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Posts about food, games, tech, politics, being a single parent, and the small humans that wreck me

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StillIRise1963, to random
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I think we can now stop saying “google it” when looking for info. No one will find it there.

sortius,
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@StillIRise1963 hear hear, I know it's difficult for me to drop Google, but I've been making a concerted effort over the past few years to say "Do a web search" rather than "Google it"

seachanger, to random
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thinking about rebuilding our public squares in a hybrid digital age

  1. encourage public entities to share public info on public channels, not private platforms

  2. embrace sharing in real life, use email, snail mail, private messenger, radio, newspaper, public forum, neighborhood scale gathering

  3. create and use nonprofit and publicly owned social sharing platforms, but prioritize real life sharing when possible

sortius,
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@seachanger I know this is something people don't want to hear, but I can only speak to my lived experience.

What kills communities is cars. As much as we like to think about "online communities" being communities, they are not. I'm not saying they're a bad thing, but they're not a replacement for actual community.

I spent the last 7 or so years living in suburban Melbourne; great despite public transport, car central. No one walked, everything was "a quick drive to <insert place>" 1/2

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@seachanger I rode my cargo bikes, but even then, no one interacted with me.

It was until I moved back into the city I realised how much cars prevent day-to-day "hellos" in the street.

In the suburbs, where the car ruled, I was gaining weight, isolated, felt like it was killing me, but now I know people I live around, shop owners, even local figures (like "Carrot Man"); hell, I've even lost weight!!! All because most people walk or ride around here 2/2

stux, to Sony
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Well, I guess that’s it for #HELLDIVERS! It was fun as long as it lasted but like always, corporate greed has taken over

#Sony now required people to link their #Steam to their Sony-soon-gets-hacked-again accounts

I, like so many other players refuse this and just stopped playing all together since Sony just doesn’t give a shit about security

Review updated, guess they got what they wanted

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@stux I've seen some pretty poor defense of these actions, and I can't really swallow it.

They knew from the start that Sony was going to do this, they should have made clear that a Sony PSN account would be needed.

It's pretty deceptive, and I'd be pissed, too, even if I had a PSN account already

sortius, to auspol
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When a Prime Minister screams who they are, believe them.

If you support genocide, vote Labor, otherwise, there's better parties out there

sortius, to random
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I'd forgotten about this, but was reminded when looking through some old notes.

Netflix has super secret categories that you can't find without using category codes (all explained here, with a comprehensive list of them https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/the-netflix-id-bible-every-category-on-netflix/).

A good example for us Aussies is trying to find Australian movies, look no more, category 5230 is where you want to look (https://www.netflix.com/browse/genre/5230)

sortius, to environment
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This is why I have zero respect for Greenpeace.

A crop that could save 250k-500k children in the global south, and because it's openly GM, unlike all the rice, wheat, and barley, varieties that are available in the global north (Calrose, Amaroo, etc), Greenpeace are opposed to it.

Nothing sadder than a rich white environmentalist screaming at the global south that "YOU CAN'T DO THAT!" #environment https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/25/greenpeace-blocks-planting-of-lifesaving-golden-rice-philippines

sortius, to random
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Another brown jounalist loses their job for daring to challenge genocidal Israeli propagandists.

LBC have taken Sangita Myska off the air for her questions regarding Israel's acts of aggression against Iran.

Any news organisation that attempts to protect Israel is actively participating in genocide, and every employee, willingly or not, becomes a party to said genocide.

If you choose to stay silent as a journalist, you're the problem

sortius, to auspol
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I see we're already getting the centrist hacks painting it as a "tough budget" for Chalmers.

Fuck off.

There's nothing "tough" about the budget. It's fucking champagne and caviar... for the rich.

For the poor it's "We'll do what's fiscally responsible", a meaningless phrase created by meaningless people like Chalmers and Albanese

sortius, to auspol
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Equality Australia, who were mostly behind the successful Marriage Equality Plebiscite campaign, have a petition up about Cumberland Council in Sydney importing American book bans to the local library.

I don't normally ask people to sign petitions, but if you're in Australia, we need to end this practice before it begins, so, please do sign.

Book bans are causing immense harms in the US, we don't want or need it here https://equalityaustralia.org.au/our-work/areas-of-work/cumberland-council/

sortius, to auspol
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Bandt on the money, again.

Why are they acting surprised that Labor is backing gas? Labor is a party funded by fossil fuel companies, and bolstered by the MEU, once part of the CFMEU.

No one can be so naive to actually think Labor would take real steps against climate change, right? Look what the unions did to the last Labor PM that actually did

sortius, to auspol
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This is awesome news for Victorians: Victoria seeks to end draughty rentals in revamp of heating and cooling standards

TL;DR: aircon, draught proofing, and a certain amount of ceiling insulation in all rentals in VIC
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/03/victoria-rental-properties-heating-and-cooling-standards-air-conditioning-state-government-proposal

sortius, to random
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Aaah, great, Biden, so hell bent on facilitating genocide, has now attacked the ICC, and, by doing so, legitimised Hamas' 7th of October attack.

By dismissing the charges of the ICC's prosecutors, Biden has made clear that the ICC is wrong in all counts, and that both Netanyahu, and Yahya Sinwar, are off the hook.

I'm not sure that should sit well with Zionists, or anti-genocide groups, but that's what Biden has done.

Tell me again how he's better than Trump

sortius,
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@msquebanh yeh, I grew up with the two Bush Presidents invading Iraq, Obama was a breath of fresh air until he started justifying his drone strikes on weddings.

At that point I knew the American experiment was finished, or maybe it never even started.

As much as I think there's a large portion of Americans who are decent people, their political options are limited, and their governmental and electoral systems are designed to disenfranchise them at every turn

grivettcarnac, to Ottawa
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We’ve put roughly 4,800 kms on two e-bikes in just over a year. ~2,800 on the Yuba (no riding Dec-March) since end of April last year and 2,000 kms on our Load4 75 Reise & Muller since the end of August, 2023. We’ve had lots of bus trips and I’m averaging only 9 kms of walking a day. Living without a car can be very fucking frustrating and limiting in a city like but I wouldn’t trade it for anything

sortius,
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@grivettcarnac I did trade my cargo bike(s) for inner city living, and while I do miss them a bit, no regrets. The main reason is the trams here in Melbourne; without them I'm not sure I'd feel the same. I'll probably end up getting a new cargo bike, just to have it, soon enough. 😆

Still, 4800km is quite insane. Even in the suburbs I was doing maybe 1500km a year. Nice work

msquebanh, to random
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The #HiddenDisabilitiesSunflower program is designed for people who have what are sometimes called #InvisibleDisabilities.

A sunflower symbol displayed on a green lanyard, which is available for free at the airport, allows the wearer to voluntarily show that they have a -disability and may need extra time, patience or help.

Burns said the lanyard could be used by anyone with a hidden disability, such as autism, multiple sclerosis, COPD, dementia and hearing loss.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/travel/news/moncton-airport-adopts-international-program-to-recognize-people-with-hidden-disabilities/ar-AA1nzdD0

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@msquebanh I like this idea. I feel bad asking for tram seats, even if my feet and back are screaming, or my IBS is causing me to double over in pain.

I don't feel like justifying my invisible disabilities to randoms 😖

sortius,
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@msquebanh yep, even if just to make interactions less uncomfortable. I'm sure I'm not alone in avoiding confrontation when it comes to travelling

gwynnion, to random
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James Baldwin: "You never had to look at me. I had to look at you. I know more about you than you know about me. Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced."

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@gwynnion I've long blamed comfort for it.

White people (mostly) live amazingly comfortable lives. Even me, a poor white single dad, lives a fairly comfortable life even compared to the black or Indigenous women in the same position (that literally live across the street from me).

I'm not sure how you get cis-het white men to understand this, but I know why I do and it's not from the bloody education system

jpm, to random
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Hot cross buns seem to be being released earlier each year

sortius,
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@jpm wait, what? Did I just stroke out for 6 months?

sortius, to random
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Biden's unwavering support for Israel's genocide is enough to convince any sane human not to vote for him, or the Democratic party.

To say otherwise is ignorant, and the reason why Trump will get another shot.

People don't vote good governments in, they vote bad ones out. Until political operatives get this, they'll keep losing to fascists

Melissabeartrix, to random
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Revenge

Giggles

Hugz & xXx

https://au.news.yahoo.com/extraordinary-moment-wallaby-turns-tables-on-invasive-predator-030529706.html

sortius,
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@Melissabeartrix @mina yeh, was for hunting. Same as rabbits and deer

sortius, to cooking
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I don't normally spruik recipe books, well, except Larousse Gastronomique - if you don't own it, buy it, or offer "favours" to get it, it's vital - but I'm feeling the urge with RecipeTin Eat's cookbook.

My ex bought it for me, and I've used it a fair bit of late. Stuff that I already know how to cook checks out, and the stuff I've cooked out of it has turned out great https://www.recipetineats.com/cookbook/

Plus, Nagi is Aussie, and I like supporting local cookbook authors

ethanschoonover, to random
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Ok my guy, let’s set aside the fact that you haven’t read any philosophy that hasn’t been posted to hackernews. I can give a solid example of an idea that has “a long shelf life”: my decision to cancel my Spotify subscription the moment you paid joe rogan 100 million dollars.

That idea? Timeless.

sortius,
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@ethanschoonover I love how he mentions stoicism. Quite literally toxic masculinity in philosophical form

sortius, to random
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Well, my day is done.

I have 35g of legal weed, 30g of kombu, and 2 packets of Cup Noodle Seafood Rice

sortius,
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@msquebanh hehehe, yeh, but I don't eat sweet stuff often, so when I do, I go nuts

sortius,
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@msquebanh oh, I have a packet of Cadbury Marvellous Creations; jellies, popping candy, and candy beanies, in milk chocolate 😆

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