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  • Australian Labor government threatens Signal encrypted messaging system

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  • When it comes to digital rights we have slowly been heading towards fascist dystopia.

    I first stated paying attention when Rudd / Conroy tried to filter the internet. Although IIRC mobile phone Know Your Customer came in post sept 2001.

    Since then it's just been a frog in a pot. Meta data retention, assistance and access, identify and disrupt now the hand your ID to every fucking site/app bullshit posing as a kids social media ban.

    It's always been about the ability to silence dissent.

    Fuck our politicians. Enjoying saying that while I can. Probably won't be long before saying that will get your internet cut off.

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    Uptick in inflammatory posts

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  • Yes have noticed more rage bait. Also more and more culture wars in comments. Still not anywhere near as bad as reddit.

  • Has high immigration fallen out of favour in Australia?

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  • Headline question, answer no...

    But seriously look at the election results. Fair to say the vast majority are either in favour of mass immigration, or their views on it are not strong enough to make them vote against it.

    Mass immigration has had bipartisan support since Howard used it to ass fuck the unions and housing for anyone under 40.

    I think a lot of it comes down to housing. 2/3 own real estate and know that the flood of people equals demand equals increasing prices.

  • Wood heater pollution is a silent killer. Here's where the smoke is worst

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  • They should be completely banned nationwide unless you live on at least a 4 hectare property.

  • Women Dating Safety App 'Tea' Breached, Users' IDs Posted to 4chan

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  • What if they fucked right off and left parenting what kids do on their devices to their parents?

  • Women Dating Safety App 'Tea' Breached, Users' IDs Posted to 4chan

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  • Maybe I'm just getting old, but the idea of "verifying" my real identity to a faceless website or mobile app is abhorrent.

    I guess it doesn't help that governments in some countries (UK, Australia that I know of) are encouraging this bullshit with Trojan horse laws claiming to protect children from adult websites / social media.

    Can't help but think there is also an element of pot meet kettle here, when users of an app designed to dox and slander people without their knowledge are now the ones getting doxxed themselves.

  • The secret deal behind the teenage social media ban

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  • Why the fuck is the media still calling this a kids social media ban instead of what it really is? A fucking Trojan horse for govt and big tech to further erode digital rights and harvest more personal data.

  • Which country do you like the most?

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  • Same. Our economy relies heavily on China buying our stuff.

    Remember when our former prime minister Scott Morrison ran his mouth about China and corona? China retaliated by finding excuses to not import a lot of different products from us. A lot of our industries here suffered.

  • They Be Roasting!

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  • My current car has ventilated seats. Use them every time I drive in summer.

    Finding another car is now more difficult because I can never go back to not having them. Never I tell you!

  • Australians, especially men, are reading less than ever before

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  • I read a lot of fiction books in my own time when I was in primary school for the enjoyment of it.

    When I got to highschool I hated English so much. Analyse what the author's theme was in this bla bla fuck off! Sucked the joy out of reading. Didn't give me any useful skills for the career path I was heading in to either.

    There needs to be an academic English subject for people who just need it to get in to STEM courses.

    Took some years after high school to get back in to it, but I do occasionally read fiction when I have time these days.

  • Fear of 'being cringe' blamed for lack of dancing on nightclub dance floors

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  • I've read they are drinking less and taking less recreational drugs and having less sex than previous generations.

  • Fear of 'being cringe' blamed for lack of dancing on nightclub dance floors

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  • I'm so glad that capturing everything with photos / videos and uploading to socials wasn't a thing in the early 2000s when I was going to clubs and electronic music festivals. Reach for the lasers safe as fuck.

  • Trump calls Japanese leader 'Mr. Japan'

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  • Must be soon. Crocs have been in fashion for a while.

  • And all the antivaxxers I ever knew sure like recreational substances too.

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  • They really came out of the wood work when the covid vaccines were released. Friends and acquaintances who were there munching down e's of unknown origin back in early 2000s suddenly had a different stance about putting something "unknown" in them.

  • Non-Americans, what's it like when you're sick and need to go to the doctor?

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  • In addition to what slazer said, in Australia once you earn over a certain amount you get hit with an extra tax if you don't take out private health. The conservative coalition brought that in a long time ago because their donor mates in private health asked them to ruin our public health care and this was their first step towards that.

    I still have private cover as it seems like the least bad option even though it pisses me off. I guess that's the point.

  • The great millennial garbage gyre

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  • Surprised that the religious right haven't put them in their sites.

  • What word dk you think could be spelled different?

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  • The word yacht or the way it is pronounced.

  • Australians losing billions in savings due to poor management of appliance efficiency scheme, audit finds

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  • Pears said the energy rating stickers “have a lot of credibility with people” and is “relied upon” by consumers.

    Really?

    I've never really bothered much with appliance ratings.

    Any time I see star ratings on anything that the govt has been involved with I automatically assume it's a load of bullshit that was guided by industry with their wants put well ahead of consumer needs. At best star ratings just dumb down actual metrics.

    See:

    The absolute joke that is food rating stars.

    Home energy star ratings. Why not just state use the passivhouse standard? Or just state energy used and air tightness in changes per hour etc.

    Vehicle star ratings where fucking human crusher 4wds still somehow gets 5 stars for vulnerable road user protection because it has some sensors in it.

  • Albanese opens search for ideas to shape second-term agenda

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  • Pipe dream:

    Tax income generated from accumulated wealth the same as income generated from actual work. I.e. a rate somewhere in between the two. No more CGT discounts.

    End negative gearing for existing structures.

    No more tax breaks for commercial vehicles

    Curtail corporations from off shoring profits to tax havens.

    Tax on exported gas

    UBI