The three Rs of local government: Roads, Rates and Revanchism
Posting here is like skipping stones on water. Most of the time the stone sinks immediately, but sometimes it seems to bounce forever. It skips on and on, out of sight, and a day later it hits you on the back of the head.
Furious that Chris Nolan would disregard historical accuracy in adapting The Odyssey by making a "movie" with "cameras" instead of memorizing the entire story and then going on a nationwide tour to sing it to us while tripping on ergotized barley
"Here's Captain Spalding exploring the Amazon. Here's Godiva but with her pajamas on."
Secret Drug Addict@scrtdrugaddict.bsky.social · 2w ago
Tony Abbott: He's Australia's best retail politician The shopkeeper:
Describe yourself in three characters
Caustic Cover Critic@causticcovercritic.bsky.social · 3w agoDescribe yourself in three characters
US Secretary of State officially declares his nation to be pro-atrocity, on the side of tyranny and war crimes.
Jorge Liboreiro@jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 3w agoMarco Rubio: "Using all the tools at our government’s disposal, working beside every ally with whom we can make common cause, we will dismantle the ICC — brick by brick, if necessary."
point: De mortuis nil nisi bonum counterpoint: serio, eum futuere
If you use AI to do philosophy, you're not doing philosophy. blnreview.de/en/ausgaben/...
Lily Hu · Un-Doing Philosophy
Analytic philosophers in the United States are increasingly embracing AI, both by taking advisory positions at tech companies and by using large language models for their own research and writing. Som...
blnreview.de
If you see this, post your comfort characters.
Damon Young@damonyoung.com.au · 4w agoIf you see this, post your comfort characters.
Watching various Australian politicians being conned by US defence creeps or AI data-centre hucksters reminds me of when we had to change my dad’s email passwords to stop him being scammed. It’s excruciating and we need an intervention.
What I like most about V-Line is their rolling commentary of the experience of catching the train.
All right, this just came across my radar, and it is *brilliant*. You won't find a better or more compact explanation for [waves hands] all of this. This is the skeleton key.
Brian Hughes@bmhughes.bsky.social · 8mo agoThis is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
Strong ‘Battleship Potemkin’ vibes in the gulf at the moment
News Eye@newseye.bsky.social · 4mo agoNEW: Growing fears of food shortages on USS Tripoli & other US ships in the Middle East. This photo is the kind of meals now being served. It was sent by a sailor to her family. Families are now trying to send food parcels to the ships. Full story 👉 www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Fear not everyone, somewhere in an office in Canberra, Penny Wong is preparing to deploy The Eyebrow of Mild Disapproval.™️ That’ll show ‘em
“Maybe journalists should stop being complicit with authoritarian abuses, simply for the sake of access and ‘insider status’. ” “Better to be inside the tent than outside.” “Not if the tent is full of carbon monoxide.”
Status@status.news · 4mo agoJournalists plan to make a subtle but pointed statement with their attire at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner, Status has learned, as Donald Trump prepares to attend for the first time. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/whcd-first...
How’s everyone enjoying all this social cohesion? #auspol
Lumbar (L1-L5): abandon the Aukus deal Thoracic (T1-T12): Disinvite Herzog Cervical (C1-C7): no more fossil fuel approvals In this way, @albomp.bsky.social will be on the way to finding a healthy and functioning spine.
