Emma Cooper
@emmackat.bsky.social
She/her. Eclectic follower of politics, reading, writing, feminism, dogs, cricket, running and other exhausted parents. Dharug country, Blue mountains, NSW, Australia.
Today I am this sheep (read the at text).
Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · last mo.I've decided to compile a definitive thread of photos of the best sheep I've photographed during my walks in the countryside, together with supporting biographical information. I will put the vital story associated with each sheep in the alt text, since some of it is a little long to fit in a post.
That it is. Although 20° (Celsius) is pretty mild for August.
OMG! Of course the TV shows lays up on #mastermind grand final night. Thank god for #sbsOnDemand.
Boot camps were proven ineffective, and potentially harmful, decades ago. Take someone out their environment, traumatise them, and send them back without addressing underlying context - precarious housing (or none), health issues (not least mental health), exclusion from school, etc.
ABC News Bot (unofficial)@abcnewsbot.bsky.social · last wk.Advocates have urged the Crisafulli government to reconsider controversial legislation that would send youth offenders to boot camps, warning that any physical and psychological abuse may never come to light due to a "reasonable excuse" provision.
This is Chubbers. He is catching a wave. But more importantly, catching a vibe. 14/10 (IG: nataliepaigebentley)
But the company would access all those recordings and data mine them for anything they could sell. No, they don’t tell people that. Yes, everyone does know it. No, there’s nothing you can do about it.
Remembering #bonnie with the epic recut of Thor Ragnarok to We need a hero. vimeo.com/278787425?fl...
Thor Ragnarok Fight Scene With Holding Out For A Hero [Extended]
The original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwRw1J8Cd6Y&t=9s I just added music to the rest of the scene/ movie, so I don't own anything!
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A day late but one of SNL’s best:
Washington's Dream - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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“Brian got some hair gel and now he thinks he’s a f***ing unicorn.”
FACT OF THE DAY. 21 June 1948. 1st stored computer programme was run on the Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM), known as “Baby” at the University of Manchester. It was built by Frederic Williams, Tom Kilburn and Geoff Tootill.
If rumours are to be believed I'll be living with a seventh different Prime Minister shortly. If it carries on like this I'm going to stop making the effort to learn their names.
Argentinians eh? Basically saw Messi do this today and not break a sweat.
Prof Frank McDonough@fxmc1957.bsky.social · 2mo agoPHOTO OF THE DAY. Argentine star Diego Maradona takes on 6 Belgian players in World Cup match (1982). 📷 Steve Powell
This is Diesel. His bed has been taken over by a two-pound kitten. Wondering if you can ask them to please move. He is too scared. 13/10 (TT: lahdeedahdee)
Please - get every Kirsty you know to call ABC 774 Victoria tonight after 830. Trying to set a world record for a young UK Kirsty living with a brain tumour. Our number 1300-222-774
![Comic. [Two images of Earth, one centered on Africa, with a dotted line behind, and the other in the foreground with a target marked in the Indian Ocean.] [caption] Dire news: An asteroid is on course to hit the Earth exactly *opposite* the Yucatán Peninsula, bringing *back* the dinosaurs.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicpi7i7uw3s4sgd5vpw4vhqeoc6nqabk27v6agwwuoa67syokp54q)
