No Sympathy Whatsoever
They were caught in a cruel hoax, both the perpetrators and the sinned against. They crept through the fog of time, and indeed, these days, the fog of war. We were caught betwixt and between, in the lattice of things. A cruel hoax indeed, pinned to the ether, pinned to the padded white wall, while the watchers on the watch taunted him about a lost opportunity, as if he cared, and the same insane measures they had used before reared up like horses on a battlefield, and all was lost and all was gained, and he had spent most of the previous days, since Friday, watching the Trump Biden debate; and the crawling destructiveness of it all.
How indifferent to their own species. How uncaring about anything but power. How absurd their notions of indifference, when the fate of nations and civilisations hung in the balance.
We're on the brink of World War III, so declared politicians and analysts and spruikers of the common good.
We're on the edge of another Great Depression, so declared politicians and analysts and spruikers of the common good.
We're on the edge of an AI revolution, a game changing, civilisation ending turn of the wheel, so declared politicians and analysts and spruikers of the common good.
And he sat here in this isolated bunker, and watched the world turn on its axis, and all the talent of the age was up against the ether, and our small part, in no small place, turned and turned like that insect pinned against the ether, and they all cried out, as the lieutenants moved amongst the troops, rallying their forces.
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Jun 29, 2024, updated Jun 29, 2024
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Jewish Labor MP Josh Burns is among those in frequent contact with federal police after attacks. Photo: AAP
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The Australian Federal Police has briefed lawmakers in the last session of parliament earlier in June about the need for vigilance in the community.
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Australia's weather heading off the rails — cold, snowy change followed by possible record 'blocking high'
By ABC meteorologist Tom Saunders
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Australia's typical settled winter weather will head off the rails during the next week.
Firstly, polar air from Antarctica is surging towards south-east Australia and will bring gusty winds, showers and low-level snow this weekend.
While midwinter cold outbreaks are typical, the subsequent weather through the coming week is nothing short of bizarre.
A strong high-pressure system is forecast to stall near Tasmania by Monday, a very unusual position for July, which will reverse the direction of prevailing winter winds and result in another extended spell of wet days along the east coast, prolonged icy weather across the interior and south, and possibly culminate in a major inland rain event towards next weekend.
The blocking high is looking so dominant it may even challenge Australia's all-time air pressure record.
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