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@ rimu @piefed.social

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Web developer. Lead developer of PieFed

  • Government halves fuel excise to cut price on petrol and diesel

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  • Govt responds to fuel shortage by pushing the price down, thereby increasing consumption and maintaining dependence.

    This is fine.

  • What’s your opinion on tags.pub?

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  • I don't know. Last I saw was a PR languishing for years.

  • Preparing for supply disruptions (NZ edition)

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  • Aotearoa / New Zealand @lemmy.nz
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    Preparing for supply disruptions (NZ edition)

  • What’s your opinion on tags.pub?

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  • This is an attempt to work around the lack of support for groups in Mastodon.

    Anyone who wants tags.pub to be a thing should just use the threadiverse instead.

  • Iran weighing possible withdrawal from Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

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  • Pretty much inevitable once Trump tore up the nuclear treaty during his first term.

  • Is the war in the Middle East is Australia's COVID 2.0 moment?

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  • Short term:

    Free public transport.

    Free bikes for everyone.

    Begin emergency repairs on any old busses that can be pressed into service.

    Implement a priority system for who gets fuel:

    Tier 1: healthcare, emergency services

    Tier 2: food production & distribution

    Tier 3: essential infrastructure (power, water, telecoms)

    Everything else: on yer bike, son (or heavily rationed)

    Ration fertilizer. A lot of it is wasted, currently.

    Daily govt briefings - what's happening, what is being prioritised, what people should do. Maintain clear communication and transparency.

    Medium term (but start NOW):

    Electrify all busses.

    Trams. Melbourne is going to need a lot more of those.

    Repair neglected railways.

    Move freight by rail and ship as much as possible.

    Build cycling infrastructure. Secure places to park many many bikes next to train stations - big sheds.

    Remove regulatory barriers for local food production, farmers markets. Encourage urban gardening, local trade networks.

    Plant corn fucking everywhere - ethanol.

    Strategic reserves of critical medicines, etc.

    Diversify food production - for local needs, not for export market needs.

  • United Nations(UN): More than 1,700 people were killed and nearly 200,000 more displaced in the July 2025 massacres in Sweida, Syria

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  • Albanese announces new fuel security powers | ABC NEWS

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  • Like deer in the headlights.

  • US may deploy up to 17,000 troops near Iran as war enters new phase - WSJ

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  • It'd stop them launching ships to lay mines, or launching midget submarines and naval drones, which is a start. It might keep the Iranians too busy fighting on land to aim at ships. It'd basically be an open wound for USA though - completely unsustainable.

    Then there's the fantasy of naval escorts for tankers. Each tanker would require a couple of ships to shadow them (anti-air, anti-sub, anti-drone) for the entire length of the gulf (not just the strait) and in normal times 120 tankers pass through there every day. You'd need a fleet ~400 ships strong, running 24/7 (no repairs or rest). And it only takes one hit from an anti-ship missile and hundreds of sailors die. So that ain't happening.

    It's a trap.jpg

  • US may deploy up to 17,000 troops near Iran as war enters new phase - WSJ

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  • To do that they'd need to occupy 1000+ kms of extremely rugged coast. That's quite a commitment...

  • White House reveals new app after cryptic posts: Full list of features

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  • "this meeting could have been an email" --> "this app could have been a website"

  • Is the war in the Middle East is Australia's COVID 2.0 moment?

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  • Sometimes they mean "make the share market go down", while the share market is just a graph of rich people's feelings about the future.

  • Is the war in the Middle East is Australia's COVID 2.0 moment?

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  • The biggest similarity for me is that the govt will wait and wait, too scared to do anything that might "harm the economy". Until it's too late.

  • Iran-linked hackers breach FBI director's personal email, publish excerpts online

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  • With Reddit flirting with requiring Age verification, the next Rexit might be around the corner, are we ready?

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  • With Reddit flirting with requiring Age verification, the next Rexit might be around the corner, are we ready?

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  • Mozilla and Mila announce strategic research partnership to advance open source and sovereign AI capabilities | The Mozilla Blog

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  • I remember when OpenAI was saying stuff like that.

  • Announcing ARC-AGI-3 - A benchmark that tests if AI can explore, learn, and adapt in unfamiliar situations. Humans score 100%. Frontier AI scores 0.26%.

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  • I couldn't get past the second level :(

  • Anyone else just not like looking at faces

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  • Knowing whether you have autism or not doesn't change who you are, it gives you knowledge you need to navigate the world better.

  • Aotearoa / New Zealand @lemmy.nz
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    NZ Fuel Reserves Monitor

    nzoilwatch.com
  • PieFed Meta @piefed.social
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    Back to the future - Interacting with threadiverse communities through Usenet / NNTP

  • Free and Open Source Software @beehaw.org
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    Open Source Gave Me Everything Until I Had Nothing Left to Give - Kenneth Reitz

    kennethreitz.org /essays/2026-03-18-open_source_gave_me_everything_until_i_had_nothing_left_to_give
  • InhabitedBeauty @piefed.social
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    Mt Cook carpark, New Zealand

  • PieFed Meta @piefed.social
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    7 LLM bots banned from PieFed.social in the last 24 hours - a new daily record

  • PieFed Meta @piefed.social
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    Managed PieFed hosting with elastio

    elest.io /open-source/piefed
  • News @lemmy.world
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    British tourist among 20 charged in Dubai over videos of Iranian missile strikes

    www.theguardian.com /world/2026/mar/12/british-tourist-among-20-charged-in-dubai-over-videos-of-iranian-missile-strikes
  • Wikipedia @lemmy.world
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    H-3 airstrike - Wikipedia

  • Aotearoa / New Zealand @lemmy.nz
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    New Zealanders' biometric information and other sensitive data may be handed over to the United States government under a new border security agreement between the countries

    www.rnz.co.nz /news/national/587964/government-deciding-whether-us-should-get-access-to-new-zealanders-biometric-data
  • Crazy Fucking Videos @lemmy.world
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    A man launched from a moving truck in the opposite direction - at the same speed the truck was traveling.

    mstdn.social /@nexta/116082250273036211
  • Free and Open Source Software @beehaw.org
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    Healthy expectations in open source

    www.donmccurdy.com /2023/07/03/expectations-in-open-source/
  • FoodPorn @lemmy.world
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    Something Swedish

  • PieFed Meta @piefed.social
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    Alternative UI for PieFed - Photon

    p.piefed.social
  • Autonomous Vehicles @futurology.today
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    Waymo Exec Admits Remote Operators in Philippines Help Guide US Robotaxis | EV

    eletric-vehicles.com /waymo/waymo-exec-admits-remote-operators-in-philippines-help-guide-us-robotaxis/
  • PieFed Meta @piefed.social
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    Don't like the PieFed UI design? Try this!

    b.piefed.social
  • PieFed Meta @piefed.social
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    PieFed 1.6 is released - pronouns, private communities, quote posts and much more

    codeberg.org /rimu/pyfedi/releases/tag/v1.6.0
  • MeanwhileOnGrad @sh.itjust.works
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    Tankies celebrating financial problems at the UN

    lemmy.ca /post/59576557
  • PieFed Meta @piefed.social
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    Hello, flood of new people!

  • Climate Crisis, Biosphere & Societal Collapse @sopuli.xyz
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    UK govt report: Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security

    assets.publishing.service.gov.uk /media/696e0eae719d837d69afc7de/National_security_assessment_-_global_biodiversity_loss__ecosystem_collapse_and_national_security.pdf