I bought sound insulation for my Bathroom / Bedroom wall and my father put the water pipes on the bedroom side of the sound insulation ..... Now you can't hear someone talking in the bathroom ..... *sigh*
In "The Australian" owned by the American Murdoch, Kenny ask of the Australian Broadcast Corporation: 'why promote our enemies’ interests?'
Perhaps because the ABC belongs to all the people of Australia, even the poor & brown ones, and those are the ones Murdoch considers his "enemies"?
The Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group includes the America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli, the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships USS New Orleans and USS San Diego
Tripoli ARG, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit is
currently en route from the Philippine Sea/Japan
Australia relies on jet fuel imports. China declares halt to jet fuel export. ALP government decides not to prepare for a shortage with actions to control demand. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aFU...
Bowen sums up his government "If necessary, we'll act; but not before it's necessary." 🤦
Tonight from 6pm at Pennant Hills Community Centre: AUKUS At What Cost?
During a time when we must urgently reconsider our relationship with the US, come and join a panel of experts to discuss the cost of AUKUS on our communities and our country.
events.humanitix.com/aukus-public...
FWIW Journalist: Buying petrol / diesel before an expected price rise is not panic buying it is ECONOMICALLY RATIONAL for the INDIVIDUAL.
It's extremely windy today and if I only owned an acoustic bike, today's errands would have been in a car.
Our Ebikes remove the barriers. They neutralize winds, flatten hills, shrink distances, and make up for lack of energy.
E-bikes don't replace bikes, they replace cars.
If Trump or Netanyahu blows up Karaj Island so Iran cannot export oil, then Iran loses their reason NOT TO MINE OR BLOCK THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. ATM Iran wants the strait open to export oil. If Iran can't make money, they may as well blow up every "Western" economy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avr9...
I'll be switching to an ev after I've done some travel in Aus. Many women in my demographic (60+,single) are living in cars,tents, campers and couch surfing due to unavailability and unaffordability. If prices on campers come down it at least will give them more options for a roof over their heads.
Robodebt was the worst failure of public administration in Australian history. It raised est. $1.73 bn of illegitimate debts from over 430,000 vulnerable Australians and plunged thousands of families into distress and grief. And still no real consequences.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Or possibly an early CIV AI that took over when a real human leaves to spends all its civilisation's resources on building mines, stadiums, and out dated military units .......
Oh dear, I think we've got a problem.
Albanese, Marles, and Wong are definitely "not protagonists” - in world politics at the moment they are definitely NPCs .....
There is a concerted global campaign to demonize queer people to distract locals usually funded primarily by Americans, Arabians, Russians, or the Vatican so the foreign and local billionaires can colonise and loot the lands and impoverish and enslave the people -- the old Divide and Rule.
An Aboriginal corporation will receive $450,000 from the Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) convicted on Friday for the 2020 illegal felling of six giant trees and three hollow bearing trees in Wild Cattle Creek State Forest, west of Coffs Harbour. nit.com.au/13-03-2026/2...
Contactless payment is useful on discretionary services like ferries, trams, and some buses because it removes a _barrier_ to usage. If the headway >15min the service use is mostly planned
Sydney CTP on Ferries ~60%, Trams ~50%, Buses ~40%, Trains ~50%
Sydney doesn't have free trams or Chapel St
MadUSA
Today's Cartoon- You voted for this
Front page of Le Monde.
Cartoon showing a mountain with three tiers. The top of the mountain is flat and forms the first tier; a villa stands here with a pool on the roof; a lawn with trees and a tennis court surrounds it, as well as a high wall. The second tier is also surrounded by a wall and consists of middle class houses. The lowest and smallest tier is crammed full of slum dwellings. Sewer pipes and garbage chutes jut out from the first and second tier and rain down brown sludge and garbage onto the slums on the third tier.
Monday's cartoon for @trouw.nl is on the front page of @lemonde.fr de today! 🤩
#TrickleDown #poverty #wealth #inequality
Israel blows up some of Iran's oil infrastructure, USA threatens Iran's oil infrastructure & strikes around Iran's oil export terminal, Iran warns of retaliation.
FFS American boys who won't back down, playing chicken with a lion _currently_ showing restraint
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
instagram.com/frago.cartoons
Remember that next time you lionise that racist psychopath.
And never forget he was responsible for Gallipoli.
Ghandi Congress decided not to use the start of WW2 as an opportunity to overthrow their violent colonisers.
87,000 Indians/Pakistanis/Bangladeshis died as soldier under Churchill's command.
Churchill repaid their help in 1943, by taking their food causing the Bengal famine that killed 3,000,000
Today I learned there are many species of PURPLE crabs ....
- featuredcreature.com/purple-power...
- www.popsci.com/environment/...
- www.aquariumsource.com/vampire-crab/
Cycling side-by-side isn’t bad behaviour—it’s human behaviour. It’s how parents talk to their kids. How friends catch up. How communities form.
If bicycle infrastructure is too narrow for people to ride and talk together, the problem isn’t the people. It’s the infrastructure.
Nørrebro, Copenhagen.
Mate, High Speed Rail isn't real, it's just a myth!
Otherwise we'd have fast trains and Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Japan, Poland Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, UK, USA, Uzbekistan, Morocco, & Indonesia would be envious.
Defending street parking for commerce ignores that a 2-meter tall SUV completely hides the business behind it.
Car bloat creates physical barriers. Human-scale transit keeps sightlines clear and storefronts inviting.
Judge rules Trump administration to continue funding Gateway | Eyewitness News ABC7NY #transit #newyork #newjersey
Jaysha Patel has the latest on the Portal Bridge and Gateway Tunnel construction. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHko...
What a stupid country.
Bike lane paintings
Painting
Painting
Surface markings are a low-cost but often highly effective traffic-engineering tool. They clarify priority, increase the visibility of crossing movements and reduce ambiguity at conflict points. Good to see fresh paint where my commute bike lane intersects a busy path to a local school.
Mate, High Speed Rail isn't real, it's just a myth!
Otherwise we'd have fast trains and Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Japan, Poland Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, UK, USA, Uzbekistan, Morocco, & Indonesia would be envious.
Illustration of a young woman wearing a white shirt reading “From the River to the Sea,” standing calmly between two looming police officer silhouettes holding her arms. The officers appear large and shadowy behind her, while she is rendered in bright red and white tones, highlighting tension between protest speech and state authority.
Welcome to Queensland - the Censor State - where you can face up to two years’ imprisonment for a simple phrase.
