At the end of year wind up for the juniors at the hockey club. It’s the first time I’ve left the house since last Friday.
It’s one thing to logically be aware that hundreds of kids are going to be loud, buts it’s something else to be sitting here head pounding.
I always drink water. As much as I can, something between 1-2L.
I don’t get hangovers. I don’t know whether that’s my superpower, or if the water is my secret. I’m unwilling to experiment by not drinking the water, however.
Honestly, Melbourne’s network isn’t bad. Perth’s trains are far superior, but limited in coverage compared to Melbourne. We don’t have trams any more, which is a crying shame.
Sure, the Melbourne network could be better, but it’s the best in the country.
Oh I hope so. The polls haven’t been filling me with hope.
You can still get decent jam at the store, but it’s $6+ a jar.
As I said at the outset: I’m sympathetic to the cause. I have grave concerns about the planet and how as a species, we are causing immeasurable damage with our reckless treatment of resources. Nobody is defending the company nor denying she has a worthy goal at heart.
But all of that is beside the point. The point is her central premise is deeply flawed: she is simply not on trial for protesting Woodside.
So, now we’re acknowledging that she wasn’t protesting peacefully like she claims? That indeed she crossed the line into unlawful territory?
I agree.
That’s why the police are involved. Not because she protested Woodside.
We’re not putting 500g tyres on our bikes, though.
Oh, you haven’t dissuaded me from watching it. I’ll get there. John Wick is something I need to watch while running on the treadmill, to discharge testosterone or something. I can’t watch that sort of movie from bed.
I’ve been on the treadmill this week. I finally saw the two Kingsman movies. They’re hysterical. Laughably violent but not serious like John Wick. More like what a 70’s Bond movie might be like if it were made today.
Garmin reckons an average active person does about 7,500 a day. Fewer than 10% manage an average above 10,000 per day.
I say you’ve done an outstanding effort, here.
I’m going to quote it wrong, but there was a funny post on Reddit about 10 years ago that went something like “Statistically, you’re probably a white guy aged 19-22 in the USA”.
Honestly, the comments were hysterical because yes. Half the respondents met all those criteria, and most of the rest met 3+ of them.
My car is also 9 years old and doesn’t do this. I can see how he’d assume the mirror did that to force you to use the screen, because it’s the sort of jerk move Elon would do and I wouldn’t know why else it was doing it.
She herself raised the issue of the art gallery and complained she was being called a vandal. I was saying that yes: she literally vandalised a piece of art. She’s a vandal by definition.
As to the raid itself, it’s clearly in response to the attack on the Woodside CEOs private residence. Showing up at someone’s home, inviting the media to film you as you allegedly damage the house, scare a family inside at 6:30 in the morning and attempt to lock yourself to the house are acts that take you into unlawful territory if found guilty. That’s what she is on trial for.
Nobody had a problem when they were standing out the front of the Woodside building holding signs. That’s peaceful protest.
Turn on the YouTube subtitles for extra hilarity. 30 years later and technology still can’t understand a raw Australian accent.
Just say “no”, mate. People can rent a ute from multiple places for less than the price of a carton, which is technically cheaper than you.
They were going to throw in a carton, right?
This is our “Bag of bags”:
There are also a couple of bags in the back of the car for when we pop into the shops for a couple of essentials.
I developed this system ages ago when I did most of the shopping at the Preston Markets (you have to have your own bags and trolley there).
With a success rate like that, you may be ready to take on a mission to Ikea!
This news does not bring me happiness. I’ve just finished the second one again, and I remember really liking the third, but don’t know whether it’ll hold up as well as the first film has.
I can’t understand why he made that choice at the end of the second film. It makes zero sense.
The premise was great. The world building was great. The currency makes zero sense. The violence is so silly that it’s fun.
I am building toward watching the fourth for the first time.
I’m sympathetic to her cause, but I’m not surprised that her methods have landed her in trouble with the law. Her idea of “peaceful protest” is a bit skewed. She’s trying to maximize exposure, but she’s crossing lines into unlawful territory to do so. You can’t just break the law and say it’s to ‘save the planet’ and then do a surprised Pikachu when the police get involved.
If I go into the art gallery and spray paint a piece of art, I’m going to be called a vandal. It’s not going to matter why I did this thing. If I go online and start to coordinate threatening someone at home and damaging their property, I’m going to get on the radar of law enforcement. Again, my motives are not going to matter.
She’s not going on trial for protesting Woodside. She’s going on trial, because she is accused of breaking the law.
I hope you are right. I hope they’re polling people with landlines, which is a demographic that will skew ‘No’. But I’m sure they’re not just limiting themselves like that. I have no idea how they’d find me - and I hope that’s the case for lots of people who are not on old tech and not affiliated with any political party.