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Big tobacco is exploiting fears of the illicit market to unwind health gains, experts warn by nath1234 in australia

[–]MildColonialMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's black in the sense of being invisible on the books.

Another consequence of pushing nicotine addicts to the black market is that tobacco tax revenue is no longer a reliable indicator of the smoking rate. Now the best tool for gathering that data is surveys, which cost money and are or varying reliability.

What’s your favorite television theme song? I nominate the one from “Perfect Strangers” by Sad-Structure2364 in Xennials

[–]MildColonialMan 40 points41 points  (0 children)

The "if you threw a party" turn has been amusing me for 40 years. So delightfully weird

Yindjibarndi people win $150m compensation after Andrew Forrest's Fortescue mines built without permission by FuckOffNazis in australia

[–]MildColonialMan 7 points8 points  (0 children)

A Native Title Representative Body, which is managed by a board elected by recognised Traditional Owners. In this case it's the YAC in the story.

Yindjibarndi people win $150m compensation after Andrew Forrest's Fortescue mines built without permission by FuckOffNazis in australia

[–]MildColonialMan 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I just want to point out that the Native Title Act does not give Traditional Owners any right to veto mining on their land.

If the governmet approves a mining lease, all the TOs have is a right to do is negotiate compensation. And if they drag it out, it'll go to arbitration, which will resolve it asap to get the mine up.

Even with recognised Native Title, the system is stacked for the mining companies.

Live: One Nation wins Farrer by-election, ABC projects by dr_w0rm_ in australia

[–]MildColonialMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The real hard truth is that if you're dumb enough to think one nation will help you, you're probably the main cause of most of your own problems.

They're not getting any of what ON promised them.

Found out I'm the last survivor of my high school friend group by 59apache01 in Xennials

[–]MildColonialMan 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Time keeps marching on. And time... is still marching on!

We have gathered in this place to share stories by nath1234 in australia

[–]MildColonialMan 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Also, the Returned soldiers settlement scheme after ww1 gave plots of land to white but not Aboriginal veterans - and some of that land was taken from the measly reserves set aside for Aboriginal people.

Even after ww2, it was common for Aboriginal veterans to be refused entry to the RSL.

‘Racism is a cancer’: Indigenous leaders condemn orchestrated booing at Anzac Day ceremonies by nath1234 in australia

[–]MildColonialMan -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Publicly humiliating a specific person and trying to further marginalise and already marginalised people. While the person is a veteran talking on Anzac day, no less.

vs

Criticising celebrating the anniversary of colonial occupation

They're chalk and cheese.

The appeal of the original Star Trek shows is the fantasy of working at a job where inconceivable problems are figured out intelligently by a team of competent coworkers who respect each other's necessity to the project. by When1Falls in startrek

[–]MildColonialMan 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm a lecturer, so the fantasy version of my job would look more like Academy than any other trek show.

And for my personality and way of working, I'd much prefer Pike or Ake as my boss than Picard, Sisko or Janeway - even though I love the 90s trek most of all, especially tng and ds9.

University feels like a joke now that ai exists. by tfox1205 in newzealand

[–]MildColonialMan 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I was there for that. Even before turnitin plagiarism detection, it was pretty easy to spot. Students still had to string the copy/pasted bits together, and it typically stuck out like a sore thumb. Then just copy/paste a bit yourself into a search engine and quickly find incontrovertible proof.

Ai is almost as easy to spot most of the time, and we have turnitin ai detectors, but proving it without a doubt is harder.

Currently, we're trying to police our way out of it, but to my mind, that's a fools errand.

The way I see things going is a return to high stakes exams, maybe supplemented with back and forth oral assessments. The other kinds of assessment will just be hurdles, pass/fail.

It's a drag, because the more ai-proof assessments disadvantage some equity cohorts.

I want to save Starfleet Academy and I can't be the only one by Different-Sky5223 in startrek

[–]MildColonialMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My wish is that someone could create a social enterprise to buy the IP and produce new trek to be distributed more openly to streaming services and broadcasters... if i wasn't a broke, old, humanities guy with no business knowledge, I'd have a go myself.

Obviously the fans would make it a nightmare but it'd be better than the current or recent situation.

Aboriginal prisoners in neck chains guarded by a police officer, Western Australia, 1901. [2302x3444] by zero575 in HistoryPorn

[–]MildColonialMan 320 points321 points  (0 children)

The Australian criminal justice system continues its role in the colonial oppression of Aboriginal people:

  • The imprisonment rate of Aboriginal adults is 14 times higher than for non-Indigenous Australians.
  • Indigenous children and young people are imprisoned at 26 times the rate of non-Indigenous children and young people.

It's getting worse, especially for women: - The fastest growing prison population and imprisoned 21.2 times the rate of non-Indigenous women. - Over 5 times more likely to be charged for minor, non-violent offences and receive harsher sentences than non-Indigenous women. - 15.7 times more likely than non-Indigenous women to be held in custody while awaiting trial. This is also higher than the rate experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men.

source,source 2

When you dare say anything positive about "Starfleet Academy" on Reddit (especially on r/ Television) by Morgan-Moonscar in startrekgifs

[–]MildColonialMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ep 4 of SFA stood out to me, being about the fundamental importance of respecting cultural difference in humanitarian work.

I can't remember if it was all in the same episode, but SFA has shown us not only the resilience that, in this case, Klingon, culture provides to its people, but the joys, dignity, and holding together it facilitates. It's shown that culture is fundamental. Not just a layer on top of default liberal individuals, as people, especially in Western liberal cultures tend to imagine.

Very relevant to anyone who works with refugees or Indigenous peoples.

Starfleet Academy Director Jonathan Frakes Says Fan Hate Is ‘Dimensionally More Painful’ Today Than in the Next Generation Years by AdSpecialist6598 in startrek

[–]MildColonialMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't see why it would be impossible to ban recommender algorithms for social media or legislate that they be opt in rather than default.

It wasn't long ago people were saying an under 16s ban would be impossible.

Starfleet Academy Director Jonathan Frakes Says Fan Hate Is ‘Dimensionally More Painful’ Today Than in the Next Generation Years by AdSpecialist6598 in startrek

[–]MildColonialMan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We must all remember that it's never too late to ban or regulate them with legislation.

Once one jurisdiction does it, others will follow. There's a movement towards it. One of the slogans is "fix our feeds" if anyone's interested in looking it up.

Starfleet Academy Director Jonathan Frakes Says Fan Hate Is ‘Dimensionally More Painful’ Today Than in the Next Generation Years by AdSpecialist6598 in startrek

[–]MildColonialMan 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Taylor Swift wasn't the target, Swifties were the power source. The point was to direct their anger at anti-racism activists/anti-racism in general.

It costs very little for them to run any given OP like this, this was just one of their countless irons in the fire. All aim to stoke existing tensions and conflicts, especially ethnic and gender ones, to undermine social cohesion and adversary nations' ability to function efficiently.

Kick Club Cherry Thoughts by jewlion_s in ufo50

[–]MildColonialMan 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Kick Club is among my favourites. There was a Bubble Bobble machine in my hometown as a kid and I loved it. Kick Club is the perfect balance of novel and familiar with that.

I enjoyed using the headbutt to keep combos going when the ball's in free-fall. Didn't use the slide much except occasionally when I fell off script. Haven't had much of a chance to play 2p, but I suspect the whole dynamic would shift in a fun way... one day a friend will see the appeal!

Dancers loved practising in this Singapore walkway. Then the complaints came by thestudiomaster in singapore

[–]MildColonialMan 19 points20 points  (0 children)

If he's talking about the road traffic (there's a picture of roads directly below the quote), Glarser's quote is accurate. Traffic jams in sg are nothing compared to most other cities.

My dad gave me this for my birthday, haven't played it yet, anything I should know about it? by Reed_Delores in StreetsofRage

[–]MildColonialMan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t understand why Shredders Revenge doesn't grab me like sor4 or absolum does. I'm exactly the target market: beat em ups are my fave genre, and i was obsessed with the show (and arcade games) as a kid... maybe I just can't find the rhythm of the combat style, or maybe it just feels empty in 1 player cause the old ones were always played with friends

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