Az
@amisamileandme.bsky.social
Erstwhile medievalist, over-explainer, cat paparazzi. Name-squatter on many platforms.
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this is interesting! this is often what big brains from Southeast Asia say and I think the Australian response previously has typically been 'nah settle down'
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
this is interesting! this is often what big brains from Southeast Asia say and I think the Australian response previously has typically been 'nah settle down'
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I have unwittingly created a kitty panopticon with the window seats
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I have unwittingly created a kitty panopticon with the window seats
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Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy…
November 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy…
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My mother in law has this book on her coffee table and the first sentence of chapter 1 is, “one cannot spend 35 years looking at barley without acquiring an enormous amount of observations”
November 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
My mother in law has this book on her coffee table and the first sentence of chapter 1 is, “one cannot spend 35 years looking at barley without acquiring an enormous amount of observations”
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Discworld QOTD, from The Wee Free Men
November 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Discworld QOTD, from The Wee Free Men
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The golden age of diversity and democracy in Oz.
November 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The golden age of diversity and democracy in Oz.
The funniest thing here is that the guy from Rolex actually gave Trump a _less_ valuable gift than his first thought. Because Trump would obviously be more swayed by a flashy gold clock than a very rare Titanium one.
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The funniest thing here is that the guy from Rolex actually gave Trump a _less_ valuable gift than his first thought. Because Trump would obviously be more swayed by a flashy gold clock than a very rare Titanium one.
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florence pew: thread
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
florence pew: thread
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It really needs to emphasised as strongly as possible:
Do not eat Tasmanian farmed salmon.
Do not eat Tasmanian farmed salmon.
Lobster fishery off Bruny Island in TAS closed on eve of the opening of fishing season due to antibiotic use by the salmon farms.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.
Crayfish Closure Follows Salmon Antibiotic Deployment - Tasmanian Times
The commercial rock lobster fishery south of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel is now closed effective 15 November 2025
tasmaniantimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:13 AM
It really needs to emphasised as strongly as possible:
Do not eat Tasmanian farmed salmon.
Do not eat Tasmanian farmed salmon.
Got my initiative together to
a) plant out some seedlings
and
b) call my mother & tell her I’m Not Doing Great in the brain
(I ignored all efforts at contact last 2 weeks, but I’m having surgery at home next week so I needed to at LEAST make sure she knew that was coming up)
a) plant out some seedlings
and
b) call my mother & tell her I’m Not Doing Great in the brain
(I ignored all efforts at contact last 2 weeks, but I’m having surgery at home next week so I needed to at LEAST make sure she knew that was coming up)
November 16, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Got my initiative together to
a) plant out some seedlings
and
b) call my mother & tell her I’m Not Doing Great in the brain
(I ignored all efforts at contact last 2 weeks, but I’m having surgery at home next week so I needed to at LEAST make sure she knew that was coming up)
a) plant out some seedlings
and
b) call my mother & tell her I’m Not Doing Great in the brain
(I ignored all efforts at contact last 2 weeks, but I’m having surgery at home next week so I needed to at LEAST make sure she knew that was coming up)
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watercolor painting of a silly round duck
November 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
watercolor painting of a silly round duck
Wake up babe new approach to reader response theory just dropped
Music is basically a detective novel where the musicians are the suspects/criminals, the listener is the detective and of course the music is the crime. The listener tries to determine what happened and what was the motivation, while the musicians try to obscure this, so they can get away with it.
November 16, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Wake up babe new approach to reader response theory just dropped
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Honey, literally nothing in the last thirty years prepared me for the suggestion of Trump blowing Bill Clinton.
November 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Honey, literally nothing in the last thirty years prepared me for the suggestion of Trump blowing Bill Clinton.
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Fascinating account here from Rebecca Solnit, who in 2015 travelled with a visiting medical clinic in very remote Nepal.
Includes a profile of Pasang Llamu Sherpa Akita, the first woman in Nepal to qualify as a mountaineering instructor.
archive.is/2024.12.31-2...
Includes a profile of Pasang Llamu Sherpa Akita, the first woman in Nepal to qualify as a mountaineering instructor.
archive.is/2024.12.31-2...
archive.is
November 15, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Fascinating account here from Rebecca Solnit, who in 2015 travelled with a visiting medical clinic in very remote Nepal.
Includes a profile of Pasang Llamu Sherpa Akita, the first woman in Nepal to qualify as a mountaineering instructor.
archive.is/2024.12.31-2...
Includes a profile of Pasang Llamu Sherpa Akita, the first woman in Nepal to qualify as a mountaineering instructor.
archive.is/2024.12.31-2...
I actually do enjoy using a car on a purely personal level level! (It gives me a sense of mastery. Note: it was easier for me to learn to read Beowulf than it was to learn to drive, and i learned the two around the same time.)
I do NOT enjoy compulsory Car.
I do NOT enjoy compulsory Car.
There is such a peculiar psychology associated with it too. In places where car dependency is high (and I don't just mean the United States, which I have visited exactly once) people will actively judge you if you don't enjoy using a car on a purely personal level.
Never forget, car dependency is the opposite of freedom.
What’s more “free” than cars, you ask?
Choices.
What’s more “free” than cars, you ask?
Choices.
November 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I actually do enjoy using a car on a purely personal level level! (It gives me a sense of mastery. Note: it was easier for me to learn to read Beowulf than it was to learn to drive, and i learned the two around the same time.)
I do NOT enjoy compulsory Car.
I do NOT enjoy compulsory Car.
Bluesky Opinion Havers:
Browsers.
Given Chrome, Firefox and Edge _in the workplace_: which? Why?
If your workplace option is different to your personal one, first exclude Mac or Linux only options and then tell me why*.
Browsers.
Given Chrome, Firefox and Edge _in the workplace_: which? Why?
If your workplace option is different to your personal one, first exclude Mac or Linux only options and then tell me why*.
November 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Bluesky Opinion Havers:
Browsers.
Given Chrome, Firefox and Edge _in the workplace_: which? Why?
If your workplace option is different to your personal one, first exclude Mac or Linux only options and then tell me why*.
Browsers.
Given Chrome, Firefox and Edge _in the workplace_: which? Why?
If your workplace option is different to your personal one, first exclude Mac or Linux only options and then tell me why*.
Huh. THAT experience had a short term negative experience on my level of Cope but
a) a massive net benefit in my knowledge
b) a totally unexpected positive [within the limits of my role] outcome
and
c) I was not overloaded with work or sick or otherwise ALREADY low on cope.
Net win!
a) a massive net benefit in my knowledge
b) a totally unexpected positive [within the limits of my role] outcome
and
c) I was not overloaded with work or sick or otherwise ALREADY low on cope.
Net win!
Me: uh boss I’m running 2+ days in ahead on regular work, got any urgent stuff?
Boss: well actually. You know that interesting Workplace Psychosocial Hazard you overheard me talking? Here you go!
It’s novel, I’ll give you that.
Boss: well actually. You know that interesting Workplace Psychosocial Hazard you overheard me talking? Here you go!
It’s novel, I’ll give you that.
November 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Huh. THAT experience had a short term negative experience on my level of Cope but
a) a massive net benefit in my knowledge
b) a totally unexpected positive [within the limits of my role] outcome
and
c) I was not overloaded with work or sick or otherwise ALREADY low on cope.
Net win!
a) a massive net benefit in my knowledge
b) a totally unexpected positive [within the limits of my role] outcome
and
c) I was not overloaded with work or sick or otherwise ALREADY low on cope.
Net win!
Wasn’t it only recently that he was gloating about being “a very happy couple”?
Up and began our discontent again and sorely angered my wife, who indeed do live very lonely, but I do perceive that it is want of work that do make her and all other people think of ways of spending their time worse.
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Wasn’t it only recently that he was gloating about being “a very happy couple”?
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Marcel’s camping skills have not improved. 😔
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Marcel’s camping skills have not improved. 😔
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I need to introduce you to someone. This is my new friend Marcel who has moved in with us. He has one eye and FIV and he is perfect!
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I need to introduce you to someone. This is my new friend Marcel who has moved in with us. He has one eye and FIV and he is perfect!
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high-level drug dealers: "we never mention anything illegal over text. basic details of transit and logistics are discussed only via encrypted comms."
child sex traffickers: "lmao the future president hurt himself in my pedophile mansion bc he was too busy oogling naked children"
child sex traffickers: "lmao the future president hurt himself in my pedophile mansion bc he was too busy oogling naked children"
Amazing how many criminals get together and decide the first order of business is emailing each other about the crimes every three minutes
November 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
high-level drug dealers: "we never mention anything illegal over text. basic details of transit and logistics are discussed only via encrypted comms."
child sex traffickers: "lmao the future president hurt himself in my pedophile mansion bc he was too busy oogling naked children"
child sex traffickers: "lmao the future president hurt himself in my pedophile mansion bc he was too busy oogling naked children"
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I find this hilarious because Noah Smith has managed to negatively polarize people into defending Heathrow.
Noah Smith is paid in the high six-figures to write a blog read by Americans who believe themselves to be intelligent. Yet, he is both unable to read a sign and also for some reason chose to have a 90 minute layover for a flight that takes 90 minutes.
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Economist Doesn't Follow Signs At Heathrow: Proof The UK Is Failing?
A economist had a bad experience connecting at Heathrow, suggesting it's reflective of bigger issues in the UK. There's only one issue...
onemileatatime.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
I find this hilarious because Noah Smith has managed to negatively polarize people into defending Heathrow.
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“That means courts will treat these children like adults” is a sentence the premier actually used. Proposing life sentences for 14-16 year olds is evil. Meanwhile the federal government is banning kids the same age from social media. Too young to post online but not to serve life in prison.
These reforms violate human rights obligations, contradict the evidence and will be devastating for children and young people in conflict with the law.
Victoria’s ‘adult time for violent crime’ reforms will not solve the youth crime problem
theconversation.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
“That means courts will treat these children like adults” is a sentence the premier actually used. Proposing life sentences for 14-16 year olds is evil. Meanwhile the federal government is banning kids the same age from social media. Too young to post online but not to serve life in prison.