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@troberts@theblower.au yes but higher revenue just means bigger losses. There is no path to profitability for these companies.
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Reminder that Mark Zuckerberg really really really wants you not to read Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams.
So, obviously, whatever you do, don't read it or little Mark will get upset.
#Censorship
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/31/meta-legal-action-forces-facebook-whistleblower-to-stay-silent-at-hay-festival
Nice lady at the Woolies check out asked me if I was collecting whatever it is they're giving away this month.
I said, "is that plastic crap that will just end up in the ocean and kill fish?". She said "yes it is. I will pass your feedback on to management."
Albanese is so full of shit, making out that restricting gambling advertising will somehow affect 'people who just want to have a punt on the weekend'.
#LaborValues #Gambling #AusPol
It may not have made much difference this time, but Labor needs to understand that they were never going to succeed against a populist, anti-elite insurgency with a former staffer and corporate lobbyist as a candidate.
Reminder that the Pharmacy Guild are the worst rent-seekers in the country.
"...the guild also fought a furious but ultimately unsuccessful public campaign against the introduction of 60-day prescribing in 2023, an initiative that meant patients with certain chronic diseases enjoyed a dramatic reduction in the cost of their medications and needed fewer visits to their doctor and pharmacist. While the guild claimed at the time the move would lead to the closure of between 200 and 600 community pharmacies due to financial pressures, the health minister’s office tells The Saturday Paper that 54 new pharmacies have opened nationwide since the change."
#AusPol
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/2026/07/18/how-pharmacy-guild-got-so-powerful
"We heard similar arguments before tobacco advertising was banned. We heard them before seatbelt laws, random breath testing and plain packaging. Powerful industries almost always argue that reform will go too far. History usually judges otherwise."
#AusPolhttps://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260703-from-guns-to-gambling-fierce-industry-backlash-is-often-a-sign-reform-is-necessary
"A bolder play would be to call out Trump as the key source of global economic instability and declare that the Albanese government is committed to protecting Australia against that instability, in the same way that Mark Carney has made a virtue of protecting Canada’s interests against Trump. If Albanese was lucky, an enraged Trump might hit back and shut down AUKUS, thereby rescuing taxpayers from the truly profound stupidity of our defence and security establishment, and rusted-on Americanophiles like Richard Marles. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves: the government is drifting and appears clueless as to why it is actually in power. The soaring cost of government debt is less a crisis and more an opportunity to be seized with both hands."
#AusPol
https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/15/anthony-albanese-donald-trump-us-bonds-debt/
Patrick Boyle at his best.
https://youtu.be/rE75WvOtcu8
Someone needs to come up with whatever the Albo version of TACO is as shorthand for his visceral fear of implementing any meaningful, progressive reform and his apparently irresistible need to squander the largest parliamentary majority in recent Australian history.
Quality analysis, as always, from Sam Neill's ex-girlfriend.
#AusPol
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-11/nato-geopolitical-landscape-shifted-around-trump/106900808
I have very little interest in golf, but I am looking forward to seeing the Bone Saw Blood Money Golf Tournament™ collapse into its amoral event horizon tomorrow.
ID requirements for voting are a form of voter suppression and must be resisted.
#Elections #UKpol #AusPol
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/07/local-elections-england-monitors-voters-id
$50 million per year for the Active Transport Fund. They left off a zero again.
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frustratingly, it seems that my existing provider (Origin) continues to be the cheapest option. I really don't want them to consider me a loyal customer.
Does anyone know of any Australian advocacy groups that focus on noise pollution, maybe something similar to the UK's Noise Abatement Society? I know groups like the Public Health Association do work in this area but I wonder if there's a dedicated group somewhere?
Any tips or boosts welcome!
#AusPol #NoisePollution
If anyone needs some cheap specs, these folks are pretty good for the basics. I buy my single vision reading/computer glasses from them. I wouldn't risk it for more complex lenses, like multis though.
https://dresden.vision/au/page/50-percent-off-all-glasses-may50
"More than price, he said, access, coverage, reliability, and travel time matter more to change driving habits."
#AusPol
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-20/free-public-transport-effect-on-motorists-fuel/106570576
Cory Doctorow:
But that's not the world capitalists want. For capitalists, the point is to restrict other people's choices in order to maximize your own freedom. That's how we get economic doctrines like "revealed preferences": the idea that if a person says they want one thing, but does another thing, then you can tell what they *really* prefer by looking at the latter and disregarding the former.
This is the kind of doctrine you can only fully embrace after sustaining the kind of highly specific neurological injury that is induced by taking an economics degree, an injury that makes you incapable of perceiving or reasoning about power. Under the doctrine of revealed preferences, someone who sells their kidney to make the rent has a revealed preference for only having one kidney:
https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/30/players-of-games/#know-when-to-fold-em
"No matter their background, an effective leader must earn their community’s trust, act beyond their own interests, and bring people along even when times are very tough and hard calls are necessary."
#Canberra #ANU #AusPol
https://region.com.au/cybernetics-silicon-valley-and-kool-aid-is-this-what-really-went-wrong-at-the-anu/958598/
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Further to yesterday's discussion about the word drongo, I just saw Dan Tehan speak on the telly. I reckon he's a bit of a drongo.
#AusPol
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@VWDasher@mymasto.com yes, true. the fact that the Saudi money printing machine appears to be broken is a very positive development.
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@isol @joannaholman ooh yes, I have a few of these and they're extremely useful, especially at the top and bottom of my stairs
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@decryption@aus.social @aj@gts.sadauskas.id.au @jamesh@aus.social they did use to make quite a few cars there in the olden days
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@PeterLG @FerdiMagellan it seems careless not to have at least included the original Arabic phrase
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@lazarus7@infosec.exchange I reckon there are at least a dozen providers I can choose from. Some are different brands of the same group and some are resellers but there's a bit of real price competition, mainly packaged as 6 monthly intro deals, which I take full advantage of. They're all using the same network (at least at my end of it), so switching is seamless, just need to time it right to avoid being double-billed for a month.
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@snurb@aoir.social because nothing bad has happened with helicopters on the Gold Coast ever
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@morebento@aus.social @decryption@aus.social 99bikes have a few models under $1000. This one is similar to the one I bought three years ago for $1200. I've done nearly 4000km on that and have had zero issues with the electrics.
https://99bikes.com.au/products/pedal-clipper-2-electric-hybrid-bike-grey?variant=40599717544008
I think I want a new wifi router for NBN FTTN connection. Any suggestions?
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@MarkDeasy@aus.social I change ISPs/mobile providers every six months, when the new customer discount ends
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@morebento@aus.social @decryption@aus.social it's been life-changing. I don't go far on it but I use it for all local trips, including getting to the bus stop for longer trips, even right through the Canberra winter.
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