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Bushfire.io is another good tool. Similar to the RFS map, but it’s not limited by state and they have more than just fire data. They have an app as well as the web map.
Iirc, the Hazards Near Me app replaces the old Fires Near Me and some other things. E.g. there used to be a separate app for floods; now it’s all amalgamated into the one Hazards app.
2·9 天前We’re on the last day of a heat wave. It’s been affecting my sleep. Tonight the heat should break, and I am really looking forward to nicer temps tomorrow (and hopefully better sleep tonight).
5·10 天前Does pineapple belong on pizza?
Got to know a couple of my husband’s online friends, who turned out to be pretty amazing people as well as being very supportive friends. I really would have struggled without them, these last few months.
MCCAIN FOODS (AUST) PTY LTD - McCain Cheese & Bacon Pizza Pockets 400g Published 12 December 2025 Red box with yellow McCain Logo
McCain Foods (Aust) Pty Ltd are conducting a recall of the above product. The product has been available for sale in Woolworths, Coles and independent retailers including IGA nationally and online.
Date Markings: BEST BEFORE OCT 2026 A (289, 290, 291)
Problem: The presence of foreign matter (plastic, metal).
Food safety hazard: Food products containing plastic and/or metal may cause illness/injury if consumed.
What to do: Consumers should not eat this product. Consumers should return the product(s) to the place of purchase for a full refund. Any consumers concerned about their health should seek medical advice.
For further information please contact: McCain Foods (Aust) Pty Ltd 1800 000 422 [email protected] mccain.com.au
8·1 个月前This morning I have opened: Lemmy (aussie.zone), Discord, WhatsApp, Bluesky, Messenger, Facebook, Tumblr, YouTube.
None of them have asked me to verify my age, neither the ones that said they would nor the ones explicitly exempt nor the ones about which we know nothing.
My Facebook and Google accounts are probably old enough that they don’t need to verify. All the other accounts are too young for that to work.
Bluesky asked me to enter my date of birth, but did not require anything to substantiate the date I entered.
I’m a Millennial, so my age isn’t an issue. But I don’t want to give anything identifying to any platform. (I like the approach aussie.zone is taking.) So I am relieved that thus far my accounts are unaffected.
But I’m also feeling a healthy dose of “where’s the boogeyman we were promised?” and wondering when the shoe is going to drop.
8·2 个月前Tbh I would be amazed if anyone in the government knows that Lemmy exists. But we’ll see.
As of Nov 5, this is as far as the list of sites affected goes:
Services that eSafety considers will be age-restricted social media platforms
- Kick
- Snapchat
- Threads
- TikTok
- X (formerly Twitter)
- YouTube
Services that eSafety considers will not be age-restricted social media platforms
- Discord
- GitHub
- Google Classroom
- LEGO Play
- Messenger
- Roblox
- Steam and Steam Chat
- YouTube Kids
Thanks for the update.
I really should get back on Mastodon…
I’m currently playing around with Debian on an old laptop of mine. If I can get the setup to a place where it feels sufficient for me to take my hands off, it could be the answer for this other computer.
(Thanks for DE recommendations. It does my head in trying to keep straight which ones are suited to which uses.)
I had Zorin on my own computer for a while and really liked it, but it was crashing every few days and I decided I didn’t want to put up with that. I’ll give it another try one of these days - the issue may have been resolved, or my hardware my be different by then. But I won’t use it on a computer whose user can’t do thryr own tech support.
98% of the time when they’ve had a problem with Windows, they just needed to restart the computer. (It has been impossible to convince them that computers need a full shutdown periodically, and Windows doesn’t cope with ‘always on’.)
When it’s something more than that, they either have to find someone closer to help or wait until we visit. Doing tech support long-distance for people who can’t adequately describe the problem is a losing game.
Facebook and Instagram.
10 years ago they were very helpful for keeping up with friends I didn’t see very often. Now, Facebook is full of sponsored posts and politics rather than the personal updates I want; and the Instagram feed has more posts from people I don’t follow than from people I do.
I stepped away from both a year ago. In the main, I don’t miss them. The unfortunate part is that Facebook is the only place local community stuff is posted, so I can’t quit entirely. But I no longer have the app on my phone; I just open it in Firefox when I need to look do a specific thing.