Zandy
@iskandarv.bsky.social
software developer, science fiction fan, Quaker, somewhat distracted by family life, he/him
Perth, living on Whadjuk country, Australia
Mastodon @iskandarv@mastodon.star-one.org.uk
Perth, living on Whadjuk country, Australia
Mastodon @iskandarv@mastodon.star-one.org.uk
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Fantastic news.
BREAKING NEWS: We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that the Southbank Centre - the Hayward Gallery, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall and skaters undercroft - has finally been Grade II listed by DCMS after a 35 year long campaign.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/southba...
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/southba...
February 10, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Fantastic news.
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Jan is too modest. It's been 5 years since the hydrogen ladder came out. And at least 3 years since his conclusive meta-study of hydrogen studies. We were clear that hydrogen as a fuel was a terrible idea.
Hydrogen promoters owe us billions in wasted money & years we can never recover.
Hydrogen promoters owe us billions in wasted money & years we can never recover.
Using hydrogen as a fuel to replace natural gas has been strongly promoted by vested interest groups.
Many including myself raised serious concerns about scalability, cost and efficiency.
The more time passes, the more it looks like those concerns were well-founded.
Many including myself raised serious concerns about scalability, cost and efficiency.
The more time passes, the more it looks like those concerns were well-founded.
February 10, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Jan is too modest. It's been 5 years since the hydrogen ladder came out. And at least 3 years since his conclusive meta-study of hydrogen studies. We were clear that hydrogen as a fuel was a terrible idea.
Hydrogen promoters owe us billions in wasted money & years we can never recover.
Hydrogen promoters owe us billions in wasted money & years we can never recover.
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🚨🚨" Some leaders have chosen to hunt them down and deport them through operations that are both unlawful and cruel. My government has chosen a different way: a fast and simple path to regularize their immigration status." Spanish PM Pedro #Sanchez on why #migrants are essential for Western society:
February 6, 2026 at 7:50 AM
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Here's me. "Why the fuck would we 'socially cohere' for monsters?"
Why the fuck would we “socially cohere” for monsters? - The Shot
Yesterday, the gulf between the will of the Australian people and the actions of the Australian government revealed itself to...
theshot.net.au
February 10, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Here's me. "Why the fuck would we 'socially cohere' for monsters?"
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This is lovely
theconversation.com/as-beautiful...
theconversation.com/as-beautiful...
As beautiful as they were powerful: Jon Kudelka’s political cartoons were made with true conviction
The award-winning cartoonist Jon Kudelka died in Hobart on Sunday, aged 53. Over 30 years, his work resisted the polarisation of the contemporary Australian media.
theconversation.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:29 AM
This is lovely
theconversation.com/as-beautiful...
theconversation.com/as-beautiful...
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Johannesburg’s Nyamakop Studios turns African artifact repatriation into a bold heist game.
Protagonist Nomali and a crew of ordinary citizens reclaim 70 real-life artifacts taken during the colonial era.
The 30-person dev team includes people from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
Protagonist Nomali and a crew of ordinary citizens reclaim 70 real-life artifacts taken during the colonial era.
The 30-person dev team includes people from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
Video game 'reloots' stolen artefacts, by reclaiming works of art from Western museums
www.france24.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Johannesburg’s Nyamakop Studios turns African artifact repatriation into a bold heist game.
Protagonist Nomali and a crew of ordinary citizens reclaim 70 real-life artifacts taken during the colonial era.
The 30-person dev team includes people from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
Protagonist Nomali and a crew of ordinary citizens reclaim 70 real-life artifacts taken during the colonial era.
The 30-person dev team includes people from Zimbabwe, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania.
Isn't online banking wonderful? Until it just breaks.
Ah yes, we're happy to make this important payment for you but please enter the verification code from your app.
Ah yes, the app can give you a verification code but only if you enter your Sync Code first.
Please ring us to reset your Sync Code
Ah yes, we're happy to make this important payment for you but please enter the verification code from your app.
Ah yes, the app can give you a verification code but only if you enter your Sync Code first.
Please ring us to reset your Sync Code
February 10, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Isn't online banking wonderful? Until it just breaks.
Ah yes, we're happy to make this important payment for you but please enter the verification code from your app.
Ah yes, the app can give you a verification code but only if you enter your Sync Code first.
Please ring us to reset your Sync Code
Ah yes, we're happy to make this important payment for you but please enter the verification code from your app.
Ah yes, the app can give you a verification code but only if you enter your Sync Code first.
Please ring us to reset your Sync Code
On literary styles and the shaping of culture - interesting musings from Danny O’Brien
New blog post from me: As Was The Style At The Time: How We Became Cruel https://www.oblomovka.com/wp/2026/02/09/as-was-the-style-at-the-time-how-we-became-cruel/
February 10, 2026 at 6:28 AM
On literary styles and the shaping of culture - interesting musings from Danny O’Brien
Fun time getting root canal at the dentist on my birthday. Slightly disconcerting to have him say “There are supposed to be three nerves in this tooth but I can only find one”. Guess that means my next visit could be even more exciting.
February 10, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Fun time getting root canal at the dentist on my birthday. Slightly disconcerting to have him say “There are supposed to be three nerves in this tooth but I can only find one”. Guess that means my next visit could be even more exciting.
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Macbeth: SHIT
February 9, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Macbeth: SHIT
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Here in Australia, much has already been said about the recent wave of "hate speech" and anti-protest laws. Speaking as someone who studies political communication and misinformation, I want to add my deep concern: how these rushed responses may backfire institutionally and politically. #auspol
February 8, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Here in Australia, much has already been said about the recent wave of "hate speech" and anti-protest laws. Speaking as someone who studies political communication and misinformation, I want to add my deep concern: how these rushed responses may backfire institutionally and politically. #auspol
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February 9, 2026 at 1:25 AM
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If you didn’t catch the significance of the exploding transformers in Bad Bunny’s halftime show, I gotcha. Here’s one of a bunch of pieces I wrote from/on Puerto Rico about the crisis—and Trump’s role in it. slate.com/news-and-pol...
Washington’s Corruption Has Created Another Humanitarian Crisis in Puerto Rico
The island’s earthquakes are its latest man-made disaster.
slate.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
If you didn’t catch the significance of the exploding transformers in Bad Bunny’s halftime show, I gotcha. Here’s one of a bunch of pieces I wrote from/on Puerto Rico about the crisis—and Trump’s role in it. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
Always ate these when I was hiking. I’m not even sure where the venture scouts bought them from.
Vesta Ready Meals - internationally-themed dining experience-in-a-box of dubious geographical veracity and requiring fiddly pre-Microwave Revolution preparation steps pushed to adventurous punters with debatable 'a flavour of the east'-level ad campaigns.
timworthington.org/2025/04/01/l...
timworthington.org/2025/04/01/l...
February 8, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Always ate these when I was hiking. I’m not even sure where the venture scouts bought them from.
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BREAKING: Groundbreaking Discovery as 2 Australian Scientists Identify RNA Molecules With Therapeutic Promise Against Breast Cancer
February 8, 2026 at 1:33 PM
BREAKING: Groundbreaking Discovery as 2 Australian Scientists Identify RNA Molecules With Therapeutic Promise Against Breast Cancer
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so I'm sitting here and my 1 yo is playing quietly on the floor and the 3 yo walks up to him and goes "come, brother, let us return to our wicked ways!"
February 8, 2026 at 1:54 PM
so I'm sitting here and my 1 yo is playing quietly on the floor and the 3 yo walks up to him and goes "come, brother, let us return to our wicked ways!"
Watched a bit of Olympics. Unfortunately every time I hear Breezy Johnson my brain converts it to Greasy Johnson. Good Omens I blame you.
February 8, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Watched a bit of Olympics. Unfortunately every time I hear Breezy Johnson my brain converts it to Greasy Johnson. Good Omens I blame you.
Australia’s Future Fund has invested in this?
February 8, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Australia’s Future Fund has invested in this?
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My goal as a parent was always to raise better men than me
I just received a video from one son of my other son juggling dildos outside the Whipple Building
There are many things I could have done better but I can't really argue with the results
I just received a video from one son of my other son juggling dildos outside the Whipple Building
There are many things I could have done better but I can't really argue with the results
February 7, 2026 at 6:34 PM
My goal as a parent was always to raise better men than me
I just received a video from one son of my other son juggling dildos outside the Whipple Building
There are many things I could have done better but I can't really argue with the results
I just received a video from one son of my other son juggling dildos outside the Whipple Building
There are many things I could have done better but I can't really argue with the results
"I hope I can use my platform and my voice throughout these games to try and encourage people to stay strong in these hard times" is considered political? If that is all she said and she’s getting so much flack for it… words fail me.
'"I hope I can use my platform and my voice throughout these games to try and encourage people to stay strong in these hard times," said the 26-year-old, who in 2019 publicly came out as bisexual and pansexual."
Amber Glenn says she received threats after making political comments at Olympics
The U.S. figure skating star said she's received threats after making political comments during an Olympics press conference this week. Here's what she said.
www.nbcnewyork.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:46 PM
"I hope I can use my platform and my voice throughout these games to try and encourage people to stay strong in these hard times" is considered political? If that is all she said and she’s getting so much flack for it… words fail me.
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My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:29 AM
My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
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I can’t believe this is where we are on this stupid timeline.
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:59 AM
I can’t believe this is where we are on this stupid timeline.
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I'M WRITING THIS FAIRLY BIG BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE HARD OF HEARING.
February 5, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I'M WRITING THIS FAIRLY BIG BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE HARD OF HEARING.
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I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
February 7, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.