An unnamed former Australian politician, who was successfully cultivated by an international spy ring, once suggested bringing a prime minister's family member into contact with their foreign handlers.
> An unnamed former Australian politician, who was successfully cultivated by an international spy ring, once suggested bringing a prime minister's family member into contact with their foreign handlers.
It actually sounds like the van's panels (I'm guessing especially the large roof panel) can provide non-trivial power:
"Even if I'm stuck somewhere we just have to wait a couple of hours and it'll self charge and bring me home." (emphasis added)
No doubt the huge array of panels on his roof can give it a lot more juice though!
Stealing Solar424's comment:
"TOMATOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" Kaela said calmly
Original stream source: 【PlateUp!】 The Sweaty TryHard Gamers Collab (Piped)
Mumei as a source of radical societal reform was not on my bingo card.
> I'm not returning to my regular schedule for a long time. It is for me. I'm basically working on myself.
> If this was a regular job I honestly would've quit. And I'm just very grateful that I have this opportunity and I really wish everyone could do this. I wish everyone, if they needed to, could take time away and just focus on themselves. It's horrible that life isn't like that for most people. > > It was quite rough for me for a long time, and I just kind of just kept pushing it down "I'll deal with this later, I'll deal with this later, I'll deal with this later" but it went to the point where I gotta deal with this.
"Finally a day we can all come together."
> In calendar news, Australia Day is officially changing date after this year and will no longer be celebrated on January 26th. With a new date of January 20th chosen instead in order to celebrate the day that Scott Morrison announced his departure from politics. > > The day was reportedly chosen for the holiday as it was clearly the day that Australia has most come together to celebrate, like what Australia Day claims to be.
Vacuum cleaner retailer Godfreys has entered voluntary administration, leaving 193 jobs on the line with 54 stores to close in the next 14 days as it undergoes a restructure while searching for a buyer.
> - Godfreys has entered voluntary administration while looking for a potential buyer for the vacuum cleaner retailer. > > - The business has struggled with maintaining its profitability due to reduced customer demand and higher operational costs. > > - Administrators expect 54 Godfreys stores will close within the fortnight, affecting 193 jobs in Australia and New Zealand.
Original song by Gero: YouTube (Piped)
The way Bae organized who sung what was interesting to hear about: ≪MINDCRAFT AFTER-PARTY≫ ITS FINALLY OUT!! (Piped)
Mumei voice 👀
Covid, yes, but not widespread lockdowns (and some other stuff from the "early covid" period) which is basically what the article is reflecting on. For example, I hadn't really thought about how it could affect child social development due to significantly reduced social exposure.
This isn't really a "covid is over" piece. 'It's still a serious human pathogen' wouldn't be a sub-heading if it was.
The relics of the pandemic are slowly fading but four years on, it still haunts the collective consciousness.
> COVID-19 was detected in Australia four years ago today.
Imported from Europe, the vanilla slice has been fully assimilated into Australian food culture, an identifiable icon. You know you really belong when you finally get a nickname.
> [Victorian premier Jeff] Kennett’s press release promoting the event declared this “important Australian culinary delicacy has tantalised Australians since white settlement” and “the pursuit of the best vanilla slice and the best vanilla slice baker in Australia should be of great national interest”.
> Proclaimed as a national icon, the vanilla slice is a familiar sight in Australian bakeries – but where did this pastry come from?
Good stuff, sometimes aggressive measures need to be taken to look out for the interest of the shareholders. Plus the fuel discount is a perfectly timed Christmas gift, exactly what Australia needs in a cost of living crisis. Bravo Woolies, very proud to have my superannuation invested in a company that cares!
It's a mixed bag (haha). Sometimes they do a decent job, sometimes not so much.
The humble bag of chips has come a long way, with flavours like cheeseburger, curry, and cucumber now available. To get the flavours right involves a bit of technology — and a whole lot of noses.
> Hamish Thompson [runs] the Museum of Crisps, a website that's so far logged just shy of 1,400 different bonafide flavours of chip. > > "There's brussels sprout, cappuccino, lamington, and whisky and haggis, to name a few of the weirder ones," > > In a grocer near the ABC Melbourne office, some of the far-out flavours are full meals, such as bolognese, cheeseburger and beef rendang … which taste uncannily like bolognese, cheeseburger, and beef rendang. > > So how are these complex chip flavours made, and how do food chemists get them tasting so close to the real deal?
In this experiment, external funding is paying for the handouts.
In a self-contained system, the same system/community providing the handouts would be generating the revenue for them (e.g., via taxation). Think of existing social welfare where "the system" generates the revenue that pays for the welfare programs.
I agree it's a useful insight, but it's the only sentence in the entire article that isn't instead discussing the merits of lump sum vs regular payment. Saying that "it's the takeaway" from the linked article is insanity.
The Wikipedia page for Hitler includes the sentence:
The stock market in the United States crashed on 24 October 1929.
That doesn't make it the takeaway of the article!! If you want to make a case for something, bring the right evidence. As the researchers themselves have said, this study can't just be generalized to high-income countries.
The Australian mining magnate and climate campaigner lashes out at oil and gas supremos he says are "selfish beyond belief".
> - Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest is attending the COP28 climate conference in the United Arab Emirates. > - He says energy bosses should have their heads "put up on spikes" for not committing to phase out fossil fuels. > - It comes as some companies, including the national oil company of the UAE, defy calls for a wind-down of fossil fuel use.
Quote with context:
> And he took particular aim at the oil and gas bosses who were dismissing the calls, describing them as "selfish beyond belief". > > He said their actions were jeopardising the lives of millions of people in overwhelmingly poor countries who were at risk of "lethal humidity", or an inability to cool themselves down. > "If you can't cool yourself you're actually an oven burning around 100 watts all the time," Dr Forrest said. > > "If you can [sic] get rid of that heat energy, you cook. > > "And when these deaths occur — and they're occurring now, but when they occur at much larger-scale — I want these so-called people who are very smart to be held to account. > > "It's their heads which should be put up on spikes because they wilfully ignored and they didn't care."
Our new research found Australia is spending $1 billion less on maintaining roads than we need – and the biggest reason for that gap is federal funding.
> [Roads] are getting worse because we’re not spending enough to maintain them. > > Three-quarters of our roads are managed by local councils. > > Every year, those councils spend A$1 billion less on maintenance than is needed to keep those roads in their current condition – let alone improve them. > > New Grattan Institute research finds the typical regional area has a funding shortfall of more 40%. In remote areas, it’s more than 75%. > > One reason for this underspend is that untied federal government grants to local councils haven’t kept pace with soaring costs. > > [...] > > Tight budgets make it tempting to delay maintenance. > > But delaying will only end up costing more in the long run, leaving taxpayers paying more to fix more badly damaged roads.
In terms of spiciness, my impression was no. If I hadn't looked at the ingredients, I wouldn't have guessed there was any in there.
I had a few of these a couple weeks ago (someone I know bought a packet) - the baking soda (?) seems to be what makes it "kinda ginger beer" instead of just "ginger".
edit: typo
I've never seen the stats before and 8% seems really high?? Is there some subset of Australia that tips all the time that I rarely see?
Edit: nvm, the stat is confusing as other commenter pointed out.
The number of payments with tips has remained stable throughout the last year with 0.52% of payments throughout the hospitality sector including a tip in August 2023, according to Lightspeed.
Wearing a mask at the shops, on public transport and in other crowded settings will improve your chances of a COVID-free Christmas.
> A multi-layered strategy of vaccines, masks, safe indoor air, testing and treatment will help us navigate this COVID wave.
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> No one cared who I was until I put on the mask > > --person trying to reduce the number of people dying
Pixiv source (has same res, but less compressed image, and no extra denoising added)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/8442608
> Your small glimpse into what old school YouTube could've been like if FuwaMoco was around at the time. > > Afaik this got a shoutout from the doggos at some point but I haven't bothered to track down where.
You own the Vtuber, now get the mug! (idk)
Pixiv source (same res / same quality)
Your small glimpse into what old school YouTube could've been like if FuwaMoco was around at the time.
Afaik this got a shoutout from the doggos at some point but I haven't bothered to track down where.
Given that they remind readers what brands an Android phone phone could be, I don't think the article is aimed at many aussie zoners.
I guess they're trying to drive home that the scammer isn't coming at you with a poorly worded email riddled with typos here - the overlay can look legitimate (even if in some cases it still has typos lol). Probably would've been a bit much for them to cover every banking interface tbf.
It's weird - seems like a pretty big viewerbase to (basically) ignore. I guess it does make collabs more challenging when there's 3 timezone groups to deal with, but that seems like a weak reason to leave so much on the table so there's gotta be something else there right?
What the fuck, was not expecting more EN debuts o_O I kinda though starsEN wasn't getting enough engagement to support another gen yet but maybe Cover thinks they can pull it off?
P.s. link no worky: https://holostars.hololivepro.com/en/news/20231116-02-2/
I tried to make a glow-in-the-dark (Towa-in-the-dark) pun for the title but couldn't figure something out that read naturally :(
I imagine Holo Indie will be beneficial mostly for games / devs without brand recognition, which HoloCure is certainly not lacking anymore.
Warning:
This visual novel features themes of violence, suicide, murder and cannibalism.
Don't threaten me with a good time
It didn't seem worth posting separately, but I thought this clip of Korone going over to Okayu's place after they realised that they needed to use local (not online) multiplayer was cute!
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