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SaneMartigan

@ SaneMartigan @aussie.zone

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My previous account was @dumblederp@aussie.zone I left it because Rowling has turned out to be a pretty shitty person and I don't want the association.

Mostly I'm just here for idle friendly conversation over shared interests.

I can get caught up in my own stubbornness on some topics.

  • Why some Australians are spending $35,000 a year on food delivery apps

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  • My friend asked how often I got delivery. "More thna 5, less than 10." I answered. He was surprised to find out that was my total, ever. Probably just over ten these days, less than 15 for sure.

    I grew up poor, am still poor, but my answer to food insecurity is meal prep and bulk buying.

  • Discussion Thread 🦉 Saturday 28 February 2026

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  • Dang, my tomato plants are just about done.

  • ‘F*ck You!’ Canadian Podcaster Loses It Over Hockey Players Shaking Trump’s Hand Amid Threats to Seize Country as 51st State

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  • "The only place to spit in a rich man's house is in his face" - Diogenes

  • What old person thing do you do now that you wouldn't have guessed you'd do when you were younger?

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  • Early to bed. I try to stay up until at least 9pm so I don't wake up at 3am.

  • Discussion Thread 🦉 Saturday 28 February 2026

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  • Nice to hear Magda appears to have beaten her cancer diagnosis.

  • Discussion Thread 🦉 Saturday 28 February 2026

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  • If it's a flat surface, have you tried the shower squeegee?

  • KFC, Nando's, and others ditch [already weak] chicken welfare pledge as demand soars

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  • I've been taking iron tablets and syrup. I've started adding spinach to my dahl meal prep.

  • KFC, Nando's, and others ditch [already weak] chicken welfare pledge as demand soars

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  • Copied from elsewhere :

    Dry mix - 500g gluten flour. Onion powder, garlic powder, fennel seeds (cos i've got them), bit of msg, smoked salt, sage, vege stock powder, whatever else savoury powders I've got to mix in.

    Wet mix - ~500ml water, liquid smoke, bit of red food colouring.

    Combine the two mixes, I try to aim for a bit less water than needed so all the liquid smoke and red gets absorbed. Then just add little bits of water until it's all wet.

    That'll make a stringy lump of gluten-ey dough. I chop that up with scissors and run it through my meat grinder.

    I make two square packages of the dough, wrapped in baking paper then al foil. Then pop it in the InstantPot for 2 hours sitting on the trivet (stand) and with enough water so the package isn't actually in the water.

    Once it's cooked it looks a bit like a slab of pork belly. I slice it up into 1-2mm strips and freeze. They can be fried with eggs and served on toast. I add sauerkraut, hummus and caramalised onion. And usually some more smoked salt and white pepper to serve.

    Like most vege substitutions, it's bacon-ey. Close enough for me. I think pigs get some of the worst treatment of commercial farming, but it's pretty bad for all the animals.

    Free range eggs too, but that's often only mildly better than caged conditions in Australia. "Free range" can mean just a biog open air pit full of chooks rather than some idilyic farm setting with happy chooks scratching about.

    I've been meaning to try cold smoking the slab at some point but haven't gotten there yet.

    EDIT: I did attempt full vegan making silken tofu eggs with nutritional yeast and kala namak (sulphur/eggy salt) which was okay but cost a bit more. I don't think I'm there yet, eggs and dairy substitutes don't quite cut it for me. Plus I hit pathologically low iron that I'm still struggling with.

  • WA Police charge 20-year-old man with preparing for terrorist act after raid on Wheatbelt house

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  • Parents probably weren't even paying attention.

    Knives and axes seems kinda lame. I've got a dozen kitchen knives, a few bush craft knives and two axes. Zero guns though.

  • Signal Founder Moxie Marlinspike: Telegram is not private. There is nothing private about it. They've done a really amazing job of convincing the world that this is an encrypted messaging app

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  • Discussion Thread 🐬 Friday 27 February 2026

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  • Clippers with no guard. I let it grow out in winter because it's warm. Clippers is pretty easy / lazy. I imagine razor would be once I worked out the technique, but I'm yet to. I've got a double edge razor for the face for job interviews.

  • Discussion Thread 🐬 Friday 27 February 2026

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  • I've got an undercut, and an overcut. I shave my head.

  • Drivers fuming after losing licences over passengers' misbehaviour

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  • It's the same here. The driver is literally in control of the car. I cracked the shits at an american girl who put a lit cigarette butt out the window which is a massive no-no in Australia.

  • Discussion Thread 🐬 Friday 27 February 2026

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  • Dog is refusing a walk which usually means his barometer is detecting a storm.

  • Discussion Thread 🐬 Friday 27 February 2026

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  • slip slop slap

  • Discussion Thread 🐬 Friday 27 February 2026

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  • Potato hash, two fried eggs and a Linda McCartney vegie burger pattie topped with caramalised onions.

  • Discord age verification rollout leads to spike in Nitro cancellations

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  • Nitro cost more than my mobile phone plan.

  • Public health advocates say more transparency needed in debate over illicit tobacco as industry links questioned

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  • It's not the high, it's the strength of the addiction. Nicotine is hard to kick. This has been known about since the English landed at what's become Virginia in the USA. Tobacco has a long history of being used as an addictive trade good. There's a great book by Iain Gately - La Diva Nicotina: The Story of How Tobacco Seduced the World. Which covers the history of tobacco.

    That said its been easier than ever to get chop chop or even produced smoke than ever before. Same for the disposable vapes, look for a bin covered in security seal stickers and you won't have to go far to find the shop.

  • Discussion Thread 🍓 Thursday 26 February 2026

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  • If it's already broken, you're learning how they work. And you can put the battery in the correct bin at the tip.