melbaboutown

joined 2 years ago
 

An advocacy service over the phone for people living with opioid dependence.

There’s not much I can do but share resources and hope it helps someone.

 

Edit: The rules are changing for permanent residents - see article.

Temporary residents are allowed to keep using their overseas license.

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by melbaboutown@aussie.zone to c/environment@aussie.zone
 

The weather is warming up and it’s good to put out water. Especially now I’ve got magpies here.

However I stopped doing it because of potential disease transmission with avian flu. (Especially owning a vulnerable elderly cat - who is kept indoors but could get sick if I tracked something in.)

I’m physically disabled so would have trouble cleaning and disinfecting the water containers daily.

What’s everyone else’s plan for managing this?

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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@aussie.zone 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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