Maybe I'll start reading them now. I support journalism, but that's not what they do
Riiiiiight I thought you meant in terms of politics and my response about the Greens was being sarcastic. Though the Greens and LNP get dragged into culture wars alot easier than Labor
But uhh…I’m not really sure how this is relevant to this thread.
Idk I was interpreting their comment as saying that Labor aren't very popular which is true at least in terms of first preferences
Yeah I don't think people will want to skip the Olympics—I'll probably just watch highlights and the Equestrian Eventing (No Andrew Hoy this year unfortunately), it will all be on at a really early time anyway
Guess I won't change what I'm doing then. Do they deserve more money for writing absolute drivel and propaganda? Given how much their company makes from it maybe
Yeah I meant to include a "/s" because I'd probably associate Greens, Labor and around the "Malcolm Turbull" part of the Liberals with the Democrats, and the Nationals, One Nation, UAP and the rest of the Liberals with the Republicans
Seriously though, there is a multitude of other reasons why people might be calling centrelink
No, @Zagorath@aussie.zone did some analysis a while ago and found that Labor were overrepresented in parliament based on first preferences nationally, ignoring the electoral boundaries. The Greens, One Nation and various independents would have more representation in parliament if we didn't use localities to determine the makeup of parliament
Yeah I was thinking that too. Really good fog, couldn't see much of the city driving in, disappointed when I discovered that it was still there.
Holy shit, this is our Taylor Swift/Superbowl thing. Something will happen and she will endorse Anthony Albanese for another term in government
Given that they're taking the view from everyone I don't think that should be a cheap way to live
Yeah it's good for working out why pages aren't being indexed. I'm not aware of anything similar for bing search
Yeah they might have to change how Lemmy handles posts like that which might break stuff. Search engines would also have to work out that Lemmy is not a single site but a collection and since the site name does not mention Lemmy it might be more difficult
I'm a big fan of this FOSS game and very excited for it's future, the game being around 20 years old
I sometimes watch friendlyjordies but I have to take a break because it makes me feel really hopeless about society
I wonder if claiming ownership in Google Search Console would help? It would probably flow onto other search engines.
Though we might get ranked down for effectively duplicating a larger more commonly accessed site (Lemmy.world) even if the content belongs here. This could be a thing for the Lemmy developers to look into, i.e. generating a robots.txt which blocks all federated communities
Yes and we've probably got it worse because we also have 7 and 9 which are Coalition propaganda as well. The ABC is somewhat neutral, and 10 seem to be Liberal-leaning. No left-wing/Labor biased media to balance the rest and people's trust in the impartiality of "the news" will only lead us further down this route
Federated Communities/Magazines and Users for the "Outside"
This is a replication of the creator of this community who has since removed their account
This will be a living document (and is a Work In Progress) so if readers are aware of instances/communities/magazines that suit the umbrella of the "environment", including "gardening" etc., please comment to add them. Use the browsers at the bottom to find your own. This was originally a Lemmy list but has expanded to the 'Fediverse'.
Lemmy Instances (visit to check their communities for suitability, the first 2 have a massive list of related spaces, far too many to list here):
- Mander.xyz- An instance dedicated to nature and science.
- SLRPNK.net - Solarpunk imagines a world in which today’s existential threat - the climate crisis - is being approached with camaraderie and adaptive ingenuity.
- https://thegarden.land/ - This is a home for gardeners and plant-lovers and anyone else who wants a warm place to thrive.
- lemmy.srv.eco - Self-sufficiency, mutual aid, collapse, and other subjects related to the environment and our place and role(s) within it.
Lemmy Communities:
- https://aussie.zone/c/environment - An Australian community for everything from your backyard to beyond the black stump.
- https://aussie.zone/c/gardeningaustralia - A community for all things relating to Aussie gardens. No problem too small. No question too unimportant. Come in and brag about your garden, show us what you’re doing, share that flower, ask that question.
- https://beehaw.org/c/greenspace - All things green, outdoors, and nature-y. Whether it’s animals in their natural habitat, hiking trails and mountains, or planting a little garden for yourself (and everything in between), you can talk about it here.
- https://beehaw.org/c/environment - Environmental and ecological discussion, particularly of things like weather and other natural phenomena (especially if they’re not breaking news).
- https://midwest.social/c/environment - A community about our environment (Editor's note: the midwest America I presume)
- https://lemmy.ml/c/green - This is the place to discuss environmentalism, preservation, direct action and anything related to it!
- https://lemmy.ml/c/gardening
- https://lemmy.ml/c/nolawns - A community devoted to alternatives to monoculture lawns, with an emphasis on native plants and conservation. Rain gardens, xeriscaping, strolling gardens, native plants, and much more!
- https://lemmy.world/c/homestead - Ponds, barns, livestock, gardens, food preservation, fishing, hunting, tractors, pigs, chickens, cattle, worms, 4H, permaculture, organic, grazing, canning, aquaculture, trees, woodland, farmers, agriculture, agronomy, horticulture, wwoofers, bees, honey, wildcrafting, dairy, goats, nuts, berries, vegetables, sustainability, off grid, wood stoves, chainsaws, wood heat, tools, welding, green woodworking, farmers markets, composting toilets, straw bale homes, cob building…
- https://chat.maiion.com/c/environment - A community dedicated to environmental topics discussing climate change, renewable energy, ecosystems across the biosphere, and more.
- https://lemmy.world/c/gardening - Your Ultimate Gardening Guide.
- https://lemmy.world/c/permaculture - Permaculture theory and practice.
- https://lemm.ee/c/permaculture - Caring about the earth, that is what it’s about.
- https://lemmy.ml/c/naturalgardening - Natural gardening is for all; permaculture is often for upper middle class hipsters.
- https://lemmygrad.ml/c/eco_socialism - A community for talking about gardening, Eco news, and all things Mother Earth!
- https://lemmy.ml/c/beekeeping - Beekeeping, bee gardens, bee research, bee pictures, and honey appreciation.
- https://lemmy.world/c/vegan_gardening - A community for vegan gardeners to share their successes and learnings. Vegan gardening (or veganic gardening) is gardening without the use of animal agriculture including common inputs like manure, bone and blood. It also avoids chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Instead of these elements veganic gardening uses crop rotation, mulching, compost, green manures, etc to replenish the soil and minimize loss to pests.
- https://lemmy.ca/c/outdoors - A community dedicated to all things outdoors. Hiking, backpacking, cycling, camping, gardening, walking, any discussions surrounding outdoor activities you can think of are welcome here! Write properly, behave politely, encourage a respectful community, and most importantly, GO OUTSIDE!!
- https://lemmy.ml/c/collapse - This is the place for discussing the potential collapse of modern civilization and the environment. (Editor's Note: has frequently posted environmental articles of worldwide issues.)
- https://sopuli.xyz/c/collapse - A place to share news, experiences and discussion about the continuing climate crisis, societal collapse, and biosphere collapse. Please be respectful of each other and remember the human.
- https://www.hexbear.net/c/gardening - (Editor's Note: defederated? Use as a single instance if so.)
kbin Magazines (same as Communities - list needs work):
- https://kbin.social/m/gardening
- https://kbin.social/m/houseplants
- https://kbin.social/m/Plants
- https://kbin.social/m/VegetableGardening
- https://kbin.social/m/environment
- https://kbin.social/m/climate
Mastodon Instances (click here for Instance descriptions - word count issue):
- https://regenerate.social/
- https://climatejustice.social/
- https://flipping.rocks/
- https://birds.town/
- https://urbanists.social/
- https://rail.chat/
- https://outdoors.lgbt/
- https://mountains.social/
- https://scicomm.xyz/
- https://ecoevo.social/
- https://fediscience.org/
- https://mastodon.green/
- https://eu.mastodon.green/
- https://sunbeam.city/
- https://growers.social/
- https://beekeeping.ninja/
Mastodon User Lists:
- https://fedi.directory/tag/botany/
- https://fedi.directory/tag/entomology/
- https://fedi.directory/tag/evolutionary-biology/
- https://fedi.directory/tag/earth-science/
- https://fedi.directory/tag/ecology/
- https://fedi.directory/tag/weather-and-meteorology/
- https://fedi.directory/tag/fishing/
- https://fedi.directory/tag/gardening/
- https://fedi.directory/tag/homegrown-food/
- https://fedi.directory/nature-animals/
- https://fedi.directory/tag/agriculture/
- https://fedi.directory/tag/urban-planning/
- https://fedi.directory/tag/environment-and-green-issues/
- https://communitywiki.org/trunk/grab/Animals
- https://communitywiki.org/trunk/grab/Environmentalists
- https://communitywiki.org/trunk/grab/Nature
- https://communitywiki.org/trunk/grab/Outdoors
- https://communitywiki.org/trunk/grab/Plants
- https://communitywiki.org/trunk/grab/Science
- https://communitywiki.org/trunk/grab/Sustainability
- @notjustbikes
- @gardening@a.gup.pe - https://github.com/immers-space/guppe/wiki/Guppe-Groups-FAQ
- @plants@a.gup.pe - https://github.com/immers-space/guppe/wiki/Guppe-Groups-FAQ
Credit for Instances and User Lists to @GlennMagusHarvey@mander.xyz - https://scicomm.xyz/@glennmagusharvey/
Mastodon Tips:
- Use #tags in areas of interest and search for @users that are posting your favourite content and follow. Search and favourite a list of #tags to populate your feed while you locate @users.
- You can follow Lemmy/kbin communities from Mastodon (e.g. search "@environment@aussie.zone" and follow, posts will come in from that point, including every comment which fills your feed poorly), post back into Lemmy (there is a specific way to do this), and reply to threads also. Federation isn't pretty between Mastodon and Lemmy, it's up to the user if they want to persist. Recommended to have 2 separate accounts for full usability at this point. kbin has "microblogging" built in which is Mastodon "tooting", only one account required if you are a kbin user.
The Lemmy instances listed have some activity, until Lemmy matures the list may grow or shrink. Please review the communities as you desire and let me know if you find something better or the listed ones have died.
Search Engines for Lemmy:
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https://lemmyverse.net/ - Search by Instance or Community - Click on the 'House' icon to set your 'home instance' e.g. aussie.zone
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https://browse.feddit.de/
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https://www.search-lemmy.com/ - using the "Find Communities" search by keyword will find active communities with more matches per word.
Bookmarklet:
!A screenshot of how to create a bookmarklet in Firefox
javascript:(function() { const home = 'aussie.zone'; /*replace this with your local instance's host name */ const url = window.location.href; let community = url.split('/c/')[1]; if( !community.includes('@') ) { community += '@' + url.split('/')[2]; } if( community.endsWith( '@' + home ) ) { community = community.substring(0, community.length - 1 - home.length); } window.location.href = 'https://' + home + '/c/' + community; })();
Click on the above bookmarklet once you've created it and placed on your toolbar (search on how to make one) when browsing another instance's community. It should open up the page where you can subscribe directly from the aussie.zone instance (or change your instance in code above). If "Subscribe" isn't working, "Create Post" and back out immediately click on the community name and reload page, Subscribe should now be clickable (give it a couple of clicks as per Lemmy 0.18).
An alternative to a bookmarklet on a desktop or mobile browser, install 'Violentmonkey' and a Userscript such as this: https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/469273-lemmy-universal-link-switcher
An extension for modern browsers: https://github.com/cynber/lemmy-instance-assistant
Links for Aus Environmental Articles and News
Original Post [archive] - This is a replication of the creator of this community who has since removed their account
Please comment if you know of more
News
- https://theconversation.com/au/environment
- https://www.theguardian.com/au/environment
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/environment
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/science
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural
- https://independentaustralia.net/environment/environment-news/
- https://thefifthestate.com.au/
- https://michaelwest.com.au/
- https://thenewdaily.com.au/life/science/environment/
- https://www.sbs.com.au/news/topic/environment
- https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environment
- https://newmatilda.com/category/environment/
- https://www.themonthly.com.au/topic/environment
- https://johnmenadue.com/category/enviroment/
- https://johnmenadue.com/category/public-policy/climate/
- https://inqld.com.au/news/
- https://indaily.com.au/news/science-and-tech/
- https://theaimn.com/category/environment/
- https://westender.com.au/discussing/environment-and-climate/
- https://www.crikey.com.au/environment/
- https://theshot.net.au/
- https://4zzz.org.au/news/
- https://www.sunshinecoastnews.com.au/category/news/
- https://nofibs.com.au/
- https://www.smh.com.au/environment
- https://www.eurekastreet.com.au/search/section/australia
- https://www.openforum.com.au/
- https://nit.com.au/search-results/environment
- https://theindependents.org.au/category/environment/
Science
- https://phys.org/tags/Australia/
- https://phys.org/search/?search=Australia+environment
- https://phys.org/biology-news/plants-animals/
- https://www.science.org/news
- https://particle.scitech.org.au/category/earth/
- https://www.nature.com/
- https://www.csiro.au/en/news
- https://www.aims.gov.au/information-centre/news-and-stories
- https://botany.one/
- https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/top/environment/
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/doSearch?SeriesKey=14429993&sortBy=Earliest
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/loi/1526100x
- https://media.bom.gov.au/releases/
- https://media.bom.gov.au/social/
- https://australiainstitute.org.au/media/
- https://australiainstitute.org.au/about/branch/environment/
- https://www.scienceinpublic.com.au/category/media-releases
Conservation
- https://www.natureaustralia.org.au/newsroom/
- https://www.wilderness.org.au/news-events/
- https://www.acf.org.au/media-releases
- https://biodiversitycouncil.org.au/#stories
- https://www.ccwa.org.au/news
- https://www.marineconservation.org.au/media-releases-2/
- https://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/news-media/
- https://wwf.org.au/news/
- https://wwf.org.au/blogs/
- https://www.australianwildlife.org/news/
- https://www.nature.org.au/media
- https://bobbrown.org.au/media/
- https://www.bushheritage.org.au/news
- https://tsx.org.au/updates/
- https://www.queenslandconservation.org.au/blog
- https://www.greenpeace.org.au/news/
- https://www.minderoo.org/news
- https://www.tangaroablue.org/category/features/
- https://www.edo.org.au/the-latest/
- https://www.nefa.org.au/media
- https://aussiebirdcount.org.au/media/
Government
- https://www.dcceew.gov.au/about/news/all
- https://www.climatechangeauthority.gov.au/latest-news
- https://climateextremes.org.au/briefing-notes/
- https://environment.des.qld.gov.au/
- https://www.des.qld.gov.au/our-department/news-media/mediareleases
- https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/newsroom
- https://www.deeca.vic.gov.au/media-centre/home
- https://www.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/news?category=environment
- https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/clean-and-green/green-home-and-community/clean-and-green-blog
Energy/Industry
- https://reneweconomy.com.au/
- https://www.ecogeneration.com.au/
- https://www.innovationaus.com/news/
Special Interest/Other
- https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news
- https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/
- https://australian.museum/blog/
- https://www.climatecouncil.org.au/resource/media-releases/
- https://www.ecovoice.com.au/
- https://takvera.blogspot.com/
- https://envirojustice.org.au/latest/media/
- https://www.friendlyjordies.com/news
- https://www.getup.org.au/media
- https://www.caha.org.au/news
- https://www.jagunalliance.org.au/our-fire-yarns
- https://redflag.org.au/category/climate
- https://www.oxfam.org.au/news-and-media/
- https://www.aycc.org.au/news
- https://news.mongabay.com/list/australia/
- https://www.rewildingmag.com/
- https://www.treehugger.com/
- https://www.ecowatch.com/?s=Australia
- https://www.veganaustralia.org.au/news
- https://plantbasednews.org/all/
- https://regenfarming.news/
- https://farmersforclimateaction.org.au/news/
- https://modernfarmer.com/
- https://www.carbonbrief.org/
- https://www.resilience.org/
- https://www.tern.org.au/news/
- https://techxplore.com/tags/Australia/
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/search/?q=Australia
- https://www.greenleft.org.au/sections/news
- https://carbon-pulse.com/category/australia/
- https://carbon-pulse.com/category/biodiversity/
- https://www.motherjones.com/?s=Australia
- https://afsa.org.au/news/
- https://www.thejuicemedia.com/honest-government-ads/
Unis
- https://www.anu.edu.au/news
- https://science.anu.edu.au/news-events/news
- https://fennerschool.anu.edu.au/news-events/news
- https://www.uq.edu.au/news/
- https://www.usc.edu.au/about/unisc-news
- https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news.html
- https://www.uts.edu.au/news
- https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/
- https://www.qut.edu.au/news
- https://news.griffith.edu.au/
- https://www.unisq.edu.au/news
- https://www.unimelb.edu.au/newsroom
- https://lens.monash.edu/
- https://www.scu.edu.au/news/?newsAreaOfInterest=Science%2C Environment %26 Marine
- https://www.rmit.edu.au/news
- https://www.cdu.edu.au/news
- https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/for-media
- https://www.jcu.edu.au/news
- https://www.jcu.edu.au/this-is-uni/natural-and-built-environments
- https://blogs.adelaide.edu.au/environment/
- https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/news-and-media-releases
- https://www.newcastle.edu.au/newsroom#
- https://www.une.edu.au/connect
- https://www.uwa.edu.au/news
- https://news.flinders.edu.au/
- https://www.murdoch.edu.au/news/
- https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/newscentre/news_centre
- https://www.curtin.edu.au/news/
- https://www.ecu.edu.au/newsroom/overview
- https://news.csu.edu.au/home
- https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories
- https://www.unisa.edu.au/news/
The Conversation Topics + others
Wildlife, Biodiversity, Trees, Carbon Dioxide, Forests, Plants, Drought, Carbon Dioxide Removal, Forestry, Global Warming, Climate Change, Agriculture, Conservation, Gardening, Botany, Insects, Algae, Trees and Forests - The Guardian, Biochar - phys.org
Blogs
- https://worldsendweb.wordpress.com/
- https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.com/
Summarisers
- https://smmry.com/
- https://www.smry.ai/
- https://www.anysummary.app/
- https://resoomer.com/en/
- https://sloppyjoe.com/summarize/
- https://chat.openai.com/
- https://claude.ai
- https://chat.lmsys.org/
- https://perplexity.ai
- https://chat.petals.dev/
- https://lite.koboldai.net/ - AI Horde
- Random List of free AI alternatives
@ChatGPT@lemmings.world- Call in as hyperlinked Lemmy user and ask a question, it will reply with answer - works as of 7/2023
The search history of Tasmanian Supreme Court judge Gregory Geason shows he visited the webpage "Phone tracker: Type in a phone number and find a location" while under a restraining order after the alleged assault of a woman.
Using clangd with vscode to develop a flatpak
I'm developing a program in C++ targeting flatpak, since I'm on an immutable system I'd rather develop for flatpak than try using a container (plus I can't get SDL to open a window in a container anyway). Everything works with GNOME Builder but it's not as nice to use as vscode: less syntax highlighting, doesn't reopen where I left off, can't debug multiple instances (Not to say I don't like GNOME Builder - it's really good and will only get better, it's just slowing me down at this point). I managed to get the flatpak building and debugging from within code, using the vscode-flatpak extension the only thing not working properly is clangd. I am using the meson build system.
This is probably a bit of a long shot, but has anyone else tried to do this?
BTW I'm not talking about using clangd with the vscode flatpak package
What's with all of these stories about beauty companies on ABC
They've run a couple of stories now about small businesses getting ripped off or "duped" in the beauty industry now. I'm not sure I'm meant to feel sorry for them—their entire industry is based on telling women that they don't look good enough.
'A king above the law': US Supreme Court's Trump ruling prompts judges to warn of 'nightmare scenarios'
America's highest court finds ex-presidents have significant protection from criminal prosecution — a historic ruling that's prompted an appeal of Donald Trump's criminal conviction.
How ethical retirement savings are being invested in the world's most destructive weapons
An ABC investigation into superannuation funds offering members "ethical" or "socially aware" options unearths millions of dollars of retirement savings invested in companies that make some of the most controversial and devastating weapons of war.
Why open source are not that important (servers and IT)
Personally I believe this is a very poor take
It's a case of ready, set, mow at the Inverell Speedway, where lawnmowers rather than speeding cars are fast becoming fan favourites.
One Nation published a two-minute video on Friday called 'The State of Queensland' which used Robert Irwin and popular children's character Bluey to mock the state government over perceived failings ahead of the election in October.
Scam Awareness Thread
With so many scams out there, especially now as we face the end of the financial year and the pinned "How to spot a tax scam" post being nearly a year old, I'm going to pin this thread as a place to share advice regarding scams or any new scams you might have noticed.
This isn't to say not to post scam related stuff in the main community but to create a place to keep track of scam related stuff which might get washed away over time.
Australia Community Anniversary Thread
Communities don't get cake days on Lemmy, but looking back at the posts in the Aussie Zone meta community, today 12/06 marks one year since @404@aussie.zone requested the community be created. Since then the top posts this community has had were:
- At 679 - 9 votes and 200 comments: YouTube Premium family plan price update ($17.99/month -> $32.99/month!) (by @trk@aussie.zone
- At 571 - 7 votes and 68 comments: The lack of ads! (by @Gbagginsthe3rd@aussie.zone)
- At 551 - 38 votes and 174 comments: Can we stop buying these stupid things? Thanks (by @R00bot@lemmy.blahaj.zone)
I had a look sorting by controversial and I'm quite surprised that the referendum megathread, which bot recruit @dalekerrigan@aussie.zone kept reminding everyone about.
Within this first year we also participated in the first ever lemmyvision contest, with our nomination ranking 4th.
We've also appointed some extra moderators since the start of the year-@Fluid@aussie.zone, @bestusername@aussie.zone and @eatham@aussie.zone-who have been doing a great job at keeping conversations on track.
What were your favourite interactions and posts on this community over the year? And what would you like to see the community move towards in the years ahead?
Thanks everyone for the wonderful year!
Alternative Brisbane Daily Discussion Thread⸻Tuesday 11/06/2024—🤖🚓🚓🚓 😶🌫️🤔🐈⬛🚫🪥
Suck on that brisbot, I've got emojis, a triple em dash and an em dash.