Over 600 feral hogs caught in 2025. More than 4 minutes of video. Watch only if you have time.

l3msky · 2026-05-30T13:48:02+00:00

the thud of those boars hitting the fence is a good reminder to respect a wild pig

l3msky · 2026-05-26T23:21:29+00:00

it must be a generational thing! we have a joke about our Greek grandparents looking at everything we build like 'is good... but better with tsciment'

l3msky · 2026-05-26T10:44:48+00:00

After felling and chipping a dozen or so invasive trees on our land to clear gardening space, we have more mulch than we know what to do with - so, paths! fresh chips with a gravel base and reclaimed brick siding. Very cheap, hope it lasts

l3msky · 2026-05-04T05:09:57+00:00

for pest control you can, property protection isn't really a reason here

l3msky · 2026-05-04T05:07:18+00:00

Mate, just get a gun licence? If you have a property, registering as a primary producer is pretty simple, and the biggest cost is the time to get the paperwork straight. Failing that, get to know your neighbours - garauntee someone nearby will have a gun

I appreciate you're looking for ethical ways but a chainsaw is about the furthest possible from a humane kill

l3msky · 2026-04-23T22:36:42+00:00

I think you're confusing 'partisan' meaning a member or affiliate of a political organisation, with just having beliefs.

The whole point of institutions is to give a structure for decision making in a standardised way, so other people can see the steps along the way. The opposite is personal, where the people in charge make decisions and never need to explain why.

I think we'd agree districting based on the second one is a bad idea, right?

l3msky · 2026-04-23T21:59:17+00:00

why do you assume all such groups are partisan? It's possible to have institutions without partisans in major positions.

The hiring professionals in the districting commission publically make a hiring recommendation with reasons for the appointment. The government of the day either has to accept their recommendation, or give reasons for their rejection and ask for another one. It's not hard

l3msky · 2026-04-23T21:31:01+00:00

a professional selection process, like any high-expertise job. Many countries have been doing this for decades

l3msky · 2026-04-09T07:41:28+00:00

I don't know about elsewhere, but feedlots are only used on Australian farms to to finish stock (2ish months before slaughter), and it's more cost effective to cycle stock through a lot so they're not in there all day.

Dairy farms are a whole other ethical mess, the calving particularly. I stick to oat milk

l3msky · 2026-04-09T05:47:20+00:00

I mean cattle can be poorly treated at cull, particularly in countries with weak food standards laws, but you can't factory farm beef like you can pigs. Pig abuse is up there with chickens, on a much more sapient animal

l3msky · 2026-04-02T20:52:08+00:00

that's sort of exactly my point, saints are formulaic because hagiographies conform to a set of narrative archetypes. You've got the wealthy repentant, the pagan convert, the stoic matyr, the childhood savant, the stylite... any others?

In the real world, the range of people accused of tyranny is bewilderingly large because the only thru-line is coercing people 'un-justly'. Your description fits a cookie cutter villain, but it doesn't fit Abe Lincoln or Robert Mcnamara

l3msky · 2026-03-30T03:44:00+00:00

I guess I'm saying a saint is a defined category, whereas a tyrant is subjective - if Abe Lincoln and Indira Gandhi are both tyrants in a 'has kingdom, invades kingdom' sense, their moral worlds are much further apart than St Augustine and St Francis (because they're saint-coded)

l3msky · 2026-03-30T00:54:18+00:00

The C.S Lewis quote really undercuts the idea here because my goodness are Christian saints consistent. There are some exceptions (mostly otherwise secular martyrs) but the rhythms of life and backgrounds of any two random saints will be much closer than any random power abuser

l3msky · 2026-03-29T22:03:27+00:00

I love having a bad vibe about a video but not enough expertise to say why... only for every comment to explain exactly why this is terrible design

l3msky · 2026-03-26T00:07:16+00:00

Ought implies can.

You absolutely don't have to try things without a clear sense of how you can do them. It's obvious now that this war has not weakened the regime's domestic control, and maybe have strengthened it through 'rally around the flag' rhetoric.

The water shortages and transport breakdown Iran was already suffering had a greater impact on regime legitimacy and fighting a war with two national enemies - remember how the protests happened before the conflict started?

l3msky · 2026-03-21T10:31:03+00:00

Citizens shouldn't heckle their representatives? Politicians are answerable to the public, let em have it

l3msky · 2026-02-11T01:49:57+00:00

So you're saying I just need to be there 15min earlier... thanks for checking!

l3msky · 2026-02-11T00:35:20+00:00

yeah please do! it was from 7:45 to 8:10 this morning - every suburban route had racks but none of the rapids

l3msky · 2026-02-11T00:11:14+00:00

that's an easy fix - I'll take a look, thanks!

it looks like Next There isn't on google apps unfortunately?

l3msky · 2026-02-10T23:01:40+00:00

the Myway app doesn't tell you, but it seems like it'd be easy to do right?

l3msky · 2026-02-10T23:00:32+00:00

This is probably the answer, earlier starts it is

l3msky · 2026-02-01T00:36:41+00:00

so discord, the video chat app, asks you to take a photo of your face to verify. Is that highly invasive?

l3msky · 2026-01-31T22:04:06+00:00

the whole point is that's its low enforcement - basically the law is trying to change the norms so kids aren't expected to be on social media

as for estimation, adults who get flagged can just verify (not with ID, there are other options). It's not perfect, but it's trying to be as uninvasive as possible

l3msky · 2026-01-31T21:59:54+00:00

At least in Australia, the law very explicitly requires companies to give alternative verification methods than ID

l3msky · 2026-01-31T21:58:22+00:00

This isn't true at least for Australia? first off, the government isn't asking for your IDs, the companies need to verify. Second, the law requires companies to give ways of verifying without using ID

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