whybird

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[–] whybird@aus.social 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

@Zagorath Your comment on the other post made me look in further depth… I haven’t really found much on the north/south divide yet, which supports your thoughts there, but I did find this report on the boundary streets so thought I’d add it here: https://nit.com.au/01-01-2025/15602/the-boundary-streets-of-brisbane-a-history-of-division
(Though the report does seem to mention several Southside places and I think only Spring Hill on the Northside?)

[–] whybird@aus.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@Zagorath p.s. if you are interested in another remnant of Brisbane’s racist past, the reason that there are so many “Boundary Roads” in Brisbane (esp. south side) is that those were the boundaries that the Aboriginals were not allowed to cross without a permit. I kid you not.

[–] whybird@aus.social 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

@Zagorath Historically, it’s racism. I literally heard a Northsider say that “ewww”, the Southside is “where all the Aboriginals live”*. That person was elderly already then, and it was decades ago, but I do think that’s where the inertia comes from.

* (Conversely, Northside might have been perceived as where all the racist, or at least snooty, people live.)

[–] whybird@aus.social 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

@brisk The article says “However, the code does preempt concerns that children might get around controls by simply not logging in to their accounts.”

[–] whybird@aus.social 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

@brisk I thought the same, though also I presume you’d have to be logged in to turn safe search off.

[–] whybird@aus.social 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@DonaldJMusk Direct link to the intended phys.org story with that title: https://phys.org/news/2025-04-inuit-languages-words.html

[–] whybird@aus.social 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

@DonaldJMusk Lemmy link is to a different article?

[–] whybird@aus.social 2 points 6 months ago

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