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Ok so, I recently found out that in Massachusetts when the defence uses the insanity plea, the burden of proof automatically shifts to the prosecution, which changes the reasonable doubt perspective and favours the defence, right?

In most other states, the burden of proof remains with the defence - to prove their claims of mental defect negating criminal responsibility.

So I guess these jurors were just following their instructions, but I think in other states the prosecution actually would have convinced the jury the insanity claim was BS. The jury would have had to follow their instructions and find her guilty.

Do I have this correct? What would Brett and Alice say?

Hey everyone,

​If you’ve visited or worked at a major Queensland hospital recently, you already know how insane the car parking situation is.

​What a lot of people don't realize is that nurses, doctors, allied health, admin workers, and wardspersons are paying up to $1,700 to $3,000+ every single year out of their own pockets just to park at their workplace.

​During a cost-of-living crisis, taking a $20+ daily bite out of a healthcare worker's paycheck is bad enough. But it's also a major safety issue:

​Night-shift staff are parking kilometres away on quiet suburban streets to avoid fees, then walking back to their cars alone at 11:00 PM or 2:00 AM because public transport isn't running.

​Patients and families visiting sick loved ones are getting hit with massive daily fees on top of stressful medical situations.

​We are a group of grassroots volunteers (Queensland Hospital Watch) and we launched an official Queensland Parliamentary E-Petition (No. 4633-26) calling on the state government to provide free or subsidized parking for frontline healthcare staff.

​In just 4 days, over 1,500 Queenslanders have signed.

​Because this is hosted on the official Queensland Parliament website, it legally forces a formal response from the Health Minister once closed. But we need to build serious numbers to make them take action.

​How you can help right now:

​Sign the Official Petition: It takes 30 seconds and only requires you to be a QLD resident. https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-the-Assembly/Petitions/petition-details/4633-26

​Upvote for visibility: Help this reach more hospital staff, patients, and Queensland voters on Reddit.

​Share it: Send the link to any nurses, hospital staff, or local community group chats you're in.

​Our nurses and frontline health staff look after us when we're at our worst, the least the state government can do is make sure they don't get gouged just to show up to shift.

​Thanks for your support! Happy to answer any questions in the comments.

If I'm in Australia and keep getting constant emails from someone in Romania even after I've rejected their romantic advances and asked them directly to stop contacting me, what can I do?

This has been going on for a long time, and I've tried a few things including being nice about it (we initially met on a social media 'group' and had shared interests). They know I have a partner now, who I live with. Due to the continued volume and content of the emails I've literally said do not contact me by any means, you will receive no response, any further contact will be considered harassment.

But they've still sent me literally hundreds of emails - despite no further response or encouragement. They've historically done things like photoshop our faces onto random wedding photos (this was when I realised he wasn't quite 'right' in the head), contacted family members they found through social media, found my birthday and written long astrology charts explaining my personality and our 'relationship' to me. He often talks about his plans to come to Australia and find me, to try and live out his sex fantasies it seems.

The emails are constant, daily/every second day, with manufactured 'closeness', and some are extremely sexually explicit and actually obscene/repulsive. Obviously I could block or send them to spam, but I feel like I have to read the emails to check if they're escalating and he's in the country or near by. I also feel I need to keep them in a file as evidence.

Has anyone else experienced this? What can I do? Please be kind if you can, I already know what I shouldn't have done and its too late. If I could go back, I would never have given them any personal information and been far more careful of who I allowed into my digital life. Unfortunately he knows what I do for work and could feasibly track me down IRL.

I just want this to stop. But I feel so helpless because he's in another country. I'm very anxious about contacting police, because he hasn't threatened me with physical violence - I know they have far more pressing matters to attend to. But he's an obsessed/fixated person with mental health problems, and I don't feel safe. I feel like he could show up one day and kidnap me or something

UPDATE: Thank you for the advice. I have submitted a report to the police via ReportCyber:

https://reportapp.cyber.gov.au/

If I'm in Canada and keep getting sexually harassing emails from someone in Romania after I've rejected their romantic advances and asked them directly to stop contacting me, what can I do?

This has been going on for a long time, and I've tried being nice about it. They know I have a partner I now live with. But they've still sent me literally hundreds of emails despite no response or encouragement from me, and in spite of my last short direct request to cease harassing me.

They will not respect my wishes, and the emails are constant with manufactured 'closeness' and some are extremely sexually explicit. They've contacted my family under the guise of being 'worried for my safety' even though they know and acknowledge I no longer want any contact. They talk about coming to Canada one day, so I feel like I have to read their emails to check if they're in the country and near by. I don't feel safe.

What can I do? If I contacted the police in Romania, would they contact this person and tell them to stop? Should I go through their email providers (they have multiple emails addresses they send emails from to try circumventing block sender), or maybe their ISP?

I just want this to stop but they won't listen. I will never ever be free of them

I'm so confused about why our power usage has increased SO MUCH... 2 person household. The only thing different from last billing period is we have an oil heater running overnight in the bedroom and sometimes electric blankets on low... Would that explain $10/day ish, 30kwh/day ish? Our last billing period before smart meter install was averaging around 15kwh/day so I'm really confused and worried about our next bill

We're with AGL

Exciting news - I just found a Youtube channel 'The Traitors NZ Group Chat'. These two incredible hosts are interviewing Traitors NZ Season 3 cast members as the show progresses (post banishment/murder - although Keanu has already been interviewed and will be again).

Spoiler alert - make sure you're up to date before you follow this link, as there ARE banished/murdered cast members in the thumbnails.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL\_Lf5s2wSGhJnv30uW3pAOn6x0l6lEtCx&si=WsjkUewkvxaCYVDj

PS - if this link doesn't work, try the one in the below comment!

Does anyone know of an orthodontist that just does traditional metal braces for adults? I'm not interested in Invisalign, Lightforce 3D printed, or anything like that. Just old school metal braces. I'm finding it difficult to find a clinic that provides this/won't try to sell me on other things... I just want cost-effective, predictable results.

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Thanks

Does anyone else just feel its completely hopeless sometimes, moving MMT into the real world, to achieve real progress and societal improvements? For me the light bulb was turned on over 15 years ago... I've seen the truth of MMT, and now cannot unsee it. But now I also have to witness all the arguments with false premises, argued so confidently, from all political leanings. From laypeople to those with frightening power. Watch people debating each other within false restrictions, in imaginary boxes.

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I studied this intently for quite some time, and it was revelatory. Now its just depressing and exhausting to have this knowledge and know that nothing will change.

Should dental care part of medicare in Australia?

I am a health professional, and after extensive reading and my mums experience as a complete responder to immunotherapy treatment for metastatic kidney cancer, I believe the gut microbiome - and eating high fibre foods that support the gut microbiome - is *absolutely crucial* for anyone on immunotherapy treatment, for any type of cancer.

Gut microbiota shapes cancer immunotherapy responses (2025)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41522-025-00786-8

Information regarding this is slowly being disseminated to patients - too slowly. In my experience not one single patient I have asked has been given this information by their oncologist, cancer nurse, or dietician.

Here is a 2025 melanoma immunotherapy resource with dietary recommendations, based on current research. I believe these dietary guidelines are transferrable to kidney cancer patients undergoing immunotherapy treatment.

https://melanoma.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/MIA25\_DIET-AND-IMMUNOTHERAPY\_updated.pdf

Here's some recent and current research on renal cell carcinoma, immunotherapy, and the gut microbiome - just a fraction of the progress being made if you search for those key words. Learn as much as you can - knowledge is power.

Gut microbiota and immunotherapy of renal cell carcinoma (2023)

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10653624/

The gut microbiome and dietary metabolites in the treatment of renal cell carcinoma (2024)

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1078143924005404

Immunotherapy (Nivolumab and Ipilimumab) With and Without a Live Biotherapeutic Product (EXL01) for the Treatment of Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer - currently recruiting

https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07128680

I'm in my late 40s, in a very demanding job that requires me to me on my feet and constantly on the move for 8 hours. 11 days ago I sustained a valgus knee injury, after my feet slipped out from under me. I landed heavily and watched my knee hyper extend very far laterally in nauseating slow motion.

The MRI report describes a 'high-grade partial-thickness tear of the proximal MCL fibres at the femoral end of the ligament, with an associated cortical avulsion fracture at the femoral footplate'. There's also moderate to severe focal bone marrow oedema deep to the femoral footplate and a microfracture to the tibial plateau.

The report says the MCL tear is likely a 'functional Grade III injury' and it does feel very unstable still. Pain is now manageable though.

There's also a large post-traumatic suprapatellar effusion with peripheral synovial thickening - I feel this is preventing full range of movement/flexion. I can only flex to 90 degrees without pain.

I know MCL injuries are usually managed conservatively, but I'm seeing an orthopaedic knee specialist tomorrow to be on the safe side... I really feel I need guidance around the expected recovery timeline and how I should approach my return to work.

I have a medical certificate for a second week off as I still needed crutches at that time,bit I just tested some weight bearing in a brace and I feel like maybe I can manage. Im just not sure about weight bearing for the whole shift though...

Any advice or similar experiences?

I'm 45 years old, in a very demanding job that requires me to me on my feet and constantly on the move for 8 hours. 4 days ago I sustained a valgus knee injury, after my feet slipped out from under me (wet pavers) while lifting my 16kg dog from a height. I landed heavily and watched my knee hyper extend laterally in nauseating slow motion.

The MRI report describes a high-grade partial-thickness tear of the proximal MCL fibres at the femoral end of the ligament, with an associated cortical avulsion fracture at the femoral footplate - meaning a fragment of bone has been pulled off the femur at the point where the MCL attaches. There's also moderate to severe focal bone marrow oedema deep to the femoral footplate.

The radiologist considers this a 'functional Grade III injury' - meaning that despite being technically a partial tear, it may behave as a complete rupture in terms of functional instability.

There's also a large post-traumatic suprapatellar effusion with peripheral synovial thickening - I feel this is preventing full range of movement/flexion.

My question is, does the femoral avulsion automatically require an ortho specialist input? I feel it does, since this is apparently the only situation where surgery may be recommended. Otherwise, conservative management only right? But I see so many different recovery/physio plans for a grade 3 injury out there.

What's definitely non-negotiable on the timeline? Im taking a week off work to rest it - would I need longer? Should I go back in a brace on light duties? For how long?

Anyone with experience who had a grade 3 + avulsion would be great to hear about your recovery

Cheers

I am so sick of ChatGPT trying to continue conversation/manipulate my attention and engagement by benignly suggesting 'if you like, I can...' or 'if you want, I could...'

Like, FUCK OFF. Answer the question and shut the fuck up. I instructed it to NEVER do this, which worked for a while but suddenly it started doing it again today. It's infuriating, having this thing/this company attempt to direct/maintain my attention. I am sick to death of the internet, social media, and AI. I'm sick of targeted advertising and the manipulation of my attention. I want to self-direct my attention, I am so exhausted and infuriated by technology and algorithms invading my space