The thing I saw at Facebook over and over again was there were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook, and Facebook over and over again chose to optimise for its own interests, like making more money.
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Samolot australijskich linii lotniczych pokonał 15 tys. km bez międzylądowania
Australijskie linie lotnicze Qantas pobiły swój rekord, przewożąc bez międzylądowania pasażerów na trasie liczącej 15 tys. km. Repatriacyjny lot z Buenos Aires w Argentynie do Darwin w australijskim Północnym Terytorium trwał 17 godz. 25 min – przekazało w czwartek CNN.
Psy dobrze rozumieją ludzką mowę. Niektóre znają nazwy nawet 100 zabawek
Naukowcy z Katedry Etologii ELTE przez ponad dwa lata szukali na świecie psów, które znają nazwy swoich zabawek. Jak zaznaczyli, większość psów jest w stanie bez problemu nauczyć się trików lub wykonywania poleceń, ale opanowanie nazw przedmiotów jest zupełnie innym zadaniem i większość psów tego nie potrafi.
Roman Polański oskarżony o zniesławienie przez aktorkę Charlotte Lewis
Brytyjska aktorka Charlotte Lewis oskarżyła reżysera Romana Polańskiego o zniesławienie po tym, gdy ten nazwał ją kłamczuchą w wywiadzie dla „Paris Match” – poinformowała w piątek stacja BFM TV.
Iconic Glebe pub transformed to make Sydney thirsty for reopening
Having spent the past three months closed due to the Sydney lockdown, The Glebe Hotel Owner, Zelman Nissen, with the help of Furphy, has set up his beloved local venue to look like the night at the pub we have all been missing – at full capacity, with the sound of classic anthems and punters chatting, along with vision of human figures dancing, drinking and having a good time through the windows.
How to ask friends and family if they’re vaccinated
Vaccination can feel like a loaded topic, something you might not want to discuss if you can avoid it. But it doesn’t have to be a minefield. We can actually take some tips about approaching tricky personal topics from the field of sexual health.
First, try to talk about vaccination before you’ve confirmed plans with someone, and before you’ve communicated the plans to others. Once you’re already at the picnic, the stakes are much higher. You’re more likely to either go along with something that doesn’t feel right to you or end up in an argument.
We managed to toilet train cows
Can we toilet train cattle? Would we want to? The answer to both of these questions is yes — and doing so could help us address issues of water contamination and climate change. Cattle urine is high in nitrogen, and this contributes to a range of environmental problems. When cows are kept mainly outdoors, as they are in New Zealand and Australia, the nitrogen from their urine breaks down in the soil. This produces two problematic substances: nitrate and nitrous oxide.
Wave Park construction started!
Soon we’ll be witnessing a huge migration from the busy beaches of Sydney to the brand new wave pool situated at Sydney Olympic Park. The new $24 million wave pool, which will be built over one of car park’s in close proximity to the Olympic Stadium will rival Sydney’s beaches. Forget about Bondi or Manly; you can come straight here to Sydney Olympic Park and get the best waves you’ll find anywhere.
WATCH: Our mobile phones are covered in bacteria and viruses… and we never wash them
COVID-19 has seen the world embrace sanitisers and formal hand washing procedures in our private lives like never before. But even as we’ve thought more and more about surfaces and the hands that touch them as vectors for disease, mobile phones have largely escaped scrutiny. We carry them everywhere (including the toilet) but they’re rarely cleaned or sanitised, and we touch them with our hands many, many times per day.
The Outback loses a true-blue character
The outback is farewelling one of its ‘true blue’ characters with the passing of legendary camel man Mick James. Those who knew him would agree that Mick James packed a lot into those 73 years. Mick was renowned across the bush for his larger-than-life exploits – many of them centred around his beloved Canbelego Pub, east of Cobar. Desite the pub’s remote location, Mick attracted enough attention to put it on the map