Yes, I know this is substack. And I’m also wary of “left wing” conspiracy theories. But interesting. #USPol

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She Won, Part III: The Devil Is In The Data

88 counties flipped red. None flipped blue. Trump swept every swing state—each just above the mandatory recount thresholds. What are the odds? About one in never.

^{This Will Hold}

Montage Is Said to Hire Banks for $1 Billion Hong Kong Listing
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-23/montage-is-said-to-hire-banks-for-1-billion-hong-kong-listing?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Sensitive content Clicca per aprire/chiudere

#南みゆか

The Australian Dream? 🏡 - Last week I was fortunate to get to attend the launch of the new exhibition The Australian Dream? (sl.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/aust…) at the State Library of NSW. It’s part of their Year of Architecture (sl.nsw.gov.au/about/about-libr…), and it focuses on Australia’s fixation with home ownership, property, and the mythical quarter-acre block. I invited my friends Hank and Megan to come along, and we felt very fancy rubbing elbows with architects, designers, and politicians from across the city.

Dr. Caroline Butler-Bowdon, the State Librarian, kicked things off by talking about how the exhibition came about, and thanking everyone who contributed to the project. We also heard from Dr Kirsten Orr, CEO of the NSW Architects Registration Board, who supported the exhibition.

Next we heard from curator Anna Dearnley, who focuses on developing and curating the Library’s architectural collection. (I was surprised to learn that right now, the State Library has pretty much the preeminent collection of architecture materials in NSW.) She told a couple stories of working with co-curator Tim Ross, including one where he joined a group of experts looking at a photo of new apartment construction in St. Peters. She said the experts were focused on the brutalism of the photo, with earthworks and diggers in front of a generic apartment building. “But that’s somebody’s home,” he said. “To them it’s probably perfect.” She said that his perspective was so helpful, and it inspired a project to document some of the new development in suburbs like Parramatta. Many of the people in the photos, she said, were actually there at the launch event.

And lastly, we got to hear from Tim himself. (Wikipedia’s disambiguation (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Ross) is particularly good: “Australian comedian, design nerd and radio host.”) He told a couple stories about growing up in rural Victoria, like how there was once a copperhead in his childhood sandpit so his Dad whacked it with garden hoe. And because his Dad was a chemist, they put it in formaldehyde and for years he’d take it to school Show and Tell. He also talked about his mother, who had previously been a GP. He recalled her hanging nappies on the Hills Hoist and having an epiphany that her lift needed to be about more than this, and how it inspired her to go back to being a doctor. He talked about how notions of housing in Australia had changed over the years, with fun data points like the explosion in petrol lawn mower ownership. We talk a lot about property in Australia, Tim said, but we don’t talk enough about home.

With the formalities out of the way, the exhibition was finally open. It’s a fairly small space, and I plan to go back with Rodd so I only had a very quick look around. I especially liked this drawing of the Beachcomber House by Nino Sydney (beachcomber web-goddess.org/archive/79037

#Monsterdon starts in 30 minutes!

Tonight, we're watching Starcrash (1979). I hope to see lots of cars crashing into celebrities.

Join us at 8pm Central (01:00 UTC). Follow the #Monsterdon hashtag and contribute your own commentary. Cheers!

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‘I couldn’t watch people die in silence’ The story of Alexey Rozhkov
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"‘I couldn’t watch people die in silence’ The story of Alexey Rozhkov
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Chinese Cobalt Prices and Stocks Spike After Congo Extends Ban
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-23/chinese-cobalt-prices-and-stocks-spike-after-congo-extends-ban?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Inside Disney's plan to limit AI companies' use of its IP, which led Disney and Comcast to sue Midjourney; Disney is also in talks with companies like OpenAI (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

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techmeme.com/250622/p17#a25062…

Inside Disney's plan to limit AI companies' use of its IP, which led Disney and Comcast to sue Midjourney; Disney is also in talks with companies like OpenAI

By Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.

^Techmeme

anonymous communique from some anarchists in Bulbancha
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"anonymous communique from some anarchists in Bulbancha
thecollective
Sat, 06/21/2025 - 08:27"

Crossing in a hurry

Street photography

#People #photography #StreetPhotography #BW #BlackAndWhite

A Russian drone hit an apartment building in the Shevchenko district of Kyiv this morning.

t.me/c/1409920010/73565

#Ukraine #Russia #Kyiv

Pacers fans gasp at Haliburton's Game 7 injury in NBA Finals before responding to Indiana's effort
https://apnews.com/article/pacers-fans-gainbridge-fieldhouse-tyrese-haliburton-injury-47e50a78f10026d843e57bbc941afdb8?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Two houses from the 1933 Chicago World's Fair in Beverly Shores.

#indiana #photography #HoosierMast #nwindiana

A nice spot for shade overlooking the Dunes.

#Indiana #photography #HoosierMast #nwindiana

Roseate Spoonbill couple tidy up their nest with a bit of plants. It was fun to watch one of them, I presume the male, grab this from one side of the enclosure and go back to their nest where the partner delightedly placed it to their liking in the nest.

#photography #photographie #fotografie #fotografía #nature #birds #mates #nest #green #animals #fujifilm #lightroom

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*We should all grieve about the state of the world. It can be an integral part of activism.*

We should all grieve about the state of the world. It can be an integral part of activism

Activism comes in many forms. I hope, in some small way, my writing is part of it

^{Kelley Swain (The Guardian)}