That many people are stupid should come as no surprise?
The "cloud" that powers everything from sending an email to asking an AI chatbot a question needs massive amounts of power to run, and that's making energy experts nervous.
>Morgan Stanley estimates that data centres are currently using 5 per cent (1,050 MW) of the electricity on Australia's power grid and that is expected to grow to 8 per cent (2,500 MW) by 2030.
>Some estimates even suggest they could require up to 15 per cent of the power on the grid by then.
Gold Coast high-rise apartment owners hit with 'view tax' as council raises rates
The Gold Coast council is under fire for slugging unit owners living on higher floors of apartment buildings with massive rate rises.
>"I appreciate there is definitely going to be property owners in high-rises that will be frustrated ... but the premise that a person living in a $2 million, $3 million, $5 million penthouse should pay exactly the same rates on the ground floor unit isn't a fair model," he said.
For decades I thought cumpolsory voting was a good idea, the nit pick bad faith argument about only having to have your name ticked off is a distraction.
I heard a single counter argument that they don't want people who are angry with cumpolsory voting system to vote.
And that changed my mind, I don't want angry people who do not want to be there voting, I want people who want to be there
I am pro euthenasia as I am against cumpolsory voting for much the the same reason, that should be something beyond the states control.
Aside from the freedom to choose your own death if you wish, the freedom to vote should be inalienable right granted every citizen in a democracy.
I heard from many folk that they'd rather have the Jacinta Arden led Labour government then ScoMo and yet NZ voting isn't cumpolsory.
There's something else afoot, self absorbed, greedy people electing appalling politcans is de rigeur, a cumpolsory voting system doesn't stop it, nor does ranked choice (preferential) voting. We have incredibly toxic politcans amongst us, I could name a dozen or more.
I don't think one is better then the other. I dont think what we have is the best way, it's incredibly corrupt and the older I get the more disillusioned I become with voters (not with politcans, they're like flies to shit, so I blame the shit, not the flies) We are constantly offered different paths and refuse to take them, what we have is nothing to celebrate IMO.
Comparing it to the US is ridiculous, we're a palimentery democracy. Does anyone think its "Democratic" for Tasmania to have the same number of senators as NSW ? (As a Tasmanian myself, with a state population less then the Gold Coast)
As for gerrymandering, Joh Bjekle-Petersen was notorious for it.
I quit work at 35 because of some of this, first job at 17 in the first week, I wondered at the hell this would be when I was 65... that and near death experience that made me realise what was important to me. Am now 58.
My only regret was not quitting work earlier, it's hard to work against the herd though.
Not at all, people believe in magic sky faires and put stickers on their car about it... Hell lots of cop cars abs court rooms have nonsense about said sky fairy on it. In bobo we trust .. Aside from scale, there's no real difference.
He's got a huge bug out property in New Zealand I think ?
Here in Australia the Honor V2 (older version, V3 just announced) is $200 less then the just announced Z Fold 6, then there are discounts and trade in to reduce the Fold 6's RRP
I don't know how much the Honor V3 will be.
Mmmm that about what I pay the doctor to jam a finger up my...third eye.
Plant Trees and shrubs along that section if possible?
Or move. This will only get worse the longer we deny it by doing nothing substantive. That's what I did.
This has to be propaganda for the locals yeah ? Or to dog whistle to Putin for more funds for reelection!
Well, luckly for me everyone knows I am cunt, so it doesnt matter what I post, so no different when I take the piss out of non Linux users.
It's a bit like a reformed smoker I guess , having used Windows from 3.1 until 10 and now LDME for 12 months it's tricky to not tell people to run away from the shit biscuit that is now Windows.
Will they be able to get 3 working ones from these wrecks though? If they were in good condition, they'd still be using them.
Your take is however literally madness. It would be like you protesting on here that somone trying to get people medicine to survive if they raced across town disrupting traffic and you supported them being jailed.
I hope they can keep it up. The stupid attached to people not understating the impacts of climate change is appalling and will collapse civilisation. That's literally what XR, JSO etal want to try and do, prevent the collapse of civilisation and raise awareness of that so we do something. And people be like "my Uber Eats driver delivered me a cold buger, jail those protestors for life!!!?"
I get you're not brave enough to do this yourself but you'd think you'd at least support those who are!
“Susan Sontag was asked what she had learned from the Holocaust, and she said that 10% of any population is cruel, no matter what, and that 10% is merciful, no matter what, and that the remaining 80% could be moved in either direction” —Kurt Vonnegut
Enterly reasonable but assuming it's true matters little anyway. It's confirmation bias for those who want nothing to do with the GOP and the GOP won't believe it anyway, no matter the evidence (like climate change etc).
If it's is false it won't matter, if its true it won't matter.
I dd it the other way around.
Switched to Linux (LDME about 12 months ago) and the things I couldn't do I didn't bother with. I have so many things that interest me I just spend more time on them and found some new stuff.
I was dual booting a few years back because I had a bunch of stuff I couldn't do in Linux and said fcuk it this time. In retrospect I wish I had adopted that philosophy earlier.
A sovereign citizen group is using a fake court to justify child kidnapping and extortion
A radical sovereign citizen group co-invented by a fugitive mother is using a fake court to justify attempted child abduction, extortion, and intimidation of court officials.
>Over the past six months members have filmed themselves entering or attempting to enter court houses, police stations, local council chambers and commercial offices across the country.
>During these interactions, an NDA "sheriff" typically approaches a polite, but often confused, front desk worker to proclaim Australia is now a "demilitarised zone" and that all government authority has been dissolved before handing them a written notice.
>The notice warns "failure to be fully compliant" with NDA's rules "will certainly place you at severe risk of possible persecution, imprisonment or financial ruin".
>Over time, these interactions have become more confrontational.
>Video seen by ABC Investigations showed police forcefully ejecting members of the group from Gympie Court House in May.
What in tarnation?
Native vegetation loss potentially 'devastating' after record dry autumn, botanist warns
Dying and starving native trees are becoming more common across South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania after months of little rain.
>Dr Moore said while Australian natives were resilient and well-adapted to harsh conditions, recent seasonal changes led to more dying out.
>"It's often becoming a bit warmer in these places," he said.
>"It's drier and when the rain falls, it's sometimes falling in the drier months, so that water evaporates as well.
The psychological and cultural aspects of systems change are commonly neglected — but they’re crucial to finding effective solutions to global crises.
>Understandably, material concerns dominate the policy conversation around sustainability and systemic transformation. Yet at the root level, our crises are created and perpetuated by factors in our psychology and meaning—making.
>From consumerist values to evolutionary impulses that skew our perceptions and political behaviours, these inner dynamics subtly dictate the course of our external world. It’s why Donella Meadows, the lead author of The Limits to Growth, saw this arena of “mindsets” as the “deepest leverage point for change.”
Super scammers defrauded Lee of his retirement savings. Industry experts are calling for better protections
Lee fought the financial ombudsman all the way to the federal court when scammers stole his super. Despite winning he only got some money back and after legal fees he's worse off.
What a read. Interesting how no one has been charged on The Philippines.:(
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation data, showing local inflation has hit 4%.
So 4% huh.. Bullock will look the stooge if she does't raise again surely. I bet Chlamers is on the blower now furiously twlling her what weasel world's to use explain why they must not..
>That has traders at Morgan Stanley nervous, who suspect the August RBA meeting could see the national interest rate hiked further – not cut.
Environment minister gives go ahead for Senex Energy to develop and operate up to 151 new coal seam gas wells in inland Queensland
So.much for climate change :(
Ffs, Vote Green
Perth's ultra-tight property market is being squeezed even further by cash buyers
If you want to get a sense of the "insane" nature of Perth's property market right now and the breakneck speed at which homes are selling, look no further than Craig Townsend's experiences last week.
>"It's an A-grade shit show," he said, not mincing words.
Rephrasing , the inevitable outcome of government and voters seeing housing as an investment and not a social need.
Daylesford family beats the morning chills — and perils of pollution — as they hitchhike their way to India
A few weeks ago, the Jones family was waking to icy cold winter mornings. Now, they're seeing how far their thumbs can take them on the journey from central Victoria to India.
>In an age where giving lifts to strangers is mostly advised against, this family sees it as their preferred option to get to India, for environmental and social reasons.
>Mr Jones and Ms Ulman do not own a car, have not been overseas in 20 years, and wanted to show their son the world, in the least polluting way possible.
>"We've done a lot of travel before on bicycles and hitching and public transport in Australia," Mr Jones said.
Exclusive: French survey of 26 countries finds fewer Australians than global average agree that climate change is the greatest health threat facing humanity
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/10807072
> >Australia has one of the lowest rates of people acknowledging that 'climate disruption' is caused by humans > > > Colour me not suprised >
Exclusive: French survey of 26 countries finds fewer Australians than global average agree that climate change is the greatest health threat facing humanity
>Australia has one of the lowest rates of people acknowledging that 'climate disruption' is caused by humans
Colour me not suprised
Exclusive: French survey of 26 countries finds fewer Australians than global average agree that climate change is the greatest health threat facing humanity
>Australia has one of the lowest rates of people acknowledging that 'climate disruption' is caused by humans
Colour me not suprised
Moree solicitor Brendan Moylan wins Northern Tablelands by-election for NSW Nationals - ABC News
Moree solicitor Brendan Moylan is New South Wales' newest MP, in a week where two senior Coalition members announced their resignations from politics.
Good to see we take climate change so seriously /s. Ffs 85% ?
The South Australian RSPCA receives an influx of livestock welfare reports, with some animals starving to death.
>South Australia has been suffering through one of the driest starts to the year on record, leaving little for livestock to graze on in most agricultural regions.
Homeowners are worried insurance companies will use the report as an excuse to refuse to cover their homes.
Wot did I just read..wtf??
Woman claims boyfriend breached ‘verbal contract’ by not picking her up, causing her to miss her flight
A 10-part series exploring the social, economic and political barriers to meaningful global climate action.
We know our planet’s ecosystem is breaking down…much of the destruction is irreparable. So, why haven’t things changed faster?
In his new book, Tad DeLay suggests there is no rosy roadmap to go forward – but there are things we can do
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/10713443
> >For denial doesn’t only amount to rejecting the evidence, he argues – it also consists of denying our role in the climate crisis; absolving ourselves through “carbon offsets, hybrid cars, local purchases, recycling”. And in this, far more of us are implicated. > > >In some ways, this argument might not seem all that new. Multiple authors have pointed out that green capitalism, not rightwing deniers of the crisis, is our greatest obstacle to properly confronting the problem. DeLay agrees. The difference is the lens he brings to it – using psychoanalysis to explain the mechanisms behind denial. > >