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- Comment on Warning over deadly virus after bat bites Pilbara woman 1 week ago:
It’s a reference to this comedy sketch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM
And dockedatthewrongworf was playing along with the next line in the sketch.
- Comment on Warning over deadly virus after bat bites Pilbara woman 1 week ago:
Incurable once you’re symptomatic, and, to be totally clear for anyone not aware, invariably fatal. It’s a horrible death, too. Also, the incubation period can be anywhere from a few weeks to two years.
The ABC article could have benefited from making that clearer. It calls the virus ‘deadly’, but doesn’t impress upon the reader just how deadly.
- Comment on Warning over deadly virus after bat bites Pilbara woman 1 week ago:
You shouldn’t touch any wildlife if you can avoid it, but especially not bats!
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to australia@aussie.zone | 7 comments
- Aussies go viral for booing American national anthem at WWE Crown Jewel event in Perth7news.com.au ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to australia@aussie.zone | 28 comments
- Comment on Miles Herbert: Watching from Australia while Donald Trump targets my home of Chicago with armed troops prompts deep questions 2 weeks ago:
Only a suggestion, but perhaps more suitable for !worldnews@aussie.zone
- Comment on Pocock reinvited to parliamentary sports club after PM weighs in [after being kicked out for criticising their gambling sponsor] 2 weeks ago:
Whether Pocock, individually, is in or out is pretty irrelevant to ordinary Australians, yeah, and there’s probably a bit too much of the word count spent on that aspect. However, that MPs’ leisure activities are being funded by the gambling lobby and other corporates does seem worth public scrutiny.
- Australians are moving to Tasmania to escape climate change, but the island state is not immunewww.abc.net.au ↗Submitted 5 weeks ago to australia@aussie.zone | 11 comments
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- Comment on Australia may be losing its sweet tooth – but sugar is only part of our health story 1 month ago:
Specifically fructose (which is one half of sucrose, which is what we mostly think of as ‘sugar’ when cooking) is processed in the liver, and can cause non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: …harvard.edu/…/abundance-of-fructose-not-good-for…
- Submitted 1 month ago to australia@aussie.zone | 3 comments
- Comment on Who is telling the truth? 1 month ago:
The ‘1500 per day’ figure that was bandied about isn’t accurate:
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- Comment on Australian university(University of Melbourne) used Wi-Fi location data to identify student protestors 2 months ago:
You don’t - and can’t - connect to wifi on the trams. It doesn’t provide an internet, it just logs devices that have their wifi turned on and scanning for wifi networks.
From the article:
To opt out of the trial, passengers must either have wi-fi capabilities turned off on their devices before they get on the light rail or give their MAC address within three hours of it being collected by filling out an online form.
- Comment on Australian university(University of Melbourne) used Wi-Fi location data to identify student protestors 2 months ago:
This isn’t as directly tied to people’s identities, but trams in Sydney also collect device data via wifi: www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-18/…/104559538
- Comment on Australian university(University of Melbourne) used Wi-Fi location data to identify student protestors 2 months ago:
No idea what the protest in question was about
The protests were in relation to Palestine/Israel:
- Pro-Palestine protesters fill the streets in cities and towns across Australia after Gaza famine declarationwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 2 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 0 comments
- Comment on Films and video games have age classifications. Should books? 2 months ago:
There’s tools online for parents that want this kind of information.
- Comment on Legendary film critic David Stratton dies peacefully aged 85 2 months ago:
The list of all films ever banned in Australia, for anyone interested: en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_films_banned_in_Austra…
- Submitted 2 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 9 comments
- Comment on Australia to recognise Palestinians' right 'to a state of their own', PM says 2 months ago:
Israel is capable of being shitty on its own.
Is it, though?
- Comment on Australia to recognise Palestinians' right 'to a state of their own', PM says 2 months ago:
It’s not about lobbying, it’s that the USA owns Australia.
- Comment on Australia to recognise Palestinians' right 'to a state of their own', PM says 2 months ago:
It won’t.
If they thought it would do any good, then they wouldn’t have the spine to do it.
We know they don’t have the spine to do anything with any practical effect, because otherwise they would have done it by now. They could have instituted broad trade sanctions, or prevented the export of military goods including F-35 parts and steel armour plating.
- Comment on Why commitment to quality childcare and early education is incompatible with the profit motive 2 months ago:
I was not expecting a headline that goes that hard from the ABC
- Comment on How many Australians are fighting with Israel's military in Gaza? This group is monitoring 2 months ago:
This article from November last year covers Israeli “immigration” programs being conducted in Australia: …com.au/lone-soldiers-new-australian-idf-recruits…
Despite it being illegal to recruit soldiers for foreign armies, the Israeli Defence Forces recruiters are hard at work here enticing young Australians to join Israel’s army. Yaakov Aharon investigates.
- Submitted 2 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 3 comments
- Comment on Aussie funk music recommendations? 2 months ago:
Donny Benet? youtu.be/EwPUtEMms4E
Also, FYI, we have !rage@aussie.zone as a community for Aus music specifically 🙂
- Sea of people march across Sydney Harbour Bridge calling for an end to killing in Gazawww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 2 months ago to australia@aussie.zone | 0 comments