ziltoid101

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aboriginal community shaken by second death in Australian police custody⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It sounds like we agree - they’re dying more in custody far more than non-indigenous because they are in custody far more than non-indigenous. Sorry if I misunderstood at any point.

  While acknowledging the gravity of the deaths and always respecting cultural sensitivities, a successful systemic review should be focused on reducing overrepresentation in custody, not specifically just deaths in custody.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aboriginal community shaken by second death in Australian police custody⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  As a bleeding heart leftist, this is a very sound argument. I’m a huge advocate for indigenous rights, and I get worried seeing articles that essentially imply police brutality (specifically towards indigenous people over non-indigenous) is the root cause of problems, when the evidence is that it is much deep, systemic, and more complicated than that. Perhaps people want the problem to be police brutality because that would be a more tangible problem, something that can be fixed in a reasonable amount of time with the right review or changes to policing.

  I get it - it sucks even thinking about issues where there are no “good” solutions. It’s a tragedy that indigenous people are overrepresented in custody, but it’s ultimately poverty that leads to being in custody in the first place. I wish people directed more attention towards addressing indigenous poverty rather than band-aid fixes that won’t really lead to long-term healing.

  With that said, any death in custody deserves proper review. There was no reason this arrest had to end this way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aboriginal community shaken by second death in Australian police custody⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Those middle paragraphs were kinda important though, tbf. It was explaining that as a whole they are more likely to die in custody because they are more likely to be in custody in the first place. When addressing hypotheses specifically about deaths in custody, the first statistic (where indigenous people are not overrepresented) is a lot more meaningful.

  We need to do a lot to improve the treatment of indigenous people, that goes without saying. It’s important that we’re barking up the right tree, but I appreciate that it’s a sensitive topic and it’s also important to not just cite cold stats. It’s a big issue - why are they overrepresented in custody? I don’t think there is some magical instant answer, but I think broader history shows that addressing poverty will simultaneously address a lot of these issues.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Skype was shut down for good today⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I want to put Skype’s corpse on a banner and wave it around to all the software that’s currently undergoing enshittification.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A minority Labor government could be truly progressive – and the conservatives know it | Lenore Taylor⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Fwiw, I wish the two parties were more cooperative, but it takes two to tango. Greens aren’t obliged to blindly pass every bill that Labor proposes, the burden is also on Labor to negotiate their proposals to gain majority support.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Beyond Doubt': Proteins in Fossil From Actual Dinosaur, Claim Scientists⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Crystallise it and show us the structure lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Queensland whooping cough vaccine numbers down in pregnant women amid huge surge in cases - ABC News⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’ve got a baby in the family, please ensure that you’ve had a booster in the last 5-10 years. It’s also really important to get the pregnancy vaccine for pertussis to protect newborns. We desperately need to get this epidemic under control.