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Hundreds of Qantas jobs to come to new innovation centre in Adelaide

The South Australian government has entered into an agreement with Qantas for a Product Innovation Centre that is expected to create more than 420 technology jobs by the end of 2028.

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#AirTransportIndustry #Technology #Work #CompanyNews #Businesses



Utah Sen. Kathleen Riebe will run for Congress in 2026 as a ‘fighter’ for Democrats


Utah Democrats want a ‘strong Democrat,’ says Riebe, the 1st candidate to announce she’s going for 1st Congressional District under new court-ordered …



Made it in to Civic on the bikes, about 45 mins. First day of the bloody bridgeworks and traffic was at a snails pace (one lane going north). We sailed across though. 🚲😁
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Dosa, yum. Vada were good too, forgot a pic. No chai available today though, wot?! RASAM in Civic, vegetarian South Indian. 👌


A pair of notable storms will bring widespread & in some cases heavy rain along w/locally stronger wind gusts and isolated thunderstorms through this weekend. Snow levels will be very high, esp. initially, due to warm airmass, & SoCal will actually see more rain vs NorCal! #CAwx
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☢️ Hannah Arendt llamó “banalidad del mal” a la enfermedad del poder: cuando el crimen deja de parecer crimen, cuando la violencia se vuelve gestión y la conciencia se apaga en el trámite. Es la indiferencia del que obedece sin pensar.
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#Oppenheimer #Gaza #palestina #energianuclear #Poder #Occidente #europa #NorteGlobal #Ecocidio #EquilibrioNatural #ambientalismo #represion #Genocidio





Whittier Tech Students Build Little Free Libraries for All Sending Communities

(Additional photographs below.) Haverhill and its neighboring communities are getting custom Little Free Libraries filled with donated books courtesy of Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School students. What started as a community book drive to collect and redistribute their own childhood books has turned into students across several shops designing, building and installing 11…

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If you think only those 8 Democrats in the Senate who actually cast votes to cave supported the Schumer plan, you’re hopelessly naive.

And if you think •all• the Democrats in the Senate (or everywhere) secretly supported it, wow are you ever naive.

And if you think elected officials of any stripe are the ones who are going to save us…hoo boy.

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But if you think that the Democratic party is a fractured and messy coalition that’s going through a genuine internal crisis over whether to be an opposition party, and the party needs to figure that out while •we• take the lead on forming an opposition…well, then, we can talk.

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Even the most radical-minded regularly fall into the trap of thinking that politicians are leaders. (It’s an easy trap; we call them “leaders” all the time.) I’ve been seeing a lot of that thinking in the complaints in my TL the last couple of days.

Politicians are always lagging indicators of change. They can be a tool of change, they can help systematize change, but they rarely •cause• it.

Politicians follow. People lead.

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I’ve seen posts about how Democratic politicians have to be “punished” and then they’ll shape up — even one horrifying post basically arguing that we need a couple more years for fascism to fully materialize in order to reform our political system.

My dude…this “people will wake up when it’s bad enough” trope doesn’t work. It’s never worked. It’s been failing spectacularly my whole life — and if one Trump term didn’t do it…what will? And how many people’s lives will be destroyed along the way?

That thinking will kill us all.

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Please complain about Schumer and his cohort. Please give the mushy centrists black eyes. Please light a fire under all the politicians.

But…please also look for work you can do that doesn’t center around elections. Start local. Help people. Throw sand in the gears. Whatever it is, do work that counts.

Create a context in which there •has• to be an anti-fascist opposition party, because that’s the work so many people are already doing. •That• is what the cynicism is trying to stop you from doing.

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Be more present and insistent in what you ask than the lobbyists who are daily present in the representatives' attention.
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I have been literally hearing this since my first presidential election.
Y'know, if Nader pulls off enough votes to put Gore behind, the party will have a reckoning and every candidate will pivot to my policies in particular!

Every. Fucking. Time.

And, yeah, maybe, like, undergrad age folks in their literal first election cycle can be forgiven for it, but at some point you have to develop pattern recognition.

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That's a thing I have seen a bit in social media, people [in the US] talking about Versailles and beheading people. Versailles was built by Louis XIV – basically ruining the country in the process, the french revolution happened under Louis XVI, two Louis and 80 years later.

Franco stayed in power for long…

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We need (many) candidates who have vision for why and how authoritarian policies are wrong, and can visualize good, bold, sustainable, changes.
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as Alexandra Erin said, "Democrats are not the firefighters, *we* are. The democrats are the *water*"
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Well said. The real energy has to come from the people. We get the leaders we deserve.



The car of the day.
#CarsOfMastodon

“Clark Gable's 1938 Packard Eight ‘Darrin’ Convertible Victoria. There were news stories at the time (which may or may not be true) that Gable had to sell the car shortly after purchasing it because he and the car would attract too much attention--with women constantly following him or trying to jump in the car from the street. Probably a bit of an exaggeration. Photos from Bonhams and RM Sothebys.” - Hollywood Garage




Service Credit Union Opens in Haverhill, Lends Support for ‘Those Who Serve Others’

(Additional photographs below.) Service Credit Union formally opened its freestanding Haverhill branch Wednesday morning at Westgate Plaza with a ribbon cutting ceremony and pledge to support the community. Service Credit Union Vice President Retail Banking Meghan Leach told a gathering of elected officials, business community and others the Portsmouth, N.H.-based institution was…

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State Awards Clean River Project Grant for Merrimack River Efforts

The Clean River Project was recently awarded a $39,750 grant from the Massachusetts Environmental Trust to help its comprehensive river cleanup efforts. The local outfit was one of 12 recipients sharing in nearly $500,000 in state grants to support conservation and restoration efforts of aquatic habitats “Proceeds from our environmental license plates goes to important projects—opening rivers for fish…

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Talk Explores Impact of 500 Years of Colonization on Abenaki

The impact of 500 years of colonization on the Abenaki peoples of the Northeast is the topic of a free lecture offered by the Haverhill Public Library via Zoom. The virtual talk, “People of the Dawnland,” will be offered Tuesday, Nov. 25, from 7-8 p.m. and is part of a series organized by the Groton library. The speaker is Anne Jennison, a traditional Native American storyteller and historian of European and…

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A digitally rendered, wide-angle view depicts a futuristic cityscape dominated by a large, cylindrical spacecraft resting horizontally within a dense urban environment. The spacecraft is white and appears heavily textured or weathered, with several circular openings and protruding engine components. Surrounding the spacecraft are numerous tall, gray buildings with varying geometric shapes and visible signs of wear, creating a sense of urban decay. Several figures are scattered throughout the scene, appearing small in comparison to the architecture and spacecraft. The overall color palette is cool-toned, predominantly blues and grays, with a slightly hazy or atmospheric quality.

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