Bratislava
@nondescriptive.bsky.social
Politics, running, running politics from an ill-informed perspective. Keep my informed opinions out of this. I enjoy neo-pronouns, they/them and she/her.
When I want to focus on my research, I love to log into the library website and then scroll multiple apps for several hours
David Rafferty@davidrafferty.bsky.social · 3d agoIf I ever feel like I want to put my phone away, two-factor authentication is there to say “tough luck buddy”.
You don't need to have super-niche interests for this to be a potential issue. I always thought of rare books as something for real literature nerds but now I'm wondering if autobiographies of the first women marathon runners are being destroyed here. Joan Benoit Samuelson's is out of print...
Stephanie Convery@gingerandhoney.bsky.social · 4d agoNever not taking up an opportunity to write about rare books www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Liberals are Anglican. Looser institutionally mean flexibility but with less attachment from the faithful who may become indifferent. Established. Pockets of weirdos intent on internal war and loose institutions mean this conflict is not well contained
Anyone understand what Pearson's talking about here? Commonwealth-only governance (no state/territory), with guarantee of work and/or education for communities that voted majority yes 'Mirage': Voice architect Noel Pearson breaks silence at Garma on referendum defeat www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
'Mirage': Voice architect Noel Pearson breaks silence at Garma on referendum defeat
It marks the first major public speech by Pearson since the referendum was defeated nearly three years ago.
sbs.com.au
Incredible how calmly Davies responds when Wanza throws down. Reels her in is exactly it, what a race!
TrackAthletes.au@trackathletesau.bsky.social · last wk.🔥WOW Rose Davies runs a stunning race to reel in Diana Wanza after she broke away, and then keep going over the last two laps to end up winning comfortably by over 10 seconds. Takes the 🥇 in 31:39.32 www.trackathletes.ie/athlete/rose...
The daughter that shows up in the story about halfway through just slaps you in the face. And I've even listened to the Behind the Bastards eps on the guy! I just completely forgot!
Bratislava@nondescriptive.bsky.social · last wk.The big story coming into the women's 10,000m was meant to be Scot Eilish McColgan repeating her mother's feat to win at a home Comm Games... Absolutely wild story that seems to have been forgotten in favour of nostalgia open.substack.com/pub/duncanma...
The big story coming into the women's 10,000m was meant to be Scot Eilish McColgan repeating her mother's feat to win at a home Comm Games... Absolutely wild story that seems to have been forgotten in favour of nostalgia open.substack.com/pub/duncanma...
The Glaswegian edition #1: The crisis that nearly killed the Commonwealth Games forever
Glasgow’s last-minute rescue package has saved this year’s event, but it pales in comparison to the political catastrophe that nearly destroyed the Games at Edinburgh 1986
open.substack.com
I just think two Roosevelts is too many Roosevelts to have as president of one country
Got to get out of this cafe filled with retirees before the phone alerts go off
Crazy to watch some of the world's fastest women doing laps at my workout pace 😅 I could keep up with them doing 1:40s! But I would not be looking quite so relaxed 😳
CITIUS MAG@citiusmag.com · 2w agoThere’s tactical, and then there’s… whatever this is 🐌 The first lap of the #usatfoutdoor women’s 10,000m crawls along at 6:40 mile pace, with the first women hitting the 400m mark in 1:39.55. For comparison, the world record pace in the event is over 30 seconds PER LAP faster…
I knew this system was monstrous but I genuinely did not expect corporations profiting -handsomely- from it to be such a shambles Transparency is kind of a boring demand but it's shocking how little accountability there is for govt contractors
@cictar.bsky.social · 2w ago'Australia's system of privatised employment services is structurally broken and its prized federal contracts are being used to enrich millionaires and private equity firms’. Check out ABC's coverage of our latest report (and, non-Aussies, find out what 'rorting' means). cictar.org/news/abc/job...
in "the regions" you just yell at it, i believe
Robert McNees@mcnees.bsky.social · 2w agoAlright everyone, best advice for dealing with a dog that got sprayed by a young skunk.
🚨New @cictar.bsky.social report today on profit extraction in Australia's employment services system 🚨 "privatised employment services [system] is structurally broken, and its prized federal contracts are being used to enrich millionaires and private equity firms" www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
Private firms profit as Australia's job system fails workers, report finds
A new report argues Australia's employment services system is failing jobseekers, while filling the pockets private equity and millionaires.
abc.net.au
three long blacks before 8.30am may not have been wise
Fascinating bit of Australian men's running history. I want to know more about this Botany marathon
athsSTATS@athsstats.bsky.social · 4w agoHaftu Strintzos' new Australian marathon record is amazing for many reasons: one is that it's "unified" the domestic & international Australian best times for the first time in 70 years. Keith Ollerenshaw ran 2:22.12 in August 1956 at Botany NSW, ... 🧵1/?
🚨 The rules-based international order has been restored
"Remember the Congo" they say, forgetting (unlike the Congolese) the part they played
It is sweet to see Yanks on here posting as though there was ever a chance anyone outside the US were going to support them against Belgium
the guardian will be like "eat kale stalks to reduce food waste!" while complaining about technology that strips edible meat tissue from chicken bones www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
What’s really in a hotdog? Nutrition experts explain
Americans eat 20bn hotdogs every year, but experts say they’re also among the most highly processed foods
theguardian.com
Bratislava@nondescriptive.bsky.social · last mo.fantastic intro to a guardian article: "Americans eat 20bn hotdogs every year, but experts say they’re also among the most highly processed foods" everything about that is pure guardian. conjunction ("but") that sets up an illogical binary. fear-mongering about HPFs....
fantastic intro to a guardian article: "Americans eat 20bn hotdogs every year, but experts say they’re also among the most highly processed foods" everything about that is pure guardian. conjunction ("but") that sets up an illogical binary. fear-mongering about HPFs....
LRT I don’t think I would have participated in any sports ever if they required genital inspections. I didn’t even like getting changed for swimming in the change rooms w other girls my age, and I basically became disinterested in swimming when I started menstruating.
semiarid (derogatory) semihumid (complimentary) this has been today's adventures in 1920s US politics