So this could be a good project.

I think the key to it being lower carbon emissions will be if there is a regime of thorough and ongoing leakage assessment.

If this isn’t done, you can forget about it being lower emissions. They have a significant leak and the Methane will be more damaging than the co2 would have been.

I definitely still don’t trust myself either. But that was fun, made waiting in line for a haircut more interesting.

I don’t hate that name.

But I always felt that aussie.zone should be Australasia centric instead of aussie centric. This was a thought before the Kiwis got their instance going though.

Glad your jumping in to modding @eureka

A key way the fediverse differentiates itself should be from numerous and active mods and admins with their instances best interesta at heart.

Hmm… i suppose i see what you mean.

I just think the Southwest has a hell of a lot more to offer as well as tourism. It’d be a shame to see Bunbury’s leaders limit their vision around tourism alone.

Haha, i didn’t connect the dots there.

What does RTFA stand for?

I know nothing about pruning, and am really interested to follow this thread as well.

In saying that, my general rule has been general pruning only during autumn or spring. If theres a dead branch then anytime, the sooner it comes off the better. Always clean the cutting implement before and after use, to remove any nasties. I’ll usually give the plant a good drink after pruning as well.

I have no idea whether i’m doing the right things here or not though.

My plan, water out for the birds, aircon on, splash mats out and slow, quiet days.

Theres also a nest with a baby chick out my back door. Its in full sun for the whole day though, so i might see if i can rig something up to give that nest some shade. Plus i’ll go out multiple times a day and give the area a misting maybe.

Yeah, that lags a killer, although i’ve noticed its better than it used to be. But its still days.

Yeah, it’d be interesting for there to be an exit survey. I’m always interested why people leave, especially those like Ilandar.

Gee sounds like you’ve had a year. Gipe the plan goes smoothly from here on for ya then. :)

Nationalsim v Patriotism.

I’s avoiding patriotism, (although also acceptable), because its often a mistake to divide each other apart if its unnecessary. In this case, the vast majority of the US population are not in some MAGA movement/cult. In fact about a third of US voters we can only say have lent these people their votes. However, many more than that would likely accept a nationalistic self image as a fair description of themselves.

I specifically want to counter the idea that to be nationalistic is only a negative thing. Civic Nationalism is a very important thing for countries like ours. The broad designation ‘nationalist’ shouldn’t be surrendered, especially where common perceptions lead to unfavourable results, (see what i say above about likely self images).

Recognition of common interests is also harder if people are speaking different dialects. In this case there is no need to be distanced by that linguistic difference.

By avoiding its use, the broader population can misunderstand civic minded/progressive/left/etc, peoples lack of referrals to ‘nationalism’ as being ashamed of, or hating, their country.

This (dictionary.com) is a good base for the terms. You’re right to assume the negative connotations. Hopefully you see i’s attempting to counter the popular use by pointing out its importance.

In the context of my comment about the US flag, i saw someone paint one of those blue line US flags with the LGBTQ+ rainbow colours. In my opinion civic minded US people should be taking back their flag in those ways more often.

We had a few hot days the other day, and i said in conversation to a friend that i’s putting extra water bowls out in the garden.

She looks at me dead in face, “don’t you think the birds have adapted to survive?”

Animals have a limit to this stuff. I couldn’t believe my ears.

Oh right, i see what you mean. Its avoiding double taxation of the same monies.

Because the employees pay is taxed also, if the tax office were to tax the whole $10,000 it would mean they effectively tax the same set of money twice. In this example that $5000 of employee wages would be taxed first as business tax, then as income tax.

Your kidding. Thats ridiculous. Are you doing it in stages due to the cost, or where your at with reno’s?

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First and foremost, i’m an Australian. I know USA politics pretty well, but its not my context, i don’t usually comment on this stuff on ‘wild lemmy’ to this depth, because i’m painfully aware that context matters. The only reason i’m commenting is because i know the fear and depression setting in won’t help, you all gota carry on, and depression/anger won’t help the effectiveness of your efforts. Take that as a caveat to dismiss me if you feel it just misses the mark.

Note: when i say ‘your’ i’m meaning it as a plural.

Okay, so in my minds eye, my comment was really for any scientist/stakeholder with an ongoing specific interest in an ongoing green project or something of that nature. Its not a comment for winning arguments with friends, its a comment for getting as close to what you need, from the people in power. Its Dale Carnegie, or Real Politik. So the “leverage”, the “extraction” is all refering to a specific stakeholders case.

I’ll start at the end, because i felt that was one of the more important parts. “Making demands they don’t want to refuse” doesn’t mean demanding exactly what you want and how you want it,

Take a street protest, as an example, the MAGAs will love nothing more than to stomp down a big street protest for climate action. It may be cathartic for the people at the protest to be a part of that protest, but whatever/if concessions are given will be ‘blood out of a stone’. In this case they will do almost anything in their refusal.

I’m not saying don’t protest, i’m sure there will be, and i hope they shake the foundations of Washington or wherever they are held. Please look after yourselves, i think the authorities will be coming for a fight.

Or the other option, i could use the first example of Solar Panels. Use China, the elite are so terrified they’re losing to China they’re willing to do almost anything. So state the case that China makes the most/best Solar panels. Don’t define it in terms of climate action, state it in ‘power and domination’ terms. Appeal to their natural authoritive tendencies (they trust their own authority, undermine that trust). You could also make it binary China’s win, is the US’ loss and hopefully by the end they “won’t want to refuse”.

These two examples, i hope, show you both sides of that statement. They won’t be perfect, and like any negotiation there never a guarantee it’ll work. But its a strategy that stakeholders like scientists might need to rely on for the greater good.

MAGA is a cult

After reading your paragraph below this I don’t think you can justify calling it a cult in the traditional sense. I agree, its murky at best.

Its maybe a cult of personality, its probably better described as a cult of ragetainment. Once people get bored, they tend to drift away, let them get bored, that means people who disagree shouldn’t rise to the bait. Instead make a joke out of it, satire is a sensationally satisfying art. Boredom is good it gives the brain time to be thoughtful, instead of reacting to the latest ragebait.

I’m definitely uncomfortable classing MAGA as a cult in the traditional sense. Maybe its a movement. My key point here is the strong and continued correlation between Trump voters and Bernie, and AOC voters. This is key in my understanding. It means theres a broad rejection of the status quo.

I’d like to caveat the above by acknowledging this isn’t a one to one correlation. But, i could make a similar argument for the conservative-religious and trump voters, its more of a marriage of convenience in that instance.

There is absolutely a section who are fully signed up Trump. But in terms of voter rolls its likely a smaller share of voters than we give it credit.

Lastly, appeals to nationalism aren’t MAGAs or fascists, or Conservatives, or what-evers exclusive domain. If your proud of where your from, even if its in the most roundabout ways, then you have some nationalism. Don’t let a words bad reputation hold you back from making the place you love somewhere you can be even more proud of, Liberals, leftists, whatevers can be nationalistic to. Use that USA flag of yours in your own ways, theres no need to cede that shit to authoritarians.

I’ve never been a business owner, but i’ve heard about the extra costs, usually from bosses complaints about their inability to pay more.

Interestingly, i’ve never heard about the tax break you mention.

I’s under the impression payroll tax, and insurance were the biggest extra costs to employing people. If theres a general tax break to those, then i have witnessed some rather convincing crocodile tears in my time.

Cheers!

Bookmarked as well, if my bookmarks are anything to go by, thats as rare as you suggest :)