[Link] Yangon’s silenced streets: how a hotbed of anti-coup resistance was extinguished

Read: 6/2/2022 www.theguardian.com

As Thitsar* walked through her neighbourhood one December morning, she was struck by its emptiness. The bamboo shacks that line the streets of Hlaing Tharyar, an industrial township on the outskirts of Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, lay in tatters, overgrown with weeds.

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[Link] Afghanistan Fears Literal Darkness As Taliban Fails to Pay Electric Bills

Read: 5/10/2021 www.vice.com

There are fears Kabul could face a mass blackout, and a subsequent humanitarian crisis, if the Taliban don’t start collecting money for utility bills and paying the city’s electricity suppliers.

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[Link] Adelaide public transport complaints reach record level as commuters return to system

Read: 14/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

The number of complaints per 100,000 journeys on Adelaide's public transport system has risen again with passenger numbers increasing as people return to the city's buses, trains and trams. The rate of complaints — 16.

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[Link] Town Puts 90-Day Ban on New Bitcoin Mines Because They're 'Unsightly'

Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com

The Massena town board on Wednesday approved the moratorium, as drafted on July 23, to bar new Bitcoin miners from receiving site plan approval. But the miners already established in Massena can continue to operate there.

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[Link] ‘Prices going up’: competition watchdog tells governments to limit asset sales as public loses trust

Read: 30/7/2021 www.theguardian.com

Competition watchdog Rod Sims has called for curbs on state and federal government privatisations, saying the public has lost trust after seeing prices rise following asset sell-offs.

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