👏 I've really got to get around to listrning to her audiobook. I've had it sitting in my library for too long.

Doesnt the US have important deals and strategic assets re. Space industry and defense here in Aus? Why the heck aren't we negotiating these tarifs?

I have not been able to log in at all, even after trying multiple browsers, until today! Glad to be back

Was there any more clarification on whether this instance would "defederate" from Meta? I remember reading about it ~5 months ago and posting a general query. IIRC the response was "we'll cross that bridge if/when we get to it".

I only have very basic knowldge of how the fediverse works, but does this mean Meta (Threads) is connected on lemmy ?

This sucks, my 10 yr old dog is 2/3 of the way through a 9kg bag 😵‍💫 Update: I was able to swap it for a new 9kg bag. Our original bag wasn't affected by mould luckily

For everyday general cleaning I listen to "clean with me" season 3.

*note, even if the non cleaning related time filling chat isn't that interesting, the structure of the show helps me to "get things done"

For decluttering/organising I recommend Dana K White on youtube/ her audiobooks.

Now that I have created the habit of cleaning to podcasts I can pop on a general podcast from time to time, but def still use the cleaning podcast weekly and if im in a slump

Link still works in old reddit

😩 even just watching the rover dump samples on mars surface fills me with frustration. Where humanity goes, there shall be rubbish

Thanks I will keep an eye out for updates. For this user federating with meta would feel like assimilating with the borg.

The last remaining sand mine on Minjerribah (worlds second largest sand island) closed in 2019. It will take a long time to rehabilitate the sand mining sites, they've left "scars" on the island. IIRC some locals were concerned about the loss of jobs. It will be interesting to see if this will be resumed in some form, if sand really is becoming a rare commodity.

Thanks !

Me too!