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I saw that article in my feeds earlier. Good to see it got even shittier after I stopped reading.
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Bucky Fullminster posted:Wait, the conspiracies history article? What’s your problem with it? Meant the ABC one. The article about the Right using conspiracy theories to recruit people was good and relevant.
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Sep 14, 2020 12:40
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Someone deepfaked the Simpsons over lovely politicians. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuhCyKQTnQg
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Sep 17, 2020 16:14
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Knobb Manwich posted:Sydney taxi driver worked 8 days while infectious, holy poo poo. Hello new epicentre.
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Sep 20, 2020 04:12
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Brisbane watch house officer suspended over the death of Indigenous woman Aunty Sherry Tilberooquote:A Queensland watch house officer has been suspended following an investigation into the recent death of an Indigenous woman in custody. "Natural causes" for an Aboriginal death in custody in this country still includes hanging yourself with your hands tied behind your back and spontaneous heart attacks with associated boot shaped bruising on the chest. But actually seeing a cop being even slightly inconvenienced for allowing an indigenous woman to die is progress. quote:Assistant Commissioner Codd said the suspended person was not a sworn police officer, but rather an assistant watch house officer employed under a different regime. Ah. I wonder if their official job description is "designated sacrificial lamb".
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Sep 21, 2020 10:19
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freebooter posted:Alleging that Tilberoo's death was a covered-up murder is not helpful. Yes, because Aboriginal people have such a connection to the land that being severed from it by being placed in a concrete cell can cause them to wither and die. This is why so many die in custody each year. Definitely that and not from either neglect or active malevolence. Or, the cops heard her crying for help and made sure their little patsy did nothing to help her because they're racist loving monsters.
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Sep 21, 2020 15:04
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What benefits does "independence" bring us? On the other hand, we'd have to put with endless TV specials every year with self congratulating celebs* recounting where they were when Australia vote England off the island. * Like loving Steve Vizard.
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Sep 23, 2020 06:23
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I still think the risk of Steve Vizard returning to TV is simply too great.
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Sep 23, 2020 06:27
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bandaid.friend posted:Why was Harold a giraffe instead of a platypus or something. 
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Sep 24, 2020 06:04
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Anidav posted:The boss of Australia's oldest union is warning Labor will kill off blue-collar jobs and any chance of winning government if it does not wholeheartedly embrace gas to properly transition to a low-emissions economy. Jokes on them. Labor is more than happy to kill off blue-collar jobs. "Maybe now Liberal voters will vote for us instead."  Narrator: They won't.
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Sep 27, 2020 04:11
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GotLag posted:Yeah, and that excuse not getting called out is infuriating because it would be such a loving slam dunk for any reporter worth a drat. But then they'd lost access. And that's vastly more important to reporters than something as meaningless as the truth. Don't get paid for the truth.
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Get it quick before it's gone:Maximum Sexy Pigeon posted:Alan Jones' replacement on 2GB isn't having a good day, either.  Image reuploaded here in case the tweet is deleted
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Oct 2, 2020 15:32
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Watching the breakdown of the new covid tax cuts. Sure is nice that the people making the most money will be getting the most help. That makes perfect sense. Meanwhile, it looks like those on the subsistence payments won't be seeing poo poo because they won't be bringing in more that $40k, which is the cut-off.
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Oct 5, 2020 10:10
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Well, you'll love this then: High-income earners to reap 88% of Coalition's tax cuts by 2021-22 quote:The Australia Institute’s analysis found that in 2020-21, 41% of the government’s tax plan will go to the top 20% of income earners, who earn about $102,000. The bottom 20% of taxpayers receive only 4%.
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Oct 7, 2020 12:00
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CelestialScribe posted:Let's just shut up and endure the worst loving lockdown in the world right now. https://twitter.com/SkyNewsAust/status/1302611893689835522 Melbourne will have to endure a 112 day lockdown for 661 deaths - which is terrible and a sign of how badly they are handing things - while Italy had a mere 58 days of lockdown and 35,524 deaths and even London had just 104 days of lockdown and 41,549 people die. Obviously the Labor government are nazis and in the pockets of big lockdown.
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I was talking with a friend who works at a servo and they're seeing about 50 customers a day without masks. Or with them pulled under their chin. Or people who walk into the store and then remove their masks. "Oh I left it in the car" and then doesn't go back for it is apparently the most common excuse they hear. He was telling me that other sites he knows of are pretty much the same, about 10% of customers just aren't giving a poo poo anymore. The staff at those sites are noting down the number of people without masks to try and take those numbers to their bosses because the rule to not say anything is still in place because the companies don't want to upset customers and make $$$ go down. And this is outside the metro area in Victoria where the restrictions are incredibly light. It's loving ridiculous. Some people seem utterly incapable of thinking of anyone except themselves or of anything beyond the immediate moment, no matter what it will cost down the line.
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Oct 13, 2020 04:20
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Do radar detectors even work in Australia? I thought most cops and camera cars use lasers and fixed cameras use piezoelectrics. EDIT: Okay, going to the Vic speedcamera operator sites says that some fixed cameras do use radar.
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Oct 15, 2020 15:38
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hambeet posted:nah i'm in regional vic, we're doing pretty well. i just don't want metro people infecting us again. Just wait until tonight when restrictions ease. People should still be staying at home as much as possible, but you know there's going to be a loving tsunami of CelestialScribe's pouring out in every direction, just making GBS threads their pants at the opportunity to drive huge distances and lick doorknobs.
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Oct 18, 2020 03:39
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Comstar posted:Wait, what? Rich people are avoiding paying tax so we should lower their tax rate so they don’t pay tax? What? But if we raise taxes on corporations and the rich they might just go overseas and not pay taxes there.
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Knobb Manwich posted:Jobseeker is getting extended past Christmas to March, but at a lower rate again. $100/fn, down from $250/fn, down from $550/fn. Wouldn't it be great if we could trust out fellow citizens to use their experience receiving sub-poverty payouts to vote the LNP out en masse at the next elections and force a massive increase in payouts so that they're finally at a liveable level.
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MysticalMachineGun posted:Doesn't change that one of the ousted council members was on TV on Monday calling out sexism Yeah, that's what was concerning to me when I saw it. It's definitely good to see more female representation in such a traditionally male dominated profession, but tossing out a member who just stood up to the AG is not a good look. Also, in the next tweet: https://twitter.com/Milliganreports/status/1326474062697123842
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Nov 12, 2020 03:42
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"Hey I was sick and working food prep" Even if they didn't know they were sick, they're probably terrified of ending up on the front page of every newspaper as the new Typhoid Mary.
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Nov 20, 2020 02:56
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hambeet posted:Masks are great and even in a post covid world I hope they become commonplace during flu season. I also really enjoyed not getting sick in any way over winter for probably the first time in my adult life  What we also need, beyond the normalisation of mask wearing, is to change the culture of "soldiering on" when sick with over the counter drugs which alleviate symptoms but don't do anything about how infectious you are and _especially_ employers who say, "Are you really that sick? Are you sure you can't come in anyway?"
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My sympathies go to the staff who still have to wear masks 8 hours a day.
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Dec 6, 2020 03:58
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And in news which comes as a surprise to literally no one: Fair Work Commission could allow agreements which make some workers worse off quote:Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter will unveil legislation on Wednesday designed to overhaul the nation's workplace laws in a bid to stem job losses and grow employment during the pandemic-induced recession. Yes, by loving over minimum wage staff who are struggling to survive. Now we wait to watch Labor back the changes 100%.
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Dec 9, 2020 06:18
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hambeet posted:"Victoria is a secular state. If equality is difficult for you, then that is on you. That is your issue and your problem.” Nice to see a bit of good news for a change.
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Dec 10, 2020 13:18
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Imagine if the Dandy man and all the other premiers hadn't told Scotty from Marketing to gently caress off? Everyone screwed up the start of the pandemic. Nothing like it had ever happened before in living memory. In a "just in time" economy, where the assumption that nothing will ever go wrong, ruled every layer of business and politics, people making incredibly stupid decisions was as inevitable as it was tragic. I judge our leaders by what they did after. Megillah Gorilla fucked around with this message at 14:07 on Dec 12, 2020 |
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Totally responsible reporting from the mainstream media, as usual. https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update quote:As of 12 December 2020, Victoria has recorded five internationally acquired cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnosed in people currently in hotel quarantine.
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I like the "By Anonymous" byline. Such fearless reporting.
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Dec 13, 2020 04:21
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The nazis said 'mein fuhrer!" yet the LNP is all about keeping the mines open. Makes you think.
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Allstone posted:From trials in eg. Portugal, the evidence points to the need to provide for economic and material needs. If you're unwilling to do that, framing addiction as a personal and moral failure is how you hide the fact that it's a systemic and cultural one. There was a study done a couple decades ago on Vietnam Vets and drug use. Drug use in the Vietnam war was infamously widespread, with all the cornbred boys getting into dope and heroin and whatever else they could get a hold of to try and get through the nightmare of war. But, what interested the researchers was what happened when these people returned home again. Conventional wisdom was that they would all keep using drugs and spiral out of control. And, in some specific cases, that's what they saw. But only when the soldiers had no solid network of family, friends and employment surrounding them. Those who had such things almost universally stopped using drugs entirely. The conclusion was that with the stability and support of family and friends and a steady decent paying job, the soldiers no longer felt the need to use drugs to keep themselves sane. And the conclusion from that is that the best drug treatment is supporting people and meeting their emotional and financial needs while dealing with whatever trauma threw them into addiction in the first place. But, as we all know, punishment and cruelty rule the day in politics and anyone who dared stray from the "tough on crime" rhetoric would be quickly voted out of their job.
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I have had so many angry conversations with people I know defending the signs you now see everywhere on public holidays telling customers that they will be paying 15% more because of holiday loading. Like those loving businesses aren't making enough on every other day of the year to cover the costs. And now even the minimum wage is too much to pay. Tommunist posted:Coal is a more patriotic industry Coal spends millions courting politicians and gives them lucrative board/lobbying positions for life when they leave parliament. People who pick fruit will never be able to compete. Hell, the tourism industry is watching the Great Barrier Reef die in front of their eyes and, with it, a huge chunk of their future. All while our 'leaders' do nothing because, although tourism is a huge industry, individually they're very small. Unlike mines. Megillah Gorilla fucked around with this message at 04:14 on Dec 17, 2020 |
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Homora Gaykemi posted:super cool to see someone in one of the biggest papers in the country describing affirming care for trans kids this way You can be black or gay or even a woman (gasp!) and right wingers are forced to pretend to tolerate your existence. But a transgender person? Not a new target for bigots by any means, but now there are fewer distractions for them. And for all those who never even thought about it until bullshit articles like this? Well, now they get an all shiny and new hatred to keep them warm. Wish we could speedrun this poo poo with all the stuff we've learned every other goddamn time to a point where people can just live their drat lives.
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Dec 18, 2020 03:37
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Because not every politician is the Dandyman. Many care more about what the headlines would be in the Murdoch press than doing what's needed to be done right at the edge of Christmas and New Years.
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Dec 19, 2020 03:24
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The future of coal, mistah speakah! https://twitter.com/billmckibben/status/1339976383712423937
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LIVE AMMO COSPLAY posted:Toilet paper is selling out again lol Yeah man, I remember when toilet paper used to be cool.
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I'd say it's that people know chloroform as a serious medicine, a "knockout drug" which they don't want to be giving to their children in any amounts. Another potential reason is that people are sick of companies lying to them about the presence of potentially dangerous substances, even in trace amounts. Johnson and Johnson springs to mind with decades worth of lies and deception over asbestos in their baby powder.
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