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kudra

@ kudra @sh.itjust.works

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  • US millionaire big-game hunter dies after being crushed by elephants

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  • you win the internet today

  • Comrade Trump (Pluralistic - 20 Apr 2026)

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  • was listening to a podcast last year where they talked about the projections the year before of who would be best for carbon emissions, Kamala Harris or Trump, and it was basically a tie. I didn't realise the benefit to Pakistan (and Australia, where we basically got solar panels for free for the last few years thanks to government incentives too), was largely attributable to his first term policies. I'm sure he'd really hate to know he's actually an environmental hero at this point 😂

  • Questions about Matrix Chat

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  • ime is hard to get normies to use Element/Matrix, to the point now I know this about Matrix (I've used Element for years and never realised it was closer to Bluesky) I'm going to look into what is functional and under active development in the XMPP space these days.

  • So, you've decided to write a terrible EV piece.

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  • I have a vehicle that uses Chademo, and at bigger rural charging stations, there are usually 3+ ccs chargers for the 1 Chademo. I expect most build out from here to focus on ccs, and there is the tech to convert ccs to Chademo so I'll not be left with an un road-trip-able vehicle, so appreciate while you think they are useless, the majority of investment now is increasing ccs.

    Good to hear SA is doing good work here, and disappointed VIC sucks on that stretch. There are charging deserts even closer to Melbourne over East too and that sucks.

    agree about most the other points especially queuing for chargers. hope that comes!

  • Electric Vehicles @slrpnk.net
    kudra @sh.itjust.works

    So, you've decided to write a terrible EV piece.

    aliensideboob.substack.com /p/so-youve-decided-to-write-a-terrible

  • Australia faces pivotal moment as traditional economic model starts to fail

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  • well said.

  • Small-scale supply chains in action

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  • so inspiring. thankyou for posting!

  • Degrowth @slrpnk.net
    kudra @sh.itjust.works

    Australia faces pivotal moment as traditional economic model starts to fail

    www.realestate.com.au /news/australia-faces-pivotal-moment-as-traditional-economic-model-starts-to-fail/

  • Overheated cows, flooded highways, and now a fuel crisis: why Australia’s food system is in big trouble

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  • They did the maths:

    "Current data reveals a significant disparity in energy use between vertical farms and traditional agricultural methods. A 2021 Global CEA Census Report indicated that vertical farms exhibited an average energy consumption of 38.8 kilowatt-hours per kilogram of produce, a stark contrast to traditional greenhouses, which averaged 5.4 kilowatt-hours per kilogram. This difference highlights the substantial energy inputs required to replicate and optimize natural growing conditions indoors.

    The environmental footprint of these operations directly correlates with the carbon intensity of the electricity grid supplying them. When relying on fossil fuel-heavy grids, vertical farms can exhibit a carbon footprint exceeding traditional field production by a factor of ten or more."

  • Overheated cows, flooded highways, and now a fuel crisis: why Australia’s food system is in big trouble

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  • so I watched to where they said they only grow leafy greens in vertical farms, anything else is too hard 🤦

    Industrial farming is something like 10 calories input for each calorie of food produced: this is likely an order of magnitude worse. I'm sure someone has done the maths.

  • Is there a significant efficiency hit for accelerating quickly to your desired speed vs accelerating slowly? (in an EV)

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  • but that uses energy you should account for, even if you don't see it in your EV dash.

  • By avoiding means testing, the government is giving handouts to the rich

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  • If it's multi million dollar property it's likely 4+ bedrooms.

    And are you perhaps in line to inherit and therefore perhaps don't want to lose out? Some of us never inherit property at all, and the taxes on inherited property in Australia are generally minimised. How is that fair? People like to blame parents that don't "work hard" to build wealth for their kids, but the reality is the bulk of wealth is dynastic and protected: the poor will always be the poor. The tax burden should be very much be on the wealthiest 1%, but no one should be penalised for not inheriting property, so granny (and get inheritors) shouldn't be given government money when other options could be fairer across the board.

  • By avoiding means testing, the government is giving handouts to the rich

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  • So if Grandma's kids want to inherit, let them take out a reverse mortgage to fund her retirement, so that when she kicks the bucket they pay a chunk to the government if they can't stomach her being forced to downsize instead of live in the massive 6 bedroom mansion she no longer needs (or is able to look after without help). That would be the fair option.

  • By avoiding means testing, the government is giving handouts to the rich

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  • yup. the one I hate the most is people on the full age pension living in multi million dollar mansions while others are homeless, and then they pass that untaxed wealth on to their children when they die. A fair system would require they downsize to something more reasonable and live off the proceeds if they genuinely don't have any other source of income in retirement.

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    Authoritarianism Is the Only Way Forward. Now We Just Have to Choose What Kind | How Democracy is No Longer Possible in the Age of Mass Social Manipulation

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  • tbh I am surprised this is getting so much downvoting, I think the arguments are pretty reasonable and appropriate to the sub. Haven't seen it spammed elsewhere.

    I am saddened by just how many people in my immediate real life can't give up Facebook (99%) and are deaf to my pleas as to why it is truly evil. They honestly think they aren't being manipulated.

  • Live: PM to address nation tonight on response to Middle East war

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  • 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".

  • The Threat of Rent Extraction in a Resource-constrained Future

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  • this is quite good, thanks for sharing!

  • Webinar: War on Iran and Impacts for Our Blue Pacific, 14 March

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  • thanks for sharing!

  • Fishing crews in the Atlantic keep accidentally dredging up chemical weapons

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  • we are such a garbage species.

  • Cross State Communication

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  • Meshcore in Australia is taking off and recently made the first Victoria - Tasmania link. Long distance comms are viable within state with many hops - if you are within range of a repeater hooked into the existing network is possible to go hundreds of kilometres quite easily. We have people participating in synchronous conversations that are occurring over a dozen hops from regional to inner urban anew back again. Yes messages do sometimes get lost but people are creating tools to troubleshoot and track. It's genuinely doing what I had originally hoped Meshtastic would, but could never get messages far enough due to hop limits and telemetry cruft.

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    With the President Gone, Venezuelans Race to Stock Up on Food (Gift Article)

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  • yeah they really are trigger happy over there, any excuse to delete something. While it is political I think it's very relevant to collapse.

  • Climate Crisis, Biosphere & Societal Collapse @sopuli.xyz
    kudra @sh.itjust.works

    A Headless Mystery

    www.science.org /content/article/headless-bodies-hint-why-europe-s-first-farmers-vanished
  • Offgrid living @slrpnk.net
    kudra @sh.itjust.works

    Buy this offgrid house, and you’ll need to evict yourself each Christmas

    www.domain.com.au /news/buy-this-house-and-youll-need-to-evict-yourself-each-christmas-1454182/
  • Australia @aussie.zone
    kudra @sh.itjust.works

    80's star Yahoo Serious missing after eviction

    www.msn.com /en-us/news/us/80s-star-yahoo-serious-missing-after-eviction/ar-AA1Lgaj3
  • Australia @aussie.zone
    kudra @sh.itjust.works

    Women go from homeless to 'tiny home' owners with a once-in-a-lifetime deal

    www.abc.net.au /news/2025-08-24/tiny-homes-houses-builds-women-homeless-home-ownership/102293760
  • Australia @aussie.zone
    kudra @sh.itjust.works

    Join us on the walk for truth 25 May - 18 June

    yoorrookjusticecommission.org.au /events/walkfortruth/
  • Collapse @lemm.ee
    kudra @sh.itjust.works

    “We’ve Taken Too Much”: Limestone Coast locals urge action as sinkholes suffer major water loss

    glamadelaide.com.au /weve-taken-too-much-limestone-coast-locals-urge-action-as-iconic-sinkholes-dry-up/
  • Australian Politics @aussie.zone
    kudra @sh.itjust.works

    Djirri Djirri & Auntie Joy statement

  • Australia @aussie.zone
    kudra @sh.itjust.works

    No more fossil “gasplaining” – going electric is past the tipping point and guaranteed to slash cost of living

    reneweconomy.com.au /no-more-fossil-gasplaining-going-electric-is-past-the-tipping-point-and-guaranteed-to-slash-cost-of-living/amp/
  • Australian Politics @aussie.zone
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    Labor will announce home battery rebate in “coming days,” says federal treasurer

    reneweconomy.com.au /labor-will-announce-home-battery-rebate-in-coming-days-says-federal-treasurer/amp/
  • Degrowth @slrpnk.net
    kudra @sh.itjust.works

    Ekhilur - a functional degrowth economy in Spain

    medium.com /postgrowth/negative-interest-economy-a-monetary-paradigm-for-a-post-growth-system-628e0fcf34f1
  • Meshtastic @mander.xyz
    kudra @sh.itjust.works

    What's happening with our mesh?

  • Meshtastic @mander.xyz
    kudra @sh.itjust.works

    My mesh beginnings