Flu shots are not free though, unless you hit some specific criteria.

I think if if ends up being around the flu shot cost then it’s not absurdly expensive, but still might reinforce the notion that it’s not important anymore, reducing vaccination rates further (even in vulnerable groups).

This part is slightly concerning:

The bill’s scope has also been tweaked – instead of employers having to prove that working from home would have a “significant adverse impact” on efficiency and productivity, they now only have to demonstrate a “material impact”.

On the other hand, business groups seem to be throwing a tantrum, suggesting the law still has enough teeth:

On Tuesday, a joint statement was released by the Business Council of Australia, the Australian Industry Group, the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and others, which said the amendments “do not fix a fundamentally flawed law that will risk Victoria’s economy and send jobs interstate”.

“The bill should be abandoned, and no amendment can fix its fundamental problems,” the groups said.

And of course, there’s also a risk of a future government undoing the whole thing, especially since it’s now delayed until mid 2027.

He’s a senator, and so he doesn’t have to do anything since he’s on the top of the One Nation ticket. The continuing and increasing popularity of that party certainly says something about the Australian people, however.

Guix is lovely but it has a lot fewer packages and a few of its own quirks too. It’s still on my list to test again when I get some time, though.

For me, my parents are 20mins away by car. By bike or public transport its 3 hours

This is a failure of city design and the public transport system. There is no reason for public transport to be slower than a car, and cities and towns that were more compact would allow you to access by bike quickly and comfortably.

They might be treating conventional hybrids as separate from petrol. But yeah, would be nice to see a clear breakdown.

Plug-in hybrids.

I’m down for the first two, especially since “shoebox” likely means anything smaller than a giant McMansion to park multiple giant trucks and SUVs, and a bunch of crap no-one needs.

The third feels unnecessary when plants exist, but more power to those that want it.

Yep, these effects are called welfare traps. It’s why benefits shouldn’t have hard thresholds, but instead taper off gradually as income increases.

Although in the case of health care, it should obviously be universal in the same way that every other developed country implements it.

It’s likely an outdated guide. Comaps forked only recently from organic maps.

If you’re in the US, it’s because all of the major ISPs siphoned up much of the ipv4 address space so they can still offer it to everyone.

In Australia, on the other hand, most ISPs provide CGNAT by default, although most of them offer a free opt-out and have ipv6. Mobile services are also typically CGNAT, although many offer ipv6 + 464XLAT (an ipv4 compatibility mode using ipv6).

In developing countries some sort of ipv6 solution is almost universal, particularly those with higher populations such as India, since it would cost an absurd amount of money to buy up that amount of ipv4 address space today.

Digging around, it looks like that cycle map source was removed from osmand due to API costs, which doesn’t apply to the browser version for whatever reason (or openstreemap.org are paying for it).

EDIT: I’m guessing you already tried it, but the built in “bike routes” option is less busy in my location. It seems to only work with the offline vector maps though, so I couldn’t quickly test how it looks in Montreal. Although testing another city it looks busy enough to be problematic for you I suspect.

Rip out the lawns and replace with native vegetation, and no more (or at least a lot less) mowing needed. But I’m guessing you’ll need to convince some other people as well by your phrasing.

Only if we continue to buy absurdly large vehicles. Electric hatchbacks and sedans are lighter even with battery weight included.

And if people won’t change on their own, then tax the vehicles based on weight.

OsmAnd is missing the Cycle Map layer of openstreetmaps.org and is not super useful in my case.

Do you mean CyclOSM? If so, you just have to configure some settings, although I agree it’s non-obvious.

It’s the framing that anti-bike/transit types have been using since the 2010s. Supporters are adopting it to argue there should actually be a war on cars.

All his posts are like that. They are a great “chuck on your ereader” type thing.

Not living in a country that sees women, legally and culturally, as subhuman.

Have you tried koreader? It’s not perfect, but if the screen is large enough it normally works pretty well. I use it on a Kobo reader, but it works on Android as well (not sure about iOS).

This website is like 10 years old from memory, well before grid-scale batteries were widespread (well they still aren’t in many countries).