melbaboutown

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melbaboutown OP ,

Apparently when the Dutch are unhappy with their politicians they go into their house as a group and eat all their food

melbaboutown , (edited )

That's how corporations nickel and dime you. I resist subscription services almost completely (I pay for cloud backup storage for my phone in case of breakage/theft and that's it) because as well as being a constant financial drain they inevitably degrade and enshittify, often even removing things you paid for

melbaboutown ,

Damn, Power And Water cracked down on bottle-sharing now? /s

This stuff about the price reductions after 4 years of blatant gouging is really freaking me out

I mean, that’s 4 years of our lives taken! 4 years of opportunities that were more challenging because they wanted a number on a computer to go up! 4 years of feeling worse than necessary about my finances and management of them and general personhood because i felt like i couldn’t afford anything because everything was...

melbaboutown , (edited )

I don't know what to say other than that I agree with you. Dominant retailers (especially supermarkets) were and are profiteering during a crisis and these 'prices drops' of cents are merely a sop.

At this point a fair few people can't even afford some of those goods

Australia’s back yard chicken owners urged to implement biosecurity measures in case of bird flu outbreak ( www.theguardian.com )

This is paraphrasing and may need fact checking. However from what I've seen of the situation in America this can have a greater than 50% mortality rate, affects humans cats and other animals, and is spreading through cows. It seems to be global however Australia seems to be one of the few places still free of it so far....

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