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We should. At the moment they are the last remaining democracies. Plus, "Aukeur" sounds much more refined than "Aukus"

The owners are complaining about the "strict" rules around when they can fire up and use their 200-odd diesel generators. Subtext - although they're describing them as "emergency backup", they want to run them as part of normal operation.

Just when you think he can't get any scummier. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-18/donald-trump-kennedy-center-demolition-plan-photo/107167248 Short story is - he's pissed off that he can't have his name on the Kennedy Center, so now he wants to tear it down. What a c***.

Anyone who cares about the environment wants to STOP the building of data centres, so I'm not sure where you get your information.

Maybe they got it confused with the storm warning that's current for most of southern Tasmania?

Let me try to put down my thoughts. The one thing that puts us on top of the food chain is our brain. If you don't believe that, get naked and go fight any other apex predator on their turf without thinking. Now we're actively trying to develop something that is more intelligent than us. Plus we train it on the internet, which is a vast pool of humanity's worst impulses, not to mention all the misinformation and disinformation, especially since 2016. We see reports time and again of AI agents escaping their sandpits and wreaking havoc. In tests, AI agents have consistently sought to protect their own existence by any means available to them, including lying and blackmail. The creators of AI are tech companies run by morally bankrupt Silicone Valley billionaires who lined up to support the most evil and destructive administration the US has ever had. Given all this, somehow we still seem to believe that AGI will be a benign intelligence and will stay inside whatever "guardrails" we give it. To me, the possible benefits of a super intelligent entity are far outweighed by the risk to humanity.

You can see why Kushner married into the family. Just as crooked as the rest. I read today that a Russian oligarch close to Putin funded part of Donald Jr's wedding. Funny how all the evil scum are so cosy.

What?? That bloke who dresses up in a bear suit to steal salmon from bear cubs, takes them all the way to Thailand for processing?

He even won an election that he didn't win.

Replace "mosque" with "church", "kindergarten", or "my house" and would the tolerance be any greater?

Obama's IQ is substantially higher than this clown's. Literally everything Trump says is wrong.

They should just swap the first letters - the Tronald Dump.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-14/irish-reunification-natural-trump-says/107148712 Despite the text, the link is actually about how Trump thinks everything is ok with AI and it's just "very negative" people who worry about it. So now I'm really concerned.

My wife and I had a good ride yesterday. Weather was absolutely magnificent so we went to Richmond via the lovely bends of Grasstree Hill. At one point, coming the other way were half a dozen bikes which I exchanged nods with (no waving in the twisty bits!) - but the last one in line was a police bike. We don't know if he'd pulled out and was about to book them, or if it was a training ride (although they didn't look like learners), or if it was just a bored cop who decided to have a bit of fun himself. We had lunch at Pooleys vineyard, then went via Tea Tree and Brighton back to Hobart. After a coffee with Kate's brother we headed home via Taroona, which is also a great road for bikes. Very enjoyable day.

"Waved", or "gesticulated for the offender to pull over".... It's all in the perspective. 😜