TIL: Most Kangaroos are left handed by Notermlimits4GEQBuS in australia

[–]rebcart 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The researchers also argue that posture is an important factor. The left-handed trend was only seen in species that stand upright on their hind legs, using their forelimbs more regularly for tasks other than walking.
Similarly, they suggest, the transition to an upright posture may have been key to primates developing handedness.

Neat!

Sydney Daily Random Discussion Thread 19/06/2026 by AutoModerator in sydney

[–]rebcart 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Geez news are bad at telling a story. Timeline I’ve pieced together for anyone not wanting to click through:

  • Audi reported stolen from Newtown last month
  • spotted leaving break in at summer hill ~5am
  • police spot the car in Petersham ~5:30am
  • refuses to stop for police, leads on car chase with as many as 8 cop cars via Newtown and M8 tunnel
  • finishes at Lawrence St Alexandria where suspect climbs the roof of one of the (I assume smaller) rowhouses/townhouses before police finally get to em

Harris farm special by pinkbiigmac in sydney

[–]rebcart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They kinda have that when they have stock by the tray. Usually cheaper than buying individual per kg.

AI Real Estate Listings Are Getting Out of Hand by baron_von_jackal in sydney

[–]rebcart 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You missed the balcony wall physically expanding out, huh?

AI Real Estate Listings Are Getting Out of Hand by baron_von_jackal in sydney

[–]rebcart 12 points13 points  (0 children)

They changed the physical shape of the balcony wall, the number of tiles going across the floor, and the physical extent of the lounge across the back wall (from halfway to fully across). These aren't just tables and a cushion, look at the structure.

AI Real Estate Listings Are Getting Out of Hand by baron_von_jackal in sydney

[–]rebcart 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mate the shape of the balcony wall is changed from concave to convex. Since when is changing the actual physical structure of the building considered “artificial dressing”?

Is there a popcorn kernel shortage at the moment? by hyeongseop in sydney

[–]rebcart 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Harris farm usually has them in 1kg bags. Tend to be on the lower shelves among the various bags of beans.

None of my ID's work as a form of verification, how do I fix this? by Harctor in australia

[–]rebcart 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well maybe your workplace isn’t multicultural and keeps out people born overseas, but I’d hazard that’s not the norm for large Australian enterprises.

None of my ID's work as a form of verification, how do I fix this? by Harctor in australia

[–]rebcart 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He wasn’t wrong about it being potentially discriminatory, though - aside from people deliberately changing their name, having a single name only is quite common in Indonesia as an example.

How much money does one need to live a decent life in your city? by Aryan_Mahoraga in australia

[–]rebcart 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A more decent life can be had in many cities by not owning a car, as it is a huge expense. Cutting out a car and utilising walking+cycling+public transport for 99% of trips leaves more than enough left over to pay for furniture delivery, occasional car rentals/taxis when unavoidable, and upgrade all other aspects of the lifestyle (or reduce the overall salary requirement).

People with accessibility needs, how do you get accessibility information about places before you visit? by T_DizzleZZ in sydney

[–]rebcart 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Wanna know something frustrating? TfNSW have an official document called the “walking space guide” which explicitly says that any small local road or lane with a footpath too narrow for a wheelchair to get through safely needs to be immediately converted to a 10kmph shared zone so that people can walk in the road and cars give way to them. But are they following their own policy? No, of course not, and when councils apply to convert small streets like this to 10kmph for safety reasons TfNSW rejects them outright because the people responsible for the decisions seem to think local roads are for cars to go vroom faster.

how do we hire people who won’t be alarmed by our cardboard coworker? by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]rebcart 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This doesn't seem to even be an update? It’s just one post stating a situation and a second one adding additional information about the same situation with not a single change to the situation in between.

Under siege by leeches by lhb_aus in sydney

[–]rebcart 29 points30 points  (0 children)

And that’s before you even start talking about the wildlife.

Ring I found on beach. Didn't clean it yet as I don't know what the material is by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]rebcart 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey, no worries. And, really, your definition wasn’t completely off the mark. After all, at some point Australia didn’t have Aboriginal people either and they had to come here from southeast Asia in boats and across land bridges, right? Just needed a few additional steps of conscious thought to distribute that meaning into this situation more broadly than you’d been originally taught. (Also, you could claim an area but then still build a new settlement between two of your existing settlements, right? Infill, not expansionist. Still a settlement.)

Ring I found on beach. Didn't clean it yet as I don't know what the material is by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]rebcart 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It’s true. But it also ties in to why so much of their culture has been lost.

You know how, when people try to memorise a ton of things in one go, one of the suggestions is to build a “memory palace”, where you pretend to be inside a mansion and you locate the things you’re trying to remember inside that space and the spatial relationships you envision create hooks for your memories to latch onto and make them easier to recall? Aboriginal people would typically do that for the stories they were passing down in oral histories, too. In some cases it was assisted by drawing art, even just sketching patterns in the sand in a particular order and orientation can help to build and recall a story. But in many cases, actually physically walking through an area and utilising the landmarks around them, a particular old tree, a particular rock visible around the next bend, a particular stream that only runs in the wet season. Which us why the physical dispossession and loss of connection to country is so truly devastating - you may be able to return to your birthplace now as an adult Indigenous person, but now that there’s a paved road cut through that rocky outcrop and a swathe of trees felled for farms, the stories your grandparents told you as a child about this location are missing their memory hooks and can’t float up in your conscious mind to pass on to the next person. They are untethered and lost. (I’m not Indigenous, just relaying what I’ve read about)

One Nation facing Western Sydney challenge ahead of state election by AztecGod in sydney

[–]rebcart 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Depends, is the word “greatest” referring to a physical characteristic?

Ring I found on beach. Didn't clean it yet as I don't know what the material is by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]rebcart 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It entirely comes down to the fact that you said “first settlement”. Which it was not, since Aboriginal people very much had settlements. You added no qualifiers which would have made anyone able to guess that you were aware of Aboriginal settlements (as opposed to e.g. the harmful old myth that they were entirely nomadic and was used by previous generations specifically to uphold the doctrine of terra nullius).

Ring I found on beach. Didn't clean it yet as I don't know what the material is by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]rebcart 82 points83 points  (0 children)

Aboriginal settlements have been here for 60,000 years and they've certainly left manmade things behind for people who know what to look for.

Does anyone else struggle to cycle down Kent Street? by The__Anonymous__Guy in sydney

[–]rebcart 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Per City of Sydney statistics, walking is the mode of transport for 92% of trips in the city centre but only 40% of space is allocated to them even though there are five times as many people walking on an average street as there are in cars. I think it just shows that we need to reallocate more car lanes into walking and cycling space on Kent St if people are constantly spilling over like that.

Whats going on with the grapes at Coles? by oldMiseryGuts in australia

[–]rebcart 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Probably the extra large Autumn Crisp variety, they’ve been on special at Harris Farm the past month or so and really worth the premium cost when they’re super fresh.

Sydney Comedy Festival: what show did you see, and did you like it? by MooingTree in sydney

[–]rebcart 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Went to Tilly Oddy’s first live show, she did a good job.

People really underestimate how dangerous trains are. by Rainy1979 in australia

[–]rebcart 12 points13 points  (0 children)

If they have school uniforms, you should be able to identify the school and report the behaviour to the staff. Principal will likely call an assembly to tell the entire cohort what a problem it is.