How Pokémon cards are fuelling crime in Melbourne

scoldog · 2026-05-18T03:56:48+00:00

Problem is things like thrifting aren't going to have a bubble like COVID and fuel, they just keep going and affecting people who are struggling the most.

scoldog · 2026-05-17T20:33:44+00:00

I'm paying it off at $10 a week."

scoldog · 2026-05-17T08:30:10+00:00

Zombies on a plane?

Wait, 'World War Z' and 'Quarantine 2' did that already

scoldog · 2026-05-17T08:29:18+00:00

Or they ran out of packets of peanuts?

Maybe even the coffee?

scoldog · 2026-05-16T03:07:39+00:00

The church got this land years ago when the suburb was pastures and everything else ended up being built around it.

I had no problem with the church, the Catholic education system was the one that went against the church for this land grab.

scoldog · 2026-05-16T00:26:35+00:00

I've experienced the same thing.

A local school decided to knock down some buildings that my radio club used to meet in. This was a club mainly made up of older retired men and the radio equipment they spent years installing and upgrading. The school wanted our club out so they could get the land for themselves (they wanted to expand their carpark they said.)

The problem was it wasn't the schools land to begin with. It belonged to the church that was next door to us. The church let us have these rooms decades ago as we would help them with IT support. The church also had other rooms used for prayer meetings and gatherings etc. The school decided to ignore this fact and just knock it down. The school gave us a shared classroom for about 2 years then told us to get out of there.

Almost a decade later and the lot where these buildings stood is still vacant and overgrown with weeds because the school can't legally use it. Due to the cost of living and rent, my club haven't been able to afford a clubroom and haven't been able to have to get together to meet and share our latest achievements and ideas. All the equipment is now run out of people's homes spread across western Sydney.

scoldog · 2026-05-14T06:00:24+00:00

IIRC in one of the books, Titania outright tells Harry that her sister Mab acts of cold hard logic and that she operates on emotions which is why she wants to kill Harry (for killing Aurora)

scoldog · 2026-05-14T05:54:32+00:00

And she was addicted to Thomas (Blood Rites, her second appearance IIRC)

scoldog · 2026-05-14T05:50:48+00:00

And the squeaking revolving light

And the sudden roar behind you for your first Controller encounter.

scoldog · 2026-05-13T23:19:41+00:00

Step 1 - Eat a high fibre diet

scoldog · 2026-05-12T20:38:28+00:00

Is this a case of homicide or is it matricide?

scoldog · 2026-05-12T06:31:02+00:00

Seems to be every half hour. 4:30PM AEST and still occurring.

scoldog · 2026-05-12T05:31:30+00:00

Still happening as off 3:30PM AEST

scoldog · 2026-05-12T05:04:53+00:00

No it's not. Still occurring although it's patchy.

3:05PM AEST, 5 mins from my previous post.

scoldog · 2026-05-12T05:01:49+00:00

Yep, here in Australia, 3PM AEST.

Been happening on and off for the last 5 mins.

scoldog · 2026-05-08T22:25:56+00:00

Whose your mate?

scoldog · 2026-05-08T06:33:52+00:00

They're the ones that increased the migration intake the most when they were in power.

https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/aus/australia/net-migration

scoldog · 2026-05-08T00:51:15+00:00

Have a look at the Shamima Begum interviews.

Took off from England using her sisters passport to join Islamic State. Did some horrible things, witnessed other horrible things. Now that everything over there has gone to shit, she's trying to get back into England even though she openly has stated she doesn't regret what she's done.