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    A Community Rejected the Build of a US$100 Billion Data Center

    I went to the remote asbestos mining town of Wittenoom in Western Australia about 55 years ago. The town is now drelict and there is a ban on anyone living there. At the time I went there they were using the soft dust tailings from the mine in the local school playground so that it would be soft...
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    Car cameras.

    Thank you.
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    Car cameras.

    Thanks. I wonder, even with the video evidence, would you have got out without paying had you been a bule?
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    Indonesia & Corruption: a few articles in the past few weeks

    There is a perception that Germany ranks well regarding levels of corruption but it is not corruption free with serious corruption perhaps better managed by those acting illegally as this article suggests...
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    Car cameras.

    Thank you.
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    Car cameras.

    Thank you. Can you mention what brand of camera, please?
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    Indonesia & Corruption: a few articles in the past few weeks

    This was not a news or website story on line. It was a DW television program. I did a search and was able to find a link that should enable you to watch the program. https://www.dw.com/en/trapped-in-germany-how-migrant-courier-drivers-are-exploited/video-76993531
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    Indonesia & Corruption: a few articles in the past few weeks

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    Car cameras.

    I have been driving in Bali for 9 years. Full insurance and Indonesian driver's licence. I am aware of the theoretical procedures in the event of an accident but also aware that where a bule is involved the bule is usually blamed and compensation demanded. I wonder about the value of...
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    Indonesia & Corruption: a few articles in the past few weeks

    Yes, all of that is true but the focus in this documentary was that students were not working illegally but that both students and others were not being paid properly and with consequences for those who did try and stand up for their rights.
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    Indonesia & Corruption: a few articles in the past few weeks

    Today watched a German documentary about food courier services through much of Europe. The pattern is for the big companies to sub contract to a range of smaller companies which underpay, employees and misuse them in a variety of ways. Many of the underpaid are Indian students, legitimately in...
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    Questioning the Value of Cow (and similar) Milk

    Unfortunately Nestles push their powdered baby milk in countries with many taking it up because it seems modern and thinking it must be special. The reality is that natural mother's milk is far superior and in places with poor water quality the results are terrible. There is a place for it if a...
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    Extension of my ITAS E31a just costed me an extra 1000 USD

    It seems everywhere one of the major functions of immigration departments is to make the processes complicated, confusing and increasingly expensive. Australia has just made a big leap in visa costs across a wide spectrum. Over the years I have had quite a lot to do with Australia's immigration...
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    The future and the role of Artificial intelligence.

    500 jbs just lost to AI in Australia and more worldwide. Across the globe I wonder how many willl be cast out into the wilderness in the next few years. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-12/australian-tech-atlassian-cuts-1600-jobs-from-global-workforce/106445334
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    A Community Rejected the Build of a US$100 Billion Data Center

    Does the French navy still use asbestos in its ships?
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    A Community Rejected the Build of a US$100 Billion Data Center

    "How did computers and air conditioning get so dangerous over night?". It is not a matter of danger happening overnight as it takes some while for evidence to accumulate before people become aware of problems and then often a very very long time and a lot more evidence before authorities take...
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    Questioning the Value of Cow (and similar) Milk

    Post WW2 Australia had a program of free milk at school for school children. Most of us enjoyed drinking milk and grew into adults with the never ending assertion by the dairy industry about all the alleged great health benefits of drinking milk. A very successful strategy of public manipulation...
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    A Community Rejected the Build of a US$100 Billion Data Center

    "... not a peep about them..." doesn't sound right. Attached is a thread to the US National Institute for Safety and Health with data that shows there have been quite a few "peeps" about the impact on workers' health with industrial noise...
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    The future and the role of Artificial intelligence.

    Thanks for that link about AI created biographies. Appalling but quite fascinating. I have a friend, retired advertising creative who writes fiction, mostly detective stories. He is a vanity publisher and also subscribes to what can be temed a vanity reviewer. For a fee he can pretty well expect...
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    A Community Rejected the Build of a US$100 Billion Data Center

    Yes and people used to work in factories with hazardous dust and no ventilation. Home burning coal for warmth with serious smog and health problems in cities were part of the norm. Factories belched foul smoke and workers were employed without hearing protection alongside deafening machines. But...

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