Lintson

Fear and prejudice transcends all education.

In Australia

Ryobi: for DIY, apprentices or otherwise cheapskates. No shame in it. Best bang for buck if you don't wear them out and the best part is you're not going to be worried that someone will nick off with them. A lot of their range isn't brushless and these tools will let you down the moment you need to do something moderately demanding.

Milwaukee: has won the trades tool war. They have a huge range of tools and their customer service with regard to warranty replacement can't be beat. Tradies are very comforted that know that they can abuse the crap out of their tool and not be out of pocket.

Makita: my house. I consider more of a gentlemans tool even though many swear they are the most rugged things out there. I think their batteries are better than the competition in terms of overall cycles so long as they are not abused. Their carpentry tools are so so buttery to use. Wish they had a bigger tool range.

Bosch: Not as good as the above two but priced the same or higher. Limited tool range. Batteries are really not amazing. Sad to see but the only persons using these are really those who insist on buying only a german/european branded product.

Dewalt: Yellow is not as good as red or teal and is priced accordingly. Weird second best niche. Batteries kind of trash imo.

Ozito/Ferrex/etc: Chinesium. Bit of a roll of the dice. Some stuff may last but generally expect these tools to fail at some point even with light usage. Generally not fun/comfortable to use either.

It's a safety thing as well. They're much less likely to get violently confronted in places like Ballarat.

This is the way

We've actually spent tax dollars sending council members over to Holland to check out the safe bicycle infrastructure

Forget Holland, the most amazing bicycle infrastructure I've seen are in Chinese cities. Because bicycles were a dominant form of transport for most of the 20th century their cities were built to cater for this demand and had to have it work.

I've always liked a Sara Lee cheesecake but Sara Lee faces stiff competition at the budget end of the frozen dessert market and the much expanded availability of higher quality offerings. Australia's dessert tastes are also changing. I expect Sara Lee will follow the likes of Arnotts and other such formerly beloved supermarket snack brands.

Even 10 years ago the topic of this referendum would have been political suicide. Remember Rudd got crucified for apologising. It's actually pretty positive that this referendum, as poorly executed as it was, actually happened.

This is an authoritarians wet dream

Theres already an AI Attenborough that narrates Warhammer 40k lore. It's brilliant

Unfortunately mass transit that works for everyone is the enemy of vehicle manufacturers.

Hydrogen currently doesn't produce, store or transport well. This means it is not as economical as gasoline.

Not really a fan of lithium batts either. We're going to end up with some environmental problems down the line but its the most economically viable tech we have at present if we're intending on living the way we currently live.

Do you live in a domicile that doesn't really have a kitchen? An increasing number of people do.

Do you work a job with shitty near unreasonable hours? Or indeed mutliple jobs? An increasing number of people do.

Sure these services are a convenience but more and more people are coming to actually rely on these services because of their suboptimal living situations.