Notices by Joanne Jacobs (joannejacobs@aus.social)

Sorry, what? If you run out of money then close down, as you ought to do anyway. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-02/christian-brothers-court-moratorium-on-abuse-victim-payouts/106869292

At the neck

@TheComfortableSpotPodcast I acknowledge everything you have noted here. It is all true. It is appalling that there has been this complicity, this capitulation to a morally bereft agenda. And yet I cannot condemn and label an entire people with the acts even of a majority. The only way to change a culture is to provide a space for that change. That space comes when a few in that culture see a chance for revolution. @aral

@aral the people have a right to exist. The government dies not have that right because they have broken international laws on genocide.

I know you will say the people voted for the government, but the people have not supported the war on Gaza or indeed the war against Iran and other parts of the Gulf.

Okay slightly appalling admission: I really bloody love flying.

Goodness, do you think the alleged assault by Donald Trump on a woman, appearing in the latest Epstein files release might have something to do with his announcement that Cuba is next in his list of countries with which he wants to go to war? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-06/justice-department-publishes-missing-epstein-files/106424246

RBA Governor, Michelle Bullock specifically said that inflation has been caused by a number of local issues (low unemployment, rising real incomes, falling interest rates, tax cuts, and government spending) as well as international pressures. Zeroing in on one of these issues is unhelpful. #insiders

How is it that we are having feature sessions on the news talking about how to cope with 50°C summers?

This isn't, and shouldn't be, normal. How about features about how to reduce our carbon footprint?

@aral when all are competing for space in the gutter, we need to find our way among the stars.

@aral clearly, what you need is a Y.

Santa has dropped into Launceston airport to make sure kids are adequately pumped full of sugar ahead of their flights.

As a counterweight, the grown-ups are getting free gin and whisky tastings. At 10:30am.

What could possibly go wrong?

To make it clear, I don't agree with the under 16 ban of social media because:
1. It won't remove bullying from teens' lives
2. The age verification tech will actually be used to compromise identity and may actually be used *for bullying*
3. Teens will not learn how to engage with social media.
4. Alternatives to using social media are not "riding a bike" or "reading a book", but actually "talking to Chat GPT". Good luck with that.

Why do people still pander to America by converting to imperial measurements and fahrenheit temperatures?

Almost all the rest of the world is on metric and Celsius. Just ignore the ridiculousness.

Wishing everyone a safe and happy end to 2024, and a successful year ahead.

May the madness of the world self implode, and may logic prevail.

Yep. Sarah Hanson Young is correct on this: a ban is a blunt instrument. And a ban till 16 is not addressing the preparation and education issue which is hard to do and requires educators to understand the tech.

However I wish her luck in getting the social media companies to vary their algorithms based on age. That's spectacularly difficult to implement. #insiders #auspol

@aral his wife says he's not dead.

@earleyedition How is it that the media are attacking a first rate journalist because she described the country as basically racist (which it is), rather than attacking widespread racism?

Oh for crying out loud. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-16/living-wonders-climate-court-appeal-dismissed/103855082?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

@ajsadauskas Ah, fairness! So rare!

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-24/qantas-profit-2023-annual-results-alan-joyce/102763766?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other