My feed is filled with bad news, which is my fault for using the fediverse as a news feed, but it made me wonder: Which organisations, groups or individual people in the world are doing the most good for our world? I'm particularly interested in those who manage to do good on a larger impact scale (quantity or quality), but if...
Victorian woman Kathryn Beaton says repeated, illegal denials of service from drivers refusing to allow her guide dog into their vehicles have left her effectively housebound....
Anyone got any recommendations or warnings about specific hdd / ssd / storage brands or models at the moment? Thinking about buying another drive instead of being smart and cleaning up my files. I've been pretty happy with Samsung but I've heard they had a clunker of a drive with high failure rates lately. HDD, SSD and I think I...
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a new pact with the low-lying island country of Tuvalu, allowing residents facing displacement from climate change the ability resettle in Australia....
Urine samples collected from wild chimpanzees in Uganda over decades have revealed older female chimps undergo hormonal changes much like those in menopausal humans.
Prosecutors will allege officer Kristian White’s actions were ‘grossly disproportionate’ and ‘excessive’ after 95-year-old grandmother died after the incident
Title changed from original for better internationalisation, because the ABC hates assuming you see their articles outside of their specific site categories....
It was so nice to hear something heavier coming from such skilled female vocals, I don't think we got much of that until the 90s. It wasn't necessarily a representative sound for björk but it was representative of her ability to go wherever she wanted in genre.
I had never heard or seen anything like this before, it was mesmerisingly weird. Dutch gabber hard-core that made it huge in Australia for weeks as a one-hit wonder.
OC Once again, I am calling on manufacturers to improve their sealing glues
Who is doing the most good in the world, and how?
My feed is filled with bad news, which is my fault for using the fediverse as a news feed, but it made me wonder: Which organisations, groups or individual people in the world are doing the most good for our world? I'm particularly interested in those who manage to do good on a larger impact scale (quantity or quality), but if...
Legally blind woman left anxious and in tears after rideshare drivers refuse to pick her up 23 times in six weeks (www.abc.net.au)
Victorian woman Kathryn Beaton says repeated, illegal denials of service from drivers refusing to allow her guide dog into their vehicles have left her effectively housebound....
OC This was sold as a "fruit salad". Technically the truth, but not the best kind of truth.
Thinking about buying more storage. Warn me of the lemons!
Anyone got any recommendations or warnings about specific hdd / ssd / storage brands or models at the moment? Thinking about buying another drive instead of being smart and cleaning up my files. I've been pretty happy with Samsung but I've heard they had a clunker of a drive with high failure rates lately. HDD, SSD and I think I...
Tuvalu residents able to resettle in Australia as climate change 'threatens its existence' (www.abc.net.au)
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a new pact with the low-lying island country of Tuvalu, allowing residents facing displacement from climate change the ability resettle in Australia....
OC Okunoin (奥の院) is the world's oldest still-used graveyard. It's located in a cedar forest on a mountain and nature is constantly reclaiming the monuments.
OC A small dose of 1997(?) TV nostalgia I found. It's only 5cm tall, so useless in every way
For the first time, scientists have found evidence of menopause in wild chimpanzees (www.abc.net.au)
Urine samples collected from wild chimpanzees in Uganda over decades have revealed older female chimps undergo hormonal changes much like those in menopausal humans.
This is where we rick-roll people, right? (youtu.be)
I put a bait and switch in your bait and switch so you could bait while you switch.
Australia's most gas-dependent state is being forced to phase it out. Why? Will other states follow? (www.abc.net.au)
"It's no longer plentiful, it's no longer cheap and it's also a fossil fuel." Why the Victorian government is pushing people to ditch gas.
Today I made ice for the first time in 3-4 years
I finally found the spring for my freezer's ice tray which I had put away in a "logical place" for "safe keeping" until I was able to fix it....
OC 1970's Leteron / Typesetting machine with scattered Helvetica plates.
NSW police officer said ‘na bugger it’ before tasering Clare Nowland, court documents allege (amp.theguardian.com)
Prosecutors will allege officer Kristian White’s actions were ‘grossly disproportionate’ and ‘excessive’ after 95-year-old grandmother died after the incident
OC Sunset on a city street in Sydney, Australia
OC Partially dismembered piano accordion
[via australia@aussie.zone] Western Australia's lower house of parliament now has equal representation between men and women for the first time (www.abc.net.au)
Post title changed from article title for better internationalisation. Original title:...
Fell at the first hurdle
Australia's top public investigation organisation finishes 12 volume report on Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, after 4 year long inquiry. (www.abc.net.au)
Title changed from original for better internationalisation, because the ABC hates assuming you see their articles outside of their specific site categories....
Pearl Jam - Do the Evolution (1998) (piped.video)
This song came up in a "Best Music Videos of all time" thread the other day and it has been haunting me since then....
The Oldest Known Written Complaint: Clay tablet written on by Nanni to Ea-nāṣir, Ur (Southern Iraq), circa 1750 BC
Roni Size - Brown Paper Bag (1997) (yewtu.be)
Early English Drum and Bass classic
Army of Me - björk (1995) (yewtu.be)
It was so nice to hear something heavier coming from such skilled female vocals, I don't think we got much of that until the 90s. It wasn't necessarily a representative sound for björk but it was representative of her ability to go wherever she wanted in genre.
The Elf Owl is the smallest owl on the world, height ~ 13 cm / 5", weight ~ 40 g / 1.4 oz, wingspan ~ 27 cm / 10.5" (photocontest.smithsonianmag.com)
Source: Smithsonian photo contest 2015
Hocus Pocus - Here's Johnny! (1993) (youtu.be)
I had never heard or seen anything like this before, it was mesmerisingly weird. Dutch gabber hard-core that made it huge in Australia for weeks as a one-hit wonder.