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Dirk Flinthart
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Writer. Reader. Gamer. Parent. Instructor. Drinker.

Ya, whatever.
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Quick-swap battery in a vehicle with 400-500km range, and a price tag of $22,000 Ozbucks. If there's a option to add some charge to those batteries by hooking into the home solar or whatever, this is the car I want.

thedriven.io/2025/11/10/n...
New $A22,000 EV takes 88 seconds to have a fully charged battery
New EV with latest CATL-supplied battery swapping tech sees charged swappable battery installed in just 88 seconds.
thedriven.io
November 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
flinthart.bsky.social
Ridiculously bad watercolour entitled 'Rainy Day'. Depicts a blue quilt on a bed, with two feet sticking out from under it. A red book lies open on the bed. On a near table is a glass of red wine. A tabby cat is curled up asleep on the floor at the foot of the bed.
November 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Absolute. Fucking. Respect.

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AC/DC Just Rocked Melbourne So Hard, They Literally Showed Up On the Richter Scale
Thunderstruck
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November 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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I'm sure this is creepy. I'm just trying to figure out how creepy it is, and why...

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
Police Break Up Lego Theft Ring, Recovering Hundreds of Beheaded Figurines
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
flinthart.bsky.social
Ooof.

THIS is telling.

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US drops out of world’s most powerful passport top 10 list for the first time | CNN
Once a ticket to visa-free travel across the world, the US passport’s potency has dwindled in recent times. And now, for the first time, it’s completely fallen off the leaderboard of nationalities ran...
edition.cnn.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
flinthart.bsky.social
The sad thing about this? Kennedy will never know, nor comprehend, just how thoroughly and savagely he just got burned.

theshovel.com.au/2025/09/23/w...
White House Announce Panadol Rapid is Linked to Stronger, Faster Acting Autism — The Shovel
A new finding unveiled by the Secretary of Health and the US President has informed Americans that taking Panadol Rapid during a pregnancy can lead to faster, stronger, and longer-lasting autism  “Pan...
theshovel.com.au
September 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
flinthart.bsky.social
Uh-oh...

euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/12/s...
SIM cards in downed drones expose Russia’s months-long plan to target Poland and Lithuania - Euromaidan Press
Russia prepared drone strikes on Poland and Lithuania for months, using local SIM cards to test network connectivity.
euromaidanpress.com
September 13, 2025 at 3:02 AM
flinthart.bsky.social
So. Right knee joint completely replaced, Tuesday last week. Recovery and rehab going fine. Pain is tedious, though.
September 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
flinthart.bsky.social
Anybody seen Trump's responses yet? I'm curious as to what mangled rhetoric missile he launches after this...

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“Trump is a Soviet asset - and my presidency hasn’t gone the way I’d hoped”
“Trump is a Soviet asset - and my presidency hasn’t gone the way I’d hoped”; president drops protocol in speech to PSD summer university
www.portugalresident.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:12 AM
flinthart.bsky.social
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Robert F Kennedy Jr wrong about mRNA vaccines’ effectiveness – Full Fact
The US health secretary has cancelled research into mRNA vaccines, but his reasons seem to be based on bad information about their effectiveness.
fullfact.org
August 20, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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Trump and Putin shaking hands in front of flags. Caption says "Putin grabbing America by the pussy."
August 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
flinthart.bsky.social
Ninja Turtles! It was only a matter of time...
Picture of a turtle, with a Popular Mechanics article headline above. The headline states "Scientists Just Found 41,000 Turtles Hiding In Plain Sight."
August 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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(Glances sideways at Texas.)

Have to admit: if I was a federal, elected Democrat watching Trump fill DC with troops and assuming control of the police, I'd be considering an extended trip to Chicago.

You know. Before I got an involuntary trip to a cage in a Florida swamp.
August 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Image of a black van with I.C.E written on the side. Two men in black body armour and black balaclava masks get out, each carrying an automatic rifle. In the foreground is a person wearing hundreds of sheets of paper with what looks like print on it, like the pages of a book. The person is entirely covered by the paper. One of the men in black says "I don't see anything." Caption below says Clever Migrant wears the Epstein Files to Hide from Trump Administration.
August 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Cool! This is really interesting!

gizmodo.com/diabetic-man...
Diabetic Man With Gene-Edited Cells Produces His Own Insulin—No Transplant Drugs Required
A proof-of-concept study finds that donated insulin-producing cells can be genetically modified to avoid provoking the recipient's immune system.
gizmodo.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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theshovel.com.au/2025/08/07/r...
Russia-US Relationship Back on Track After Putin Gifts Trump Invisible Stealth Jet — The Shovel
From far and wide, Trump’s supporters came and applauded him on the extraordinary vehicle, exclaiming: “How beautiful is our emperor’s new plane!”
theshovel.com.au
August 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Love it!

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Uncensored version with Samuel L. Jackson - A taste of fossil freedom
YouTube video by Vattenfall
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August 6, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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Okay, yeah. Sometimes size does matter.

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Spider's record-breaking "love arm" ensures safe sex from afar
Forget flowers and chocolate – in the spider world, courtship survival is the ultimate gift. Scientists have now discovered a new genus of tarantula and the species' defining feature is a supersized s...
newatlas.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
flinthart.bsky.social
Yeah... not good.

www.zmescience.com/science/news...
This Study Finds a Chilling Link Between Personality Type and Trump Support
Malevolent traits and reduced empathy go hand in hand.
www.zmescience.com
August 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
flinthart.bsky.social
Oooh. Can't see this ending well.

apnews.com/article/tenn...
Tennessee death row inmate can be executed without deactivating implanted defibrillator, court rules
Tennessee's high court has ruled that a death row inmate can be executed without deactivating his implanted defibrillator.
apnews.com
August 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Huh. Who could possibly have guessed that decent treatment of the masses is dependent on a swift, easy mechanism of collective response or resistance? Paging Mr Luigi Mangione!

www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Fairness is what the powerful ‘can get away with’ study shows
The willingness of those in power to act fairly depends on how easily others can collectively push back against unfair treatment, psychologists have found.   A newly published study by Dr David...
www.eurekalert.org
August 1, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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theshovel.com.au/2025/07/25/i...
Imported American Beefsteak Completely Shitfaced After One Splash of Full Strength Aussie Beer — The Shovel
The reintroduction of imported US beef to Australia has already led to unintended consequences, with one piece of American steak reportedly falling to pieces after a man splashed some Vic Bitter on it...
theshovel.com.au
July 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
flinthart.bsky.social
Acceptable Uses For AI
AI generated image of a brick building with concrete steps. There is a sign upper right in the Sesame Street colours and font which says: "Unexpected Guests on Sesame Street" Standing in front of the building with a sawn-off shotgun in his hand and a wary expression is the character Ash from the Evil Dead movies, played by actor Bruce Campbell. Lunging towards him are horribly twisted Evil Dead versions of the famous muppets Elmo and Grover. This cannot possibly end well...
July 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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I have no comments. None. At. All.
It's a poster featuring faces of Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter. They're in a production of "Waiting For Godot" together.... for fuck's sake. Samuel Beckett is spinning in his grave.
July 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Trump thinks he's "winning"...

theshovel.com.au/2025/07/25/a...
Australia Agrees To Take American Beef if America Agrees To Take Scott Morrison — The Shovel
Experts agree that both American beef and Scott Morrison can make you ill.
theshovel.com.au
July 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM