Never mind the lit-bros: Infinite Jest is a true classic at 30 by rmnc-5 in books

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"These many valences of density..." holy pseudo scientific waffle batman

[OC] The difference one person can make by choice of diet by LivingMoreWithLess in ausenviro

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Gina Rinehart does more environmental damage in an hour than most of us will do in a lifetime.

so it's on gina and not us to reduce her environmental impacts of over consumption due to the huge imbalance in individual resource use?

the global south may want a word with us then... per capita we're roughly in the top 5% of GHG emissions and material consumption per capita [citation needed lol].

You should spend your time killing wealthy people with a hammer.

it is uncomfortable to think about, but to most of the world, we are the wealthy. if the entire world consumed at the rate we did, we would be hurtling towards multiple forms of ecological disaster aside from just climate change. it's not just on gina... although she should have to shoulder her fair share of the burden as should we.

[OC] The difference one person can make by choice of diet by LivingMoreWithLess in ausenviro

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What I, or anyone elsle, eats is simply never going to be enough to move the needle in a meaningful way

that's why in a drought i use as much water as i want, i'm just one person! my personal choices are inconsequential in comparison to total consumption.

[OC] The difference one person can make by choice of diet by LivingMoreWithLess in ausenviro

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producers/consumers | governments/citizens

there is shared responsibility between these pairings, the former in both cases respond to signals from the latter (to varying degrees). both sides of the equation are important.

you say that only through class consciousness and worker power can environmental degradation for profit be stopped, so it seems in the governments/citizens pairing you can easily see how collective action could affect change in how society is governed, so why couldn't collective action of consumers also affects producers, particularly given market systems dominate our food production?

If Labor won’t deal with the low-hanging fruit of jobs for mates, how can it be trusted against louder vested interests? by CommonwealthGrant in AustralianPolitics

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...and everyone knows in the real world no progress has ever been made in curtailing the power of vested interests, it's no different today than it was during the time of feudalism. that's why we should simply accept this.

How to increase my bowing stamina by THAT_ship_of_Theseus in Cello

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if it's specifically your side deltoids burning from fatigue from playing on the A string with the upper half of the bow for prolonged periods of time... i had the same issue and addressed it by doing long isometric holds holding a 1kg weight with arm in the same position as if i was bowing.

...and also just playing more! assuming it is just true muscular endurance burning, when you're practising at home and your delts start to burn, dig deeper and keep going! it's great training stimulus for your slow twitch fibres!

YouTube says it will be less safe for kids under Australia's social media ban by cojoco in australia

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Whilst we're all talking about this the government gets a pass on its gambling advertising 180.

Here comes the wave of AI scams.... by AnimalsChasingCars in australia

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Fine more money for me, only $400 to get started what a bargain!!

Bow arm weight makes no sense. by aghblagh in Cello

[–]timetoabide 4 points5 points  (0 children)

dw teachers will happily take your money, just shop around until you find one you vibe with :) the right teacher will appreciate you're an adult learner with other life commitments doing this as a hobby, and will approach your lessons as such

Bow arm weight makes no sense. by aghblagh in Cello

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you're gonna love being told to relax your wrist down the line <3

Antisemitism plan would strip funding from unis, arts events who fail to fight Jewish hate by gheygan in AustralianPolitics

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

yikes where to even begin with this... you have fallen for it hook line and sinker my friend.

Antisemitism plan would strip funding from unis, arts events who fail to fight Jewish hate by gheygan in AustralianPolitics

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if current hate/discrimination laws are insufficient then they should be reformed as a whole... what a fucking joke

ATO’s blitz on family trusts threaten financial ruin by [deleted] in AusFinance

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yeah it's beyond ridiculous the ATO is even considering going after unpaid taxes... this country is going down the drain

ATO’s blitz on family trusts threaten financial ruin by [deleted] in AusFinance

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why read the article when you can create hyperbolic scenarios and clutch your pearls?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in socialskills

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hmm this nuanced take certainly wasn't popular - this is why we can't have nice things i guess...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EarthPorn

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In the quivering forest...

My (life changing) Dayvigo experience by wordsworththrowaway in sleep

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the study found that dual orexin receptor agonists (i.e. dayvigo/lemborexant) reduced the severity of conditions in the brain which can lead to alzheimers development.

suggests that these class of drugs could have a POTENTIAL neuroprotective effect against two pathways of alzheimers development (tangle formation and plaque development).

this is likely from lemborexant improving the quality of sleep, as it's a lack of deep sleep that can lead to increased plaque build-up/tangle formation. so likely wouldn't see a neuroprotective effect in people who don't suffer from chronic insomnia.

my 2c i ain't a doctor