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Cadillac Wins The Fight For F1: Mario Andretti Named Team DirectorNorth Sydney MP Kylea Tink has announced she will not run for a seat in the House of Representatives at the 2025 federal election. While Tink said the decision was “a difficult one”, she also said “ultimately I think it is in the best interests of the community independent movement and my family if I explore other ways in which I can continue to support this shift.” Her announcement follows the earlier this year, which saw the seat of North Sydney abolished and divided between the seats of Bennelong, Bradfield and Warringah. Tink won the seat of North Sydney at the 2022 federal election, after it was previously held by the Liberal Party’s Trent Zimmerman. Speaking at a community event in Chatswood recently, Tink expressed pride in the achievements of the North Sydney community and the nationwide, community-backed independent movement. “This term of parliament has shown how powerful community-led representation can be. It has been one of the privileges of my life to represent my community of North Sydney and help drive the community-independent movement forward,” said Tink. “I have been proud to play a role in holding both major parties to account in this historic term of Parliament while helping to drive reform on issues that matter most to North Sydney.” Listing her policy achievements, Tink said she’s proud to have enacted progress in “securing significant climate reforms and new vehicle efficiency standards”, as well as “supporting families through reinstated parenting payments and super on parental leave, standing up for students on HECS indexation, advocating for policies that tackle intergenerational inequity, improving parliamentary conduct, and advocating for stronger protection of human rights”. “When everyday Australians come together, we can drive real change – not just for our electorates, but for the nation. However, there is so much more to do, and we need strong independent voices in Parliament to deliver the progress we need,” she added. Tink also expressed her support for Nicolette Boele for the re-drawn Sydney seat of Bradfield. Boele will be running as an independent against Liberal MP Paul Fletcher. Boele first ran against Fletcher in 2022, turning it from one of the safest seats in the country to a marginal one. “Having initially run in 2022, Nicolette’s ongoing advocacy for the community of Bradfield has shown she is deeply committed to ensuring people’s real voices and concerns are heard at the highest levels. As a resident of Bradfield going forward, I will be voting for Nicolette Boele in the 2025 election.” Boele expressed praise for Tink’s work, saying Tink is “a formidable representative for the people of North Sydney and a powerful advocate of the community independent movement”. “She has achieved so much and shown how effective true community representation can be. I am disappointed that North Sydney is being abolished but I look forward to meeting constituents and getting to know the community,” said Boele. Tink has also thrown her support behind Warringah MP Zali Steggall. Beyond her announcement to not run for the House of Representatives in 2025, Tink said she is yet to make a decision on whether she’ll run for the Senate. “I know I have more to give and there is so much more that needs to be done. As always, my focus will be on my electorate of North Sydney, while I am also committed to supporting every community-backed independent candidate around the country preparing to stand at the next election in any way I can,” said Tink.
FBI Director Christopher Wray announced he will resign in advance of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration — meaning he will depart from the bureau about three years before his term ends. Wray’s decision, which was revealed on Dec. 11, came shortly after Trump nominated Kash Patel — a strong supporter of his — to lead the FBI. “In my view, this is the best way to avoid dragging the bureau deeper into the fray, while reinforcing the values and principles that are so important to how we do our work,” Wray, who was nominated by Trump in 2017, told his colleagues, according to The Associated Press. Trump celebrated the move, writing in a post on Truth Social that Wray’s resignation “is a great day for America as it will end the Weaponization of what has become known as the United States Department of Injustice.” Amid these developments, here is what to know about FBI directors and their tenureships. Who appoints the FBI director? During the early years of the FBI, the attorney general was charged with choosing the bureau’s director, who was not constrained by term limits . However, in 1968, Congress passed a law establishing that the president would appoint the director, who would require Senate confirmation. “By that point the FBI was considered important enough to warrant an executive appointment,” Douglas Charles, a history professor at Pennsylvania State University Greater Allegheny, who researches the FBI, told McClatchy News. “Before then, attorneys general hired and fired them.” How long is the FBI director’s term? In 1976, Congress passed a law permitting the FBI director to serve one 10-year term. The law “stemmed directly from the fact that J. Edgar Hoover was entrenched as director for 48 years,” Charles said. Hoover led the intelligence agency from 1924 to 1972 , during which time he amassed significant powers, he said. As a result, the law sought to prohibit anyone else from following in his footsteps. Hoover wasn’t the only impetus for the term limit, though. “This law came, as well, in the wake of Watergate where President Nixon tried to have his own man, his own lackey, L. Patrick Gray, become FBI director,” Charles said. So, the law “sought to isolate the FBI from White House political influence.” Do most directors stay on for 10 years? There have been 12 directors — including acting directors — since the 10-year term limit was established, and nearly all of them left office before their term ended, according to FBI records. For example, Clarence Kelley , who was nominated by Nixon, led the agency for about five years between 1973 and 1978. Similarly, Louis Freeh , who was nominated by President Bill Clinton, helmed the agency for about eight years between 1993 and 2001. The only director to stay on for a full term was Robert Mueller , who was in office for 12 years. President George W. Bush nominated Mueller to head the FBI in 2001, and in 2011, before his term ended, President Barack Obama asked Congress to pass legislation extending his term for two more years — which it did. “The United States faces ongoing threats from terrorists intent on attacking us both at home and abroad, and it is crucial that the FBI have sustained, strong leadership to confront that threat,” Attorney General Eric Holder said at the time. “There is no better person for that job than Bob Mueller.” More politics news → How does Senate confirmation process work? What to know as Trump makes Cabinet picks → Trump to return to White House after 4 years. Only one past president has done that → How did LGBT Americans vote in election? Exit poll finds significant shift from 2020 Have any FBI directors been fired? “Only two FBI directors were outright fired,” Charles said. The first was William Sessions, whom Clinton dismissed in 1993 after learning the director had been accused of misusing FBI resources. Specifically, he had been accused of using a government airplane for personal reasons, installing a fence around his house using government funds and failing to pay taxes on an FBI limousine, according to ABC News. Twenty-four years later, in 2017, Trump fired FBI Director James Comey amid a bureau investigation into whether Trump’s campaign had colluded with the Russian government. At the time, Trump said Comey’s ouster was required to bring back “public trust and confidence” in the FBI, according to The Associated Press. “There have been other FBI directors who resigned in the past after improprieties or scandals surfaced,” Charles said. “I call these Washington, D.C., ‘firings’ where they were quietly asked to resign or just stepped aside.” One of these was L. Patrick Gray, who became acting director following the death of Hoover in 1972. He resigned in 1973 after it was disclosed that he had destroyed incriminating White House documents related to the Watergate scandal , according to The Guardian. Gray’s successor, Kelley, also left office early following a scandal. Following the election in 1976, it was revealed that FBI carpenters did construction on his home, costing a total of $355, Charles said. “In the wake of Hoover and Watergate this was seen as a scandal,” he said. “By our standards today it is small potatoes.” President Jimmy Carter, who was inaugurated in 1977, ended up making a deal with Kelley, in which he would step down after one year, Charles said. Who do Americans trust for health information? Poll finds gap between FDA and RFK Jr. Most Americans approve of Trump transition phase, poll finds. What about past presidents? Can Donald Trump actually end birthright citizenship? Legal experts weigh in
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Analog dials used to be a pretty common way of displaying information on test equipment and in industrial applications. They fell out of favor as more advanced display technologies became cheaper. However, , it turns out you get something truly fantastic indeed. This build comes to us from [Arne]. The concept is simple—get an e-ink display, and draw a dial on it using whatever graphics and scale you choose. Then, put it behind a traditional coil-driven analog dial in place of the more traditional paper scale. Now, you have an analog dial that can display any quantity you desire. Just update the screen to display a different scale as needed. Meanwhile, if you don’t need to change the display, the e-ink display will draw zero power and still display the same thing. [Arne] explains how it all works in the writeup. It’s basically a LilyGo T5 ESP32 board with an e-ink screen attached, and it’s combined with a MF-110A multimeter. It’s super easy to buy that stuff and start tinkering with the concept yourself. [Arne] uses it with Home Assistant, which is as good an idea as any. You get all the benefits of a redrawable display, with the wonderful visual tactility of a real analog dial. It’s a build . It doesn’t heart that [Arne] chose a great retro font for the dial, either. Applause all around!