“The World Health Organization (World Health Organization (WHO)) has stated that the monkeypox virus can also be transmitted through the air” Source: rsi.ch/info/mondo/OMS… (August 27, 2024)

The Economist just published a deeply-researched story about car bloat, and it's very, very damning: "For every life that the heaviest 1% of SUVs and trucks save, there are more than a dozen lives lost in other vehicles." Well worth your time: economist.com/interactive/un…

‘It’s time to give up on normal’: what winter’s weird weather means for the warm months ahead theconversation.com/its-time-to-gi…

This is a no brainer and communities across Australia are looking for a government with guts. If we can’t solve problems like this that have a relatively simple solution, how can we do the hard stuff like housing, tax reform, decarbonisation? #auspol #gamblingreform

So good to see acknowledgement of the role that substance and alcohol abuse, addictions to drugs, gambling, financial stress, abuse by others have in creating the circumstances triggering #FDV. Practical prevention needs to happen. “gender inequity” is bad and always in the

Every leftist housing plan is like Step 0: abolish capitalism Step 1: build public housing … Step 54: relax zoning (???)

The murder of these hostages is not only appalling, it is a war crime. Their deaths add to the unacceptable toll of civilians killed in this conflict. The world must push harder for a ceasefire, incl. the immediate safe release of the remaining hostages. abc.net.au/news/2024-09-0…

The invisible biological boundary, The Wallace Line, (Sound up) 📹 geoglobe_tales

With regard to the latest commodity selloff, below is what I wrote in my August 15 CMW report: "This burgeoning confidence crisis is most evident among the commodity managers in our network. The latest property sales data has completely dashed the last remaining hope that a

Really worth listening to this 13 minute interview on @ABCPerth radio with Dr Tracy Westerman AM

Philip Oldfield Why are we so bad at delivering this ???🤔. Is it …(a) Relative building costs, (b) industry structure (labour/ unions and development industry), (c) regulations (zoning, planning, building codes), and/ or (d) society/ political culture not embedding creation of affordable and

🫣Hope #Australia can learn from this. #Auspol #buildingsafety #firesafety #housing #GrenfellDisaster bbc.com/news/articles/…

I am shocked, shocked to discover that the Russian state funded far-right "influencers" in the state of Tennessee and I am sure they had absolutely no idea where the money was coming from theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

A history of femicide of elite female athletes in Kenya. • Agnes Tirop-stabbed/clobbered to death 2021 •Edna Muthoni-Throat slit by machete 2021 • Damaris Muthee Mutua- Strangled 2022 • Rebecca Cheptegei- Torched Sep 2024. All by their male partners. None have been jailed.

Palm Springs reached 121°F today 🔥 Likely to be the hottest temperature recorded on Earth in September 2024.

Why is seeking justice against ‘male rapists’ framed as 'revenge'? It suggests they should be allowed to rape with impunity.

Avalanches of online abuse are never ok ! ⁦Julie Inman Grant⁩ is a now case study in online gender- based violence and intimidation. 👇👇#bbc.com bbc.com/news/articles/…

More of what we’ve been seeing lately — clearly softening labor market, gotta cut *before* a real problem emerges. Actual choice on 25 vs 50 matters less I think than some kind of verbal demonstration of Rooseveltian Resolve.

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