It may sound insignificant, but quality-of-life issues like these feel incredibly frustrating, and build the feeling that your computer is working against you, rather than with you (or at the very least at cross…
As someone who has worked multiple elections for the Australian Electoral Commission, this is an incredibly rosy view of Australian elections. You’re thinking of the preliminary count in a polling place. On election…
> Really, they're nostalgic for an era when almost everybody else they ran into on the internet shared the background of being a white, male American geek As someone who doesn’t fit into that pigeon hole, and whose…
You're not the only one. Reading the news, I feel like a stranger in my own country. Australians don't share the values I thought we did. I'm leaving early next year. A surprising number of my friends are planning to…
I'm fairly open-minded to a critical take on trans issues, so I gave the linked podcast a listen, and I just want to report back that it's pretty straight-up conspiracy theory thinking. For example, the author of the…
It's worth noting how little debate there was (or is) on any of this here in Australia, by the by. The government decides this is happening, and the media cheer them on. Any critical voice is instantly branded…
It's true that AZ isn't enough for herd immunity, but as I understand it neither is Pfizer or Moderna. It's also worth noting that AZ is extremely effective at preventing serious illness or death from the Delta variant…
Funny you should say that, because that's definitely not the perception among my friends. I wouldn't overly generalise from one's own circles (or the circlejerk that is Aussie Twitter/Reddit) - I think there's genuine…
It may sound insignificant, but quality-of-life issues like these feel incredibly frustrating, and build the feeling that your computer is working against you, rather than with you (or at the very least at cross…
As someone who has worked multiple elections for the Australian Electoral Commission, this is an incredibly rosy view of Australian elections. You’re thinking of the preliminary count in a polling place. On election…
> Really, they're nostalgic for an era when almost everybody else they ran into on the internet shared the background of being a white, male American geek As someone who doesn’t fit into that pigeon hole, and whose…
You're not the only one. Reading the news, I feel like a stranger in my own country. Australians don't share the values I thought we did. I'm leaving early next year. A surprising number of my friends are planning to…
I'm fairly open-minded to a critical take on trans issues, so I gave the linked podcast a listen, and I just want to report back that it's pretty straight-up conspiracy theory thinking. For example, the author of the…
It's worth noting how little debate there was (or is) on any of this here in Australia, by the by. The government decides this is happening, and the media cheer them on. Any critical voice is instantly branded…
It's true that AZ isn't enough for herd immunity, but as I understand it neither is Pfizer or Moderna. It's also worth noting that AZ is extremely effective at preventing serious illness or death from the Delta variant…
Funny you should say that, because that's definitely not the perception among my friends. I wouldn't overly generalise from one's own circles (or the circlejerk that is Aussie Twitter/Reddit) - I think there's genuine…