He didn’t come out btw, he’s been openly gay for a long time (although some voters are only finding out about it now he got elected). He is still very much a far-right politician (for some reason).
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Perth / Western Australia@aussie.zone•Train smashes into truck in Perth suburb of GuildfordEnglish
2·1 month agoVery lucky not to have been worse tbh
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Australia@aussie.zone•How do Australians really feel about each other? New data paints an 'alarming' pictureEnglish
1·2 months agoIt really shows on the roads tbh, the pandemic caused so much more aggressive driving.
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Perth / Western Australia@aussie.zone•Mouse plague hits WA grain farmers as numbers surge in SA: ‘You literally can’t get away from them’English
2·2 months agoWe need more snakes!!
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Perth / Western Australia@aussie.zone•Pretzels in PerthEnglish
2·2 months agoI’m no connoisseur, but Brotzeit in Joondalup has some good savoury ones.
Honourable mention to the UWA tavern Oktoberfest pretzels, they always hit the spot.
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Perth / Western Australia@aussie.zone•World-famous Bibbulmun Track considered for heritage listEnglish
3·3 months agoKinda surprised it’s not already
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World News@lemmy.world•State of Emergency declared in Western Australia amid fuel crisisEnglish
26·3 months agoWorth noting that the motivation for this is to give the state parliament extra powers to reveal fuel information from retailers about supply levels. The government requested six retailers provide supply chain information, but only three complied.
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Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.world•‘R-tarded’ is a slur, and I’m sick of otherwise “liberal” people going along with the right’s move to renormalize itEnglish
1·7 months agoI find it difficult to imagine a future in which humans aren’t making fun of impaired cognition.
I think the context is what’s most important, if anyone actually directs such language (be it retarded, idiot, etc) towards people with genuine mental impairment, that constitutes a slur. But the word ‘retarded’ literally means ‘slow’, and is still regularly used (including by myself) in scientific and technical contexts (compared to racist or homophobic slurs, which are only ever really used in a ‘slur’ kind of way).
I wouldn’t really have a problem with calling people ‘slow’ in jest, and I don’t think many would. Imo if not ‘retarded’, it’ll be something else with the same meaning.







Sucks that public video appears to be the only source of providing accountability for these thugs. If police aren’t doing anything wrong, they shouldn’t have anything to worry about.