Damn, I missed it! Mind you, I'm not the target audience; this is music for mountains to dance to.

Alan Burns@alanburns.bsky.social · 12h ago

Happy note change day in 70 year long Part 1 of 639 year long John Cage organ piece to all who celebrate. The next change will be in October 2027

Looks like they'll have to set up cameras to watch the cameras.

All of Winona Police Department’s Flock cameras cut down and stolen

Lost cameras valued at about $24,000

valleynewslive.com

There's a cake in the oven. This cake is not a lie, there will be cake. 🎂🍰

What's the difference between a 'production boom' where retail prices go up and a 'glut' where they go down. Did the farm gate prices also rise? tl:dr a) strategic exports, and b) yes.

Growers find expanding markets to save bumper avocado crop from oversupply

The avocado industry is experiencing another high-volume crop, but unlike previous years with oversupply, the fruit is finding a market.

abc.net.au

There really was no need for that headline. No need at all.

Rise in adulterated sexual enhancement supplements could mean users are getting stiffed | Antiviral

Often sold as ‘herbal’ solutions for sexual prowess, research has found many supplements are cut with prescription medications that could harm the people who take them

theguardian.com

Mind you, apart from Starlink, 'expectations' were extraordinarily low.

CNN@cnn.com · 19h ago

SpaceX beat earnings expectations while continuing to burn through cash in pursuit of CEO Elon Musk’s vision for an AI-powered, Mars-colonizing future, the company’s first-ever quarterly earnings report showed. https://cnn.it/3TSv6y7

Remember fawning all over Donald Trump when in Oct 2025 he claimed he had secured a "ceasefire" in Gaza, @senatorwong.bsky.social? Thought you might like an update. You and @australianlabor.bsky.social are part of this evil and shall never, ever, be forgiven. #auspol #GazaHolocaust #GazaGenocide

Jenny Difficult-Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithPalestine🍉🍉@joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 22h ago

"the largest mass funeral in recorded history, and not a peep from mainstream western media" — susan abulhawa #GazaHolocaust #GazaGeocide

"the largest mass funeral in recorded history, and not a peep from mainstream western media" — susan abulhawa #GazaHolocaust #GazaGeocide

In the room. My @smh @theage cartoon.

Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

What the hell sort of vessel is even capable of carrying 157 POB and yet is still classified as a 'Dinghy'?

Dinghy carrying 157 people capsizes in Channel after engine catches fire

All passengers thought to have been taken to Boulogne after major air and sea rescue operation by France and UK

theguardian.com

Can we have this here in Australia? Shoppers should be paid for their efforts in serving themselves #auspol

Jailbird chic: behold the "convict-stripes" podium outfit for the Australian Olympic team at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck – declared the ugliest uniform of the games and *the* hot property souvenir item. (An unmistakable Ronald McDonald flavour here, too.) 🗃️

I didn't even know there was such a thing as competitive yoga!

Yoga, kabaddi and the cut-price plan for Commonwealth Games survival | Sean Ingle

Glasgow proved that a streamlined programme could hold the key to reviving the prospects of a seemingly doomed event

theguardian.com

Not a single word on their site. 🤐

So they have one as an uncontrolled shipping hazard on the Indian Ocean and one about to crash out of control onto the surface of the moon. Not to mention the huge crash that was their 'IPO'.

CNN@cnn.com · 2d ago

Scores of space exploration enthusiasts have been tracking the journey of SpaceX’s latest Starship prototype, which wound up floating in the Indian Ocean after the company’s latest test flight. Now, satellites have captured images of boats working to haul the rocket to shore. https://cnn.it/4hcUwQW

A one star review for any Ring Cycle would have to be super rare, but a single star for the entire Bayreuth Festival is totally gobsmacking! #hoyotoho!

Carolyn Fiddler@cfidd.bsky.social · 2d ago

I'm surprised this is not a literal crime in Germany (It is, of course, an artistic crime that deserves the most severe punishment) www.ft.com/content/181e...

There's data centres, and there's AI data centres. AI data centres cost more to build, more to operate, and presently have no viable path to profitability. The builders are basically gambling on someone miraculously figuring out how to make a profit with them by the time they're up and running.

Asher Wolf@asherwolf.bsky.social · last mo.

Macquarie Uni asked if there should be a moratorium on building new data centres - three out of five experts said yes lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/2026...

This is the end of a thread that you could (should?) read but it is in itself an excellent summary of social media in general.

Small Robots@smolrobots.bsky.social · 2d ago

If something doesn't look right, could it be a joke? Could there be some additional context you didn't initially spot? You have to perform some degree of due diligence before firing off your angry replies.

Someone in the group brought a UV torch, so here is an obligatory fluorescing scorpion!

Even when they're not being arseholes, a camel's gait does not make for a comfortable ride.

Cable Beach camel bucks tourists off during sunset ride

A woman in her 60s was taken to hospital after falling off a rogue camel during a Cable Beach tour.

abc.net.au

That's not on! Somebody took a dump in my favourite carbon steel pan!

Even the Oglaf team are paying out on Albanese and the Australian Labor Party! This one is Safe For Woirk, unless you work with dragons, I suppose.

Kind'a, yeah.

Sarah Andersen@sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 4d ago

Oh good grief, look at the time! *sproing* "Well, you can't win 'em all", said Zebedee. "Time for bed."

Zebedee - Time For Bed

YouTube video by Bleeter Hëåvy Ïñdûßtríèß

youtube.com

Years later Toby dips a madeleine into his tea and to his enduring shame, it all comes rushing back.

Tom Gauld@tomgauld.bsky.social · 3d ago

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Not sure how @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social will recover from these terrible accusations!

Amy@justsewamy.bsky.social · 3d ago

The shadowy figures of the Hallouminati.

Very junior personnel. Just obeying orders. Nothing to see here.

New details on the Australians that were on the US submarine that sunk the Iranian frigate.

YouTube video by Senator David Shoebridge

youtube.com

🎬Rule-breakers helped to develop cricket into what it is today www.youtube.com/watch?v=31JD...

Hahahahaha! As if. I mean, yes, of course 'they' 'should'. They won't, of course, because that would mean loss of access.

Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social · 3d ago

Here's where the show's host should say: "If you don't stop lying, we're going to end this interview."