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• Diesel cars, wood fires contributing to pollution sending people to hospital

  A new study has found a clear link between air pollution exposure and the risk of ending up in hospital. It’s a battle Julia Ovens knows only too well.

• Post #1551854

  Not a lecture about Palestine. A lecture about our government, and why people who are opposed to the protests because of bullshit like “they’re bringing foreign wars to our shores” are dipshits who at best just have no fucking clue what they’re talking about. At worst, they’re actively defending genocide. Either way, absolute deadshits. That’s not you, I hope. Because up until now I had thought we were having a fairly cordial conversation. But that response…well, it doesn’t reflect well on you...

• Post #1536579

  I have no desire to bring any foreign wars to our shores. Nor should you. Depends on what you mean. If you mean literally, then yeah, duh. If you mean bringing it up in Australia, well…we live in a global world. It’s important that we push our government to do the right thing. That means, at a bare minimum, not selling weapons directly to assist in wars of aggression and genocides overseas, and not inviting heads of state of genocidal regimes to be guests in our country. It also probably m...

• Post #1536381

  I’ve also never come across this specific one in written form, but this kinda thing happens all the time. I did it right there. “Kind of” becomes “kinda” in spoken English, and occasionally also when written. Also coulda, woulda, shoulda, mighta, musta, gonna, wanna, gotta, sorta. Watcha doin? I dunno for certain, but imma guess you’ve probably seen or even used some of these before. It’s not exactly a whole nother language.

• Post #1521322

  The culture war has two sides as all wars do Well, sure. But there are two sides to the Israel-Palestine war, or Russia-Ukraine. But in both cases, it’s one side choosing for the war to happen, and the other side defending its own right to exist against hostile imperialism and aggression. Two sides existing doesn’t mean two sides both share the blame.

• Post #1519025

  I don’t ever ask someone’s pronouns, but I’m part of a community that happens to attract a fair few enbies and trans people. Without explicitly asking, I and my fellow longer-term members of the community make a very careful effort to get people’s pronouns right. Usually I make a judgment call based on how they present, and if I’m unsure I’ll use “they” until/unless corrected. I think the important thing to remember is that the “culture war” we see exported from America is not people asking fo...

• Post #1439253

  Ah, comics. Never change. Or do. Actually please do. Let Peter Parker grow old and have a happy family, damn it!