Cooker parties means there can be independent parties with uh… fringe beliefs that you may not align with. So it’s good to do research on each party or candidate

Looks like a good crosspost for Aussie Enviro https://aussie.zone/c/environment

Oh she was so lucky. Look up ‘suspension trauma’ and then look up some cute kittens.

Never risk your life for a dropped phone and don’t wait an hour to call for rescue

Yeah. So not a good idea

What an odious woman.

If she’s so concerned about people in poverty I have a few ideas… but that’s just a smokescreen for wanting things that will bolster her own wealth and further her agenda.

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.

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.

A long time ago I once googled it thinking it was some obsolete skill like shorthand. Turns out it’s just the joined writing they taught you when you got your pen license, which is how I still write.

It apparently got phased out of the school curriculum at some point though. So the answer to your question is possibly Gen Z or Alpha

Edit: This isn’t my first old person comment but it’s a good un

This is shit. I’m glad he at least has the van but not even being able to join a library…

You're gonna need another freezerful for that

That’s worrying. Real implications for food supply if bees drop in number. I saw something about some fungus that could help eradicate varroa in hives?

Also could it help to support native/other pollinators to try and get their numbers going? I know that basic places like Big W sell ‘bee and butterfly’ seed packets, but also places like Bunnings sell native wildflower seed mixes that might be a better choice.

My health and mobility don’t lend themselves well to guerrilla gardening these days but you can make ‘seed bombs’ to throw into abandoned lots by many methods. Such as filling eggshells with seeds and potting mix and pasting tissue paper over the hole to contain the contents, embedding seeds in balls of recycled paper pulp, or creating seeded soil balls with clay powder/ground bentonite clay cat litter as a binder.

Obviously I am not an actual conservationist and this may not be good advice. If you decide to go ahead do the research, check laws, ask someone who actually knows. Also don’t do it on someone else’s property, don’t use any invasive or poisonous plants, and don’t do it in nature reserves.

Another idea is bug hotels. Also sold at standard places like Big W or Bunnings (I think.) However I have seen articles saying that the pre-made ones aren’t good, that the diameters of the holes are not suitable for bees/pollinators? Some info about pollinator houses.

There was a citizen science project to count pollinators but unfortunately it’s finished now.

I found something more official. The information here is copious and out of date by now (I assume the poisoning has stopped) but if you skip to the very bottom there is info about identification of native bees, rescue and making bee hotels. https://www.aussiebee.com.au/varroa-mite-crisis.html Annoyingly it won’t let me just link to that whole category.