Australian Bushfire Crisis: Our world's on fire, how about yours?

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Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-12/kangaroo-island-bushfire-livestock-wildlife-losses/

The state of Kangaroo Island after the fires. Very grim reading.

# ? Jan 12, 2020 12:48

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# ? Jun 2, 2024 19:15

GotLag: Jul 17, 2005; 食べちゃダメだよ

You're missing part of the URL there https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-12/kangaroo-island-bushfire-livestock-wildlife-losses/11860478

# ? Jan 12, 2020 14:32

Kharnifex: Sep 11, 2001; The Banter is better in AusGBS

Lots of damage to rail Infrastructure in the Blue mountains, sleepers and HV poles turned to ash

# ? Jan 12, 2020 22:15

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

Air quality is now hazardous again yay.

# ? Jan 12, 2020 22:29

Helith: Nov 5, 2009; Basket of Adorables

https://twitter.com/Matt_KeanMP/status/1215900857436270592

https://twitter.com/theprojecttv/status/1216276003489820672

# ? Jan 12, 2020 23:18

Paracausal: Sep 5, 2011; Oh yeah, baby. Frame your suffering as a masterpiece. Only one problem - no one's watching. It's boring, buddy, boring as death.

https://twitter.com/_slangers/status/1216488945908768769?s=19

# ? Jan 13, 2020 00:02

Dr. Garbanzo: Sep 14, 2010

The operation rock wallaby thing only happened after the minister was lobbied by the local member for the mountains who has been a pretty visible presence since the fires kicked off. All three levels of government have been pretty active across the Fire season which is nice. The mayor was the same person in charge when the fires hit in 2013 and the recovery operations.

# ? Jan 13, 2020 00:52

JacquelineDempsey: Aug 6, 2008; Women's Circuit Bender Union Local 34

OK, this is gonna sound weird as hell, so bear with me.

I make weird experimental electronic music, often using field recordings of sound samples. Here's an example, "Bufo bufo bufo", which is totally made up from field recordings of the American bullfrog (I think there's some native tree frogs in there, too, it's been a while).

https://khate.bandcamp.com/track/bufo-bufo-bufo

I want to raise funds to help my Oz friends, since I'm a starving musician and literally have no money to donate myself. So I thought I'd make a few tracks, if not an album, sampling Aus wildlife, with all proceeds going to relief (both human and animal).

I have an upcoming gig on Tuesday, and want to have something ready so I can trot it out during the show, then make an impassioned plea about donating. Plus I'll stick it up on my Bandcamp. The owner of the venue is spot-on with recording the shows and uploading them to YouTube, so that would also help spread the message.

I'm looking for any suggestions for good links for royalty-free samples of Aus wildlife, or even our hero the "gently caress you from Nelligen" guy.

I just wanna help, and this is the only way I can right now.

# ? Jan 13, 2020 00:55

Neddy Seagoon: Oct 12, 2012; "Hi Everybody!"

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Air quality is now hazardous again yay.

If you're north of Melbourne today STAY INDOORS. Coolaroo's popped a 999 with PM10 particles, and not all the stations track anything other than PM2.5 reliably (if at all). It might just be a fault in the station though as the other one right near it's not detecting significant PM10 particles.

# ? Jan 13, 2020 01:14

Jezza of OZPOS: Mar 21, 2018; GET LOSE❌🗺️, YOUS CAN'T COMPARE😤 WITH ME 💪POWERS🇦🇺

JacquelineDempsey posted:

OK, this is gonna sound weird as hell, so bear with me.

I make weird experimental electronic music, often using field recordings of sound samples. Here's an example, "Bufo bufo bufo", which is totally made up from field recordings of the American bullfrog (I think there's some native tree frogs in there, too, it's been a while).

https://khate.bandcamp.com/track/bufo-bufo-bufo

I want to raise funds to help my Oz friends, since I'm a starving musician and literally have no money to donate myself. So I thought I'd make a few tracks, if not an album, sampling Aus wildlife, with all proceeds going to relief (both human and animal).

I have an upcoming gig on Tuesday, and want to have something ready so I can trot it out during the show, then make an impassioned plea about donating. Plus I'll stick it up on my Bandcamp. The owner of the venue is spot-on with recording the shows and uploading them to YouTube, so that would also help spread the message.

I'm looking for any suggestions for good links for royalty-free samples of Aus wildlife, or even our hero the "gently caress you from Nelligen" guy.

I just wanna help, and this is the only way I can right now.

Hey so this site is kind of the closest thing to what you�re looking for that exists. Bird calls are the main thing it has a lot of and there�s no way I can tell to arrange by �things that have sound recording� and it�s an ongoing project but I�m pretty sure it counts as public domain

https://www.ala.org.au

# ? Jan 13, 2020 01:25

Kharnifex: Sep 11, 2001; The Banter is better in AusGBS

Better make sure the magpie is in it,
Maybe remix it into the ABC intro song

Like this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7AJ3HOnkUs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw1EHRQuqNw

# ? Jan 13, 2020 01:35

Helith: Nov 5, 2009; Basket of Adorables

Yeah for Australians the Magpie song is the most iconic bird call, more so even than the Kookaburra, because it's a beautiful warble and most other Aussie birds just screech at you because they are ~~arseholes~~ parrots.

Here's the magpie page with a lovely sample of it's song

https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:68d5fd52-71e7-4729-bf20-db7063f47ad5

Here's their page for Iconic species

https://lists.ala.org.au/iconic-species?fq=kvp+group%3ABirds

Helith fucked around with this message at 01:50 on Jan 13, 2020

# ? Jan 13, 2020 01:46

Gammon: Aug 20, 2003; Cliff Yablonski Hates Me

Pauline Hanson needs to shut her mouth and gently caress off, even more so than usual. "Yes I support royal commission into bushfires, but climate change should be left out of it. They can't even tell me what the weather is going to be like next week, and someone's getting rich off this bullshit."

What a loving oval office.

# ? Jan 13, 2020 01:50

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JacquelineDempsey posted:

OK, this is gonna sound weird as hell, so bear with me.

I make weird experimental electronic music, often using field recordings of sound samples. Here's an example, "Bufo bufo bufo", which is totally made up from field recordings of the American bullfrog (I think there's some native tree frogs in there, too, it's been a while).

https://khate.bandcamp.com/track/bufo-bufo-bufo

I want to raise funds to help my Oz friends, since I'm a starving musician and literally have no money to donate myself. So I thought I'd make a few tracks, if not an album, sampling Aus wildlife, with all proceeds going to relief (both human and animal).

I have an upcoming gig on Tuesday, and want to have something ready so I can trot it out during the show, then make an impassioned plea about donating. Plus I'll stick it up on my Bandcamp. The owner of the venue is spot-on with recording the shows and uploading them to YouTube, so that would also help spread the message.

I'm looking for any suggestions for good links for royalty-free samples of Aus wildlife, or even our hero the "gently caress you from Nelligen" guy.

I just wanna help, and this is the only way I can right now.

Hey goon that sounds amazing. I assume as a goon you have listened to Dankmus from the Simpsons meme thread? If you do something like Dankmus but with Paul Parker from Nelligen that would funny as.

Thank you for devoting your time to help strangers on the other side of the globe

Edit: oh oh like helith said but get that magpie from Twitter that was copying fire sirens.

# ? Jan 13, 2020 02:02

JacquelineDempsey: Aug 6, 2008; Women's Circuit Bender Union Local 34

Thanks, guys! (Or do I say mates? Are we mates? I'm old as poo poo so I remember distinctly the whole "on 9/11, we are all New Yorkers", which kinda went went both ways)

I was deffo gonna use that magpie imitating sirens, because that poo poo blew my mind when it came up earlier itt. But thanks for re-linking it so I didn't have to hunt for it, Karnifex! I can also use video during my gig on Tuesday, so having the video handy is nice.

I've been checking in on this thread every day. I know I'm halfway across the globe, but I don't wanna live in a world without wombat cube poop.

But yeah, magpies it is. I'm on it. Thanks to all who pointed me in the right direction. I'm no Kylie or Metallica able to donate 6 figures, but I'm doing what I can while eating ramen noodles. In the meantime, I hope y'all are safe and sound, all my love from here in the northern/western hemispheres.

edit: lol Gridlocked, no, I was not aware of Dankmus before your post, and I am laughing my rear end off watching their YT channels right now. Ohhhh, yessss, I can rock some Nelligen remixes like that, it's what I do for fun to take a break from "serious" music. :getin:

JacquelineDempsey fucked around with this message at 02:46 on Jan 13, 2020

# ? Jan 13, 2020 02:32

Spudd: Nov 27, 2007; Protect children from "Safe Schools" social engineering. Shame!

Everyone here is a mate, unless they're a oval office then they can git hosed.

# ? Jan 13, 2020 02:35

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

Gammon posted:

Pauline Hanson needs to shut her mouth and gently caress off, even more so than usual. "Yes I support royal commission into bushfires, but climate change should be left out of it. They can't even tell me what the weather is going to be like next week, and someone's getting rich off this bullshit."

What a loving oval office.

Sure, they say they can identify where the fires are and have been, but they've not been able to predict exactly where they'll start so we can have pumps there beforehand to put them out immediately. We should defund the fire department and all research into fire behaviour and stop lining those scammers' pockets.

# ? Jan 13, 2020 02:37

luncheon meat: Oct 11, 2007; Brendan Jones, 42, Bendigo

Gammon posted:

and someone's getting rich off this bullshit."

What a loving oval office.

Yeah, her.

Is it just me or is ON just a cash cow for Ar Porleen? Like did she ever actually give a gently caress about anything or did she figure out saying controversial poo poo = attention = money? I know, I'm 20 years behind

# ? Jan 13, 2020 02:37

Capt.Whorebags: Jan 10, 2005

luncheon meat posted:

Yeah, her.

Is it just me or is ON just a cash cow for Ar Porleen? Like did she ever actually give a gently caress about anything or did she figure out saying controversial poo poo = attention = money? I know, I'm 20 years behind

Kerry Stokes (channel 7 owner) has Rupert level brain worms.

# ? Jan 13, 2020 02:42

Helith: Nov 5, 2009; Basket of Adorables

JacquelineDempsey posted:

Thanks, guys! (Or do I say mates? Are we mates? I'm old as poo poo so I remember distinctly the whole "on 9/11, we are all New Yorkers", which kinda went went both ways)

I was deffo gonna use that magpie imitating sirens, because that poo poo blew my mind when it came up earlier itt. But thanks for re-linking it so I didn't have to hunt for it, Karnifex! I can also use video during my gig on Tuesday, so having the video handy is nice.

I've been checking in on this thread every day. I know I'm halfway across the globe, but I don't wanna live in a world without wombat cube poop.

But yeah, magpies it is. I'm on it. Thanks to all who pointed me in the right direction. I'm no Kylie or Metallica able to donate 6 figures, but I'm doing what I can while eating ramen noodles. In the meantime, I hope y'all are safe and sound, all my love from here in the northern/western hemispheres.

Can�t wait to hear it and thank you for helping in such a cool way.
The Paul from Nelligen clips are all from news sites as I think the original clip was recorded by a news crew so no idea what copyright is on that.
There is a full clip floating around which I think I posted in the Auspol thread in d&d.

https://twitter.com/Angus_Duncan/status/1213440268365713408

Helith fucked around with this message at 02:48 on Jan 13, 2020

# ? Jan 13, 2020 02:44

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Spudd posted:

Everyone here is a mate, unless they're a oval office then they can git hosed.

From Nelligen

# ? Jan 13, 2020 03:05

The Peccadillo: Mar 4, 2013; We Have Important Work To Do

I like this Blinky Bill-rear end viral factoid about wombats being wise stewards of the bush a lot, it's very sweet

# ? Jan 13, 2020 03:51

Hyperlynx: Sep 13, 2015

JacquelineDempsey posted:

OK, this is gonna sound weird as hell, so bear with me.

I make weird experimental electronic music, often using field recordings of sound samples. Here's an example, "Bufo bufo bufo", which is totally made up from field recordings of the American bullfrog (I think there's some native tree frogs in there, too, it's been a while).

https://khate.bandcamp.com/track/bufo-bufo-bufo

I want to raise funds to help my Oz friends, since I'm a starving musician and literally have no money to donate myself. So I thought I'd make a few tracks, if not an album, sampling Aus wildlife, with all proceeds going to relief (both human and animal).

I have an upcoming gig on Tuesday, and want to have something ready so I can trot it out during the show, then make an impassioned plea about donating. Plus I'll stick it up on my Bandcamp. The owner of the venue is spot-on with recording the shows and uploading them to YouTube, so that would also help spread the message.

I'm looking for any suggestions for good links for royalty-free samples of Aus wildlife, or even our hero the "gently caress you from Nelligen" guy.

I just wanna help, and this is the only way I can right now.

You're good people, JD

# ? Jan 13, 2020 03:52

Isaac: Aug 3, 2006; Fun Shoe

Neddy Seagoon posted:

If you're north of Melbourne today STAY INDOORS. Coolaroo's popped a 999 with PM10 particles, and not all the stations track anything other than PM2.5 reliably (if at all). It might just be a fault in the station though as the other one right near it's not detecting significant PM10 particles.

Ive found myself involved in work about air quality and the latest standards i got sent focus entirely on PM2.5. Theyre mainly the same kind of figures as aqi but have categories for much worse conditions.

# ? Jan 13, 2020 04:13

The Peccadillo: Mar 4, 2013; We Have Important Work To Do

Hell yes

https://www.pedestrian.tv/pets/scottish-journo-drop-bear-koala-prank/

# ? Jan 13, 2020 04:32

Helith: Nov 5, 2009; Basket of Adorables

Let it rain!

https://twitter.com/nswrfs/status/1216501456108343296?s=21

# ? Jan 13, 2020 06:15

Urcher: Jun 16, 2006

JacquelineDempsey posted:

OK, this is gonna sound weird as hell, so bear with me.

I make weird experimental electronic music, often using field recordings of sound samples.

If you want variety look for some Australian frog calls. The Pobblebonk frog is pretty distinctive. Look into the Corroborree Frog too.

Also cicadas if you want to annoy all your Australian listeners.

Edit: for more birds try the lyrebird and cockatoos that have been taught to talk.

Urcher fucked around with this message at 07:30 on Jan 13, 2020

# ? Jan 13, 2020 07:28

Vladimir Poutine: Aug 13, 2012

Bushfire smoke plume destined to reach Australia again after circling the globe, NASA predicts

# ? Jan 13, 2020 08:25

SelenicMartian: Sep 14, 2013; Sometimes it's not the bomb that's retarded.

How long till Mount Everest bursts into flames?
https://phys.org/news/2020-01-life-everest-region.html

# ? Jan 13, 2020 08:36

Cable Guy: Jul 18, 2005; I don't expect any trouble, but we'll be handing these out later...; Slippery Tilde

JacquelineDempsey posted:

OK, this is gonna sound weird as hell, so bear with me.

I make weird experimental electronic music, often using field recordings of sound samples. Here's an example, "Bufo bufo bufo", which is totally made up from field recordings of the American bullfrog (I think there's some native tree frogs in there, too, it's been a while).

I have a couple you can use if you like...

There's a magpie getting fed and doing the full R2D2

I also have a wattle-bird in surprising good voice at dawn...

...and an orphan ringtail possum getting fed apple bits (which might be timely).

(Uh... don't how how to stop each one launching into a playlist... sorry... maybe it's just my settings... o_0)

Cable Guy fucked around with this message at 11:04 on Jan 13, 2020

# ? Jan 13, 2020 10:58

drunkill: Sep 25, 2007; me @ ur posting; Fallen Rib

Some photos from astronaut Luca Parmitano who is up on the ISS.

https://twitter.com/astro_luca/status/1216432921734717446

https://twitter.com/astro_luca/status/1216650296404914177

# ? Jan 13, 2020 11:00

Cable Guy: Jul 18, 2005; I don't expect any trouble, but we'll be handing these out later...; Slippery Tilde

The Peccadillo posted:

Hell yes

https://www.pedestrian.tv/pets/scottish-journo-drop-bear-koala-prank/

Here it is from YouTube...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkQfoNrB9JU

(Original from Sean Mulcahy on facebook)

The story on SBS

quote:

Amidst the devastation of the bushfires, Aussies still managed to pull a classic prank on an unsuspecting Scottish reporter.

It's a commonly known fact in Australia that drop bears are amongst the most fearsome creatures on this continent.

Over the weekend, UK�s ITV News Asia correspondent Debi Edward discovered that for herself, when she donned full-body protective gear to hold one of the "vicious" beasts, more commonly known as a koala.

Of course, Edward didn't know she was only holding a koala. The drop bear is a classic Australian hoax, typically used to scare unsuspecting foreigners while locals have a giggle. It's pretty rare that it's effective enough to get someone into full body armour, though -- and especially rare to capture the whole thing on film.

In a video uploaded to Facebook by Australian video producer Sean Mulcahy, viewers can watch the entire glorious prank unfold.

The video opens with Edward standing at Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park, donning protective boots, armour and goggles as veterinarian Dr Garnett Hall gives her some background on the threat at hand.

"Drop bears are a close cousin of the koala, but they're actually really vicious," Dr Hall explains, totally deadpan.

"They're bigger, they've got longer claws -- they've actually got really small fangs, and the interesting thing about the fangs is they have a really mild venom. It's not like a snake venom that can make you really sick, it just causes a lot of really local irritation."

"The third most common injury that we see in tourists in Australia is actually from drop bear attack."

As Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park co-owner Sam Mitchell approaches with a perfectly normal koala, Dr Hall continues to warn Edward of the approaching threat, while backing away to a safe distance.

When Edward is finally handed the koala, she's petrified. Despite her full-body protective gear, she tells the camera that she's "trying not to be worried, because I've been told that he can sense if I'm worried."

Eventually, though, she can't hold in the fear -- possibly because in the background, someone has just announced that they're "going to grab the dart gun".

"Please, please take it off me," she begs, and Dr Hall obliges.

It's only after two people have handled the perfectly harmless koala without protective gear that the penny drops. And oh, it's a glorious sight to see.

"loving Aussies," is how Edward sums it up. "Oh my god, I like totally bought it. Hook, line and sinker."

Speaking to The Today Show this morning, Edward had a laugh about the experience, saying that "there were several points, looking back, obviously, where I thought 'that's maybe not quite right.'"

"But these guys were like 'you should really try this, this is one thing we only do for our special visitors.'"

Still, she said it was ultimately a positive experience, pointing out that it was the first time she'd seen the crew at Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park laugh that day. Kangaroo Island and its wildlife have been hit hard by the recent bushfires, which have taken several lives and properties, and burnt more than 200,000 hectares.

On Facebook, Mulcahy urged those who enjoyed the prank to contribute to bushfire relief efforts on the island.

"If you enjoyed this video, please don't let Debi's humiliation be in vain. Please donate directly to help the park who are treating these koalas," he wrote, linking to a fundraiser run by Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park.

"In times of tragedy and incessant misery, sometimes humour is the best medicine."

# ? Jan 13, 2020 11:04

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Cable Guy posted:

Here it is from YouTube...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkQfoNrB9JU

(Original from Sean Mulcahy on facebook)

The story on SBS

Even as we burn down we're still willing to gently caress with tourists :australia:

Gridlocked fucked around with this message at 11:49 on Jan 13, 2020

# ? Jan 13, 2020 11:06

nankeen: Mar 20, 2019; by Cyrano4747

drunkill posted:

Some photos from astronaut Luca Parmitano who is up on the ISS.

https://twitter.com/astro_luca/status/1216432921734717446

https://twitter.com/astro_luca/status/1216650296404914177

all those koala spirits circling like wedgetail eagles above the clouds like "holy poo poo"

# ? Jan 13, 2020 11:16

Humphreys: Jan 26, 2013; We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule

Gridlocked posted:

Even as we burn down we're still willing to gently caress with tourists

I used to host backpackers on my property. My online username on the site (primitive version of airbnb i guess) was 'Ivat Milat'

# ? Jan 13, 2020 12:52

Neddy Seagoon: Oct 12, 2012; "Hi Everybody!"

Gridlocked posted:

Even as we burn down we're still willing to gently caress with tourists

What's the point of having them coming here if we're not gonna gently caress with 'em? :confused:

We may have to invent some kind of subterranean Leaping Bear to fob them with while the bush regrows though...

# ? Jan 13, 2020 12:57

Jezza of OZPOS: Mar 21, 2018; GET LOSE❌🗺️, YOUS CAN'T COMPARE😤 WITH ME 💪POWERS🇦🇺

Let�s just train a wombat to run a dog agility course and tell them they can all do that

# ? Jan 13, 2020 13:00

Cable Guy: Jul 18, 2005; I don't expect any trouble, but we'll be handing these out later...; Slippery Tilde

Malcolm Turnbeug posted:

Let�s just train a wombat to run a dog agility course and tell them they can all do that

Did you know that the Red Neck Wallaby is named because it's the only macropod without a pouch... rather it fashions one from the scrotum of another roo.
:eng101:

# ? Jan 13, 2020 13:11

Gridlocked: Aug 2, 2014; MR. STUPID MORON
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Humphreys posted:

I used to host backpackers on my property. My online username on the site (primitive version of airbnb i guess) was 'Ivat Milat'

Jesus loving Christ.

Neddy Seagoon posted:

What's the point of having them coming here if we're not gonna gently caress with 'em?

We may have to invent some kind of subterranean Leaping Bear to fob them with while the bush regrows though...

I gave some Americans the ol' Hoop Snake line when I was 15. They got pissed, camped on a local beach near my mates place they were were staying and gently caress me they build their circle of rocks around their tents to keep the snakes out.

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Malcolm Turnbeug posted:

Let’s just train a wombat to run a dog agility course and tell them they can all do that

# ? Jan 13, 2020 13:52

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