2019.11.12 Rumbadump

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Show Notes


RIP

James Le Mesurier https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/11/british-founder-of-white-helmets-found-dead-in-istanbul-james-le-mesurier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Le_Mesurier

Kumanjayi Walker https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/11/yuendumu-police-shooting-indigenous-groups-demand-inquiry-into-kumanjayi-walkers-death

Thich Tri Quang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADchTr%C3%ADQuang

'Greens Voters' in Northern NSW

Aunty's Olympics https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-11/abc-will-not-have-live-radio-broadcast-tokyo-2020-olympics/11691772

Democracy Sausage

Corruption all the way down ...

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/12/win-for-lobbyists-number-of-sponsored-passes-for-parliament-doubles-in-seven-years

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/10/major-corporations-and-political-donors-awarded-grants-under-200m-regional-jobs-program

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/ethanol-producer-manildra-paid-just-65-million-company-tax-on-12-billion-mandated-sales-20160322-gno9xu.html https://abc.net.au/news/2015-01-22/manildra-457/6033054

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/08/bus-and-ferry-project-that-received-1m-coalition-regional-grant-delayed-and-losing-money

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/08/liberal-mp-misused-research-to-support-newstart-drug-test-trial-academic-alleges

F.U.

Trees

Australia Living Atlas https://www.ala.org.au/

Cops Hate Tops https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/06/revealed-nsw-police-strip-searched-more-than-100-girls-including-12-year-olds

Things

Uphold The Right https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/call-for-overhaul-police-can-deactivate-body-cameras-edit-footage-20191108-p538vg.html

The Grid https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/07/renewables-meet-50-of-electricity-demand-on-australias-power-grid-for-first-time

Diving bell spiders and fire ants https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/superhydrophobic-metal-wont-sink-406272/

Heliosphere https://relay.nationalgeographic.com/proxy/distribution/public/amp/science/2019/11/interstellar-space-weirder-than-expected-nasa-voyager-2-reveals

Stacks

Play Money https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8xw7nx/nearly-all-counter-strike-microtransactions-are-being-used-for-money-laundering

Facebook's Libra http://www.stephendiehl.com/posts/libra.html

Election Tampering https://www.newsweek.com/facebook-news-boss-campbell-brown-website-attacking-elizabeth-warren-1471054

Health Data About You https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/11/when-will-someone-go-jail-new-report-shows-google-secretly-storing-health-data

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