Tenderizer
@Tenderizer@aussie.zone
- Comment on The majority of Queensland councils are washing their hands of fluoridation under the watch of both sides of politics 1 day ago:
jamanetwork.com/journals/…/2828425
It says fluoride levels of 2-4mg/L is correlated in a reduction of IQ. But technically the WHO has long since recommended a maximum of 1.5mg/L due to a risk of fluorosis which is a comparatively minor concern, though it’s hard to find information about what levels are considered safe beyond “recommendations”.
- Comment on The majority of Queensland councils are washing their hands of fluoridation under the watch of both sides of politics 2 days ago:
Specifically recent research showed that the safe levels of fluoride are lower than we thought. I don’t remember the exact research, and I phrased it poorly because I didn’t remember it. I’ll edit it accordingly.
Regarding whether dietary and toothpaste fluoride is sufficient, I’ll defer to you on that.
- Comment on The majority of Queensland councils are washing their hands of fluoridation under the watch of both sides of politics 2 days ago:
Too much fluoride has recently been shown to be dangerous, and fluoride can be gotten via diet or toothpaste. I personally think water should contain only the absolute bare minimum fluoride, and even without fluoride in water there are other options.
- Comment on Together: Australian film altered in China to make gay couple straight 3 days ago:
Yes, but they don’t have an excuse.
- Comment on Together: Australian film altered in China to make gay couple straight 3 days ago:
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.
- Comment on ‘We would reverse it’: Ley writes back to Republicans over recognition of Palestine 6 days ago:
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.
- Comment on ‘We would reverse it’: Ley writes back to Republicans over recognition of Palestine 6 days ago:
With Coalition support. The CIA and LNP can do a lot together.
- Comment on ‘We would reverse it’: Ley writes back to Republicans over recognition of Palestine 6 days ago:
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 this evil. This is why we can’t have nice things.
- Comment on Australia formally recognises state of Palestine 1 week ago:
Ballsy, especially after Republican threats. Here’s hoping their idea of retaliation is cancelling AUKUS.
- Comment on SBS resists calls to join EU boycott of Eurovision 2026 if Israel allowed to compete | SBS | The Guardian 1 week ago:
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, when the cost would be being kicked out of Eurovision then obviously they should go all in.
- Comment on ‘Betrayed the trust of Australians’: ANZ bank pays record $240m fine for widespread misconduct 1 week ago:
They’re the only bank in my town that isn’t for-profit. I just need the initiative.
Come to think of it I don’t actually care about my issue with Visa and Mastercard very much. I should just ignore it and go with the better bank.
- Comment on ‘Betrayed the trust of Australians’: ANZ bank pays record $240m fine for widespread misconduct 1 week ago:
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).
- Comment on Australians soon facing age checks when viewing adult websites 2 weeks ago:
No idea. But you should learn how to use Linux anyway, it’s great.
- Comment on Australians soon facing age checks when viewing adult websites 2 weeks ago:
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.
If this is real, it is straight-up totalitarian.
- Comment on Australians soon facing age checks when viewing adult websites 2 weeks ago:
Operating systems are on the list. You’re gonna have to go fully offline.
- Comment on Some of Australia’s most influential thinktanks refuse to reveal their biggest donors. Should they? 2 weeks ago:
They’re all the people who write all the country’s news headlines basically. And that’s what they take money to do.
- Comment on Australia to spend $1.1 billion on Anduril undersea drone fleet 2 weeks ago:
Not just whether they’re worth the cost. Not just whether they’ll have any tactical value in 25y time.
But will we even ever get them.
- Comment on In Australia, racist violence is nothing new. But emboldened neo-Nazis form a frightening new spectre 2 weeks ago:
Did you not read what he wrote. I’ll give you a chart to make things easy for you.
- Comment on Australia is about to get a centre for disease control. How will it tackle public health challenges? 3 weeks ago:
Remember to buy some extra toilet paper. We’re gonna need it soon.
- Comment on Who is telling the truth? 3 weeks ago:
I’d say the mere act of expressing these views publicly, possibly intimidating minorities, says a lot about someone’s character.
And the protests were organized by neo-nazis IIRC.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
If someone’s views are hostile to a minority, even if they’re not hatred-driven, they should NOT express them publicly. There are plenty of private channels to reach out to politicians that won’t intimidate a vulnerable group. The mere act of expressing these anti-immigration views publicly is itself unacceptable.
- Comment on Battery found in Guzman Y Gomez burrito bowl, expert raises serious safety concerns 3 weeks ago:
Guzman Y Gomez constantly has job listings up. I suspect they have hectic conditions and nobody wants to stick around.
- Comment on France to sue Australian platform Kick for 'negligence' after livestream death 3 weeks ago:
I did some digging, looks like Labor offered it in exchange for support but in response …
Greens housing spokesperson Max Chandler-Mathers said the changes still did not go far enough.
Although I don’t know if mandatory disbursements are a good idea anyway. I’ve just accepted your framing of them as a good idea.
- Comment on France to sue Australian platform Kick for 'negligence' after livestream death 3 weeks ago:
So Gillard got couped too. Let’s just leave it at that because I can’t really be bothered.
- Comment on France to sue Australian platform Kick for 'negligence' after livestream death 3 weeks ago:
Source? Not that I really care. It barely matters.
- Comment on France to sue Australian platform Kick for 'negligence' after livestream death 3 weeks ago:
Sure, but it wasn’t an especially bold proposal.
Was enough to get her couped with a fake corruption scandal plastered all over the press. What are you expecting exactly, Whitlam levels of boldness?
Not a carbon tax.
Doesn’t matter. You can say all you want that it’s a lie to call it a “carbon tax” but does anyone in Australia know it by a different name?
It lasted only a few years because the Government lost at the next election. If Rudd had … instead of … that brought down both his and Gillard’s Governments.
Gillard was polling abysmally before Rudd took over. She was a terrible prime minster who nobody liked.
- Comment on France to sue Australian platform Kick for 'negligence' after livestream death 3 weeks ago:
Many NGO’s were prepared to hit the ground running with the HAFF funding, by blocking the HAFF the Greens screwed up the prepared contracts. They delayed much needed housing for people genuinely in need by years just so they could get brownie points with renters.
On the minimum payout, Labor conceded on that point immediately. The Greens were not voting against it on those grounds.
And before you say Labor should’ve made concessions, the Greens unlike Labor don’t actually face any electoral pressures since they have less than zero chance of forming government and basically zero chance of losing senate seats. The Greens, for good reason, have become politically toxic to deal with because they think acting like whiny children makes them charismatic. If Labor met the Greens $10 billion spending demands, it would’ve been used as a campaign point in this year’s election and Labor would’ve lost to the LNP who would’ve then cut the HAFF.
- Comment on France to sue Australian platform Kick for 'negligence' after livestream death 3 weeks ago:
Palaszczuk taxed the coal mining companies and balanced the state budget. And keep in mind this was in Queensland, the most conservative state in the country.
Rudd … there is so much I could say. One of Gillard’s first acts after replacing Rudd was to drop the taxes on mining, she then put in a carbon tax that even an idiot could come up with a scare campaign against, said carbon tax only lasted a few years and permanently poisoned the idea of a price on carbon. This is not even mentioning the CIA cables discussing whether they should replace Rudd with Gillard.
- Comment on Big tech is a weapon of mass destruction to democracy. Here are three ways Australia can fight back 3 weeks ago:
No further reading. Naturally though people find threats more important to know about than a news article saying “everything is fine, better than you think even, you don’t need to worry”.
Though doom scrolling does help keep people’s minds numb by flipping them between cat videos and RFK Junior endlessly. This is why doom scrolling is so good at making time disappear and some people want that.
- Comment on France to sue Australian platform Kick for 'negligence' after livestream death 3 weeks ago:
A government can only go against lobbyist interests (and especially American interests) if they have the opposition on-side. Labor, to this day, has a long history of being couped and they’ve learned cowardice as a result.
Whitlam, Rudd, Fyles, Palaszczuk.
