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  1. The Survivors, mystery series from Australia

    The Survivors bundles the pain of grief and loss with the guilt of 15 year old secrets in this series about events in the coastal town of Evelyn Bay, Tasmania. […]

    oldaintdead.com/the-survivors-

  2. Last Days of the Space Age, Australian drama series

    Last Days of the Space Age is set in Perth, Australia, in 1979. Some real events that received worldwide attention happened in Perth that year. NASA’s Skylab fell out of orbit and scattered debris all over the Indian Ocean and Western Australia. The Miss Universe pageant was underway in Perth at the time. It was Perth’s 150th anniversary, and residents were determined to have parties to celebrate.

    […]

    oldaintdead.com/last-days-of-t

  3. In the worst-case #emissions scenario the social cost of #Kuiper is estimated at $1.4 billion 💰, versus $252 million 💵 for #OneWeb and $664 million 💵 for #Starlink arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/230

    Sustainability assessment of Low Earth Orbit (#LEO) #satellite 🛰️ broadband mega-constellations.
    #GeorgeMason University 🇺🇸
    University of #Oxford 🇬🇧
    University of #Strathclyde 🇬🇧
    #Middlebury College 🇺🇸

  4. In the worst-case scenario the social cost of is estimated at $1.4 billion 💰, versus $252 million 💵 for and $664 million 💵 for arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/230

    Sustainability assessment of Low Earth Orbit (#LEO) 🛰️ broadband mega-constellations.
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  5. CW: Long thread/8

    #5yrsago Speaking in my professional capacity as a dystopian science fiction writer… memex.craphound.com/2018/05/01

    #5yrsago It’s back! British Conservative politicians’ habitual “go ahead, kick me in the balls, I can take it” pose theguardian.com/politics/2018/

    #5yrsago McDonald’s workers across the UK are striking theguardian.com/business/2018/

    #5yrsago #GeorgeMason economics department admits it sold hiring control to anonymous, super-rich donors crookedtimber.org/2018/05/01/t

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  6. CW: Long thread/8

    #5yrsago Speaking in my professional capacity as a dystopian science fiction writer… memex.craphound.com/2018/05/01

    #5yrsago It’s back! British Conservative politicians’ habitual “go ahead, kick me in the balls, I can take it” pose theguardian.com/politics/2018/

    #5yrsago McDonald’s workers across the UK are striking theguardian.com/business/2018/

    #5yrsago #GeorgeMason economics department admits it sold hiring control to anonymous, super-rich donors crookedtimber.org/2018/05/01/t

    8/

  7. How #Scalia #LawSchool Became a Key Friend of the #SCOTUS #GeorgeMason Uni law school cultivated ties to justices w generous pay, unusual perks. In turn it gained prestige donations #influence. docs show how Scalia Law has offered justices safe space in polarized DC academic cocoon filled w friends and former clerks, where their legal views are celebrated, they are given top pay and treated to teaching trips abroad, and their personal needs are anticipated. #Corruption nytimes.com/2023/04/30/us/supr

  8. How #Scalia #LawSchool Became a Key Friend of the #SCOTUS #GeorgeMason Uni law school cultivated ties to justices w generous pay, unusual perks. In turn it gained prestige donations #influence. docs show how Scalia Law has offered justices safe space in polarized DC academic cocoon filled w friends and former clerks, where their legal views are celebrated, they are given top pay and treated to teaching trips abroad, and their personal needs are anticipated. #Corruption nytimes.com/2023/04/30/us/supr

  9. Dismaying but not surprising--George Mason Law (renamed Antonin Scalia Law) built connections to Justices that gave litigants access. School provided Justices with luxury vacations "with a little teaching thrown in," urged them to take vacations at the ranches of litigants & allowed professors to file amicus briefs to SCOTUS as Justices were co-teaching with them. nytimes.com/2023/04/30/us/supr #LawFedi #GeorgeMason #SCOTUS #LegalEthics

  10. Dismaying but not surprising--George Mason Law (renamed Antonin Scalia Law) built connections to Justices that gave litigants access. School provided Justices with luxury vacations "with a little teaching thrown in," urged them to take vacations at the ranches of litigants & allowed professors to file amicus briefs to SCOTUS as Justices were co-teaching with them. nytimes.com/2023/04/30/us/supr #LawFedi #GeorgeMason #SCOTUS #LegalEthics