@moz@fosstodon.org

· 1w ago

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@ascentale@sfba.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social A8. Looking for photos of the 48V USB-PD thing I found this photo that I've probably shared in the past. But I like it so here it is again :) Drums'r'Us sell various sized used plastic drums that I put food etc in. There's probably someone like that in your city. #BikeNite

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 1w ago

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@ascentale@sfba.social @meganL@mas.to @bikenite@fedigroups.social A7: I'd really like a cargo trailer hire place, especially if they had one of those German power-assisted 3 wheel trailers. But it would be a really niche business and likely located unreasonably far away from me so I suspect I'd use it at most once. And I'm the load-carrying extreme! So not really a viable business. There are a few trailers I have built in the community, including one with a 1m x 1.5m load platform that I gave a bike co-op. See pic :) #BikeNite

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 2w ago

#Train to #Newcastle this morning is a real variety show. We have people with luggage who got on at the airport then changed trains when I did, people whose bicycles fit the weird bike holders on #Marayong units, someone with a double bass in a soft case, a blind dude with a service dog, and a woman who got on the wrong train and has been on the phone ever since waiting to get onto a train back to Central.

Fun times.

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 1w ago

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@dr2chase@ohai.social @ascentale@sfba.social @rasterweb@mastodon.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social it's pretty common for doctors to say that if they could prescribe exercise it would do more, for more patients, than any other intervention. #BikeNite

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 2w ago

Nothing says socially well adapted like an electric motorbike that has a bluetooth speaker strapped to it. On the train. Of course the speaker is blasting out Sik Tunes Bruv.

Sigh. #SydneyTrains #QuietCarriage

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 2mo ago

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@wdormann@infosec.exchange @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org I love how all the "stoves for Africa" programmes go on about how awful burning stuff inside your house is. Maybe some African charity could run a "stoves for America" programme? Maybe alongside their "bicycles for America" one?

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 2mo ago

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@ascentale@sfba.social @MarkBrigham@universeodon.com @bikenite@fedigroups.social A2: someone built an app called SnapSendSolve that filters your reports to the appropriate body, so you can just say "this paving here, photo(s), needs work" and they send it off to the council, utility, toll road, etc body responsible. That works pretty well, albeit with the usual delay you expect from infrastructure work (especially complete repaving). Occasionally urgent smaller stuff gets done same week. #BikeNite

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 2mo ago

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@streetmeme@cycle.town Oh Hell No. Car horns are loud, they have to be to penetrate the sealed box and the distracted attention of the moronist being honked at. This is how you get me to buy a truck or train horn and ride round with ear defenders on. You want honking? I'm honking. #BikeTooter

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 2mo ago

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@ascentale@sfba.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social A8: I am thinking of documenting some of the abominations here and going to bother council people about them. Blaxland Road Campbelltown is one obvious one. It's a busy stroad, there's zero bike facilities and there's a linear park parallel with no path at all. At the end is a "cyclists please ride into this kerb" corner with ~3m of missing bike lane. Red line thru park is my proposed path :)

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 2mo ago

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@IrrationalMethod@social.coop @streetmeme@cycle.town these days with lithium batteries widely available it's pretty easy. The old days of needing 10kg of lead batteries to drive a 24V truck horn at 20+ amps are long gone. But back in the day I had much better noise makers on the bike... there's a random MTB with the front wheel removed on the load platform but you can see the speaker box. #BikeTooter

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 3mo ago

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@geonz@mathstodon.xyz @ascentale@sfba.social @BongoTwisty@social.vivaldi.net @bikenite@fedigroups.social " I know how to Relax Everything That's NOt Helping" Very much this for me. Especially on a recumbent, and especially when racing a recumbent. Or just riding long days on one (my best/worst touring was 6x10+ hour days once because I was in the mood and just hammered hem out. In Australia. Where you can ride 1500km and still be on the same road, in the same state 😎) #BikeNite

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 3mo ago

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@ascentale@sfba.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social A8: back out west looking at rental houses. Campbelltown Council is really into painting dead bikes on the road. In all sorts of places, not just like this "LOOK OUT you might die here, we built the road specially for that". #BikeNite

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 3mo ago

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@tallandtrue@aus.social the "journalist" asking the question and not taking no for an answer is even more bullshit. The whole point of that setup was to leave Albo with no good options. Whatever he did he'd be the bad guy. #AusPol

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 3mo ago

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@ascentale@sfba.social @grammasaurus@mastodon.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social A1: Sydney, Australia, where it's winter but the promised rain has not arrived. Drink before you ride, pee during the ride (stop and dismount if you must). Longer rides keep drinking while you ride. Wear sunscreen, and put it on before you put on your gloves. Cycling gloves are the opposite of suncreen. #BikeNite

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 2mo ago

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@ascentale@sfba.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social A6: walking to the supermarket because it's raining and I don't want to get wet. And I like walking a lot more now than when I was younger. Also, Campbelltown council tolerate pedestrians a lot more than they do bicycle riders. Lots of anti-bicycle infrastructure. #BikeNite

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@mike@fosstodon.org reminds me of Malcolm Turnbull in Australia. Before he gained power "the National Broadband Network will be late, over budget and slower than promised". Once he became PM he made sure that was true. Mostly by buying the legacy copper networks from telcos desperate to be rid of them and "at market rates" {cough}, then forcing NBNCo (a govt owned corp) to use those instead of laying fibre everywhere This is the guy famous for saying "the laws of Australia override the laws of mathematics"

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@glyph@mastodon.social it's definitely the short term future, especially if you count sheer volume of code produced. Whether that code reaches even zero value is a completely different question. I suspect there's some very good code being written by agents, but a lot more poor to terrible code being written and used by people who either DGAF or are maliciously complying with management demands.

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 5mo ago

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@ascentale@sfba.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social A8: the shock for me this week was waking up to a car parked in my driveway. And not a car belonging to a neighbour. Almost blocking my driveway, and dumped partly on the lawn. I suspect someone nearby who knows that I don't own a car. I'm boggling at the rudeness and have no idea who owns it. But it's gone now and hopefully won't be back. #BikeNite

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@ascentale@sfba.social @gbargoud@masto.nyc @bikenite@fedigroups.social A5: I have several, and they're very different from each other MTB/gravel bike, touring bike, road bike, four wheel load bike (50kg+ loads), long john cargo bike (loads under 80kg) that is my every day ride. Mostly it's obvious, in that I ride the long john unless I have to ride something else :) #BikeNite

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 3mo ago

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@ascentale@sfba.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social A8: Bike (almost) on train, in Lumeah, after looking at rental properties. At least the bike riding part is fun.

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@sundogplanets I'm disappointed that one of the "all satellites everywhere all the time" companies hasn't just thrown a bunch of cheap-ish telescopes into orbit and opened them up to you lot. But then Elon did promise to end world hunger and when the quote arrived he went very quiet and never paid up. It was only ~$6B IIRC, which even at the time was less than 5% of his wealth.

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 1mo ago

Replying to

@cainmark@mstdn.social @ascentale@sfba.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social I love the technically a bicycle tandem monowheel hanging up there. Even if it's just a sculpture. #Bikenite

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@Kay@mastodon.nz NDT's "New Zealand Love Song" is very poignant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt18_AVsVCc #CloseToOurHearts #JukeboxFridayNight

New Zealand Love Song

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 2mo ago

Replying to on universeodon.com

@MarkBrigham@universeodon.com @bikenite@fedigroups.social @ascentale@sfba.social It needs specific support for each city/area it works in, because it really does redirect reports to a plethora of relevant bodies. They say "anywhere in Australia and Aotearoa" but the idea can obviously be generalised. Recipients have to pay for extra features, I'm not sure of the exact model. But some councils always reply "please use our website" then get shitty when the report should go to someone else. That's why SSS *exists*. https://www.snapsendsolve.com/

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 2mo ago

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@Kay@mastodon.nz Shawn Colvin - Steady On https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh6otlLFj8g #JukeboxFridayNight

Shawn Colvin - Steady On

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@chaucerburnt When I grow up I want to be an AI Agent. All the pay, none of the responsibility.

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@juliette@mastodon.green Where I actually live, middle of Sydney, bicycles are pretty rare in general. But the few I see are either male or middle-aged women, all of us commuting to or from work on the bike paths. There are boys on e-motorbikes in the afternoon, I don't recall seeing girls doing that. E-motorbikes are _A Problem_ here right now. #BikeTooter

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@pjf@cloudisland.nz allegedly some companies are using "LLM tokens consumed" as a measure. Watch me set fire to this pile of money!

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 3mo ago

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@ascentale@sfba.social @MartyCormack@urbanists.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social A6: I have also been hit by a small kangaroo. It bounced along beside me for a bit before crossing behind me, but misjudged and slapped my pannier with what I suspect was its head. No physical injuries but I suspect it was teased by the rest of the mob. #BikeNite

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 3mo ago

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@ascentale@sfba.social @realSiegfried@troet.cafe @bikenite@fedigroups.social A3: ghost bikes/white bikes exist in Australia, I think they're more common in Vic/Melbourne. There are a few though. #BikeNite

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@pezmico that looks very effective! I'm impressed.

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@mjd I dunno, the better managers I've experienced have mostly seen their job as making it easier for other people to do stuff. I suspect my current manager has a priority list somewhere, I just have a bunch of assigned issues in a track. And weekly (ish) chats about what I'm doing, what I'm supposed to be doing, and things he hopes I might do in the future. New task: email @simontatham to compliment him on the usefulness of pUtty :)

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@CanvasesByPeter@mementomori.social Can you explain in more detail how the first home buyers scheme benefits people who already own multiple properties? Just by propping up house prices? Which are falling. Ooops. Or something far more nefarious that's beyond my comprehension? More importantly, can you suggest a better system?

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 3w ago

https://www.nzonscreen.com/all-music-videos/e-tu-1988/ A kiwi classic about the "forgotten" history of Aotearoa. I can't not post it. In 1846 in the Hutt Valley I said Fighting broke out between the British and the Maori And more than one settler on disputed land Was killed when the Maori fought the British Plan Lyrics https://genius.com/10147208 Worth knowing that Nga Tamatoa in the first line was also a Maori language promotion group that the Posse would have grown up with. #JukeboxFridayNight #Aotearoa

NZ On Screen

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 3w ago

From the masters of reimagined old style pop songs, "Chartist Anthem". Remember when universal suffrage was a controversial idea? Oh. Um. Well, anyway, here's a song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me34N1Q0pvc They have so many of these that it's hard to pick one. "Day the nazi died" is a bit of a crowd favourite and is also about history (remember when being a nazi was controversial?). #JukeboxFridayNight #History

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 3w ago

Tiddas: Mission Song. This one's not a happy sing along sort of song. But it is well sung. About Australia's genocidal history of stealing aboriginal children and re-educating them into British ways. Or just enslaving them, because yeah we did that. Sorry. (Tiddas also have their sorry song "sorry means you don't want it to happen again") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPVKhgAmghE #JukeboxFridayNight #History

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 2mo ago

A Jesus and Mary Chain cover in a completely different style to the moaning dirge of the Reid brothers. It's almost happy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1UH6HjLGW8 #JukeboxFridayNight

Sandie Shaw - Cool About You (The Jesus and Mary Chain cover)

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 2w ago

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@Kay@mastodon.nz #PersonalPlaylist #JukeboxFridayNight This is one I used to play regularly at Critical Mass. Along with "Tonka Toys" and "Forest Fuckers" from the same album. And yes, I did have a ridiculously large sound system on my cargo bike. https://nefa.bandcamp.com/track/deep-roots Plus Kotahitanga that Kay just posted.

N.E.F.A.

Deep Roots, by Akasha

from the album Lock On! Songs to Save Australia's Forests

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 3w ago

#JukeboxFridayNight to make up for Tiddas, here's a real dance banger from Australia 30 years ago. So historic it has its own wikipedia page! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_(song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfFOAPJE_HQ

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 2w ago

@Kay@fosstodon.org #PersonalPlaylist #JukeboxFridayNight https://malwebb.com/watbear.html Something much more fun. I have fond memories of a friend dancing round the house singing this seemingly unable to stop. It was very silly (it still is very silly).

malwebb.com

Mal Webb Site-Waterbear

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 3w ago

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@CommonSparrow@mindly.social https://www.nzonscreen.com/all-music-videos/seven-years-not-wasted-1985/ Shackleton had a certain quality Mystic man with a will so strong Travels off for another taste of torment It's his desire, what lights his fire #JukeboxFridayNight

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@moira don't eat it while the inside is molten though. Even with generous amounts of icecream it's still high risk. So I hear. From a friend.

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 1w ago

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@Kay@mastodon.nz "Blue Sky Mine" Dirty in both senses :) And some have sailed from a distant shore (And the company takes what the company wants) And nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground #JukeboxFridayNight #Dirty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofrqm6-LCqs

Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mine

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 1w ago

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@Kay@mastodon.nz And of course this classic #JukeboxFridayNight #Dirty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZuHAsf6qO0

Dirty Deeds Done With Sheep (Bob Rivers) HQ

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 2mo ago

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@CanvasesByPeter@mementomori.social 1500 out of 208,000. That's less than 1%. 1% of people buying a house then their circumstances change and they move is entirely reasonable. What are they supposed to do, sell up, pay a 20% deposit plus at least $50,000 in stamp duty to buy a different house? Even if they did, that would just generate "1500 house flipped used scheme" But sure, let's make it so those people are forced to live there no matter what. Very fair and reasonable.

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Moz @moz@fosstodon.org

· 2w ago

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@Kay@mastodon.nz #PersonalPlaylist #JukeboxFridayNight But then a decade of cycling everywhere later I found myself in Sydney and met this bloke. https://miguelheatwole.bandcamp.com/track/make-some-music Music is such a part of my life that I could list dozens of tracks in this playlist (eg Tiddas last week). And so many musicians are activists that there's a lot those tracks out there. Plus popular artists like Aurora put out songs like "The Seed" and apparently some of those are just pop music now :)

Miguel Heatwole

Make Some Music, by Ecopella

from the album Organism Called Earth

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