The People’s Republic of Couch
@theotherprc.bsky.social
Datavis / Flânerd / PhD student @QUT
Been to Bunnings as many times as I've been to Iran (once).
In Couch We Trust.
https://thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org
Been to Bunnings as many times as I've been to Iran (once).
In Couch We Trust.
https://thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org
Pinned
The Topography of Searching
The Digital Collections Catalyst project for the State Library of Queensland (2021)
topography.slq.qld.gov.au
happy 4 year anniversary to this project i did for the state library of queensland. topography.slq.qld.gov.au
saw that there's seagrass at redleaf and now i wanna introduce dugongs to sydney harbour (i am not a scientist)
November 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
saw that there's seagrass at redleaf and now i wanna introduce dugongs to sydney harbour (i am not a scientist)
i am now 'ok maybe i should get one of those little plastic things that helps you organise yer daily meds' years old.
November 13, 2025 at 6:15 AM
i am now 'ok maybe i should get one of those little plastic things that helps you organise yer daily meds' years old.
this (correctly) recognises jatz as the superior cracker and vindicates my (earlier) decision to get one tattooed on my arm.
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
Australian supermarket wheat crackers taste test: ‘All the reviewers knew which one was the real deal’
Nicholas Jordan risks it for the biscuits, sampling 19 wheat crackers in the driest taste test yet
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
this (correctly) recognises jatz as the superior cracker and vindicates my (earlier) decision to get one tattooed on my arm.
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
roses are red,
winter means coats,
love seeing musk,
mocked by joyce carol oates.
winter means coats,
love seeing musk,
mocked by joyce carol oates.
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
roses are red,
winter means coats,
love seeing musk,
mocked by joyce carol oates.
winter means coats,
love seeing musk,
mocked by joyce carol oates.
john laws won't see your mean tweets about cash for commment but advertisers might.
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
john laws won't see your mean tweets about cash for commment but advertisers might.
went to do 'Death Cab For Cutie' but there were already a bunch of those, so had to dig deeper.
November 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
went to do 'Death Cab For Cutie' but there were already a bunch of those, so had to dig deeper.
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📝 New article out in Communication Theory. In it, I define practices, a term studies often use without operationalising, as things we do for a reason with specific others, driven by certain knowledge, values, and supported and constrained by language and material environments doi.org/10.1093/ct/q...
Elements of practices in digital publics: a model for identifying collective doings on social media platforms
Abstract. Studies of public communication in digitally networked spaces have increasingly adopted the notion of practice to make sense of patterned doings
doi.org
November 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
📝 New article out in Communication Theory. In it, I define practices, a term studies often use without operationalising, as things we do for a reason with specific others, driven by certain knowledge, values, and supported and constrained by language and material environments doi.org/10.1093/ct/q...
watched 'inside the yellow cocoon shell' (2023) and seems apichatpong weerasethakul may have some competition for south east asia's most languid filmmaker.
November 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
watched 'inside the yellow cocoon shell' (2023) and seems apichatpong weerasethakul may have some competition for south east asia's most languid filmmaker.
i've always wondered how the bands whose songs are between 101-110 in the hottest 100 feel, and now i sort of have an answer, and that's 'chuffed', cos i'm on the reserve list for the bundanon artist in residence program for 2026.
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 AM
i've always wondered how the bands whose songs are between 101-110 in the hottest 100 feel, and now i sort of have an answer, and that's 'chuffed', cos i'm on the reserve list for the bundanon artist in residence program for 2026.
couldn't sleep last night and for some reason all i could think of was this.
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
couldn't sleep last night and for some reason all i could think of was this.
In Perth We're Briefly Gorgeous
November 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
In Perth We're Briefly Gorgeous
just back from 6 weeks in the caucasus so time to update my silly little websites accordingly: thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/USSR/
Parts of the former USSR I've been to so far
thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
just back from 6 weeks in the caucasus so time to update my silly little websites accordingly: thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/USSR/
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another utter failure of private delivery of public services
“It’s hard to think of another government-funded industry allowed to operate in this way … to continue soaking up so much public money and to spit out so few results.” @jeremypoxon.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
“It’s hard to think of another government-funded industry allowed to operate in this way … to continue soaking up so much public money and to spit out so few results.” @jeremypoxon.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Nearly 90% of jobseekers unable to get long-term work despite millions spent on private job agencies
Employment department’s annual report shows just 11.7% of jobseekers ended up with jobs lasting at least 26 weeks last year
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
another utter failure of private delivery of public services
“It’s hard to think of another government-funded industry allowed to operate in this way … to continue soaking up so much public money and to spit out so few results.” @jeremypoxon.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
“It’s hard to think of another government-funded industry allowed to operate in this way … to continue soaking up so much public money and to spit out so few results.” @jeremypoxon.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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if everyone could just stop using capital letters that'd be great, otherwise in exactly 100 days i lose the drunken bet i made with a mate almost 20 years ago.
thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/the-bet/
thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/the-bet/
the death of uppercase: a bet i made almost 20 years ago (and am obviously gonna lose)
thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org
October 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
if everyone could just stop using capital letters that'd be great, otherwise in exactly 100 days i lose the drunken bet i made with a mate almost 20 years ago.
thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/the-bet/
thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/the-bet/
if everyone could just stop using capital letters that'd be great, otherwise in exactly 100 days i lose the drunken bet i made with a mate almost 20 years ago.
thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/the-bet/
thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/the-bet/
the death of uppercase: a bet i made almost 20 years ago (and am obviously gonna lose)
thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org
October 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
if everyone could just stop using capital letters that'd be great, otherwise in exactly 100 days i lose the drunken bet i made with a mate almost 20 years ago.
thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/the-bet/
thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/the-bet/
IE6 may turn out not to be the worst browser that humanity has produced.
JUST IN: OpenAI is launching a web browser.
Here's what we know.
Here's what we know.
OpenAI has a new web browser ready for launch
The moves come as traffic from bots is expected to surpass that from humans.
www.axios.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
IE6 may turn out not to be the worst browser that humanity has produced.
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ultimately, zohran mamdani is a reminder that politicians can be younger than 80 years old
October 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
ultimately, zohran mamdani is a reminder that politicians can be younger than 80 years old
went and watched some ballet last night and realised that pretty much everything i know about classical music is from watching looney tunes as a kid.
October 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
went and watched some ballet last night and realised that pretty much everything i know about classical music is from watching looney tunes as a kid.
drones are jetskis for nerds.
October 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
drones are jetskis for nerds.
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Soon you can have your sushi delivered by the same drones that shot toddlers in the head while they were scraping spilled flour off the ground
October 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Soon you can have your sushi delivered by the same drones that shot toddlers in the head while they were scraping spilled flour off the ground
me catching a bus in any foreign country: i am basically a local now.
October 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
me catching a bus in any foreign country: i am basically a local now.
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old enough to remember when "please clap" was a career-ending moment for a politician
Trump to a room of generals: "I've never walked into a room so silent before. Just have a good time. And if you want to applaud, you applaud."
September 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
old enough to remember when "please clap" was a career-ending moment for a politician