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zero_gravitas@aussie.zoneOPto Newcastle@aussie.zone•V Set trains are being permanently taken out of service on Friday 27 June [VIDEO ALSO EMBEDDED IN POST BODY]English1·16 days agoThat was just the thumbnail Instagram gave automatically. I think I’ve got rid of it now.
Link in body needs a
https://
, just FYIHad no idea that site existed, though, great post!
zero_gravitas@aussie.zoneto Australia@aussie.zone•Christopher Luxon ranked Australia's most trusted world leader in new pollEnglish1·20 days agoDirect link to the referenced poll:
https://poll.lowyinstitute.org/report/2025/global-powers-and-world-leaders/
Or, for convenience, a screenshot:
If you hit the ‘Explore’ button, you can segment by respondent age.
zero_gravitas@aussie.zoneto Australia@aussie.zone•Plastics campaigners warn Australia’s pledge at UN needs to be matched with ‘high ambition at home’English1·22 days agoI was gonna ask in !Meta. I’m guessing a mod/admin asked them to reduce their posting frequency and they didn’t reply or comply.
zero_gravitas@aussie.zoneOPto Aussie Enviro@aussie.zone•Home Tree: Greater Glider Livestream in Tallaganda, AustraliaEnglish2·23 days agoJust watched for about 5 minutes its the least action packed thing on youtube
😆 You’re not wrong, but you can seek back through the previous footage of the stream to find some more interesting bits
What does the term Greater signify. I see it attached to certain animals, but i’ve no idea why.
I’m reasonably confident it just signifies bigness
zero_gravitas@aussie.zoneto Australia@aussie.zone•Aussie flag on canvas will have pixel art on it this year, help wanted!English71·23 days agoPetition to change the canton as per Sam Neil’s patch in Event Horizon
zero_gravitas@aussie.zoneOPto Overseas News@aussie.zone•Blasts heard in Tehran as Israel defence minister announces strike on Iran – liveEnglish2·24 days agoWell, Israel/USA has been hostile to Iran for a long time. Iran is the last state in the region that stands against US interests. There’s a lot of people who want a war against them.
It could also serve in misdirecting attention while they escalate their crimes in Gaza. Israel took out Gaza’s last internet cable in the day before their attacks on Iran: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-says-full-internet-blackout-gaza-paralyzing-aid-operations-2025-06-12/
zero_gravitas@aussie.zoneOPto Overseas News@aussie.zone•Blasts heard in Tehran as Israel defence minister announces strike on Iran – liveEnglish3·24 days agoThere is a broad consensus in the Israeli public that Iran is a major threat, and Israel’s opposition leader, Yair Lapid, a staunch critic of Netanyahu, offered his “full support” for the mission against Iran.
zero_gravitas@aussie.zoneto Australia@aussie.zone•The communist Albanese government is introducing a new superannuation taxEnglish9·24 days agoI assume they’re referring to the fact that moniker of ‘the lucky country’ was originally intended as a perjorative:
from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lucky_Country
The title has become a nickname for Australia[1] and is generally used favourably, although the origin of the phrase was negative in the context of the book.
Horne’s intent in writing the book was to portray Australia’s climb to power and wealth based almost entirely on luck rather than the strength of its political or economic system, which Horne believed was “second rate”. In addition to political and economic weaknesses, he also lamented on the lack of innovation and ambition, as well as a philistinism in the absence of art, among the Australian population, viewed by Horne as being complacent and indifferent to intellectual matters. He also commented on matters relating to Australian puritanism, as well as conservatism, particularly in relation to censorship and politics.
zero_gravitas@aussie.zoneto Overseas News@aussie.zone•US condemns Australia's joint sanctions on Israeli ministersEnglish272·27 days agoFinally our government has done something which technically constitutes action. I’m amazed!
zero_gravitas@aussie.zoneOPto Overseas News@aussie.zone•9News US Correspondent Lauren Tomasi hit by rubber bullet during Los Angeles protestsEnglish2·28 days agoYeah, when I posted this the extended longer video appeared at the top of the page on load. They’ve since added more videos, so now the footage of the reporter being shot with a rubber bullet is video 3 (or there’s just the YouTube link in the post body which is better quality anyway).
zero_gravitas@aussie.zoneOPto Overseas News@aussie.zone•Israeli army 'boards' Freedom Flotilla Coalition's Gaza-bound ship, group saysEnglish6·29 days agoUpdates can be found via…
‘Free Gaza Australia’, which is member organisation of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition
https://www.instagram.com/freegazaaustralia/Freedom Flotilla Coalition
https://www.instagram.com/gazafreedomflotilla/Al Jazeera live blog (and probably on their live TV stream intermittently)
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/6/4/madleen-gaza-flotilla-live-greta-thunberg-activists-to-arrive-on-june-7
zero_gravitas@aussie.zoneto Melbourne@aussie.zone•You can now donate to at least one food bank via Colesworth order (ASRC Foodbank)English5·29 days agoBut if the drop off part of things is a challenge at least there’s the option to use this.
You can also just donate money (https://donate.asrc.org.au/donate). I don’t know the pros and cons compared to a Coles delivery.
zero_gravitas@aussie.zoneOPto Australian News@aussie.zone•HMAS Canberra accidentally blocks wireless internet and radio services in New ZealandEnglish1·1 month agoWell, how is it untypical?
zero_gravitas@aussie.zoneOPto Australian Politics@aussie.zone•Brisbane hotel workers walk off the job to protest over Zionist-booked eventEnglish41·1 month agoBoth have been used as alternative names for Brisbane, I couldn’t tell you if one is better than the other, seems like it’s disputed:
Part of the Brisbane conurbation is located on traditional indigenous land known also as Meanjin, Meaanjin, Maganjin or Magandjin amongst other spellings.[32] There is a difference of opinion between local traditional owners over the spelling, provenance and pronunciation of indigenous names for Brisbane.[33] Tom Petrie in 1901 stated that the name Meeannjin referred to the area that Brisbane CBD now straddles. Some sources state that the name means ‘place shaped as a spike’ or ‘the spearhead’ referencing the shape of the Brisbane River along the area of the Brisbane CBD.[34][35][36][37] A contemporary Turrbal organisation has also suggested it means ‘the place of the blue water lilies’.[38] Local Elder Gaja Kerry Charlton posits that Meanjin is based on a European understanding of ‘spike’, and that the phonetically similar Yagara name Magandjin — after the native tulipwood trees (magan) at Gardens Point — is a more accurate and appropriate Aboriginal name for Brisbane.[39]
zero_gravitas@aussie.zoneOPto Australian Politics@aussie.zone•Brisbane hotel workers walk off the job to protest over Zionist-booked eventEnglish13·1 month ago$2,000 was the goal, yeah
Updates (1)
4 June 2025
by Ari Russell, Organiser
Thank you to everyone who has chipped in to support the workers at The Wickham who took bold action against their employer Aus Venue Co and the State Zionist Council of QLD. Our goal of $2,000 has now been reached and their missed wages have been covered!
zero_gravitas@aussie.zoneOPto Australia@aussie.zone•Cockatoos start sipping from Sydney’s drinking fountains after mastering series of complex movesEnglish8·1 month agoBut birds are AI!
zero_gravitas@aussie.zoneto Australia@aussie.zone•[Satire] Beef Wellington sues Death Cap Mushrooms for defamationEnglish6·1 month agoHave you read a local paper lately? They fired all the sub-editors to cut costs, so this is pretty accurate 😆
Great shot!