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Computer programmer in C# mostly. History buff. Richmond Tigers for life
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It is always the same betrayal: the public interest is sacrificed for the sake of immensely wealthy people. And Andy Burnham has already gone and done it. My column on how Burnham needs to defy the ultra-rich if he's not to follow Starmer out of the door. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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WE DON'T NEED PETROLEUM-BASED PLASTICS ANYMORE! "The [bamboo plastic] outperforms most commercial plastics and bioplastics in mechanical and thermo-mechanical metrics while maintaining full biodegradability in soil within 50 days and closed-loop recyclability with 90% retained strength."
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Los trabajadores de la televisión pública portuguesa piden boicotear Eurovisión por la participación de Israel
How the F can a top 50 list of Australian movies not have Crocodile Dundee in there. What pile of horse poo. www.theage.com.au/interactive/...
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Monday's Most Read # 1 - China Unveils the World’s Longest Outdoor Escalator, Revolutionizing Urban Transit link.theoverheadwire.com/twnv8 Parametric Architecture
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As has been obvious for some time you have no rights in china or Hong Kong aje.news/4t382x
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www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026... Great article on South Africas political economy today. Some suggestions I disagree with like direct presidential elections but mostly sound
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Trump does not think strategically, historically, geographically, or even rationally. He does not connect actions he takes on one day to events that occur weeks later. Allied leaders know that if they help him in the Gulf, he won't be grateful, or even remember www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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www.theage.com.au/business/com... VicRoads flogging off any remaining green space they can. We need to get rid of VicRoads merge it under the trains.
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1/7 Xinhua: "China will actively boost consumption and implement an income growth plan for urban and rural residents, according to a government work report submitted Thursday to the country's top legislature for deliberation." english.news.cn/20260305/420...
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A US submarine sinking a lonely, dinky Iranian surface ship an ocean away from the theater of the main conflict—and 9000 miles from North America—makes it pretty clear the US is fighting a general war, without the declaration required by the Constitution. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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1/12 Very interesting Bloomberg article on one of my favorite topics – how, in a hyperglobalized world (i.e. one with very low transportation, communication, and financial-transaction costs), countries that control their external accounts effectively... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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China Daily: "China's central bank announced on Friday that it will cut the foreign exchange risk reserve ratio for forward foreign exchange sales from 20 percent to zero, a move analysts say signals efforts to ease the rapid appreciation of the renminbi." www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202602/27/...