Notices by Kim (ex_spurt@aus.social)

This is the bit about AUKUS nobody talks about.

Phase one sees US nuclear powered and nuclear armed subs based in Australia. Partially crewed and supported by Australia but under US command.

The US nuclear armed subs get a strategic base on the Indian Ocean rim, which we pay to build and run, and we also pay the US on top of that to do it. It was meant to be a stop-gap until we got our own boats, but a deal this bad for Australia incentivises Trump to not supply them. And we even gave them a clause that lets them do that.

This is the worst deal in the history of deals. It's all sunk costs. Get out now and ask the French if we can restart the original deal as a co-project with Canada. #Aukus #Trump #Canada #Auspol

US starts to build submarine presence on strategic Australian coast under AUKUS - CNA
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/us-starts-build-submarine-presence-strategic-australian-coast-under-aukus-5004096

@GreenSkyOverMe yes, but the left the unified military structure in 1966 under de Gaulle. This is a good brief history https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_and_NATO

@GreenSkyOverMe after Eisenhower tried negotiating with the Nazi friendly Vichy government behind his back he never trusted them. It's why France wouldn't be part of NATO, wouldn't have US bases, and why they developed their own nuclear weapons instead of jointly with the US like the Brits did

80 years later, Europe suddenly realises that de Gaulle knew the Americans better than anyone

@glynmoody TBH I think it's pretty much in keeping with the country's reputation

@paulisci roughly what percentage of your responses do you think would come from each platform?

@njion 'common sense' is another way of saying 'ignorant assumption'

When this happened to Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Stan romanticised it in a verbose ABC article that both-sided media racism. He described Yassmin's innocuous comment on Anzac Day as "tantamount to blasphemy", writing that she "should have anticipated such criticism."

I am sorry Stan is now the victim of the disgusting racism he once normalised. I am glad no one is writing that he should have anticipated such criticism.

Stan Grant accuses the Australian newspaper of acting like a ‘racist hit squad’ | Stan Grant | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/29/nfbntw-stan-grant-accuses-the-australian-newspaper-of-acting-like-a-racist-hit-squad

@ajsadauskas @timrichards @skribe @danielbowen @si_fuller I was always fascinated by the 5A on the old TV channel selectors. Wondered where that came from!

@timrichards @skribe @ajsadauskas And Perth only had 2 commercial networks to begin with and missed out on a lot. We often got TV shows 6 months or so behind everyone else, including the Australian productions. It was just a big country town

Remember when lots of journalists tried Mastodon but then found it too complicated, so they left? I think about that every time I read their 'analysis' of something

Actually, the real monster was...

Dead birds get new life: New Mexico researchers develop taxidermy bird drones | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/dead-birds-get-new-life-new-mexico-researchers-develop-taxidermy-bird-drones-2023-04-13/