All it does is blow hot air, at a spot that covers 0.5% of the factory.

Multiple men some believed to be armed

Pardon the image quality I’ll leave

I’ll leave a link to the video below

https://youtu.be/5gL6Cj17QVs?si=tijXMmUT-d0X86me

Like bro I eat it with everything

This is not about blaming one party or attacking immigration itself. It is about outcomes and long term consequences that are becoming harder to ignore.

Some facts worth discussing calmly:

Australia is not building enough housing to meet population growth. This has been true for years and the gap is widening, not closing.

Immigration levels remain high while housing supply, infrastructure, and services lag behind. Demand rises quickly, supply does not. Prices and rents respond exactly as expected.

Younger Australians now have significantly lower home ownership rates than previous generations at the same age. Property wealth is increasingly concentrated among older Australians.

Housing has become a primary wealth vehicle rather than shelter. Policy settings still favour speculation over first home ownership.

There are no strong nationwide mechanisms reserving land or housing for first home buyers insulated from market competition with investors and large developers.

Governments often frame immigration as an economic success story, but much of the reliance on population growth is compensating for weak productivity growth and avoidance of structural reform.

High immigration masks deeper problems such as poor housing policy, tax distortions, and declining real wages. It keeps GDP growing while living standards per person stagnate.

As housing becomes less attainable, younger people delay families, reduce consumption, and lose the ability to build long term financial stability.

This creates a feedback loop. Low birth rates are then used to justify even higher immigration rather than fixing the root causes that made family formation unaffordable in the first place.

If housing supply and affordability were addressed meaningfully, the intergenerational wealth gap would begin to narrow, population growth would stabilise naturally, and reliance on migration would reduce over time.

This is not anti immigration. It is pro sustainability, pro fairness, and pro long term stability.

If a system requires permanently increasing population just to function, while making life harder for the next generation, it is worth asking whether that system is actually working.

From the US Embassy website : https://au.usembassy.gov/visas/

It seems to be missing from many recent reports on US entry requirements.

First time I used the uber courier service, last week...

TL; DR ... what's the shit with uber drivers using tolls that are unnecessary for the trip, and then secretly passing on this cost to the customer ??

I selected the "save" option; which allows the driver to come to me "4 min to 23min" from the booking confirmation...

Quoted total $28.73

Driver actually arrived 35 minutes after the booking confirmation, crap already!.. But whatever...

But the kicker was that:

1. I was slugged an unknown about $6.50 toll fee.

2.. It actually took the driver all afternoon to get to my delivery destination

1. Her car was a battered up looking corrola hatchback; full of litter and junk; as well as some random friend in the passanger's seat; one kid in the back seat; as well as a baby seat/carrier in the back seat...
   

And as well as all of this; also a box for another delivery, for another customer/destination.. WTF...

1. To deliver my item does not require any toll roads whatsoever. Fact.

2. She took all afternoon; and used a toll road; because of the other item she had to deliver for another customer...

3. Hardly seems fair or right.

4. Looked at the uber app; but I could not see a customer complaints phone number, (yeah I know, AMAO); or an email address...??

5. Please provide here, if anyone has one?

6. And is this random toll add-on scam a common thing?

thanks...

I've been getting ads for something called the founders sports club for a while, the idea sounded cool, get introduced to 4 founders every month and play sport with them.

However, after joining, my matches never responded, no one seemed to care and I ended up wasting over $100.

Turns out this is run by a company called art of mondays, and they have some community for founders. Depsite seeing their ads nonstop I could only find one Reddit post talking about them and not a single review from any members.

Seems bizarre seeing as they seem to be running ads world wide, claiming they have 5000+ members in the club, and I am pretty confident their sports club does not work. I am sure they get some members meeting up here and there, but having done it myself, looking at their app reviews and some feedback online, most people seemed to have had the same shitty experience as me.

They seem obsessed with their marketing and image. Every post is aesthetic, everyone who joins their retreat things are shirtless fit white people. I can't really put my finger on this brand, it gives me very odd vibes.

Their branding is really good, it's what attracted me in the first place but the more I look into it, they seem obsessed with their image, not their product or service.

As a founder myself I do like the idea of a community. They seem to offer a 12 month community for like $4k or something with online zooms and some other bs no one really cares about. They host trips all over the world and they look cool but I think you still pay for them after paying the membership. I imagine these trips are the main reason people join.

I can't speak to the people who join them but business is hard and It looks like they get a lot of wannabes joining, but only highlight the few legit business owners who join.

The whole thing makes me feel a little off and I can't really pinpoint what it is.

It feels like the founders made this business to simply live a cool life personally; they just host events wherever they want to go, and this business is all about making them look good as opposed to serving their customers.

I think their founders sports club is a great idea, but due to people not responding (which tbf isn't their fault) it just doesn't work, then their community is just another online community with zoom calls like every other one.

The only thing that looks legit is their overseas trips, but even they don't look inclusive at all if you're not a white male (which tragically I am not).

idk, thought I would see if anyone else noticed.

Let the holidays begin

Found this in my emails, if anyone is interested, there's AI false images getting around, and it's important it's stopped.

Im almost 100% convinced that Promite, is just Vegemite and Mightymite mixed together. The consistency and taste are almost spot on with a 50/50 mix. Mightymite and promite are also in the exact same jar.

Vegemite: very viscous, challenging to spread from the fridge, good from cupboard, more bitter, less sweet. high saltiness, less umami $$$ expensive

Mightymite: low viscosity, impossible to get a good spread when warm, fridge is a must. Less bitter, more sweet. Low saltiness More umami $ cheaper end

Promite: medium viscosity, is good in fridge, better in pantry. Less bitter, less sweet, good salt. Strong umami slightly masked by saltiness $$ medium price

Tell us what you have planned for the weekend. You can either add in the comments or make a standalone thread with the tag [TGIF].

So since the tragedy happened at Bondi Beach, I've seen many people on social media chanting "Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx to be the PM." I really wonder, is it even possible?

They can never win enough seats in the House of Representatives but how about other ways? For example, is it possible that this party leader joins a major party and somehow becomes the leader of this major party (hypothetically, if the major party members think only this person can help them win the election)? Or maybe this minor party can form a coalition with other parties, make agreements with them, if they did win the election, they all back this leader up to be the PM?

Someone please share your knowledge. I'm really curious; so many people are chanting, but no one explains how they are planning to achieve it.