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Labor branch in Albanese’s electorate passes motion supporting Fatima Payman
  • idk much about politics or how the ALP works, and didn't even read the article, but unless there's something specific about Labor branches that have voted to support Albanese's position, it's one sided reporting by definition ...

    Edit: I scanned the article and there appears to only be reporting on those 6 branches that were against the PM. For all we know, every other branch (hundreds?, thousands?) supports the PM. One sided.

  • What's with all of these stories about beauty companies on ABC
  • The enshITAfication continues even after Ita Buttrose left.

    It will not be completed until it becomes a cross between the Australian Women's Weekly and Cleo, including centerfolds of random b-list celebrities.

  • On the Internet, what is a dead giveaway that someone is actually a kid?
  • AIs are eagerly scooping up this as a source lol

  • What’s really inside vapes? We pulled them apart to find out
  • It's insanity. Rechargeable batteries were the default. You could switch out for a better battery. The whole vape scene looked to be a big win for decreasing smoking and reducing costs.

    Then big tobacco and the government got involved.

    It's literally buying rechargeable batteries and throwing them away after the first use. (Yes, I have also yelled at someone when they did that with some AA Eneloops 🙄).

    As an aside, I don't smoke or vape, but had an interest in batteries, and some of the info that would come from some of the vape sites was fantastic.

  • 'A king above the law': US Supreme Court's Trump ruling prompts judges to warn of 'nightmare scenarios'
  • It staggers me that in reality so much of the operation of various countries democracies have relied upon good people acting in good faith.

    Was Scomo making himself anything less than a king by secretly appointing himself as the minister in charge for every key portfolio? Roll out martial law, and congratulations, you have a new dictator. Surely, he could have done it with the panic around covid.

    I always thought that looking back through history, with the lessons from ancient Egypt, Greece, the Roman Empire and even the rise of Stalin, Hitler etc we would be aware of what to look for and wouldn't fall for the same thing over and over.

    But it still seems to be so incredibly easy to achieve. It doesn't seem to matter how 'democratic' you are, or how democratic you think your society is.

    I am disappoint....

  • Sydney discussion thread for the week of Mon Jul 01 2024
  • Ooh, Happy New Financial Year!

  • Sydney Swans v Fremantle Highlights | Round 16, 2024 | AFL
  • Swannies need to sort out their slow starts.

    Can't keep giving teams 20 point starts.

  • People doing the 30 days linux Challenge are having several problems because of Mint's old packages and technology. Why people still recommend it when there is Fedora and Opensuse with KDE and Gnome?
    • Excitedly get new machine. Install Debian.

    • Not so excitedly search error messages.

    • Dejectedly find need kernel/drivers that's 18 months later than the Debian versions

    • boot sysrescuecd to find next distro to write to USB drive ....

    • kick self for buying shiny, latest hardware without checking for linux support. Again....😡

  • [Silly Thought Exercise] What over-the-top absurd person would you choose to replace Biden who you think could actually body Trump, and why?
  • K to the N to the O-P-E
    She's the dopest little shorty in all Pawnee.. Indiana

    But Joe Biden was Leslie's hero. She'd never run against him.

  • It's winter. so what is your favourite icecream / gelato / frozen yog flavour?
  • I love ice cream, and a 1l or 2l tub is lucky to make it past 2 days.

    But I struggled with my last tub. It's the first time I can remember that I went 'Nah, I don't want any. It'll be too cold and just unpleasant'. I could only bring myself to eat it at lunchtime.

    And now I've actually stood in front of the fridge at the supermarket and gone 'Brrrr, no I'm not buying that. It'll be cold'.

    Somebody help me. I'm now literally softer than ice cream sitting in the sun on a summer's day 😢

  • Brisbane to introduce Airbnb permits for property owners amid housing crisis crackdown
  • Yeah, when so many of the elected have investment properties, there's no incentive to change the way things are 😔

  • Brisbane to introduce Airbnb permits for property owners amid housing crisis crackdown
  • It really feels like a 'Do something, anything!' situation.

    To use a cricket analogy, take any easy singles now, and you can hit the boundaries when(if?) they come.

  • Steam users have spent $19 billion on games they’ve never played
  • And I've spent $0 on 19 billion free games that I'm never going to play....

  • A good engineer prepares for every use case.
  • A good engineer prepares for every use case.

    What normally happens is that the engineer will raise the corner cases and then be told that will never happen and they must not prepare for those use cases. Also, they can now deliver a week earlier.

  • Brisbane to introduce Airbnb permits for property owners amid housing crisis crackdown
  • I'm dubious this will have any effect, but at least it's trying something. I'm sure other cities & states will be watching...

    With the nation wide housing issues, it can't be solved with one silver bullet, it needs many policies to work together. Every little thing helps.

  • 'I signed up to be a b****, not a criminal': Australia's 'most-hated' TV villain speaks
  • I can't help feeling kinda sorry for most reality tv contestants now.

    The latest one that really got to me was Alone. I watched a couple of different countries versions. It basically is leaving people in the middle of nowhere until they have a mental breakdown. I bailed out part way through a season. I just couldn't watch any more, it was so depressing.

    To want to be on any of these reality shows, I just keep feeling bad for them.

  • Sydney discussion thread for the week of Mon Jun 17 2024
  • Nice!

    And go Swannies ! Hope it's a good game, despite the weather!

  • Sydney discussion thread for the week of Mon Jun 17 2024
  • Week nearly over, but looks like we'll all be getting rained on for the rest of it!

    On the positive side, guess I can't mow the lawn. Awwwwwww 🤣

  • old.reddit.com login redirects to www.reddit.com/login

    I use old.reddit.com, and had trouble logging in from there today. "Too many redirects". I also use the Redirect to old.reddit.com extension. When I disabled that, the login link it now takes you to is https://www.reddit.com/login/. That, of course, takes you to www.reddit.com.

    The old 'popup' login box has been removed. I also noticed that the in sub logins where they used to have username/password entry boxes have been removed.

    More reddit enshitification to try and make us use their horrible UI.

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    Nominating Valtteri Bottas for *compulsory* Aussie citizenship

    He's passed EVERY test. He's more Aussie than anyone I know!

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    Happy New Year!

    Hope you're enjoying yourself, and have a great 2024!

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    Merry Christmas Sydney 25 January 2023

    Hope everyone has an exciting or relaxing Christmas. Whichever one they wished for!

    And be safe in your travels.

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    Short Film :A man who stutters is forced to drive a voice-activated car. | Voice Activated

    Great little piece that hits a surprising range of emotions

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    www.theguardian.com Small modular nuclear reactor that was hailed by Coalition as future cancelled due to rising costs

    Opposition climate and energy spokesperson had pointed to SMRs as a solution to Australia’s energy needs, but experts raise questions over price tag

    Small modular nuclear reactor that was hailed by Coalition as future cancelled due to rising costs

    So, it appears the first SMR project in the US was scrapped due to rising costs.

    An Aussie SMR would take 10-15 years before even being online and we'd be the guinea pigs.

    Perhaps it's time to pivot to technology already available and that can be implemented in the short term?

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    Brilliant troll. Better than Santa Claus

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    www.abc.net.au Queensland opposition backflips on support for state's Path to Treaty

    Five months after LNP MPs voted in favour of the laws to set up a First Nations Treaty Institute and a truth-telling and healing inquiry, leader David Crisafulli has declared the path to treaty is "not the right way forward for Queensland".

    Queensland opposition backflips on support for state's Path to Treaty

    I wonder if other LNP state parties might follow?

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    Fascinating analysis of the casing stones on the Great Pyramid.

    Also recommend Updating the Great Pyramids Internal Ramp Theory

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    What Red Hot Chili Peppers sound like to people who don't like Red Hot Chili Peppers

    What do you call it when you laugh, but are offended at the same time?

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    Is Earth's Largest Heat Transfer Really Shutting Down?
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    With unprecedented heat waves and record-breaking global temperatures, it’s hard to believe that there might be a place on earth that has actually COOLED since the industrial revolution. But, it turns out, there is such a spot. The COLD BLOB off of Greenland mystified scientists for years, but new studies have uncovered a scary reality - this cool patch might be a warning of the impending collapse of a vital earth circulation system. And the consequences would be dire.

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    2023 FIFA World Cup @aussie.zone No1 @aussie.zone
    Match Thread: Quarter Final :Australia v France

    Somebody has to do it!

    Carn the Tillies!

    Apologies in advance for my shitposts...

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    Goodnight all. Gran said post this. She loves you all.
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    Sorry if this is not rage,but hoping people's fave songs qualify

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    Daily Discussion Thread - Friday 21 July, RIP sydbot

    After being missing for 5 days, we have called off the search for sydbot.

    RIP, little buddy. Hope you and your other bot friends are beeping and boopiing in bot heaven

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    www.abc.net.au For the first time since 2015, an Australian is leading the Tour de France

    For the first time since 2015 an Australian is wearing the yellow leader's jersey at the Tour de France.

    For the first time since 2015, an Australian is leading the Tour de France

    Good on ya, Jai Hindley!

    Il est vraiment un champion!

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