Richard Norman
@duckbytheoboe.bsky.social
Same handle at the other place. BBQ dad, Canberra enjoyer. I make cheese sometimes
Getting the sinking feeling that Mel Gibson is going to be cast as RFK jr before too long
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Getting the sinking feeling that Mel Gibson is going to be cast as RFK jr before too long
There's a Yemeni restaurant at Dickson now. Intriguing.
November 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
There's a Yemeni restaurant at Dickson now. Intriguing.
If I was celebrity I would 100% do things like this.
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 AM
If I was celebrity I would 100% do things like this.
Xmas lunch idea: Hainan turkey and rice
November 24, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Xmas lunch idea: Hainan turkey and rice
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Given the current temperature in Glasgow, I figured it's worth posting this plaque I came across on Westbank Quadrant about the origins of Lord Kelvin's ground-breaking research into absolute zero while he was at Glasgow University.
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#glasgow #glasgowtoday #keepglasgowweird #lordkelvin
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#glasgow #glasgowtoday #keepglasgowweird #lordkelvin
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Given the current temperature in Glasgow, I figured it's worth posting this plaque I came across on Westbank Quadrant about the origins of Lord Kelvin's ground-breaking research into absolute zero while he was at Glasgow University.
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#glasgow #glasgowtoday #keepglasgowweird #lordkelvin
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#glasgow #glasgowtoday #keepglasgowweird #lordkelvin
Harvey Fletcher, pioneering audio researcher of Fletcher-Munson curve fame, worked with Robert Millikan on the oil drop experiment which measured the charge on an electron. (He was also involved in making the first stereophonic recordings and made one of the first hearing aids.)
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Harvey Fletcher, pioneering audio researcher of Fletcher-Munson curve fame, worked with Robert Millikan on the oil drop experiment which measured the charge on an electron. (He was also involved in making the first stereophonic recordings and made one of the first hearing aids.)
They’ve got us right where they want us
November 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM
They’ve got us right where they want us
Looking forward to another moral victory from the troubled former colonisers.
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Looking forward to another moral victory from the troubled former colonisers.
Looking at the Skoda Elroq because of reasons. Looks pretty solid but… Drum brakes?
November 19, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Looking at the Skoda Elroq because of reasons. Looks pretty solid but… Drum brakes?
Starting to think I should get a battery.
November 18, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Starting to think I should get a battery.
I would not eat pizza in a jacuzzi with Ryan Lizza and Olivia Nuzzi
November 18, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I would not eat pizza in a jacuzzi with Ryan Lizza and Olivia Nuzzi
-Meticulously planned heist goes perfectly
-Meticulously planned heist goes horribly wrong
-Humans contact aliens, hijinks ensue
-Innocent person proves innocence
-Irish peasant lies and cheats their way to the pinnacle of society, squanders fortune, gets shot by stepson
-Meticulously planned heist goes horribly wrong
-Humans contact aliens, hijinks ensue
-Innocent person proves innocence
-Irish peasant lies and cheats their way to the pinnacle of society, squanders fortune, gets shot by stepson
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
-"I got it, we'll *pretend* to be married! What could go wrong?"
-Englishmen being weird
-Ship hunted by submarine
-Submarine hunted by ship
-Submarine hunted by other submarine
(The first two can be improved by the addition of a submarine.)
-"I got it, we'll *pretend* to be married! What could go wrong?"
-Englishmen being weird
-Ship hunted by submarine
-Submarine hunted by ship
-Submarine hunted by other submarine
(The first two can be improved by the addition of a submarine.)
- Films from 1932 in which three chorus girl gold diggers who share a flat try to survive the Depression
- Craggy former gunslinger bleakly confronts his life’s work
- Miscarriage of justice documentary
- Half-arsed ‘80s buddy comedy
- Holly Hunter whispering
- Craggy former gunslinger bleakly confronts his life’s work
- Miscarriage of justice documentary
- Half-arsed ‘80s buddy comedy
- Holly Hunter whispering
November 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
-Meticulously planned heist goes perfectly
-Meticulously planned heist goes horribly wrong
-Humans contact aliens, hijinks ensue
-Innocent person proves innocence
-Irish peasant lies and cheats their way to the pinnacle of society, squanders fortune, gets shot by stepson
-Meticulously planned heist goes horribly wrong
-Humans contact aliens, hijinks ensue
-Innocent person proves innocence
-Irish peasant lies and cheats their way to the pinnacle of society, squanders fortune, gets shot by stepson
Plenty of metalheads in Sydney this arvo but I haven’t seen any in skinny black jeans and white Cons :(
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Plenty of metalheads in Sydney this arvo but I haven’t seen any in skinny black jeans and white Cons :(
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There are more cars in the sea than submarines on the motorway.
the only instance in recorded history of a traffic collision between a car and a u-boat!
November 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
There are more cars in the sea than submarines on the motorway.
The new 007 reports for duty. M directs her to a hole in a wall behind a filing cabinet. She crawls in and finds herself inside John Malkovich’s head
November 12, 2025 at 1:36 AM
The new 007 reports for duty. M directs her to a hole in a wall behind a filing cabinet. She crawls in and finds herself inside John Malkovich’s head
Reposted by Richard Norman
Help mom I’m being bullied by 87 year old novella writer Joyce Carol Oates again can you pick me up
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Help mom I’m being bullied by 87 year old novella writer Joyce Carol Oates again can you pick me up
In Singapore I have now seen wild otters, monkeys, and, most excitingly, chickens.
November 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
In Singapore I have now seen wild otters, monkeys, and, most excitingly, chickens.
My godfather was very, very good at his job. That job was, to a dismaying extent, introducing the talk radio format to Australia. If you hate them he probably created their careers.
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 AM
My godfather was very, very good at his job. That job was, to a dismaying extent, introducing the talk radio format to Australia. If you hate them he probably created their careers.
Reposted by Richard Norman
I don't know. I'm kinda fond of the BSG Dualla suicide scene, followed by "I Just Want to Celebrate" (another day of life) with images of tomato soup exploding.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb7R...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb7R...
Dualla's Suicide and Ironic Commercial Placement
YouTube video by Battlestar Wiki
www.youtube.com
February 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I don't know. I'm kinda fond of the BSG Dualla suicide scene, followed by "I Just Want to Celebrate" (another day of life) with images of tomato soup exploding.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb7R...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb7R...
Do people who own fainting goats ever get bored of the goats fainting? I don’t think I would.
November 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Do people who own fainting goats ever get bored of the goats fainting? I don’t think I would.
I AM ON A MONORAIL
November 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I AM ON A MONORAIL
I’ve done a lot of travel but somehow never made it to Singapore before. Two days in and I’m not sure I ever want to leave.
November 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I’ve done a lot of travel but somehow never made it to Singapore before. Two days in and I’m not sure I ever want to leave.