I’d hold off on that until they have half a shot at enforcing the 16 part and basic safety. Seriously, require licenses for those motor vehicles. Someone I know had to give first aid when two teens crashed into a parked car and came out with asphalt grazes on their face. Luckily, one of them had a helmet!
I fear that scooter money and shitty government means someone will die before we get the laws we need to protect riders and those around them.
[I’m not sure if @ pinging works, so just in case it doesn’t, I’m replying just so you know I referenced this post over here]
However, best to start as we would mean to continue.
Only if it makes sense. @[email protected] has a valid point about having smaller communities until there’s enough traffic to justify dividing it up, which I personally think is less critical on aussie.zone due to how the site is set up but can be make-or-break on forums with distinct boards, where it just gets filled with 3 half-dead communities instead of 1 active, inviting community.
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Agreed.
Yeah I assumed “high seas” just meant the waves were big, not “high” as in hundreds of kilometres upwards. Well we’d better be careful where we shine laser pointers if this all decides to happen.
In a Canberra press conference, Albanese said Plibersek was “very positive” about her move from environment.
Yeah I’m glad they’re leaving too. (Not that I have more faith in their replacement)
I can’t recall they’re being a minister or special envoy for men’s health before. Is this a first?
As far as I can tell, yes. It’s a new position and I see no evidence of any similar one before it.
Honestly, about bloody time - any gender study student worth their salt should be able to tell you a few of the issues uniquely facing men and how they impact society. The implied ideas that men are just the default, or that mens issues are just common sense to the man-dominated parliament, or that patriarchy doesn’t hurt men too, are all harmful to our society.
Fun little USA fact: the feminist movement played an core role in updating the FBI definition (used in statistics) of ‘rape’, which now acknowledges male victims as a result of their campaign. Men’s liberation and feminism have plenty of shared interests and succeed best as parallel and complementary movements, or where applicable, as one umbrella movement.
As a counter question: if you’d prefer to see less news and politics, what sort of content would you prefer to be posted instead? There might not be enough.
I’ll leave this question to others, since my account is very much focused on news and politics.
Is there a specific issue you are trying to fix or is the duplication the issue?
It’s mostly the duplication, but also that it would frustrate people who don’t want to see all the politics posts. (For what it’s worth, I think politics is important and people should be informed whether they want to or not, but there are valid reasons for wanting to block politics comms for a while.)
Nothing’s really broken, but this is something that can be nipped in the bud if other users think it deserves fixing.
The crap I’ve heard Zionists say to anti-Zionist Jews, this is right on the money.
Related to tests and skills, What if we just didn’t mark students?, a short talk from a university course runner and educator in general.
It makes some points that are already familiar or easy to notice, but it’s also an interesting exploration of academia, tests and skills. I know some students who learn under that lecturer and what they’re taling about clearly comes through in the course structure. One notable part is that one tutorial class is responsible for making notes for each week of lectures, and the whole cohort is allowed to bring those collaborative notes into the exam, like a semi-open book test. I heard they just decided one class to have a lesson on rhetoric instead of cybersecurity because it’s a pretty nerdy industry and one involving invisible risks, and there’s no point being an expert if you can’t convince your boss to let you fix the problems.
I always love ABC’s interactive visualisations. They’re usually well-made, and usually aren’t just tacked on jiggling keys.
(obligatory shout-out to explorable explanations[wiki][collection], a similar concept)
I really appreciate Babish’s deadpan humour style, it’s a nice contrast to the plastic enthusiasm of most cooking shows.
haha I wasn’t expecting the UNSW intro. This video is absolutely preaching to a choir but it’s a great little clip.
“The Try Guys” have a series of Aus videos, they’re long-form professionally-made 20 minute episodes. These are the main food ones:
Guy Fieri trying an Australian bakery in Kansas (Missouri, USA), Banksia. Not quite the same vibe as the vids I was talking about, it’s more like an SBS food show segment, but I’d say worth a mention. (and the presentation isn’t too Americanised, which is nice)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=qzXv1piIYQM
There are two sections of them showing how they make the potato beef pies and the sausage rolls w/ fennel.
This one is a huge family trying Australian lollies, but I’m surprised it wasn’t just the standard most-famous ones, it has Chomp bars, Violet Crumble, Curlywurly’s, Freddo frogs, Freckles, Caramellos, Minties, Clinkers, Wizz Fizz (“is this like a drink mix?”), Tim Tams and Warheads, and including some international ones like Mars bars, Milky Way and Smarties.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Xds-QM_UK0g
If it makes you feel better, I can call you a fukken seppo wanker. Will that do the trick, mate? ;)
Now we all love a good chuckle at Clive Palmer’s money thrown down the drain, but spare a ha-ha for Rinehart’s $500,000 in donations to Liberal parties.
It’s pretty funny that Gina asserts, or perhaps even believes, that the typical Aussie wants to cut government wastage more than Rinehart wastage.
We’ve already got too many US patriots.
If they’ve read the history section, there’s a solid chance.