In the first years of commercial television in #Australia there was a lot of discussion about how much advertising was acceptable. In the end, the government regulated a certain amount of minutes per hour of programming.

Why, then, do we have to put up with constant intrusive advertising on the internet?


Admiral warns government either doesn't  understand climate impacts, or is hiding them from the public.

#auspol #climate
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-02/national-defence-strategy-ignored-climate-risks/103789018?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other


#ClimateDiary #Australia
Native fish dying en masse in de-oxygenated river water.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-04-30/murray-darling-basin-menindee-fish-kills-causes-solutions/103745622?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other


nostr:npub10h7qsnppacd0vakj0tr3uptmwlgtrnkzjg2pus79tfn2l00ctqzqcdl9gn We don't  know yet whether that incident was caused by turbulence, but anything that discourages people from flying is a good thing.


nostr:npub1zahc3mh7tc4zl09yk75jpgdaa0zdy2q4nzqf46lc75p3dellkcssntt356 What rubbish.


nostr:npub1grx4wzqldf8clxusxpz78adjcukkqvdkhf8amsdhr6sy3ctuu2fqvsuxfe Oh ffs. This is a small price to pay for avoiding organ damage or Long Covid.


nostr:npub1dp8z870tnqcstsmynu6v5e4p8rs782znefarrx0jet62n7kdp4ssv8smpr Looks a bit dodgy.


nostr:npub17jhr7eh3za2r3t73tm8p765wgj6q5gx0z9xxp33n2h5944s4rqdqkdu348 Good one, Mr Monbiot.👍🏻


I like to do a few small jars of preserved tomatoes.  These jars had passionfruit in them
 Perfect size.

https://static.theblower.au/media_attachments/files/111/730/010/956/845/495/original/f3a7715c2a875516.jpg


nostr:npub16md0dz8m65tc374t29jcvkxf6nj5hz7phy8fm5ga8nmkugmyauzqeys3kl I'd like to open one called Depresso. We'd serve Black Dog, Dopamino and Lactobacillis. 😄

#coffee


#HowToUseAnExtraHour

Roll balls of aluminium foil down the hallway for the cat to chase.

#HashtagGames


#MakeABookOrMoviePetty

The Handmaid's Ponytail

#hashtagGames


#DumbASong
#HashtagGames

"I've been through the desert on a horse with no brain"


nostr:npub190drvhz9l05phen0elpucl6stqh034j2vmdu9s8e9kkentf7rjysg2lfvr If you're fit and have all your faculties, you should be able to work.


nostr:npub1hcc5kv2zwcnlwdthxru8cf8avcetpet86n9ymtgpm897dvml6wwsgk4xws  Seems to be a human trait that, if a person doesn't  understand what's happening, or the cause of something, they'll explain it in terms of something they do know.

This is particularly a problem when said person is certain they're right.

Thus we still have conspiracy theories, superstitions and, as you say, religious beliefs, at a time when more science is more available than ever before.


NO SAUSAGES!! 😳


#childproofAMovie

Acne Spotting

#hashtagGames


nostr:npub1utca4e3j6demrast7mly07e7gq2e0k55ps3tjl4ae8aryxmx6qasfac0ud It will forever change the Constitution. That's  what referenda do.


nostr:npub1su4t3c2h2fl2ws6hfcnn5r7jdn87qvhvaafe5uv3hcwygxz3rjssf6a0dw  I guess people silly enough to buy something called "concentrated water" need protecting.


nostr:npub190drvhz9l05phen0elpucl6stqh034j2vmdu9s8e9kkentf7rjysg2lfvr Please report back on how this goes. I've always assumed a stylist would try to create a "me" that isn't  me. Hope I'm wrong.


nostr:npub19wddmjxn52w4qn65cmzk89fjkk65trwvkmm04w4dewsqyjre8gvsp7y9aj Very cute locals 😀


nostr:npub15yjayh3njlv5zks0ny552200zw0ea8s3m8uj6kggddjhn2dahg9qdfxr65 Pay people more and they won't need to steal.

Also, target could employ twice as many staffers like in the good old days.


nostr:npub1scrtmdrspxks7h3s0gz45uagynxaz7ueqfex0ynsvpyk7p7se42ql3teus Took a great deal of courage to do that and I applaud them.


nostr:npub1ujtwdc8rprrqlj54tkut9hlsa73rsuqskvl27ldcv6kxmsl9zrjsw5gn52 Ditto. A koala would be nice.


nostr:npub1pmxc6x4m8cf2gemjktdhu7vmf87kaprlq8t88fm2n25pzyp5sf9qdzexkq nostr:npub1gxp6qn9ehf92pmvy7cl2r5l04vdctls6sr7gn3csf60ap65qdapsr58dpd nostr:npub18fz872n76uamwc0kkvft8efrxe0zj4xmxqqe6xc55pe9gm6p2s0q9rhy22 Swan did a good job of interpreting what was happening at the beginning of the pandemic, but that doesn't mean he can't  be wrong on other topics.


nostr:npub1wtxz0varwgf6gdfe7q4w6ee9setkv4sedulqfwyzsrnej7jnsnjstga6q9 Snap!

https://static.theblower.au/media_attachments/files/111/185/081/131/681/376/original/3751ff6fdbad75ad.jpg


nostr:npub10h7qsnppacd0vakj0tr3uptmwlgtrnkzjg2pus79tfn2l00ctqzqcdl9gn Dutton wants to pump new life into the old and tired colonialism of "Keep the natives (ugh!) in check or they might rise up and take back what we stole."

#auspol #Voice


nostr:npub1dv724dkppw4zrhgve0gcxz5dqfd8jzqdlxzm075ghzg8kl99wf6sp4tp9d nostr:npub1qzc8ejmflltq5uuwmvurfcfd4l96t6np6c8fzgj9l2rdfheadydshtyetl Yes. Or even substituting "the flow of profit" makes it clear that it's an economy run for the benefit of shareholders, that assumes that what's good for shareholders is good for all of us.


nostr:npub13vvfm5djl3y7y8rjnyw2wg4qyjx6hnkc44cn0rdw06agwc8kktvq8a0sze They've  figured out that it's  adults who get offended, not kids.


The image of Chaz lll to be on Australian coins is beyond boring. I wondered if anyone would like to suggest alternatives?

#Australia #OzCoins #BritishRoyalty

https://static.theblower.au/media_attachments/files/111/184/829/664/603/997/original/56bb6552583b4cfa.png


nostr:npub1pc7rrsl0p4gvtshg393566ajt4nt5l3wm458a7pctqnv6n75twvs8fr46d nostr:npub1hykucplphuhelaxutcw4jw3vuu7gcg42czhqmk7jhchs8vdga4fsj73p33 This is what I loved about twitter.


nostr:npub1rv0xtc5q9n9ss7hyc4tand6myhyq6sp7r49ucfnywkhyfxpjhaes2wxuyz nostr:npub1lm59tkrwa65sf4asqhuchp9ygf54t2th2lqgaf6t0fuve2mwacns37f6wy Agree about the critical thinking classes. On twitter I spent a lot of time pointing out failures of logic. Not so much here.


nostr:npub1xpzx097v5fq8ztk93w5spfghxuk7d5h9cfmutkmhy6d0wu7km9ass3g6lj Because you're color blind?  (Its actually pink).


nostr:npub1crcqgywqedxd6lyq68wtfsfdu235nf808sapl6m7s2m79uc5la0s7jsmc8 Not surprised #climate scientists are resorting to the vernacular.  Sober expressions like "Red Alert" seem to have no impact.

But where do we go after "gobsmackingly bananas"?

#climateScience #ClimateMessaging


nostr:npub10h7qsnppacd0vakj0tr3uptmwlgtrnkzjg2pus79tfn2l00ctqzqcdl9gn I am so unexcited.


nostr:npub15vauwd00wzc2exgnntf6k2xssx7a659ylkg33xktwv8ztxn6ds3sfzwesc And what's  the penalty?


nostr:npub1vuag09u3hdncn8e08hz4smt2dpu83e7epupzf4v5wxtgga8dmqsspqkm9m nostr:npub1e6yemhfkfqnlnjkfysd5382rdzmkext6uxhfvfgn45nufhqet4jsec2dfn nostr:npub13lxfrf4n552v8xah4awkudrwc3rsvrt7v99s06rw2g0k2ea9hyxsv7na6u Like "Woe be the tide"?


nostr:npub1e6yemhfkfqnlnjkfysd5382rdzmkext6uxhfvfgn45nufhqet4jsec2dfn I collect these for fun and you've all given me so many juicy examples to add to my list.  😁😃 #homophones


nostr:npub1vn985vd309syakhkkn22phztnhd70dpy55pvqw5n3ndm90sz6mfqef3keg Tragic.


nostr:npub15ma7s9pg9semrtr40y2y0nfhhjta9jgyp0sv6huezunn4e9s59fsjwht24 nostr:npub19d37lk8tx048qkqzakautcr33trkjj3enklanpec7ysqmzw4hrjqyyzpxx Can we please make a rule that AI cats use their own hashtag and keep #cats and #CatsOfMastodon for real cats?


nostr:npub1wx9zjucjqpwlkp82vwnalv209jrc952d3yu7ve7kgyvntjdyk2pquvrsmt Is it an auction? Call me old fashioned but I thought these things were decided by votes.


nostr:npub1a4e2nxz03a2aqe9n2w6razrr6a6va9qsfl5whyqfv8md9j8alc0snv0hum Who do you mean by "us"? Posts like this need to identify the area of the globe they apply to and also not assume that all readers are from that area. Thanks.


nostr:npub1swyxvkhew2qcjpgmsf7c4salsxsedx4veavatjd5yzhxhmtk58aq54snpj Do they need to be an American? I'd  like to nominate my cat Finn. He has the Pelosi look of calm authority, don't you think?


nostr:npub17f6g2welzgpva7sazzsdj8vc4e5ms6fxlcp73s95cv4gup2hgrcsevzvdl I don't shop there anyway.


nostr:npub122jtszuqul98wrv650l2pgt6vcw6tf2uuf9nrdnz9ec342uenraswvh3wh I'd  like it known that after a lifetime of living with cats (70 yrs) I have finally taught one to obey a command.

#cats #catsOfMastodon


nostr:npub1dmvjd8w7ds8qu4eyeqhpcc6zp6pke5wn0j96q5wge3d0nynut4wsne0rzj Thanks for the tip 🙂


nostr:npub1vv97nfyz7cc8qvefu65qjkuypvfskw5kx2vq7pw2qkzqkutu5deq33f7zq I know I should but I hate seeing a doctor after the symptoms have gone away. They're so dismissive. "Come back if it happens again" then they put their hand out for their fee.


nostr:npub1p8saydhfl0p78w3g7x2urgrhrh4htk8pkaghrrcm5ckj055zm7dq064tga Trump as the arbiter of the " right thing to do"? Laughable.


nostr:npub1w2rp838um7paggu9vrtr67pvxwrcc5pxnqs6f8f5rltu3zyxym9qk36msg Quite an achievement for a traditionally catholic society. 👍🏻


nostr:npub1scrtmdrspxks7h3s0gz45uagynxaz7ueqfex0ynsvpyk7p7se42ql3teus Is the graph for temperatures worldwide, or what?


nostr:npub1uxz060za0sz7uzncy45jcksak2lr9wks0hrgug54cvpm9ma8agkqs35ma4 Trump is just a pig of a man. In fact "man" is too nice a word.


nostr:npub1vv97nfyz7cc8qvefu65qjkuypvfskw5kx2vq7pw2qkzqkutu5deq33f7zq It dropped back to normal. I didn't get dizzy and I'm okay this morning. Thanks for your advice though. I was confident the nurses of the Fediverse would come to my aid.

I live close to Flinders Medical Centre but South Australia still has a serious ramping problem.


nostr:npub1vv97nfyz7cc8qvefu65qjkuypvfskw5kx2vq7pw2qkzqkutu5deq33f7zq I called Nurse on Call. They said see a doctor. It's  dropped a bit now but still high condsidering I've  been sitting down for an hour.


nostr:npub1dmvjd8w7ds8qu4eyeqhpcc6zp6pke5wn0j96q5wge3d0nynut4wsne0rzj I called Nurse on call. They said see a doctor.


nostr:npub16uqm09jlr7yuz3qlmp0uvmrsp2nsh7d4glg5wlycf9g55e5pxy0szj03a0 Thanks, I called them.


Should I be calling an ambulance? Been sitting down for at least 15 mins trying to deep breathe but pulse rate has increased.

https://static.theblower.au/media_attachments/files/111/170/286/926/983/074/original/5f2dbbff12a50f8b.jpg


nostr:npub1qfpe5wy2fu82nj3qpw9gxd0nyv33lelayyunhfmxm0a2sgg006fqs22xdk nostr:npub1swyxvkhew2qcjpgmsf7c4salsxsedx4veavatjd5yzhxhmtk58aq54snpj I'm  not sure it is irrelevant, since the message of the post is that genius can have a woman's face, and be a woman who is otherwise quite ordinary. It's  quite ordinary for a woman to be a mother. The kind of people who witheld support for her career may well have thought of motherhood as a factor in their decision, whereas fatherhood is never seen as a reason to discriminate against men.


nostr:npub1h3vanghrygm9zz6y3szat7v5jl8089aay3yfn3fqjhq6zzgj7txq7evvva  In the 80s you saw the smoke first and heard the radio report afterwards.


nostr:npub1rrtj3965954fnpsecd5l2dlu54dwmqfct69cjrdm7gxj0xg7p7lsraxj48 Blimey. #Adelaide had a few rolls of thunder and a couple of showers. Must have been saving it up for #Melbourne.

#AdelaideWeather


nostr:npub1w0j8a7equkj0qnmy9p2yzzft0krl97wspsjwgx36maeqaswt788q7mtmxl  That "declaration of war" statement was about the last thing that needed to be said. The Uluru statement is the very opposite of a declaration of war.

Whose interests does Mundine think he's  serving by such an outrageous utterance?


nostr:npub1eldr2t5pwm2mh6n6vulauex9hmuyztp6zf6pj079792r2n982jkqh364qe There's  no substitute for the comfort of sitting near a heat source, though. I've  got ducted aircon and insulated walls but I still sometimes turn on a column heater and place it near me, for that feeling of toastiness.


nostr:npub1xr8gd35szene0r2yvfafr29tjwdedgwd89lnfpmh3pylnygnvd4qmf3q0g nostr:npub1lyyd937lslt4k68hq7nqdw6mp90j9sgrlqzxyucuena4ymff3tzqzet3qm  Maybe they should think about the fate of Julius Caesar.


nostr:npub1p553zekrhumq4dqcytp795r5qm0346swlrv4nhdg7mt4lxs3ez7s2p8lyq Where are you?


nostr:npub12nm5cjxe4t7ldf0fflvujmawt0p83yjzl6v09ynw7v79dvlf6s2qmwwh2s I read that the city of London tried to attract more wealthy people as a way to increase local prosperity but it didn't have that effect. It was realised  that rich people spend most of their money buying things from other rich people - mansions, yachts, diamonds, luxury cars etc. They don't  eat more bread or get more haircuts, or hang out at the corner pub, so they have no impact on the local economy.


nostr:npub104kwavghcd58h5q2jww3h8v7qgmv3lphu3asmrurjlf53jt0kq6sa9rtuk Wow. That's  quite a turnout.


nostr:npub15tehy6ajkt0tz6a4kre4he2p2wmp4zeykyn3kxp5hmutv9y778ysnawdn7 Summer is when you find out how long your cat is.


Watching QI, reminded me that in the Middle Ages animals could be tried for witchcraft. Now that LLMs are in charge of human knowledge and wisdom, we could be doing that kind of thing again soon.


nostr:npub10ltl3pugxhk4ht9parv2gs7fwedthv9af6epmn7au7gx7z70rv0spcvh2u ... said the guy standing on the train tracks to the people saying " There's a train coming".


#PodcastsForIntroverts

" What's the matter, Anne?" The patholagising of Introversion

#hashtagGames


#PodcastsForIntroverts

The repulsive recluse - how your personality can be an effective tool to maintain boundaries.

#hashtagGames


nostr:npub1j4r9t2au7qlz2g5q9m0g2fvzlr4ull5u02xyg9etkqaaf85jknas7pca8s 😂😂😂


nostr:npub1zymgspl27rgcyrj39m0a7pqs96jkd5u0czxu20xgqsxwtwp3xgaqje5mys In elementary school?!?


#PodcastsForIntroverts

"I think I've had an aneurism" - 20 great ways to excuse yourself from Christmas Dinner.

#hashtagGames


nostr:npub12dj9wyjy2d3msgag0y3adagh06ylm3f0scmeh4a9aw9rlgh4y7yq0fd75f Some of us had to listen to it whether we wanted to or not.
 Neighbour turned it up so loud I could hear it *without* my hearing aid.
#GrandFinal


#PodcastsForIntroverts

" Sorry, I don't recognise your number" - Setting boundaries for introverts.

#hashtagGames


#PodcastsForIntroverts

"Being your authentic self. Why you *shouldn't* get out more."

#HashtagGames


nostr:npub1zqfr7rglvjq852p2ezsgs7gjmu47ahmy5p969f9gk56k8rmazywqtg2a0w They are. I can only relax when I'm home by myself.


nostr:npub1r6cdysha8k4kx9n2jmr534nzxjhe0nxgdth4m5uznajcwehr99rs2jul6f Ah yes, I try to avoid those.


nostr:npub1qxhg3ykaj757cy4lkhc7xwu044s68958eafsags9z9y8400dv53qd5jhpv I appreciate your intention, but do we really want the mass purchase of new tools, which themselves have a cost in CO2 emissions, both in manufacture and transport?

A better solution would be to not have lawns, sweep up leaves with a broom, use a screwdriver etc.

A mere 50 years ago I watched houses being built by men with hammers, saws, wheelbarrows. The only mechanised thing was a cement mixer, but for small jobs you'd  mix by hand in the wheelbarrow.

We should all re-assess what it means to "need" something and ask ourselves how much "need" has been created by clever advertising by people who want to sell us the goods.


nostr:npub1r6cdysha8k4kx9n2jmr534nzxjhe0nxgdth4m5uznajcwehr99rs2jul6f What's "breakfast"?


nostr:npub1dq0ywjrcepd0uhramhd0psq947ydz28n6835kek3j7vnhhk8dtkqr4glnl These were a fashion for women in the 80s until they didn't  want to have press studs in their crotch any more.


nostr:npub148rj8ffcqvllr63760j8wux5w6zcgtlsle503zfxmh2zc8sqs67q3k0yv8 nostr:npub189nhq0cw33243htm08c53vjvgc5letv7d9sgqtgqsn6fnx6dv8zs0fsatx Exactly. You might find that a whole lot of dislocated people think you should share your home with them.


nostr:npub189nhq0cw33243htm08c53vjvgc5letv7d9sgqtgqsn6fnx6dv8zs0fsatx nostr:npub1hgzpy28pe4f45t0a3falrc4lxzsc2rn89j42wnre7swx2m7e88hq99ktl4 nostr:npub1cjau3cgpfuavp954a42zl84t47l8aal9m7unwenwjeu5mz36tdgstsrqkq Yes. The poorer people will end up living in the uninsurable houses, and they'll  be the ones to suffer the inevitable next major flood.


nostr:npub17zhh6p7357g4u0d44chzfq9tucxl0x2rcxv90rjvadwzwch0jeuqcmmrxh nostr:npub1qfpe5wy2fu82nj3qpw9gxd0nyv33lelayyunhfmxm0a2sgg006fqs22xdk Um, I think the Indigenous people of Australia would think your frst paragraph is a really funny statement.

I wont try and speak for the rest of the world.


nostr:npub189nhq0cw33243htm08c53vjvgc5letv7d9sgqtgqsn6fnx6dv8zs0fsatx nostr:npub1qfpe5wy2fu82nj3qpw9gxd0nyv33lelayyunhfmxm0a2sgg006fqs22xdk  eg you could have a comfortable home in an area that the food supply trucks just can't reach.


nostr:npub1xn3vkg8rr0dt9a0ku9f4hljvtaj88dtrqk7wgpesz46v0c38ha5sneewkp nostr:npub189nhq0cw33243htm08c53vjvgc5letv7d9sgqtgqsn6fnx6dv8zs0fsatx Yes. But only some of us have thought about it.


nostr:npub1dsx3xuacjyrdqzpysvrne9y765luw0svuf9e55yww50t4jlf3qwszx03cj nostr:npub1f66ce7tc8mqkj6r4jr3k7qy2wpxw4fztxwkleyttzfcu6cpt4lcsn5xvfz nostr:npub1kt3hutklgrma64ykjwk4trxq9rtyfnxhkjz729g4pd9xl7hzhrjse75004 "And when you go out into the world, hold hands and stay together".
From the book by Robert Fulghum

https://static.theblower.au/media_attachments/files/111/156/611/385/282/431/original/79b39406c17daf37.jpg


OMG it's daylight saving again already! #Adelaide


nostr:npub15074264qfye8gc2u9s3fdn2cq23x90mx372fluj8ff48hj22zrzqh7e4gg I now live just round the corner from the school I went to as a kid and they still use the same siren they used 60 years ago to mark break times and the end of the day. It's kind of eerie.


nostr:npub1z7gzlrdtnyccn0t2k9f5gx38psazj8h47ppxdd06kdhvnzfvzegs6fy67t I'm  contemplating keeping a supply of coffee in a small slow cooker so  it's  always hot and I can dip in whenever I feel like it. Would this work?


nostr:npub1hu8l24dhksw5vkg20ke4hhc4nf98xfmu6z9amjumv5xx3z2y0thspy39su Anne can knight people now? What is the world coming to?


nostr:npub1h5uk69l27fpmy2vved92thz2fsy2q8vdylghmx9e2drlgph2dvrqa88mxk Buried, or just stored for re-use?


Stunned to learn that Kiss are still alive.


Wish people would put the same energy they put into supporting Australian Rules Football into tackling climate change.

Battle of the Batteries - rival neighbourhoods compete to be first to install a community battery?

Extreme House Moving - Can the team take a house apart and move it out of a flood zone in only three days?

#ClimateSurvival #Climate


nostr:npub15le42t5d6ucuds2xnlakewmpgemu2wnfy3nc3tm3ndkg8xwdl2dqgarwf5 Beautiful!


nostr:npub1zahc3mh7tc4zl09yk75jpgdaa0zdy2q4nzqf46lc75p3dellkcssntt356 I'd  almost forgotten about George Brandis. Pity it didn't  stay that way.


nostr:npub1nfeg69qpdp7qx86435329ya8hjk63ea08jms3pdfuluzfll648rsnxft3a Its the end of knowledge. We'd be better off turning the internet off and reading encyclopedias.


nostr:npub1y7sv8kxp46fa8z34tg7eluujlyjk99fuc92jqjs834k9ff3ez4nsl0xgqa Oh, lordy lord!


nostr:npub14xe56804wrm3yhh3yq5jpzvha70e5nljhh7q60u5m82ffwjzzsnqa88wv6 Go back to the bird site. I'm  sure all your friends will enjoy your belittling comments. Not surprised you're  lonely. Also, fvck off.


nostr:npub1r6cdysha8k4kx9n2jmr534nzxjhe0nxgdth4m5uznajcwehr99rs2jul6f Thank you (takes a bow).


nostr:npub1utca4e3j6demrast7mly07e7gq2e0k55ps3tjl4ae8aryxmx6qasfac0ud Hope so.


nostr:npub12espzrf7mfcrc6jcj6nxkth45m3y0dt23skcy5dpyhr5gf3adeasj7wqrj plastic?


Local Coles has moved on from self checkouts as an option, to bullying people into using them.

They now have only one human operated checkout, and there's always a queue of people willing to wait longer for the sake of the principle that people are more important than corporate profit. So Coles has appointed a staffer to harrass people in that queue.

Perhaps Coles has finally figured that we're  not actually computer shy, that our choice is political. (Most times I don't  even go to Coles but they do have my favourite coffee.)

Anyway, they've given a staffer the job of gracelessly ordering people to leave the human checkout and follow her to the other.

"No" I said emphatically, I'm going through here", pointing to the checkout in front of me. As she turned away I called, "I don't  work for Coles."

Not only am I not going to do the work of a staffer without pay, I'm not going to be rudely bossed around as if I was a staffer, for the sake of Coles' profit.

#ToxicCapitalism


nostr:npub1e784tq5pshccgk5fkf265d6fcc7tntatnr9pnqn8ve24qcwhrm9qcjsa4p  Not sure about the cult idea. Certainly there are denialists that are protecting their own interests. That's cynical, purposeful denial. People in psychological denial, however, are not doing it purposefully. It's something the human brain does when something happens that is very frightening but also unlikely. The brain chooses the "this can't be real" option because it relieves fear. This is why people leave it too late to evacuate from oncoming floods and fires.

#ClimateDenial


nostr:npub18ljjwuh8vt0lrh3fe3vsefddt40u297gtsk3d4v4ywhjnvms9zfqy480hq Can we define consciousness first please? If we can't  agree on a definition of consciousness first, the results will be meaningless.

Also, ask babies. They might remember.


nostr:npub160je2dk38knrqszqrphnclhy9zughv5j88maskzrctttuu49jzjqfcn2hp Congratulations Ireland. 👍🏻 Proud to say the State of South Australia has also reached this goal, exporting renewable energy to other Australian States

#RenewableEnergy


nostr:npub1g725a97pwnmyn4m9l0fsa0l9eylfn20txlrljn7klcg9ysqdcqzsmv2yvc Seems like knowledge is going to be reduced to the lowest common denominator, and the "information highway" will be no better than owning a set of encyclopedias in the 1950s. Possibly less reliable than the encyclopedias.

#AI #LLMs #FutureOfKnowledge


nostr:npub1zvax3r7j4smpxcrnxlznc5yv2x26e5rpuutmxssxwevp2fr8wlwqxue2q5 I haven't  previously known of this tree but I agree that landscape is a publicly owned asset.


nostr:npub1xxpucau7ly2lsdw4zavts42kw084nl9f6xrw6kcyre5r9gez3fwsk3pan8 nostr:npub1k4uz82vjsjyv55w5aqh8ta7kdmhpzsa5xadm08aepgclpv33979q7p0yfm I don't see anything alarmist in the original post. It just passes on facts drawn from a news article. It's not the poster's  job to reassure people if they find those facts alarming.


nostr:npub1hgtpg8j2dm069lwacyjmlckwp0nkzxsgqsrwmmu27x0smjscy6rqdja4wl nostr:npub1p553zekrhumq4dqcytp795r5qm0346swlrv4nhdg7mt4lxs3ez7s2p8lyq Or doing nasty things to people who weren't  at home to answer the door.


nostr:npub1p553zekrhumq4dqcytp795r5qm0346swlrv4nhdg7mt4lxs3ez7s2p8lyq You wouldn't  say that if you'd  had raw eggs thrown at the brick wall of your house and you could still see where they were ten years later. #Halloween


nostr:npub16xrwfr6362vk4ru78my63ru5tujnmdx0xu0d47usxalmfavtn6cqqrntvc The guy who murders you is not your "boyfriend". Not ever.


nostr:npub1qgmms8zgwet9y7p97ldq4nj2ms8ycgwaenle55w5snu840wrhcyq08rhrv They should get that lanced. 🩹


nostr:npub1u84s42sdj9qj3tr56d32lx9fd7zz0yfx2a60lngvkqcfz4gddtaqmcmgjx  As we all know, 🙄 #EVs all weigh exactly the same, have exactly the same tyres and drive in exactly the same terrain. And all EV drivers take off at the green light at a screaming speed, because they can.


nostr:npub1ujtwdc8rprrqlj54tkut9hlsa73rsuqskvl27ldcv6kxmsl9zrjsw5gn52 Thank you.


nostr:npub1gfk69xplzh8tqy2zu36r89fhd3hv3tk58p0wany6vay9y240ffgs7huhvn Nup. Just solar panels.


My electricity bill for the last 12 months has been AU$11.96. That includes charging my #EV


nostr:npub1y9zwp8x30rmeptkk60t7m60fpmu9ddykf3m77wkcau3nusx5elsq553ykm I was born in 1952 and I can tell you that clothes were made out of very different fabrics. Synthetics were still a very new thing and a lot of technology is used today to make clothes "easy care".


nostr:npub1dp8z870tnqcstsmynu6v5e4p8rs782znefarrx0jet62n7kdp4ssv8smpr No, no no! We don't want them to have "personality"!


nostr:npub1c2hzrxljscrr22twyt9533ups632m3qwkg377sr3cw4scmr3rfvsj5ewfr Yes, that's how I understand it too.


nostr:npub1f3djvredralzq034e8j75uhf7hupqnz2zjqed5s00jxf5ruj4rws0zqjx6 In most cases it would be a dangerous thing to do, for the obvious reason that the military leader has command of the military.

If you're  planning a coup, you need the military onside otherwise they will simply wipe you out.


nostr:npub10h7qsnppacd0vakj0tr3uptmwlgtrnkzjg2pus79tfn2l00ctqzqcdl9gn Same. I like to read words.


nostr:npub1kjjewg9v2q8ryrjylg0906ypnd5n0yqepvt4mp9fk494s45w355svtjrw8 Had to put the heating on when I got up. 14. 5 frickin degrees!
#Adelaide


nostr:npub1z4vzaa8fv74fs6k6wfr54a7ll04y0ftr37atcdkqhggxvwcrw9hsv7s24t Same at my house: sprightly young cat, fresh from the cat shelter, chases portly older cat up and down the hallway, giving portly cat much needed exercise.


nostr:npub1m233f2g50tmn4e5cqmmdtu2a8ekn2k66qdxxfhuqpztw94y35x3sf9kffj Yes.


nostr:npub1v2sycpx32th4h4aude3jq4g0kgj0p2t5062059l0fx0vcn8njs8spcmqq5 Trump and unions? 😂😂😂😂😂


nostr:npub1m5gtuexqw9d7pqvkp3z6ztu65fqjt8z7y2mv37tnzjv7c6qadkasu7r5aa Yes, I've been advocating this for a while. A random selection of citizizens would do a better job than we've  seen from elected governments over the last several years. People with actual life experience, who won't  be making a career out of politics and owe nobody anything for their place in parliament.

A randomly selected parliament would be way more representative, with women and minorities just as eligible as white males.


nostr:npub1w7am9s752j3dwxhyngcpewha6cy7cel6wzgpupffaf737wwz3hdqmqe03r nostr:npub189nhq0cw33243htm08c53vjvgc5letv7d9sgqtgqsn6fnx6dv8zs0fsatx  It's  certainly easier to recruit fighters from people experiencing economic stress. And it is treating people as disposable.


nostr:npub189nhq0cw33243htm08c53vjvgc5letv7d9sgqtgqsn6fnx6dv8zs0fsatx  People can be replaced with machines but then you have to dispose of all the surplus, non-productive people. In the 19th century, colonisation was the answer. Many of the convicts Britain sent to its colonies were farm workers made redundant by mechanisation, who'd  resorted to petty crime to support themselves. Other unwanted people like the rebellious Scots and Irish were given subsidised passage to the colonies.

Not so easy to do now, though witholding welfare and health care can raise the death rate, as can inhuman working conditions like requiring people to work outside in the hot sun with no water breaks. These kinds of policies see human life as disposable.


Having my usual giggle over people posting pictures of yellow oxalis flowers.  In Australia they're  an invasive weed.  #soursobs  I guess this sort of thing happens a lot.


nostr:npub1eldr2t5pwm2mh6n6vulauex9hmuyztp6zf6pj079792r2n982jkqh364qe This article is a good explainer of the issue. Thanks to the author and The Conversation.


nostr:npub1v2sycpx32th4h4aude3jq4g0kgj0p2t5062059l0fx0vcn8njs8spcmqq5 Omg I must be really old then!


nostr:npub13w0q2txqdkepyvyq690zfmt7zv3zrf059zyudt4jrmav983vkvvszjegmz lol Shameless. 😂


#MakeAMovieSick

Shingles List

#hashtagGames


#PirateASong

Unchain My Hearties!

#hashtagGames


Of all the places he could have chosen, Finn has decided this mat right by the back door is his territory.

https://static.theblower.au/media_attachments/files/111/089/882/767/812/873/original/5c1fb9c68872fbc7.jpg


nostr:npub1g5jsf09yh3sm6krcehnztxcydzn8hhxk6g39q39c5ttdy8geqazqqk2jxs They're  used a lot in public landscaping here because they're so tough and drought proof. Mine are arranged in a circle and when they had flower heads all around last year they looked really pretty.


#MiddleAgeAMovie

Electric Blanket of the Vanities

#hashtagGames


nostr:npub15tehy6ajkt0tz6a4kre4he2p2wmp4zeykyn3kxp5hmutv9y778ysnawdn7  I think I've  got the matching cat.

https://static.theblower.au/media_attachments/files/111/083/460/270/320/226/original/47b0f1ce0633eb44.jpg


nostr:npub1v94qgafv8n6tsrv6ve6r6sl8d6qathzruxk706ahs0hz8u9l3hes55l85t Correct.


nostr:npub1g5jsf09yh3sm6krcehnztxcydzn8hhxk6g39q39c5ttdy8geqazqqk2jxs  I have these in my garden in Adelaide,  South Australia. Here we just call them Dietes. Didn't  know they were called fortnight lily. Is there a reason for the name?


Thought I'd  catch up with what's  happening in the #UK Love this journalist's wry commentary.

Is it time for a Great Noticing in #Australia?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/17/rightwing-britain-broken-tories-national-decline


nostr:npub1hk4mlaam68ftq2fcrs0nkppn83h76njah5plwty3vpxc0f35zqcql0578k nostr:npub1pmxc6x4m8cf2gemjktdhu7vmf87kaprlq8t88fm2n25pzyp5sf9qdzexkq nostr:npub1gxp6qn9ehf92pmvy7cl2r5l04vdctls6sr7gn3csf60ap65qdapsr58dpd nostr:npub18fz872n76uamwc0kkvft8efrxe0zj4xmxqqe6xc55pe9gm6p2s0q9rhy22  What would you do with this data?


nostr:npub190drvhz9l05phen0elpucl6stqh034j2vmdu9s8e9kkentf7rjysg2lfvr Gorgeous, aren't  they, and they smell lovely when you've  got a lot of them. ( Mine are taking over everything atm).


nostr:npub1zahc3mh7tc4zl09yk75jpgdaa0zdy2q4nzqf46lc75p3dellkcssntt356 Oh good. Hope they fight among themselves and lose traction as a result of looking disorganised.


nostr:npub1ms4k7ucnapgrejsaudmzz7spvatf5n7y43nmha3w65jf4tfhy7kqdcza2g nostr:npub1due5ct6gpun3mkqwhhdl4thezcjztdu87vrflf2v0395mhgpapeqnc4rr7 I don't  think the European Union was around in Captain Cook's  time.


nostr:npub1due5ct6gpun3mkqwhhdl4thezcjztdu87vrflf2v0395mhgpapeqnc4rr7 Odd that Mundine said "European countries" instead of "the British".


I feel seen

https://static.theblower.au/media_attachments/files/111/077/516/528/282/757/original/8e8b6cc95d3f6fce.jpg


nostr:npub1z2du49jz90df6w00c04scrjhy7p4tk8z6sd7lzanzekd57hd7ftqls7yfv "Disgraced former President".


nostr:npub1v9tu86qrgdqvlhq6wfehuwdmq204jw8qtwj0gn4l5nvl9a5utyusemz55g  Aboriginal people won't  even talk to Senator Price! That's how representative she is.


nostr:npub1pm82vaxxd74lq0ct7sa2d32g8c2y6tthwftd8jwpf4s8s6wn3pms4j75cp nostr:npub1hykucplphuhelaxutcw4jw3vuu7gcg42czhqmk7jhchs8vdga4fsj73p33 Brilliant. Thanks for posting.


nostr:npub1hk4mlaam68ftq2fcrs0nkppn83h76njah5plwty3vpxc0f35zqcql0578k nostr:npub1pmxc6x4m8cf2gemjktdhu7vmf87kaprlq8t88fm2n25pzyp5sf9qdzexkq nostr:npub1gxp6qn9ehf92pmvy7cl2r5l04vdctls6sr7gn3csf60ap65qdapsr58dpd nostr:npub18fz872n76uamwc0kkvft8efrxe0zj4xmxqqe6xc55pe9gm6p2s0q9rhy22 If someone's  going to put a robot in my house, I'd  rather have one that does some of the housework rather than one that watches and records me not doing the housework. Kinder, I think.


nostr:npub1h3vanghrygm9zz6y3szat7v5jl8089aay3yfn3fqjhq6zzgj7txq7evvva Has it reached the coast?


nostr:npub1g4r4wetjlncn96udv66uvf3s66s957e425r6zzt4l6g8m4qehc2qdjj0en Oh great. #Australia is doing what American Republicans want. We should definitely pursue this path 🤪

#auspol


nostr:npub1w87hctpjxf7p6zug7r6m2sep2wx5988lzgpw9lhlseurhz8v5a2spy8rd6 Captain Matthew Flinders, an early mapper of Australia,  had a cat named Trim who travelled on board ship with him. There is a statue of Trim
https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/culture/animals/display/23316-trim

ALT: a bronze statue of an ordinary looking cat.


Today's  disasters:

Volos, Greece - flooding
Eastern Australia - heat column, high temps
Derna, Libya - flooding, destruction, many dead
Massachusetts, USA - flooding
Scandinavia - high temperatures

I'll update as I find them

#climate #ClimateCrisisIsNOW


nostr:npub1pdm992nwm7z7lkd8964zrfqvqr33zxgser4emcl3wpg78lg9gdtqmzthdk Is this from inundation only, or did you include backup caused by stormwater not being able to drain into the sea?


nostr:npub1s4urk3rnvhks4vqvc34k36rsj3pe05jhm8yjw4unsqfcq05ucq7q8j38us  If you drive at half the speed, you still reach the destination.


nostr:npub1s4urk3rnvhks4vqvc34k36rsj3pe05jhm8yjw4unsqfcq05ucq7q8j38us The BOM is always a bit  conservative in its predictions. They say things like "reasonably significant" when what they mean is "fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck!"

#Australia #Climate


nostr:npub1s4urk3rnvhks4vqvc34k36rsj3pe05jhm8yjw4unsqfcq05ucq7q8j38us Oh great!


nostr:npub1ahwvykdsmjctmw5gph7t7lds9p2sjekcmuwsvzdrm7ntx4mun62stz4r5h I'm so pleased to hear that you decided against air travel. So many people are cooking up excuses - reasons why *their* plane travel is an exception, that there's been no change in the overall number of flights. And people who declare themselves concerned about climate change are still doing it.

What is it about "urgent" and "emergency" that people don't  understand?

#climate #climateEmergency


nostr:npub1vv97nfyz7cc8qvefu65qjkuypvfskw5kx2vq7pw2qkzqkutu5deq33f7zq nostr:npub1due5ct6gpun3mkqwhhdl4thezcjztdu87vrflf2v0395mhgpapeqnc4rr7 That too. But hopefully some good will come out of it.


nostr:npub16pgdaynnelj0405h0y8aflpgc34hxaln4pe8hg6vnatsgp8dd8ss94jv07  The OK Corral could have been called the Really Awful Corral, that would have changed things.


nostr:npub17pw7cgnvzm0pze5m0njdltf6guqm6mqgtmq2f4vh7fyxr7h2khqqh6k3ps nostr:npub14af2jeygzle3vvu65hez3stmszs2utdcm4wp0jzflrvw7jhq870sjk97tx nostr:npub1j9n90v60725gnzz2hcdt0ttxttkm2yn8rajwnhy66kejjn54wmhszhtn5f I guess its " safer" to blame the dams, but it takes a hell of a lot of water pressure to make any dam wall explode outwards. And that water came from *rain*.

#LibyaFloods #climate #climateDisaster #ClimateSurvival


nostr:npub19g8u4a87uwaa7mdle3z5vaauzzzj4nvpkt8elzsxsmtaq4u7w7qs83he8h Glorious morning in Adelaide.


nostr:npub1due5ct6gpun3mkqwhhdl4thezcjztdu87vrflf2v0395mhgpapeqnc4rr7 If it's  "No" I think there'll  be a lot of activist energy unleashed to improve Indigenous equality by any means available. I know, personally, I will be incensed if the #Voice is knocked back, and I'm  not Indigenous.

#auspol


Clown

#RrplaceWordInMovieWithClown
#hashtagGames


nostr:npub1due5ct6gpun3mkqwhhdl4thezcjztdu87vrflf2v0395mhgpapeqnc4rr7  It's  fascinating. Australians are happy to be racist, they just don't  want to be called racist. Whenever the issue of Indigenous equality comes up, it's "Don't mention the R word".

"Who, me? Racist? How dare you!"

At least they know it's bad.

But knowing that doesn't alter their behaviour. They've given "racism" such a narrow definition (lynchings?) that they can declare themselves innocent and be blind to the racism being practiced around them.

#Voice #auspol


nostr:npub1gpduj2vkd34s7m99dcxe86vj8pkgamvzfvskmm4ac97vywr7fu3qv6nt6w nostr:npub1wm27vwl4gm3j9q3z9cl4zdhp7z0nyfcqr0zlepacxpmkesrv023qw2yawh *misanthropists


nostr:npub1vepp6etlfhmmumjxcw75gkpmfn86fs6p3rnue6ahel3g4lpw4nss68qc0f When asked why I don't  have a microwave, I reply that I don't  like things that beep in the kitchen.

I'm told "Oh I couldn't live without my microwave!"

Yes you could. Millions of people live and have lived without microwaves. There are other ways of heating food.


nostr:npub1fk2jyjkty3uqe9mz4seppedsvgzrsutztj0favz0u5gxrhlypehs4v5l0c  I don't  know why this stereotype persists. There've been grey heads at climate protests for many years. Its not new, the media have just been so prejudiced by their own idea, they've been blind to it.


nostr:npub1xr8gd35szene0r2yvfafr29tjwdedgwd89lnfpmh3pylnygnvd4qmf3q0g The world just doesn't seem like a safe place to bring children into. That influences pregnancy rate too.


nostr:npub14hyqslrgmdq3s08zh4mpkjarluvwtr3cj7wt9qec6u6at8lkc9ls3txxmu I very much favour the idea of Universal Basic Income, especially if we're  going to have frequent large-scale natural disasters taking people's  homes and livelihoods.

And at the same time, cut everyone's working hours by half. Produce less useless stuff. There's  so much automation now, and on the horizon, humans shouldn't  have to work 40 hrs a week.


nostr:npub14hyqslrgmdq3s08zh4mpkjarluvwtr3cj7wt9qec6u6at8lkc9ls3txxmu  I remember the 50s and 60s and people were more relaxed and had way more time.

Today I see people rushing frenetically between one self-inflicted( yet believed to be necessary) activity and the next, and the next, and the next.


nostr:npub1cc2ddgxyzpwt2za9aynpft34wmnedzjgctz42c86400hlrz4ywwqj9u484  Plane trips, interstate meetings, conferences, all contribute to one's sense of one's own importance, while not actually being of much benefit to society or one's field of endeavour.


🎶 Let's do the Pro-zac aga-ain! 🎶

#MedicateASong
#hashtagGames


🎶 This is Ground Control to Major Tom,
      You're getting Medicare  🎶

#MedicateASong
#hashtagGames


#medicateASong

🎶 Come with me
And you'll be
In a world of grad-ual titration 🎶

#hashtagGames


nostr:npub132qzc5p2xuckytpm2d8sy7d89accvrw329nlcf32pq3x2u5jt9yqnuua6v Same. Still in jimjams at 1.55 pm.


nostr:npub15ygl3ke5j44xktrmss7v5pmur28983f3pe0tf0ffvurjxmgetk3qs0wtqm 😄😄😄👍🏻


nostr:npub1kd28sjj3zlwwc4c4xvpj7lfk43kpve7p82cdv605qk7lxedz6ahqnl2rwz Even if that were true for all Indigenous Australians in the present day, the First Peoples had running water and readily available food before Europeans arrived.

One of the first things colonists did was cut off access to natural food and water sources by fencing off grazing land and watering their stock at traditional water sources, where the animals fouled the water.

As well, colonists literally poisoned food and water as a way of "clearing out" (eradicating) indigenous peoples.

If their descendants have access to food and water today, they've paid a terrible price of deprivation and murder for it.

#Voice #auspol #VoteYes


nostr:npub1tth55cs0vn0u48rjesrlcfmhv8qug88m0ldrgp62zcuq2uk595tqef8wvs Hear, hear!!

Not only are big businesses no longer serving customers, they're using and manipulating us as part of their profit-making mechanism. Check out your own purchases, read your own meter, present the item with barcode facing upwards, "sign up" to use our services, or agree to us using all your personal information and accept whatever deceptive crap our AI serves up to you.


nostr:npub1hc3qle8s95uemncwjccr0rn7wkmqezw5r58l0kvjlp8echw7hnhshfzfn2 We can, however, make use of ancient wisdom, the kind that's stood the test of time, and does not require belief in anything supernatural.


nostr:npub1wttlx76fw4mh8dnt9l0zt5zpg7x2f7cf4te27df362xqpw6z383qr097sw Where's his duck?


nostr:npub1sa8qu0jgcr45lmusxm5qp6l5vnsaymrpsdk3pgcve22ye63jn6esxn09cs  Not sure how to interpret it. Do the orange and red areas indicate stages we've already reached?


New South Wales woman dies after being tasered by police. 😳😡

Tasers are supposed to be the non-lethal alternative.

#Australia #auspol

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-15/woman-dies-after-being-tasered-by-nsw-police-at-stockton/102859540?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other


nostr:npub1a4k7c4yx66ra6hnts92zyu7d3kar4jah3d2l0pxethf6zxhkgnls4yl47t Brilliant.


nostr:npub10h7qsnppacd0vakj0tr3uptmwlgtrnkzjg2pus79tfn2l00ctqzqcdl9gn True. And I would definitely be outside looking in. That stuff is so expensive!


nostr:npub1hkxgp7krfzgle6ulm8c5czg6346nfd993ksp033xwueyvky09k6sd98pu3 Love the Miffy mug.


nostr:npub1esdwxe3jghrvrlfm6rttglquq3vk4kye77c7sg8zydgqtkd9n6hqpltyzj  😄 I can so identify! It inevitably leads to some kind of unpleasantness that makes you wish you'd  stayed home forever.


nostr:npub1q8tcdrasgf662pzrvrw0qfhd8lj436k3lqseyxg2wurgpezvlh6suwnzdr Maybe warehousing old people in these places is not such a good idea.


nostr:npub14vj7x5az3gcu0n5n4y27qzqyldtg986s2h2h9w2addy3sl7ryrmsfvzx2q  When I get back to my car I rip off plastic packaging and any other packaging I consider to be excess and leave it in a trolley. I did not ask for that stuff and I'm  not going to take it home.


Is it okay that I'm in love with my new kitty? It doesn't  mean I love my older kitties any less.

#cats #catsOfMastodon #pets #rescueCats @catnews

https://static.theblower.au/media_attachments/files/111/060/900/845/974/527/original/ddb08b2e5a3ef4c5.jpg


nostr:npub10h7qsnppacd0vakj0tr3uptmwlgtrnkzjg2pus79tfn2l00ctqzqcdl9gn  🤚 Outside Brunetti!

 ( ok Im from Adelaide).


nostr:npub1pmxc6x4m8cf2gemjktdhu7vmf87kaprlq8t88fm2n25pzyp5sf9qdzexkq nostr:npub1gxp6qn9ehf92pmvy7cl2r5l04vdctls6sr7gn3csf60ap65qdapsr58dpd nostr:npub18fz872n76uamwc0kkvft8efrxe0zj4xmxqqe6xc55pe9gm6p2s0q9rhy22 Also who is the "we" that's  going to do the accommodating? Sydney University? The medical profession? Society in general?


nostr:npub10h7qsnppacd0vakj0tr3uptmwlgtrnkzjg2pus79tfn2l00ctqzqcdl9gn Hoping the Qantas experience shows that there's  a limit to how far the pursuit of profit can be taken before the company starts to die from its own poison. I hope this applies to all companies.

#auspol #QANTAS #Australia


nostr:npub1ztmx2wspkwx8txmrmkrn0frtv8kssk6lus5t7mha6lgq0zm579qq7dt758 nostr:npub1p4kx439znnv7pejldzr3zs4dxusjcu6n6r4vkr40rwxcrl8hp77qy9wfhv Sh!t, I hope not. Not buying one of them phones!


nostr:npub1mu5cayngajm36xvca3n4psdjfjef2mtdehs80mkdcry44lg5ulkqfygtfe nostr:npub1kt3hutklgrma64ykjwk4trxq9rtyfnxhkjz729g4pd9xl7hzhrjse75004 nostr:npub1mte2qtkzz42xmcdl0d268zxyskwhr755qq7xp5s6adcskj2zp4rsg2f4pq nostr:npub14dpzt5u9nvy9ftgvzn9uukgdkkezqxnrweuh9qn5sywqaz48q53sagh5lu nostr:npub14c9sj2njlhm3tpxpt0w5mawqtxdthdfgqz45j25xpl6pxmxtt6wsjkycxv  When I had a secondhand bookshop I used to hand out free bookmarks with "It's not hoarding if it's  books" on them.

When AI ruins all knowledge and communication, books printed pre-AI will become the only reliable literature, so hang onto them!


nostr:npub1vtctxvytwzg5zwhyecgg75pegs2qaduc2j80jdqvmgvrvw8nsg0qwgrpj9 I've still got mine, stowed in an old trunk. Not the very first one with the 500k floppy drive, a later one with (gasp!) a built in hard drive!

I can't  bear to thtow it out. Maybe a collector would like it.


nostr:npub1knfjnmaxuz0gvvw76x6tkr2503nvl0hdx94yefsl7evmqxy8ahkqyrtu8j They hate each other?


nostr:npub1nqzzvvr02rm8eqqamu6u403a584ljdtuh0uwdqzdl5maxjn880nss7838y ALT text: a photograph of union members assembled at the gate to Paramount Studios. Many are carrying signs saying "On Strike". Star Trek actor George Takei is seated at the centre of the group. He's making the Vulcan hand sign with both hands. Many of the picketers are also making the hand sign. Smiles all round suggest that the picketers are enjoying Takei's visit and support.


nostr:npub1xg63sv4hqpw7wzw4pf8nvzs3r2pqfju7fp7ug6wzfezqkz3tymkqx8e6jt nostr:npub1h35hkz29q43kuq57epczv9rh2sj5mehalk69u22dxyanr2ga4ujqkmvpgg Oh, is that happening? I should remove the tag to you then. Sorry .


nostr:npub15ma7s9pg9semrtr40y2y0nfhhjta9jgyp0sv6huezunn4e9s59fsjwht24 You'd be aware of the many English variants, then.


nostr:npub1pyjuh9ncthek63nq6q0wc0pfvpp30yumjck2hf9ulcst0h68vl6sn5rhku Ha! I like the way you've drawn Sally. Instantly recognisable.


nostr:npub1zxr09mwmvesunuh9uragm4txn8wwz0m4dhyzn9q8akh80dqr0tgswz5qkf Well I'm  happy to mention the enormous contribution air travel makes to carbon in the atmosphere.

STOP FLYING! IT'S KILLING THE PLANET!.

Consider it mentioned.


Soon a half-hour news broadcast won't be long enough to fit in all the disasters.

Four in tonight's 7pm news on ABC (Australia)

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-13/libya-floods-wipe-out-quarter-of-derna-thousands-dead/102849034?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

#climate #climateDisaster #climateSurvival


I told Finn he's getting lots of clicks.


When a cat decides it's  safe with me and trusts me, I take it as a great compliment.

#cats #catsOfMastodon #pets

https://static.theblower.au/media_attachments/files/111/056/503/928/355/469/original/40b1c085ec172461.jpg


nostr:npub1h35hkz29q43kuq57epczv9rh2sj5mehalk69u22dxyanr2ga4ujqkmvpgg nostr:npub1xg63sv4hqpw7wzw4pf8nvzs3r2pqfju7fp7ug6wzfezqkz3tymkqx8e6jt When you say "marketed to" are you saying consumer preference has nothing to do with what sells? Don't  companies do market research to find out what consumers want?


nostr:npub15ma7s9pg9semrtr40y2y0nfhhjta9jgyp0sv6huezunn4e9s59fsjwht24 My chooks are tiny demons. Here they are trying to lay their eggs in the same spot.

https://static.theblower.au/media_attachments/files/111/055/126/773/828/451/original/cf5ee3f4a1b85c96.jpg


nostr:npub15ma7s9pg9semrtr40y2y0nfhhjta9jgyp0sv6huezunn4e9s59fsjwht24 Yes, you did say "chooks", I should have realised. I'm  just in the habit of writing an alternative in case people don't  know what I'm talking about.

Australians can use both Australian English and American English because we've  grown up watching American TV, but Americans seem unaware that we speak a different language or that we're  culturally different.


nostr:npub15ma7s9pg9semrtr40y2y0nfhhjta9jgyp0sv6huezunn4e9s59fsjwht24  Chookbot was my username on Xwitter. I keep chooks (chickens) and cats. Please explain your username.


nostr:npub1h35hkz29q43kuq57epczv9rh2sj5mehalk69u22dxyanr2ga4ujqkmvpgg nostr:npub1xg63sv4hqpw7wzw4pf8nvzs3r2pqfju7fp7ug6wzfezqkz3tymkqx8e6jt If it's  just about the use of a vehicle, why are people driving cars  way, way bigger than necessary, especially in the US where your SUVs are about twice the size of those in Australia?


nostr:npub15ma7s9pg9semrtr40y2y0nfhhjta9jgyp0sv6huezunn4e9s59fsjwht24
So would I, lol.


nostr:npub1d3ds5v6s0l857hkzwkqm4wg39u5qza92sxz0c5a4ty654eyklarsyg3uq0 It can't be both the end of democracy as we know it and empty symbolism at the same time. They'll have to make up their minds.

#auspol #potato #madmonk #bookshelvesbrandis #nationalism


nostr:npub1vv97nfyz7cc8qvefu65qjkuypvfskw5kx2vq7pw2qkzqkutu5deq33f7zq He is lovely.


nostr:npub1p9t76z035svpg0tk87rmysa06p3etuxdzukhmte02w7zgdlt77rs28mltx  How is a 17 year prison sentence " doing nothing?".


Performance Review: Finn (a cat) 14 day review

Looks cute ✅
Smooches ✅
Sleeps on bed ✅
Purrs ✅
Gets along with other cats ✅
Comes when called ✅
Allows tummy rubs ✅

Score: 💯%

#cats #catsOfMastodon #rescueCats

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https://static.theblower.au/media_attachments/files/111/032/818/972/907/411/original/bcbcd9972316cbed.jpg


nostr:npub1aaple5sdnr943a92gycwqh5lhum72hsuh8esucnpfnqjjrh5nx4qpqy8g7 ... reminding us that a safari suit with bell bottomed trousers really was fashionable once (and never again, we hope!)


nostr:npub10as0hep2w8dvv9ge6egzuxpq87gehe35ad3fdw3w893w8dkl9qcqvcs6kc OMG, just look at it!


nostr:npub1200ys2hzmazsqkyucvj4pyjay5qnmpu84q2hfyu82qmjxgqlzlyssgaqy2 nostr:npub1gmx4vz0z4waf3ff40j7vdy7stdn4c0gne6lkd0pwtae46lzph4mqajatcq They get tired and disinterested, but don't want to be without the money and prrstige so they keep going long after they should have stopped.

Youd be better off chatting with someone unqualified but with long life experience, intelligence and sensitivity.


nostr:npub189nhq0cw33243htm08c53vjvgc5letv7d9sgqtgqsn6fnx6dv8zs0fsatx Highly  Recommended satirical piece from Juice Media, Australia - "Get fucken used to it"

https://fb.watch/mWb4z2Fhac/?mibextid=NnVzG8


nostr:npub189nhq0cw33243htm08c53vjvgc5letv7d9sgqtgqsn6fnx6dv8zs0fsatx nostr:npub1nr6q690u659vqz6f9qpkuqhpdafrhck3lal7mxseq40d0g7pmj5qzl6wqx  Have to admit I've  enjoyed hearing about them. Still laughing.


nostr:npub1nr6q690u659vqz6f9qpkuqhpdafrhck3lal7mxseq40d0g7pmj5qzl6wqx nostr:npub189nhq0cw33243htm08c53vjvgc5letv7d9sgqtgqsn6fnx6dv8zs0fsatx Well they found out the limits of "independence" didn't  they?


nostr:npub1zswzrgqatxgrzgmph696rk8mh9x5v7fgektxmjtrnfc9dcde52jssq73vl I'm certain there are men who can't fix something without breaking something else. This is why I prefer to do stuff around the house myself.


nostr:npub15074264qfye8gc2u9s3fdn2cq23x90mx372fluj8ff48hj22zrzqh7e4gg Who wants to "renew their bills"? Happy for mine to age gracelessly and fade into obscurity.


nostr:npub1cxs5ka2zctwhstjetdf2h7zjc93tqqpc4s0hhynmtc8yyz433aasgm2zdj You're most certainly not alone, and good on you for speaking up. Disappointing that the group decided to give these quacks time.

Long post about my awful experience at a #LongCovid Hub online meeting, feeling rubbish


nostr:npub1zswzrgqatxgrzgmph696rk8mh9x5v7fgektxmjtrnfc9dcde52jssq73vl Sent the Minister an email.


nostr:npub1zswzrgqatxgrzgmph696rk8mh9x5v7fgektxmjtrnfc9dcde52jssq73vl Yeah, I'm  glad they're  not able to fly here. Women should never be treated like that.


#procrastinateASong

Don't  think twice ... think multiple times.

#hashtagGames


nostr:npub1pmxc6x4m8cf2gemjktdhu7vmf87kaprlq8t88fm2n25pzyp5sf9qdzexkq nostr:npub1gxp6qn9ehf92pmvy7cl2r5l04vdctls6sr7gn3csf60ap65qdapsr58dpd If you haven't got a diagnosis and a certificate from a doctor for time off work, you have no choice but to keep going.


nostr:npub1ywyvcvvkchy6g2udk5n79zzc78jm6nl4gqhy2jttkl7pwtszt75qrfcksd No.


nostr:npub1nve5k733n9lxyhc68xq65jze4562flmc6d5syn32hp3azc66eu3qz27hth That's me. Even just a phone call has so many possibilities for disaster 😄.


nostr:npub1hwrwmfweq0tup3rcdnayp5z52jx5nk35y0e0hxn80feq6dhjt0ssjjq7he That's the Pain in the Arse culture.


nostr:npub1eldr2t5pwm2mh6n6vulauex9hmuyztp6zf6pj079792r2n982jkqh364qe Notice how the onus is now on citizens to be "resilient"? No doubt we'll be expected to keep turning up at work in all kinds of climate- wrought havoc. And all this could have been prevented.

Could still be minimised.

But that ol' profit-making machine just has to keep on turning, doesn't it, right up until money becomes worthless because there's nothing left to buy.


nostr:npub15ygl3ke5j44xktrmss7v5pmur28983f3pe0tf0ffvurjxmgetk3qs0wtqm 😂😂😂


nostr:npub12hdzapf2nzyecrqp75rx40ch47uqs4hg5pzra72a543xmacdgs6smrmdp3 Good grief.

I know exactly the type this would appeal to, and we really, really, really don't want to give them weapons.

#auspol


nostr:npub1cjxswwwc9dfa97r2pmpaa76ce6t3lscxpk78y3s27dhls92p02ts3zz842 People need to re-evaluate their concept of "need to" as in "I need to fly to Sydney for this meeting."

That's  not a need. Flying life-saving rare blood to Alice Springs is a need. Who's  going to die if you use Zoom?


Chookbot

Retired teacher and bookseller. Born 1952. Living solo.

Interests: climate change, my electric car, pandemic response, cats, Australian politics, human rights, turning Australia into a republic, the Uluru Statement from the Heart, early offshore whaling in Australia and New Zealand, genealogy, colonial history, dressmaking and design, recycling and repurposing, Buy Nothing Group, gardening, chooks (chickens)... etc

I will vote YES to the Voice to Parliament.