
re 'how bad chine is
bo problems in/with there own country,it seems

 

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Climate change has already hit Australia. Unless we act now, a hotter, drier and more dangerous future awaits, IPCC warns

Michael Grose, CSIRO; Joelle Gergis, Australian National University; Pep Canadell, CSIRO; Roshanka Ranasinghe

Australia may warm by 4℃ or more this century, the IPCC has found. As these IPCC authors explain, there is no going back from some changes in the climate system.

AP Photo/Noah Berger
This is the most sobering report card yet on climate change and Earth’s future. Here’s what you need to know
Pep Canadell, CSIRO; Joelle Gergis, Australian National University; Malte Meinshausen, The University of Melbourne; Mark Hemer, CSIRO; Michael Grose, CSIRO

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released its long-awaited report. From accelerating emissions to intensifying disasters to rising sea levels, its authors lay out the new findings.

Dave Hunt/AAP
IPCC says Earth will reach temperature rise of about 1.5℃ in around a decade. But limiting any global warming is what matters most
Michael Grose, CSIRO; Malte Meinshausen, The University of Melbourne; Pep Canadell, CSIRO; Zebedee Nicholls, The University of Melbourne

IPCC authors go beyond the headlines to explain how 1.5℃ warming is measured – and why there’s still reason to hope, and act, if Earth exceeds that limit.

View from Warraber Island. Nina Hall
Torres Strait Islanders face more than their fair share of health impacts from climate change
Nina Lansbury Hall, The University of Queensland; Andrew Redmond, The University of Queensland; Condy Canuto, The University of Queensland; Francis Nona, The University of Queensland; Samuel Barnes, The University of Queensland

Five climate-sensitive infectious diseases exist in the Torres Strait. Traditional Owners are calling on the UN for action.

 

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never the rwain shall meet
likely nrvbev the srare premiers o australia,rekease rgere ignorasnt strangkehold on there citizens
fools unto themsekvesd for continuing to alloew it

 

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keeping an eye un you

 

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The Case of the Wandering Puppies
We may have started the newsletter today with dire climate news, but there is no better way to end it than with cute puppies. Maybe I should have done it the other way round.

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Hundreds of sharks are currently hiding out in a canal in Florida as they attempt to escape a toxic algal bloom sweeping the state's Gulf Coast, according to news reports.

Four shark species — bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo), blacktip (Carcharhinus limbatus), nurse (Ginglymostoma cirratum) and lemon (Negaprion brevirostris) — have been hiding in the canal near Longboat Key in Sarasota County since July 26, according to The Guardian. Local residents shared striking footage of the shark-infested waterway online.
Full SteScience (8/4)

Dogs know when humans are lying to them

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Dogs may be able to tell when humans are deceiving them, according to a new study. Specifically, researchers found that dogs react differently to false information given to them by a misinformed human than they do to a human who is flat-out lying to them. The findings suggest that dogs have a "theory of mind" that they use to explain what their owners are up to. Children typically develop this ability around age 4.
Full Story: LiveScience (8/4)


uuhhmmmm
shouldent really be posting links,youi dang ogre
says a drunkatd dictator
oh well,my business huh

 

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A brutal new climate report says Australia faces heightened bushfire and drought risk. But it’s not too late to avoid the worst outcomes.
Australia’s bushfire seasons will become longer, stronger, and more frequent, while devastating droughts across the eastern states are likely to become more common, according to a harrowing Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report charting the impact of unchecked greenhouse gas emissions.

After a brutal climate report, Australian investors fear ‘falling behind’ without a net zero target and green disclosure rules
A major investor group has doubled down on warnings the Australian economy could be left behind as the planet transitions from greenhouse gas emissions.

China slapped punishing tariffs on Australian wine last year. Now the industry is looking for new opportunities.
Australia’s wine industry is looking to act on the painful lessons of the China trade war.

The federal government has proposed a overhaul of skilled migration to fight pandemic brain drain
The government has proposed an overhaul of skilled migration in a bid to attract foreign workers lost since the start of the pandemic

10 things you need to know this morning in Australia
This is Business Insider Australia’s morning newsletter for Wednesday, August 11.


odd things still happening huh.
even if/especially with,denierds still denyiong voicviferously
not suggesting its not happening here fgfa
howe simple some can get/be

 

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aniher 7 dayus extension to vicvtorias currebt lochdown
geeesus

plus
south australia,wants to quarantine there olympic arhletesd a further 2 weeks,when they get home
even tho they have/are doing a 2 weeh quarantione in srdney right now

how syck/dictatorial is that,as wekk

and im addused of being .....

 

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A thumb-size bat that was killed by a house cat in Russia flew a record-breaking 1,254 miles (2,018 kilometers) from the U.K. before meeting its untimely end.

The female Nathusius' pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii), which weighed just under 0.3 ounces (8 grams), was found injured in the village of Molgino in western Russia. It was taken to a local bat sanctuary but later died from its injuries, which were most likely inflicted by a cat, according to a statement by the Bat Conservation Trust in the U.K. (BCT).
Full Story: LiveScience (8/10)

funny not haha runny tho
links ogre sharting inmfo

funny tghat onmly a few daysv ago,i heard on radio nz/rememberb them

well we nz,apparently have miniscule native bats,as dedscribed
an amazsingb fdactoiod huh

i liker myself,finding/sharting info like this/that haha
links only ogre
self proclaimed downundetrling

 

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10 things you need to know this morning in Australia
This is Business Insider Australia’s morning newsletter for Thursday, August 12.

The Melbourne lockdown has been extended by another week, as health authorities chase down COVID-19 ‘mystery’ cases
Lockdown restrictions have been extended by one week for the Greater Melbourne region, as Victoria battles to contain the latest coronavirus outbreak rippling through the city.

The Australian property market hit $8 trillion in March. It’ll likely hit $9 trillion by the end of the year.
The value of the Australian property market hit an astounding $8 trillion in March — and is now on track to reach its next trillion-dollar milestone by the end of this year.

South Australia will become the first state to roll the Pfizer jab out to everyone over 16 from Monday
South Australia will offer Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination appointments to those aged 16 or over from Monday, becoming the first state in the Commonwealth to grant widespread access to the mRNA jab.

NSW is days away from Year 12 students returning to the classroom – but the government has no idea how many teachers have been vaccinated
The NSW government has confirmed it is not tallying the number of teachers who have received the COVID-19 vaccine.

The pandemic has changed workplaces forever. Here’s what Australia’s best employers are offering top talent.
Australians are demanding much more than a pay rise and a ping pong table.

This map shows the risk COVID poses to every single US state. It puts Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida at ‘severe’.
The risk calculations are based on the number of new cases, infection rate, data quality, ICU capacity, vaccination status and socio-economic factors.

Some Google employees could face a pay cut of up to 25% if they work from home permanently, according to a leaked salary calculator
A Google spokesperson told Reuters the firm’s compensation packages had always been "determined by location."

5 basic cocktail recipes any beginner can master at home
Some cocktails are classics for a reason.

 

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OVID hardship for out-of-work Aussies

was
aday when duh





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AU Edition | 12 August 2021

Academic rigour, journalistic flair

While Australians in lockdown locations who lose work are as well supported by this year’s COVID disaster payments as they were last year by JobKeeper, Australians who’ve been out of the paid workforce are nowhere near as well supported.

Last year a special coronavirus supplement of $550 per fortnight almost doubled their income from benefits such as JobKeeper.

This year they’ve missed out, despite Prime Minister Scott Morrison saying the disaster payments recognise the significant impact the Delta strain is having on communities.

Sharon Bessell describes how last year’s payment changed lives, and what happened when it was removed.

A separate report released by the Australian Council of Social Service and the University of NSW today finds that lockdowns threaten the health of such Australians. Australians on benefits are almost twice as likely to have asthma and are more than twice as likely to have mental health issues.

Most Australians are proud of our universal health-care system, Medicare, and the outstanding work of nurses and doctors in our hospitals. But how does our health system stack up internationally? In a new report card comparing 11 countries, Australia comes in third. But we’re falling short on some measures, as Stephen Duckett explains.

Peter Martin

Section Editor, Business and Economy

Today's newsletter supported by The Conversation

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Australia was a model for protecting people from COVID-19 — and then we dumped half a million people back into poverty
Sharon Bessell, Australian National University

An estimated 540,000 Australians didn’t have paid work ahead of lockdown, so missed out on COVID-19 support this year. They’ve been left to live on $44 a day — well below the poverty line.

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How does Australia’s health system rate internationally? This year it wins bronze
Stephen Duckett, Grattan Institute

Compared to ten similar countries, Australia does well on equity and health care outcomes. But it still has a way to go on access and how well the health system fits together.

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Can Australian employers make you get a COVID-19 vaccine? Mostly not — but here’s when they can
Joo-Cheong Tham, The University of Melbourne

There are only limited circumstances where workplace vaccine mandates are likely to be found legally justifiable.

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Brad Hazzard is wrong about multicultural western Sydney: new research shows refugees do trust institutions
Tadgh McMahon, Flinders University; Shanthi Robertson, Western Sydney University

Recent surveys of refugees in NSW show high levels of trust in the government and police — counter to recent suggestions that people in western Sydney haven’t built up trust in government.

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Why New Zealand’s proposed law banning gay conversion practices is so unlikely to criminalise parents
Eddie Clark, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

Fears that concerned parents might fall foul of a new law banning gay conversion practices are not borne out by the strict definitions in the bill before parliament.

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Yeah, nah: Aussie slang hasn’t carked it, but we do want to know more about it
Kate Burridge, Monash University; Dylan Hughes, Monash University; Howard Manns, Monash University; Isabelle Burke, Monash University; Keith Allan, Monash University; Simon Musgrave, Monash University

An extensive study is underway to catalogue Australian slang, its origins, and why is is such as important part of our language.

Health + Medicine

• If you’re drinking or betting more in lockdown, you’re not alone. But watch for these signs of addiction
  Anastasia Hronis, University of Technology Sydney
  
  We know stressful circumstances make people more vulnerable to developing addictions. Meanwhile, people seeking help for addiction may have had their treatment disrupted because of lockdowns.
  
  
• Use it or rapidly lose it: how to keep up strength training in lockdown
  David Scott, Deakin University
  
  Many think of muscle mass loss as a problem that mostly affects older people, but even people in their early 20s can experience rapid muscle loss under certain conditions.
  

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a crazed/mixed up world
little hope
how on earth Canberra now

 

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Atlanta Poised to Approve Massive Police Training Facility Despite Public Opposition
Aja Arnold
The city has given little room for public input ahead of a vote to approve the $90 million center that activists have dubbed “Cop City.”

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theyre still 'going on'with the same ole shit,i spoke about aus mis-handling/bugling of cv,re superflous lockdowns etf

talking sky regulars
plus,aged/wizehed elder statespersons like bronwyn bishop

speaking of,exactli what ive been saying forever

'we have to learn to live with it'

 

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at Undark Magazine — View this email in your browser

haha,links ogre at work
loved magic musrooms 3experience
pisses me off perfects try and run our lives

ps
pure organic
str from steaming cowshit
fuck the naysayers
;'dont eat red meat' bullshit



As a taxonomic group, fungi are both ubiquitous and diverse, including molds, yeast, mushrooms, and a variety of other organisms. They are also largely neglected in global conservation efforts. Only 450 types have been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature for inclusion on its Red List of Threatened Species. Groups like mammals, birds, and amphibians have been completely or almost completely assessed, while fungi account for less than a percent of all assessments to date. Policymakers and biodiversity institutions agree that fungi are fundamental to rich and sustainable ecosystems, but few have taken direct steps to explicitly include these organisms in their policy frameworks.

In response, a small team of fungal experts and legal scholars have banded together to try and tilt public and legal discourse in favor of fungal conservation, reports Jonathan Moens for Undark this week. The team aims to add another “F” — funga — to upcoming high-impact reports, declarations, conventions, and treaties that would otherwise focus on “flora and fauna.”

Also this week: Gauging a woman's sexual desire is tricky business, writes Teresa Carr. Some doctors are glad to have drugs to help boost women’s libido. But many experts say that the few such drugs on the market show little evidence of actually working, and that the industry falls short in trying to measure normal sexual desire.

And: Many non-English editions of Wikipedia — particularly those with small, homogenous editing communities — need to be monitored to safeguard the quality and accuracy of their articles, argues Yumiko Sato. But the Wikimedia Foundation, Sato asserts, has provided little support on that front, and not for lack of funds. Links to these stories and more below.

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Flora, Fauna, and … Funga? The Case for a Third ‘F.’

BY Jonathan Moens

In the 1960s, fungi were given their own kingdom after decades of being classified as plants. But this recognition has been slow to seep into policy. The vast majority of environmental laws still default to the outdated phrase "flora and fauna." Now, there's a growing movement to save the mushrooms. Read on »
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Debate Erupts (Again) Over Women’s Libido Drugs

BY Teresa Carr

In explaining the rationale for approving female-libido drugs, the FDA often cites an unmet need. Yet researchers are fiercely divided over the question of just how many women suffer from a lack of libido and how best to help them. One complication: There is no research standard for "normal sexual desire." Read on »
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Wikipedia Has a Language Problem. Here’s How To Fix It.

BY Yumiko Sato

Opinion | Wikipedia’s crowdsourced approach to quality control has a fundamental weakness: It works only if the crowd is large, diverse, and independent enough to reliably weed out misinformation. That’s left less-trafficked, non-English versions of the encyclopedia especially vulnerable to manipulation and abuse. Read on »
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Learning to Adapt in the Climate Change Era

BY Max Norman

In "Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World," Lisa Wells explores the lives of “relatively ordinary people" who have chosen to live off the grid to reconnect and restore nature. Wells argues that alongside a crisis of engineering and politics, climate change has also ushered in a crisis of narrative. Read on »
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Megafires: Where Climate Change and Wildfire Exclusion Collide

BY Susan J. Prichard, Keala Hagmann, & Paul Hessburg, The Conversation

Opinion | Residents of the West are no strangers to wildfire, but recent years have seen some of the most extreme fire activity on record. The cause? Climate change and a century of fighting nearly every fire. But the severity of future wildfires can still be mitigated by managing forests to foster resilience. Read on »
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Cause for Terror — and Some Hope — in New Climate Report

BY Michael Schulson

In our weekly news roundup: new IPCC report on impacts of global warming, nasal spray vaccines in development, and more. Read on »

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f'n rooster cock,crowing
damn annoying the barstadbarsted usa,i think duh
anyway
paininarse/ass usa,definitly

if
you want to root the hens
go for it,ffs

ps
fuck the wildlife

 

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incredible

entire nsw lockdown for a week
week,means nothing

victoria,likey to extend lodckdown 7

what a fucked country

links ogre sunday speech

hate aussie,no
hate politicians,yes