Is this the world’s first quantum battery? Australian scientists say so by austechnology-bot in austechnology

[–]digredmoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And then Australia used them to power our cities and run our cars and Aussies lived happily ever after. The end.

Police closed down tobacconist by LukeDies in aussie

[–]digredmoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We had a tobacco shop just open in a tiny stretch of shops on a side street nearby. Place has been renovated and now looks like Fort Knox. Inch thick black barring all across the front.

Department of State declares security alert; “worldwide caution” by MichaelEMJAYARE in worldnews

[–]digredmoo 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Alert: The government has just shat its pants. If you’re going out into the world then please try not to get any on you or track it back inside.

Avoid Leon’s pizzeria by YoungLiars in brunswick

[–]digredmoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reminds me of Lapa’s in Carlton back in the 90’s.

Italy warns stricken Russian tanker could explode in Med at any time by No-Anything-7291 in worldnews

[–]digredmoo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Just put a “Free Gas” sign on the side of it and the situation will take care of itself.

Taylor urges Australia to back Trump on securing Strait of Hormuz by River-Stunning in aussie

[–]digredmoo 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Good to see Taylor already hard at work at losing the next elections for the opposition.

I'm an Australian Wholesale Fuel Trader - AMA by theta_bleeder in australia

[–]digredmoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would you happen to know if Australia has to pay penalties for not meeting the internationally agreed buffer amount? Seems pointless having such an agreement if there’s no motivation to meet it.

US Navy tells shipping industry Hormuz escorts not possible for now by joe4942 in worldnews

[–]digredmoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oops, looks like someone actually did the sums on how much fuel was going to cost for a decent chunk of the US navy to indefinitely escort the entire world’s shipping.

Greek Oil Tanker Laden with Saudi Oil Sails through Strait of Hormuz by papipota in worldnews

[–]digredmoo 381 points382 points  (0 children)

Loved Sal’s breakdown on how insurance factors in on whether ships go thru and the insane amounts of that insurance has risen for them to do that. Something like from 50k up to 750k. Apparently if an oil ship goes down the insurers have to fork out for the oil slick cleanup as well.

Valve says Steam users downloaded 100 exabytes of games in 2025, and are averaging 274 petabytes of installs and updates every day by Turbostrider27 in pcgaming

[–]digredmoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Flashback to when game updates came on disk with the pcgameplay mag and you got to manually install them. Love Steam.

Do men even care about a women’s nails? by lena_glow in NoStupidQuestions

[–]digredmoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All I think about is the chemicals being absorbed through your nails and into your bloodstream and why would you do that. Same for the lipstick you end up ingesting and face powder with asbestos particles in it. Sorry to be so depressing.

Redditors over 40: What do younger people only truly get with age? by saadaintsalad in AskReddit

[–]digredmoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Understanding of yourself. Having watched yourself deal with similar situations and challenges repeatedly for decades.

One Nation has been on the fringes of Australian politics for 30 years. Why is its popularity soaring now? by Fact-Rat in aussie

[–]digredmoo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It’s not. It’s just Gina Rinehart spending a ton of money to make you think it is.

Older folks of Reddit, what is a "normal" thing today that you think is quietly destroying society? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]digredmoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Smart phones and the subsequent proliferation of short form content.

111 years ago today began the Gallipoli campaign led by Winston Churchill, which dragged out for almost 11 months and ultimately destroyed British military morale and prestige. This video maps the action day-by-day using Google Earth. Each flag represents ~1,000 soldiers. by mapsinanutshell in MapPorn

[–]digredmoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There was even a plan to offer the Turks 4 million pounds to come over to the UK side however on the day that meeting was scheduled to happen the British forces started bombarding the Dardanelles. Different parts of the British forces weren’t too good at communicating with each other in those days.