#australia
Yuan Yi Zhu on X: "Not content to name a swimming pool after a prime minister who drowned, Australians also put a forger on a banknote and named a prison after him. https://t.co/RNXuIXfAuX" / X https://twitter.com/yuanyi_z/status/1783542049058234611
Haha!
#australia
https://www.sott.net/article/490828-Fools-Gold-may-be-valuable-after-all
‘Fool’s Gold’ may be valuable after all
We used to make fun of Fool's Gold. Now, it might fuel the future.
Fool's gold or #iron-pyrite — a common mineral that resembles its precious counterpart — may be more valuable than scientists originally thought, as it has been found to be abundant in #lithium.
Lithium is vital to the future development of green energy. This is because the material, which is highly reactive, is a key element in batteries — including of the kind used in electric vehicles (hence the name, lithium ion batteries).
Due to this, demand for lithium is soaring. The precious resource can be extracted from brines — and also mined in select locations including #Argentina, #Australia, #Bolivia, #Chile and #China. But scientists have now found it in an apparently undervalued #mineral.
The strange discovery was made after a team of researchers from West Virginia University set out to see whether lithium could be extracted with alternative industrial operations.
They found an abundance of lithium in the pyrite minerals in shale — a sedimentary rock made from mud.
Building Australia's defence
OldFliersGroup
25 views Apr 22, 2024
“ #DavidArchibald expounds on what is wrong with #Australia's current defence strategies and the lessons to be learnt from the Ukrainian/Russian conflict.
He maintains that conflict with #China is inevitable. The Old Fliers Group do not necessarily share these views.“
https://aus.social/@fullfathomfive/112280049214348327 fullfathomfive@aus.social - THEIR EXPERIENCE OF REJECTION IS THE ARTWORK
For the last 4 years, the Tasmanian Museum of Old and New Art has been running an installation called The Ladies Lounge. Only people who identify as ladies are allowed to enter. In the lounge, they can sit in luxury and look at famous artworks by Picasso etc, which are not available elsewhere in the museum. They are served champagne and pampered by male butlers. It was meant as a comment on exclusionary men's clubs (which still exist in Australia and elsewhere).
Some dude got upset about it and sued the gallery for entry at the anti-discrimination tribunal. The artist, Kirsha Kaechele, said she was "absolutely delighted" that the exhibit had been taken to court. “The men are experiencing Ladies Lounge, their experience of rejection is the artwork,” she said.
She then turned the tribunal hearing into part of the art as well, by having a group of women observing the hearing dress like her and mimic her every move. They did not disrupt the hearing, and at the end of proceedings they exited the tribunal to the song Simply Irresistible.
Kaechele argued in her defence the Ladies Lounge was “a response to the lived experience of women forbidden from entering certain spaces throughout history” and promoted equal opportunity.
The tribunal found against the gallery and is ordering them to allow men to enter the exhibit. MONA is removing the exhibit instead.
Fucking love this artist 😂
#MONA #art #kristenkachele #sexism #discrimination #performanceart #australia
Someone get me a seat #melbourne #australia #melbournefoodie #aussie #au... https://youtube.com/shorts/zfv5FsyG0K8?si=e1jPPu3Gfb_4Y1cC
Haha
Statement by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on X
Seriously, what would they have done if their consulate was bombed and their staff were murdered by say Iraqi resistance or Yemeni rebels?
Would they have the same kind of understanding?
What did US do when e of it's occupying soldiers were killed when they were in syria? Did they refrain from retaliation?
Fuck Abdollahian and IRI, but these people are out of their minds trying to protect the terrorist regime of Israel.
#Israel #Iran #Germany #Australia #UK #US #Syria #Iraq #Yemen
#assange #wikileaks #biden #usa #crime #justice #australia
♲ CCC - 2024-04-10 18:01:32 GMT
Joe Biden said today that he is considering a request from Australia to drop the decade-long U.S. push to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian #Assange https://apnews.com/article/biden-australia-assange-wikileaks-2cd31cf5a9983f3523a7c3de72b5078e
#Biden says he’s considering #Australia’s request to drop #prosecution of #Wikileaks founder #Assange
source: https://apnews.com/article/biden-australia-assange-wikileaks-2cd31cf5a9983f3523a7c3de72b5078e
For years, Australia has called on the U.S. to drop its prosecution against Assange, an Australian citizen who has fought U.S. extradition efforts from #prison in the U.K. Asked about the request on Wednesday, as he hosted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for an official visit, Biden said, “We’re considering it.”
Hopefully he won't think about it until he forgets it again or is no longer President. 😒
Bodies of foreign aid workers killed in Israeli strike leave #Gaza
The strike late on Monday night hit a #convoy of three vehicles and killed seven staff of the aid group World Central Kitchen (WCK), including citizens of #Australia, #Britain, and #Poland, a dual citizen of the United States and #Canada as well as a Palestinian colleague, who was buried at his home.
Why do we suspect that the international press is only upset because Western people have been reddened?
https://odysee.com/@checkur6:4/australiaoldworld2:f
#Australia’s #Old #World #Uncovered - Pt II
checkur6
Fluffy beetle discovered in Australia may be the world's hairiest | New Scientist
Australians have a new pet!
Haha!
#science #australia
It has been claimed that the first "modern" CC was in Tully Queensland #Australia.
#cropcircle
Farmer George sees a #UFO rising from a swampy area, soon he finds the CC left behind.
Blueberry grown in Australia smashes Guinness World Record as world's heaviest | World News | Sky News https://news.sky.com/story/blueberry-grown-in-australia-smashes-guinness-world-record-as-worlds-heaviest-13095073?dcmp=snt-sf-twitter
The 20.4g fruit, which measures 39.31mm across, was grown in New South Wales, and is of the Eterna variety, known for its large size, crisp texture and long shelf life.
Om nom nom
#blueberry #australia
Always gotta take an umbrella for the weather #melbourne #australia #melbournefoodie #coffeeculture - YouTube
Now I am prepared if I ever have the chance to visit you! @Muse
Growing Up #Aboriginal in #Australia - The Wheeler Centre ( #2018)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpS8rzBIyQo
a book i’m pleased is now read in schools and universities (there are quite a few youtubio vids by students in regards to the book, if one wants to take a lookit)
What is it like to be Aboriginal - Tui Raven (Writer, Curator, Presenter, Cultural Advisor) at TedX UWA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y1T3JfzRGE
and What Aboriginal knowledge can teach us about happiness - Sheree Cairney (Neuroscientist) at TEDxStKilda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf-dK8HFP2c
#education #racism #bullying #strength #happiness #well-being