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‘We stand here as Jewish men who refute the Holocaust being hijacked’: Jonathan Glazer calls for end to Gaza attacks at Oscars (www.theguardian.com)

TIL Lisztomania or Liszt fever was the intense fan frenzy directed toward Hungarian composer Franz Liszt during his performances in the 1800s. (aussie.zone)

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US Blocks Security Council Statement Condemning IDF Killing of Gazans Seeking Aid (www.commondreams.org)

Uber to pay Australian taxi operators $272 million in class action settlement (www.abc.net.au)

Daily Thread I Really Am Human Edition - Tuesday July 4

It’s Trust Me Tuesday. Who/what do you trust the most? Have a good one.

Chocolate eggs in little egg cartons (aussie.zone)

Sam Kerr allegedly called police officer a ‘stupid white bastard’, source says (www.theguardian.com)

The racial slur Matildas superstar Sam Kerr is alleged to have used against a British police officer was “stupid white bastard”, according to sources with knowledge of the case.

Editorial: Sydney’s gay community is rightly hurt and angry. Police should not march in this year’s Mardi Gras (www.smh.com.au)

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UAW Chief Says Billionaires—Not Migrants—Are Real Threat to Working Class (www.commondreams.org)

“In reality, we’re all on the same side of the war against the working class,” Shawn Fain said in a wide-ranging speech on Monday....

'I am your retribution': This is Trump's vision for America, in his own words (www.abc.net.au)

What should we watch?

Any shows or flicks we should check out? My partner wants a break from their first foray into Deep Space Nine.

Drunk Mel Gibson Arrest Diorama (www.youtube.com)

The only app I ever accessed Reddit with died (Slide) so here I am. Don’t use Reddit on the bigger puters cuz they are for work only I guess. Rejoice for Slide for Lemmy is in development and that what’s brought me here. It’s a bit of a buggy alpha release though so I’m also testing Jerboa and Liftoff. Well now that...

it's a daily thread, starring you and you and you and you and me

So it looks like the cool kids over in Melbourne have a daily thread bot. Should we make one of our own or leave it up chance?...

Daily Discussion Thread - Sydbot, where are you? Edition - Sun July 16 2023

Come out come out wherever you are sydbot.

Daily Thread Dancing Bacon Edition Friday July 7

A late finish leads to a late start.

How Does Paris Stay Paris? By Pouring Billions Into Public Housing (www.nytimes.com)

The two-bedroom penthouse comes with sweeping views of the Eiffel Tower and just about every other monument across the Paris skyline. The rent, at 600 euros a month, is a steal....

Australia you horny (aussie.zone)

Screenshot of SBS On Demand’s Most Watched Movies list.

'Thrown to the wind' -- are wind farms really killing whales? (www.youtube.com)

cross-posted from: aussie.zone/post/7289659...

Daily Thread I'm Not A Bot Edition - Monday July 3

A few folk said yes to the dailies suggestion so have at it. I only spent all of two minutes looking at the search results of ‘Lemmy bot’ before deciding to leave it for another day. Anyway, can anyone create a bot for the community or is that a mod privilege?...

Tech community

Can we get a tech com please? I don’t mind modding. I know the bigger insts have very large tech coms but I figure a place for locals to post about tech without the whole fv watching could also come in handy. Probably best to call it technology but I don’t mind tech either. Whatever yall want to roll with.

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