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Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 12/9
SVPete:
Timor-Leste Rejects Climate Hysteria, Embraces Development
https://pjmedia.com/vijay-jayaraj/2025/12/08/timor-leste-rejects-climate-hysteria-embraces-development-n4946815
--- Quote ---The island nation of Timor-Leste, located north of Australia at the eastern extreme of the Indian Ocean, is blessed with stunning beaches along a rugged mountainous terrain. It is famous for producing some of the world's finest organic coffee, grown in high-altitude, shaded environments, producing a smooth, low-acid brew with notes of chocolate, cocoa, and spice.
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Just a little smaller than Texas in land area, the country of 1.3 million people is at a pivotal moment, ready to challenge a popular – if perhaps fading – narrative that cripples some developing economies – the unfounded fear of man-made climate catastrophe.
For years, alarmists have singled out low-lying island nations as poster children for the looming disaster of being swallowed by a warming globe’s rising seas. The “solution” – presented as a moral imperative – was to abandon the use of fossil fuels, whose emissions of carbon dioxide supposedly were to blame for melting glaciers and drowning coastlines.
However, Timor-Leste has chosen a radically different, and far more honest, path: unapologetic economic growth fueled by its natural resources, including abundant fossil fuel reserves.
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Choosing to develop what they have instead of guilt-tripping and arm-twisting $$$$ out of developed countries? How un-third-worldly!
The more common name for Timor-Leste is East Timor. Historically, about half of the island of Timor was a Dutch colony, and about half was a Portuguese colony. During WW2, when Japan conquered the Dutch East Indies they left the Portuguese colony more or less alone. That colonial division eventually led to East Timor breaking off from Indonesia.
enslaved1:
Millions of children and teens lose access to accounts as Australia’s world-first social media ban begins
--- Quote ---Australia has enacted a world-first ban on social media for users aged under 16, causing millions of children and teenagers to lose access to their accounts.
Facebook, Instagram, Threads, X, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, Kick, Twitch and TikTok are expected to have taken steps from Wednesday to remove accounts held by users under 16 years of age in Australia, and prevent those teens from registering new accounts.
Platforms that do not comply risk fines of up to $49.5m.
There have been some teething problems with the ban’s implementation. Guardian Australia has received several reports of those under 16 passing the facial age assurance tests, but the government has flagged it is not expecting the ban will be perfect from day one.
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Might be threadworthy, probably will be in 6-12 months to see how it worked (or didn't).
Rick:
Interesting, " facial age assurance tests". I wonder what that might be?
DefiantSix:
--- Quote from: Rick on December 09, 2025, 10:36:20 AM ---Interesting, " facial age assurance tests". I wonder what that might be?
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Probably exactly what you think it is. Facial recognition software and government digital ID as the baseline for comparison is my guess.
enslaved1:
--- Quote from: Rick on December 09, 2025, 10:36:20 AM ---Interesting, " facial age assurance tests". I wonder what that might be?
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--- Quote from: DefiantSix on December 09, 2025, 10:54:29 AM ---Probably exactly what you think it is. Facial recognition software and government digital ID as the baseline for comparison is my guess.
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Yup. I believe the game service Steam or some other online service tried it a little bit back in the UK, and kids were beating it with screenshots of game characters.
Welcome to New World Order Lite, y'all.
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