Lachlan Musicman
@datakid.bsky.social
Systems - computer and otherwise, data science, political and cultural theory. Book reader, music listener, D'n'D participant, traveler.
Cookers with no sense of humor are more evidence that broccoli are really strawberries with bad hair.
Calling for a elected gov with a massive majority to resign. More evidence the far left has become the far right.
January 14, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Cookers with no sense of humor are more evidence that broccoli are really strawberries with bad hair.
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The climax of the film features them having to break the undocumented migrant out of ICE detention when he gets grabbed.
the best 2020s espionage black comedy is about the construction crew on the White House ballroom gradually realising that they're *all* spies from different countries, except for one undocumented immigrant who has to teach them how to do things
January 14, 2026 at 4:32 AM
The climax of the film features them having to break the undocumented migrant out of ICE detention when he gets grabbed.
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If you haven't seen it, Bill Watterson gave a speech in 1990 to his alma mater, Kenyon college
Full speech is here and it is absolutely worth your time: www.neil.blog/full-speech-...
This is my favourite part
Full speech is here and it is absolutely worth your time: www.neil.blog/full-speech-...
This is my favourite part
January 14, 2026 at 8:19 AM
If you haven't seen it, Bill Watterson gave a speech in 1990 to his alma mater, Kenyon college
Full speech is here and it is absolutely worth your time: www.neil.blog/full-speech-...
This is my favourite part
Full speech is here and it is absolutely worth your time: www.neil.blog/full-speech-...
This is my favourite part
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We've been calling them 'words.'
But here's the thing: that's not quite tadashii.
A kotoba isn't a word.
They're something else entirely-
a role unique to Japanese gengo.
And there's no eigo no kotoba that surus it seigi.
So from ima on, wareware tsukau the hontou no kotoba: kotoba.
But here's the thing: that's not quite tadashii.
A kotoba isn't a word.
They're something else entirely-
a role unique to Japanese gengo.
And there's no eigo no kotoba that surus it seigi.
So from ima on, wareware tsukau the hontou no kotoba: kotoba.
January 14, 2026 at 8:28 AM
We've been calling them 'words.'
But here's the thing: that's not quite tadashii.
A kotoba isn't a word.
They're something else entirely-
a role unique to Japanese gengo.
And there's no eigo no kotoba that surus it seigi.
So from ima on, wareware tsukau the hontou no kotoba: kotoba.
But here's the thing: that's not quite tadashii.
A kotoba isn't a word.
They're something else entirely-
a role unique to Japanese gengo.
And there's no eigo no kotoba that surus it seigi.
So from ima on, wareware tsukau the hontou no kotoba: kotoba.
Just got called by Kantar for Neilsen re TV watching in our home. No free standing TV for ten years. No TV shows watched in the last month. I've heard of ABC iView, SBS On-Demand, ACMI Cinema 3, and my local library's Kanopy subscription. 100% not their target market. LOL, was fun skewing results
January 14, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Just got called by Kantar for Neilsen re TV watching in our home. No free standing TV for ten years. No TV shows watched in the last month. I've heard of ABC iView, SBS On-Demand, ACMI Cinema 3, and my local library's Kanopy subscription. 100% not their target market. LOL, was fun skewing results
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"My community’s security will not be possible at the expense of others. That is not safety. It is scapegoating."
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
"My community’s security will not be possible at the expense of others. That is not safety. It is scapegoating."
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New Star Wars movie idea:
12 Angry Men, but it's all Wookies and no subtitles.
12 Angry Men, but it's all Wookies and no subtitles.
January 11, 2026 at 7:20 PM
New Star Wars movie idea:
12 Angry Men, but it's all Wookies and no subtitles.
12 Angry Men, but it's all Wookies and no subtitles.
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Melbourne Writer’s Week will take place at an undisclosed location with a codeword required on entry.
If the cops show up, you have to eat the books.
Will include a special presentation on Fahrenheit 451 in a ploughed field near Sunbury at dusk. Bring masks.
#auspol
If the cops show up, you have to eat the books.
Will include a special presentation on Fahrenheit 451 in a ploughed field near Sunbury at dusk. Bring masks.
#auspol
January 13, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Melbourne Writer’s Week will take place at an undisclosed location with a codeword required on entry.
If the cops show up, you have to eat the books.
Will include a special presentation on Fahrenheit 451 in a ploughed field near Sunbury at dusk. Bring masks.
#auspol
If the cops show up, you have to eat the books.
Will include a special presentation on Fahrenheit 451 in a ploughed field near Sunbury at dusk. Bring masks.
#auspol
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Well the @antipovertycentre.org certainly got some media this week:
You can listen back to @artistaffame.bsky.social talking with ABC Radio in Adelaide last week talking about heat and disability during the heatwaves last week. Starting at 32:11
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
You can listen back to @artistaffame.bsky.social talking with ABC Radio in Adelaide last week talking about heat and disability during the heatwaves last week. Starting at 32:11
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Drive - ABC listen
A unique take on the day's news. Be informed and entertained as Drive brings the world to you.
www.abc.net.au
January 12, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Well the @antipovertycentre.org certainly got some media this week:
You can listen back to @artistaffame.bsky.social talking with ABC Radio in Adelaide last week talking about heat and disability during the heatwaves last week. Starting at 32:11
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
You can listen back to @artistaffame.bsky.social talking with ABC Radio in Adelaide last week talking about heat and disability during the heatwaves last week. Starting at 32:11
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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This comment, in addition to being defamatory and racist in the extreme, incorrectly likens all Muslims to ISIS, and all Jews to Zionists. It’s racist, Islamophobic, and antisemitic all at once. Truly extraordinary.
January 13, 2026 at 8:04 AM
This comment, in addition to being defamatory and racist in the extreme, incorrectly likens all Muslims to ISIS, and all Jews to Zionists. It’s racist, Islamophobic, and antisemitic all at once. Truly extraordinary.
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Adelaide Writers Festival 2: 2Write/2Festival
January 13, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Adelaide Writers Festival 2: 2Write/2Festival
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They fixed it! My article is now open access. academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...
Revisiting the “Comfort Girls” of Report 49: Race, Sex, and Information in Asia’s War for Empire
Abstract. In 1944, a Japanese American intelligence officer stationed in Ledo, India, unwittingly composed a famous historical document: “Japanese Prisoner
academic.oup.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
They fixed it! My article is now open access. academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...
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greatest steam update of all time, because of one unnecessary detail
January 12, 2026 at 9:34 PM
greatest steam update of all time, because of one unnecessary detail
Torvalds vibe-coding guitar pedal effects. 2026 has been a lot. github.com/torvalds/aud...
GitHub - torvalds/AudioNoise: Random digital audio effects
Random digital audio effects. Contribute to torvalds/AudioNoise development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Torvalds vibe-coding guitar pedal effects. 2026 has been a lot. github.com/torvalds/aud...
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They should cut out the middleman and shut down Adelaide
January 12, 2026 at 8:58 PM
They should cut out the middleman and shut down Adelaide
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John Cage, submitting the sheet music for "4'33"" to his publisher: What do you think?
Publisher: No notes.
Publisher: No notes.
January 11, 2026 at 8:54 PM
John Cage, submitting the sheet music for "4'33"" to his publisher: What do you think?
Publisher: No notes.
Publisher: No notes.
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Cheeseburgers are not natural.
My Graph is up on Reddit www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...
My Graph is up on Reddit www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...
January 8, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Cheeseburgers are not natural.
My Graph is up on Reddit www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...
My Graph is up on Reddit www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeau...
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4) Ghosty Most, the Potent Potentate, Potato of the Living Room
January 11, 2026 at 6:12 PM
4) Ghosty Most, the Potent Potentate, Potato of the Living Room
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Discworld QOTD, from Maskerade
“Nanny Ogg was basically a law-abiding person when she had no reason to break the law, and therefore had that kind of person’s attitude to law-enforcement officers, which was one of deep and permanent distrust.”
“Nanny Ogg was basically a law-abiding person when she had no reason to break the law, and therefore had that kind of person’s attitude to law-enforcement officers, which was one of deep and permanent distrust.”
Discworld QOTD, from The Truth
January 11, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Maskerade
“Nanny Ogg was basically a law-abiding person when she had no reason to break the law, and therefore had that kind of person’s attitude to law-enforcement officers, which was one of deep and permanent distrust.”
“Nanny Ogg was basically a law-abiding person when she had no reason to break the law, and therefore had that kind of person’s attitude to law-enforcement officers, which was one of deep and permanent distrust.”
Justified and Ancient
January 11, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Justified and Ancient
Diminish a band.
Boards of the United States of America
Boards of the United States of America
Diminish a band
Boastful Mouse
Boastful Mouse
Diminish a band
A The
A The
January 11, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Diminish a band.
Boards of the United States of America
Boards of the United States of America
Diminish a band
Boastful Mouse
Boastful Mouse
Diminish a band
A The
A The
Diminish a band
Well-behaved by Nature
Well-behaved by Nature
January 11, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Diminish a band
Boastful Mouse
Boastful Mouse