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
Anglican Church sacked Headmaster over compensation to child sexual abuse victims (archive.md)
I’m not usually one to share links, but my old school’s Headmaster (Dr Paul Browning at St Paul’s School) is in a little bit of trouble with the Anglican church for compensating child sexual abuse victims from incidents in the 80s/90s. As he started in 2008, those victims technically weren’t his problem but he refunded...
Anger at Andrew Forrest's mining company's decision to switch off mobile coverage (www.abc.net.au)
Scott Morrison rejects he misled government over Robodebt (thenewdaily.com.au)
Peter Dutton showed “all the empathy of a rock” in responding to Robodebt
The education minister, Jason Clare, said opposition leader Peter Dutton had shown “all the empathy of a rock” in responding to Robodebt....
Full program for 2023 Brisbane Festival revealed
More than 1,000 events and performances will bring the city to life as part of this year's Brisbane Festival with one of the festival's biggest shows transforming an entire warehouse....
Call out post for a particular karma farmer on kbin.social
@pollodiabolo - this user is a karma whore of epic proportions and they have made a shit load (10-15+) accounts on kbin that boost and upvote each other while sometimes mass downvoting others that have posts trending towards the top - all to farm karma....
No subject in American politics exhibits our reliance on strawman more than the abortion debate.
Pro-lifers hate women and want to control their bodies. Pro-choicers hate babies and care about their own convenience more than the lives of children....
[Meta] - Does this Brisbane community want news site links/posts?
I’ve been posting to multiple communities whatever I find that’s even remotely interesting. I figure at the moment activity is the most important thing for newcomers to Lemmy....
OPINION: BRISBANE – THE CITY THAT’S ALSO A FOREST.
"But if (as these overpaid Olympics planners and marketing ‘experts’ are insisting) Brisbane ‘needs’ to develop a straightforward, easily-summarised narrative about what makes us special and different from a thousand other cities around the world, we should start by recognising that we are already Australia’s greenest...
The Most Misunderstood Concept in Physics (www.youtube.com)
One of the most important, yet least understood, concepts in all of physics. Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to start your free 30-day trial, and th...
California girl gets license to own a unicorn (www.cbsnews.com)
California has granted a little girl a first-of-its-kind license to own a unicorn, provided the 7-year-old can find one. She had to agree to provide nourishment like watermelon, exposure to sunlight, moonbeams and rainbows, and polish its horn with a soft cloth. David Begnaud has more.
Brisbane Foto Friday
Our first weekly /c/brisbane Foto Friday. The rules are simple: share your favourite photo you took in Brisbane this week!
Presumed human remains found in Titan sub debris (www.bbc.com)
Medical experts will analyse the presumed remains, the US Coast Guard said.
Plan for Gabba tower cites affordable housing ... but doesn’t include any (www.brisbanetimes.com.au)
“Due to the prominent inner-city location of the site, the provision of affordable dwellings within the building is not considered appropriate. Units within the development will, however, be an aspirational purchase decision for many who will use the purchase to elevate themselves up the property ladder,” Saunders Havill...
Deputies accused of abusing Black men are fired by Mississippi sheriff amid federal probe (apnews.com)
All five Mississippi deputy sheriffs accused of beating and sexually assaulting two Black men before shooting one of them in the mouth have been fired.
French police kill teen who refused traffic stop (www.bbc.com)
A 17-year-old is shot dead near Paris in broad daylight after failing to obey traffic police.
Prominent billionaire James Crown dies in crash at Colorado racetrack (www.cbsnews.com)
The 70-year-old's official cause of death is still under investigation, but the coroner said "blunt force trauma is evident" from the crash.
Tucker Carlson: Fox News names Jesse Watters to replace star anchor (www.bbc.co.uk)
Jesse Watters, who joined the network in 2002, will host the channel's primetime evening slot.
Wagner Russian Paramilitary Chief Says His Forces Will Turn Around (www.nytimes.com)
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner mercenary group, made the announcement minutes after the leader of Belarus announced successful talks with the Wagner boss.
Anyone up to anything interesting this weekend?
Getting out and about? Staying at home under the doona?
Women in the History of Science | Free book download (www.uclpress.co.uk)
Women in the History of Science brings together primary sources that highlight women’s involvement in scientific knowledge production around the world. Drawing on texts, images and objects, each primary source is accompanied by an explanatory text, questions to prompt discussion, and a bibliography to aid further research....
Biden is ready to fete India's leader, looking past Modi's human rights record and ties to Russia (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden is honoring Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a state visit this week. Biden is extending the high honor even though Modi’s government has stayed on the sidelines in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and as human rights activists express alarm about the state of India’s democracy. The Biden...
Why Reddit Is Destined to Turn to Crap (www.motherjones.com)
Users are facing down the web forum's IPO plans, but Big Tech's attract-and-extract cycle can't be stopped.
Buy Ernest a coffee to keep this thing going on!
Link from the About section at the bottom....