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Last weekend (Kings Birthday Weekend), 26 Jimny’s and one LandCruiser took a trip up into the Victorian High country.

First episode of the new Race Around the World Series has dropped. Six film-makers make documentaries in each country they’re sent to, without any support and no prep. They aren’t only sending then to the easy or touristy destinations either.

At that moment, in June 1975, only a fraction of the former population of great whales remained in the world’s oceans, and the Soviet catcher boat was hunting down some of the last of them. Even worse, Hunter and others had only glimpsed the tip of the iceberg. Unbeknownst to the world, the Soviets had been killing tens of thousands more whales than they were reporting to the International Whaling Commission—an illegal and dishonest catch that one writer termed the “most senseless environmental crime of the 20th century.” It was probably also the most sudden revolution the globe’s oceans have ever experienced.

These are also suitable indoors.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47872008

Tonight I saw this documentary. Very worthwhile.

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Ok, so this is not one for those of you who live in apartments. For those who tend to a garden, particularly one visited by local wildlife, please be tolerant. They are trying to survive on the land which for hundreds of thousands (millions) of years was theirs.

I’ve had pretty lacklustre results with growing garlic but I’ll take the tips from this article and hope I’ll do better next time.

About 65% of U.S. adults believe same-sex marriage should be legal, down slightly from 71% in 2022 and 2023.

Gardening does wonders for me. But it’s not just because I’m in my ‘senior years’. Gardening is beneficial at any age. There’s many articles around about why gardening is good for your health. This US article is a recent one that spells out the benefits.

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BRUSSELS — The European Commission is reviving a long-running dream of making cutting-edge artificial intelligence chips in Europe, reducing the continent’s reliance on producers in the U.S. and Asia.

I am considering this for the future and I hear both pros and cons. If any of you have any stories about your experience or of someone else’s, let me know.

I stopped drinking alcohol (wine was my tipple) at about sixty yrs old. I was never a heavy drinker but I could see that the amount was increasing. Living alone I started going from one glass with dinner to two, to three, and so on. It was pretty clear what was happening. So I stopped clean. I don’t regret it. The first two weeks alcohol free were challenging but after that it became easier.

A survey by a Perth law firm has found one-third of people aged 18 to 29 years old are “reliant on inheritance” for their financial future.

How can our police think they can beat someone up this way? They were convicted but police violence is becoming more evident (e.g. Sydney’s attack on Herzog protestors).

Not strictly Ausfinance but don’t know where else to put this

We will be facing challenging times so make use of the Life Support community to swap knowledge, words of encouragement and experience that can help yourself and others.