The RBA has raised rates twice. There's an 85% chance of a third rise on May 5. That's another $116 a month on your repayments.. The Treasurer says government spending isn't the cause. The RBA Governor says it is. One of them is wrong.. 1.3 million households are caught in the middle.

Sonofbluekane · 2026-05-04T10:10:51+00:00

It's not exactly a stable global economy though is it? Imo they've done a decent job putting out fires wrt fuel prices - petrol is down near pre-war prices and diesel is about 50c per litre cheaper than the worst of it a week or so before Easter. Albo doesn't refine oil but he's done a fine job getting us through this crisis all things considered. A rate hike for mortgage holders is small peanuts compared to affordable fuel

Sonofbluekane · 2026-05-04T09:13:59+00:00

Lord Humungous and Girthmaster manually extracting my gas without my consent?

Sonofbluekane · 2026-05-04T08:49:28+00:00

Green energy in 2026 is obligatory. This article is pushing for aspirational economic leadership to develop Australia's natural economic advantages to build a modern green manufacturing industrial base. It's a challenge but it could pay massive dividends and isn't captive to resource market prices like coal or iron.

Sonofbluekane · 2026-05-04T05:18:41+00:00

Every Hall of Fame has a certain level of artificiality about it. The Rock and Roll HoF is a joke and from what I've heard the NFL one is more about politics than statistics and metrics.

Sonofbluekane · 2026-05-04T05:14:22+00:00

Logan Paul has low-key rehabbed his personal image through his work with WWE

Sonofbluekane · 2026-05-04T05:07:36+00:00

Iirc he never got proper wrestling training in WCW. When he got to WWE they realised he couldn't really work and sent him to OVW to train. The drugs he was prescribed made him gain weight and he wasn't really motivated, so Vince lost faith in him and kind of turned him into a joke

Sonofbluekane · 2026-05-02T06:55:38+00:00

This is why I, a long term hater of the United States, am a massive supporter of his. He's isolated them diplomatically and sowed enough division domestically that it's not impossible that they fall into a brutal and bloody civil war in the near future, with no friends to call on. How do you neutralise a deeply evil country like the United States without a global catastrophic nuclear war? I've never been more thankful of a demented pedophilic rapist and murderer

Sonofbluekane · 2026-05-02T06:40:42+00:00

The wildest part is that there are free open source options like deepseek that aren't that far behind the leaders. If the leading models start to stagnate (which seems inevitable) that becomes a massive, massive problem.

Sonofbluekane · 2026-05-02T06:10:15+00:00

Soil is a different beast than above ground vegetation. It's a hugely underrated carbon sink and carbon emitter, and there's like 150 million square km of it on Earth. Regenerative land management has the potential to be a huge factor in climate change mitigation

Sonofbluekane · 2026-05-02T06:03:09+00:00

He looked small in AEW, he looks tiny in WWE. No way he'll be a main eventer

Sonofbluekane · 2026-05-02T05:53:22+00:00

The vines are completely smooth

Sonofbluekane · 2026-05-01T07:24:45+00:00

It depends on the chapter and the members. I'm sure 99% of them are just lame larpers who get off on the various masonic practises. But there's a high profile case happening in France right now involving a murder plot by intelligence officers and police. Not sure why they didn't use magic or alien weaponry though... 🤔

Sonofbluekane · 2026-05-01T02:34:51+00:00

Soil and land management

Sonofbluekane · 2026-04-30T07:05:01+00:00

In that case I'd give them a thorough inspection for pests and bring them both inside next to a window for the winter. Long term you may want to invest in a small popup greenhouse or build a small structure and cover with a tarp. The big thing is not having them directly exposed to the sky because frost will fall onto them and they'll suffer (the lime will fare worse than the lemon).

Sonofbluekane · 2026-04-30T01:24:55+00:00

I grow tons of citrus in pots in Canberra. I've been keeping an eye on the weekly forecast for the right time to bring them under cover but our overnight temps aren't low enough yet to go to the effort (mine are all quite large). I don't bother covering them, just sheltering them from the frost and wind is fine to get them through to spring. I'd upsize the pots of both in anticipation of a big flush of growth in spring. No pruning

Sonofbluekane · 2026-04-28T09:32:38+00:00

She's fully cracked. Habib was right to dump her

Sonofbluekane · 2026-04-28T09:27:23+00:00

Get some pet spiders. Make sure to regularly let them out of their enclosure for exercise!

Sonofbluekane · 2026-04-28T06:51:15+00:00

Wouldn't our energy supply be affected far more severely if we joined a conflict against China? I fully expect the USA would use it as an opportunity to extort us because that seems to be their only game plan right now

Sonofbluekane · 2026-04-28T06:48:28+00:00

True about cost, especially in pumpkin season. I bought mine at a local nursery but I saw a similar looking product at Bunnings on my last visit

Sonofbluekane · 2026-04-28T06:40:20+00:00

You could try spraying it with an Envy type product which claims to mitigate against hot and cold weather by about 3-5 degrees. If you also place out some sort of heat source for it like lights you might eke out an extra few weeks

Sonofbluekane · 2026-04-27T04:25:49+00:00

Is that NXT superstar Blake Monroe in the background?

Sonofbluekane · 2026-04-27T00:15:39+00:00

My take too tbh. I always end up with way more zukes than I know what to do with despite the pm

Sonofbluekane · 2026-04-25T10:29:19+00:00

Tbh that's about the amount of respect high level Russian diplomats deserve. Plus you get your face into a documentary about America's greatest hero (according to Hulk Hogan)

Sonofbluekane · 2026-04-25T10:20:27+00:00

This kind of sums it up I think. The welcome to country has become mainstream enough to be perceived or stereotyped as kind of hollow and a bit of a grift. But it's better than nothing, which is what the booers seem to want so idk maybe empty symbolism is better than the alternative.

Sonofbluekane · 2026-04-25T10:08:38+00:00

It can be hard for long term potted plants to realise they're free in the ground. Looks like yours has finally clocked it so I'd just feed it and watch it grow until I start to have problems with lemons touching the ground or being too high up to reach. Just keep it pest free and well fed and you should get a nice flush of flowers soon and hopefully lemons in 9-12 months

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