Op een winderige campus in Utrecht worden torens met honderden studentenwoningen uit de grond gestampt. Dat lijkt goed nieuws, want er is een groot woningtekort onder studenten.

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The Fremantle War Memorial is a war memorial located on Monument Hill Memorial Reserve, an 4.5-hectare (11-acre) public reserve and hill in Fremantle, Western Australia. The memorial itself comprises a large obelisk, the Fallen Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial, surrounded by eight smaller memorials. The site, located on High Street near the centre of Fremantle, overlooks Fremantle Harbour, and was established by the Fremantle Town Council in 1928 to commemorate the losses of the First World War, having been used as a public reserve since the early 19th century.

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Great Southern Roller Flour Mill ('Dingo' Flour Mill (colloquial usage), Goodman Fielder Flour Mill)

The tall metal clad Timber Silos structure is a simple and elegant industrial structure, with its Dingo Flour emblem adding visual interest to the composition, which has become the emblem of the mill.

The name ‘Dingo Flour Mill’ has been in common, although inaccurate, usage for many years. Its continued use is indicative of the impact of the well-known dingo symbol painted on the face of the silo, and the way in which the sign on the silo
contributes to the community’s sense of place. In addition, the ‘dingo’ has developed its own set of myths, including that Alan Bond painted it.

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The mill was designed by architect J. F. Allen, of Allen and Nicholas, and the office building was designed by Powell, Cameron & Chisholm Architects. The sign and the rest of the site was heritage-listed in 2008.

The dingo logo was painted by artist Les Nash in 1940 for £40. According to his daughter Mona Rankin it took her father about a week to complete the logo. Nash first sketched the dingo onto graph paper and then used the gridded panels on the silo to guide his large-scale transfer of the design onto the silo itself. It is about five and a half storeys high. It was painted over during World War II, but its outlines were still faintly visible. Refugees and migrants coming to Fremantle saw the sign, and it remains a useful reference point for boaters and anglers. It was mostly re-painted in March 2001. In 2010 the flour mill was renovated, and the dingo now gets re-painted every month.

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Astronaut Tim Peake and Guardian journalist Richard Luscombe talk through Artemis II, the first manned mission to the moon for 50 years

This week, for the first time in 50 years, Nasa is sending people to the moon once more.

And though none of the four astronauts of Artemis II will land on the lunar surface, the mission – which will involve flying around the moon – will take humans deeper into space than we have ever been before.

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Microsoft is reportedly shifting Windows 11 app development back toward fully native apps. Rudy Huyn, a Partner Architect at Microsoft working on the Store and File Explorer, said in a post on X that he is building a new team to work on Windows apps. "You don't need prior experience with the platform.. what matters most is strong product thinking and a deep focus on the customer," he wrote. "If you've built great apps on any platform and care about crafting meaningful user experiences, I'd love to hear from you." Huyn later said in a reply on X that the new Windows 11 apps will be "100% native." TechSpot reports: The description stands out at a time when many of Microsoft's built-in tools, including Clipchamp and Copilot, rely on web technologies and Progressive Web App architectures. The company's commitment to native performance suggests that some long-standing frustrations around responsiveness, memory use, and interface consistency could finally be addressed.

For Windows developers, Huyn's comments hint at a change in direction. Microsoft's recent development priorities have leaned heavily on web-based approaches, with Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) replacing or supplementing many native programs. [...] Exactly which applications will be rebuilt, or how strictly "100% native" will be enforced, remains unclear. Some current Microsoft apps classified as native still depend on WebView for specific features. But the renewed emphasis already has developers paying attention.

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Looking for the next thing to do after No Kings? Try following the playbook of the Democratic Socialists of America: Our National Labor Commission is fighting fascism and building worker power! Throughout April, we're building up to International Workers' Day.

Here's how you can join us to fight oligarchy and build up to this year's International Workers' Day. Thursday, 4/3, 5pm ET/4pm CT/3pm MT/2pm PT: CTU National Call for May Day 2025 Join the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and friends for a national mass call to learn how to build May Day 2025 to be as big and powerful as possible. Saturday, 4/5: "Hands Off" National Day of Action Join a growing nationwide coalition of labor and community partners to say: Hands off our democracy, our rights, our livelihoods, and our neighbors! Tuesday, 4/8: "Kill the Cuts" National Day of Action Stand in solidarity with workers in education, research, and healthcare to demand NO cuts to education and life-saving research. Sunday, 4/13, 8pm ET/7pm CT/6pm MT/5pm PT: Building Sanctuary Unions Training Session DSA's National Labor Commission has partnered with DSA's International Migrant Rights Working Group to host member training sessions. Learn how to organize within your union for an American labor movement where immigrant workers can find protection and build power. Tuesday, 4/29: Fight Oligarchy, Build to May Day Mass Call Join us as we gear up for May Day 2025! We will hear from labor organizers, immigrants rights activists, and chapter leaders about why workers everywhere need to stand up and fight back against the attacks on our unions, rights, and essential services, and how you can join in the fight today and in the weeks and months ahead. Thursday, 5/1: May Day 2025 Save the date to join hundreds of thousands in the streets for International Workers' Day.