Posts by bencourtice@aus.social
(DIR) Post #ASrbG15f1ncGQCtptQ by bencourtice@aus.social
2023-02-20T07:18:39Z
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@vik It takes some skill to operate the saw with one hand while holding a beer in the other
(DIR) Post #ATGXQ6I9W5JDgJLnDE by bencourtice@aus.social
2023-03-04T08:03:31Z
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@johnquiggin As the old joke goes, the average voter/"punter" is 51% female, 49% male...
(DIR) Post #ATUROVOJViKGZ3jA1o by bencourtice@aus.social
2023-03-11T01:01:56Z
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@johnquiggin "a new low in Australian journalism" yep
(DIR) Post #AThap4Ri7yeFZlZsKO by bencourtice@aus.social
2023-03-17T09:18:37Z
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@johnquiggin Guardian Oz, perhaps because of the way it was set up, seems generally more leftish than the UK version
(DIR) Post #ATnad6fdCGrVws8xKS by bencourtice@aus.social
2023-03-20T06:44:57Z
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@johnquiggin Don't know if this answers the question entirely, but acceptance of LGBTI+ rights has continued to move forward in Australia, through active campaigns - most obviously equal marriage. Which also saw the right wing trying to whip up a storm of hate and generally flopping.
(DIR) Post #ATxjbgzUtUmUIUt7pY by bencourtice@aus.social
2023-03-25T04:12:39Z
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@johnquiggin I am very much in favour. But there's a version I've seen argued that workers will be more productive per hour, and easily do the same amount of work in 4 days. This may be true of some intellectual labour, as you can only push your brain so hard, staying back late doesn't always show extra results. But many more menial/manual jobs can't be rationalised like that. Deliveries, call centres, construction etc just take the time that they take. For casual workers, a 4 day week could mean getting their hours cut while being worked harder. I think a call for a shorter work week needs some qualification, eg no loss in net pay, no speed-ups.
(DIR) Post #ATy9e4OlQyJSHXV6pM by bencourtice@aus.social
2023-03-25T09:04:24Z
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@johnquiggin I see shorter work week as being more use for wealth redistribution and curtailing the rule of capital over our lives than for productvity sharing. Productivity is the logic of capital, surely there are better ways forward.
(DIR) Post #AtQtF1pLg86v6higdM by bencourtice@aus.social
2025-04-25T00:07:53Z
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Windows is increasingly annoying so looking at Linux once more. ho hum. Mint is supposedly easy but just downloading it requires following a set of poorly written instructions that assume you are already running Linux anyway. I know some of you love this shit but I hate it. I just want my software to run without having to think or learn about how.
(DIR) Post #AtRXZH8eSPkeYJxRhI by bencourtice@aus.social
2025-04-25T07:17:43Z
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#Nazis staged a provocation at the #anzacday war memorial events, jeering at the Indigenous Welcome to Country. Which is horrible. Also horrible: all those veterans, families and onlookers let slip the opportunity for a brief WW2 re-enactment.
(DIR) Post #B2MyxFYtHwzCgliB8K by bencourtice@aus.social
2026-01-16T21:10:50Z
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Free Iran rally#melbourne #naarm "Be the voice of the people of Iran!"Saturday 17 January. 12pm, State Library, Victoria.Iranian leftists have asked left wing Australians to join the rally to help drown out the monarchists, who are allied with Israel and the US.#IranRevolution2026