‘Journalistic garbage’: Greenwald & others slam WaPo for ‘insane’ Russian propaganda story


https://www.rt.com/usa/368214-greenwald-washington-post-russia/

Windows 10 privacy settings – 4sysops


https://4sysops.com/wiki/windows-10-privacy-settings/

The Fiscal Conservative Argument For Universal Healthcare | The EC Journal


http://www.sbeconomic.com/single-post/2016/11/24/The-Fiscal-Conservative-Argument-For-Universal-Healthcare

Cuba's Fidel Castro, former president, dies aged 90 - BBC News


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38114953?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central

Privatisation is generally bad for everyone except the purchasers.

Privatisation is generally bad for everyone except the purchasers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX2R0b_mqrQ

Visas

Before you do anything, ensure your passport will be valid for your entire trip and check the timeframe for getting visas for the countries you want to visit as this may be an issue that will just flat out prevent you from going, especially if you are planning a last minute trip. However, if you live in a wealthy country then you may not need a visa, or can get a visa on landing for a nominal fee; so check your countries government site for visa requirements for travelling to your destination country.

Travel planning is hard

align=rightSometimes you have a clear idea where you want to go and what you would like to do. Other times it may be that you just would like to see more of the world and have to figure out where do you want to go next, and what you can do there. Tours are the easy way out, and sometimes offer savings, but generally you're paying more for convenience. When you plan a nice long tour across multiple cities and/or countries then you start to appreciate paying someone else to figure everything out for you.
My wife and I have done a bit of both types of travel, but for the most part, we like to plan everything ourselves.
Fortunately the web makes a lot of the travel tasks so much simpler. Previously we had to rely on books by Lonely Plannet, Frommers, DK and the like, which were all very good. But now we use sites like TripAdvisor, Expedia, Viator, AirBnB, Skyscanner and Street view on Google Maps.
Getting there.
We always look for good value flights, but try to keep the number of stops to the absolute minimum, as well as the total flight time. Time of year that you're travelling is likely limited by your work requirements, so check out the usual climate you can expect during your travel time.
Staying there.
When picking a place to stay, for us, it has to be near the attractions that we're interested in, usually central, in the "old town" if the city has one. TripAdvisor will show you the map and you can have Expedia show you the map with acommodation, then wander around with street view to check out the area, back to trip advisor to read the reviews for the accommodation.
Attractions.
Does the city have a "Pass" that gets you into the attractions for free ... make a spreadsheet using Google Docs so you can share with your partner and all of your connected devices, work out what attractions you want to visit and will the pass be good value for you?

Paid work in Australia: First they reduce it, then they lie about it


https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/paid-work-in-australia-first-they-reduce-it-then-they-lie-about-it,9744

The US Democrat Party appears to be self deluded of their own toxicity.

The US Democrat Party appears to be self deluded of their own toxicity.
https://theintercept.com/2016/11/18/the-stark-contrast-between-the-gops-self-criticism-in-2012-and-the-democrats-blame-everyone-else-posture-now/

'Extreme surveillance' becomes UK law with barely a whimper | World news | The Guardian


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/19/extreme-surveillance-becomes-uk-law-with-barely-a-whimper

Military Leaders Urge Trump to See Climate as a Security Threat


https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/military-leaders-urge-trump-to-see-climate-as-a-security-threat/?WT.mc_id=SA_DD_20161115

Finally! Science has come up with a use for teenagers.

Finally! Science has come up with a use for teenagers.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2112829-blood-from-human-teens-rejuvenates-body-and-brains-of-old-mice/

Haven't had a pay rise in a while? You're not alone


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-16/wage-price-index-september-quarter-abs/8029610

earth :: a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions


https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/overlay=temp/orthographic=135.84,-31.34,1152

Government pushing ABC to cut informative programming, substituting with political biased propaganda.

Government pushing ABC to cut informative programming, substituting with political biased propaganda.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/nov/16/radio-national-to-lose-eight-staff-as-abc-cuts-several-programs-from-2017-schedule

Anti-wind/renwable energy advocate,Chris Uhlmann forcing his bias on the ABC.

Anti-wind/renwable energy advocate,Chris Uhlmann forcing his bias on the ABC.
http://reneweconomy.com.au/abc-still-linking-renewable-energy-south-australia-blackout-96649/

Microsoft is heavily invasive on your privacy, and are more than eager to collaborate with any government.

Microsoft is heavily invasive on your privacy, and are more than eager to collaborate with any government. Here's how to help slow down Microsoft's mining of your information.
http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-disable-telemetry-and-data-collection-in-windows-10/

Noam Chomsky: 'The Republican Party Has Become the Most Dangerous Organization in World History'


http://www.ecowatch.com/noam-chomsky-trump-2093271018.html

‘War crimes of torture’: ICC prosecutor signals charges against US armed forces, CIA


https://www.rt.com/news/366932-war-crimes-torture-icc-afghanistan-cia/

World Bank broke own rules as coalmine left Kosovo village 'in limbo' | Environment | The Guardian


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/nov/14/world-bank-broke-own-rules-as-coalmine-left-kosovo-village-in-limbo

Trump probably doesn't matter.

Trump probably doesn't matter. This nasty paper suggests a rise of 5.86ºC (95%CI 4.78º to 7.36º) which is pretty much game over.
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/11/e1501923.full

Corruption

Corruption
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/nov/15/australias-political-donations-85-of-privately-raised-funds-not-declared

Users flock to encrypted email service after Trump win


http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/11/13603000/protonmail-encrypted-email-service-donald-trump-nsa-surveillance

The Gold Coast is sick of waiting for the NBN, so it will build its own fibre network


http://www.businessinsider.com.au/the-gold-coast-is-sick-of-waiting-for-the-nbn-so-it-will-build-its-own-fibre-network-2016-11

Making OS X more awesome

Making OS X more awesome
http://brew.sh/

Don't just engage, address their issues, exceed their needs - you know, as if they were a big corporation.

Don't just engage, address their issues, exceed their needs - you know, as if they were a big corporation. Stop killing health, pensions, minimum wages and wage freezes. Fix the housing cost lunacy. Better and fairer education, free tertiary education. Make sure the wealthy and corporations pay their tax.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/nov/14/labor-says-snobby-disdain-for-disadvantaged-led-to-rise-of-trump-and-hanson

Interestingly the methods used by an alternate study were exceedingly poor but got the result that the current...

Interestingly the methods used by an alternate study were exceedingly poor but got the result that the current government wanted.
http://www.roymorgan.com/findings/7017-australian-views-on-immigration-population-october-2016-201610241910

Australia's coal seam gas emissions may be vastly underestimated – report | Environment | The Guardian


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/oct/26/australia-coal-seam-gas-emissions-may-be-vastly-underestimated-report

Fiona the unemployed bettong tries to call Centrelink. Please hold! | First Dog on the Moon | Opinion | The Guardian


https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/25/fiona-the-unemployed-bettong-tries-to-call-centrelink-please-hold

How multinational tax transparency got killed off


http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/how-multinational-tax-transparency-got-killed-off-by-australias-business-lobbies-20161006-grwhq5.html

Tim Cook: 'We Don't Buy' the Need to Give Up Privacy for AI


http://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/25/apple-artificial-intelligence-privacy/

Chinese officials found guilty of falsifying air quality data - People's Daily Online


http://en.people.cn/n3/2016/1025/c90000-9132459.html

Robert Manne: How we came to be so cruel to asylum seekers


https://theconversation.com/robert-manne-how-we-came-to-be-so-cruel-to-asylum-seekers-67542

Strict speed enforcement detrimental to road safety, study finds


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-26/speed-enforcement-detrimental-to-road-safety-study-finds/7965082

Australia’s Stranded Refugee Prisoners - NYTimes.com


http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/opinion/australias-stranded-refugee-prisoners.html

Toxic politicians abusing human rights.

Toxic politicians abusing human rights.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-20/peter-dutton-takes-aim-at-four-corners-program/7949834

'A huge win for doctors': Turnbull government backs down on gag laws for doctors on Nauru and Manus


http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/a-huge-win-for-doctors-turnbull-government-backs-down-on-gag-laws-for-doctors-on-nauru-and-manus-20161019-gs6ecs.html

Radical status-quo propaganda corporation (CNN) desperate to ensure public does not get actual information.

Radical status-quo propaganda corporation (CNN) desperate to ensure public does not get actual information.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161019/07004935835/cnn-tells-viewers-illegal-them-to-read-wikileaks-document-dumps-cnn-is-wrong.shtml

Nauru detention policy could be torture, Amnesty says


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-17/nauru-detention-policy-a-'breach-of-human-rights'-amnesty/7940652

No longer taken seriously, we're seeing the last gasp of climate denial groups | Dana Nuccitelli | Environment | The...


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2016/oct/19/no-longer-taken-seriously-were-seeing-the-last-gasp-of-climate-denial-groups

Media Silent as Anti-Corporate Trade Deal Protests Take Europe by Storm


http://theantimedia.org/anti-corporate-trade-deal-protests-eu/

Corporate owned government.

Corporate owned government.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/rupert-murdochs-editors-dine-with-malcolm-turnbull-at-the-lodge-20161016-gs3guu.html

LNP: end poverty by telling people to stop being poor, we're going to let you die.

LNP: end poverty by telling people to stop being poor, we're going to let you die.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/oct/16/welfare-mentality-must-end-coalition-responds-to-report-on-rising-poverty

A cop who’s spent 30 years fighting sexual assault explains why victims often wait to come forward


http://www.vox.com/identities/2016/10/14/13275786/sexual-assault-victims-reporting

This is what rape culture looks like – in the words of Donald Trump | US news | The Guardian


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/oct/15/donald-trump-words-what-rape-culture-looks-like

730,000 Aussie kids living in poverty.

730,000 Aussie kids living in poverty.

The report shows Australia's policy makers have not only failed to make progress but are actually going backwards since the 1990s.
http://www.theguardian.com.au/story/4230203/our-national-shame-730000-aussie-kids-living-in-poverty/?cs=12

Michelle Obama has dragged this US election out of the gutter | Anne Perkins | Opinion | The Guardian


https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/14/michelle-obama-us-election-donald-trump-politics-speech-women?CMP=share_btn_fb

Photographer of Inception-Like World Shares How He Did It and Why


http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1962388-photographer-of-inception-like-world-shares-how-he-did-it-and-why/

The stupid country.

The stupid country.
https://theconversation.com/infographic-how-much-does-australia-spend-on-science-and-research-61094

Amy Goodman Is Facing Prison for Reporting on the Dakota Access Pipeline. That Should Scare Us All.


https://www.thenation.com/article/amy-goodman-is-facing-prison-for-reporting-on-the-dakota-access-pipeline-that-should-scare-us-all/

We finally know what Hillary Clinton knew all along – Saudi Arabia is funding Isis


http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/hillary-clinton-wikileaks-email-isis-saudi-arabia-qatar-us-allies-funding-barack-obama-knew-all-a7362071.html

Corporate owned government being called out.

Corporate owned government being called out.
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/australia-facing-questions-at-un-over-post2020-climate-change-stance-20161011-gs0avq

George Brandis, the criminal solicitor general

George Brandis, the criminal solicitor general
http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/george-brandis-direction-to-solicitorgeneral-unlawful-former-top-adviser-says-20161012-gs0nst.html

BHP Billiton has evaded taxes for more than a decade, says Wayne Swan | World news | The Guardian


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/12/bhp-billiton-has-evaded-taxes-for-more-than-a-decade-says-wayne-swan

Big Pharma's Manufactured Epidemic: The Misdiagnosis of ADHD


https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/big-pharma-s-manufactured-epidemic-the-misdiagnosis-of-adhd/?WT.mc_id=SA_FB_MB_NEWS#

Cosmic radiation exposure and persistent cognitive dysfunction : Scientific Reports


http://www.nature.com/articles/srep34774

Kinda like Murdoch news Corp, CNN, etc

Kinda like Murdoch news Corp, CNN, etc
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2016/10/12/facebook-has-repeatedly-trended-fake-news-since-firing-its-human-editors/?tid=sm_fb

Scientists accidentally stumble on possible way to slow brain's ageing process


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-12/scientists-may-have-worked-out-how-to-keep-brains-young/7924796

Your Social Media Fingerprint


https://robinlinus.github.io/socialmedia-leak/

Corruption and cover up.

Corruption and cover up.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/public-service/barnaby-joyce-defies-the-senate-on-pork-barrel-public-service-move-20161010-grzcqq.html

Indigenous-led suicide plan needed to fight Aboriginal deaths, report says


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-12/indigenous-led-suicide-prevention-plan-need-to-fight-deaths/7921776

Foreign spies behind BOM cyber attack, report shows


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-12/bureau-of-meteorology-bom-cyber-hacked-by-foreign-spies/7923770

Trees are much better at creating clouds and cooling the climate than we thought


https://theconversation.com/trees-are-much-better-at-creating-clouds-and-cooling-the-climate-than-we-thought-66713

Tax on sugary foods and drinks backed by World Health Organisation - BBC News


http://www.bbc.com/news/health-37620087

Elon Musk (Tesla) calling out corrupt Robert Murray (CEO of an energy company)

Elon Musk (Tesla) calling out corrupt Robert Murray (CEO of an energy company)
https://electrek.co/2016/10/10/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-challenges-big-coal-toe-to-toe-without-subsidies-after-called-fraud/

A Friend For Pluto: Astronomers Find New Dwarf Planet In Our Solar System


http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/10/11/497071139/a-friend-for-pluto-astronomers-find-new-dwarf-planet-in-our-solar-system