Overcoats are getting so short it’s like they’re reinventing the frock coat
I know two Australian guys who have had guns pointed at them overseas, and they have similar profiles: white, from a well-off background and with the confidence that comes from that, easygoing and personable. But both also with a certain overconfidence that leads them into volatile situations.
Parked in a multilevel carpark. Couldn’t see the lift but stairs were close by so went for them. As I opened the door I was saying to my wife “this’ll smell of piss”. Not only did it smell of piss but there were two homeless folks sitting drinking on the stairs, who asked how we were going.
It’s not just the best of times—it’s also the worst of times.
til that JJ Audubon liked to sample the flesh of the birds he painted, including several that are now extinct
Eating the Birds of America: Audubon’s Culinary Reviews of America’s Birds - US Bird History
On June 26, 1826, John James Audubon sat aboard the cotton schooner Delos off of Florida’s Gulf coast, en route from New Orleans to Liverpool, where he was hoping to find a publisher for his extensive...
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Did I want to be the Saint as a kid, or did I want to be Roger Moore?
This is basically the state of men's dressing in Perth
Straight Men | #men #fashion #mensfashion #parody #comedy #funny #skit #sketch #shirts #shacket #lol
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Never before thought to look for the French wrestling of the 60s Barthes wrote about. Here’s a massive trove of it
Catch français 1965-1969 - YouTube
Thanks to segundacaida.blogspot.com for posting all these French Catch broadcasts in their entierety, you can find the lastest videos they post on their blog...
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Aharoni has become my font of choice for headings on my handouts, worksheets and presentations. It’s kind of informal, but not as much as say Comic Sans, and it’s legible and bold. I got on to it after I bought some lesson materials that used it.
Hit the yr 7s with the dilemma of tolerance today. Not sure it’s great that most of them immediately went for suppressing speech they don’t like (they’re politically-aware enough that P. Hanson was the go-to example).
i know ai my kill us all, but do we really want to live in a world where we cant reformat our CVs in half the usual time?
Hear me out: substitute crumpets for waffles in chicken and waffles
I didn’t mean to run an experiment on myself but I neglected to get the flu vaccine this year, just never got around to it, and I’ve been sicker than I remember in quite some time.
Heard this on the community radio station during my morning drive
Leenalchi - 범 내려온다 (Tiger Is Coming) (Live on KEXP)
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The root cause of this is marketing superhero comics to adults instead of kids
Saw the word ‘ballache’ written in a post and my mind parsed it as some unknown French word at first… then I realised
Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.
Wondering if I should update my profile pic to better reflect my real age
Been off sick for a few days and the yr 7s were a little over exuberant, so I finally said that everybody in the class had detention EXCEPT for the names I put on the board. It actually worked and they settled down, while I wrote a name down every few minutes like a reward trickle.
Some unemployed guys take up a badly-paid contract in security
MegueyB 🔜Metatopia@megueyb.bsky.social · last mo.Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title: She has a hard couple days at work.
Wearing argyle socks at work and a kid called them ‘grownup socks’ lol
Had dinner with some friends and I’m having a smoke in the car park afterwards when some girl walks by and says “I like your outfit”. Feeling validated!
Colin Thiele wrote some great kid’s books. My favourite was probably The Sun on the Stubble, which was Thiele in a lighter mood.
The Conversation AUNZ@aunz.theconversation.com · 2mo agoStorm Boy, Colin Thiele’s book set on South Australia’s Coorong bird sanctuary, has been internationally hailed as one of the few lasting children’s classics.