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Queensland, pineapples & pizzas. It's sacrilegious to an Italian chef. The controversy flared up so much between employee & employer that it landed in the lap of the Australian Fair Work Commission.
theguardian.com/food/2026/no…
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Once upon a time in Japan. He loved the stories grandma told him. He wondered what would be like to live in the stories to see a green dragon with golden eyes, a mischievous rabbit and the invisible woodpecker.
He is now on my shop. #art
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It's important not to get so focused on what's happening in someone's brain that we forget to ask what's happening in their life.
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Please speak to your doctor about a PSA blood test. Encourage the men in your life to do the same. Prostate cancer can have no obvious symptoms. A PSA test is not a diagnosis, but can flag a problem to investigate. Don’t put it off. It could save your life. Medwyn xxx
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Why are we still dragging 100-pound trash bins through freezing rain, snow and 6 AM dark like it's the 19th century?
Meet Curbie, an autonomous robot built by Revere Robotics that is finally killing off this miserable weekly chore. It automatically hauls your waste bin to the curb on collection day and brings it right back, completely unsupervised.
The genius is that it works with what you already have. Instead of forcing you to buy expensive proprietary gear, it couples directly onto the existing steel axle of your current municipal bin.
Packed with high-torque brushless motors and heavy-duty winter autonomy, it is specifically engineered to muscle heavy loads through deep snowdrifts and icy public sidewalks.
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'We helped organise a public inquiry that found AUKUS is “the worst, most costly and riskiest defence decision ever made by Australian governments.”
But we didn't have the power to compel documents, sworn testimony or answers from the politicians who struck this deal in secret. Only a Royal Commission can truly expose AUKUS out into the open where it’s politically untenable for the government to ignore.
✍️Sign the petition for a Royal Commission into AUKUS now.
The AUKUS security pact is supposed to make us safe. But we're forking out $368 billion to hand control over to Trump's America. We're not guaranteed a single submarine. Our communities will host America's weapons-grade waste. And we'll become a first strike target in a US/China war.
We can still get out of AUKUS. But we need to act now before it's too late.
A Royal Commission can bring the pitfalls of this disastrous deal to light.
Because Australians deserve answers and a future beyond AUKUS where we call our own shots, not take orders from Washington.'
nb.australiainstitute.org.au…
#AUKUS #AUKUSPublicInquiry #transparency #accountability #AUKUSRoyalCommission
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𝐇𝐏88 retweeted
If you are in the perfectly wonderful little town of Kakegawa (it has a castle, zoo, etc.) in Japan you can visit the local textile mill, Fukuda Orimono, selling experimental weaves and colors in limited lengths of their own production. The next of twice annual sales events is November 14th. If you value local producers and unique cloth, here's the event.
一般の方に、生地を販売する意味はあるのか？
正直、考えることがあります。
わたしたちは日々、新しい織物を開発しています。
でも、開発した生地がすべて売れるわけではありません。
アパレルブランドやデザイナーに興味を持ってもらえない生地も、必ず出てきます。
一生懸命に営業しても、売れないものは売れない。
しかし、小さな織物工場にとって、売れない生地を抱えることは本当に大変です。
開発費はかかる。
売れなければ在庫になる。
さらに棚卸資産として税金の負担も生じる。
開発した生地が売れないということは、経営にとって二重の負担になるのです。
それでも、わたしたちは生地を開発することをやめたくありません。
そこで考えたのが、マルシャンでの一般販売です。
販売するのは、開発段階で生まれたサンプル生地。
1反わずか20〜50m程度。
基本的に一色しかありません。
でも、ちょっと考えてみてください。
わたしたちが作る以上、妥協した生地ではありません。
最高の綿織物、ヘンプ織物、リネンなど。
平織り、綾織り、多重織り、コーデュロイ、起毛素材。
その中には、もう二度と生産できないものもあります。
どこにもない、世界に一つだけのテキスタイル。
ある意味、通常の商品よりも貴重な生地かもしれません。
一般の方にも、ぜひ手に取っていただきたい。
もちろん、プロのデザイナーやブランド関係者にも来ていただきたい。
生地は、アパレル業界だけのものではありません。
洋服を作る人も、バッグを作る人も、ものづくりが好きな人も。
素材の面白さを知ってもらえたら嬉しいです。
11月14日（土曜日）
クラフトマンが1日だけ開くマルシャン。
garage.ocnk.net/diary-detail…
普段はなかなか販売することのない、福田織物の開発生地が並びます。
ぜひ、気軽に遊びに来てください。
生地との思いがけない出会いがあるかもしれません。
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An interesting chat with a Didi (Chinese Uber) driver in Shanghai that I feel absolutely catches the current vibe in China at this moment, for the "everyperson".
A must read.
Didi Unc: “me and my wife are just in Shanghai working as a transition for now. You can say we are taking a breather. Business isn’t easy these days and we are not young anymore. We have to be cautious. She’s sewing at a factory and I drive Didi to accommodate her hours so we can see each other. But of course we want to go back home and start something.
The improvement that is most tangible in Chairman Xi’s China is the improvement to the countryside. There are no more slums now and the income from my old hometown rose tenfold. You can see it changing with your naked eye. It used to be so hard to raise money to start a business. Now the banks can’t wait to write you a loan and it’s not a big deal to borrow half a million rmb from friends and family. But we have to be careful. Parents are getting old. We want to see what kind of businesses work out with our relatives and then just follow them.
Everything is affected. It’s not even as easy to sell fruit as it used to be. But comparatively people are realizing it’s easier to go back to the countryside. There’s less pressure and anxiety. People used to have Chairman Mao up on their walled. It’s Chairman Xi now.
Where’s home? Mengzi in Yunnan. It’s the home of Over-the-bridge noodles and pomegranates. Tourists? There’s some. But we never did tourism. I started food and drink businesses and my wife did a beauty salon and we both dabbled in online sales. It’s harder than you think. The modern consumer returns merchandise at the drop of a hat. But you can’t resell it because it’s been worn so you have to eat the loss. It’s an unbelievable headache.
It takes us just over four hours to go home now. Super convenient. We work in Shanghai but home is still the center of our lives.
We have just one child. That kid is going to inherit four properties. That’s like a lot of kids these days. Born with a golden spoon so they don’t have to do much. My wife is an only child too so everything from her side goes to him.
It used to be that no matter how rich you were, you had to leave the house in order to get something to eat. But now people work then they go home and get delivery. The streets are empty and you don’t get the bustling vibes anymore. The next generation are so fragile now. If you stress them out even a little bit they get autism and threaten to commit suicide.”
I kind of just let Unc ramble but it’s interesting how he contradicts himself…the pride and satisfaction in the development of New China is there, especially of the Chinese countryside. But there’s a bit of a feeling of suffocation (I hope I’m not projecting) about the future. The word that comes to mind is “alienation.” Like, he’s very proud of China’s tech progress, but also points out factory lines that used to employ 30+ now just need 5-6 employees.
“A lot of people say ‘lying flat’ as if it’s giving up. But a lot of ppl who are lying flat are just being prudent and taking it easy. For the time being.”
Anyhow…just having a drink in “Laowai Street” waiting for my 9pm checkin at Qushui Lanting, the most exquisitely haute 24-hour spa experience in all of Shanghai.
I’m gonna go in, eat some fruit, soak in the spas, completely let myself go at the midnight buffet and then hopefully find a good sleep corner.
Then tomorrow it’s off to Tbilisi Georgia after the morning buffet of course.
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BREAKING: According to new information, the cyberattack carried out during the night of November 1–2 on European refrigeration systems has also affected frozen plasma intended for transfusions at the French Blood Establishment (EFS).
The attack targeted Coolworld, a refrigeration service provider for the EFS, reportedly disrupting temperature-control systems used to store blood products in France.
According to information revealed by the French weekly Le Canard enchaîné, hackers allegedly manipulated refrigeration systems, causing freezers normally maintained at approximately –30°C to be programmed to reach temperatures of up to 110°C.
The incident reportedly affected facilities in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
Even more concerning, frozen plasma intended for transfusions to patients was reportedly among the products affected, and not just donor samples used for health monitoring.
Frozen plasma is a critical medical product used in hospitals, particularly in the treatment of severe hemorrhages and certain coagulation disorders. Its storage requires strict temperature controls to preserve its safety and effectiveness. A prolonged disruption of the cold chain could compromise these products and potentially require their withdrawal from use.
According to reports, the incident was detected overnight by an on-call technician who noticed an abnormal rise in temperatures in the cold-storage facilities. The rapid detection reportedly allowed the situation to be addressed before any operational disruption occurred.
The French Ministry of Health has stated that the incident had no operational consequences, and no compromised transfusions or harm to patients have been confirmed so far.
However, several important details remain undisclosed, including the number of facilities affected, the duration of the temperature fluctuations, the actual temperatures reached inside the freezers, and the extent of the potential impact on stored plasma.
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Because of this record El Niño, water temperatures near Peru and the Philippines are nearly the same!
It's 83°F (28.4°C) near Peru and 84°F (29.0°C) near the Philippines.
That's normal for the Philippines. For Peru, it's a remarkable 17.5°F (9.7°C) heat shift.
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What is happening across Europe is extremely dangerous. This is something I have expressed before, and I will continue to explain it for as long as necessary.
Whenever incidents like these occur, governments find themselves in an incredibly difficult position.
If they respond, part of the population will accuse them of escalating tensions and dragging the country into war. If they do nothing, others will accuse them of weakness and failing to protect their citizens.
The same applies to cyberattacks, sabotage, bomb threats, and other provocations. People become increasingly divided, and every government decision risks creating even more controversy and mistrust.
Whoever is behind these incidents, their objective is quite simple: create instability, generate fear, undermine public trust, and divide societies from within.
And even if the perpetrator is someone entirely different from what people initially assume, the impact remains the same. The consequences are felt across Europe, affecting public opinion, political decisions, and relations between countries.
Unfortunately, people are being constantly bombarded with information, misinformation, and conflicting narratives. This makes it increasingly difficult to understand what is actually happening and to distinguish facts from manipulation.
Everything is becoming increasingly complicated. Governments, intelligence services, and security agencies are operating in an extremely difficult environment, where there are no easy solutions.
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