Mastodawn

"If you look at domestic and family violence and mental health issues and other social issues, our role of policing has expanded into those societal and social issues. What this report says is that’s very important, but police are not the ones who are trained to do that,” - Queensland Acting police commissioner Shane Chelepy

Which is interestingly what police abolitionists have been saying for ages. Police aren't suited to handling actual problems, and mostly make things worse *looks at other recent news about police in Australia*
#Auspol

warkolm 1d ago

(from experience) vodka is not a great antiseptic, despite what the screens tell you

warkolm 1d ago

https://aus.social/@spacelizard/114843749990776540 by @spacelizard reminds me of the awesome train thirst threads from @thermitebegiants and folks, thank you (both) so much for being rad humans that make life interesting with your passions and sharing on topics that's super layered and impactful!

Anthony Horton (@spacelizard@aus.social)

Prompted by the kid's need for a new bike for riding to high school and my plan to resume cycle commuting in September I have, for the first time in years, dived back into the frustrating experience of trying to buy cycling equipment in Australia. If anything it's gotten worse. Both manufacturers and retailers treat Australia like the arse end of the world, with a limited selection of products, narrowly focussed on road cycling and mountain biking, and even more limited stock. If you want more transportation/commuting/"urban" style cycling gear your options will be even more limited. The situation is not helped by Australia's insistence on enforcing its own standards, and not accepting similar European certifications. Current annoyance: almost none of the commuter/ebike helmets from European brands can be bought here because the vendors haven't bothered getting them certified to Australian standards, only EU and US ones.

Aus.Social

warkolm 1d ago

s0 Traingirl Era 1d ago

this is the proportion of my nginx access logs from my forgejo (which is now closed off) that are from a meta, amazon, or google #AIscrapers bot.
This host has a total deny robots.txt.

warkolm 1d ago

Aus Social Mods 1d ago

Hi Aus.social
There is currently a scam going around asking people to verify their account and identity
The official accounts for aus.social are this one, @AusSocialMods, and @aussocialadmin
We don't want to see your ID documents, because that's sensitive information and sensitive information is too much work. If we do moderate one of your posts you'll get an email

Cheers
Aus.social mods

warkolm 1d ago

Oscar Cunningham 3d ago

'poly-' means many
'-est' means most
'-er' means more

'polyester' lots and lots and lots and lots

warkolm 1d ago

if I were pope I wouldn't sanctify any specific pokemon over another

mountain dew flavours though, hmu

warkolm 2d ago

Smudge The Insult Cat 🐀2d ago

warkolm 2d ago

lols via https://www.404media.co/tag/the-abstract/;

"Earth, our home planet and the only known life-bearing world in the vast expanse of spacetime, is worthy of some passing interest.

This is true because—and I can’t stress this enough—we live on planet Earth. All our bones and guts and snacks are here, so it’s probably wise to get the lay of the land. But as a bonus, Earth is wildly interesting, a restless substrate unlike anything we have seen in our own solar system or beyond it. "

The Abstract - 404 Media

404 Media

warkolm 3d ago

https://www.pwrtools.lol/ #ai put to somewhat decent use

(from the sizzle forums)

Funnings Joke House - When Literature Meets Hardware

A parody of Bunnings.com.au, where famous authors review power tools.