Anomander
@anomander.bsky.social
Boardgames (design, trick-taking), Breadmaking, Mead & Fruit Wines, Science, Environment, Sweary, Lefty, Atheist, Politics, Sci-fi, Books, 80's music, Black Humour.
Retired Tree-changer living a hermit life in Anaiwan country. 316.79ppm 🎲🃏🐨🦎🐵🌳🥖🍺🍷♻️🍉
Retired Tree-changer living a hermit life in Anaiwan country. 316.79ppm 🎲🃏🐨🦎🐵🌳🥖🍺🍷♻️🍉
Ever wondered why Donald Trump doesn't have a scar on his ear from that bullet?
His ear was prosthetic.
Lizards don't have ear auricles (external ear parts) like humans do.
It really explains a lot.
His ear was prosthetic.
Lizards don't have ear auricles (external ear parts) like humans do.
It really explains a lot.
December 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Ever wondered why Donald Trump doesn't have a scar on his ear from that bullet?
His ear was prosthetic.
Lizards don't have ear auricles (external ear parts) like humans do.
It really explains a lot.
His ear was prosthetic.
Lizards don't have ear auricles (external ear parts) like humans do.
It really explains a lot.
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Incredibly moving interview with Sydney philosophy professor Peter Slezak, son of Holocaust survivors.
“Recognising Palestine was the right thing to do - in fact it was long overdue. How on earth can that be connected to two mass murders who commit an atrocity?”
“Recognising Palestine was the right thing to do - in fact it was long overdue. How on earth can that be connected to two mass murders who commit an atrocity?”
December 24, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Incredibly moving interview with Sydney philosophy professor Peter Slezak, son of Holocaust survivors.
“Recognising Palestine was the right thing to do - in fact it was long overdue. How on earth can that be connected to two mass murders who commit an atrocity?”
“Recognising Palestine was the right thing to do - in fact it was long overdue. How on earth can that be connected to two mass murders who commit an atrocity?”
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Here's @ronnisalt. "Don't look back in anger"
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Don’t look back in anger - The Shot
I’m angry. We’re all angry. Perhaps that’s part of the problem. At the moment, we’re angry at two twisted individuals...
theshot.net.au
December 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Here's @ronnisalt. "Don't look back in anger"
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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"Five minutes after birth, they decide your name, religion, nationality and sect. And you spend the rest of your life defending what you did not choose." -Arthur Schopenhauer
December 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
"Five minutes after birth, they decide your name, religion, nationality and sect. And you spend the rest of your life defending what you did not choose." -Arthur Schopenhauer
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Some of the best movies ever made were by Rob Reiner. They made us laugh and think: The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, A Few Good Men. And he was a force on screen as well in All in the Family and so many films.
What a tragic loss. Words fail with news like this.
What a tragic loss. Words fail with news like this.
December 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Some of the best movies ever made were by Rob Reiner. They made us laugh and think: The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, A Few Good Men. And he was a force on screen as well in All in the Family and so many films.
What a tragic loss. Words fail with news like this.
What a tragic loss. Words fail with news like this.
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Before One Nation have a chance to get started, it might be useful to remind people that they sought $20 million from US lobby groups like NRA in order to weaken Australia's stellar gun laws. #bondiattack #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
One Nation's James Ashby filmed seeking $20m from NRA to weaken Australia's gun laws
Al-Jazeera journalist posing as gun campaigner films senior party figures in Washington DC soliciting financial support to help One Nation seize the balance of power
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Before One Nation have a chance to get started, it might be useful to remind people that they sought $20 million from US lobby groups like NRA in order to weaken Australia's stellar gun laws. #bondiattack #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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What can I say? It’s devastating news both that it happened and how it happened. Rob Reiner put good into the universe and cared deeply about humanity and decency. Our world is a little lonelier tonight. My condolences to his family, his close friends like Albert Brooks, and his poor Uncle Mel.
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
What can I say? It’s devastating news both that it happened and how it happened. Rob Reiner put good into the universe and cared deeply about humanity and decency. Our world is a little lonelier tonight. My condolences to his family, his close friends like Albert Brooks, and his poor Uncle Mel.
Local rotary cub held a second-hand book sale in town this morning.
Picked-up 21 books for the wife, 4 for the granddaughter, an unplayed copy of Ticket to Ride Europe (for $2!), and 8 jigsaw puzzles (including a few in shrink).
Total cost $60. Bargain!
Picked-up 21 books for the wife, 4 for the granddaughter, an unplayed copy of Ticket to Ride Europe (for $2!), and 8 jigsaw puzzles (including a few in shrink).
Total cost $60. Bargain!
December 13, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Local rotary cub held a second-hand book sale in town this morning.
Picked-up 21 books for the wife, 4 for the granddaughter, an unplayed copy of Ticket to Ride Europe (for $2!), and 8 jigsaw puzzles (including a few in shrink).
Total cost $60. Bargain!
Picked-up 21 books for the wife, 4 for the granddaughter, an unplayed copy of Ticket to Ride Europe (for $2!), and 8 jigsaw puzzles (including a few in shrink).
Total cost $60. Bargain!
Opened the letterbox today, and in there was a pamphlet and fridge magnet courtesy of Barnaby and the Nats. Telling us how well he's been working for the electorate.
The day after he defected to No Notion.
Typical of his regard for anyone else. He has only ever been in it for himself.
The day after he defected to No Notion.
Typical of his regard for anyone else. He has only ever been in it for himself.
December 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Opened the letterbox today, and in there was a pamphlet and fridge magnet courtesy of Barnaby and the Nats. Telling us how well he's been working for the electorate.
The day after he defected to No Notion.
Typical of his regard for anyone else. He has only ever been in it for himself.
The day after he defected to No Notion.
Typical of his regard for anyone else. He has only ever been in it for himself.
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Thinking this is wrong isn’t radical.
Thinking it isn’t is.
Thinking it isn’t is.
December 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Thinking this is wrong isn’t radical.
Thinking it isn’t is.
Thinking it isn’t is.
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Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. Concentrated wealth is already endangering our democracy. Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive. Concentrated wealth is already endangering our democracy. Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
It’s a vicious cycle that destroys our economy and democracy at the same time.
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Some might say, hacking billboards is noble work. 😉
December 2, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Some might say, hacking billboards is noble work. 😉
The government's latest approach to see AI as some benign entity that will benefit us all, is delusional in the extreme.
We should all be very scared about the path AI is taking, and we should be implementing strict controls now, before it is all too late.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFU1...
We should all be very scared about the path AI is taking, and we should be implementing strict controls now, before it is all too late.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFU1...
AI Expert: We Have 2 Years Before Everything Changes! We Need To Start Protesting! - Tristan Harris
YouTube video by The Diary Of A CEO
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:27 AM
The government's latest approach to see AI as some benign entity that will benefit us all, is delusional in the extreme.
We should all be very scared about the path AI is taking, and we should be implementing strict controls now, before it is all too late.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFU1...
We should all be very scared about the path AI is taking, and we should be implementing strict controls now, before it is all too late.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFU1...
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
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So we’ll miraculously find $2billion to host COP should we win the bid to host it, but we can’t fund our scientists at the #CSIRO
A truly shocking moment for Labor
@jimchalmers.bsky.social
@chrisbowenmp.bsky.social
@albomp.bsky.social
A truly shocking moment for Labor
@jimchalmers.bsky.social
@chrisbowenmp.bsky.social
@albomp.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 8:44 AM
So we’ll miraculously find $2billion to host COP should we win the bid to host it, but we can’t fund our scientists at the #CSIRO
A truly shocking moment for Labor
@jimchalmers.bsky.social
@chrisbowenmp.bsky.social
@albomp.bsky.social
A truly shocking moment for Labor
@jimchalmers.bsky.social
@chrisbowenmp.bsky.social
@albomp.bsky.social
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I don't want AI generated art, I want AI emptied dishwasher
November 17, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I don't want AI generated art, I want AI emptied dishwasher
Awesome article from the incredible @amyremeikis.bsky.social for @thenewdaily.bsky.social on how the LNP's self-destruction should sound a warning note for the ALP.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
No saving the Coalition – and that should be a warning to Labor
Labor is trying to present itself as the adult in the room, by pointing to the opposition's tantrums. That’s not governing, it’s babysitting.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
November 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Awesome article from the incredible @amyremeikis.bsky.social for @thenewdaily.bsky.social on how the LNP's self-destruction should sound a warning note for the ALP.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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What we think of neo-nazis
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
What we think of neo-nazis
FFS! Country people already have to travel huge distances compared to city types.
Lower speed limits won't make them safer. Trips will just take much longer and frustrate everyone.
Most prangs are caused by impatience, inattention, entitlement or stupidity.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Lower speed limits won't make them safer. Trips will just take much longer and frustrate everyone.
Most prangs are caused by impatience, inattention, entitlement or stupidity.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Pushback over proposal to lower speed limits on Australia’s country roads to between 70 and 90km/h
Federal infrastructure department’s ‘regulatory impact analysis’ reduce default speed limits on regional roads from 100km/h
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 AM
FFS! Country people already have to travel huge distances compared to city types.
Lower speed limits won't make them safer. Trips will just take much longer and frustrate everyone.
Most prangs are caused by impatience, inattention, entitlement or stupidity.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Lower speed limits won't make them safer. Trips will just take much longer and frustrate everyone.
Most prangs are caused by impatience, inattention, entitlement or stupidity.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Homo Sapiens emerged about 300,000 years ago.
Imagine you gave an early Sapiens $9,000. And they looked at you and said “the fuck is this?”
But anyway, you piled up $9,000 Every Single Day since the first Sapiens walked the Earth.
You still wouldn’t have a trillion dollars.
Capitalism is fucked
Imagine you gave an early Sapiens $9,000. And they looked at you and said “the fuck is this?”
But anyway, you piled up $9,000 Every Single Day since the first Sapiens walked the Earth.
You still wouldn’t have a trillion dollars.
Capitalism is fucked
November 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Homo Sapiens emerged about 300,000 years ago.
Imagine you gave an early Sapiens $9,000. And they looked at you and said “the fuck is this?”
But anyway, you piled up $9,000 Every Single Day since the first Sapiens walked the Earth.
You still wouldn’t have a trillion dollars.
Capitalism is fucked
Imagine you gave an early Sapiens $9,000. And they looked at you and said “the fuck is this?”
But anyway, you piled up $9,000 Every Single Day since the first Sapiens walked the Earth.
You still wouldn’t have a trillion dollars.
Capitalism is fucked
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Postponed childbearing, exit from the workforce and other consequences will reduce the relative size of the economy’s productive sector, ultimately exacerbating the problem to the point of disaster.
Taking from the young, giving to the old: How our tax system is letting us down
Australians are retiring with unprecedented levels of wealth. This wealth, which is primarily held in housing, investment properties and superannuation, allows retirees to draw incomes to support their retirement.
johnmenadue.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Postponed childbearing, exit from the workforce and other consequences will reduce the relative size of the economy’s productive sector, ultimately exacerbating the problem to the point of disaster.