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  Are you an authorised pedestrian?

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  It's the evening and you're driving alone along the main street of an unfamiliar town looking for a hotel for the night. The pavement is rather bumpy and you feel eerie as the streets are deserted. Then, as you approach the Town Hall, the doors burst open and the townspeople emerge shouting 'monorail!'. Terrified by what you were fleeing back home in Ogdenville, you make a dash for the only bridge out of town. Maybe there will be a room in Shelbyville.

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  The baby boomers made some of the best televisual entertainment around the 90s and early 2000s.

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  Jon Faine on Back to Back Barries. He discussed his Jew-ish-ness and how he thinks the Royal Commission is worsening antisemitism and social cohesion by failing to bring minority groups together. Link should start at 18:56. https://youtu.be/nfNzxO7xTro?t=1136&si=ZymJj0ETO2845XLA #Podcast #AusPol

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  This evening's tram driver doesn't seem keen on the job. He's slumping over the controls at every red light and driving very slowly. I thought we must be running early. Nope, five minutes late and getting later.

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  K-Mart's pervert glasses sell out. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/04/kmart-camera-glasses-anko-meta-smartglasses-australia #Abuse #AusPol #GeneralNews

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  Police accuse anarchists of 'terrorism' against a military manufacturer in Melbourne last year. I will find it curious if such a definition of terrorism stands. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/far-left-extremists-likely-behind-terror-attack-on-melbourne-defence-manufacturer-police-20260804-p60lai.html No paywall: https://periscope.corsfix.com/?https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/far-left-extremists-likely-behind-terror-attack-on-melbourne-defence-manufactu...

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  Snowy winters fading from memory in New South Wales. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/blue-mountains-snow-drought-reaches-record-four-years/106982612 #ClimateChange #AusPol #GeneralNews

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  Have you noticed? The traffic lights on both Napier Street and Canning Street are now 'double cycling' at the Eastern Highway (Alexandra Parade and Princes Street). This means the pedestrian and bike crossing phase can be called twice in the cycle, reducing waiting times of more than two minutes to as short as approximately 40 seconds. The double cycle is uneven (short then long then short, etc) and you'll notice it more in peak times when there's a constant p...

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  Meta pervert glasses used for stalking? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/08/ai-smartglasses-camera-film-privacy-consent #Privacy #AusPol #GeneralNews

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  A currawong eating an apple. 🐦‍⬛ 🍎

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  Boggles the mind that fake satellite imagery should be a tool in Google Earth. https://www.npr.org/2026/07/31/nx-s1-5914652/google-adds-ai-to-satellite-images-raising-fears-of-deepfakes-in-the-sky #Slop #Google #GeneralNews

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  New 'programmable read only memory' has been installed at the Grattan and Swanston street traffic signals, enabling 'head start' lights for north-south pedestrians, bicycle riders, and trams.

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  I'm all for innovative treatments, but please, this is improper use of shared path line marking on a state government road leading into an 80 km/h zone! #C291 #Creswick

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  About bloody time. Victoria stuck with group voting tickets far beyond their useful life. https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/election-law-overhaul-set-to-hurt-crossbenchers-and-help-one-nation-20260711-p60ehj.html No paywall: https://periscope.corsfix.com/?https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/election-law-overhaul-set-to-hurt-crossbenchers-and-help-one-nation-20260711-p60ehj.html #SpringSt #AusPol #GeneralNews

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  Pam in the Sun 🐦☀️

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  @athrun@c.im Thanks for sharing. Agree, there's nuance to everything (in this case, were these historic developments trying to cover what a local council would do today? Streetscape, parks, amenities, etc).

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  A quick look at the narrowed bike lanes on Elizabeth Street, Richmond. The positives. The new smooth surface and removal of road humps from the bike lane are great. You can ride without giving attention to pavement obstacles. However, the bike lane is now too narrow for social cycling and passing. This was considered to be a luxury item by the populist mayor and low on his hierarchy that puts car parking above. I think social cycling is very important for normalising bicycle transport from...

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  Donald Trump's war improving bus services in Melbourne. https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/bus-bonanza #SpringSt #AusPol

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  Sheltered public bicycle parking with horizontal rails allowing you to lock the frame and both wheels immediately scores you the maximum of 10 points in the Transport Planning Olympics.

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  RE: https://aus.social/@augustusbrown/116225256533945974 Noting for other purposes - These will be approximately two-metre-wide bike lanes created by removing parking on one side of the road. A juxtaposition for another part of town? @streetsaliveyarra @jessta @yarrabike

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  Concluded. - Support the ABC's worker strike. Don't interact with trackable ABC services from 11 am AEDT this Wednesday to 11 am Thursday. Don't use ABC websites. Don't use iview. Don't use ABC apps. Don't interact with anything trackable. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar/24/abc-staff-strike-bbc-content-to-replace-flagship-shows-including-730-and-am #Labour #Australia #AusPol #GeneralNews