Nelle from Meanjin
@nelle.bsky.social
Pascals Wager: Covid edition.
If I'm wrong, I've mildly disadvantaged myself by wearing a mask in public.
If you're wrong, you have played a part in spreading disease, disability and death to millions, possibly including yourself and your loved ones.
If I'm wrong, I've mildly disadvantaged myself by wearing a mask in public.
If you're wrong, you have played a part in spreading disease, disability and death to millions, possibly including yourself and your loved ones.
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Nelle from Meanjin
@nelle.bsky.social
· Dec 27
Don't bother replying to something I posted weeks ago. That conversation is over and the context is gone.
This isn't substack.
This isn't substack.
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humbly proposing that vape pens are quietly one of the most evil inventions in the past 25 years and that everyone involved should be tried at the hague
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 AM
humbly proposing that vape pens are quietly one of the most evil inventions in the past 25 years and that everyone involved should be tried at the hague
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November 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Oh, FFS, this was posted 8 months ago and reads fresh today.
America, your elected representatives are meant to represent you!
If they can't or won't act in your best interests, get rid of them. You guys have primaries - get off your asses and make sure you get the representation you deserve.
America, your elected representatives are meant to represent you!
If they can't or won't act in your best interests, get rid of them. You guys have primaries - get off your asses and make sure you get the representation you deserve.
no matter what the circumstances, democrats are always saving their energy for a mythical future situation where they will do something good
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Oh, FFS, this was posted 8 months ago and reads fresh today.
America, your elected representatives are meant to represent you!
If they can't or won't act in your best interests, get rid of them. You guys have primaries - get off your asses and make sure you get the representation you deserve.
America, your elected representatives are meant to represent you!
If they can't or won't act in your best interests, get rid of them. You guys have primaries - get off your asses and make sure you get the representation you deserve.
I was on the phone to the office at St Rita's, my local Catholic parish church, and they put me on hold, and their hold music was The Can Can. 🤣
It's more accurately known as Offenbach's Galop Infernal from Morpheus in the Underworld, which frankly is not much better.
I doubt that they know.
It's more accurately known as Offenbach's Galop Infernal from Morpheus in the Underworld, which frankly is not much better.
I doubt that they know.
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I was on the phone to the office at St Rita's, my local Catholic parish church, and they put me on hold, and their hold music was The Can Can. 🤣
It's more accurately known as Offenbach's Galop Infernal from Morpheus in the Underworld, which frankly is not much better.
I doubt that they know.
It's more accurately known as Offenbach's Galop Infernal from Morpheus in the Underworld, which frankly is not much better.
I doubt that they know.
I've long thought that a strategy for mass killers is to treat them like Hurricanes. Have a list, published in advance, of names that will be used by media and law enforcement, for future killers. Never use their real name.
Pondscum
Weakling
Flyspeck
Trashworm
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Pondscum
Weakling
Flyspeck
Trashworm
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
‘They’re not wolves – they’re sheep’: the psychiatrist who spent decades meeting and studying lone-actor mass killers
Paul E Mullen has had a front-row seat to the men behind some of the worst public massacres. He says it’s possible to ‘disrupt the script’ for future violence
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I've long thought that a strategy for mass killers is to treat them like Hurricanes. Have a list, published in advance, of names that will be used by media and law enforcement, for future killers. Never use their real name.
Pondscum
Weakling
Flyspeck
Trashworm
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Pondscum
Weakling
Flyspeck
Trashworm
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
America, the world is watching.
International relations won't magically return to normal when Trump leaves office.
Nuremberg-style trials first, then a South African style Truth And Reconciliation Commission.
The sooner you deal with these murderous racists, the better.
International relations won't magically return to normal when Trump leaves office.
Nuremberg-style trials first, then a South African style Truth And Reconciliation Commission.
The sooner you deal with these murderous racists, the better.
We need to normalize thinking about large-scale prosecutions of this admin as inevitable.
Cabinet members on down to ICE stormtroopers are going to face justice for their rampage of criminality.
And the public needs to know details of what happened. The murders, the bribes and embezzlement.
Cabinet members on down to ICE stormtroopers are going to face justice for their rampage of criminality.
And the public needs to know details of what happened. The murders, the bribes and embezzlement.
November 7, 2025 at 5:37 AM
America, the world is watching.
International relations won't magically return to normal when Trump leaves office.
Nuremberg-style trials first, then a South African style Truth And Reconciliation Commission.
The sooner you deal with these murderous racists, the better.
International relations won't magically return to normal when Trump leaves office.
Nuremberg-style trials first, then a South African style Truth And Reconciliation Commission.
The sooner you deal with these murderous racists, the better.
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PANIC!!
My @smh @theage cartoon
My @smh @theage cartoon
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
PANIC!!
My @smh @theage cartoon
My @smh @theage cartoon
I've heard that this is not a one-off case. It's a Russian army recruiting model.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Indian student allegedly fighting for Russia captured by Ukrainian forces
Gujarat’s Sahil Majothi joined the Russian army to avoid jail over alleged drug charges.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I've heard that this is not a one-off case. It's a Russian army recruiting model.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This should be one step on the journey to recovery.
Putting "truth and balance" rules for legacy media would be another. #MurdochEvilEmpire
Putting "truth and balance" rules for legacy media would be another. #MurdochEvilEmpire
break ups of these tech monopolies ought to be considered, no one company should be allowed to wield this much or any political power, trash citizens united.
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
This should be one step on the journey to recovery.
Putting "truth and balance" rules for legacy media would be another. #MurdochEvilEmpire
Putting "truth and balance" rules for legacy media would be another. #MurdochEvilEmpire
Full marks to the eloquent Bill from Grand Rapids.
“How do I feel about it? I curse Donald Trump and his entire party of sycophants and lickspittles to the seventh circle of hell, now and for all time."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“How do I feel about it? I curse Donald Trump and his entire party of sycophants and lickspittles to the seventh circle of hell, now and for all time."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Americans ‘dumbfounded by cruelty’ of Trump officials slashing Snap benefits
Those among the 42 million enrolled in the program worry that cutoff of the benefit will send their lives into a tailspin
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Full marks to the eloquent Bill from Grand Rapids.
“How do I feel about it? I curse Donald Trump and his entire party of sycophants and lickspittles to the seventh circle of hell, now and for all time."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“How do I feel about it? I curse Donald Trump and his entire party of sycophants and lickspittles to the seventh circle of hell, now and for all time."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Me, last week: why are people saying there are American elections next week I thought they only did elections in November
Me, today: WHY DOES THE CALENDAR SAY IT'S NOVEMBER!!!
Me, today: WHY DOES THE CALENDAR SAY IT'S NOVEMBER!!!
November 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Me, last week: why are people saying there are American elections next week I thought they only did elections in November
Me, today: WHY DOES THE CALENDAR SAY IT'S NOVEMBER!!!
Me, today: WHY DOES THE CALENDAR SAY IT'S NOVEMBER!!!
I know we're not meant to feed wild birds, but last year I saw a kookaburra with a broken beak, struggling to pick up cat food. I threw some towards it, and it caught 1 in 10.
Within a week it was catching 1 in 5. In a month it was catching 2 in 3.
Then it stopped showing up.
1/2
Within a week it was catching 1 in 5. In a month it was catching 2 in 3.
Then it stopped showing up.
1/2
November 2, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I know we're not meant to feed wild birds, but last year I saw a kookaburra with a broken beak, struggling to pick up cat food. I threw some towards it, and it caught 1 in 10.
Within a week it was catching 1 in 5. In a month it was catching 2 in 3.
Then it stopped showing up.
1/2
Within a week it was catching 1 in 5. In a month it was catching 2 in 3.
Then it stopped showing up.
1/2
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A trending newe phrase hath societye at sixes and sevens
October 31, 2025 at 2:57 AM
A trending newe phrase hath societye at sixes and sevens
This is something I've been vaguely aware of, but DogEmperor's lengthy thread goes into detail. I'm gonna need a coffee, an evidence board, and a couple of uninterrupted hours to get my head around it, but Gwen's summary is my understanding: apocalypse seeking Christians need Israel to exist.
Oh this is a GOOD write-up.
Basically some Christian Nationalist freaks need Israel to exist for their apocalypse to happen
And so Tucker interviewing Fuentes (and Heritage defending it) is threatening to that because that prophecy cannot afford for Nazis to get their wish re: Jews
Basically some Christian Nationalist freaks need Israel to exist for their apocalypse to happen
And so Tucker interviewing Fuentes (and Heritage defending it) is threatening to that because that prophecy cannot afford for Nazis to get their wish re: Jews
This might actually be THE point where Christian Nationalism starts either splintering...or the NAR literally just joins with Christian Identity and REALLY returns to its roots
(I'd have thought the SBC/NAR widening split would have been the fissure, but a neo-Nazi/NAR split has been growing)
1/x
(I'd have thought the SBC/NAR widening split would have been the fissure, but a neo-Nazi/NAR split has been growing)
1/x
October 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This is something I've been vaguely aware of, but DogEmperor's lengthy thread goes into detail. I'm gonna need a coffee, an evidence board, and a couple of uninterrupted hours to get my head around it, but Gwen's summary is my understanding: apocalypse seeking Christians need Israel to exist.
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Everyone, including myself, hates on Trump and yet he is not the disease. He is just the annoying herpes pustule that exists on the surface. The fascism virus is far more insidious and harmful than the orange faced pustule alone
#FuckTrump
#FuckTrump
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Everyone, including myself, hates on Trump and yet he is not the disease. He is just the annoying herpes pustule that exists on the surface. The fascism virus is far more insidious and harmful than the orange faced pustule alone
#FuckTrump
#FuckTrump
Just read chapter one of @scalzi.com When The Moon Hits Your Eye and now I need some cheese.
October 30, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Just read chapter one of @scalzi.com When The Moon Hits Your Eye and now I need some cheese.
We used to say "Garbage In, Garbage Out" and that still applies now. I suspect many people have never heard of that.
#GIGO
#GIGO
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
October 28, 2025 at 5:20 AM
We used to say "Garbage In, Garbage Out" and that still applies now. I suspect many people have never heard of that.
#GIGO
#GIGO
Just an allegation by Venezuela that the USA sent mercenaries to bomb a US warship and blame the Venezuelans, to justify declaring war.
OKAY then. Business as usual.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
OKAY then. Business as usual.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
US accused of plotting false-flag operation to frame Venezuela
Venezuela says it has thwarted what it calls a CIA-linked plot to attack a US warship anchored in Trinidad.
www.abc.net.au
October 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Just an allegation by Venezuela that the USA sent mercenaries to bomb a US warship and blame the Venezuelans, to justify declaring war.
OKAY then. Business as usual.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
OKAY then. Business as usual.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Quiz time.
Is this room in Mar a Lago, The White House, or Ceaușescu House in Romania?
(It's OK. no need to answer. I'm just reminded of what happened to Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife)
Is this room in Mar a Lago, The White House, or Ceaușescu House in Romania?
(It's OK. no need to answer. I'm just reminded of what happened to Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife)
October 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Quiz time.
Is this room in Mar a Lago, The White House, or Ceaușescu House in Romania?
(It's OK. no need to answer. I'm just reminded of what happened to Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife)
Is this room in Mar a Lago, The White House, or Ceaușescu House in Romania?
(It's OK. no need to answer. I'm just reminded of what happened to Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife)
Anyone that's seen firsthand the Brisbane flooding events knows what an appalling decision this is by David Crisafulli & Jarrod Bleijie. Removing the Woolloongabba flood protection measures benefits developers but puts thousands of people at risk. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Flood risk put on residents as flood measures relaxed in housing push
Experts say changes by the Queensland government could ease construction costs by removing what the property industry describe as "unnecessary" restrictions, while residents could be left wearing the ...
www.abc.net.au
October 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Tropical Cyclone Alfred was more than 6 months ago, but the bluesky feed is still active. It's used by SEQ power outages and still useful.
I'm amused, anyway.
I'm amused, anyway.
October 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Tropical Cyclone Alfred was more than 6 months ago, but the bluesky feed is still active. It's used by SEQ power outages and still useful.
I'm amused, anyway.
I'm amused, anyway.
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So much corporate welfare and greed
October 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
So much corporate welfare and greed
There's a business on a back street of my small town. They have more than 30 cars (maybe 10 years old) in the yard or on the surrounding street. The vehicles have no licence plates, and a thick layer of dust. The gates and doors are always closed, and there's no signage.
What do they do?
1/3
What do they do?
1/3
October 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
There's a business on a back street of my small town. They have more than 30 cars (maybe 10 years old) in the yard or on the surrounding street. The vehicles have no licence plates, and a thick layer of dust. The gates and doors are always closed, and there's no signage.
What do they do?
1/3
What do they do?
1/3
If billionaires are happy to fund government, they can do it through taxes like the rest of us.
Direct funding is buying services. Whose army? Timothy Mellon's army.
Direct funding is buying services. Whose army? Timothy Mellon's army.
If That’s a donation, it goes to the treasury and only congress can decide how to spend it. No such (lawful) thing as private payment of government obligation.
Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
If billionaires are happy to fund government, they can do it through taxes like the rest of us.
Direct funding is buying services. Whose army? Timothy Mellon's army.
Direct funding is buying services. Whose army? Timothy Mellon's army.