In the nineteenth century, a sprawling network of railways was constructed across Britain. Since its inception in the Industrial Revolution, the railway has been central to the country’s political, economic and social life. But now, more than any time in its history, its future is in doubt. In the 1990s, privatisation turned Britain’s railway into […]
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Filosofiprofessor Kathleen Stock har under lång tid varit engagerad i de pågående diskussionerna om könsidentitet och transrelaterade frågor. I dessa diskussioner har hon uttryckt skepticism och oro över vissa aspekter av transideologi, särskilt i relation till könsidentitet och dess konsekvenser för kvinnors rättigheter och utrymmen. Stock har argumenterat för att konceptet könsidentitet suddar ut betydelsen […]
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The Democratic Unionist Party had an outsized voice in Westminster during Britain's Brexit negotiations.
Episode 11 of my – Podcast – Letter from The Cape – is now available. In this episode we reflect on the recent Royal Commission report in Australia into the Robodebt scandal where conservative government ministers and senior public servants designed and implemented a scheme that was knowingly illegal, and, which imposed untold harm on…
Daily climate disaster: The new normal?
Cars, chimerical colors, and cash.
As US cluster munitions arrived in Ukraine, a bi-partisan vote struck down an effort to stop the internationally banned weapons’ transfer. Meanwhile, every House Democrat and a majority of Republicans voted down a measure to strip $300 million of Ukraine aid from the NDAA. The House on Thursday night voted down an amendment to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act that would have prohibited the transfer of cluster munitions to Ukraine. The amendment was led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene […]
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COFFS Harbour pop-rock band Unison has achieved a remarkable milestone as their singles ‘Rollin’ and ‘Get out of Bed’ have made it to the UK’s Heritage Top 50 chart. Bass guitarist and singer Marty Bouma attributed the overseas success to the band’s drummer. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your...
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HIGH school students are invited to enter a short, one-minute, film competition that gets them thinking about how government works. Called Parli-Flicks the film-making competition is open to years 7 to 12 with entries required by midnight Friday 7 August 2023. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message...
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PERSONAL stories have seeded the creation of artworks at the new exhibitions showing at Nexus Gallery, Bellingen. The official opening welcomes visitors at 2pm Sunday 16 July, with a month-long show closing on Friday 11 August. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02)...
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The Coffs Harbour Creative Arts Group (CHCAG) will host its annual fundraiser for the Coffs Harbour & Clarence CanDo Cancer Trust at 2pm on Sunday 16 July, at the Coffs Harbour Showground Gallery. One hundred percent of the proceeds generated by the event will go to help support CanDo’s activities. Advertise with News of The...
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GREAT artistic accomplishment by two Indigenous creatives on the Coffs Coast has been recognised through a statewide scholarship program. Marley Morgan, who lives in Glenreagh and Bernard Kelly-Edwards, a Bellingen resident, were celebrated as finalists in the Façon Magazine and Greater Bank indigenous Storytellers scholarship. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it...
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This piece is by Jonathan Korman and Reprinted With His Permission
With Twitter imploding, it is long past time to name something about my long thread there featuring a recurring refrain:
Fire every cop.
Raze every police station. Salt the earth where they stood.
Start over. No guns. No one who was a cop before.
We cannot reform institutions which do this. We can only replace them.
The legitimacy of liberal democracy is at stake.
The thread captures hundreds of examples of horrors perpetrated by police in the US. I refined my refrain over time.
Fire every cop.
People protest that there are good cops who should not be punished.
The long-delayed project has already cost taxpayers £2 billion and delivered nothing, according to a new parliamentary investigation
The Treasurer, the Hon Dr Jim Chalmers MP, has appointed Michele Bullock as Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia for a seven-year term commencing 18 September 2023.
That’s right. Trump just called Biden a crackhead. Anyway: A Secret Service probe into who left a small bag of cocaine in the White House earlier this month has concluded without a suspect being identified—reigniting right-wing conspiracy theories about sham probes and Hunter Biden. “At this time, the Secret Service’s investigation is closed due to a lack of physical evidence,” the Secret Service conceded in a press release on Thursday. […] Outrage ensued from Republican lawmakers, who remain hell-bent on continuing the probe despite the Secret Service’s admission there are no leads left to chase. Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) reportedly stormed out of a Secret Service briefing for lawmakers just moments after it began. Outside, he called the probe’s conclusion “bogus” and the investigation a “complete failure.” “Y’all know you can’t go in [the White House] without giving your Social Security number anyway, and to say that it’s just some weekend visitor, that’s bogus,” Burchett said.
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RECOGNITION they are contributing in ways that matter has recipients of The Yandaarra Aunty Grace Roberts Community Awards 2023 feeling proud. These awards are the flagship event in the NAIDOC Week celebrations on Gumbaynggirr Country. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981...
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Did you miss our announcement at DrupalCon Pittsburgh? GitLab CI is now available for every project on Drupal.org. If you maintain a project you can now configure GitLab CI for all of your testing needs.
The Drupal Association and community contributors have created a default testing template that will help you get started, and should be automatically kept up to date with new versions of Drupal Core and its system requirements. But if you're a CI power user, you can customize the testing in any way you please.