… if not more so.

Greta brings awareness but I’m not sure what capabilities she brings to the flotilla.

She’s also less likely to be disappeared than others.

Yeah turtle goes in that corner and them armadillo or something for 4 legs, house, no slime.

Oh please. It’s like you didn’t even read my comment. Your claim may be “true” but it’s precisely what governments and polluters want you to be thinking and saying. “I personally can’t do anything about this.”

This is like the “both sides” argument in politics.

It resonates with people and encourages apathy supporting the status quo.

Its true that the actions of an individual aren’t very impactful. Its also true that large corporations are responsible for the vast majority of the problem.

However, if no one bought products from those companies, or owned their shares, then they would exist.

While “no one” is not possible, what if everyone just used 5% less, or 5% of people switched to an “ethical” 401k / pension funds that didn’t invest in these companies.

We dont need a few people doing climate mitigation perfectly, we need everyone doing climate mitigation imperfectly.

It sounds like such a small change, yet we’re unable to achieve it.

For example, here in Australia our conservative party is presently trying to discard our pathetic carbon emissions targets saying they’re unachievable.

Tax cuts and bail outs.

I dont think time is the critical factor, but will.

If they really want to roll this out then they will.

Even if there’s no pressure on commuters, rental places and companies will do it, then at least the market and infrastructure for them is improving.

That rats nest is the default everywhere in SE asia.

The cables are well insulated, and it’s usually only the last 50m or so run like that.

Pulled pork has been popular in Australia over the last decade but I refuse to get on board.

Forgive my culinary naivety but it’s something like slow roast pork with some kind of BBQ sauce right?

My assigned pot luck dish is roast pork. I roast it in a smoker with cherry or whatever chips.

Amazing. Let us know if anything else happen.

The sentence you quoted links the Wikipedia article about the pacific solution, and the paragraph explains why calling them concentration camps is disingenuous. Well done.

I feel obligated to provide some context here.

Australia certainly is, like most countries, “deeply racist” but exactly what that means and how we compare to other countries is contentious.

Calling immigration detention facilities “concentration camps” is disingenuous and has connotations that dont apply. At last count in 2021 there were 107 residents, all of whom could leave at any time, and were provided multiple resettlement options outside of Australia.

There are criticisms to be made but they are not “concentration camps”.

The fauna thing is an obvious myth that doesn’t withstand a moments critical though. There’s a more comprehensive rebuttal here:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-20/fact-check-flora-and-fauna-1967-referendum/9550650

Australia does have deeply embedded tensions around race. They’re not easily solvable problems. Are more salient example might be the recent rejection of the voice referendum, but that would take more than a few moments to read and understand.

Partly, yes. But also partly because world leaders have realised that if you don’t want the US to fuck you up the ass you need to say nice things to Trump, preferably combined with gifts.

Hol up. Didn’t NATO guy wank all over daddy’s boobs already?

Generally evidence is needed to arrest someone.

Super frustrating article to read.

A single person being stabbed isn’t a “major incident” if you’re the chief of police or whatever a prefect is.

If only there were some way that the people could kind of ha e their say and direct lawmakers th address some of these problems. The people need to choose some kind of representative that propose and pursue these changes. Imagine if you could just kind of “poll” the will of the people and add up everyone’s choices to choose a representative.

That’s i good point i guess.

There’s no way to confirm so it’s just a rumour.

I think mods are the same everywhere.

Of course there are exceptions but the role attracts people who like the power and control.

I don’t know anything at all about the mods in this sub, nor what you said, so this isn’t a judgement of that mod at all. However…

I do share your frustration.

I get that mods don’t have time to enter arguments with commenters about their comments.

However, that dynamic does allow mods to just remove comments for ideological reasons, or their personal opinions.