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Zagorath

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Formerly /u/Zagorath on the alien site.

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I usually start with a very broad flavour concept, then figure out how to do it in mechanics, and use that to flesh out the details of the flavour.

There have been times when I’ve come up with a very detailed flavour first and then gone for mechanics later.

The only time I start with mechanics is with one-shots or other times I don’t particularly care about the character themselves.

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Cr Cassidy claims that the CBIC is paying more to Council in rent than it's generating as a dividend. CBIC being the BCC-owned organisation designed to invest to bring BCC a profit.

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In 8 years, BCC has reduced its carbon footprint by just 7%, says Cr Massey. She calls BCC's carbon-neutrality "a facade".

She points out that carbon offsets are often dodgy, and even if you use a trustworthy source, they still allow pollution to increase.

Some other discussions on carbon offsets:

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I usually start with a very broad flavour concept, then figure out how to do it in mechanics, and use that to flesh out the details of the flavour.

There have been times when I've come up with a very detailed flavour first and then gone for mechanics later.

The only time I start with mechanics is with one-shots or other times I don't particularly care about the character themselves.

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That second try was on the back of an incredibly obvious forward pass. I feel a little bad for NSW because of that.

But then Qld didn't get given penalties quite a few times for ruck interference, and at least one obvious forward pass. NSW just failed to capitalise on their infringements.

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Reviews aren't allowed to deal with forward passes.

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It doesn't really matter who created it. If you're using an instance not hosted by by creators, then they can't in any way benefit from it. That's the beauty of federation.

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They're not nearly as bad here as they seem to be in America, but they do cause a lot of harm, especially to minorities. Things like punching peaceful protestors, sedating and inappropriately touching an indigenous child, saying that a domestic violence victim is "too ugly to be raped", a widespread culture of casually racist joking, and strip searching children as young as 13.

And speaking for my own personal interactions with them, when you do find yourself a victim, they often don't actually seem to care about enforcing the law, even if you can provide them with clear-cut evidence of what was done and who did it. At least if the reason you were a victim has to do with being part of some form of vulnerable group.

But you're far less likely to hear about them actually killing someone who didn't even appear violent.

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TIL Arm, as distinct from Arm in NSW. Also another Arm in WA.

I guess at least it's not Chinamans Knob?

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A small pile of tombstones with sentimental value to the necromancer. Maybe it's their parents, or the first people they ever resurrected, or the former ruler of the kingdom they know rule. Something like that. A little creepy, but also humanising in a way.

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Cr Whitmee points out a number of cases where public transport is inadequate.

  • Wynnum Plaza to CBD: 3 buses for under an hour or 1 bus for 90 minutes.
  • Edith Street, Wynnum to Westfield Carindale, 55 minutes by bus or 14 minute car journey.
  • Cavendish Road High School to Garden City, 45 minutes by bus, 12 minute car journey.
  • Inala Plaza to Sunnybank Hills Shopping Centre, 1 hour 10 minutes and 3 buses, or a 14 minute drive.

All of these to arrive by 9:00 am.

"I don't know who this LNP Council thinks they're kidding; they do not support active and public transport."

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Cr Wines talks about all the "congestion busting" projects he's got going on. These consist mostly of road widening and other similar projects more likely to induce congestion than bust it.

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The LNP points out that the Beams Road Overpass project, which was basically ready to go, is being held up by a funding review being put in place by the federal Government.

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Dammit, yes, I do. I keep getting those two confused...

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Cr Massey says a street in her ward has had traffic calming removed, against the strong objections of her predecessor, Cr Sriranganathan.

According to Cr Massey, since November 2022 one house on that street has had 5 cars crash into their bedroom.

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Cr Mackay points out a plan for the creation of a right-turn lane at Lambert Rd and Central Avenue, Indooroopilly, and the intersection of Sylvan Rd, Croydon St, and Jephson St Toowong to provision a two-way cycle path on the northern side of Sylvan Rd to fix the missing link to the Southwestern Veloway.

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Cr Johnston calls out the LNP for failing to act on upgrading the intersection where Dr Geoff Copland was killed while standing on the footpath waiting to cross. An intersection where Dr Copland had even previously campaign for safety upgrades, saying he knew someone was going to get hurt.

Accuses the LNP of caring more about driving traffic through to Indooroopilly and St Lucia by duplicating the Walter Taylor Bridge.

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She has moved an amendment to try and see more money go to some safety upgrades in her ward. Cr Griffiths speaks in support of it. Nobody in the LNP bothers to speak at all; they'll simply be voting it down without discussion or attempting to justify why.

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And that's all for today. See yous tomorrow.

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Hey, and welcome to Lemmy! I hope you'll find it as friendly and welcoming as I have.

Damn I wish I had jumped on that link and ordered as soon as I saw it. Price jumped from ~$70 to ~$90 between then and now. Ah well, better get going before it gets even worse!

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