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Starfleet 90210
Starfleet F-R-I-E-N-D-S
Starfleet Dawson's Creek

Starfleet Academy — Jan 15

Department of Computer Science Training Video - 1982

Here is the "intro to unix" video the department made in 1981 www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHBN...

The Computer History of Australia - Episode 3 - CSIRAC part3 of 3

The Uni Melb comp sci department is celebrating 70 years this year.

They had Australia's first electronic computer, CSIRAC which is now on display at Scienceworks www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKeu...

CSIRAC – The first computer to play music www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxDQ...

Here's the ad communicationsgovau.app.box.com/s/5a8czdzike...

Social media ban will further isolate regional and rural youth, LGBTIQA+ advocates say - ABC News LGBTIQA+ advocates are concerned the social media ban will have a significant impact on queer youth in regional and remote areas of Australia. They say there are not enough offline, physical supports for these teens to access when the ban comes into effect.

The.Australian Federal Government's ill-conceived upcoming U16 social media ban will start to get publicised this Sunday with the start of an ad campaign called "For the good of". Obviously not for the good of Queer or regional youth.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

It's world peace day

Evidence related to AI bots making FOI requests - a Freedom of Information request to Attorney-General's Department In recent public media, the Attorney-General and other government ministers have referred to “AI bot generated requests” and FOI requests being made by “foreign powers, foreign actors, (and) criminal ...

This is an excellent response to the "we have to charge for FOI because forren AI bots!" nonsense from the A-G. www.righttoknow.org.au/request/evid...

1960: Scottish Brewers merged with Newcastle Breweries to form Scottish & Newcastle.

2008: Scottish & Newcastle's UK operations were taken over by Heineken.

2011: Wells & Young's Brewery bought the Younger's and McEwan's brands from Heineken UK.

This was my Dad's "Younger's Tartan" jacket which I'm guessing he acquired in the 1960s.

Yesterday marked 2 years since he passed.

1749: Younger's Brewery (William Younger & Company) was established in Edinburgh.

1931: Younger's merged with McEwan’s to form Scottish Brewers.

Electronic Frontiers Australia has taken a big swing at Australia's teen social media ban tech trial, with EFA chair John Pane saying there are "serious concerns about the project's methodology".

The trial has finished its report and given it to government, but is not yet public

Fact sheet: Australia’s imports of oil products refined from Russian crude twice their aid to Ukraine – Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air

#Australia has sent US$1.09 bn in aid to #Ukraine since the start of the #war. Our imports of products from Russian crude are over 2x that in the same period

@australianlabor.bsky.social @albomp.bsky.social @jimchalmers.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social

energyandcleanair.org/fact-sheet-a...

At least someone's recording it

A map of Australia of the audited road coverage, green lines spiral out of the major cities, with large red lines around the NT.

Kinda cool, you can see the (still in progress) audit of mobile coverage on Australian roads the govt is doing with Australia Post. d1zckiwudrcznp.cloudfront.net

When I say sweet sweet, you say yum yum! #Vote for #Australia in today's #Eurovision semi-final. #ESC2025 #Eurovision2025 #Milkshakeman #GoJo

Exclusive: US military to start kicking out transgender troops next month, memo says | Reuters U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued internal instructions to the Pentagon to start kicking out transgender troops who do not elect to leave on their own by June 6, according to a memo obtained by Reuters.

Trans troups in the US military have been told they can either leave voluntarily or be kicked out.

#TransRightsAreHumanRights 🏳️‍⚧️

www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

MSN

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has eliminated language in internal documents prohibiting the surveillance of individuals or groups based solely on their sexual orientation or gender identity

www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

#lgbtiqrights #humanrights #tRump #USpolitics

For those more into musicals than space operas ...

#May4 #4May

#auspol

How to make your vote count in Australia's preferential voting system | SBS News Early voting starts next week and Australia's preferential voting system requires citizens to rank candidates at the polling booth. Here's how it works.

While we look on in horror at what is happening in the USA, Australia is about to go to the polls for a federal election.

Because of our preferential system, every vote counts

www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

The market's gone crazy...

#stockmarket #crash #stocks #tRump #mame

If you've moved house since 2022, you'll also need to update your address.

To check your details or register to vote online, head to aec.gov.au/enrol

You have 7 days to make sure everything is correct.

#AusPol #Election2025

The Australian federal election is on Saturday, May 3

Voting is compulsory for Australian citizens 18 and over.

If you're 18 or older, you need to make sure you're enrolled to vote.

#AusPol #Election2025

This is a great news 🏳️‍⚧️

The EU Court of Justice ruled "To update and correct personal gender information does not require proof of surgery."

https://www.eunews.it/en/2025/03/13/eu-court-no-medical-certificate-required-to-rectify-gender-information/

Temu Trump 🥔 wants to deport citizens. Wonder which 🤡 he got that idea from?

#AusPol

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/18/peter-dutton-referendum-deporting-australia-dual-citizenship-criminals

To all the people not migrating away from Twitter & Meta products because you have so many connections in there.

Is that what prevented you migrating from hand-written letters to email? Or did you get email & expand those connections over time to the point where you didn't write letters anymore?

It’s never the drag queens

#ChildAbuse

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-17/former-futures-church-pastor-daniel-menelaou-arrested-in-us/105060940