I agree, it's fucking appalling
Seal on F Droid
Piefed, Bookwyrm, goto social.
As an Australian, i wish we could join the EU. It's a grand experiment bringing people together and i wish we were part of it in this worsening and fractious world.
Have to appeal to religious nutters who (and by this I mean Christians, other relegions see no issue AFAIK) have lobby groups in parliament
Another example
Anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe has been banned from South Australia’s upper house for allegedly using “threatening” tactics towards politicians.
In another incident roughly a week earlier, Dr Howe sparked outrage by labelling prominent women– such as SA Greens leader Tammy Franks– as members of a “baby-killers club” on social media. Franks responded, saying the posts were intended to incite hatred.
None of this will be fixed while tax policy actively rewards speculation.
Shorten tried going into the election with some small reforms in this area eg removal of franking credits when they were negativez consigning tax deductible gearing to new buildis only etc. Australian's found all of this so repugnant they voted for ScoMo instead.
I know who the responsible person is, they look out at us each and every morning from the mirror.
the less money the power companies can make
Service fee will just go up. And like water you can't go "off the grid" if poles run past your house
We (m and f couple) lived off grid for 10 years with a 2kW solar and a 5/7kW inverter easily in Northern NSW.
Now back on grid with a solar sysyem (no battery) in Tassie. Hard being off grid here with solar, shitty winter sun. Were frugal anyway, so can't be fucked getting a battery. (and remote, getting anyone to do anything is problematic). I also hope to relocate OS in Q2 2026.
Visa's will be an issue in Vietnam. Uness you plan to live there full time (somehow??), learning Vietnamese probably isn't worth it as it's the only place that speaks it (unlike say Spanish or French)
Next door in Camboida, you can stay as long as you want. T visa and just extend. Philippines is mostly easier, English is widely used but its sea locked, and it's one of the most disater prone places on the planet and while the islands are amazing, travel is a bitch. Thailand is difficult with visas as well. Malaysia I know nothig of. Laos is an interestig place but super poor.
None of these places give you the same rights as citizens and they're all either very difficult, or very expensive to gain permenant resident status or citizenship.
I have 5 esims and swap betwen them offten, click and done. SIMs are a pita.
Seems to be migration to phones every other week for reviews is an issie but not one most people are going to have ? I've had the same phone for years now
No, kill people who "they" think don't contribute to get the population level well down to 'save the environment'
To be fair we deliberately kill people in their millions now, 9 million a year from starvation, another 9 million from air pollution.etc
An example of an eco fascist ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentti_Linkola
Linkola blamed humans for the continuous degradation of the environment. He promoted rapid population decline to combat the problems commonly attributed to overpopulation. Linkola also defended an end to immigration, the reversion to pre-industrial life ways, and authoritarian measures to keep human life within strict limits.
On the 101st anniversary of Finland's independence, Linkola was announced as the winner of a poll conducted by the national broadcaster Yle to determine who had done the most to preserve Finland's natural heritage.[19]
I do think his book "Will life Prevail" is worth a read and I do agree with him that the worst human invention ever is the road.
Will they do this? No, because it would require thinking outside of the box too much and would be seen as too extreme.
That still won't work. There is no develooed country on the planet eg Sweden, Australia etc thay does not have a less then replacement birthrate. When given agency outside of a patarchial and/or religious society, most women will choose 0,1 or 2 kids, all below replacement.
For every women choosing 0 you need another choosing 5 just to tread water. That Japans and Koreas are less again may be work related but it would still be less then replacement, no matter yours, or any other suggestion.
None of this is a probelm, it's just differnt.
Growing the population is just kicking the can down the road because you can't grow it forever anyway.. We already have a over strained biosphere; pollution, resource depletion, climate change, accelerated species extinction etc
This entire thing is a nothing burger.
You can use Signal between Android and.iOS, i know this as I (android user) use it all the time to msg contacts using Signal on their iphone, don't use RCS ffs.