Quote

"Australia has some catching up to do." - author and Rolling Stone contributing editor, Jeff Goodell

F.U.

Shtcnts list: Tom Switzer (Ch7) and Michael Stutchbury (AFR)

Jacinda https://www.sbs.com.au/news/jacinda-ardern-vows-to-shelter-all-nz-homeless-over-winter

Hominids in Philippines http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-05-03/ancient-rhinoceros-humans-philippines-palaeontology-archaeology/9714634 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/04/butchered-rhino-suggests-humans-were-in-the-philippines-700000-years-ago https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0072-8.epdf?referrer_access_token=y8_SU-FgHcfAKAV2DrIttdRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0ObkKvOsP7xjaY7h5AcPpfssNIFzUw5zB7UGF3LYG5SsECEcVqUkIhS0fuEOYoVnBKyRx4faz3qyntQ1MO4CobeoWwh3LCKOYwNh8zBKF1VCaGFTGJCKupK6QFYyNnOZr199qa6Fid07KxznnkZcHtf2T6nqAMLxYTRl10TYq_wCSWdmSn025ccrJM9JIrembjXWkbGxzckLD6dnZ--Zf_qZcqum_XEm6nNYMQDS4XeuipLLbP4OGgpHC-XSNncQrpUqJVshgrZ7QpZ-VqdoOug&tracking_referrer=www.abc.net.au

Facial recognition technology in Australia https://twitter.com/nobby15/status/992225303056429056 ... and ... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/05/05/police-defend-facial-recognition-technology-wrongly-identified/

MH370 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/03/mh370-search-offers-clues-for-19th-century-shipwreck-mysteries

Kate Fischer https://twitter.com/kate_a_somers/status/993729226548232194

American gods https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/28/artificial-intelligence-god-anthony-levandowski https://www.engadget.com/2018/05/07/uber-crash-reportedly-caused-by-software-that-ignored-objects-in/ https://medium.com/s/story/the-long-road-to-self-driving-trucks-d142229832d6

Tree-clearing in Bananaland https://twitter.com/jackietrad/status/992023839142891525

Borroloola water https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/may/05/nt-camp-water-still-contaminated-two-weeks-after-alert

Ipswich Mayor https://www.sbs.com.au/news/ipswich-mayor-andrew-antoniolli-charged-with-fraud-over-council-funds ... and ... https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/queensland/ccc-charges-ipswich-mayors-adviser-with-misconduct-20180508-p4ze2h.html

Things

Australian Budget tonight

Malaysian election tomorrow https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/991954276527300609 https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/08/malaysian-election-2018-najib-razak-vs-mahathir-mohamed.html

Barry Urban https://thewest.com.au/politics/state-politics/fake-medal-mp-barry-urban-to-quit-parliament-ng-b88828849z

Air Vice-Marshal Stephen Osborne https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/may/07/operation-sovereign-borders-chief-would-have-concerns-if-labor-changed-policy

$40 a day https://twitter.com/abcmelbourne/status/991578069046456320

Telstra and Valve http://www.afr.com/technology/accc-wins-against-telstra-and-valve-are-globally-significant-in-the-internet-age-20180428-h0zdvr

Banks and Crypto https://qz.com/1172632/chinas-dominance-in-bitcoin-mining-under-threat-as-regulators-hit-where-it-hurts-electricity/ https://www.coindesk.com/visa-launches-first-phase-of-blockchain-b2b-payments-system/

Incels https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/04/what-do-incels-fascists-and-terrorists-have-in-common-violent-misogyny

Sport

A-League https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44022500 https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/43234569

Cornhole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornhole

Cornholio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHv2dIM3t9I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCutOI9F8Ws