Too much fluoride has recently been shown to be dangerous at lower concentrations than we thought, and fluoride can be gotten via diet or toothpaste. I personally think water should contain only the absolute bare minimum necessary fluoride, and even without fluoride in water there are other options.
They seem to be under the misguided impression that this will resolve the birth rate crisis. The smut example may have an effect if it were part of a broader crackdown on porn, but targeting homosexuality won't resolve anything and just make people miserable.
And China is a majority atheist country so the state really has no excuse for this blatant bigotry.
It's "attempted conspiracy to commit treason" at this stage, which is pathetic and embarrassing but still evil. And as Norah said they may learn who Ley is after this, though that's predicated on Trump being able to read.
With Coalition support. The CIA and LNP can do a lot together. Their default playbook is fomenting bad media coverage against the PM. Then they can use some quirk of the constitution like they did with Whitlam, or the CIA can pick out a replacement PM from within Labor like they did with Gillard.
This is straight up treasonous. Writing directly to Trump (instead of speaking to the Australian public) to say she would reverse it is a not-so-subtle plea to get America to coup Albanese like Rudd and Whitlam.
I didn't realize she was that evil. This is why we can't have nice things.
I completely forgot YouTube had an algorithm TBH. I use an extension to block all the recommendations.
You're right though, assuming the legislation only bans users with accounts (can't be bothered double checking) that's the worst of both worlds. I guess there would be ways to create a subscription feed without an account and that may be able to circumvent the ban.
Look, I'm deeply sympathetic to the idea of our political leaders being pragmatic so they can hold on to power and not be replaced by someone worse, but when the cost would be being kicked out of Eurovision then obviously they should go all in.
Yeah, as I understand it it applies to Lemmy too. I forgot about that. If it were up to me I'd definitely only include the big players. I haven't yet processed the fact that Lemmy may go away.
As for parental controls, the issue is that it could create conflict within the family. Kids are going to HAAAAAATE this policy, he wants to be the noble sacrifice (I forgot the exact word for this) so the kids don't hate their parents.
EDIT: Oh also, parents may exempt their kids from this and that's bad because social media is a lot worse than a lot of parents realize. If it were me I'd put kids on a "no interaction" mode where they can only look and not comment or post.
I have been deeply opposed to the social media laws. Then I went back deleting my posts on another site and noticed I supported such a policy. I understand the reasoning behind it and I just was angry at the prospect of needing to give Google my ID.
However, including YouTube in the ban is beyond ridiculous. May as well ban Netflix and Sky News at that point.
Then there's the new age-checking on porn which is absolutely wild. Firstly it was passed without new legislation, but more importantly it is deeply invasive in how it's to be enforced. I see the reasoning behind this too, but it's as if they're trying to stop even determined users from accessing it and once you get to that level it's crossing a line.
I should really change to Bank Australia at some point, but I can't be bothered unless Visa cracks and allows LGBT content again (currently on Mastercard).
This is REALLY bad. It'll require your age be verified by your ISP, operating system, email, search engine, and the site you visit. Fines of up to $49.5 million if violated.
Australia is very limited in how it can move away from America, because the Coalition enthusiastically sells us out to them any chance they can get.
Albanese, by repairing our relationship with China, is putting us on the right track. He can't get out of AUKUS and there may even be advantages to that such as giving Albanese Trump's ear and allowing him to potentially stop a war with China. I don't pay enough attention to what Albanese is doing behind the scenes to strengthen Australia's sovereignty.
Too much fluoride has recently been shown to be dangerous at lower concentrations than we thought, and fluoride can be gotten via diet or toothpaste. I personally think water should contain only the absolute bare minimum necessary fluoride, and even without fluoride in water there are other options.