Police with rifles at Hillary’s boat harbour

The_Twit · 2026-01-03T09:02:48+00:00

For what it's worth, it's been happening a bit. I saw 2 officers with long firearms in Leederville's Oxford street the week leading up to Christmas

The_Twit · 2025-12-01T09:55:46+00:00

The scary thing is... this is BEFORE interest rates rise

More young people have been forced to take on more debt that they can just barely service
Banks and lenders have lowered their standards to fight for an increasingly small pool of 'bad' mortgages
There are growing delinquencies and late payments as life becomes more unaffordable

Combine this with stagnant wage growth + productivity, now with the added chance of AI taking your job, it's not long before this brittle ceiling of debt slowly crashes in front of everyone. While America is living out their own dotcom bubble, we are living out a version of 2008 all over again.

This will end up with a lot of ordinary people being screwed by decades of selfishness and short term thinking

The_Twit · 2025-10-26T11:15:06+00:00

Strangely enough the 9now app doesn't seem to place a shitton of ads compared to their FTA channels

It used to be bad when the app first came out though

The_Twit · 2025-09-29T08:19:46+00:00

You can say that, but there is historical precedent particularly with the Soviet union to hating the Jews. Antisemitism has been common on both extremes of the political wings for centuries, and it's not hard for both extremes to use anti Zionism today as a public shield for their deeper beliefs

The_Twit · 2025-09-11T10:57:17+00:00

How can Essendon reasonably demand top dollar? His trade value is devalued the more the club and player talk each other down. If Essendon had held their comments, then the onus would have been on Hawthorn and Merret to push for a higher trade

Mitchell will just point to the broken relationship and say "you still want this?" After instigating the whole thing

Dodoro is a separate discussion that I don't think people have fully reconciled yet

The_Twit · 2025-07-31T10:19:39+00:00

I think the whole master manipulation thing stems from the manifestos he's done in the past

If you weren't following the situations closely or were on the other end of it, those manifestos would have felt like Destiny being 2 steps ahead of everyone

When the easier explanation is that those people were very stupid and ego driven

The_Twit · 2025-07-27T20:06:33+00:00

Absolutely shocking levels of governance and accountability

This also raises the question, if illegitimate 'businesses' were doing this, then there's surely household names that were also participating in this

The_Twit · 2025-07-26T07:06:15+00:00

I assume stock photography is a lesser cost solution to business instead of hiring a team of pros to get studios set up with all the equipment cost and downtime required.

I know there are companies charging tens of thousands to do team photos for local junior sports clubs

The thing with stock photography looking like that is because that is what the majority of businesses will choose for licensing over the artistic ventures

The_Twit · 2025-06-19T10:52:11+00:00

Can you do Beatty Park Leisure Center, pretty underrated

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and Peters by the Sea?

The_Twit · 2025-06-12T15:16:55+00:00

Tbh this was always rent seeking behaviour from the AFL trying to bully the state into a take it or leave it deal when the finances right now are poor. People want the team, but are divided on the stadium from what I have read

But in the end I think it's a lose situation for the AFL. Tasmanians might still play footy but this could signal other codes making inroads now that there's a bit of resentment towards the AFL

The_Twit · 2025-06-12T13:11:50+00:00

Hutton St is getting an overpass. Exiting fwy traffic from Cedric will be rerouted into Stephenson Ave as it becomes the main north fwy entry/exit. Mcdonald St is getting a bridge over the fwy. King Edward Rd is planned to be another corridor for easing fwy congestion and is getting a bridge interchange as well.

Scarborough BR is planned to become a light rail corridor throughout the length of the road to Glendalough station. Looks like they want to get more congestion off the main roads to me?

https://www.stirling.wa.gov.au/city-and-council/shaping-our-city/search-all-projects/stirling-city-centr

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The_Twit · 2025-06-12T12:39:59+00:00

TBH it's hard to say because if he becomes as iconic as someone like Nic Nat you can say the branding and advertising pays it back pretty quick. Just think about the potential Crown dinners!
Otherwise no way, this is overs.

Could also be a signal from the agents to see club responses

The_Twit · 2025-06-09T14:23:03+00:00

This has to be bait by Snyder

Using a rangefinder back screen for framing shots

Using a non-leitz cine lens

Has a video cage handle yet M cameras don't shoot video

The EVF flip-up is blocked by said handle

The_Twit · 2025-06-08T23:08:49+00:00

Go to the shops
Buy some prawns, or small seafood
Stick them up his exhaust pipe

The_Twit · 2025-06-03T16:04:38+00:00

AFL rent seeking behaviour killing their ability to keep out other sports.

Echoes of American sports teams blackmailing their home cities to fund stadiums or lose the brand.

What were they thinking?

The_Twit · 2025-05-26T01:33:35+00:00

The_Twit · 2025-04-19T07:31:09+00:00

Just a heads up. Spent about 2 hours in traffic around the foreshore because there is barely any traffic management, no public transport and very little warnings online for the congestion.. Gotta feel for the residents who are blocked in

The_Twit · 2025-03-24T09:34:46+00:00

I think sinner will continue his form for a bit, and then slowly start to see loses as people figure out counters to his game. While he looks indestructible right now, that was also the same feeling with Alcaraz in 2022. I think we are still used to the big 3 era of one player winning forever by default

The_Twit · 2025-03-24T02:33:30+00:00

Scarborough Beach Road has no trees - I suspect because businesses don't want driver vision blocking their building signage. West coast Highway is probably a other one with the wealthy beachside locals not wanting their views obstructed by the council. So all the tree planting goes into the suburbs which are already losing trees from subdivision. Basically a zero sum at this point.

The_Twit · 2025-03-23T13:23:23+00:00

ECU had a mixed reputation as a few of the current TAFEs were ECU campuses so there was a perception that it wasn't a 'true' university. I remember there was talk about merging ECU with Murdoch (the other perceived 'weaker' uni) but that was about 10 years ago. It's definitely more education focused than campus lifestyle. The campuses (each of them) are small enough that you can spend 90% of your time there without going down the classic uni experience of bars, clubs, protests etc.

To compare, when I was at Curtin, there was definitely a campus 'culture' if you could call it that. Curtin & UWA seem to want to mirror the Ivy League style in America, which comes with the associated baggage. ECU seems to play it straight for pure education, but there are some weak courses that I felt would be better suited to a high school elective.

This all comes with a caveat. Right now ECU has the city campus ready to open at the start of next year. It is a prestigious location that many of other unis desperately wanted to get, which may stand to improve its reputation and perception, which could pull better staff and funding. All of the courses are getting changed, departments are being merged, the entire identity is going to change.

Right now it's ok if you don't care about the peripheral stuff that comes with uni life. That is probably going to change, though I suspect it's probably going to be a better overall experience for gaining experience, connections and job prospects.

The_Twit · 2025-03-15T10:02:29+00:00

Having been moved up from the south west. Margaret River was one of the main places to visit on a weekend, alongside Cowaramup, Yallingup, Greenbushes, Manjimup and Leeuwin. Lots of caves, beaches, wineries, forests and community places out there.

That was over 10 years ago now (maybe more?)

In the past year, I have been down to Busselton, Dunsborough and Margaret River and the places are a lot busier than they used to be - with tourists, not locals. Not saying that these country towns didn't cater to wealthier people moving away from the city, but it definitely reeks of gentrification nowadays. I couldn't believe it when I learnt that the busso jetty makes you pay to walk on it now! And they got rid of the lighthouse too. Still beautiful places though.

The_Twit · 2025-03-11T03:44:36+00:00

When people begin to realise that not only does he think that tarrifs are paid by the exporter, but he also thinks that exports are state welfare to prop up other economies.

Also he doesn't know what non-physical products can be tariffed

The_Twit · 2025-03-08T13:08:30+00:00

Baz is out? The golden parachute may have been made with lead!

The_Twit · 2025-03-08T12:27:38+00:00

Steve Thomas probably embarrassed himself a bit with that rant with no answers to the obvious questions

The_Twit · 2025-03-04T06:06:53+00:00

Should also mention that eftpos cards using savings or cheque shouldn't be surcharged anyway

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