I wish we could somehow force Elon Musk to personally go and collect all the trash he’s left out in space www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

Defunct SpaceX rocket crashes into Moon at 8,690km/h

A stray piece of a rocket, the size of a school bus, has smashed into the Moon, likely creating a new crater.

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Any got first-hand experience of using tretinoin for scalp hair regrowth? Or know of a guide?

Mangana, Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo. Sacred bird to Palawa, spirits of our ancestors passing messages between us and The Dreaming. Photos taken by Thomas Reilly, my partner in podcasting, this morning.

"we're doing it to protect our kids" is the dumbest possible excuse when you're living in a country with no healthcare run by documented abusers and pedophiles, rampant ai use, and a goverment-led propaganda campaign lying about basic stuff like germ theory not being real, like, come on?

“The surface is constantly churning with hot glowing plasma. Those swirling eddies play a huge role..but they're difficult to see..Now astronomers have used the world's largest solar telescope to capture the highest-resolution imagery ever taken of our star's surface” www.abc.net.au/news/science...

We've never seen the Sun in this much detail before

The highest-resolution imagery of the Sun's surface ever taken reveals dizzying currents, and clues about our star's magnetic fields.

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I know that the website has been degraded of late. I've been trying to fix it but I'm at my wits end here, so I'm asking for help. Some times you just need to know when to ask for help.

AbbieGator | Trans.au 🏳️‍⚧️@abbiegator.io · 2d ago

Hey folks, I need help. I've been working on @trans.au lately and it's suffering. If anyone knows anything about apache2, nginx, caddy and Ubuntu servers, please reach out. I've been working on this for 2 weeks and it's driving me mental.

CURIOSITY HAS BEEN ON MARS FOR 14 YEARS!! HAPPY LANDIVERSARY CURIOSITY!!

NSW modern slavery report calls for urgent reform to protect migrant workers

'Harrowing stories of mistreatment and harm' in modern slavery report

A NSW parliamentary inquiry into modern slavery risks in regional areas found evidence of migrant workers living in near uninhabitable conditions, forced to work demanding hours and threatened if they spoke up.

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Capitalism has the same core philosophies as cancer and yet we do not seek to exterminate it in the same way as cancer. Maybe every capitalist should get cancer to prove how dedicated they are to infinite growth and meaningless, antagonistic changes

Larian Studios dev says 'I’m taking that as a badge of honor.'

Official Baldur's Gate 3 Livestream Blocked for Breaking Youtube's Sex Rules

Larian Studios dev says 'I’m taking that as a badge of honor.'

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I would really love to edit a Greek myth and folklore anthology written by Greek, diaspora and BIPOC authors. If any publishers or powers that be are listening. I’m shooting my shot.

Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.

Royal Australian Mint releases new coin commemorating First Nations land rights

'Beautiful' new coin tells story of First Nations land rights

The Royal Australian Mint is encouraging people to check their change for the new 50-cent coin. 

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Sorry RBA, but mortgages going up DOES affect the cost of living. My column www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

The RBA says rate rises don’t really increase living costs. But the data is clear – they very much do | Greg Jericho

The latest cost of living figures show interest rate rises are having an impact on household costs, despite what the central bank says

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Summer is SO GOOD (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Wild Bergamot) #invertebrates 🌿 🌱 #BugSky #NativePlants #BloomScrolling

Astronomers have measured the size of the largest galaxy: it’s 1.7 million light years across (17x the diameter of the Milky Way) and contains ~3.4 trillion solar masses in stars. [phys.org]

Astronomers finally measure the full size of the largest known galaxy

Researchers have obtained the deepest images ever taken of IC 1101, allowing them to identify the galaxy's outer edge for the first time. The observations confirm it as the largest known galaxy, spanning ...

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🎉 I'm bringing back my e-mail newsletter! 🎉 You can sign up here: mackkatie.activehosted.com/f/1 If you do, you'll receive a special edition (tomorrow, probably) with more info about my NEW BOOK (being published in March), including all the pre-order links, a Q&A about the content, and the cover!

One of my favourite little roads in Sydney is Rose Terrace in Paddington (but feels like Darlinghurst). This run of heritage listed terraces were built before 1875 by Edward French, bookmaker turned speculative builder. On an early morning under twinkling stars, the cold bites.

This is unironically a huge part of Purity Culture. Hating women's bodies specifically for the fact that they are attractive to the person in question.

The Isaac Who Came In From the Butler@isaacbutler.bsky.social · last wk.

One response I’m seeing to this quite frequently is that RD’s horror at the body of a hot woman on the pill is indicative of his sexuality (he’s either gay or ace) and I’d just like to point out that lots of straight guys hate women and their bodies, especially if they’re incredibly repressed.

I was just informed that yesterday was International Owl Awareness Day. I wasn't aware! Here's a pair of Great Horned Owls that I saw this past winter. #birds #birding #owls #HamOnt

Hey Amanda Vanstone you racist piece of human garbage. You can go right now and fuck yourself.

Barn owl baby boom welcomed in rural WA following mouse plague

Barn owl baby boom welcomed following mouse plague

Clutches of barn owl chicks found inside a grain silo and cockatoo boxes indicate a "smorgasbord" of food, experts say. 

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the further north you get the closer to the tropics you get, but I grew up in the South Island, which ranges from temperate to subantarctic

Poster work has been abysmal this year, so I am looking for editorial, books, packaging work at the moment If you’re looking for anyone… LMK! Thank you 🙇🏻🙇🏻🙇🏻

Zi Xu@ziqqix.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hi #portfolioday, I’m Zi Clio-award winning poster/cover illustrator, with clients including Disney, Lionsgate, Marvel, Netflix, Universal, Warner Bros., etc. I am looking for work ASAP 🙇🏻 I’d hugely appreciate a reshare or a kind word among the ADs you know! 🙏🏼 🎨 www.ziqqix.com 📧 ziqqix@gmail.com

Hahahahahaha I wanted to type something here but I'm laughing too hard "could you still get through an entire workday" what the fuck, man, you just sharpied "I am incompetent" on your forehead.

Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 22h ago

My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.

So apparently Russian weather stations in the Arctic Circle have reached 33 C... *gulp*

The Final Report@firehorse249791.bsky.social · 2d ago

It’s 90 degrees in the Arctic right now The Arctic is heating faster than the rest of the planet. New data illustrate how dire that is www.scientificamerican.com/article/its-... #FossilFuels #Meat #Dairy #Collapse #Climate #Arctic

In 1986, contracting HIV meant you were going to die, usually slowly, painfully, and alone. Now it's a chronic illness like hypertension. In 1986, gay and lesbian couples couldn't have their relationships legally recognized and had to adopt elaborate legal workarounds.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · yesterday

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

Look how cool! A person I'm acquainted with on Instagram does photography with antique equipment and he did a portrait of his cat using a camera made in 1926. www.instagram.com/glass_negati...

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