sarahsquirrel
@sarahsquirrel@aussie.zone
- Comment on Discussion Thread Tuesday 22 🚂 April 2025 2 weeks ago:
My hope that we can create an easy-to-use fediverse alternative to FB groups and events is literally why I’m here. Help me make this happen!!
- Comment on Error when subscribing to a community on another server 2 weeks ago:
Ahh. Right. Thanks for bearing with me as a new user who is trying to figure things out.
Yes, I happened upon that community at lemmy.ml because I happened upon it by following links from lemmy.world I think. I clicked the big green Subscribe button at lemmy.ml/c/lemmy . I got a dialogue box “Subscribe from Remote Instance. Enter the instance you would like to follow this community from”, and entered aussie.zone
This process worked fine for other communities I subscribed to.
But for this one I got the “Server error” message. (I was later able to subscribe successfully by copy-pasting the community address into the aussie.zone search.)
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- Comment on Communities on the Home page 2 weeks ago:
Cool! For new users who aren’t familiar with Lemmy, I think it’d be great to see suggestions for communities to join when first encountering the home page. That’d help newbies understand what “communities” are all about, give them get a sense of what types of topics are discussed here on Aussie.zone and help them find and subscribe to some communities of interest.
What do you reckon? Would it be feasible to add a link to few of the most popular / flagship communities to the homepage sidebar, and perhaps a [See all Communities] link underneath? Perhaps there are cons I haven’t thought of. Cheers!
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🕹 Monday 14 April 2025 3 weeks ago:
Your org has a SharePoint structure? I’m very envious! At our place we have multiple SharePoint archipelagos and no map.
- Comment on Rightwing lobby group Advance says it makes ‘no apology’ for support given to anti-Greens groups 3 weeks ago:
Let the best arguments win
Unfortunately, it’s very hard for citizens to distinguish lies from truth. E.g. the “Children Overboard” scandal - a well timed lie can win an election. At the very least we need honesty in our election materials. Libellous electioneering is dangerous.
- Comment on We are back in sync with lemmy.world! 3 weeks ago:
Sounds good… Could I ask for the TLDR for those of us who are new here and don’t know much about the Lemmy-verse and backend?
- Comment on Australia urgently needs to get serious about long-term climate policy – but there’s no sign of that in the election campaign 3 weeks ago:
Agreed, we must direct a lot of attention to what’s happening in the US. But we have multiple government departments to work on concurrent crises (not one person with one phone).
- Comment on Australia urgently needs to get serious about long-term climate policy – but there’s no sign of that in the election campaign 3 weeks ago:
Yes, and systems thinking would encourage us to explore why that is: Starting with understanding the patterns, systems and structures, mental models that cause ppl (especially in Aus) to treat Climate Change like a less important problem than the rise of fascism.
- Comment on Australia urgently needs to get serious about long-term climate policy – but there’s no sign of that in the election campaign 3 weeks ago:
“it’s not a priority for the electorate.” - it’s worth diving deeper here, rather than stopping at this surface level of thinking.
For example:
- Why is concern about climate change and the environment less of priority in Australia than other highly educated, OECD countries?
- What is the role of our media environment; in particular, the narratives from dominant NewsCorp and Sky News?
- How has the Overton Window shaped what people pay attention to in terms of public policy and possible futures?
- Acknowledging that mining and extraction have played a large part in the history of Australia’s economic development but we now need to transition to renewables and cleaner industries, what changes do we need to make to policies, public discourse, science education, jobs-ready training, systems and structures?
- What narratives, systems and structures are favouring short termism and limiting our ability as a nation to address long term issues? Experts and government agencies are fully aware that the climate crisis already impacting (and will have massive effects on) global trade, the economy, jobs and growth, health, education, cost of living, home ownership. The Insurance industry is sounding the alarm already.. Impacts on communities worldwide through bushfire, flood and other natural disasters are just the starting point. So, thinking broadly, how might we improve our systems so that we don’t just keep throwing money at short-term fixes, and start to make change that will could massively change the future for Australians?
These are complex issues that need layers of analysis. Systems Thinking is a useful approach, rather than thinking about just the citizens, politicians, and industry in isolation
**More about Aus attitudes to climate issues: ** www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-05/…/11878510--- tps://…lowyinstitute.org/…/australian-attitudes-t…
Systems thinking and climate change: “In the context of climate change, a systems thinking approach refers to understanding and predicting people’s response to the crisis by exploring the factors and vulnerabilities that influence them. It involves simultaneously seeing the overall climate picture and how it intersects with health, gender, livelihoods, and other sectors–this helps achieve a more comprehensive understanding of the issue.” idronline.org/…/connecting-the-dots-systems-think…
Short online course: futurelearn.com/…/using-systems-thinking-to-tackl…
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