My thoughts are with everyone battling or affected by the bushfires and power outages on this 43°C day. I’m very thankful my air conditioning is still working and I’m relatively comfortable. If you’re the praying type, please pray for my daughter’s safe return from Sydney tomorrow. The fires are still active, and she may need to find an alternative route home to Melbourne.
#Bushfires #Australia #Heatwave #Community #StaySafe #Prayers #Melbourne #Sydney
"Benzion Shemtov, #rabbi at #Chabad #Jewish Center at #Michigan State #University was out of the state when someone spray-painted #Nazi symbols on the doors and threw rocks at the windows of the center in the days following the #massacre at #BondiBeach in #Australia, where 15 people were #killed during a #Hanukkah celebration.
But when Shemtov returned to #EastLansing, he said he was greeted by numerous letters from the #MichiganState University community that the center serves.
“I got home and I got letters in the mail from people that are not even Jewish, just writing letters of support. It’s break right now. There’s no one in town…. just to see from #students that graduated and maybe came to us, students [that weren’t] necessarily so close with [us] perhaps because maybe they didn’t attend that much, but they were writing, this is their home, this was their home on campus,” Shemtov said. “This will always be their home.”
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ELPD is seeking assistance to find the person who spray painted Nazi symbols and threw rocks at a local Jewish center.East Lansing Info
"#Jews comprise 0.2% of the world’s population.
Take a group of 500 random people, and on average, 499 won’t be #Jewish.
So you may be wondering what it’s like to be part of that 0.2%.
Here’s a little snapshot:
In May, Jews gathered at a museum reception in #WashingtonDC. A #gunman started #shooting. Two attendees were #killed.
In June, Jews gathered at a park in #Boulder, #Colorado. An assailant threw #Molotovcocktails into the crowd. A woman was killed.
In October, Jews gathered at a #synagogue in #Manchester, #England. A man drove his car into pedestrians and #stabbed them. Two people were killed.
In December, Jews gathered on a beach in #Sydney, #Australia. #Terrorists opened fire. Fifteen people were killed.
That’s just in 2025.
Bottom line: being Jewish is dangerous."
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From the blog of Adam Zimmerman at The Times of IsraelAdam Zimmerman (The Blogs)
Another take that I have seen way too much, in response to this and other violent attacks against Jews, is almost too awful for me to summarize. It is the idea that the attack could be justified if the victims were all “Zionists.”All these people, sitting with their phones or computers, fantasizing over which Jews they will spare in the selection, and which of us they will slaughter. They most likely have “anti-fascist” in their bio, but they are Nazis in their souls, salivating over Nazi daydreams as their hobby.
🚨 World's first social media ban begins: Australian & under‑16? Your social media account is now locked. 🚨
What's next? From Dec 27 #AgeVerification checks for search engines like #Google.
BUT - Once your data is in the system, what's stopping it from being used for surveillance?
And what happened to #Privacy? 🧐
YouTube already has it ➡️ tuta.com/blog/how-to-turn-off-…
Did YouTube ask you to verify your age with ID or credit card? You're not alone! YouTube AI is increasingly trying to estimate how old you are based on your habits following the global push for age verification.Tuta
Age verification is the new trend to de-anonymize the web. 😡
🚨Starting Dec 10, #YouTube #Australia will ask for your age.
The Big Tech already started rolling out an AI-powered age estimation system. Adults are being marked as minors & are forced to submit IDs before regaining full access to decades-old accounts.
Learn how to avoid YouTube's #AI #AgeVerification: tuta.com/blog/how-to-turn-off-…
Did YouTube ask you to verify your age with ID or credit card? You're not alone! YouTube AI is increasingly trying to estimate how old you are based on your habits following the global push for age verification.Tuta
Meanwhile, in #Australia…
The claw of a male Southern Cassowary!
Photo by Palaeontology PhD researcher, Sarah Davis. Via ABC Perth.
🚨 AI is a billion dollar bet. And Big Tech wants YOU to pay for it. Now Microsoft got sued for tricking users to pay 45% more for its AI. 🚨
👉🏼 Australia’s competition regulator says Microsoft misled around 2.7 million users into paying more for Microsoft 365 when offering its AI Copilot.
Find out more: tuta.com/blog/microsoft-price-…
#Microsoft #AI #Microsoft356 #Australia
Australia’s competition regulator sued Microsoft, alleging it misled around 2.7 million users into paying up to 45% more in subscription prices for Microsoft 365 because of its AI integration. But there’s more to this story than just money.Tuta
The City of Moreton Bay claims homeless people “consented” to having their tents and belongings – including a woman’s daughter’s ashes – thrown in the bin. This is what passes for policy now?
We’re criminalising poverty, bulldozing dignity, and calling it governance. Fines over $8,000 for sleeping rough, yet zero accountability for systemic failure.
If this is the norm, we’re in deep moral decline.
#homelessness #australia #housingcrisis #humanrights #moretonbay #poverty #socialjustice #brisbane #auspol
abc.net.au/news/2025-07-09/mor…
ABC News provides the latest news and headlines in Australia and around the world.Kenji Sato (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
It has been an incredible two years since NV Access founders Mick Curran & Jamie Teh featured on Australian Story: abc.net.au/news/2023-06-05/mic…
The impact NVDA has for blind people around the world has only grown & the need is as great now as ever!
You can watch the Audio Description enabled version of Australian Story: youtu.be/3i7gkN-1sAI
Regular version: youtu.be/jwHbXh3WzSw
#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Blind #Accessibility #FreeSoftware #FOSS #Impact #Australia #AustralianStory
ABC News provides the latest news and headlines in Australia and around the world.Kristine Taylor (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Diamond Beach Emerald Sky by Brent Martin
The night was full of colour, with comet C/2024 G3 Atlas and a pink aurora in the early hours, followed by the Milky Way rising amid intense green airglow.
#astrophotography
#MilkyWay
#Australia
#GreatOceanRoad
Because life can be full of bullshit, here's some pleasant counterprogramming:
Meet 3.3 m/11 ft #InspectorClouseau
(Old people like me will get the #PinkPanther reference)
First spotted off #Australia in 2015
The only #pink #mantaRay we've discovered in the world, now or ever
Researchers have studied him (yes, a he) as to cause
Diet: no. Stress: no. Toxins: no. Infection: no
They now think it is just a rare genetic mutation
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/…
#Ocean #Biology #Zoology #Fish #Oceans
Researchers suspect a genetic mutation may have gifted the giant fish, named Inspector Clouseau, his rosy hueKatherine J. Wu (Smithsonian Magazine)
360 On Aged Care, By Vision Australia Radio
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: greataustralianpods.com/360-on…
#GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #Podcasters #Australia #Health #Fitness #Wellness
Podcast: 360 On Aged Care, By Vision Australia Radio By: Vision Australia Radio Category: Health & Fitness Sub-Category: Health & Wellness First Episode: 2025…Admin (Great Australian Pods)
Dutton goes full Trump on climate, energy and industry as Albanese sets May 3 election date
reneweconomy.com.au/dutton-goe…
#Australia #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
There was a moment in Peter Dutton's pitch to voters when the full Trumpian catastrophe of his climate, energy and industry policies should have been exposed.Giles Parkinson (RenewEconomy)
A magical moment - glow worms gently lighting up the scene near the waterfall.
#waterfall #water #australia #magic #night #twilight #LongExposure #landscape #landscapephotography #photo #photography #noai #foto #nature #naturephotography
Interesting to read about this new adaptation of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
Although... am I the only one who remembers ABC radio's Doctor Who parody 'Doctor Poo', and his epic adventure involving 20,000 *Legs* Under the Sea? (It was piloted by the evil Captain Kneemoss - so called because he had moss on his knees).
Just me?
We start off the week with #MuralMonday to bring some color to your week and inspire you to take some adventures around your town to find new murals!
🚲 #TernQuickHaul
📍 #Stanmore, #Australia
📸 @glowwormelectricbikes (IG)
🎨 @geebsart (IG)
Yesterday the #EU postponed the vote on #ChatControl - a huge win for #privacy 💪
Now we must convince #Australia to do the same.
If not, Australia could become the first #5Eyes to outlaw #encryption 🔒
Read our open letter
👉 tuta.com/blog/australian-onlin…
Australia could be the first of the Five Eyes to abolish end-to-end encryption.Tutanota
This is my favourite photo I have taken. It is the Kalbarri National Park in Western Australia.
#australia $westernaustralia #landscapes #landscapephotography #art
Established in 2007, The Radio Vault is New Zealand's premier collection of radio station airchecks, jingle packages, imaging reels, TV commercials, bumper stickers and other memorabilia.YouTube
First Nations Greens senator Lidia Thorpe calls Queen Elizabeth II “coloniser” during oath of allegiance.
What a legend.
