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• Post #4355368

  ‘Anyone who has driven at night in the last few years knows what I’m talking about: A modern crossover crests a hill in the opposite lane, and the cabin briefly fills with enough cold-white light to suggest a police helicopter has joined traffic. The obvious assumption is that drivers are simply leaving their high beams on more often, but the reality is more complicated.’ Yep… been blinded for critical seconds around bends many times and that was with beams dipped! There is a *Standard* to do w...

• Post #4163564

  That went well… Massive fail in my case. Blissful silence ensued throughout the day so far. I checked… yes my mobile is on. Yes, battery is over 50% (does the 5%age mattee?. Notification settings all turned on. Massive fail I’d say. Well done, great technology. Jeewizz I feel so much safer. #AusAlert https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/ausalert-emergency-warning-test-what-you-need-to-know-and-how-to-prepare/zghu8pk7o

• Post #4163563

  It doesn’t look like the Victorian Parliamentary Labor Causus was opposed to Allen’s legislative agenda as much as it was unconvinced Labor could win the coming election under her leadership. It might mean that Allen has burned through too much political trust with the electorates of Victoria and that the Party needs a new ‘face’ with an agenda that addresses Allen’s electoral shortcomings… Accountabilty, Transparency and action on corruption allegations. IMO there is are lessons here for #Alb...

• Post #4163562

  RE: https://mastodon.cloud/@slashdot/116983720071725567 I am no longer using Firefox as my default browser because…

• Post #4163561

  ‘Consumers cannot inspect supply chains or test what is inside a packet. They trust what is on the label.  But food fraud expert Karen Constable says that trust is being exploited. "We have a problem with food fraud," she says. ‘ Yet again it is not only an issue of having too many hands, not in creating and updating appropriate regulations and standards, but too many agencies charged with ‘policing, reporting and prosecuting’ food fraud. Creating a central agency to oversee...

• Post #4104272

  Consider signing this petition to call for a moritorium on large data centre builds in Australia. At least until we get the policy right and legal instruments are in place. Last thing we need is a dryer continent and higher energy prices. #GenAI can take the back seat on this Australian bus. https://c.org/kSWvYBPjHT #AusPol #DataCenters #GenAISlop #WaterResources #EnegryResources #AIlegislature

• Post #4082986

  @Soins_alternatifs_suisse@mastodon.social Thank you for your request to follow’ An unstated rule on the #Fedi is that if your account does not feature a profile which says something about you and your interests (or the account if it’s a bot) and doesn’t have some posts and/or at least one post with an #Introduction then your requests to #Follow are likely to be denied. It is a rule I apply as well. I was unable to see any of the above or any of your toots on your account. I’m unaware of any...

• Post #4003915

  There are only two observations I will make on these #tRUmp flunkies (#PaulineHanson #BridgitMackenzie and #BarnabyJoice among other #RWNJs), 1) they are either complete and utter idiots and have no mind of their own, OR, 2) they are the most despicable arseholes on the planet. There are not other ways to take this in. For the record: The above is merely an opinion based on the propaganda and reporting that is available to me from various News media outlets. If I were more charitable, I would...

• Post #3923090

  RE: https://mastodon.social/@lmf02/116943064775888029 New member #Introduction (First thing to do is to learn about hashtags to connect with like-minded tooters) Welcome

• Post #3873059

  @belvadave@mastodon.online Thank you for your request to follow An unstated rule on the #Fedi is that if your account does not feature a profile which says something about you and your interests (or the account if it’s a bot) and doesn’t have at least one post with an #Introduction then your requests to #Follow are likely to be denied. It is a rule I apply as well. Maybe next time? #Feditips #FediHelp #Fediverse #Mastodon 

• Post #3824353

  Our #PM has said: “ "We'll create a legal obligation for the next generation of large-scale data centres to underwrite new power supply, to pay their full share of grid connection, so no costs are passed on to homes or businesses," (Source ABC NEWS live) We’ll have to wait for the legislation to find out if #ClimateAction is in there, because, given what we see elsewhere, these #TechBros #Datacentres aren’t shy about burning #FossilFuels (enough to power entire citites in some ca...

• Post #3766767

  *Inside cybernetics, ANU-style* If this is any indication of how the ANU is run in terms of courses offered, then questions need to be asked and some full and transparant answers are required. What is it about #Universtities these days, it’s just one clusterfuck ofter another at the moment… “The School of Cybernetics is an anomaly in the higher education landscape. The course fees are advertised at $39,925, although it’s unclear how many students, past or present, have paid the full amount. It...

• Post #3758370

  Well, there is hope after all. The Commisioner, it seems, is indeed willing to listen to other than #GenocideApologists . “The head of the Jewish Council of Australia has been “overwhelmed” with support after giving evidence about attacks on her by neo-Nazis and the pro-Israel lobby. Sarah Schwartz said the antisemitism royal commission was “clearly interested” in the experiences of Jewish people who are critical of Israel, “particularly experiences of targeting and silencing”. “My evidence s...

• Post #3752926

  This is Kos Samaras’ #analysis of the #AUstralian #ELectorate: “Gen Z is the most socially progressive generation in Australian history. On climate, on gender, on multiculturalism, on sexuality, the debates that consumed their parents are simply settled questions for them. However – and this is where most commentary gets them wrong – their progressivism is not primarily cultural. It is economic. This is a generation psychologically predisposed to economic populism: hostile to concentrated wealt...

• Post #3619289

  It is comforting to know that the #Rich can’t do everything they want and that they will be held accountable. What is less clear is the ecological damage (vegetation and wildlife) that was done by the ?illegal? clearfelling of the land parcel. Even if the developer was to abide by the legally binding order to replant natives, it will take years to return to its original state. Unanswered are questions regarding the dubious ?shell? company which recently bought the land. Truly, #RealtyDevelopers...

• Post #3485634

  If further proof is needed (for those diehard who still believe the far-right SMR dream) #JohnQuiggin has reviewed the nuclear powerplant playing field to deliver his prognosis: “Looking at the world as a whole, the first half of 2026 has seen * two (2) new reactors connected to the grid, both in China * three (3) construction projects reaching first nuclear concrete, all in China * zero (0) new final investment decisions outside China * one (1) new/revised export contract, probably just symbol...

• Post #3462347

  @oz@uate.social An unstated rule on the #Fedi is that if your account does not feature a profile which says something about you and your interests (or the account it it’s a bot) and doesn’t have at least one post with an #Introduction then your requests to #Follow are likely to be denied. It is a rule I apply as well. Maybe next time?

• Post #2541822

  There is a lot of #enshitification out there. The latest concerns a toot conversation that was interesting enough for me to pursue somewhat but in order to do so I needed to read articles published on a site. And I had issues with its #Cookies and #Privacy Policy. First I was presented with a cookie message which I could only get past by ‘accepting’ the site’s policy. There was no ‘Opt Out’ or ‘Decline’ options available and the message could not be removed from the screen (making reading any...

• Post #2378575

  This gives me hope that Australians, by and large, aren’t what #PHON is all about: “Australian voters are sorting not on left-right economic axes but on openness-versus-authoritarian trait dimensions, and the sort is accelerating. Right-wing cultural populism, the One Nation product, mobilises the authoritarian end of that distribution. It is effective in cohorts where authoritarian traits are over-represented: older voters, voters with low formal education, voters in racially and culturally ho...

• Post #2330382

  #AlboPM has consistently argued and recently publically confirmed that he believes the #HousingCrisis issue is a #SupplySide problem (I.e. cut red-tape and throw enough money at the problem and it be resolved). Well, here is something that shows us not only how wrong our #PM can be, but how stubbornly he holds on to his opinions no matter what (a behaviourly trait that will, I foresee, bring his undoing as leader of the #Labor party): “…right now, more than 100,000 approved dwellings are sitti...

• Post #2329676

  As expected, #GregJericho does not mince his words in his latest criticism of the #RBA. In fact, he shows the RBA for what it truly is, a proxy for the #BCA (Business Council of Australia), the all powerful #NeoLiberal #Lobby. “the RBA really does not give one damn about inflation or even “inflationary expectations”. Truly – Michele Bullock has belled the cat on this now that she has admitted raising interest rates has nothing to do with inflation. All the RBA cares about is wages growth – th...

• Post #2158626

  Gowwd… this so resonated with me. Like a cathedral bell inside my head, banging me into some awakened state. It’s slowly dawning on me that it’s time for another change in the way I live my life. Here I was thinking, I got this. I know what’s going on and I’m prepared for it. I have skills enough to recognise what it’s doing to me. Well, let me tell you. No matter how prepared and skilled you think you are, you can be fooled given enough time. As an unlikable army intelligence instructor I once...

• Post #2158625

  This is hitting too close to home to feel complacent about the lack of #SocialHousing “An Indigenous woman, living in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, gave birth to twins in a tent. One of those babies died. In a tent. Where their parents were living, because the waiting list for social housing in their area is up to seven years. The Sydney Morning Herald’s Amber Schultz has reported nearly 700 people are on the social housing waitlist in Wagga Wagga, a city with fewer than 70,00...

• Post #2158621

  Seems I’m in error when tooting that #GasExport contract have ‘fixed prices’. They are way more complicated than that from what I am reading. Nonetheless, they do exempt govt tax regime changes in some form or other (I haven’t gone deeply enough — nor do I intend to — into the complex details of contractual clauses to clarify this). None of the above changes what matters most one iota. Australia gets bugger all benefit from gas export, the environment is heavily compromised and nothing the #Ga...

• Post #2158617

  Why is it that it is the creative arts that must push politics to humanitarian action? More artists need to act though… #Writing #WritingCommunity #AusPol https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/07/jm-coetzee-declines-jerusalem-writers-festival-israels-genocidal-campaign-gaza-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

• Post #2116830

  It’s all laid for you all right here… The #RBA is freeking useless and guess who’s going to pay that bill… https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/may/05/does-the-rba-really-have-to-raise-interest-rates #AusPol #RBA #Inflation #CashRate

• Post #1948877

  Yet more on the power of the #Zionist lobby, the strength with which #Israeli #UltraNationalists, facing credible allegation of #genocide in #Gaza and likely in #Lebanon, can impact some of our most venerable education institution is mind boggling. It defies belief. #UQP ought to be less succeptible to this sort of politically inspired censorship given its seat is in a renowned #University. “Authors cut ties The event that sparked the mass exodus of authors in the past weeks was UQP’s decision...

• Post #1903682

  But if you can't wait... -/1 Australia is deeply engaged in discussions with the United States about handing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) — and the militia-like ICE — access to Australians’ biometric data, documents obtained under freedom of information (FOI) show. They also reveal that the US grab for our most unique personal information is significantly wider in scope than indicated by other countries’ negotiations with the US. For months, Crikey has been engaged in a la...

• Post #1881501

  RE: https://mastodon.social/@IndyMediaAus/116501896025226750 I’ve been thinking. Maybe, we’ve all got it wrong and #AlboPM is not colluding with the #GasIndustry at all and there are good reasons why he is not slapping a substantial #GasExpotTax on those bloddy #Grifters and their #Shareholders. But we just don’t know about it. Sure it would help if #AlboPM manned up and explain himself without using dumb soundbites and quips that, translated, mean we’re all dimwits and wouldn’t understand even...

• Post #1818890

  Why are we farting around and bailing out failed enterprises anyway. They fail because too much $$ has been taken out of them until the kitty runs out. And whose responsibility is that? Not the public that’s for sure. So why bail them out? Instead, let’s #Nationalise the bloody paupers. With #NotForProfit status, these same #FailedEnterprises would survice and provide much needed jobs and supply independence to the Australian economy. Of course, such a move would mean the #Rats have no where to...