Gah a certain council has ruined the lime bike experience in the space of 2 weeks through having insufficient permitted parking locations.
David ⚡⚛ ⚡ - also https://mastodon.social/@__db__ and dbph on x
@dbph.bsky.social
/me yet another random hacker. (@atlassian). Journalist as defined by the Evidence Act 1995. Subject to gdpr as an EU citizen.
Better economic insights make for better housing policy. This was a big part of the case for land use planning reform we made in our recent housing research at Grattan. That’s why it was great to see NSW commit this week to feasible capacity targets for local council plans. 🧵
Is this a JoJo reference?
YIMBY WIN: Today Minns has announced that they’re going to get councils to prepare plans with 30 years of *feasible* capacity to address the housing crisis. This comes after the NSW Prod Comm report showing feasible capacity has doubled under current govt, but needs to be 4Xed.
Everybody wants house prices down. The only way we can get there is by building more homes.
"On average, participants went from having moderate asthma symptoms to having mild symptoms. Emergency room visits and hospitalizations for asthma fell by 70%. Missed days of work or school because of asthma dropped by about 80%. At the same time, indoor levels of nitrogen dioxide decreased by 70%."
Replacing gas stoves with electric stoves greatly reduces asthma symptoms
People with poorly controlled asthma may be able to breathe easier by making a change in the kitchen.
theconversation.com
Day ONE of the Granville Street pedestrian zone extension, early Monday morning before the new activations and games are even installed, and people were already arriving to check out the street. Lots of kids! If you’re downtown, come for a stroll, lunch, or bring your work meeting to the street!
Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2w agoAre you one of the 69% of Vancouver residents (63% Metro) who wanted Granville Street to STAY a pedestrian zone & people-place after the #WorldCup ends? WEEK ONE of the 7-week extension starts TOMORROW, with emphasis on day-time & families. JUST BEING ON THE STREET SUPPORTS ITS SUCCESS! Come see!
when my 12 year old's friends come over we often end up playing 2v2s with me and my husband vs kid and his friend and i think it's so great that these kids are growing up experiencing a mom absolutely whoop their ass at video games
The Age reports that the Vic govt is planning to abolish group voting tickets, at essentially the last minute before the election. Vic is the last place in the country still using this system in its upper house.
Election overhaul to hurt crossbenchers and aid One Nation
Victoria’s upper house is likely to be different after November, as the government moves to abolish “preference-whispering”.
theage.com.au
The Squamish people of what is now Vancouver were illegally dispossessed of their land 100 years ago. They sued, got the land back, and used their sovereignty to ignore local zoning and build 6,000 new homes over the loud objections of nearby wealthy NIMBYs. Now other tribes are getting in the game.
eggnog slut@deus01.bsky.social · 2mo agoEveryone loves land back anti colonialism until they take your undeveloped land to build condos
Farage versus Binface is absolute the summer we deserve
this season of anime seems fairly good
We're seeing a head-to-head race heating up between the joke candidate and Count Binface. chaser.com.au/world/aussie...
The Randwick City Council meeting is certainly entertaining this week. #freeparkingisahumanright /s
Thread. I'm listening with horror to this BBC interview, which is ostensibly about climate change. Liam Young is an Australian architect who saw Blade Runner and decided "that's the vision of the future we need." Wait, what?🧵
BBC Radio 4 - This Cultural Life, Liam Young
Artist, filmmaker and speculative architect Liam Young reveals his cultural influences.
bbc.co.uk
#Discover #Iran #Trump #Trump'sWarOfChoice #Trump'sIranWar #StraitOfHormuz Well, that didn't take long. 🙄 www.yahoo.com/news/world/a...
Iran says it has sole control over Hormuz strait again
Iran has sole control over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz for the next 30 days, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said, after the fragile ceasefire with the US appeared to disintegrate amid a flu...
yahoo.com
ddg: why no weekly anime release this week for current season ddg: when next season start (ddg =Duck duck go)
Ford has rehired hundreds of senior engineers after replacing them with AI backfired and has cost the company billions of dollars. AI adoption is blamed for Ford being the most recalled automaker in the U.S. with 51 recalls covering over 11 million vehicles in the first half of 2026 alone.
Are heritage advocates & consultants the original slop shippers ? > "there is a lot of sloppiness and inaccuracies in heritage listings ... no accountability for the sloppiness" www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmOM...
Inquiry into the Review of the Heritage Act 1977 - 17 August 2021
YouTube video by NSWParliament
youtube.com
Either Keir Starmer is resigning or I've got a new scratching post.
A new party of teal independents is poised to launch as early as this week as part of a closely-held plan to formalise the group’s loose alliance under a fresh “community” label, counter new donations laws & push back at the rise of PHON www.afr.com/politics/fed... #auspol archive archive.is/IgCzW
Teal-led ‘community’ party poised for take-off
A new party of independents is poised to launch as early as this week, formalising a loose alliance under a fresh label.
afr.com
Trading data & methods to call very much undocumented APIs is part of hacker culture, in a similar fashion to general info sharing. It also turns out to be part of YIMBY culture - although strictly for legal APIs & methods. phrack.org/issues/71/17...
Calling All Hackers
Click to read the article on phrack
phrack.org
As a parent you should be creating several different personas and aliases for your children before they can use a keyboard.
Today, Pauline Hanson complained about people who have difficulty speaking English. Luckily, her speech provided the perfect example for anyone wanting to learn the language.