My back door has a weirdly elevated door frame so I can’t even chuck a door snake on it. It has to be a giant rolled up beach towel and still doesn’t work
Deaths of despair and/or social murder! ☝️ (Due to Shit Life Syndrome)
And yeah… India has already been experiencing 50C heat waves
Nah, it was my really poor phrasing. What was being thought was not what got typed
Agreed. It’s not looking good. I also hope against hope that it doesn’t affect meat, eggs and milk supply
Sorry, I meant from human to human and instead said that
My bad
I agree. Probably going to be a repeat of the last time. It worries me because of my immune system and also avian flu can be fatal to cats.
There were even those temporary structures/tents outside of hospitals in Australia. Saw them locally, none of the behaviours changed though.
I really really hope that this virus doesn’t also jump to humans and force us to deal with strollouts and noncompliant people again…
Damn, Power And Water cracked down on bottle-sharing now? /s
That’s how corporations nickel and dime you. I resist subscription services almost completely (I pay for cloud backup storage for my phone in case of breakage/theft and that’s it) because as well as being a constant financial drain they inevitably degrade and enshittify, often even removing things you paid for
I don’t know what to say other than that I agree with you. Dominant retailers (especially supermarkets) were and are profiteering during a crisis and these ‘prices drops’ of cents are merely a sop.
At this point a fair few people can’t even afford some of those goods
Yeah, I saw that and was like wtf. I kept that link because it links to Food Connect which also has info on food resources/community gardens and was fairly simple.
The Ceres one was a bit more involved, having all of the planting guides by month and seemingly aimed at people with larger/more established gardens. https://ceres.org.au/nursery/seasonal-gardening-advice/
Maybe I can get it to grow mushrooms, double the yield
The paper cup my growing rosemary sprig is in looks mouldy… oops. I might have to repot that at some point
Oh man I didn’t even look beyond the article. It was a quick google
Edit: Also why has the vegies page randomly broken for me now? :/
Anyway I left my Paris Market carrots to themselves after a few thinnings and only now are they really starting to get larger, way behind schedule. It’s because I’ve been busy with other things and not applying Powerfeed. Next time I’ll use slow release granules. Also I would probably need a much wider/larger container, because while there’s been zero issues with the depth of a windowbox they do need room to expand and after thinning you really don’t get many.
Seeing as it’s getting colder I might sow some silverbeet or spinach in the boxes, or as they’re an heirloom variety I could just let the carrots go to seed.
Right now the only plants I’m really keeping an eye on are my cat’s continuous sow pots of cat grass, and the rosemary cuttings growing into bushes in some paper cups. I think one died but the other is having new growth and might want a bigger pot.
He got sick of paying rent/likes van life/it’s cold
Oh ok. It’s still very weird. I would have thought that explaining same sex parents to children might be to prevent bullying or teasing of a classmate who has them. I can’t see anything sexualised about it.
It really seems like there’s a homophobic/transphobic push for censorship by religious groups spearheaded by myths that LGBTIA+ are ‘groomers’.
Parenting books are a moral sin? And in a linked article - parenting books are sexualising children???
I’d argue that same sex parents adopting or fostering kids who would otherwise have fewer options is a net social positive and actually a pretty moral thing to do. (Especially if they’re taking the time and care to read parenting books.) Almost like a thing that a religion of compassion would approve of.
Homophobic protests and book bannings are a different kind of movement. Even if the ban was reversed these trends are scary to see.
Anecdotally there are issues with random non consensual choking etc. But I agree they’re drawing a long bow and this isn’t going to be as effective or feasible as claimed. Implementing this would only cause unintentional (or intentional) consequences.
Even if it did magically work for the stated purpose (which it won’t) it’s focusing far in the future when there’s a serious crisis right now.
I find it so discouraging. “The show.” You always get the outcry when things get markedly bad, shortsighted ‘solutions’ that are about optics rather than lasting change, and then things go along the same until the next high profile spate of murders/assaults.
Another worry is that laws like these may slip into a similar functions to KOSA and the other ‘child safety’ laws being brought in in America. Being misused to invade privacy and allow gating or scrubbing of any LGBTIA+ content or reproductive/sexual health information. I know Australia has its own fundie politicians.
I finally put that rosemary into a proper pot. I’m amazed it survived this long