We do have that here. All our food comes from one of only three grocery brands. Two of which make up 90% of the market. There was a government commission into the cost of groceries but nothing has really been happened other than one CEO quitting under public pressure. But then again eggs are only $AUD 5.19/dozen so maybe it worked more than we realised.

I moved from Australia to London. Overall I would say I had a bad time. But I learned a lot about myself.

Visa - I was fortunate to have a parent who was born in England. Nevertheless to take advantage of this fact I had to secure the paperwork to prove their citizenship, and also as part of my application I had to travel to the closest capital city and make my application in person at the UK consulate General. I had to bring bank statements proving I had a certain amount of money in my account and had to surrender my Australian passport to be sent overseas for processing in addition to paying the application fees. With no guarantee of success.

Travel - I had to decide whether to sell off all my possessions or put them in storage and pay the fees. Ended up going 50/50 and giving away a lot of things to friends and family. Travelled to the UK with luggage just slightly over the weight limit which meant some additional fees but that was okay.

Money - So I had to prove I had a certain amount of savings for my application. Now I had to figure out how to access that money in the UK without losing it all to international fees. A lot of banks need a written reference and proof of a permanent address before you can open an account. You need an account before you can get paid and you need to be paid before you can pay rent. This is tricky to organise. Luckily there are companies you can pay to set this up for you. You may need to pay quite a bit of international transfer fees to get started. Do it that way to avoid the stress and run around. Then use a service like Transfer wise to move money back and forth between you UK and overseas accounts as the fees are much lower.

Tax - You will still need to pay income tax in your home country even though you’re paying tax in the UK. This caught me out and I ended up owing a lot.

Rent - Housing and rent is a huge issue in the UK. Share housing is the norm even for high middle class earners. Punk houses do exist in some places but you need local connections to make them happen.

Connections - Making personal connections is very difficult especially when you’re busy sorting out everything else. Going to a few meetings, finding groups near where you live is a way to start but be ready to not understand a lot of the local issues or dynamics.

It’s about the same price, where I am in Australia. We had a bird flu outbreak last year which meant there was some shortages but prices haven’t gone crazy.

He’s got one trick folks.

It’s runs PS2 perfectly at 2x resolution and 60fps. The only game I had problems with was Snake Eater.

It is great.

The correct answer. The perfect duology.

I just don’t understand how any normal person can look at a Dutton Reinhardt Musk coalition and think “Yep. Those folks want what’s best for me.” It’s fucking insane.

Why? Money of course. He’s going to fund the liberals campaign just you watch.

They stole the term ‘libertarian’ from anarchists. There’s every chance they’ll steal anarchism as a phrase as well.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Rothbard

I can’t tell you how much nicer it is to have a hybrid or ev bus pass you as a pedestrian than a massive rumbling stinking diesel.

We still aren’t even close to repairing all the damage from Black Saturday, let alone being at the point of ‘recovery’.

I do disaster relief and our organisation is at operating at its limit to cover everything that hits us every year.

I can’t imagine how our infrastructure is meant to cope with more of this happening more often.

Great. Just what we needed. More billionaires holding the keys to government agencies.

We aren’t laughing. My wife and I sat down with our in-laws the other day and had very serious conversations about watching the rise of fascism, and wondering if our country would go the same way.

According to OnlyFans’ own data, the average monthly income for content creators (the term used to refer to those who have monetized profiles on OnlyFans) is only $277.77 (Silverman, Dec 2022). But, even for those who spend a minimum of 40 hours a week (full-time) preparing content, cross-marketing on social media, and communicating with content consumers (or buyers), the average monthly income is still only $1,111.00 (Avery Center, 2022). That is an average annual income of $13,332.00, which is below the poverty line.

OF is capitalist exploitation disguised as female empowerment. Until a federated equivalent is developed the majority of profits will continue to go to platform owners.

Feels like the natural result of selling off our national infrastructure. Who’d have thunk it.

Have you considered just moving to a new instance? I like my slrpnk instance.

God bless this traditional couple. You see this Libs?! You MAD triggered yet???