Its fair to say its skewed.

The point is, comparisons are useful, but the comparisons that are most valuable are from countries (medical systems) estimated to be around the same level of development, and have a similar societal structure.

Good additions might be NZ, Japan, S.Korea, and Canada. (I’m sure theres others)

A better way to do this would be to take apart the US by State, afterall some US states have as large, or larger, populations than the countries listed. This would help account for the wide variability in State to State care. I suppose the reason they didn’t is Federal influence is still large, even in the US, also the infographic would become unwieldy with 50 added lines.

The infographic format is probably too simple for the kind of information its trying to communicate.

A better way, from a US centric perspective, might be to use some sort of vine with bunches of States and comparable countries by their side in their appropriate bunch. Say, and i’m just guessing here, Vermont in a bunch that includes Switzerland, while Mississippi might be in a bunch that includes countries with less successful health outcomes.

Well thats interesting. So we could look at how Switzerland and Germany do things to improve.

Although we should remember in such a complex system nothing is ever as simple as ‘change un peu, et voila!’

Incorporate noise muffler noise into hoon laws. Instant motorcycle crushing.

I don’t fully get why qld labor are staring down the barrell of electoral wipeout. I understand the part about the way qld gov is set up leads to more of a winner take all scenario. But i don’t really see what Labor have failed on so hard to warrant such vehement electoral rejection?

In other words, where’d it all go wrong?

Edit: Or right, depending on your perspective.

I think i’m gona start using ‘scum goblin’.

The LA metro? Like, theres a passenger/commuter train in LA?

You guys turn up to vote in Local Gov elections? I think most of ours are postal. I wonder if that means NSW turnout is better?

We like to believe our societies are a calm, rational place of logical decision makers.

We’re actually a rowdy bunch of anachronistic apes, with a chronic case of the hypocrititis.

Lefty friendly, i would assume your interests would align with trying to help the common person, and climate change adaptation.

Your stated experience, and interests sound varied, and present you as a highly active person.

Combining these things in my mind i instantly thought you should get into food system adaptation for a warmer more volatile world. Where people could really suffer horrendously with climate change is if food production systems break down. We need smart people, willing to try new approaches in that system. Farming where i’m from is bed of roses, and a lot of the skills you listed farmers here would likely use, so its probably the same/similar elsewhere.

So specifically i’s thinking organic farming, or permaculture, or perhaps a more scientific route such as propagation of new tougher varietals.

Logistical needs are also important, the amount of energy used to transport food must be immense and so that could be an avenue you could go down marrying your comments about mechanical engineering to the idea of improving the worlds food production systems.

Good luck with your ongoing career, whatever you decide.

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An acquaintance once landed a contract to clear up a gold mine site after shut down. He bid super low for it, the only condition he stipulated was it be left in the condition in which he had inspected it, something like that.

The operator immediately gave him the contract, and he immediately gathered up all the dust from conveyor belts etc sifted through it, separated all the left over gold inside and sold it.

Set him up in a big way, the idiot operator tried to take him to court to claim the gold as theirs, with no success.

So yeah, sometimes there truly is gold in that there dust.

Hey Quokka i don’t know when you sent this message, but i made this comment 2 months ago, and i’ve only just received your comment. You weren’t ignored, on my end i simply never saw both your comments, i noticed another one on another thread, until just now.

Possibly a time lag in federation? Aussie Zone has that issue with another server, maybe with some mastodon instances as well.

Thanks for tldr. I really didn’t want to read that.

Its so bad over east. I remember visiting family when i’s young, seeing these huge cavernous ‘clubs’ half filled with pokies, other half a buffet style dinner hall. I thought where is the RSL bit of this place?

Democracy dies in the dark; Redactions cast long shadows.

No shame in taking inspiration from the greatest, most excitingist, and amazingist show on earth.

I reckon Cabbages would be a great business idea in a Solarpunk kinda world… just sayin.

The interviewer seemed to have a line she was trying to follow, and Max Chandler-Mather wasn’t having a bar of it.

Max Chandler-Mather’s CFMEU rally antics have given Labor a political weapon to wield against the Greens By David Speers

This article from David Spears, i think, explains Ferguson’s line of questioning. Basically the ABC have drawn an optics comparison between that and Tony Abbott’s ditch the witch protest speech. And yeah there is similarity.

In both cases though, was it worth the media being distracted over the signs and forgetting the issues at hand?

This should be it on iview as well, https://iview.abc.net.au/show/7-30/series/0/video/SEGS2024104277434

Also noticed this one from Adam Bandt, i haven’t watched it, but it might add context,

https://iview.abc.net.au/show/7-30/series/0/video/SEGS2024104288422

Its actually a snip from the ‘7:30’ interview the ABC embedded in the article page linked. I missed it the first time i read through it.

Yep, true, they’re good points.