I hope this isnt another hot take on "but its a bus lol" cause I dont reckon I've got any patience left for any more of that.
God it would be good to be doing something positive and proactive for once.
I'm sick of always having the option between Option A: "world leading, best practice, transformative, long term project" and Option B: "regressive, poorly planned, guaranteed to result in private profits for a few but public debt for many" and we always end up with B. So, so many B options. Always the B.
In Queensland (Australia), the Labor (about as close to middle of the road as we get in terms of left / right policitcs) state government enacted 50c fares for public transport. Any form of public transport, any distance, 50c. Some fares used to be well over $5.00+ so for some people that meant public transport costs went from $50+ per week down to $5 a week.
It's had a big impact to the number of people using public transport, though in the short term its still somewhat limited by availability - for example if I was to take public transport to work I'd need about three separate buses - but IMO that will get fixed as the uptake in usage results in the demand being recognised and additional buses and routes being provided to suit.
Unfortunately the Labor government was just replaced by a Liberal (capital L, "economic liberal", right wing, conservative) government so I have no doubt we're going to lose 50c fairs and get more toll roads instead.
Is there any possible layer of satire The Onion could add to the site to make it more of a joke though??
I just came here to say it wasn't working, but looks like it got switched off a few days back.
I really like the old.reddit layout, so I'd be a huge fan if it was able to be used here too. No biggie if it cant, standard Lamington is pretty uncluttered anyway. Just not very compact. Whats with web devs and whitespace? I'm here to see content, not empty pixels.
I loved FrontPage. You could whip up a site in no time. The code it created was a disaster, but to be fair it worked fine.
I'd often use a WUSSYWAGON editor like FrontPage to make up a design and see how it looked, then just redo it by hand (or at least MAJORLY edit it) in Notepad so it wasn't spaghetti.
I made a site for my dad's business in FrontPage (then edited in Notepad) back in the very early 00s and hosted it on the 5MB of web space provided by the dialup provider at the time. It's still there and exactly the same, though I had to move it to another provider in the late 00s when the ISP went bust. It's gonna outlive him, and possibly me.
"People are buying cheaper, better cars π " complained Ford CEO Jim Farley
Although the company said βrapidly deteriorating market conditionsβ are to blame, global EV sales are still growing.
According to new data from Rho Motion, October was another record-breaking month for global EV sales. Global electric vehicle sales are now up 24% (13.3 million) YOY through October 2024.
Don't blame the market, Ford. Stop making overpriced and under performing shit and people will buy your EVs.
We need a coaxial to confirm or deny, I'm an independent third party with no first hand knowledge or experience of the maxibon size affair.
Facebook memories are always a bit of a hit and miss... Sometimes its cool, other times its a reminder of loss. Today was an album of photos from 2017 with our puppies chasing the RC car. Upper was that they're all so happy and enjoying the chase so much. Downer is that half of them have died since. I really miss those pups.
Quality is a bit lacking cause I resized them smaller to save killing the Aussie Zone storage.
Side note: Is there a way to make it an album instead of a billion inline pics?
As if there wasn't enough bad news in the world today, your Maxibon may turn out to be a little smaller than you remember... π¬
They're more like Midibons at best now.
I do agree, but my "can use an air fryer" good news story is probably trumped by the already existing "saved a kids life" story :(
We always lose power during storms cause there's a combination of trees and overhead power lines in our area. The two do not mix.
Powers out, so we're using the V2L of the EV to air fry ourselves some dinner.
It's like camping but at home.
TickTick
It's what Wunderlist used to be like before Microsoft bought them and buggered it up, but keeps getting improvements.
I try to talk less Australian to an international audience because I'm self conscious of looking like I'm hamming it up.
wife is really into fossils
Self burn
Business owners say they are facing significant financial losses as a council road upgrade running a year behind schedule forces complicated traffic detours.
> Shopkeepers next to a Brisbane construction site say they are struggling to stay open as traffic detours make it hard for customers to access their businesses.
> The Moggill Road upgrade is running one year behind schedule and will cost about twice the original budget.
It was a terrible intersection, but it's also a total suck that businesses have their access severely restricted for literally years at a time without any compensation.
The construction company keeps getting their income provided as costs double... why shouldn't the nearby businesses be compensated as the delays blow out?
Good thing we have Liberals in power now who are on the side of small business. They'll come up with a solution! πͺ
Mitsubishi Triton (604EL9) stolen from Archerfield
Posting on behalf of a group who is mainly volunteers who look after the local creeks and waterways (planting trees to prevent erosion, chasing up businesses that dump waste, cleaning up rubbish, etc)
Thieves are the worst, imo, and stealing from a community group is so low.
> We are supported by B4C. OCCA (Oxley Creek Catchment Association) is a similar non profit group based on Oxley Creek.
> For those that havenβt heard OCCA had one of its vehicles stolen from the vehicle compound at Archerfield at about 3 pm on Friday afternoon while the gates were open and someone was on site. It appears to be very opportunistic.
> It has been reported to police and they will follow up with BCC to get access to any cctv footage.
> This is the grey Mitsubishi Triton ute 604 EL9 which unfortunately doesnβt have OCCAβs logo on it. The police report number is QP2401832786.
https://www.police.qld.gov.au/node/26849
Pioneering and highly regarded instant solar quote comparison service, which started life out of a walk-in robe, has been snapped up by Big Three gentailer Origin Energy.
> Solar Quotes, the pioneering and highly regarded instant quote comparison service for the installation of rooftop PV, has been snapped up by Big Three gentailer Origin Energy, 16 years after its genesis in the walk-in robe of its founder, Finn Peacock.
Well, thats the end of Solar Quotes. What a pity, it used to be a great resource for finding information (and installers who werent cowboys).
Premier Steven Miles says Star Entertainment closing newly opened Queenβs Wharf in Brisbane is βworst case scenarioβ
> The Queensland government is in talks with Star which reportedly needs $300m in short-term funding to continue operating Queenβs Wharf precinct in Brisbaneβs CBD.
Sucked in. I hate casinos. I hate gambling in general.
Having said that... How do they get in financial trouble?? You're literally stealing money from people on a grand scale. Some punters are losing their homes because of how much money they pour in. Crooks are laundering money by losing a huge percentage of their cash there. International visitors turn up and drop tens (hundreds?) of thousands in a night.
> βThe worst case scenario would be that they have to close their doors not long after opening them,β the premier, Steven Miles, said on Wednesday.
IMO the BEST case scenario is that they close their doors, and the space is used for something better than gambling.
Events that rely on interpretation should be removed from the Olympics
Driving, gymnastics, break dancing (ESPECIALLY break dancing)... Anything that can't be timed or measured or otherwise objectively decided should be removed from competition.
How do you quantify "style"? How do you ensure there is not biase from judges based on their knowledge of the competitor, be it country they are representing, or personal connections, or racial / religious opinion? How do you fairly compensate for what your personal opinion considers "worth" more when it comes to a trick or routine compared to another?
Swimming, running, jumping, throwing things a distance are all things that can be measured and ruled against a standard that every competitor uses. It's fair and it's removed from any bias.
The Olympics are supposed to be about competition between athletes and shouldn't be affected by popularity or politics, which anything with an interpretive aspect to the result will suffer from.
So yeah, remove the feels sports and limit the Olympics to reals sports.
New cars sold by MG in Australia are now covered by 10 years or 250,000km of warranty coverage.
10 years / 250,000k just announced by MG in Australia - including electric vehicles (and thus batteries)... Not bad considering the anti-EV crowd are always declaring battery packs to have a 3 year lifespan!
> MG has introduced the longest factory warranty ever offered by a new-car maker in Australia β 10 years or 250,000km, whichever comes first β five years after rolling out seven years of coverage across its line-up.
> And unlike Mitsubishi β which in October 2020 became the first brand to market a 10-year warranty, but with only a 200,000km distance limit β there is no mention of a requirement for customers to have their car serviced within the MG dealer network to access the full decade of coverage.
> While MGβs new 10-year warranty is longer in time β compared to its previous seven-year offer β it now has a distance cap of 250,000km, rather than unlimited.
> In effect from today (1 August 2024) for all newly-registered petrol, hybrid and electric MG models, the new warranty applies to vehicles not deemed to be "commercial use" β such as Ubers, taxis, food delivery couriers and driving schools.
Remarkable video shows a drivers wild rampage | 7NEWS
> Remarkable video shows a driver's wild rampage from Brisbane to the Gold Coast.
> A number of vehicles were smashed including an ambulance, with the accused live streaming himself hooning through South Bank.
The story said he dumped the ute and his dogs before stealing a truck... Anyone know if the puppies are ok? π¬
Gambling inducements are banned in many countries and a parliamentary committee has recommended Australia follow suit, but more than a year later nothing has happened.
> Callum feels the familiar vibration of his mobile phone. Another text from Sportsbet.
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> Callum hasn't placed a wager for more than a year. Sportsbet is still trying to lure him back into action with an almost daily stream of text messages.
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I actually had the opposite experience to the complains in this article..
I'm not really a gambler, but I did fire up SportsBet for my first ever bet in my life during State of Origin. I put in $50 and lost $10 on Queensland. Then I found the horse bit and selected some random horses and apparently I'd won $100 so I took out my original $50, then threw away the rest on random horses and greyhounds, and Queensland at State of Origin again.
Outcome? Zero dollars lost, and a couple of games worth of funsies thinking I was going to become a tenionaire with my 1.xx odds win.
Sportsbet sent me one SMS, and I replied STOP.
Sportsbet sent me one email, and I hit unsubscribe.
I haven't received any communication since - no sms, no email, no push notifications, no anything.
Not sure I'm fully on board with people claiming its all SportsBets fault they're gambling and being preyed upon IN THIS SPECIFIC WAY.
I do say their constant spam during any sports match of any kind on free to air television is an absolute disgrace though.
Are we going down the same path as US politics?
What a pair of clowns (ALP and LNP)...
Also I really hate TikTok.
> There are currently no rules at either the state or federal level to stop political parties and candidates from using AI-generated material in election campaigns.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-22/qld-premier-slams-opposition-for-ai-generated-tiktok/104126936
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-23/labor-questioned-over-ai-generated-tiktok-of-peter-dutton/104131228
The alleged driver β 24-year-old Larissa Rita Mae-Leigh Sant β has been charged with one count of murder.
Bit of an update to an earlier article --> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-21/qld-daisy-hill-hit-and-run-appeal/104123370
> A woman charged over the alleged hit-and-run murder of a young mother south of Brisbane has been remanded in custody after a brief court hearing.
> Police allege 23-year-old Kiesha Thompson was deliberately struck by an SUV just before 9am on Friday in the Logan suburb of Daisy Hill, south of Brisbane.
> The alleged driver β 24-year-old Larissa Rita Mae-Leigh Sant β has been charged with one count of murder.
> Police said the women were known to each other but their relationship was unclear.
The boy, who cannot be named, was due to appear in person in court on Tuesday morning, but refused to travel to Brisbane from the detention centre.
> A teenager has admitted to being behind the wheel of a speeding stolen car and causing a crash which killed three people on the Fraser Coast last year.
> The boy, who cannot be named, was due to appear in person in the Childrens Court of Queensland on Tuesday morning, but he refused to travel to Brisbane from the detention centre.
> Instead, he appeared via video link, and Judge Deborah Richards told him the defiant behaviour was "a pretty stupid thing to do".
Seems a bit of an understatement...
Part of the road has been closed as police investigate.
Dunno how he managed to do that - fell asleep maybe? Made for an interesting commute to work today with that closed off.
Archive link: https://archive.md/4K3TZ
Original text: > A man was killed when he hit a barrier and rolled his ute on a Brisbane road. > The 32-year-old man, from Orange in NSW, was driving through the Granard Rd exit of the Ipswich Mwy in Rocklea about 3.20am on Thursday when he crashed. > Paramedics were called but the man was declared dead at the scene. > No one else was in the car and no other cars are believed to have been involved in the crash. > A forensic crash investigation is underway. > The Granard Rd exit on the Ipswich Mwy was closed amid the investigation.
Laws to phase out Australia's live sheep export trade by 2028 pass parliament, despite last-ditch attempts by opponents to put the brakes on the legislation.
> In short: > * Live sheep exports by sea will be phased out over the next four years, after laws banning the trade passed parliament on Monday. > * Earlier in the day, opponents met with the prime minister to request a Senate inquiry into the legislation.
> What's next? > * WA Premier Roger Cook says he will continue to negotiate for additional support for farmers affected by the laws.
Sky News and other similar conservative whinge rags are already posting the anti-Labor and anti-Greens headline as a response.
Personally I think its great news. Keep the value add in Australia (processing), and remove the cruelty of long ship travel followed by questionable processing practices in other countries.
The state opposition will take the policy to the looming Queensland election, arguing an increase to the cap will throw a "lifeline" to smaller clubs facing closure.
> In short: > * Queensland's LNP opposition wants to increase the cap on poker machines that can operate at clubs with more than two premises. > * The gaming machine cap for a club licensee with three or more sites is 500, but the LNP wants to lift that to 700.
> What's next? > * The LNP is taking the policy to the looming October state election, arguing that the proposal would benefit smaller clubs facing closure.
... Don't these statements contradict each other?
-> Applies only to businesses with more than two premises
-> benefits "smaller clubs"
???
Also I love the related stories:
JJ SPEEDBALL - SOUTHSIDE ROCKS
You never see a song called "Northside Rocks", that's all I'm saying π
Queensland have won historyβs first womenβs State of Origin decider 22-6 in Townsville to secure their fourth shield in five years
> This yearβs series was the first to be played across three games, in a milestone acknowledged by Maroons captain Ali Brigginshaw after the match. βWeβve wanted this for so many years, and finally, for both teams, weβve been able to achieve it,β she said.
First ever decider, and a sell out crowd to boot
Women's footy is on the up and up.
Mayor Adrian Schrinner says property owners would now need appropriate planning approvals, body corporate support and a 24-7 property manager for short-term rentals
> Mayor Adrian Schrinner says property owners would now need appropriate planning approvals, body corporate support and a 24-7 property manager for short-term rentals
Hard to argue tbh.... Is there a negative to something like this I'm not aware of?
Personally I think Airbnb is the stupidest thing going. You pay more than hotel rates, to live in a house you have to clean and tidy yourself and then pay cleaning fees on top, and its often a hassle if anything goes wrong as there's no responsible party you can approach - Airbnb shrug their shoulders, and the host just hides behind a mobile number they can conveniently turn off.
Have used them a couple of times in the past purely because we had pets and I hated it.
Olivia went on Australia's biggest show to find love, but lost almost everything. She says she got a "villain edit" β so do they exist?
tl;dr - fuck "reality" tv
> In the reality TV production process, after the casting of villains and the baiting for villainous behaviour, comes the editing.
> It's in the post-production suite that a villain edit can truly come to life.
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> The editor says there are a few techniques to achieve these characterisations. The simplest one is being selective in what gets included.
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> The second technique editors use is amplification β finding a moment amongst what the editor calls the "boring crap" that can be boosted into a storyline.
> In the show, it's spun as a major conflict.
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> And then, the drama is further enhanced with a technique called "frankenbiting".
> Like Frankenstein creating his monster, editors will mix together unrelated elements from the footage to make their own beast.
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> When the show finally goes to air, the final phase of a villain edit begins: controlling the narrative.
> Now, program makers try to ensure that no narratives that contradict the edit make it into the media.
> "They would remind me in a very threatening way before every single media interview that I had signed a [non-disclosure agreement]," Olivia says.
This becomes a problem for Olivia, because when the show goes to air, the backlash is swift.
Cheaper electricity, less emissions and ready by 2035 are some of the Coalitionβs core promises on nuclear energy, but are they backed by evidence?
> Cheaper electricity, less emissions and ready by 2035 are some of the Coalitionβs core promises on nuclear energy, but are they backed by evidence?
tl;dr - no
Eat City - Browns Plains (2023)
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An ode to the greatest suburb in Brisbane