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• M.P.U., Smoke Wot You Grew
• Hunsy, I'm home.
• Birds' Eyes Rock
• Ultra-Purple

Quote

"To set your neighbour's bed a-shaking, Postumus, and to flout the Genius of the sacred couch, is now an ancient and long-established practice. All other sins came later ..." - Juvenal Satire 6:4

F.U.

Nauru now blocking refugee evacuations??? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/sep/25/nauru-blocking-refugee-evacuations-a-problem-of-australias-creation-judge

Sydney Uni and Ramsay Centre https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/sep/24/ramsay-centre-to-review-sydney-university-degree-before-funding-sign-off

James Ricketson

There was a GFC (ten years ago) https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/financial-crisis-ten-year-anniversary-723798/

Tax windfall https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/sep/25/coalition-reveals-smallest-deficit-in-a-decade-after-decline-in-welfare-spending

Australia Day vs Indigenous Day https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/sep/25/scott-morrison-calls-for-new-national-day-to-recognise-indigenous-people

Killing Wedgies https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/sep/25/14-days-jail-for-killing-406-wedge-tailed-eagles-inadequate-animal-groups-say

Platypussies http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-10/eight-platypuses-found-dead-in-fishing-trap-in-werribee-river/10221950 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-19/retailers-withdraw-yabby-nets-that-kill-platypuses-ahead-of-ban/9775924

Things

RIP Michelle Guthrie at Our ABC

John Kerr, Laing Hancock and 1944 US surveys

Snooping laws https://www.buzzfeed.com/joshtaylor/while-everyone-was-distracted-by-strawberries-peter-dutton https://www.itnews.com.au/news/telstra-frets-network-breakage-trust-breaches-from-decryption-laws-512950 https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/647056/alarm-over-government-encryption-bill-rush/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/19/ozanticryptolegislation/

Landing robots on asteroids https://www.space.com/41912-japanese-hopping-rovers-land-on-asteroid.html

Sea scorpion https://www.livescience.com/52052-ancient-sea-scorpion-fossils.html

United Nations gives 'First Baby' security pass to New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern's daughter Neve Te Aroha http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-25/un-mock-security-pass-first-baby-of-new-zealand-neve-te-aroha/10302586

NZSIS http://www.nzsis.govt.nz/

stacks

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/20/eric-schmidt-ex-google-ceo-predicts-internet-split-china.html

The era of no war https://edition-m.cnn.com/2018/09/18/asia/north-korea-south-korea-summit-intl/index.html

Sports

Bentleigh Greens and that brawl https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/football/bentleigh-greens-v-heidelberg-united-brutal-rivalry-set-to-play-out-in-ffa-cup-quarter-final/news-story/67916b0439634796a615fd23614f19af

Games (specifically excluding Chess)

Overwatch https://www.theroar.com.au/2018/09/17/the-greatest-achievement-by-an-australian-national-team-this-year-has-been-in-esports-and-it-happened-yesterday/

• South Korea
• Finland
• USA
• Canada
• China
• Australia (!)
• France
• UK

https://worldcup.playoverwatch.com/en-us/standings/top-24

Gambling https://www.pcgamer.com/loot-boxes-are-psychologically-akin-to-gambling-according-to-australian-study/

Twitch https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45600272