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Techly Talks: The surreal experience of photographing my own suicide bombing
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Techly Talks: Lawrence Krauss breaks down what science says about SSM
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Techly Talks: We asked a Mars One candidate… how do you have sex in space?
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Techly Talks: John Safran on whether Trump is going to happen in Australia?
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What does The Onion do when people think their articles are real?
The Onion employs such a dry and nuanced form of satire, that their absurd articles are often mistaken for legitimate news items.
The digital media company started publishing their genius stories in print form back in 1988.
They were quick to adapt to the digital media landscape, launching their online publication during the internet’s teething phase back in 1996, a time long before social media and digital networks.
The emergence of fake news has had a huge impact on the publication, despite the two forms of content being radically different.
We caught up with the editors of The Onion to get an idea of the impact of fake news, and how they are reacting to being grouped in with the phenomenon.
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Could Trump happen in Australia?
The same questions have been asked over and over since the U.S. election – Will there be another Trump? Could Trump happen in Australia?
We spoke to John Safran, the author of ‘Depends What You Mean By Extremist’ who spent 18 months with Australian extremists and discovered that rapidly growing political parties like Reclaim Australia, Rise Up and One Nation are far more diverse than you’d expect.
In the time he spent with these extremists, he discovered that many Australians are repulsed by the ‘strangeness’ of the movement. Extreme ideologies are most successful when they’re masked as being “dinky di” or simply “proud of being Australian”, but they don’t remain successful.
The problem, according to Safran, is that extremist leaders can only pretend to be “regular” citizens for a finite amount of time. Soon enough, they’re exposed as radicals.
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Why do white Australians join ISIS?
When we think of ISIS, one of the last things that comes to mind is a red-headed white dude.
But that was exactly the image that beamed through our television screens when a group of young Aussies had been caught fleeing the country to join ISIS.
One of those men was Musa Cerantonio, Muslim convert and Islamic State supporter.
To many Australians this was unthinkable – why the hell would an Anglo-Australian ever want to join ISIS?
What’s the appeal?
And how does the process of radicalisation happen?
For his book, Depends What You Mean By Extremist, John Safran spent a fair bit of time with Musa (before his arrest), so we asked him why perfectly normal, well-adjusted Australian kids are turning to one of the most reviled organisations on this planet.
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The War On Waste: Techly talks Australia’s waste crisis with Craig Reucassel
Insane stunts? Check. Trolling the public? Check. Harassing politicians? Check.
Yep, the Chaser boys are back.
Well, Chaser boy…and it’s not quite the Chaser production company anymore…but you get the point.
Craig Reucassel is returning to your screens with a documentary series called ‘War On Waste’ (evidently declaring ‘war on everything’ wasn’t quite enough).
The vital, illuminating and at times, depressing new show uncovers Australia’s waste crisis that we continue to ignore.
Here are some stats to make it bleedingly bloody obvious that we’re on a fast track to environmental ruin:
Our waste is growing at double the rate of our population.
We wasted 3.3 million tonnes of food every year – enough to fill the MCG six times over.
Aussies throw away one in every five bags of groceries.
A billion takeaway coffee cups end up in landfill each year.
We throw out 6000kg of clothes every minute.
Two-thirds of Australia’s seabirds have plastic in their stomach.
We put our waste in the bin, begrudgingly take it out mid-week and that’s about the last we ever think of it. That needs to stop.
To try to ram the point home, Craig stole random people’s groceries, chased politicians with a giant plastic bag monster and filled a tram up with disposable cups.
We sat down with him to see just how bad the crisis is and what we can do to save our environment.
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Is it OK to punch a Nazi?
It’s the greatest moral dilemma of our time.
Punching = Bad
Nazis = Bad
So does that mean it’s alright to punch a Nazi?
This ethical quandary started floating around the Internet after infamous Neo-Nazi and professional gronk, Richard Spencer, was punched in the face during a live cross on Trump’s inauguration day.
We thought who better to answer this for us than Aussie journo and film-maker, John Safran.
Safran spent 18 months embedded with extremists of all stripes in Australia for his book Depends What You Mean By Extremist.
So if anyone knows if it’s OK to punch a Nazi, it’s Mr Safran.
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The Chaser filled an entire Melbourne tram with coffee cups to make a bloody good point
The Chaser has previously declared War On Everything, but now they’ve narrowed their focus to all the junk we throw out.
While it might not be quite as red-hot as that time they infiltrated APEC dressed as Osama Bin Laden & Co, their latest stunt is certainly more important.
Australia is one of the highest per capita producers of waste in the world.
Every year we burn through 18 million tonnes of waste, kill over 100,000 birds, seals, whales and turtles, and use enough plastic bags to stretch around the world 24 times.
So it’s high time that we try to put significant effort into reversing this pretty disturbing trend.
Craig Reucassel from The Chaser has taken on this burden himself with his three-part series, War On Waste.
While the show’s airdate is yet to be announced, we’ve gotten a sneak peek into the shenanigans you can expect.
Melbournians got a bit of a shock yesterday as one of their beloved trams (we get it, you have amazing public transport) were filled to the brim with disposable coffee cups and driven around the city.
Supporting environmental sustainability with @ABCTV 50,000 cups reach landfill every 30 minutes – enough to fill a tram #BYOCoffeeCup pic.twitter.com/oMSrA57RkF
— Yarra Trams (@yarratrams) February 20, 2017
Look out for @craigreucassel on an @ABCTV tram filled with coffee cups in Melbourne CBD now! #WarOnWasteAU #BYOCoffeeCup pic.twitter.com/8X6wMLWoSF
— Yarra Trams (@yarratrams) February 20, 2017
Melbourne tram joins the fight against disposable coffee cups #byocoffeecup #arethoseusedcups @calhoops @PlanningMel pic.twitter.com/lMbdx99wJ9
— Manuel Lawrence (@manny_lawrence) February 20, 2017
If you're using it once and throwing it away it's probably a waste. #BYOCoffeeCup #WarOnWasteAU pic.twitter.com/5GudpsQJZh
— Craig Reucassel (@craigreucassel) February 21, 2017
Every 30 minutes, 50,000 coffee cups are dumped in a landfill – enough to fill a whole tram. That’s 52 trams a day across Australia, just because we’re too lazy to get a Keep Cup.
Photos of Craig screaming at passers-by on a megaphone have been circulating across Twitter, but we’ll have to wait for the premiere to cop the full version of the stunt.
In the meantime, buy yourself a reusable coffee cup made out of durable plastic – you can get them from here, or here, or here!
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The one thing ordinary Aussies get completely wrong about the far-right
Most ordinary Australians misunderstand one crucial thing about far-right parties like Pauline Hanson’s One Nation and Reclaim Australia.
We’ve formed this narrow image of them as Neo-Nazi skinheads, white nationalists and basically just angry white bogans with a penchant for large white hoods.
But as John Safran explained on Techly Talks, this is a fair way off the mark.
The Aussie journo, documentary-maker and sworn Ray Martin nemesis spent 18 months with Australian extremists for his book ‘Depends What You Mean By Extremist’ and discovered that rapidly growing political parties like Reclaim Australia, Rise Up and One Nation are far more diverse than you’d expect.
As he reveals, it’s a confusing, contradictory clash of cultures – evangelical Christians, neo-Nazis, immigrants have all somehow formed this volatile alliance.
But how long can it last?
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Australia’s absolutely ridiculous cosmetic grocery standards are screwing everything
How important is it that your bananas are perfectly curved?
Probably not very important at all.
But Australia’s producers are forced to throw TONNES of otherwise completely edible fruit out every day because of our absurd grocery standards.
Craig Reucassel did a deep dive into the issue for the ABC’s War On Waste, so we picked his brain about how we pick our
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Why this Aussie is giving up home ownership and retiring at 35
Pat Seyrak is the Australian man with the ambitious goal of retiring at the age of 35 and attaining financial independence.
By investing and limiting his spending, he aims to have saved over $1.2 million to sustain him for the rest of his life, in conjunction with his investments.
He sat down with Techly to discuss what spurred his radical lifestyle change.
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Will you be happy living off just $40k? This Aussie is putting his money where his mouth is
Pat Seyrak is the Australian man with the ambitious goal of retiring at the age of 35 and attaining financial independence.
By investing and limiting his spending, he aims to have saved over $1.2 million to sustain him for the rest of his life, in conjunction with his investments.
Pat spoke with Techly to talk about living on $40,000 a year for the rest of his life.
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Here’s five essential money-saving tips from the Aussie engineer retiring at 35
Pat Seyrak is the Australian man with the ambitious goal of retiring at the age of 35 and attaining financial independence.
By investing and limiting his spending, he aims to have saved over $1.2 million to sustain him for the rest of his life, in conjunction with his investments.
He sat down with Techly and gave some advice on areas where people can save money.
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How does a satirical publication deal with a man as ridiculous as Trump?
Satire’s greatest strength is its capacity to create constructive social criticism through ridicule, but when the society you want to ridicule is already ridiculous, what are some of the challenges that emerge?
We caught up with the editors of The Onion to ask them just that, and they did not disappoint.
There is little doubt that a certain US president is a very difficult man to satirise, but the brilliant minds behind America’s self-proclaimed “leading news source” let us in on how they go about writing about Trump without resorting to his bombastic behaviour like other outlets.
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Is Siri sexist? AI expert reveals how robots are learning gender bias
Artificial Intelligence technologist joined us this week for a Techly Talk on the problems and importance of diversity in AI. Kriti Sharma shares her interesting perspective on the tangled link between sexism and bots, and how this affects future iterations of AI.
Artificial Intelligence has been developed for more than 50 years. With recent advancements in technology, it is more important now than ever that it’s developed correctly and ethically.
Kriti thought-provoking specialist in the ethical principals of AI. Kriti was included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for advancements in AI and was placed in the Recode 100 list of key influencers in technology in 2017.
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Racist Robots: AI technologist Kriti Sharma on how our robots are all too human
Artificial Intelligence technologist Kriti Sharma met with us for a Techly Talks special on Artificial Intelligence and the unique repercussion humans have on the ever-learning technology.
Looking through the past via endless databases of excessive information these intelligent bots are able to adapt and learn human language and behaviors, which can sometimes point out a crude reality.
Kriti was included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for advancements in AI and was placed in the Recode 100 list of key influencers in technology in 2017.
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How do you tell your mum you’re leaving Earth forever?
“Hey Mum, just thought I should tell you there’s a very good chance I’m going to Mars and never coming back. Anyway, how are you?”
That’s essentially the conversation Josh Richards had to have with his mother when he was shortlisted for the Mars One project.
The Aussie physicist/stand-up comedian/soldier is a frontrunner to be sent to Mars forever as part of the daring mission spearheaded by eccentric Dutch entrepreneur, Bas Lansdorp.
But while this is a thrilling prospect for Josh, it is, as he admits, pretty much a “death sentence” because he’ll never be able to see his family or friends again when that rocket takes off.
When I sat down with Josh for Techly Talks, he talked us through the difficult process of telling his mum, and her surprising reaction to the news.
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