Josh Nicholas
@joshnicholas.com
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Josh Nicholas
@joshnicholas.com
· Mar 21
Tourists, watercolours and the sad, still Star: sketching the route 35 tram showed me a Melbourne I had never really noticed
When you are in a city every day, you start to take things for granted. So, after three years in Melbourne, Josh Nicholas decided to be a tourist
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I wrote a thing about drawing and Melbourne www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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I wrote a short essay on what I'm calling the AI Attribution Error. doi.org/10.59350/c3g...
December 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I wrote a short essay on what I'm calling the AI Attribution Error. doi.org/10.59350/c3g...
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mad that this shambolic, nihilistic farce of a series is - by dint of this single stupid win - now in england’s top ten greatest men’s ashes tours since WW2
December 27, 2025 at 6:26 AM
mad that this shambolic, nihilistic farce of a series is - by dint of this single stupid win - now in england’s top ten greatest men’s ashes tours since WW2
Women and girls coming to the crease in more numbers at regional Victorian cricket clubs www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Regional Victorian cricket clubs are batting above average for female participation
More women of all ages are signing up to play cricket in regional Victoria.
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December 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Women and girls coming to the crease in more numbers at regional Victorian cricket clubs www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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“Seen from the sky, once bustling markets are empty and overgrown with vegetation.“ www.economist.com/interactive/...
Seen from above, el-Fasher is a ghost town
Satellite imagery reveals how North Darfur’s capital has been abandoned after its fall
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December 26, 2025 at 6:49 AM
“Seen from the sky, once bustling markets are empty and overgrown with vegetation.“ www.economist.com/interactive/...
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Merry Christmas everyone!
December 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Merry Christmas everyone!
Absolutely correct opinion www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Some like it hot: why cold Christmases are a feeble imitation of celebrating in summer | Eleanor Burnard
This time of year is stressful enough – but at least we don’t have to deal with seasonal depression on top of it all
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December 24, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Absolutely correct opinion www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"In 1977 the baker from Kiama, on the NSW South Coast, was jailed after refusing to pay a fine for the crime of baking fresh bread between the hours of Friday evening and Monday morning." www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Baker went to jail in 1977 so you can enjoy fresh bread at weekends
Richard Warby still remembers the day his local community piled into a mini-bus bound for Long Bay Jail to pay a fine and release his father, who was locked up for the bizarre crime of baking bread on...
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December 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
"In 1977 the baker from Kiama, on the NSW South Coast, was jailed after refusing to pay a fine for the crime of baking fresh bread between the hours of Friday evening and Monday morning." www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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trying to fix my problems with MORE CSS
December 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Department stores and supermarkets (and especially having worked in them) have completely ruined christmas music.
December 23, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Department stores and supermarkets (and especially having worked in them) have completely ruined christmas music.
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Terrific read about the public policy lessons inside a Christmas tradition www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Free calls to Santa from payphones are a gift – and a reminder that public goods have a value beyond money | Cressida Gaukroger
The cost of making an Australian public good like beaches, museums, transport and phones free or universal is marginal – while the benefits are immense
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December 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Terrific read about the public policy lessons inside a Christmas tradition www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
December 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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(wearing quite a large hat) Future’s made of virtual insanity, now
December 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
(wearing quite a large hat) Future’s made of virtual insanity, now
Been really impressive with the bat tbh
December 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Been really impressive with the bat tbh
New York's Congestion Pricing Is Working. Five Charts Show How www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New York's Congestion Pricing Is Working. Five Charts Show How
Nearly a year ago, New York City embarked on a controversial program to toll drivers entering some of Manhattan’s busiest streets. The goal of the congestion pricing plan, the first of its kind in the...
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December 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
New York's Congestion Pricing Is Working. Five Charts Show How www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Even if you want to use cash nowadays, it can be really hard to find an atm.
Cashless payments make up about three-quarters of all transactions in Australia but come at a cost to both merchants and consumers, leaving some asking if it is time to consider it essential infrastructure.
What are you really paying when using a card this Christmas?
Cashless payments make up about three-quarters of all transactions in Australia but come at a cost to both merchants and consumers, leaving some asking if it is time to consider it essential infrastructure.
www.abc.net.au
December 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Even if you want to use cash nowadays, it can be really hard to find an atm.
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This is really good work by the FT on Indonesia’s food security projects in South Papua. Check out the 500km scale at the top right. The forest areas affected are huge. www.ft.com/content/27a6...
December 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This is really good work by the FT on Indonesia’s food security projects in South Papua. Check out the 500km scale at the top right. The forest areas affected are huge. www.ft.com/content/27a6...
"Over the past two years, Israeli settlers have established a record number of new outposts in the occupied territory" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Land Grab: Inside Israel’s Escalating Campaign for Control of the West Bank
Israeli seizure of Palestinian lands in the West Bank, often brutally, has accelerated, raising doubts about the prospects of a peaceful solution to the conflict.
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December 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
"Over the past two years, Israeli settlers have established a record number of new outposts in the occupied territory" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Previous ABC reporting had 1.4 per cent of all of Bhutan getting Australian visas in a single year. It's a staggering transfer of community
Transitioning from "the happiest nation on earth" to a fast-paced Western society is not without its challenges for Perth's booming Bhutanese population, some of whom have taken up archery to improve their mental health.
Why archery is a lifeline for Bhutanese migrants in Perth
Transitioning from "the happiest nation on earth" to a fast-paced Western society is not without its challenges for Perth's booming Bhutanese population, some of whom have taken up archery to improve their mental health.
www.abc.net.au
December 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Previous ABC reporting had 1.4 per cent of all of Bhutan getting Australian visas in a single year. It's a staggering transfer of community
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The dream is over for Chicago. Bulls can still finish 81-1, but season feels hollow now.
November 3, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The dream is over for Chicago. Bulls can still finish 81-1, but season feels hollow now.