When it becomes really advanced (we could even do it now, actually), we replace all upper management jobs and leaving human work to human workers, e.g. customer service, healthcare, arts and culture etc.

So I just found out my local Maribyrnong councillor has died of unknown causes in her home. This is quite shocking.

It was meant to be pedalphile, as in bicycle pedals, but I obviously mispelled it and I’ve chosen to stick with the name to constantly shame myself.

It was either that or spokesperson and I didn’t think that was clever enough. Ironically, I’ve ended up looking very stupid and I’m fine with that.

I’m having a pretty good day today. I hope everyone here has at least one moment of joy today.

One deluxe seafood curry with hot tea, please.

Set up automatic bank transfers to chop your income into % parts: 5% play money, 20% savings, bills etc. do what works for you. Get rid of unnecessary subscriptions.

Subscriptions.

How fast do download speeds in Mildura get?

Woke up to the sound of some nutter with his hand on the horn speeding down my 40km/h residential street. Somebody obviously got up on the wrong side of the bed and is dragging the rest of us down with them! 😤

That project was an absolute disaster. Builder lost millions and then substituted everything out for cheaper products. I swear, there’s stuff there that’s not to code.

The biggest travesty of all? Closing off the completely accessible underground pedestrian tunnel, forcing you to wait at the traffic lights.

That’s where automation comes in to do the menial repetitive jobs and the remaining humans take on more complex tasks. Everything will work itself out.

So… Critical thinking and logic shouldn’t apply to the lay person then? The government in the UK reflects on our actions here?

But we’re splitting hairs here. The point of disruption is to stir up conversation and keep the issue front and centre. We’re in the middle of a climate crisis. Our quality of life is trending downwards. Interrupting the public comes after scientists giving hard facts to the world that have been largely ignored for decades.

I kind of want to go to the dog park and hang out with other people’s dogs today. Not sure if that’s socially acceptable.

Such a nonsensical rule to try and keep everyone’s lawns looking pristine. Messy gardens are way more beneficial to wildlife.

Dragon Age origins.

Exceptional writing and I walked right into it just expecting a cool fantasy game. I got hit with my first experience of in game romances, the shock of betrayal, the sacrifices… It was such a brilliant experience. Makes me really, really want to play it again now.

I thought it was more like 80%?

This is where the US is waves ahead of Australia. The indigenous population is small now (2%) but hasn’t always been, and we put them (and still do) through many, many atrocities… If you’re at all interested, check out indigenous deaths in custody. There’s also the constant destruction of their traditional heritage (birthing trees, rock art etc.). The stereotype here for an Aboriginal is that they’re drunkards and drug users. This is not reality but a huge majority think this.

As a country, we have deep seated institutionalised racism that has taken root and flourished over the last few decades. We have this national way of thinking where the indigenous population needs to comply to our laws, our way of life. If an indigenous family wants traditional education, nah - go to one of the ‘normal’ schools. Want to learn an indigenous language? Nah, learn German or French or Japanese.

We also have severe tall poppy syndrome where we can’t let anyone have it better than anyone else. Our Australia Day is also a huge issue since it’s on the day of the first colonists landing.

All in all, we don’t have an equivalent because we have a rotten attitude to our first nations.

Wow. I just looked at the front page and that’s actually amazing.

Short answer - no. Australia does not have such a thing, especially with that much support. We have some indigenous people in government but they represent their seat, not specifically indigenous affairs. There is currently no body that represents indigenous affairs as a whole.

It can be established by the government of the day, which it was back when Kevin Rudd was our PM (Labor Party). However, this body was then abolished by the next government, run by Tony Abbott and others since (Coalition).

Now, we have Labor in power again and this referendum was called to have a voice enshrined in our constitution so that it couldn’t be abolished by future governments. Since we nationally voted no, our current Labor government can establish something like the BIA, however there is a high risk that this will be yet again abolished like last time.

I remain hopeful. Even though a vast majority voted no to establish a body, I certainly hope that we have a government that can put something into action and that the Libs stay stuck in the weeds until they find what they stand for again.

I’ll have two of what this one is smoking, please.