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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.

  • Discussion Thread 🎀 Wednesday 25 February 2026

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  • I hope getting a cold isn't the solution to my sleep issues but I'll take what I can get for now. Puffed up glands and a sore throat for 6.5 hours sleep is a deal of sorts.

  • 19 yrs on Reddit, permanently banned.

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  • While I agree, it's still the behemoth of information and people discussing things.

  • Australian health insurance premiums just had their biggest hike in a decade. Is it time to scrap private health cover?

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  • It's always been time to scrap private health cover. Disgusting that it was ever introduced.

  • Ban under-16s from riding ebikes and e-scooters then require a driver’s licence, Queensland inquiry to recommend

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  • They're great devices. I'm for any legislation that allows the legal public use of them. Ridiculous that I can be trusted with a 1000+ cc motorbike but not a 3kw e-moto.

  • Dating app triggered rant IDK I just want to cuddle and talk to someone

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  • That seems to be a mighty niche list of dating prerequisites, no wonder you're frustrated. You'd be better pursuing hobbies and interest groups that share your interests. If I put that I only wanted to date vegetarian women into Jiu Jitsu I'd expect to be frustrated to. Online dating is about having a broad acceptable range of people to date, you're looking for hay in a haystack, not needles.

  • High power bills impeding heat pumps, California’s electrification goals

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  • $7k AUD was for a ~42kw FoxESS battery with a 10kw Inverter. I need another $2-3k of work done on the house power supply first. I'm having a lot of trouble finding a sparky to do the mains upgrade that I need.

  • High power bills impeding heat pumps, California’s electrification goals

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  • There might be. Any of that stuff in Australia is very much "pay a licensed professional" to do the work, so it costs a fortune and companies defend their share in the market rather than embrace new tech.

  • High power bills impeding heat pumps, California’s electrification goals

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  • Got off residential gas in Australia a few years ago. Bills are $600/yr for power, were up to $1500 one year for power+gas. At $600/yr a residential battery investment of $7k isn't worth it for my household. It won't run the AC because I've got a multi-split system for the bedrooms. Had I known I'd've gotten individual units for the bedrooms so I could get on on the battery backup system but I'm not cashed up enough to go pulling out a fairly new multi-AC to replace it with a bunch of individuals for the bedrooms so that I can get AC when the summer heat takes out the power.

    e: love the downvote.

  • 19 yrs on Reddit, permanently banned.

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  • I still use my banned account. I can sub/unsub, save posts and RES still works in my browser. I just can't comment, message or report people. Given I was mostly a helpful user with people's questions, it's really their loss.

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    How do sons like or respect their emasculated fathers?

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  • They don't get invited to parties.

  • Lunatic Deliberately Bitten by ~20 Species of Venomous Snake May Help Create A 'Universal' Antidote for Snake Bites.

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  • I mean I enjoyed The Princess Bride, but this is some wild shit.

  • Govt to Criminalise Rough Sleeping

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  • And I thought Straya's laws about genocide protests suddenly jumped ahead in fascism. This is some next level shit. Starving/Broke? You're not allowed to beg? Heavy shit NZ.

  • Uncuttable Bike Locks vs Angle Grinder

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  • I've had five bikes stolen. I've got an Kryptonite NYC mini which has done me well since. But my bike at the moment is shit looking, it's kinda just shit. I put all the nice parts from my busted carbon fibre racer onto an old apollo frame.

    But totally, outrun the bear. Plus don't leave it locked anywhere outside overnight. In Melbourne that a guaranteed theft these days.

  • YSK where you come from

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  • My DNA says British/Irish, my grandparents say Irish/Scottish and my passport says Australian.

  • GrapheneOS can help you retake your privacy, right now. - Veronica Explains

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  • I've been meaning to do my 8a, but I've got a bunch of stuff on there that I need to backup first. Signal history, steam auth, google auth, banking, aus government services. I've still got my failing Pixel5 so I think I'll try to backup to that then switch my 8a over to Graphene. I should've done it when I got the 8a but like I mentioned my 5 is failing.

  • Uncuttable Bike Locks vs Angle Grinder

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  • To quote a friend "nothing's going to stop a drunk tradie with a cutting disk on their angle grinder".

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

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  • I paid about 10/kg for gluten flour. 500g makes me about three dozen small "rashers" of bacon. I have two with an egg on toast.

    I've looked for that pre made egg tofu but haven't been able to find it. I live in a pretty Vietnamese area and the shopkeepers know what I'm talking about but say they don't stock it.

    I make a lot of stuff already. I feel that DIY tofu is too much of a time sink for me at the moment.

  • Watch: Gout Gout stuns with a record-equalling time in the 100 metres

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  • GGWP.

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

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  • Oh yeah, "free range" is far from ideal in Australia. It usually means they live in a pit rather than cages.

    Chickpea scramble sound interesting, I'll look into that.