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invincibl_ t1_j49amt7 wrote
Reply to comment by DDLJ_2022 in Nearly all of California exits the worst drought categories in U.S. Drought Monitor by pneumatichorseman
This was a common DIY project especially back when we had a decade-long drought in most of Australia.
IBC tanks are a pallet-sized tank that is commonly used to transport fluids. You can acquire one (or several) of these for a few hundred dollars. Then you can just redirect your downpipe to the tank, put a filter in to catch leaves and other junk, install a hose fitting and you're done.
invincibl_ t1_j496q0m wrote
Reply to comment by ghoulthebraineater in Nearly all of California exits the worst drought categories in U.S. Drought Monitor by pneumatichorseman
That's why you plant trees (and don't tear up all your forests) because this is describing exactly what their root systems do. They can even reproduce on their own!
invincibl_ t1_j4494p5 wrote
Reply to comment by akie003 in Cricket Australia pull out of Afghanistan ODI series over Taliban restrictions on Women's freedoms. by LexiFloof
If we want to talk about football, then the Afghanistan women's national team were given Australian visas and currently compete as a club in the 7th tier league in the women's competition.
invincibl_ t1_iwyelrc wrote
Reply to comment by Splinterfight in TIL John Batman was the founder of the town that became Melbourne, Australia. And originally he called it "Batmania". There's even a street named after him: Batman Ave. by idiocrites
A hill that was fully demolished by the 1860s to make way for the new fangled railways. (The red pole is where the hill used to be)
invincibl_ t1_iwtje0x wrote
Reply to comment by MildColonialMan in Andrew Forrest commits $740m to global investment fund to rebuild Ukraine | Volodymyr Zelenskiy says ‘communist-era rubbish Russian infrastructure’ will be replaced by latest technology and fund will accelerate country’s economy by AsslessBaboon
And let's use the right word. Andrew Forrest is an oligarch, just like Gina and Rupert.
invincibl_ t1_j832qze wrote
Reply to comment by purchankruly in TIL the Pacific island nation of Nauru has been so damaged by phosphate mining that in 1964 Australia offered to repopulate the entire nation to Curtis Island near the Australian Coast. Nauru refused the offer in order to maintain their sovereignty and not become part of Australia. by triviafrenzy
That's just basically an NFT right