The US has been transfixed as a total eclipse swept across the continent. The Guardian's Charlotte Simmonds was in Big Summit Prairie, Oregon, feeling the temperature drop and hearing dogs bark as darkness began to fall. "As the moment of totality approached, shouts and applause filled the air. At 10.19am – the moment of totality – people embraced as the sky fell dark, stars came out, and the sun's extraordinary corona was visible for a brief few minutes." Donald Trump was among those watching, although he had to be warned by staff not to look directly at the sun without wearing his solar glasses. The Guardian's live blog captured many more accounts from around the US. Could the ABC's live music program Recovery be made today? The show, which ran from 1996 to 2000 and was partly modelled on Countdown, was a chaotic collision of freewheeling improvisation, weird comedy sketches and live performances from international and Australian bands such as Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, Silverchair, Spiderbait, Grinspoon and Regurgitator. Nathan Dunne gives his view here. Greg Jericho says employer groups seem happier with the enterprise bargaining system than unions, and ponders whether a shift in policy is needed. "With workers now almost resigned to low wage growth, the belief that a hands-off approach to IR is the best for the economy – and workers – might be ready to be challenged," he writes. What's he done now? With 10 American sailors missing and five injured after the guided-missile destroyer USS John S McCain collided with an oil tanker off the coast of Singapore, Donald Trump might have been distracted from his usual obsessions. But in the past 24 hours he has published one tweet on the missing American sailors – and three reiterating his loathing for "fake news". "Thank you, the very dishonest Fake News Media is out of control!" he tweeted. "Jerry Falwell of Liberty University was fantastic on @foxandfriends. The Fake News should listen to what he had to say. Thanks Jerry!" "Heading back to Washington after working hard and watching some of the worst and most dishonest Fake News reporting I have ever seen!" Media roundup The Age splashes with a mega-property deal, revealing one of Melbourne's most prestigious private schools, Scotch College, has continued its aggressive expansion by buying a neighbouring house for almost $1m above reserve, meaning the college now owns all but 11 of 27 houses in Hawthorn's Hambledon Road. The West Australian has a striking front page featuring a bed loaded with guns. The paper says the state government is considering giving police sweeping new powers to restrict gun licences after an apparent spike in drive-by shootings and woundings. And the ABC has a useful explainer on why this year's flu season has been so bad, with infections appearing earlier in the year than usual and hitting historic highs in some states. Coming up Google and Facebook will be appearing before the Senate inquiry into the future of public interest journalism in Sydney. It's day two of the International Joint Conference on artificial intelligence, where 2,000 of the world's top robotics and AI experts are gathering to discuss the big questions about technology's future – and watch robots play soccer. Supporting the Guardian We'd like to acknowledge our generous supporters who enable us to keep reporting on the critical stories. If you value what we do and would like to help, please make a contribution or become a supporter today. Thank you. |
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