kudra
@kudra@sh.itjust.works
- Submitted 17 hours ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 0 comments
- Comment on Opposition Leader Angus Taylor proposes migration cap tied to housing construction 2 weeks ago:
yep he’s just pandering to the racists, but he is correct in that we shouldn’t have a growing population. It’s just that the unspoken bit is probably also “we should have more white Australian babies”.
- Comment on 'Go for government': Western Sydney One Nation's next target after by-election win 2 weeks ago:
No, you’re not Vyv Rook. Zero chance.
- Comment on Who do you blame the most for the ongoing fuel crisis in Australia? 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Live: PM to address nation tonight on response to Middle East war 1 month ago:
I have been saying for the last week or two I expect fuel restrictions to come in after the Easter weekend. Not before, because that would go down like a lead balloon. But this portends my prediction, I reckon.
Ask first.
Then waggle the finger and say “I asked nicely, but you are not making a smart choice, so daddy has to be mean now”.
- Comment on Heatwave warning 4 months ago:
Weatherzone atm says Wednesday 39 and Thursday 35. Different apps use different models. Lots of people recommend Windy which gives you the option to apply different models for forecasts, but it’s quite a bit more expensive than paid Weatherzone.
- Comment on [Satire] Party abandoned by people under 50 set to abandon their only policy popular with people under 50 8 months ago:
This doesn’t sound like satire
- Comment on Australians too dependent on government, says Sussan Ley 8 months ago:
Righto, how about politicians start first. Take a pay cut, or maybe actually do your job gratis for the good of the country and live off your passive income investment properties perhaps?
- Comment on Netanyahu lashes out at Albanese as ‘weak politician who betrayed Israel’ as diplomatic row escalates 9 months ago:
I’ve always thought of Albo as a damp squib, but it Netanyahu is pissed off, he must be doing right.
- Comment on Secret figures show Liberal party’s ageing membership in freefall in NSW and Victoria 11 months ago:
Both LibLab have been slowly but consistently losing voters for decades, but Libs were already an endangered species in WA for years, and now have even been ousted in Tassie! This isn’t new, but the federal level of manipulation/propaganda through Uncle Rupert kept the larger populations esp of Boomers in the fold, but fortunately, they are finally dying off and aren’t the biggest demographic anymore. Thank fuck.
- Comment on Nationals leaving Coalition as David Littleproud announces split with Liberal party after election defeat 1 year ago:
OoooOOOoooOOOHHH!
- Comment on Is Australia's Overton Window Shifting? 1 year ago:
My vision would be a peace corps-like body that works on projects that specifically are designed to mitigate climate change, or respond to disasters caused by climate change. Planting trees, creating bike lanes, working in tech areas that are helping with modelling and mitigation…transition town initiatives, rewilding… I’m sure many other options.
- Comment on Is Australia's Overton Window Shifting? 1 year ago:
If it’s elitist, it’s from a perspective that is aware of the incredible damage done by advertising, and the dumbing down and control of what people think is their own opinions that is only exacerbated when people are exposed to it.
See The Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard and No Logo by Naomi Klein, for starters.
And one of my favourite anti-facebook rants ever:
(admittedly that’s about the whole package not solely the advertising part tho)
- Comment on Is Australia's Overton Window Shifting? 1 year ago:
I think a climate corps world not have to be run in a military fashion, and can be doing very peaceful things like planting trees, making bicycle paths, social outreach, or tech if that’s what motivates you. Read the article linked for more ideas of what could be included.
I agree about capitalism & lack of space and car depency, 1000 percent. But we’ve also given people the idea that society of just this given, the structure just exists and you get the benefits of infrastructure (even though it’s far from perfect) without being required to give back. I think that concept of valuable and with an aging population, we will have difficult choices to make in future. Kids shouldn’t have to shoulder a greater burden, and I also believe the welfare state is going to collapse because of logistics of population decline and degrowth in our future, unless we manage it incredibly carefully. We can’t keep going the way we have been, that’s certain.
- Comment on Is Australia's Overton Window Shifting? 1 year ago:
I cannot remember the last time I watched free to air that wasn’t ABC. It’s mostly reality tv crap and reruns. And propaganda, given who owns these bloody things. Not much would be lost if advertising supported TV was not allowed.
- Comment on Is Australia's Overton Window Shifting? 1 year ago:
Yes that’s fair, but stricter controls on how and where that happens. Classifieds were always a reasonable thing, and without them the press has been destroyed, but the enshittification of online marketplaces has made the deal really unfair for everyone. The enshittification of socially media through advertising, especially political, has been catastrophic.
Cory Doctorow has had a lot of great things to say about this, and much stricter control is needed to stop platforms making everything awful for both individuals and businesses, but overall I did not get a lot of value when I used to advertise my small business and I just rely on word of mouth largely these days. Been in business over 20 years.
- Comment on Is Australia's Overton Window Shifting? 1 year ago:
Oh! Also forgot to say: we already came up with a model to remove, very successfully, advertising from TV:
it was called Netflix.
Unfortunately it got enshittified, and now everything is a giant shit show in that department.
But you make advertising illegal, and companies are still going to have subscribers.
I’m also pretty happy with just ABC iView these days, I rarely even bother with SBS and haven’t had Netflix for years.
There’s also Beamafilm and other public library initiatives.
- Comment on Is Australia's Overton Window Shifting? 1 year ago:
Sweet on 3. I’m also big on adjusting that as a carbon tax, so for example, your tax if your goods ship via sail/carbon neutral means is way less than carbon intensive transport. But refrigerated long range transport seems super crazy at this point.
1 I am open to persuasion on. I know there’s some parts of the world that outlawed billboards, and that’s a vast improvement and a public good for a more restful visual environment. We’ve seen the evil perpetrated on the internet through advertising. It’s just the worst way to have monetised everything, and in hindsight was a massive mistake, and has been since long before this (look up the history if deBeers, and advertising in general. I actually studied advertising briefly as one of several streams in graphic design study, and backed out after one semester, I did not have the stomach for it). People of Fedi are largely already convinced advertising for monetisation is evil. Maybe some kind of limitation in advertising regarding company size, dunno, but I really don’t like the future of Idiocracy, and smarter people than me have already commented that we’re more than halfway there.
And to 2. Allow me to explain further. I first came to this idea of compulsory national service after a conversation at a nightclub over a decade ago where it was mentioned that only 2 nations in the world (at the time) had conscription for all genders: Sweden and Malaysia. This was incorrect as there were several more, as I discovered when I looked it up, and most northern European countries have added conscription for women since. But the person speaking was female and had said it was fantastic, got her opportunities that she might not have had otherwise, allowed her experience in leadership roles that were rare at the time (and often still are in many places), and lifelong friends.
This article just published 3 days ago pretty much gives a bigger overview and I agree with.
www.abc.net.au/religion/…/105257832
I think that we are going to need more social cohesiveness as the world becomes more unstable both geopolitically and physically as climate change really ramps up.
And please note, I do not believe anyone should be required to serve mandatory military service: that’s why I stated specifically military OR climate corps.
- Comment on Is Australia's Overton Window Shifting? 1 year ago:
Thanks! Good to see there’s at least one other nutter here in Fedi that would vote for these 😊 the idea would be to go into it knowing that the majority would say “you’ve got to be f&*>ing joking mate” - which is exactly the Overton window strategy of right-wingers: of which Overton was one. We gotta start really pulling back not just to the centre but far beyond.
- Comment on Is Australia's Overton Window Shifting? 1 year ago:
I think now would be an excellent time for the Overton window to be pushed even further to the left, given the results of the Federal Election, and to highlight exactly how far from the original “left” Labor has moved. The intent wouldn’t be to form government or even have much chance of getting a seat: I’m talking left of Socialist Alliance. And I have some pleasantly controversial policies with which to begin this project. Things The Greens won’t touch, and that the Socialist Alliance don’t even really have on their radar as they are focussed generally Marxist theory and unions. I’m talking mainly about being honest and open about the need for radical change in economic policy to degrowth, things that the current left parties don’t talk about because it’s seen as “political suicide”. Yup. Need someone in the far far left to tell the emperor they have no clothes.
Some specific fun policies:
- Make advertising illegal (especially billboards, but also on social media, no money changing hands to force shit people don’t want to see in front of their eyeballs. Bring back word of mouth!)
- Instigate a compulsory National Service period for young adults (like a gap year between high school and university) for all genders, can choose between military & climate corps
- Massively tax carbon costs for food transport. Those oranges from California should not cost the same as Australian in season oranges, sorry.
- Comment on Election recap 1 year ago:
The One Nation old ladies doing rural HTVs during my one shift this year were surprisingly pleasant. I really am saddened that ON has such appeal in this demographic, I think it’s the Skynews effect in rural areas tbh, a very shrewd tactic by Uncle Rupert, I do hope we are relieved of his vile manipulations before the next Federal Election…
- Comment on Watch Peter Dutton lose his seat, live 1 year ago:
I think a metric fucktonne.
- Comment on Djirri Djirri & Auntie Joy statement 1 year ago:
This doesn’t surprise me at all, these types love to find any excuses to pander to the white supremacy segment, which unfortunately has been quite emboldened of late. It’s important to call this behaviour out when it occurs, and fortunately that has been happening.
- Submitted 1 year ago to australianpolitics@aussie.zone | 10 comments
- Comment on Labor will announce home battery rebate in “coming days,” says federal treasurer 1 year ago:
I think the ratio on your comments Lemmy-wide speaks for itself. If it quacks etc etc. Maybe think about how you come across to people, and if you’ve been called a troll and blocked multiple times by people on a variety of communities, then perhaps some self reflection might be warranted.
- Comment on Labor will announce home battery rebate in “coming days,” says federal treasurer 1 year ago:
From the article you linked:
“Factors contributing to used EV sales trends cited by the report authors included:
- The implementation of the FBT exemption in November 2022 that potentially prompted EV owners to acquire new vehicles, contributing to an increase in the availability of used EVs.
- Uncertainty surrounding battery health of used EVs deterring some potential buyers.
- Pricing of new EV models coming down, negatively impacting used EV prices.
The authors of the report did caution the EV pricing findings were volatile because of the small amount of vehicles involved.”
I would say the biggest issue is likely that new EVs are coming rapidly down in price, with longer range, so a second hand EV is comparatively not as good value currently. Many people are waiting for slightly bigger batteries or different types of ev, and I’ve seen at least half a dozen BYD Sharks on the road, one I talked to the guy had literally bought it yesterday, and many of them are getting tax benefits to buy new.
You are making out it’s all about battery concern where there’s much more going on.
So, you’re a moderator in a politics community, and you troll in various places on Lemmy, and like to threaten if you are challenged. Interesting.
Can’t help wondering if the other mods here might want to look into whether that’s a good thing… or not.
- Comment on Labor will announce home battery rebate in “coming days,” says federal treasurer 1 year ago:
From the article you linked:
“Factors contributing to used EV sales trends cited by the report authors included:
- The implementation of the FBT exemption in November 2022 that potentially prompted EV owners to acquire new vehicles, contributing to an increase in the availability of used EVs.
- Uncertainty surrounding battery health of used EVs deterring some potential buyers.
- Pricing of new EV models coming down, negatively impacting used EV prices.
The authors of the report did caution the EV pricing findings were volatile because of the small amount of vehicles involved.”
I would say the biggest issue is likely that new EVs are coming rapidly down in price, with longer range, so a second hand EV is comparatively not as good value currently. Many people are waiting for slightly bigger batteries or different types of ev, and I’ve seen at least half a dozen BYD Sharks on the road, one I talked to the guy had literally bought it yesterday, and many of them are getting tax benefits to buy new.
You are making out it’s all about battery concern where there’s much more going on.
So, you’re a moderator in a politics community, and you troll in various places on Lemmy, and like to threaten if you are challenged. Interesting.
Can’t help wondering if the other mods here might want to look into whether that’s a good thing… or not.
- Comment on Labor will announce home battery rebate in “coming days,” says federal treasurer 1 year ago:
Given the EV market is barely a decade old, I think it’s a bit soon to make such ridiculous claims, that myself and others have given many, many sources of facts (not feelings, which is literally all you are providing).
It’s clear you are quite happy being influenced by scary propaganda c/o the oil industry - you’re still living in 2019 in Scummo’s “ruined weekend” land.
And having a peek at your other activity, I’d like to echo some others opinions - you really don’t belong here, maybe just leave, troll. You are tedious and just seem to want a fight with anyone who will take your bait. Boring.
- Comment on Labor will announce home battery rebate in “coming days,” says federal treasurer 1 year ago:
Dude. I’ve provided the receipts with literally every post. You have provided nothing. Give it up already, you are ideologically hamstrung and unable to accept that you are wrong.
- Comment on Labor will announce home battery rebate in “coming days,” says federal treasurer 1 year ago:
I think that’s already been proven, at least in the case of Teslas, that the batteries DO actually last that long on average?
Batteries that lose range but still functioning generally are being swapped out but then sold as house batteries, will incredibly useful and bigger than most house batteries. So they are not a total loss and largely still functioning. Newer battery systems allow swap out of individual cells.
If you look in the comments, someone swapped out the BMW to a cheap ICE car and the Tesla was still cheaper, lol.
I don’t know where you are but electricity prices here have been going down as we add more renewables to the grid. Most EV owners have solar, and mostly charge for less or free from home - I’m one of them.
