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Some great signs in the new setup.
The rotala rotundifolia has actually started to grow, rather than just die. Out of about 5 clumps of it, only one is showing a lot of green growth, one is a showing a little, the rest are either dead or mostly dead!!!
The hair grass is spreading well, and the ambulia (yay, I figured out the name!) has already been cut back, split, and is due for a 2nd trimming in places.
The dragon fire is a bit hit & miss. One is ok, the other is a bit dead #aquarium
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2024-07-04 00:29:25

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it's something I try to explain to Anglos: food is culture, but no one can appropriate your culture by cooking your food. Just maybe understand it better

2024-07-04 00:15:43

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oh, nice, I will read it.
On a side note, so often food journalists have mangled David Tran's words, and made out that he "invented sriracha sauce", which I see he's tried to fix of late - not his fault, they just didn't listen to his words. It's good that the article starts with acknowledging sriracha isn't Teochew, let alone invented by him. 😁
It's a hot sauce ALL of Asia loves, and loved, long before any Californian had ever tasted Huy Fong 😆

2024-07-03 23:49:25

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so many overlaps between Teochew and Thai cooking, but that's not surprising.
My step-mother was Teochew, I think 4th generation, Thai, and still had strong links to Teochew culture. She'd cook a mix of Thai and Teochew foods, but it was hard to tell what was what 😆

2024-07-03 22:29:01

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we occasionally get them here in Fitzroy, unfortunately they don't fair so well, and they are a pest here in Australia (The photo is right near my local Aldi) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-05/deer-seen-running-in-fitzroy-street-euthanased/100193294

2024-06-09 22:45:23

It's pretty wild to see Benny Gantz described as "moderate" 😬
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2024-06-06 02:12:55

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my son's older iMac is amazing. The screen, even almost 10 years later, is flawless

2024-05-29 23:06:41

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hehehe, yep. If it's not wiping people out, it's wiping ecosystems out

2024-05-29 23:03:01

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yeh, was for hunting. Same as rabbits and deer

2024-05-28 23:39:47

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no, what I'm doing is speaking truth. If you don't like it, just admit that you're a fascist.
You're literally verballing me, as usual, because you've got nothing.
Enjoy the next few years of Trump, he's going to fuck your nation marginally more than Biden is

2024-05-28 23:06:55

Biden's unwavering support for Israel's genocide is enough to convince any sane human not to vote for him, or the Democratic party.
To say otherwise is ignorant, and the reason why Trump will get another shot.
People don't vote good governments in, they vote bad ones out. Until political operatives get this, they'll keep losing to fascists #uspol

2024-05-28 00:18:51

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I'd be down for that. I'm not usually in a rush, and I just want to get stuff done, maybe talk with the cashier.
Not just for myself, I get how isolating it is to have people 50cm from you who barely acknowledge your existence.
I find it's a much more pleasant shopping experience to interact with a human rather than just have one stand there like a security guard.
That said, I do use self-checkouts if I am time-poor or it's one or two things; a good mix would be nice

2024-05-28 00:03:07

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oh, I'll be slapping at least 8TB of usable HDD space in the server, so that won't be a worry.
My main worry is transfers, and whether my RSP has a hissyfit at it

2024-05-28 00:00:47

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I was on mastodon.au (I've still got a pointer from my account there), but when the owner gave us all 3 days to GTFO despite it being part of the Mastodon covenant, I'm _very_ hesitant to come back

2024-05-27 23:58:23

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hehehe, there's a desperate need for another aussie server. One that's run well

2024-05-27 23:57:42

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I will be setting up my own instance soon enough. I just need for the new speed changes for my internet to come through (1000/100 rather than 1000/50) and to buy a 2nd hand server from ebay

2024-05-27 23:55:48

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hahaha, yeh, it's getting to be a bit "not all aus.social", which is a damning indictment on the instance.
Hugz.online is fine, but I hear the admin is a bit bonkers 😝

2024-05-27 23:52:22

Fuck people from aus.social are absolute pieces of shit

2024-05-27 23:41:56

I love being lectured on climate change by people who own and drive cars.
My climate footprint is so fucking small from having NEVER FUCKING OWNED OR DRIVEN A CAR that I could eat meat and fly in planes for the rest of my life and never come close to the climate destruction a single car own has visited on this planet.
If you're going after planes, meat, fucking entertainment, without getting rid of your own car (I don't give a shit if it's an EV), you are the problem #ClimateChange

2024-05-26 02:11:16

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yeh, if you read why they did it, there's just no market for them to comercialise it in the global north as they don't have Vitamin A deficiencies, and I'm guessing trying to commercialise it in the global south would give them less (tax) benefit than using it for humanitarian uses.
Honestly, it's a debate worth having, but I'm always going to be against kneejerk stuff like Greenpeace have been doing to these rice and wheat crops (from 2013): https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-20/scientists-speak-out-against-vandalism-of-gm-rice/4970626

2024-05-25 21:21:57

This is why I have zero respect for Greenpeace.
A crop that could save 250k-500k children in the global south, and because it's openly GM, unlike all the rice, wheat, and barley, varieties that are available in the global north (Calrose, Amaroo, etc), Greenpeace are opposed to it.
Nothing sadder than a rich white environmentalist screaming at the global south that "YOU CAN'T DO THAT!" #environment https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/25/greenpeace-blocks-planting-of-lifesaving-golden-rice-philippines