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Tuesday, 16 May

21:15

Everybody Knows, Part 12: Saluting Wilfred Seymour "IndyWatch Feed National"

Dr William Russell Massingham Pridgeon (right) being driven to the Brisbane Watchhouse Photo: (AAP: Darren England), from ABC News under the heading Doctor accused of masterminding child-stealing syndicate

by Mary W Maxwell, LLB

In the legal profession, we always enjoy saluting a past or occasionally a present master of the art. On entering the main building of Harvard Law School, for example, you are greeted by a huge painted portrait of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr (1841-1935).

I have only recently discovered the work of Wilfred Massingham Seymour whose main law textbook preceded World War I. Not that I came by it randomly it was called to my attention by the grandson of the master. The book is entitled:

Native law and custom; being a compendium of the recognised native customs in force in the native territories of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope, together with legislative amendments, and reports of some of the more important decisions of the native appeal court of Griqualand East, 1901-1909

It is about the native law of the people of South Africa, and has sparked my interest to find a similar work on the native law of indigenous people in North America, Australia, Philippines, or anywhere. With regard to the Philippines, Id be curious to find what principles of law were on the books before the unruly takeover by American military forces in 1898, when the...

19:26

FBI statement on the Durham Report - scary thing is how little mainstream media covered it "IndyWatch Feed National"

The findings are shocking. What's worse is how easily the media and establishment have accepted it as OK. https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/statement-on-report-by-special-counsel-john-durham

19:18

Monarchists do a freedom of information check on Stan Grants Coronation debacle. "IndyWatch Feed National"

Monarchists Pursue ABC Through FOI 16 May 2023 The Australian Monarchist League has made a formal FOI request under the Commonwealth Freedom of Information Act (1982) (FOI Act) which provides a right to request access to certain documents held by the ABC in regard to its pre-Coronation broadcast. Details of...

17:01

Open Letter Stephen Crothers Part 2: False Information Provided by the Australian Government about a Medical Intervention "IndyWatch Feed National"

Stephen Crothers, is an Australian Scientist, Occupational Hygienist, and Forensic Investigator (11 October 2021). Here is a link to his Open Letter to the Australian people in full Open Letter. False Information Provided by the Australian Government about a Medical Intervention Professor Skerritt has stated before Parliament that the COVID-19 vaccine programme is an experiment.... [Read more]

The post Open Letter Stephen Crothers Part 2: False Information Provided by the Australian Government about a Medical Intervention appeared first on Vaccination Decisions.

15:41

Airspace restrictions over Sydney and Canberra 22-25 May for a 'Significant Event' "IndyWatch Feed National"

There will be airspace restrictions in Sydney and Canberra between 22-25 May as the cities host a significant event. Drone owners are urged to check one of the CASA-verified drone safety apps if planning to fly a drone within 28 km of Sydney Airport and 21 km of Canberra Airport...

12:45

The gender pay gaps grim legacy: homelessness among older women in Australia "IndyWatch Feed National"

My mum took her first job in 1980, when she was fourteen. In my childhood, she worked as a medical receptionist. For every hour she worked, she was almost certainly paid less than a man in a job of comparable value. For every curtailed pay check, there was a lower superannuation benefit, a lower amount left for savings at the end of each week and, inevitably, a lower amount to put towards a house deposit.

The post The gender pay gaps grim legacy: homelessness among older women in Australia appeared first on Overland literary journal.

09:43

Microsoft enforcing its internet browser needs a reminder like in the good ol' days. "IndyWatch Feed National"



Microsoft is again engaging in anti-competitive behaviour without any court action.

It's 'forcing' its users to use the inbuilt browser, instead of allowing the user to freely choose competitive products.

Last time this occurred, Microsoft was in the courts and as a result it was fined.

No such action even after months of this fraudulent activity?

See more within the link:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2023/02/16/discover-new-ways-to-multitask-with-microsoft-365-and-edge/

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09:05

Durham Report finds biased FBI opened Trump/Russia investigation based on unevaluated intelligence from Australia "IndyWatch Feed National"

Their ABC Four Corners 'Story Of The Century'. Unlike the FBI's opening of a full investigation of unknown members of the Trump campaign based on raw, uncorroborated information, in this matter involving a Clinton campaign, the FBI never opened any type of inquiry, issued any taskings, employed any analytical personnel,...

09:03

08:40

Campaign for Woodside to clean up its mess and stop its Scarborough gas project "IndyWatch Feed National"

Contributed from Victoria

Woodside is best known for exploiting the gas fields off Australias western coast and has been in the firing line of those who want to get Australia off an addiction to gas.

Less known is that Woodside leaves behind a mess when leaving a gas field. It has done so with the sinking An 83-metre-high tower close to the Ningaloo Reef. This was decommissioned years ago and just left to rust and decay. This is not all right, because besides steel it contains taxic chemicals that will eventually pollute the sea. Offshore regulator National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority directed Woodside in January, to mitigate risks. Nothing has happened yet.

Woodside believed cleaning up would cost too much and had just walked away from its responsibility. They did so because they can. The law preventing this is too weak and ineffectual. The consequences are minimal. This must change.

In came Greenpeace and its flagship Rainbow Warrior. They went to the wreck on 14 May and put up a banner saying, Woodside dont be a tosser. There is serious concern that pollution will cause major damage to unique wildlife. Greenpeace is campaigning to put an end to this sort of irresponsibility by drawing what Woodside is doing to public attention.

But Greenpeace has also joined the campaign of many conservation and Indigenous groups, as well as broader local communities, to put a stop to Woodsides plan to exploit a much bigger project on and off the Burrup Peninsula.

Facilities are already being built on the Burrup, to bring in gas from the Scarborough site. The $16.2 billion joint venture with BHP, will significantly expand Australias gas extraction. This is at a time when Australia is supposed to be heading towards zero net emissions. The exploitation of Scarborough will pull in the opposite direction. Emissions from this will be the equivalent of 15 coal powered stations.

Greenpeace Australia Pacific CEO David Ritter said that Woodside was treating Australians with contempt by forging ahead on the project.

For so long as the company persists on this course, the corporate name of Woodside will become synonymous with the destruction of everything that Australians hold dear.

Aust...

08:08

Government promises $236m for national disaster warning network "IndyWatch Feed National"

The federal government has pledged $236 million over 10 years to fund a national flood warning network, in a bid to protect communities from the types of flooding which took place last year in the Northern Rivers.

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said the funding would be used to purchase and upgrade flood gauges in disaster-prone areas, such as the North Coast.

For almost a decade, experts have been telling us that we have to upgrade Australias flood warning infrastructure, Ms Plibersek said.

Weve seen really terrifying examples in recent years where communities were left with not enough information; they were unprepared during floods because of broken or outdated flood gauges.

Federal Environment minister Tanya Plibersek. Image www.tanyaplibersek.com

Ms Plibersek said the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) owned about a third of Australias flood gauges, but the rest were operated by state or local governments or private entities.

Many of them are old, they have to be read manually, so youre sending people out into dangerous weather to read flood gauges, she said.

The roll out of new flood gauges will start in Queensland, and come under the a...

00:32

Why Doom-Scroll When So Much is Possible? "IndyWatch Feed National"


Roger Bannister on May 6, 1954

The first professional one-mile race was held in London on July 26, 1855. Charles Westhall won with a time of 4 minutes and 28 seconds. Over the next 90 years, the time was slowly but surely whittled down to 4:01.4 by Swedens Gunder Hagg on July 17, 1945.

Nine years later, on May 6, 1954, Englands Roger Bannister did the impossible. He ran a 3:59.4 mile. The following month, the impossible was done again. John Landy of Australia ran a 3:58 mile on June 21, 1954.

Within a year, we had three runners breaking the four-minute barrier in the same race.

The current mile world record holder is Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco with a time of 3:43.13. As of this writing, about 20 male high school runners have accomplished the impossible.

So, what changed since July 17, 1945?

Some may point to training or nutrition and perhaps they play a recent role. But remember, Bannister made history in 1954 and his record was smashed just 46 days later. So, yeah its more than training and nutrition.

Could it be that once we choose to envision the possible instead of fixating on the impossible, our power is released? If so, where can we effectively focus this power today?

*****

(FYI: The womens record is 4:12:33 run by Sifan Hassan of The Netherlands.)

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Monday, 15 May

23:38

The New Zealand False Flag of 2019 "IndyWatch Feed National"

by Joachim Hagopian

Recent mass killings in Texas since 2006 show the Lone Star State accounting for nearly 8% of all mass shootings in America, and with this year more than one mass shooting per day, the US is on pace to break all records. Its a perfectly reasonable postulation especially based on history to conclude the unprecedented gun shootings are state-sponsored false flags intent on delivering stricter gun control measures.

Consider what happened three years ago in New Zealand. The false flag in Christchurch on March 15, 2019 the Ides of March was immediately followed by strict gun control.

Of all people, pedophile John Pizzagate Podesta just happened to be in New Zealand 24 hours before the Christchurch shootings, praising WEF groomed dictator Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as a superstar. according to Vatican watchman-author Leo Zagami, Podestas an Illuminati-Vatican asset and according to millions more an unindicted sadist-pedophile.

Alleged shooter Brenton Tarrant, now New Zealands biggest mass murderer, happens to be the same age as Australias biggest mass murderer at the time of the Port Arthur killings, 28-years of age, al...

23:26

Japan to open NATO liaison office in new provocation against China and Russia "IndyWatch Feed National"

By Ahmed Adel | May 15, 2023

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi announced that his country is considering opening a NATO liaison office, demonstrating that Tokyo is deepening its ties with the US and becoming more hostile to China and Russia. Tokyos rapprochement with NATO would strengthen the anti-China/Russia alliance and advance the US plans to create a NATO-styled organisation in the Far East.

We are already in discussions, but no details (have been) finalised yet, Hayashi said on May 10.

He specifically referenced Russias special military operation in Ukraine as something with repercussions far beyond Europes borders that made Japan rethink regional security.

The reason why we are discussing about this is that since the aggression by Russia to Ukraine, the world (has) become more unstable, he claimed. Something happening in East Europe is not only confined to the issue in East Europe, and that affects directly the situation here in the Pacific. Thats why a cooperation between us in East Asia and NATO (is) becoming increasingly important.

However, the foreign minister failed to explain how events in Ukraine affect those in East Asia. Rather, Hayashi is using this as a weak justification for why Japan is militarising, which directly relates to Tokyos claims against sovereign seas and territories belonging to China and Russia.

The opening of a NATO office in Japan does not mean that the country will join the Alliance, but it does open a path for Japan to become a member of an expanded AUKUS (Australia-United Kingdom-United States). This, in turn, will require Tokyo to strengthen its contacts with NATO.

It is recalled that NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, went to Japan and South Korea in January 2023 to lay the groundwork for strengthened ties. This is one of the reasons why Tokyo is already involved in conflicts that are not directly related to the region, despite some of the mental gymnastics it procures to create a justification.

The Japanese government is also providing $5.5 billion in aid to Ukraine, which can be seen as a step forward for the country to join AUKUS and confirms Tokyos intentions to strengthen its relationship with NATO. However, NATO will not officially expand to include Japan because members of the Alliance, such as Hungary, do not always align their position for the sake of serving US interests.

At the same time, France, at least in rhetoric, is seeking a degree of autonomy from the US. French President Emmanuel Macron said on April 9 that Europe needs to limit its dependence on the US.

In this way, the expansion of NATO to Asia is not likely since this initiative could lead to a further weakening of unity within the military alliance. The Americans are aware of this, and for this reason, they are working on a separate Eastern bloc to strength...

23:20

Community Shares | May 15th 2023 "IndyWatch Feed National"

  • MapLight Therapeutics is currently seeking patients between the ages of 12 and 45 for their IRIS Phase 2 clinical trial. This study is designed to evaluate the potential impact of their ML-004 compound on the social communication deficits and associated irritability symptoms experienced by individuals with autism. For those interested in participating in this trial, please contact Kelly Amaguin at kamaguin@maplightrx.com.
  • Dont miss an opportunity to watch SPELLERS, the new film about nonspeakers with autism that asks, What if weve been wrong about every single one of them? The movie answers this intriguing question through the stories of eight nonspeakers who all found their voice using a letterboard to communicate their thoughts and feelings. Screenings of SPELLERS are happening across the country. You can watch the film online if there isnt a screening near you. 
  • Researchers from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation have recently identified four distinct sets of alterations in functional connectivity that could help explain clinical and behavioral differences among individuals with autism. Their new study used an extensive collection of neuroimaging data to identify ASD subtypes to produce testable theories about how different biochemical, genetic, and cellular processes may shape the wide range of ASDs clinical manifestations. The researchers found that individuals with ASD clustered into ...

23:07

The Ideal River: An Introduction "IndyWatch Feed National"

The Disorder of Things is back, and with a symposium too. Over the next week well feature a succession of posts on Joanne Yaos The Ideal River: How Control of Nature Shaped the International Order, followed by a rejoinder from Joanne herself (the full set of posts will be available in one easy spot here). The first post is an introduction to the book and commentaries from George Lawson. George is Professor of International Relations at the Australian National University. He is a global historical sociologist who works primarily on revolutions. His most recent books are: On Revolutions: Unruly Politics in the Contemporary World (with Colin Beck, Mlada Bukovansky, Erica Chenoweth, Sharon Nepstad and Daniel Ritter) (Oxford, 2022), and Anatomies of Revolution (Cambridge, 2019).


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22:50

Ex-Hillsong Global Senior Pastor Brian Houstons criminal trial begins in Sydney (A Current Affair) "IndyWatch Feed National"

Donald Elley of Bellingen:

May 16, 2023

I was at all 13 days of Brian Houstons court case in December 2023. Australias Channel Nine asked me to make comments on the court case on the first day, December 5 for their A Current Affair program. My comments are in the video below. Brian returns to court on June 15 and 16 to hear final submissions from the Prosecutor and Defence. And later comes The Judgment.

I worked hard since 2012 to hold Brian Houston accountable for what he did. Concealing his pedophile father. Depriving his fathers boy victims of justice.

22:33

Aboriginal cricketer complains about Australia Day game - that shes not even playing. "IndyWatch Feed National"

Ash Gardner calls out Cricket Australia for scheduling mens Test against West Indies on Australia Day Indigenous cricket star Ash Gardner says she is disappointed that there will be a mens Test match against the West Indies on Australia Day next summer, saying it is not appropriate. Heres a tip...

21:44

What could go wrong? "IndyWatch Feed National"

celebrating a saudi's wedding in the desert pic.twitter.com/n2kzSCu8wr clips that go hard (@clipsthatgohard) May 15, 2023

21:35

Are ZK-proofs the answer to Bitcoins Ordinal and BRC-20 problem? "IndyWatch Feed National"

Zero-knowledge proofs could be a viable means to address recent network congestion and high fees on the Bitcoin blockchain.

20:55

Richmond AFL club announces its support for Albanese's Vanity Voice "IndyWatch Feed National"

Wonder how much this cost taxpayers and how it was funnelled.

20:00

Compromised survey data leads to article retraction and university investigation "IndyWatch Feed National"

An article based on results from an online survey has been retracted for data issues, and an Australian university is investigating what happened.

The article, International nursing students perceptions and experiences of transition to the nursing workforce A cross-sectional survey, became available online on Jan. 29, 2022.

Published in the journal Nurse Education in Practice, the study reported 110 responses to an online survey of nursing students who came to Australia from other countries and planned to remain there to work.  

The retraction notice, posted this month, stated:

This article has been retracted at the request of the authors because the data reported in the manuscript are likely to have been compromised. It came to the co-authors attention after the publication of the article that a large proportion of the surveys reported in the study had been completed by a respondent using the first authors IP addresses.

The authors would like to apologize to readers for this error.

Della John McKitterick of the University of South Australia, and the first author on the paper, seemed to dispute the information in the notice. 

One of the respondents has used my username (not my IP address) to enter the data, McKitterick told us. McKitterick, whose ORCID profile indicates she is a PhD student at the university, did not tell us how she learned of the data breach or respond to our follow up query about the discrepancy between the retraction notice and her statement regarding the IP address. 

The University of South Australia is investigating the matter, which McKitterick cited as her reason for not divulging further details. None of the articles other authors replied to requests for comment.

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18:52

Kevin Rudd the kettle and toaster salesman. "IndyWatch Feed National"

Wonderful to celebrate launch of an Aboriginal Culinary Journey - a unique collaboration between @BrevilleAus, the National Museum of Australia & incredible Australian Indigenous artists. Nothing better than celebrating the worlds oldest continuous cultures in @nma @dfat pic.twitter.com/yLTWekVzwL Kevin Rudd AC (@AmboRudd) May 12, 2023

17:35

The defining Israel/Palestine conflict and the challenge for Jews "IndyWatch Feed National"

Writing personally about Israel/Palestine, why I have the positions I do, is something I mostly avoid. But a notable exception is my long essay in this weeks edition of the Good Weekend magazine, inserted every Saturday into the Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age. The readership is over one million people and its one of the biggest magazines in the country.

The striking profile photo was taken by Wolter Peeters.

The response to my article has been overwhelming, with huge numbers of people writing to express gratitude, support and relief.

PDF: Israel-Palestine conflict_ Antony Loewenstein on being Jewish and critical of Israel

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16:56

Nazi Rally @ Victorian Parliament, May 13, 2023 "IndyWatch Feed National"

On Saturday, May 13, the neo-Nazi groupuscule National Socialist Network (NSN) organised a rally at Parliament House in Melbourne. Desperately unhappy at being unable to afford to leave their parents leafy homes in the eastern suburbs, approximately 30 NSN members Continue reading

16:51

Our reliance on cobalt is ruining lives "IndyWatch Feed National"

My book review in The Saturday Paper on the new book by Siddharth Kara, Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives:

Were all complicit. Anybody who uses a laptop, mobile phone, electric vehicle (EV) or tablet has purchased a product that contains cobalt, a rare-earth element. Its largely unknown to the general public and yet 70 per cent of the worlds cobalt is mined annually in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), one of the poorest nations on the planet.

Few nations are blessed with a more diverse abundance of resource riches than Congo, writes Siddharth Kara, a senior fellow at Harvards T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an activist against modern slavery. No other country in the world has been more severely exploited.

Every so often a book comes along that completely challenges the way we live. This is a work of courageous reportage that reveals the secrets of a country that rarely enters our consciousness. Kara dismisses the denials of corporate giants such as Apple, Samsung, Tesla, Daimler and Glencore, all of which claim to have zero tolerance for child labour and commitments to supply-chain transparency. Less has changed since colonial times than we might care to admit, he says.

At great risk to his life, Kara travels to places in the DRC where very few outsiders have been. He brings readers the voices of people and communities toiling in subhuman conditions so we can tweet and drive cars that we tell ourselves are good for the environment. When he visits Kolwezi, the capital city of Lualaba Province, he explains that its the new heart of darkness, a tormented heir to those Congolese atrocities that came before colonisation, wars, and generations of slavery.

The view here is apocalyptic, with villages and forests destroyed and massive mines dominating the landscape. Its crowded with underpaid miners including teenagers who work in the toxic environment with no safety equipment such as gloves, closed shoes or masks.

Reform of this broken system is possible, but pressure must be applied on those most responsible. EV manufacturers are the main drivers of the explosion in the demand for cobalt and Kara urges consumers to push them to treat the artisanal miners as equal employees to the people who work at corporate headquarters. He supports the transition away from fossil fuels and the embrace of renewable energy. But should the people of the DRC suffer for our green dreams?

Pan Macmillan, 288pp, $49.99

The post Our reliance on cobalt is ruining lives appeared first on...

14:11

Poetry | Two poems by Ouyang Yu "IndyWatch Feed National"

You have to do it badly. If it is poetry, even more so, because there is no because. If you write like you were the best in the world, you are the worst because you pretend too hard. Too harsh, too. Why do you want to be the best? Is that because you are a lack or there is a lack in you that you feel like filling up all the time? Even when you are named the best, does that mean anything?

The post Poetry | Two poems by Ouyang Yu appeared first on Overland literary journal.

14:00

Australian Dollar and Bitcoin "IndyWatch Feed National"

1.00 AUD = 0.00002 BTC
0.00010 BTC = 4.10 AUD
Converter

13:53

Government and Media Suffering From Delusional Disorder "IndyWatch Feed National"

by Dee McLachlan

Having reported on the Child Protection departments and Childrens courts across Australia, I am extremely familiar with the diagnosis of Delusional Disorder. It is used with abandon as a go-to diagnosis to trash a good protective mum.

Today, I am suggesting that almost the entire federal and state governments are suffering acute and severe mental disorder that of DELUSIONAL DISORDER.

A delusional disorder is characterized in the American Psychiatric Associations Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental...

13:17

Unafraid. Unbelievably funny. Unmissable. "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Paul McDermott.

That is how I would describe a Paul McDermott show.

I saw him a few years back at Adelaide Fringe and was blown away by the calibre of his comedy. I see comedy all the time. No one else is doing this kind of relentlessly biting political satire. Material that is absolutely on top of the zeitgeist.

His insights come from the keen eye of a cynical non believer, who sees the political landscape, for what it is. A worthy subject for comedic autopsy. What he started in Doug Anthony Allstars all those years ago he finishes in Blood Orange.

McDermott is a satrical comic at the top of his game.

McDermott won hearts in the 80s and 90s when he dominated the Australian comedy scene for over a decade with Doug Anthony Allstars. The trio have remained in the spotlight Richard Fiedlers Conversations on the ABC showing us how interviews are done, Tim Fergusson has positioned himself as the countrys foremost comedy writer and teacher. And McDermott has continued to do what he does best: disembowel authority with a wicked grin.

Rich political fodder

The Morrison government was rich political fodder for McDermott, I wondered how he might roll with Albo in the drivers seat?

Im not constrained by parochial aspects looking at the world says McDermott.

Everything is on the table. And its so immediate. We are getting information from America and overseas the moment it happens so we dont have to be a colonial backwater focused on ourselves. Yes, I am enjoying living in a country where there isnt as much on offer with the Labor government. They just arent as bizarre as the last government. When they do something inherently evil like  supporting Hillsong or integrate health and state Ill be there.

I loved Doug Anthony Allstars, so when I went to see Paul McDerm...

13:04

Council gives green light for electric vehicle charging stations on public land "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

PROVIDERS can now establish, operate and maintain electric vehicle charging infrastructure on Wollongong City Council-owned or managed land.

Last week, Council voted unanimously to adopt a new Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure on Public Land Policy.

The new policy was finalised following a round of community consultation earlier this year, where 98 per cent of submissions supported the document.

Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery said the policy will support more people to use electric vehicles in Wollongong.

Council wont own or operate the charging stations but is keen to make sure they are accessible, convenient and meet the needs of the community, both now and into the future, he said.

We are committed to increasing the availability of the stations and this policy makes clear our procurement, site selection, design and licensing requirements.

By taking th...

12:32

Heavy rain predicted in the Northern Rivers "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

BoM satellite image 15 May, 2023.

The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting significant unsettled weather, with increasing severe thunderstorm activity across the Northern Rivers from Tuesday 16 May 2023. This weather pattern brings with it risks of flash flooding across the region over the coming days. 

As a result, residents and visitors to the Northern Rivers, Clarence Valley, and Coffs Coast should take the time now to review their flood plans and to prepare for possible flash flooding in known hotspots and storm conditions.

Flash flooding is a reality

NSW SES is advising residents across the region that Flash Flooding is a reality and can affect culverts and causeways anywhere at any time given how unsettled the nature of this weather pattern is.

Storm and flood impacts may interrupt essential services such as electricity, phones, internet, water, and sewerage.

People across the region should monitor the weather and road conditions closely, to ensure informed, safe decisions are made early based on individual circumstances.

Chief Superintendent Greg Swindells, North Eastern Zone Commander said storms and heavy rainfall can lead to Flash Flooding very quickly.

Unsettled weather can play on peoples anxieties

These unsettled weather events can play on peoples anxieties, however, taking the time now to prepare homes, clear your gutters, check on neighbours, stock-up on essentials, whilst also reviewing their emergency plans, will give some sense of control,

The NSW SES urge all residents and visitors to consider their travel plans and remind everyone it is not safe to drive through flood waters anytime anywhere.

For more information on NSW SES visit...

12:28

Will Tweed Shire join the reusable nappy brigade? "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

1.5 billion plastic containing nappies go into landfill each year in Australia.

Babies require a nappy, well most of us use nappies when we have babies, with the result being that 1.5 billion plastic-containing nappies go into landfill each year in Australia. 

Councill

12:28

After more than half a century, Platypus returned to Hacking River in ambitious re-population effort "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

A platypus is released on the banks of the Hacking River, Royal National Park. Picture: Jake Willis/UNSW Sydney

FOR the first time in half a century, the Royal National Park, on the doorstep of the northern Illawarra, will have a population of platypus.

Scientists from UNSW Sydney have re-introduced platypuses to the Hacking River after an absence of more than 50 years since a confirmed sighting of the iconic native animals.

Leading a team with the Taronga Conservation Society Australia, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service  (NPWS) and WWF-Australia, the researchers from UNSWs Centre for Ecosystem Science released a small group of four female platypuses on the banks of the Hacking River to watch them quickly waddle forward into the water of their new protected home.

First proposed by UNSW ecologists three years ago, the plan will see a total of six female and four male platypuses released at the same location, bringing the founding population in the Royal National Park (RNP) to a total...

12:20

COVID-19 update for New South Wales "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Lets not forget that Covid-19 is still a big issue in our community with 31,935 cases reported across Australia in the last week an average of 4,562 cases per day.

In New South Wales there were 12,980 new cases reported with 6,614 positive results from PCR tests and 6,366 positive results from rapid antigen tests (RATs)

There were 59 deaths reported across the state as per the national surveillance definition, deaths are reported as COVID-19 deaths if a person died with COVID-19, not necessarily because COVID-19 was the cause of death. Deaths are only excluded if there is a clear alternative cause of death that is unrelated to COVID-19 (e.g. trauma).

Of the reported 12,980 new cases about 10 per cent (1,292) were admitted to hospital and 31 people are in intensive care.

To date there have been 4,011,770 cases confirmed in Australia and sadly, 6,832 people have died. 

The post COVID-19 update for New South Wales appeared first on The Echo.

11:48

Open Letter from Steven Crothers, Australian Scientist and Occupational Hygienist: Part 1 The COVID Hoax "IndyWatch Feed National"

Since March 2020 I have been revealing the fraud behind the COVID alleged pandemic and the fact that it never had anything to do with health. Now three years later it has been proven to be a hoax created for the purposes of population control and surveillance. This purpose is being driven by the United... [Read more]

The post Open Letter from Steven Crothers, Australian Scientist and Occupational Hygienist: Part 1 The COVID Hoax appeared first on Vaccination Decisions.

11:30

Bringing the latest research to your local "IndyWatch Feed National"

Ever walked into a room and immediately felt energised, calm, or drained? What if the design of the building was making you feel that way? A Pint of Science can tell you why.

Next week, University of South Australia (UniSA) postdoctoral researcher Dr Isabella Bower will address this important gap in knowledge, explaining to local Adelaide pub patrons how aspects of built environment design (like the size or colour of a room) affect us.

Dr Bower is one of three UniSA researchers stepping out of the laboratory and into the Wheatsheaf Hotel in Thebarton as part of Pint of Science Australia from May 2224.

Pint of Science

The Pint of Science Australia festival is returning for its ninth year, bringing together scientists and researchers from all over the country to share their latest discoveries in a casual and relaxed setting local pubs!

Pint of Science is an international festival held in more than 400 cities worldwide. This year, the Pint of Science Australia festival will take place in 30 pubs across 15 cities, including Adelaide, Bendigo, Brisbane, Cairns, Canberra, Geelong, Hobart, Launceston, Melbourne, Newcastle, Perth, Sunshine Coast, Sydney, Toowoomba, and Townsville with and online option available as well.

Attendees will be able to enjoy a pint of their favourite beverage while listening to fascinating talks from science communicators and experts in their respective fields including fantastic phalluses, battling bees and the future of AI among other curious topics.

This international festival will showcase the latest breakthroughs and innovations in areas such as health, technology, and the environment.

An interactive environment

Over three evenings, attendees can learn from experts in various fields, ask questions in an interactive environment and gain a better understanding of the role science plays in our everyday lives.

Pint of Science Australia Co-CEO Maria Roitman said the group is excited to bring insights from all corners of Australian research to share with the public in a fun and engaging way, making science accessible for everyone.

Pint of Science Australia Co-CEO Jin-Oh Choi said: We encourage everyone to attend, even if science is not your thing. Its a great opportunity to learn something new and meet other inquisitive minds.

Tickets for the Pint of Science Australia 2023 festival are on sale for $8.

For more information about the festival, including participating pubs and speakers, please visit the Pint of Science Australia website.

 

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10:57

Funding obstacles for coastal walk/cycleway plan "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

A section of the Ballina Coastal Walk. Photo supplied

Could the popular Ballina coastal walk and cycleway be expanded to include Byrons famous coastline? 

Its a question which has local cyclists strapping on their shoes in anticipation.

The proposal, originally put forward by Ballina Council, would see Byron and Ballina councils work together to secure funding for, and ultimately build, the extension of the pathway from Lennox Head to Byron Bay.

A similar motion was passed as a Mayoral Minute by Ballina Shire Council in March 2023, and they are seeking a sister motion from us to join forces in attempting to secure funding for this walking/cycling path, said Byron Mayor Michael Lyon in a Mayoral Minute, contained within the agenda of this weeks meeting.

However, the project has already hit a potential hurdle, with Byron Councils Infrastructure Planning Coordinator, James Flockton, noting that the constraints for various route options are complex and require further investigation before a route could be planned and des...

09:33

Head to Health Hub free mental health service in Lismore at SCU "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

A free 18+ mental health service based in Lismore SCU campus that was set up in the aftermath of the 2022 NSW floods is continuing to providing assistance for people with mental health difficulties who are looking to make significant changes to their life.

The Head to Health Hub Lismore is a centre-based service whose model is for
people who require more mental health assistance than can be provided from primary health but less than is provided by public mental health services.

The Head to Health hub provides: provision of interventions, information, and wellbeing apps from the hub; connection and referral to external services, and; development of in reach services where providers / services operate from the hub.

Mixed staffing model

The service has a mixed staffing model at present including clinical staff clinical services manager, mental health nurse, social worker and psychologist, and mental health workers including peer/ lived experience workers.

Staff provide one to one appointments with people over the immediate, short (six weeks) and medium terms (26 weeks).

Head to Health staff can also remain engaged when clients are referred to external services to assist them to settle into the new service(s).

The Head to Health service uses a values-based approach assisting a person to align their actions to their longer-term values. The therapeutic models underpinning the approach are Motivational Interviewing and Acceptance and Commitment frameworks although other modalities / therapies are used as appropriate.

Complimentary services

In the longer term an in-reach model is to be developed where external providers can work from the hub to provide complimentary services to clients.

Clients do not require a referral and can access the hub via a central intake number 1800 595 212 or by dropping into the centre. The first appointment either on the intake line or in person is a structured assessment.

The second appointment is a collaborative planning session about future change.

The central intake operating hours are Monday to Friday, 8.30am 5pm for service information and telephone assessment please contact 1800 595 212.

The Lismore Head to Health Hub operating hours are Monday to Friday, 10am 8pm,  Saturday 12 8pm and Sunday, 10am 2pm.

New clients and service enquiries can be contact our Lismore hub directly on 0482 161 784. All other enquiries can be emailed to our Lismore hub team at headtohealth.lismore@openminds.org

The Lismore Head to Health Hub is at P Block North at Southern Cross University Lismore campus. (Clients can be walked to and from the  centre by security guards after hours and on weekends).

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09:11

Conversations about Tweeds proposed Special Rate Variation "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Tweed Council is seeking to apply for a 2.35 per cent rise in general rates (known as a Special Rate Variation or SRV) in addition to the pegged rate rise already approved for all NSW local governments, including the Tweed, by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) an independent body that determines the level of rates able to be collected by councils across NSW.

Residents across the Tweed are invited to attend one of four Community Conversations  to discuss Councils budgetary position and the proposed Special Rate Variation.

IPART has set a 2023-24 rate peg for each council, ranging from 3.7 per cent to 6.8 per cent based on each councils population growth, with the Tweeds pegged rate being set at 4 per cent.

Mandatory costs

The SRV aims to raise an additional $1.6 million which would be used to cover mandatory costs including additional cyber security, environmental compliance officers and the upgrade of Councils core IT business systems to maintain current service levels.

As part of this process, Council has called for community input on whether they support the SRV or would prefer to see Council find the additional funds required by reducing service levels.

Members of Councils leadership team will be on hand at the Community Conversations to explain the process and answer any questions residents may have.

Dates and times of planned Community Conversations:

Monday 15 May

  • Tweed Heads  Morning Session
    Tweed Heads Auditorium
    9.30 am 10.30 am
  • Tweed Heads Evening Session
    Harvard Room, Tweed Heads Administration Centre
    5.30 pm 6.30 pm

Tuesday 16 May

  • Murwillumbah Morning Session
    Murwillumbah Auditorium
    10 am 11 am
  • UPDATE: Due to limited demand, the evening session of the Murwillumbah Community Conversation has been cancelled.

Residents interested in attending a Community Conversation are urged to register via Councils Your Say Tweed page at yoursaytweed.com.au...

08:43

Class action for contamination caused by the Australian Defence Force "IndyWatch Feed National"

Contributed from Victoria

Some 30,000 people across Australia will have a direct interest in a class action to win compensation for contamination of their homes by Australian Defence Force. It is alleged that toxic chemical spraying was used at a range of military bases, and this has affected large areas around them. The result has been the spread of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS). These accumulate in the bodies of plants and animals and are known to damage reproductive, developmental, and other biological systems. Shine lawyers have taken on the case.

A previous hearing in February found the case proven. But the plaintiffs saw the compensation offered as insufficient to cover the losses and refused to sign a settlement. It has now gone back to court.

Participants in the class action say their homes were covered with a fine dust, plants dont grow properly, and they and their families have been hit with major health problems. Even the health of their pets has been affected. Some studies have found a link to liver damage, and kidney and testicular cancer.

PFAS were widely used in firefighting foams at military bases until the early 2000s. Residents within the contaminated areas have been trapped in toxic homes for many years, and it is only now that the whole truth has emerging.

The case appeared in the court last Monday and is expected to last about 6 weeks. Landowners in Wagga Wagga (NSW), Richmond (NSW), Wreck Bay (NSW), Wodonga (VIC), Darwin (NT), Townsville (QLD), Edinburgh (SA) and Bullsbrook (WA) are being represented.

According to Craig Allsop, head of class actions at Shine Lawyers,...

04:08

Palestinian refugees answer questions about the Nakba "IndyWatch Feed National"

Despite the continued denial of the Nakba by Zionists, Palestinian refugees have not forgotten what was done to them. And more than four generations later, they have not given up on the hope that they will return.

01:43

Doesn't matter which major party forms government in New South Wales, they all have cost-shifting onto local government down to a fine art "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

 

There are 128 local councils in New South Wales and this month the new Minns Labor Government decided to demonstrate that it too knows how to cost shift onto the third tier of government just like the preceding Baird-Berejiklian-Perrottet coalition state government.


Minns and Cabinet decided to test the waters with the Emergency Services Levy on 28 April 2023.


From local councils, Revenue NSW collects payments that account for 11.7% of the costs of fire and emergency services in NSW. From insurers of property in the state it collects the remainder of the levy which is paid as part of insurance premiums. Payment is in four instalments over the relevant financial year.


In 2022-23 the Revenue NSW collection target for the Emergency Services Levy was $1.17 billion, with local councils paying est. $143 million of that total. It would appear that the 2023-24 target is significantly higher, with the total annual local government contribution expected to rise to est. $219 million - a 53.1% increase.


According to Clarence Valley Council's financial statements: in the 2019 financial year the Emergency Services Levy cost to council was $952,000; in 2020 it rose to $995,000; in 2021 it rose again to $1,131,000; and in 2022 this cost fell to $752,000.

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23:06

JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters "IndyWatch Feed National"

This article was first published by GR in November 2009.

Despite a treasure-trove of new information having emerged over the last forty-six  years, there are many people who still think who killed President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and why are unanswerable

The post JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters appeared first on Global Research.

22:24

SUNDAY SCREENING: The Eye of the Storm (1983) "IndyWatch Feed National"

Our weekly documentary film curated by the editorial team at 21WIRE.

This rare documentary film, entitled, THE EYE OF THE STORM: The Inventions of Nikola Tesla, shown only once on Australian television, covers the history of secret U.S. government research into futuristic propulsion and Energy systems. The Film also discusses the work of Nikola Tesla, including information on mysterious devices locked away in safes at the time of his death in 1943. Man made UFOs are also an important feature, as well as the Philadelphia experiment, featuring some classic 80s style sci-fi kitsch dramatized scenes. Watch:

Runtime: 1 hr 38 min
Narrated by Stan Deyo
Production: Adventures Unlimited (1983)

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21:20

Text and video of Rob Thurley speech at the Stop the Great Wall of Frankston Rally 13 May 2023 "IndyWatch Feed National"

Note. The text has not yet been transcribed.

Rob Thurley, who has been for 44 years Chair of the Kananook Creek Association, Frankston, speaks at the "Stop the Great Wall of Frankston Rally," in Frankston, Victoria, Australia. You can see the creek in the background near where it meets with the sea. Much of it is in a fairly natural state. The Rally at this sea side town had a huge attendance from people wanting to stop multiple high rises along the foreshore, as well as massively increased building heights and population density in this unconsultative and newly-designated 'metropolitan activity centre'. Introduced by the popular and pro-democracy former-Mayor of Frankston, Glenn Aitken. Other speakers were Kelvin Thomson retired MP and convenor of Planning Democracy and Professor Michael Baxton, environment and planning. You can read more about the event at https://candobetter.net. There will be a transcript of

19:30

Sowing Seeds of Plunder: A Lose-Lose Situation in Ukraine "IndyWatch Feed National"

Colin Todhunter Off-Guardian May 13, 2023

Its a lose-lose situation for Ukrainians. While they are dying, financial institutions are insidiously supporting the consolidation of farmland by oligarchs and Western financial interests.

So says Frdric Mousseau, Policy Director of the Oakland Institute, an independent think tank.

Depending on which sources to believe, between 100,000 and 300,000 Ukrainian soldiers (possibly more) have died during the conflict with Russia. That figure, of course, does not include civilian casualties.

But it is not the purpose of this article to explore these issues. Much has already been written on this elsewhere. But billions of dollars worth of military hardware has been sent to Ukraine by the NATO countries and hundreds of thousands of young Ukrainians have died.

They died in the belief that they were protecting their nation their land. A land that is among the most fertile in the world.

Professor Olena Borodina of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine says:

Today, thousands of rural boys and girls, farmers, are fighting and dying in the war. They have lost everything. The processes of free land sale and purchase are increasingly liberalised and advertised. This really threatens the rights of Ukrainians to their land, for which they give their lives.

Borodina is quoted in the February 2023 report by the Oakland Institute War and Theft: The Takeover of Ukraines Agricultural Land, which reveals how oligarchs and financial interests are expanding control over Ukraines agricultural land with help and financing from Western financial institutions.

Aid provided to Ukraine in recent years has been tied to a drastic structural adjustment programme requiring the creation of a land market through a law that leads to greater concentration of land in the hands of powerful interests. The programme also includes austerity measures, cuts in social safety nets and the privatisation of key sectors of the economy.

Frdric Mousseau, co-author of the report, says:

Despite being at the centre of news cycle and international policy, little attention has gone to the core of the conflict who controls the agricultural land in the country known as the breadbasket of Europe. [The] Answer to this question is paramount to understanding the major stakes in the war.

The report shows the total amount of land controlled by oligarchs, corrupt individuals and large agribusinesses is over nine million hectares exceeding 28% of Ukraines arable land (the rest is used by over eight million Ukrainian farmers).

The largest landholders are a mix of Ukrainian oligarchs and foreign interests mostly European and North American as well as the...

19:22

9 pilot incapacitations and 3 pilot deaths in pilots who took the COVID mRNA technology gene injection "IndyWatch Feed National"

Must a plane loaded with commercial passengers drop from the sky literally, CRASH, before the airline industry, FAA, NTSB and pilots themselves ONLY enter the cockpit after myocarditis is ruled out? Why not mandate high sensitivity troponin, contrast chest MRIs, D-dimers, EKGs before flying?

Dr Paul Alexander Substack May 13, 2023

8 other recent Pilot incapacitations in-flight:

April 4, 2023 United Airlines Flight 2102 (BOI-SFO) captain was incapacitated, first officer was only one in control of the aircraft. (click here)

March 25, 2023 TAROM Flight RO-7673 TSR-HRG diverted to Bucharest as 30 yo pilot had chest pain, then collapsed (click here)

March 22, 2023 Southwest Flight WN6013 LAS-CMH diverted as pilot collapsed shortly after take-off, replaced by non-Southwest pilot (click here)

March 18, 2023 Air Transat Flight TS739 FDF-YUL first officer was incapacitated about 200NM south of Montreal (click here)

March 13, 2023 Emirates Flight EK205 MXP-JFK diverted due to pilot illness hour and a half after take-off (click here)

March 11, 2023 United Airlines Flight UA2007 GUA-ORD diverted due to incapacitated pilot who had chest pains (click here)

March 11, 2023? British Airways (CAI-LHR) pilot collapsed in Cairo hotel and died, was scheduled to fly Airbus A321 from Cairo to London (click here)

March, 3, 2023 Virgin Australia Flight VA-717 ADL-PER Adelaide to Perth flight was forced to make an emergency landing after First Officer suffered heart attack 30 min after departure. (click here)

3 recent Pilot deaths:

Pilot death April 13, 2023 Phil Thomas, graduate of Flight Training Pilot academy in Cadiz, Spain (FTEJerez) died suddenly.

Pilot death Ma...

19:00

Happy Mothers Day "IndyWatch Feed National"

  Photo of me with my mother I think that was snapped after I returned from deployment to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait on Desert Shield/Storm/Saber.   Pain There are at least seven answers to the problem of pain or how to be happy. The Buddhist answer. Existence is pain. Happiness is an illusion. Blessedness comes []

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18:48

"IndyWatch Feed World" "IndyWatch Feed National"

Professor Buxton confirms in his speech the shocking news  that the State Government is planning to remove ALL resident rights to object to ANY development, or even to be advised of an upcoming development, in certain areas, and that this objective, if passed, will trend everywhere.

[Headings and emphases are from candobetters editor. Electronic transcript has been checked by the recorder, but total accuracy cannot be guaranteed.]

Transcript:

Glenn Aitken introducing speaker:

Next speaker is Professor Michael Buxton, Professor Buxton is Emeritus professor of environment and planning RMIT school of global Urban and social studies, where he taught for 20 years as well as 30 years in Academia. Michael also served as mayor and council at the then Mordialloc Council and had various management roles in In the Victorian government, including at the EPA. Professor Buxton is one of Melbourne's most respected and, happily, outspoken planning experts. Please welcome him.

Professor Buxton:

Thank you for the introduction. That's longer than my talk is going to be so I might as well go now. Frankstons a beautiful place. I got here a bit early and went down to the beach. I used to come down to the beach at Frankston with mates of mine who used to live in Carrum. We used to frolic around out here and carry on. And it's amazing how beautiful it still is.

...

17:04

"IndyWatch Feed World" "IndyWatch Feed National"


Transcript

Thank you very much Glenn, and it's great to see so many people here this morning. Standing up for your community and your civic-mindedness is a powerful antidote to the greed and short-sightedness that dominates way too much of modern thinking and policy.

You know, I hear a certain amount of talk about NIMBYs.  You realize that it is our responsibility to protect our neighborhood. It is the Australian government's responsibility to protect Australia. It's the Victorian government's responsibility to protect Victoria. It's the Frankston council's responsibility to protect Frankston. If we are not looking after our neighborhood, our backyard, then we are not doing the right thing either by ourselves or by future generations. So that is not selfishness. Don't be seduced by these calls for unselfishness, which come with all the sincerity of a Mississippi riverboat gambler.

I believe that people are are entitled to a say in the character of their street, their neighborhood, their community. When I was younger, and I was, always been very interested in environmental things, I thought maybe centralized government might be better, and I saw a federal Labor government saved the Franklin River, but over the years, I have realized that local communities can be relied on much more than remote bureaucrats, or corporations to protect their patch. So, the first thing is, you are entitled to a say, and I also believe that democracy has to have content.

If people don't feel that they have a genuine say in what is happening in their lives and in their neighborhoods, than the fine words about democracy ring hollow, and people become cynical and apathetic, and democracy gradually gets eroded. So, I believe that people need to be given a say, even if sometimes they make mistakes [they] need to be given a say in what happens in their lives and in their communities.

The second thing I want to say is that the density that we are seeing with the proposals here for these high-rise towers is bad for social justice.

Now, one of the things that developers and their advocates will tell you is that this is good for housing affordability. They employ these spin merchants who are a bit like that tobacco Lobby or the fossil fuel Lobby. They are very good at throwing smoke. They'll tell you that this is good for housing affordability. In fact, it is the opposite. If you deregulate planning and allow developers to build high-rise buildings, the cost of land goes u...

15:52

"IndyWatch Feed World" "IndyWatch Feed National"

There are many ways I can talk about the environmental cost of the proposed towers, such as how children raised in high-rises tend to grow up short-sighted, fatter, and socially alienated, how most of our trees, native birds and animals will disappear in a landscape filled with such towers, and how high-rises in Frankston near the foreshore may be standing, uninsured, in the sea at high tides in less than 30 years.  I have, however, decided to talk about how they drive and profit from our social and political alienation.

What will towering concrete canyons actually bring to Frankston in exchange for the beautiful and rare natural environment that makes Frankston unique, with creeks, bushland, native birds and animals, and access to the beach and hinterland? Nothing positive, but plenty of negatives namely social inequality and a degraded environment.

In the Frankston Metropolitan Activity Centre Structure Plan Emerging Ideas Paper it is said that they will bring economic growth, to Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula, but it also says that most business is now conducted over the internet. Australia had a more thriving more diverse economy when it had a population of 7 million people.

High-rise towers worsen the divide between rich and poor because they increase the cost of land for everyone, whilst making a very small number of developers and investors rich simply through subdividing and building upwards. They don't solve housing unaffordability because they depend on constant mass migration to increase demand for land and to inflate prices and investment in housing. In the past decade, ninety-three per cent of Australias income growth was concentrated within 10% of the population, with only 7% going to the rest of us. Welcome to the houses and holes economy.

When land-prices go up, so does the cost of everything that depends on land - housing, rent, power, water, and food, etc.

The fact that State and Fed Gov are pushing high-rises and population growth on us is a clear sign that they are not on our side, nor on the side of democracy. We have not been adequately consulted or educated about this.

Australians, by having small families, have shown that they want to keep the space and freedom they are losing. 

A proposed 16 storey apartment tower which plans on 188 apartments would mean something like 560 new residents for Frankston and a multiplication...

15:45

BBC reporting on PIJ continues to leave readers underinformed "IndyWatch Feed National"

Previously we looked at the BBC News websites initial report concerning Operation Shield and Arrow on May 9th:

BBC NEWS AVOIDS RELEVANT PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD BACKGROUND

As noted, at no point in that report were BBC audiences told that the Palestinian Islamic Jihad is a terrorist organisation which is designated by the EU, the US, the UK, Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Israel and readers were not provided with any information concerning the financial and military sponsorship provided to the PIJ by Iran.

As the operation continued, the BBC News website published additional reports which, like that initial article, were not tagged with the name of the terrorist organisation that is their topic.

On May 10th a report by David Gritten that was originally headlined Gaza militants fire rockets after new Israeli air strikes appeared on the websites Middle East page. The headline was later amended to read Israel and Gaza militants in heaviest fighting for "https://camera-uk.org/topic/raffi-berg/" rel="noopener" target= "_blank">Raffi Berg and David Gritten....

09:54

Google Introduces Plan to Use Generative AI to Take Over the Internet AIs Real Threat to Society "IndyWatch Feed National"

by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News

Google announced its new plans for AI this week at their annual I/O developer conference, and to say that not everyone in the Tech Industry was thrilled by their plans to integrate Generative AI into their search engine, would be an understatement.

Emily Dreibelbis, writing for PC Magazine, published one of the more apocalyptic articles warning that Google could basically destroy most websites on the Internet.

Why Googles New ChatGPT-Style Search Could Kill the Websites That Feed It

Google just previewed its chatbot-style vision for the future of web search results. But if it mines publications hard work without compensating them, many may not survive this shift.

The typical PCMag product reviewers home is a web of wires and blinking LEDs from laptops, smartwatches, and scores of other gadgets. Analysts spend weeks performing hands-on testing to produce in-depth buying guides that help readers get the most from technology.

But what if that wealth of content is reduced to grist for a bigger mill? Googles new AI search experience pushes links to articles below the digital fold, summarizing the response to a search query up top as a conversational, ChatGPT-style paragraph. Content in the answer, a mini-article in itself, can theoretically come from PCMag and a host of other publications.

To start, this AI experience will only apply to searches for which Google algorithms can produce helpful results, The Verge reports. But its unclear how many searches that will cover, and whether Google will compensate or cite its sources. The company has said only that its committed to continue sending valuable traffic to sites across the web.

Writers watching a live demo of the new experience at Googles I/O conference found it chilling. Did Google receive that e-bike and set it up? asks Angela Moscaritolo, PCMags health and fitness expert. She reviewed the Aventon Aventure Ebike, which the demo suggested for commuters as good for hi...

09:54

Google Introduces Plan to Use Generative AI to Take Over the Internet AIs Real Threat to Society "IndyWatch Feed National"

by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News

Google announced its new plans for AI this week at their annual I/O developer conference, and to say that not everyone in the Tech Industry was thrilled by their plans to integrate Generative AI into their search engine, would be an understatement.

Emily Dreibelbis, writing for PC Magazine, published one of the more apocalyptic articles warning that Google could basically destroy most websites on the Internet.

Why Googles New ChatGPT-Style Search Could Kill the Websites That Feed It

Google just previewed its chatbot-style vision for the future of web search results. But if it mines publications hard work without compensating them, many may not survive this shift.

The typical PCMag product reviewers home is a web of wires and blinking LEDs from laptops, smartwatches, and scores of other gadgets. Analysts spend weeks performing hands-on testing to produce in-depth buying guides that help readers get the most from technology.

But what if that wealth of content is reduced to grist for a bigger mill? Googles new AI search experience pushes links to articles below the digital fold, summarizing the response to a search query up top as a conversational, ChatGPT-style paragraph. Content in the answer, a mini-article in itself, can theoretically come from PCMag and a host of other publications.

To start, this AI experience will only apply to searches for which Google algorithms can produce helpful results, The Verge reports. But its unclear how many searches that will cover, and whether Google will compensate or cite its sources. The company has said only that its committed to continue sending valuable traffic to sites across the web.

Writers watching a live demo of the new experience at Googles I/O conference found it chilling. Did Google receive that e-bike and se

09:11

Google Introduces Plan to Use Generative AI to Take Over the Internet AIs Real Threat to Society "IndyWatch Feed National"

by Brian Shilhavy
Editor, Health Impact News

Google announced its new plans for AI this week at their annual I/O developer conference, and to say that not everyone in the Tech Industry was thrilled by their plans to integrate Generative AI into their search engine, would be an understatement.

Emily Dreibelbis, writing for PC Magazine, published one of the more apocalyptic articles warning that Google could basically destroy most websites on the Internet.

Why Googles New ChatGPT-Style Search Could Kill the Websites That Feed It

Google just previewed its chatbot-style vision for the future of web search results. But if it mines publications hard work without compensating them, many may not survive this shift.

The typical PCMag product reviewers home is a web of wires and blinking LEDs from laptops, smartwatches, and scores of other gadgets. Analysts spend weeks performing hands-on testing to produce in-depth buying guides that help readers get the most from technology.

But what if that wealth of content is reduced to grist for a bigger mill? Googles new AI search experience pushes links to articles below the digital fold, summarizing the response to a search query up top as a conversational, ChatGPT-style paragraph. Content in the answer, a mini-article in itself, can theoretically come from PCMag and a host of other publications.

To start, this AI experience will only apply to searches for which Google algorithms can produce helpful results, The Verge reports. But its unclear how many searches that will cover, and whether Google will compensate or cite its sources. The company has said only that its committed to continue sending valuable traffic to sites across the web.

Writers watching a live demo of the new experience at Googles I/O conference found it chilling. Did Google receive that e-bike and set it up? asks Angela Moscaritolo, PCMags health and fitness expert. She reviewed the Aventon Aventure Ebike, which the demo suggested for commuters as good for hi...

08:48

Everybody Knows, Part 11: Dear Racketeers, Consider the Larger Context "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

Sung by Battler's Ballad in Sydney in 2012:
Sung by Battlers Ballad in Sydney in 2012: Jim Jones at Botany Bay

by Mary W Maxwell, LLB

This article is in the form of a letter to the people who are busy in the child-trafficking industry.

Dear Racketeers,

You poor dopes. I bet you havent got a clue what child-stealing is all about.

Possibly, if you think only in terms of consumerism and capitalism, you assume that there is a market for this forbidden product and its forbiden-ness puts the price up. You could thereby get in on a nice take-home. All you need do is harden your heart when the child screams.

Or maybe the money is simply your pay for your career. You are a lawyer maybe an Independent Childrens Lawyer, an ICL oo, how sophisticated!  It was explained to you when you signed up, that there are a lot of bad mothers who alienate their children from the father oo, those bad mothers. If you do the right thing, which is to quell kids complaints, and make mincemeat of the mothers, youll be all set.  Oo judges will smile at you, isnt that exciting!

But ah, a different group.  You are old-school mafia. Organized crime is your thing.  Its what you do. The instructions come from the boss. Camaraderie is what makes the world go round.  And dont forget omerta. Questioning the choice of the group is a no-no. And if you do something out-of-line, well, the Hail Mary could be interrupted with a bang on the lake.

Wait.  Maybe you are the Epstein type. Here the goal is to compromise as many politicians and decision makers...

06:52

"IndyWatch Feed Nthamerica" "IndyWatch Feed National"

Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/13/23).
As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth is, or claiming they have the answer, is likely leading you astray, for one reason or another. Stay Vigilant.
(https://www.rokfin.com/TLAVagabond)(https://www.bitchute.com/channel/24yVcta8zEjY/)

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(10) The Cradle on Twitter: "Israel assassinates sixth Palestinian commander in span of four days https://t.co/uljm6YGDnK" / Twitter
Ukraines Future Lies in the Great Reset
(10) David Miller on Twitter: "How my name appeared on a Ukraine regime blacklist. And, how I discovered that the infamous "kill list" is actually run by Nazis on behalf of the regime ... ...and is hosted by NATO on its web-servers in Brussels. https://t.co/ASSKkZXGG6" / Twitter
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03:50

Gaza: Egypt brokers ceasefire to end Israel's bombardment "IndyWatch Feed National"

Gaza: Egypt brokers ceasefire to end Israel's bombardment

Cairo calls on all sides to adhere to agreement, set to take effect on Saturday
MEE staff Sat, 05/13/2023 - 18:50
Israeli air strikes battered Gaza again on 13 May in response to rocket fire from the Strip as deadly fighting resumed after a night of relative calm (AFP/File photo)

Israel and Palestinian leadership in the Gaza Strip agreed to an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire that took effect at 10pm local time on Saturday. 

Israel agreed to the ceasefire while rejecting the Islamic Jihad's demand that Israel end all targeted assassinations, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported, citing an official Israeli source.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office thanked Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi for Egypt's "resolute efforts" to broker a truce.

The Israeli announcement added that "quiet will be answered with quiet, and if Israel is attacked or provoked, it will do whatever is necessary to defend itself". 

For its part, Cairo called on all sides to adhere to the agreement, Egypt's Al-Qahera News television channel reported.

"The two sides will abide by the ceasefire which will include an end to targeting civilians, house demolition, an end to targeting individuals immediately when the ceasefire goes into effect," a text of the agreement seen by Reuters read. 

Missile strikes from both sides were reported in...

00:36

My chat with Elon Musk AI on FTL Space Travel "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

The immense power of AI is being wasted.----Yes, it can, and has, been used to create astounding pictures, even videos. It has been used to generate stories, articles, and text answers to any questions that humans ask one another.----But it's this last part that needs exploring, or exploding, perhaps. ----Here, a FTL spaceship is discussed with Elon Musk AI. Did we succeed?

00:10

Why Cant I Question Capitalism without Being Called a Socialist? "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital. (Michael Parenti)

For as long as Ive been writing, giving public talks, and all that, I have offered informed critiques of capitalism.

For as long as Ive been offering informed critiques of capitalism, I get replies like this: I suppose you think socialism is the answer.

The paucity of imagination never ceases to disappoint me.

Breaking news: One can challenge capitalism both its theoretical and practical versions without being a fan of Castro or Lenin.

Side note to those in the medical freedom movement: Your frequent misuse of the words communism and Marxism does not serve you well.

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22:05

Incredible waterspout is spotted off the coast of a major Australian city "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

A huge tornado-like water has been spotted off the coast of Sydney, dwarfing two tankers seen sailing on the horizon. The spout formed just off the coast near South Coogee in Sydney's eastern suburbs on Saturday as a storm moved closer to hitting the fringes of the city. Water spouts form as heavy winds travel in opposing directions, causing the air to be drawn upwards in a spiralling column. The rising air carries water vapour along with it into the sky where it can create showers and storms. While mostly harmless, water spouts can cause damage if they move ashore, with one destroying a dozen homes in Lennox Heads in 2010.

21:13

I got the question "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

You know, the inevitable dumb one.

If there are more than two sexes, name a third one.

The correct answer is, obviously, Your mom.

But seriously, if I tell you something is a range or continuum, you dont refute me by telling me I have to name every shade. When I was a child, I learned that there are 7 colors, precisely 7, in the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. Then when I got older I learned that there are hundreds of wavelengths between 400 and 700 nanometers. And then when I got older still I learned that color is the product of combinations of wavelengths, like chords, and the numbers got larger still. And then I learned about photoreception and color vision, and discovered that colors were a property of visual processing derived from context and relative distinctions in illumination and intensity, and theres nothing fixed about them. I read David Marr in the 1980s, you know.

Then someone comes along and insists that the stuff they learned in kindergarten is the absolute rock solid truth.

Hey, I bet you this person is also one of those who mocks the abbreviation LGBTQIA+ because there are too many letters in it and we keep adding more.

20:30

10 Weekend Reads "IndyWatch Feed National"

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of  coffee, grab a seat outside, and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads:

He wrote a book on a rare subject. Then a ChatGPT replica appeared on Amazon. From recipes to product reviews to how-to books, artificial intelligence text generators are quietly authoring more and more of the internet. (Washington Post)

The Crypto Winter Cost People More Than Their Money: Some acolytes lost faith, others blamed devilsand some went even harder. An essay exploring what happens when the prophecy of blockchain fails. (Bloomberg)

Is It Time to Quit Coffee for Good? A growing chorus of concerned former addicts are trying to wake people up to caffeines negative effects. (EsquireMy answer ius No!

Richard Feynman: The One and Only: Richard Feynman was the Michael Jordan of physics. His intellectual leaps, seemingly weightless, defied explanation. In 1960, in his early forties, restless and unable to find a physics problem worth working on, Feynman taught himself enough biology to make an original discovery of how mutations work in genes. (New York Review of Books)

Your IQ isnt 160. No ones is. Stratospheric IQs are like leprechauns, unicorns, or mermaids. (The Intrinsic Perspective)

The Time Thief Who Stole 106 Rare Clocks in a Daring Heist: Authorities eventually recovered 96 of the lost timepieces, including a $30 million watch commissioned for Marie Antoinette. (Smithsonian Magazine)

On the trail of the Dark Avenger: the most dangerous virus writer in the world: Bulgaria in the 1980s became known as the virus factory, where hundreds of malicious computer programs were unleashed to wreak havoc. But who was writing them, and why? (The Guardian)

Seaflooding: The Surprising Solution to Mitigate Climate Change, Create More Life, and Grow the Economy: Do You Like the Mediterranean Toda...

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19:24

Nuclear waste is a $476m problem even before AUKUS "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

Justin Hendry 11 May 23,  https://www.innovationaus.com/nuclear-waste-is-a-476m-problem-even-before-aukus/?fbclid=IwAR2jeLiHd5k32VIsMOXxhGnAaIfIyFJUvtLblzvt3mbMFPrGCSnOLL3d8UU

A long-planned nuclear waste facility to store and dispose of radioactive material that has built up over decades has secured significant funding after the former Coalition government settled on a site for the facility.

More than $160 million will be spent on preparatory work for the National Radioactive Waste Management Facility, including technical, design, regulatory and governance activities, and community engagement.

But there is no indication when the facility which has been on the cards in one form or another for 40 years might be ready, with the funding provided in Tuesdays federal Budget intended to stretch until 2030.

The facility will become the single location for the disposal of Australias low level nuclear waste and a temporary storage location for intermediate level waste which until now has resulted from scientific research and industrial, agricultural and medical applications. [Ed. They dont here mention the waste generated by the Opal nuclear reactor itself !]

That is set to change from early 2030, when Defence is expected to begin acquiring up to five Virginia-class nuclear powered submarines from the US for delivery, before building a new squadron of nuclear submarines based on a British design for delivery in early 2040.

Existing radioactive waste is currently kept at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisations (ANSTO) Lucas Heights reactor in Sydney, with another 100-plus locations across Australia also being used for storage.

In November 2021, the former Coalition government acquired a site near the town of Kimbra on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia to build the facility, which is opposed by the local Barngarla people.

By May last year, parts of the facilitys design and planning had already been outsourced, despite an ongoing legal challenge from Traditional Owners set to begin next month.

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas has reportedly already ruled out the facility handling spent fuel rods from AUKUS submarines, although is lobbying the federal gov...

11:28

BEST OF THE WEB: Moon mystery: China, Japan scientists have no answers for space gear disappearances "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

China and Japan have addressed mysterious circumstances around disappearing space equipment, including a lunar lander that would have completed Japan's potential first successful moon landing. "It has been determined that there is a high probability that the lander eventually made a hard landing on the moon's surface," Takeshi Hakamanda, founder and CEO of Japanese spaceflight company Ispace, said of the venture. The company clarified shortly after that engineers had observed that the remaining propellant in the Hakuto-R spacecraft may have been "at the lower threshold and shortly afterward the descent speed rapidly increased," the New York Times reported.

09:39

100 Questions! - Questions For Corbett #100 "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

Questions For Corbett is celebrating its 10th anniversary! Join James for this 100th Episode Extravaganza where he takes on the task of answering 100 questions from the ever-growing question bag in as entertaining and informative way as possible!

08:12

Who will replace Ken Ham? "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

Calm down, hes not dead yet. At his age, though, hes probably contemplating his future successor. Bodie Hodge, his son-in-law, is a blithering goober, and the other people at the top of his organization are women, so naturally theyre out of the running. Andrew Snelling, Terry Mortenson, Danny Faulkner? Negative charisma. Tim Chaffey? Hes tall, thats about it. Nathaniel Jeanson? An insufferable twit.

Apparently, Ken has been recruiting back in the homeland of Australia, and he has landed a real winner: Martyne Iles. Hes perfect. Hes young. Hes loud. Hes a confirmed hater: he doesnt want anything to do with the gays or the transes, he despises the idea of climate change, he hates commies. Hes a cerfiable culture warror, and his ideology lines up nicely with Ken Hams.

And now hes been hired as Chief Ministry Officer for Answers in Genesis.

Also interesting: he was formerly the Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby, but he was kicked out. The apparent cause was that the ACL, under his leadership, was flopping badly. Australians kept passing those danged liberal laws anyway. He was ineffective and obnoxious.

The ACL grew rapidly under Iles its membership tripled, Iles said but its size wasnt the boards problem. It was struggling for political impact. In a few short years, it recorded losses on virtually every single key issue: same-sex marriage was legalised in 2017, just months before Iles took the post; almost every state in the country has loosened laws on abortion and voluntary assisted dying; and major steps against faced with the potential for a multi-term Labor government that saw the group as at best irrelevant, the Australian Christian Lobby needed a major strategic reset.

So now he has left Australia to a country that if more favorable ideologically. Hes just like Ken Ham!

They have one other thing in common: theyre both abominably stupid. Heres Iles evidence for god.

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06:32

What is Title 42? What the end of the border policy means for the US "IndyWatch Feed Nsw"

With the clock winding down on Title 42, there are many questions circulating about what the end of the policy means for the United States' border security. The policy was one instated by the Trump administration in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and has been in place since. With its expiration upon us, the immigration policy is going to look different for the United States, with migrants already lining up to enter the country. Here are some commonly asked questions about Title 42 answered. What was the Title 42 policy? What does Title 42 expiring mean? What is the difference between Title 42 and Title 8?

Friday, 12 May

13:54

What is the main cause of melasma? How can I reduce melasma naturally? "IndyWatch Feed Northcoast"

Are you struggling with brown or greyish-brown patches on your face that seem to never go away? Does the appearance of these patches leave you feeling self-conscious and frustrated? If so, you may be dealing with melasma.
As we have discussed before, Melasma is a skin disorder that affects the face. It is caused by hormonal fluctuations and sun exposure found in women of all ages, but it more often begins during pregnancy. It is caused by an increase in melanocytes or the cells that produce melanin, unfortunately, melanocytes can become damaged by prolonged exposure to sun or other forms of UV radiation, as well as by inflammation and photoaging.
But there are other factors to consider as well and we will explore them in this article to help you achieve clearer, healthier-looking skin.

What is the main cause of melasma?

Melasma is a common skin condition that results in brown or greyish-brown patches on the face, particularly on the cheeks, forehead, nose, and upper lip. The condition can also affect other areas of the body, such as the neck and forearms. While the exact cause of melasma is not fully understood, several factors are known to contribute to the development of the condition.

Exposure to the sun

One of the primary causes of melasma is sun exposure. Ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun can trigger the production of melanin, which is the pigment that gives colour to the skin. When the skin is exposed to UV rays, the melanin-producing cells, known as melanocytes, can become overactive, leading to an excess of melanin in the affected areas.

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