Brad Lanham @brad@mastodon.lanham.id.au

@dgar

"In 20 years, the only people who will remember how much overtime you did will be your children."

You likely know - so this is just a reminder - Lifeline #Canberra EPIC Bookfair is on this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

https://www.lifelinecanberra.org.au/books/

Wealth of Elon Musk
2012: $2,000,000,000
2023: $248,800,000,000

Wealth of Jeff Bezos
2012: $18,400,000,000
2023: $160,900,000,000

Wealth of Mark Zuckerberg
2012: $17,500,000,000
2023: $105,200,000,000

Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2023: $7.25

Three words: tax the rich.

Getting money from the government.

It's gotten so bad at Qantas I have had to do a cartoon about it that is how bad it has gotten. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/04/qantas-australias-bff-or-just-a-bunch-of-slot-hoarders

I published an email from Annabel Crabb (with her permission), critical of a piece I wrote about Kitchen Cabinet. I think this sort of transparency is useful, and would encourage you to read the whole thing. My response is there too, as is the original article.
https://open.substack.com/pub/tdunlop/p/kitchen-confidential?r=bhqa3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

I keep forgetting this, but on many #kde applications you can type `ctrl-alt-i` and have a krunner type interface but for the tools inside the program you are in.

Ages when you’re in your prime: 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97, 101, 103, 107, 109

Welcome friends to the inaugural First Dog on the Moon Book Club! https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/04/what-fancy-books-are-you-reading-what-serious-work-am-i-reading-who-is-the-more-impressive-reader

who called it object oriented programming and not class struggle

There’s been a lot of speculation around what Threads will be and what it means for Mastodon. We’ve put together some of the most common questions and our responses based on what was launched today:

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/07/what-to-know-about-threads/

Whoa, this is so cool!! Life may have triggered #PlateTectonics. These researchers suggest that, about 2 1/2 billion years ago, bacteria caused iron to precipitate out of the oceans, depositing 1 km of heavy rock layers every million years, eventually punching through Earth's crust and initiating the plate tectonic cycle. Since then, plate tectonics has helped to stabilize Earth's climate. h/t @DrFunkySpoon https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023GL103553

#Debian 12 “Bookworm” Officially Released, Here’s What’s New https://9to5linux.com/debian-12-bookworm-officially-released-heres-whats-new

#Linux #OpenSource

Rejoice: It’s 2023 and you can still buy a 22-volume paper encyclopedia

The still-updated World Book Encyclopedia is my antidote to the information apocalypse.

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2023/06/rejoice-its-2023-and-you-can-still-buy-a-22-volume-paper-encyclopedia/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

“If Brittany Higgins wanted our sympathy she should have committed war crimes”, says News Corp columnist
https://chaser.com.au/general-news/if-brittany-higgins-wanted-our-sympathy-she-should-have-committed-war-crimes-says-news-corp-columnist/

Hey Aussies help us to track #flu and #covid and #RSV!

In 2022 we saw both COVID-19 and flu circulating, but we are unsure how they will both behave in 2023 and into the future. We need more participants around Australia to help us track, and understand, flu & COVID-19 in your local community.

Please join us by clicking here:

https://www.flutracking.net/Join/AE/inv96

@mattblaze
FWIW, this is actually how Wil Wheaton (formerly on @wilw) was driven off the Fediverse
https://wilwheaton.net/2018/08/the-world-is-a-terrible-place-right-now-and-thats-largely-because-it-is-what-we-make-it/

Vale - Father Bob Maguire has died aged 88, after a lifetime dedicated to the poor and marginalised.
Australia has lost one of its most irrepressible social justice campaigners.

If you haven't seen it already, follow the link to the story of the Grafton bears https://onlysky.media/alee/why-libertarian-cities-fail/