South Asia floods: Mumbai building collapses as monsoon rains wreak havoc | World news | The Guardian


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/31/south-asia-floods-fears-death-toll-rise-india-pakistan-mumbai-building-collapses
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NBN Co sees huge rise in users wanting out of FTTN


https://www.itnews.com.au/news/nbn-co-sees-huge-rise-in-users-wanting-out-of-fttn-472113
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Dishonesty and misinformation in politics, law and life


https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/dishonesty-and-illogics-in-politics-law-and-real-life,10669
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Telstra's NBN fail, poor profit results weigh on share market


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-30/telstra-drags-down-asx-australian-share-market/8856240?pfmredir=sm
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Labor steps up attack after NBN admits there’s no budget to deliver better service


http://thenewdaily.com.au/life/tech/2017/08/30/nbn-corporate-plan-fttc/
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Think a heart attack won't happen to you? This study says you might be wrong


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-29/heart-attack-study-more-than-quarter-of-patients-no-risk-factors/8849008
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Drivers 'deliberately and aggressively' target cyclists in city


http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/drivers-deliberately-aggressively-target-cyclists-11898366
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Virtual reality game takes on dementia - BBC News


http://www.bbc.com/news/health-41036751
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Damn

Damn
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/29/sea-shepherd-says-it-will-abandon-pursuit-of-japanese-whalers
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Just quit, Barnaby, you dishonourable idiot.

Just quit, Barnaby, you dishonourable idiot.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/aug/29/most-australians-want-an-audit-of-mps-to-identify-dual-citizens-guardian-essential-poll
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Attending to Attentiveness: Why Teaching Philosophy Should Be at the Core of Education » IAI TV


https://iainews.iai.tv/articles/why-teaching-philosophy-should-be-at-the-core-of-education-auid-872?access=ALL?utmsource%3DReddit
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Using Notepad++ as your SAS code editor


https://sascertified.wordpress.com/2017/08/28/using-notepad-as-your-sas-code-editor/
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Science is important but moves too fast: five charts on how Australians view science and scientists


https://theconversation.com/science-is-important-but-moves-too-fast-five-charts-on-how-australians-view-science-and-scientists-82752
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Catholics defy church leadership to become biggest backers of same-sex marriage: poll


http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/catholics-defy-church-leadership-to-become-biggest-backers-of-samesex-marriage-poll-20170825-gy49ea.html
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New Alzheimer's test can predict age when disease will appear | Society | The Guardian


https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/mar/22/new-alzheimers-test-can-predict-age-when-disease-will-appear
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The defenders | The Guardian


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/series/the-defenders
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What happens when a corporate shill manages to publish a paper in a scientific journal? Bit of a mess.

What happens when a corporate shill manages to publish a paper in a scientific journal? Bit of a mess.
The journal has a publication H Index of 6. For comparison, I like journals at about 80+ and try to publish in H Index of 150+ journals. I would consider publishing minor findings in a H Index of 20 or less.
Marohasy has an author H Index of 4. For comparison, I have a H Index of 11 and I don't publish much. A H Index for a well published academic is 50+.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2017/aug/26/institute-of-public-affairs-paper-claim-global-warming-natural-junk-science
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Title
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Richard Branson thinks every citizen is entitled to a universal basic income


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/richard-branson-universal-basic-income-mark-zuckerberg-elon-musk-virgin-ceo-a7911866.html
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US energy agency asked scientists to scrub references to climate change


http://www.nature.com/news/us-energy-agency-asked-scientists-to-scrub-references-to-climate-change-1.22513
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What happens when you have a stupid greed-above-all-else politician in charge.


What happens when you have a stupid greed-above-all-else politician in charge.
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'Absolute mess' as car 'doing U-turn' hits group of Brisbane cyclists


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-25/car-hit-five-cyclists-in-brisbane/8841322
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Normalising murder for political ends.

Normalising murder for political ends.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/22/positive-trump-media-coverage-when-he-embraces-war
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Geoffrey Supran


http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa815f?fromSearchPage=true
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People who think punitive measures help drug addicts haven't seen what I have | Alex Wodak | Opinion | The Guardian


https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/22/people-who-think-punitive-measures-help-drug-addicts-havent-seen-what-i-have
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Liberal MP Troy Bell accused of misappropriating more than $2 million


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-22/troy-bell-case-adjourned-to-december/8830578
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I was wrong: We need a banking royal commission


http://www.smh.com.au/money/i-was-wrong-we-need-a-banking-royal-commission-20170810-gxt5nc.html
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Time to end the government subsidies. Direct everything back to public funded health.

Time to end the government subsidies. Direct everything back to public funded health.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-21/private-health-junk-policies-ripping-australians-off-ama-says/8825284
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The Importance of Sitting Down: 3 things I learned about getting arrested.


https://350.org/the-importance-of-sitting-down-3-things-i-learned-about-getting-arrested/
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In a week where lots of ministers looked pretty stupid, Scott Morrison shouldn't be forgotten | Greg Jericho |...


https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2017/aug/20/in-a-week-of-idiotic-politics-scott-morrisons-contribution-on-tax-was-right-up-there
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Four book series that are shaping the future of science fiction on television


https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/08/four-book-series-that-are-shaping-the-future-of-science-fiction-on-television/
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While the world looks to Trump, millions of people need 'immediate life-saving' help in Ethiopia


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/ethiopia-drought-floods-starvation-malnourished-crisis-catastrophe-east-africa-a7901156.html
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Spain supports Tyranny. Wonder what countries have expressed outrage at the political situation in Turkey?

Spain supports Tyranny. Wonder what countries have expressed outrage at the political situation in Turkey?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40990083
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Charlottesville rally organizer calls Heather Heyer’s death ‘payback’ | Toronto Star


https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/08/19/charlottesville-rally-organizer-calls-heather-heyers-death-payback.html
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18 space suits from science fiction, from worst to best


https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/19/16104004/science-fiction-space-suit-worst-best-the-martian-alien-sunshine-gravity
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Here's the truth of the matter about unemployment


http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/the-truth-of-the-matter-about-the-extent-of-our-unemployment-problem-20170818-gxz7yc.html
at

General Relativity explained like you've never seen before


http://spark.sciencemag.org/generalrelativity/?intcmp=collection-generalrelativity
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A horrifying law just passed in the UK, and it's turned us into a world-leading arsehole | The Canary


https://www.thecanary.co/2016/11/29/a-horrifying-law-just-passed-in-the-uk-and-its-turned-us-into-a-world-leading-arsehole/
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Understanding alternative reasons for denying climate change could help bridge divide


https://phys.org/news/2017-08-alternative-denying-climate-bridge.html
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Ooo!

Ooo! ... nicely applicable (broadly) to several groups of people. e.g. Apple hating tech people, educated anti-vaxxers, anti-climate science scientists.

Intelligent people are better at defending and rationalising their false beliefs.
https://howtobeastoic.wordpress.com/2016/01/19/one-crucial-word/
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One of the most frustrating software packages to figure out how to download.

One of the most frustrating software packages to figure out how to download. HitFilm Express, free video editing software for OS X and Windows.
https://hitfilm.com/express/westworld-to-yuma
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What's the Best 'Simple' Board Game? - Best Play


https://www.bestplay.co/whats-best-simple-board-game/
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Andrew Forrest accused of lack of transparency over ad for cashless welfare card | Australia news | The Guardian


https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/apr/24/andrew-forrest-accused-of-lack-of-transparency-over-ad-for-cashless-welfare-card
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Alternative medicine is not medicine. It will kill you.

Alternative medicine is not medicine. It will kill you.
https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article-abstract/110/1/djx145/4064136/Use-of-Alternative-Medicine-for-Cancer-and-Its
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Why Google was wrong: Did James Damore really deserve to be fired for what he wrote?
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Good.

Good.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-11/news-corporation-profit-slumps-on-newspaper-writedowns/8796800?section=business
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Sky’s no limit in Murdoch empire’s war on ABC | The Weekly Beast | Media | The Guardian


https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/aug/11/skys-no-limit-in-murdoch-empires-war-on-abc
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Australia faces potentially disastrous consequences of climate change, inquiry told | Environment | The Guardian


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/11/australia-potentially-disastrous-consequences-of-climate-change-inquiry-told
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We can stop hacking and trolls, but it would ruin the internet


https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23531383-300-we-can-stop-hacking-and-trolls-but-it-would-ruin-the-internet
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Tony Abbott is a horrible person

Tony Abbott is a horrible person
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-40875989
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Internet Australia continues to call out #NBNFail amid media attacks


https://independentaustralia.net/business/business-display/internet-australia-continues-to-call-out-nbn-fiasco-amid-media-attacks,10590
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'We love our children': Wong hammers PM as Senate votes down same-sex plebiscite


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-09/same-sex-marriage-vote-penny-wong/8789002
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Electricity markets have failed and prices should be re-regulated, Greens say


http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/electricity-markets-have-failed-and-prices-should-be-reregulated-greens-say-20170808-gxrpb9.html
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Stop Saying Technology is Causing Social Isolation – Digital Culturist


https://digitalculturist.com/stop-saying-technology-is-causing-social-isolation-1e004de63a5e
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iTextEditors - iPhone and iPad text/code editors and writing tools compared


http://brettterpstra.com/ios-text-editors/
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Worlds highest energy prices to allow fat cats to get fatter

Worlds highest energy prices to allow fat cats to get fatter
http://reneweconomy.com.au/regulator-ok-charge-customers-energy-36234/
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Dear Pfizer, pay it back | Michael West


https://www.michaelwest.com.au/dear-pfizer-pay-it-back/
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Computer says no: Irish vet fails oral English test needed to stay in Australia | Australia news | The Guardian


https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/aug/08/computer-says-no-irish-vet-fails-oral-english-test-needed-to-stay-in-australia?CMP=share_btn_tw
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Climate science denier is a liar. Who could have predicted that.

Climate science denier is a liar. Who could have predicted that.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/he-was-only-19?utm_term=.ubj6oBBkO8#.ojRxOqqar8
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'It is just too much': Lucifer heat wave stifles parts of Europe


http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lucifer-heat-wave-europe-1.4237714?cmp=rss
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Government Calls Emergency Meeting To Resolve Best Way Of Doing Nothing – The Shovel


http://www.theshovel.com.au/2017/08/07/government-calls-emergency-meeting-to-resolve-best-way-of-doing-nothing/
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Monsanto is scrambling to bury this breaking story - don't let this go unshared!


https://nexusnewsfeed.com/article/human-rights/monsanto-is-scrambling-to-bury-this-breaking-story-don-t-let-this-go-unshared/
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Universal Basic Income


https://futurism.com/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-universal-basic-income/
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‘You don’t speak for me’: Christian support for marriage equality is growing | Keith Mascord | Opinion | The Guardian


https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/07/you-dont-speak-for-me-christian-support-for-marriage-equality-is-growing
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Fossil fuel subsidies are a staggering $5 tn per year | John Abraham | Environment | The Guardian


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2017/aug/07/fossil-fuel-subsidies-are-a-staggering-5-tn-per-year
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Silence the truth

Silence the truth
https://www.yahoo.com/news/israel-seeks-silence-broadcaster-al-jazeera-incitement-160850405.html
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Free money for mines, Foxtel, churches but not people trying to protect the environment

Free money for mines, Foxtel, churches but not people trying to protect the environment
https://www.michaelwest.com.au/coalition-tries-again-to-strip-eco-charities-of-tax-deductibility-status/
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Corruption

Corruption
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-07/details-of-$30-million-fox-sports-deal-will-remain-confidential/8780564
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Don’t listen to the rich: inequality is bad for everyone


https://theconversation.com/dont-listen-to-the-rich-inequality-is-bad-for-everyone-81952
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How the war on wages is wearing down workers like Sahar


http://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace-relations/war-on-wages-australians-are-working-harder-and-going-backwards-20170803-gxoh9c.html
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Learn Linux with Terminus

Learn Linux with Terminus
http://web.mit.edu/mprat/Public/web/Terminus/Web/main.html
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Centrelink accused of intimidating clients with AFP letters


http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/centrelink-accused-of-intimidating-clients-with-afp-letters-20170804-gxpait
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How the CIA spies on your everyday life, according to WikiLeaks


https://www.rt.com/viral/398465-cia-spying-your-home/
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What's Really Warming the World?


https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-whats-warming-the-world/
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Anti-Palaszczuk graffiti over Great Barrier Reef bleaching stopped by police despite 'permission' - ABC News...


http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-02/graffiti-artist-mural-police-stop-fortitude-valley/8767230
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Why Cycling May be the Best Way to Handle Parkinson’s – Bike Accidents


http://bike-accidents.com/2017/08/02/why-cycling-may-be-the-best-way-to-handle-parkinsons/
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Alex Motchany's blog


https://alexandr.motchany.com/blog/the-rise-of-riot-matrix-messenger_9lqR
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Just Released Docs Show Monsanto 'Executives Colluding With Corrupted EPA Officials to Manipulate Scientific Data'


https://www.ecowatch.com/monsanto-papers-2467891575.html
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Brisbane anti-Adani mural inspired by popular satirical newspaper


http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/antiadani-artist-paints-betoota-advocate-article-on-fortitude-valley-bar-wall-20170801-gxn9tg.html
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20 Linux commands every sysadmin should know


https://opensource.com/article/17/7/20-sysadmin-commands?utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=weekly&sc_cid=701f2000000h3RWAAY
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Taxpayers could do their dough on Adani according to independent study


http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/adani-loan-too-much-of-a-risk-for-taxpayers-according-to-independent-study-20170731-gxmarj.html
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