Wow, I think you win this game. Sorry to hear all that. Thank you for what you and your family are going through for this poor girl, her mother, and us all.
Whether mandatory voting is bad or not, certainly it’s way better than the American situation, where one particular party’s strategy to win elections is to discourage and actively prevent people from voting. In Australia, every political party seeks to win by collecting votes.
I am in one of those walking boot cast things for the foreseeable future. I bought sharpies to decorate it so it isn't as terrible. How should I decorate it?
I’ll probably be in the boot until at least February. It has to be work appropriate because I’ll be back at the office part time starting next month
Did any coal-in-your-stocking type of things happen to you on Christmas Day?
I discovered a few carpenter ants in my abode and immediately waged war against them. I shall prevail and reclaim my territory.
'Cookie clash' [OC] (feddit.nl)
cross-posted from: feddit.nl/post/7668102...
What are some small things we should change about the human body?
Ripping off a post I just saw in the Isaac Arthur subreddit. Imagining we work out the technical ability. Examples they suggested were:...
Why is Australia the only "core anglosphere" country where voting is mandatory?
Thai Red Curry additive
I’ve been asked to make a Thai Red curry with chicken for a larger party, and they’ve asked for the soup to be of variable spicyness....
What's the funniest mishearing of song lyrics you've had?
Tears in Heaven...
Ralph McQuarrie's Mos Eisley Cantina art (lemmy.world)