Training as a GP in the late 70s. I quickly read the notes for a patient as I walked in and said, "now it says here that you've lost a lot of weight, lately." And he had, because his left leg had been amputated after a car crash. He was remarkably good humoured about my gaff.

Brilliant work by Benjamin Bartholet. He turns real ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz into an imaginary coastline: outbound vessels shape one shore, inbound vessels the other, and the channel narrows as traffic falls. The data draws the map. Source: github.com/telohtrab/st...

Thank God it’s Friday.

“Let me tell you, we’re creating some amazing things. I can’t show it to you today but I have, like, a horse than can talk and shit out gold dust. Amazing things. A teapot that can dance. A tortoise that can piss out bourbon.” Share price go up.

I guess that’s why it’s called Uranus.

People reposting, discussing, and getting angry about a person’s random comment when they know this person’s random comments make them angry and yet they still do it. They choose to do it. They actively choose to make themselves angry, just so they can feel... something.

Gosh I hope the Mumbrella Publish conference can manage to find a white person for their speaker lineup.

“The ACCC is commencing an inquiry to examine regional mobile coverage across Australia and whether regulating wholesale access to some mobile services could improve consumer outcomes.” www.accc.gov.au/media-releas... Because MOAR MOBILE COVERAGE INQUIRIES NOM NOM NOM!

ACCC launches mobile services inquiry

The ACCC is commencing an inquiry to examine regional mobile coverage across Australia and whether regulating wholesale access to some mobile services could improve consumer outcomes.

accc.gov.au

i keep forgetting is bisexual twice a sex, or once every other sex?

Wed plan: Quick bit of client work; chug through emails and other comms while waiting for Someone to collect Something (rescheduled from yesterday); many household chores, with a focus on the kitchen and the bedroom; quiet evening, probably. Broadly speaking, today is a fight against entropy.

when a game has a particularly specific set of complaints, i look for this kind of review and know it's probably for me

Making note of this technique for future reference. For a friend.

Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · yesterday

in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...

Oh my god the dietician who is telling everyone in the White House to only eat steak and sauerkraut doesn't wipe his ass.

Today, Wednesday 5 August, is International Traffic Light Day. www.daysoftheyear.com/days/interna... Also, Blogger Day lol. www.daysoftheyear.com/days/blogger... And on this day in 1918, Australian fired the first allied shots of WW1 at SS Pfalz. navyhistory.au/the-shot-tha...

International Traffic Light Day | Days Of The Year

Managing urban intersections, guiding vehicles with synchronized signals, ensuring smooth flow, and enhancing road safety for commuters.

daysoftheyear.com

Oh yes, it's back to being sunny in Sydney again today, and the temperature will once again be 1°C above average.

Wednesday. Abandon authority. A crackpot situation demands wild behaviour. Bark, Muscled Youth who must be our hero. Bark! BARK! Wednesday.

I think the answer to the question posed in the headline is “Because they can”.

Stilgherrian@stilgherrian.com · yesterday

I have just been told to stop talking about how slugs have sex. But that doesn’t mean I can’t tell you. theconversation.com/leopard-slug...

“Is longevity dead?” www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture... “Bryan Johnson is rethinking whether the movement has gone ‘too far’ – but that won’t stop the multi-billion-dollar quest for eternal youth.”

Is longevity dead?

Bryan Johnson is rethinking whether the movement has gone ‘too far’ – but that won’t stop the multi-billion-dollar quest for eternal youth

dazeddigital.com

missed this banger

I have just been told to stop talking about how slugs have sex. But that doesn’t mean I can’t tell you. theconversation.com/leopard-slug...

Leopard slugs mate in the most beautifully bizarre way – and nobody knows why

Scientists don’t just want to unravel the mysteries of slug sex for voyeurism.

theconversation.com

“1959: So You're Thinking of Buying a Plane? | Tonight | BBC Archive” www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXx9... Some of the posh-boy accents are delightful lol. The audio is only in the left channel.

“The English-world is TERRIBLE at building transit. This is why,” explains Sharath. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIET...

The English-world is TERRIBLE at building transit. This is why.

YouTube video by Building Beautifully

youtube.com

Back out again.

Dustin's Nation, for the first time.

#blueandwhitebus again.

Alpha Ibis is very honking today.

Plurwood.

#blueandwhitebus

Loose in the neighbourhood and beyond. I have quite a few Missions to Accomplish today.

There’s something unnatural about this.

Snarky Platypus@snarkyplatypus.com · 2d ago

Good morning all from Wangal Country. I have several important stakeholders observing me at the home office today.