Australian living near Brisbane. Cis-het married cat lady, retired web developer, vigorously pro-choice atheist and feminist. My train station is Lawnton, I shop at Warner, and I have a potato for a federal MP.
Diagnosed at 60 as #ActuallyAutistic. Strong opinions, many interests, boring AF. I don't get out much
My pronouns are she/her. My cats are Shula (black) and Jana (tortie).
@anathema_device on Mastodon
This is Kuro, the other cat
Trump marks Independence Day by sharing vulgar attack on Biden (www.independent.co.uk)
The profanity-laced message expressed a common sentiment among Trump supporters
Australia's 'best dunnies' named (www.9news.com.au)
This is Shiro the cat
YSK that Kbin can subscribe not only to magazines and communities, but entire instances.
This may be useful for folks looking to expand their feed. I discovered this on accident and it completely revolutionized my experience on Kbin....
Supreme Court lets gender dysphoria ruling stand in win for transgender rights (phys.org)
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday let stand a federal appeals court ruling that found people with gender dysphoria should be protected against discrimination under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)....
RBA interest rates: Reserve Bank of Australia leaves official cash rate steady at 4.1% (www.theguardian.com)
The Magic of Moss: The Tiny Plant Absorbs 6x More CO2 Than Other Plants, Says New Study (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
Found in at least 12,000 varieties from snow-capped mountains to red-hot deserts, moss is the oldest living relative of all plants
iOS AppStore privacy preview for Meta’s upcoming ActivityPub-based app Threads
It took the sitter a hot minute to find him this morning
Why "kbin"?
Hi there! So I'm two weeks in to kbin and I think I have a layman's understanding of the fediverse, but I'm still not the most technical person, so I thought I'd just post my questions here....
Standard issue nap
My cat is really good at hiding
The Supreme Court Doesn’t Care That the Gay Wedding Website Case Is Based on Fiction (newrepublic.com)
It still feels unnerving to some, even those caught in the crossfire, to see injuries invented wholesale and lies accepted by the highest court in the land.
One of three men charged over a home invasion in Brisbane's west on the weekend where three people were attacked with knives was on a return-to-prison warrant (www.abc.net.au)
#1 won by a landslide! Thanks for all the voting and feedback everyone! Now, what is his name? 🤔
Edit: Vote on the poll for a name!...
AOC urges Congress to consider 'subpoenas' if Chief Justice Roberts won't testify about SCOTUS gift scandal (www.businessinsider.com)
Article- Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez raised the possibility that Congress should consider subpoenaing Chief Justice John Roberts if he stands by his refusal to testify about ethical questions hanging over the high court....
Activists sue Harvard over legacy admissions after affirmative action ruling (www.cbsnews.com)
A civil rights legal group is challenging legacy admissions at Harvard University, calling it racial discrimination.
COMMUNITY BATTERY FOR COORPAROO. (westender.com.au)
TL;DR: The Australian Labor party is fulfilling its 2022 election promise by installing a new community battery in Coorparoo. Community batteries, a relatively new concept in Australia, are shared resources that store excess rooftop solar-generated electricity for later use. They are about the size of a 4WD and can store the...
Australian lawyer has $190k reward offered against him by Hong Kong authorities (www.abc.net.au)
How Can I Set Custom CSS in a Magazine's Appearance Panel?
Hi. I have tried typing some CSS rules into the CSS field in my magazine's Appearance Panel, but I don't see any change when I save it. Can someone give me some pointers on what to put in the field?...
Where do you get your Brisbane news?
Inspired by this earlier post, where do you get your news? I refuse to read the Courier Mail, obvious the Brisbane reddit is NBG now, the Brisbane Times is a Fairfax rag and has much more southern content than Queensland, and very little truly Brisbane reporting....
Republicans accused of faking Whatsapps to smear Hunter Biden (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Lawyer for President Joe Biden’s son says screengrabs released by investigating committee suggesting leverage for business deal are bogus
We need to either rework the the upvote/downvote system or to get rid of it completely. It's not fulfilling its task anymore.
The upvote system is way too rudimentary to work efficiently. The upvote incite people to post to become more popular, not to post more interesting content....