NagmayEvery nook and cranny in the basalt landscape is flowing with water.
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@augustusbrown I know it makes perfect sense in the context of the article, but the irony of that last line made me chuckle:
"he ABC has been approached for comment."
Tim RichardsThis ACCC vs Coles court case is more complex than I first thought. Take this example of price lowering and raising over a short period - it does seem potentially misleading.
"By way of example, the regulator says from at least January 1, 2021, until October 11, 2022, Coles offered the Strepsils Throat Lozenges Honey & Lemon 16-pack product for sale at a regular price of $5.50 (on a pre-existing “Down Down” promotion) for at least 649 days.
"On October 12, 2022, the price was then increased to $7 for 28 days. On November 9, 2022, the product was placed on a “Down Down” promotion with the tickets showing a “Down Down” price of $6 and a ‘was’ price of $7.
"It raises the question of which of the three prices is the real price or what customers perceive as the real price."
#Australia https://www.smh.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/why-the-stakes-are-so-high-in-the-coles-fake-discounts-case-20260216-p5o2o5.html
Tube Mapper - Luke AgbaimoniSuper Surprise
My son's Lego Superman joined me on my journey to work today.
Sometimes I'll put my hands in my coat pocket & will be rewarded with a random toy that I'll have no idea how it got there. However, Superman was a pleasant surprise so I made him fly on the escalator!
Riley Testut 
RE: https://mastodon.social/@rileytestut/115917812751736532
OK nevermind, THIS is the coolest thing I’ve ever done to my iPhone
C.I hear there's another swell of newcomers to the Fediverse / Mastodon. I have no idea what "forkiverse" means, but new people means an opportunity for a reminder:
There is no algorithm here. You see nothing but the posts from accounts and hashtags you follow, and things that those accounts boost.
This means: use the boost button! Liberally! Clicking "favourite" just gives a private thumbs-up to the poster, and has no effect on anything else. The boost button is what makes things happen in the fediverse. It's how you get exposed to new things. It's how you find interesting new people and subjects to follow. It's how you learn fascinating stuff about subjects you didn't know existed from people you don't know, half a world away.
Boost. Boost often. If it's interesting, boost it. If you think others should see it, boost it. If it makes you laugh, boost it.
Boosting isn't rude. It doesn't make you like the bloviating arsehole in that workshop who thinks everyone came to hear the sound of his voice. You aren't monopolizing peoples' feeds, or manipulating them.
We need it. Please boost things!
#boost #favourite #fediverse #mastodon #newcomer #reminder #NoAlgorithm
@Nickiquote As a protestant with an airfryer on the counter, I would like to put forward the following 95 points arguing my case, entitled "Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Airfryers living in Cupboards"
@cks Always on the left side. I should also mention I'm right handed. Maybe it's related, maybe not, but data is data.
Chuck DarwinUruguay did what most nations still call impossible:
it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables
—at half the cost of fossil fuels.
The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere
—if governments have the courage to change the rules.
For Ramon Méndez Galain,
the energy transition isn’t just about climate
—it’s about economics.
Uruguay’s shift to renewables, he argues,
demonstrated that clean energy can be cheaper, more stable, and create more jobs than fossil fuels.
Once the country adjusted the playing field that had long favored oil and gas,
renewables outperformed on every front:
halving costs,
creating 50,000 jobs,
and protecting the economy from price shocks.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2025/10/19/uruguays-renewable-charge-a-small-nation-a-big-lesson-for-the-world/
it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables
—at half the cost of fossil fuels.
The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere
—if governments have the courage to change the rules.
For Ramon Méndez Galain,
the energy transition isn’t just about climate
—it’s about economics.
Uruguay’s shift to renewables, he argues,
demonstrated that clean energy can be cheaper, more stable, and create more jobs than fossil fuels.
Once the country adjusted the playing field that had long favored oil and gas,
renewables outperformed on every front:
halving costs,
creating 50,000 jobs,
and protecting the economy from price shocks.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2025/10/19/uruguays-renewable-charge-a-small-nation-a-big-lesson-for-the-world/
