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2w ago

Circuits #866 2026-02-27
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Zagorath @aussie.zone 2w ago
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2w ago

Crossherd #356 2026-02-27

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 2w ago

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2w ago

Cape York man’s conviction overturned after court finds magistrate made ‘inappropriate’ remarks

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 2w ago

Read it again. It's not my job to educate you. Especially not if you're being wilfully ignorant.

2w ago

[Video] Australian police seizes “Wanted - Netanyahu" sign saying it is antisemitic

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 2w ago

What's your DNS provider? Catbox is blocked by some Aussie ISPs at the DNS level, which could be the problem.

3w ago

where are all the maga sports feminists

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 3w ago

There is some merit to the idea in some highly competitive sports that trans women may retain some biological advantage over cis women.

However, the "protect women's sports" crowd isn't interested in having a good faith discussion about it. For starters, they'll cry against even the idea of preteen trans girls playing with cis girls. Or against trans women in a social women's sport club. Outside of elite sports, the argument is literally completely irrelevant because so many other factors are far, far more significant. When you have a league consisting of people who have been playing casually for a year or two in addition to people who were only a few spots away from going pro, the difference between the genders is an irrelevancy.

But there have also been studies that say the biological advantage is overstated. One study showed that 2 years after starting HRT, trans women retained none of the advantage they started with in push ups or sit ups, and that the advantage in a middle distance run halved. The study didn't say, but I'd hypothesise that after 5 years that, too, would be gone.

So at the elite levels, it's fair to say that each sport should be making its own decision based on the types of fitness and skills involved. And those decisions should be based on the weight of evidence, not—as is usually the case today—on the vibes or because of political lobbying. Some restrictions, especially pre-hormonal transition and shortly after, are likely warranted in many cases. Longer-term restrictions are less defensible.

And all of this assumes someone who went through a normal male puberty. It says nothing of the fact that the same crowd arguing against trans people in sport are the ones arguing against puberty blockers and allowing children to make decisions for themselves with the aid of their parents and doctors, without government intervening. If that were allowed, many of those biological advantages never would have been able to develop in the first place.

3w ago

where are all the maga sports feminists

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 3w ago

What? You are aware that sentences make up paragraphs, right? Just as words make up sentences, and letters (or phonemes, if we're doing spoken word) make up words.

The first sentence of this comment is "What?" Yeah, it's also a word. That doesn't stop it being a sentence.

3w ago

Circuits #865 2026-02-26

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 3w ago

Oh!

3w ago

I have 100 euros a month to donate to open source projects. Do you think its better to donate more to fewer projects or less to more projects?

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 3w ago

Ok, so, do you agree with it? Or do you think that Notepad++ has demonstrated a good commitment to doing the right thing that means it's still just as worthy of recommendation as it was last month?

3w ago

I have 100 euros a month to donate to open source projects. Do you think its better to donate more to fewer projects or less to more projects?

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 3w ago

Not my choice. But higher ups.

Ok, but your comment pretty clearly expressed an implied agreement with that choice.

3w ago

Emergency warning text and siren to be sent to every phone in Australia [July 27 at 2pm AEST]

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 3w ago

Yes. But if it doesn't, it's also highly unlikely that one of these emergency warnings would apply to you anyway. Not many cyclones hitting the deep outback.

3w ago

Emergency warning text and siren to be sent to every phone in Australia [July 27 at 2pm AEST]

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 3w ago

Find out 27th July!

3w ago

Emergency warning text and siren to be sent to every phone in Australia [July 27 at 2pm AEST]

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 3w ago

That's not really amber alerts then, and I don't care what they call it. The whole point of amber alerts in America is that it's a broadcast system similar in style to the emergency warning system that this post is about.

3w ago

where are all the maga sports feminists

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 3w ago

What's funny about "There are a few different things you need to know to get this, so it’s hard to blame you."?

3w ago

Federated End-to-End Encrypted Messaging is Coming Soon

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 3w ago

Perhaps, but I'm describing something slightly different. Your description is basically "one platform supporting two protocols that basically do the same thing". I'm talking more about "one app that has two separate-but-related bits of functionality, each using the more appropriate protocol for that job".

3w ago

Emergency warning text and siren to be sent to every phone in Australia [July 27 at 2pm AEST]

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 3w ago

One thing that's worth noting is that you don't need to be connected to a tower to receive the alert. You could be a Vodafone customer and get the alert if there's only Telstra service where you are.

3w ago

no values

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 3w ago

As an Aussie, ditto tbh.

3w ago

Gorton and Denton

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 3w ago

That's where Australia's right is at right now. In Opposition, not Government, but "full of infighting and unable to do anything whatsoever". Our right has been made up of two separate parties in a permanent coalition for most of Australia's history, but over the past 12 months they've split up and gotten back together twice over infighting. And one of the two parties of the Coalition is ripping itself apart at the seems over the conflict between wanting to present a more moderate front and wanting to embrace the far-right. They recently turfed their leader, a woman (the first time they've had one leading!) from the more moderate faction, and put in a far-righter.

Then there's One Nation, our UKIP/Reform equivalent (replete with toxic, famously racist, controlling leader), which is surging in the polls recently.

The ex-leader of the Liberal Party (the main right-wing party) did the most amazing thing by resigning from Parliament after her party spilled her, forcing the Coalition to fight a by-election where the two Coalition parties will be competing against each other, and against One Nation, and against at least one prominent local independent. It's going to be splendid to watch. I'm desperately hoping Labor doesn't even run a candidate, so we can all just watch the right fight itself.

3w ago

Emergency warning text and siren to be sent to every phone in Australia [July 27 at 2pm AEST]

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 3w ago

We've had state-based similar systems before, though they have sometimes been unreliable, which is why this system is being rolled out at the federal level.

But I don't think we'll be getting something similar to your amber alerts. The article only describes two levels of alert, one for serious safety threats, and one for a warning that safety threats might be along soon.

3w ago

Circuits #865 2026-02-26

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 3w ago

https://puzzmo.com/play/circuits/uig9011zo/share

Spoilers

idek what "toy drive" is...

3w ago

I have 100 euros a month to donate to open source projects. Do you think its better to donate more to fewer projects or less to more projects?

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Zagorath @aussie.zone 3w ago

I really like the idea of donating to a broader consortium, like the NLNet that's suggested already, specifically because they give donations to less consumer-facing elements that might be less likely to attract direct funding.

Other than that though, I'd say donate to the things that (a) you already use a lot, and which (b) seem most in need of funding. If it's big and famous and fairly stable without significant ongoing costs, it's probably not as important to donate to. If it's niche, needs a lot of development to add useful features or polish, or has significant ongoing costs (e.g. servers), that would be a higher priority. Evaluate based on whatever balance of those factors you choose.