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rae

@rae@bne.social

Digital media professional with a fascination for data, maps, weather, emergencies, and local stories. Interests include #streetart, #craftbeer, #3dprinting, #roadtrip, #motorhome

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An instance where buying the Australian product can make a difference, and the price difference is measured in cents.
SPC cuts canned fruit production amid cost-of-living crisis - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-06/spc-cuts-canned-fruit-production-cost-of-living-crisis/103938812

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Local councils are why we can't have nice things
NSW cafe battle to keep chickens roaming in garden among customers
https://amp.nine.com.au/article/59046382-b8eb-4b62-91a1-d884991e16e0

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This story beggars belief - am amazed the law firm has the hide to appeal
Firm that claimed entire $11m class action settlement to appeal order to slash amount - Lawyers Weekly
https://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/biglaw/39802-firm-that-claimed-entire-11m-class-action-settlement-to-appeal-order-to-slash-amount

anathema_device, to random
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It's just gorgeous!

Archibald prize 2024: Baker Boy portrait wins packing room prize | Australian art | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/article/2024/may/30/baker-boy-portrait-wins-packing-room-prize-at-2024-archibalds?CMP=aus_bsky

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@anathema_device Adnate is one of my favourite street artists and you can see that coming through in his portrait of Baker Boy

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How do you remediate 200 year old trees?

Landowner who ignored orders to stop clearing 200-year-old trees on NSW native bush property fined $125,000 - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-29/land-clearing-fine-200-year-old-trees-nsw/103908236

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My wife loves passionfruit and while the vine is going well there is only a single fruit, at least on our side of the fence. I'm terrified something might eat it before it ripens 😬

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At a 40th birthday celebration at Cornish Town this evening and saw the southern aurora for the first time. #aurora

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Fair point - if you're not using digital payments, you should make the effort to get used to them. Cash is (mostly) going away. (This article also contains a guide to getting started with digital.)

Cash is dead. Why are we still pretending it isn’t?

(maybe paywalled) https://www.smh.com.au/money/saving/cash-is-dead-why-are-we-still-pretending-it-isn-t-20240510-p5jcl1.html

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@timrichards if cash is dead then prices should reflect the actual charge and not hide the extra bank fees

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@simon @timrichards yep - that was my point. The price advertised should be the price charged no matter what form it takes.

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How bad is this interface design. I calculated I would have to hit the month button 800 odd times to reach my birthdate and there is no way to just type it in. #designfail

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This is like some dystopian fiction!
"21 of the Cargill family are billionaires"
Meet the seven mega-rich families running our food systems - ABC listen
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/latenightlive/austin-frerick-barons-money-power-and-corruption-food-industry/103812128

rae, to gardening
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My lemon tree may only be small but mighty #gardening

anathema_device, to random
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Here's hoping this works!

Griffith University researchers to trial naltrexone on long COVID patients - ABC News

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-07/qld-griffith-university-trial-naltrexone-long-covid/103800050

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@anathema_device my daughter who has ME/CFS is part of this trial. Still too early to tell how well it works in her case

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I was organising job shares thirty years ago. Don't see why our political systems can't get on board.

Bronwen Bock and Lucy Bradlow want to become Australia's first job-sharing MPs
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-21/bronwen-bock-lucy-bradlow-job-sharing-mps/103666586

anathema_device, to random
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Plants that can cause damage to your garden, home and willpower, according to horticulturalists - ABC News

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/plants-that-can-cause-damage-to-your-garden-home/103690400

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@anathema_device I'm on a mission to remove agapanthus from our garden

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Three of Australia’s wealthiest private schools got double the federal funding they were entitled to last year

More than 1,000 private schools were overfunded by the commonwealth despite reforms to tackle it

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/17/three-of-the-wealthiest-private-schools-in-australia-got-double-the-federal-funding-they-were-entitled-to-last-year?CMP=aus_bsky

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@anathema_device criminal

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Home brew and ammo, what could possibly go wrong?

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Electric cars and trucks can slash Australia's $60 billion fossil fuel import bill
https://thedriven.io/2024/04/13/electric-cars-and-trucks-can-slash-australias-60-billion-fossil-fuel-import-bill/

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TIL: a new word - contumelious, meaning scornful and insulting. I'm thinking Tribunal Deputy President Richard Grueber is now part of the art work.

MONA ordered to allow men into ‘Ladies Lounge’ after discrimination complaint - Pulse Tasmania
https://pulsetasmania.com.au/news/mona-ordered-to-allow-men-into-ladies-lounge-after-discrimination-complaint/

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TIL: Minna Leunig, who is one of my favourite street artists and muralists, is the daughter of cartoonist Michael Leunig. Can't believe I didn't work that out before. #StreetArt

rae, to gardening
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Monthly vegetable garden shot. Still a crop of cucumbers, capsicums should be ready to pick in a couple of weeks and cauliflowers still very new. Raised bed is now dominated by the self seeded nasturtiums which I mostly grow for pest control. #gardening #vegegarden

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@anathema_device yes - nice and spicy in salads

rae, to gardening
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I'm excited! First bud on my passionfruit vine. I don't know how they will go this far south and have no idea when they will fruit but this is a good sign. Fortunately there are plenty of pollinators so I won't need to hand pollinate which I did when I grew one on my balcony in Brisbane #gardening

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Australia must wean itself from monster utes – and the federal government’s weakening of vehicle emissions rules won’t help one bit
https://theconversation.com/australia-must-wean-itself-from-monster-utes-and-the-federal-governments-weakening-of-vehicle-emissions-rules-wont-help-one-bit-226724

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"Dangerous distraction:" Plug-in hybrids emit up to 7 times more than claimed, even in cities

European clean transport think tank Transport & Environment says plug-in hybrids are “a dangerous distraction” and not a “climate solution” after publishing a new study that highlights the high pollution levels from plug in hybrid cars.

https://thedriven.io/2024/03/27/dangerous-distraction-plug-in-hybrids-emit-up-to-7-times-more-than-claimed-even-in-cities/

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@anathema_device one reason Toyota is the big lobbiest in the emissions control debate

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