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4boat

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The timeline giveth

Two stories about the Aust parliament.
1-"‪ABC News Bot (unofficial)‬
In his deal with the Greens, Environment Minister Murray Watt has just scraped off one of the biggest barnacles clinging to parliament."
2-an unrelated picture of Barnaby Joyce

November 27, 2025 at 7:07 AM

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November 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM

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Power Thesaurus, take the rest of the day off

Power Thesaurus
GUN SHOP Synonyms: 44 Similar Words & Phrases
· gun store · store selling guns · shop selling guns…

November 26, 2025 at 2:36 AM

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7000 people at the No Stadium Rally, more still arriving.

Crowd of people under the trees of the Parliament Lawns, Hobart, at the No Stadium Rally, 23.11.25

Roland Browne speaks to the crowd of people under the trees of the Parliament Lawns, Hobart, at the No Stadium Rally, 23.11.25

November 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM

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Abetz has been pushing the dryest economic rationalism in federal and now state politics since 1994, and *now* he comes out as a pure vibes merchant. Just get in the drum circle with Eric and believe, guys.

The Mercury 19 Nov 2025
No modelling for stadium's revenue boost, Abetz says
by David Killick

There is no economic modelling to show how much revenue the proposed Macquarie Point stadium will return to the state government, a parliamentary committee has heard.
Treasurer Eric Abetz said many of the benefits of the $1.13bn stadium were hard to measure, but it didn't mean they were not real. "Can I put a dollar figure on it and say that's going to be
worth $1 or $10?" he said. "No, I can't But when you look at the total picture and see the potential benefits, even if some of them don't come off, but some of them do, Tasmania will be better off."
Mr Abetz said many benefits would flow from the construction of the stadium, including from the establishment of the AFL team and its staff.
''When the precinct gets developed with the stadium, that will mean we will get, as a state, a completely new payroll of $44m. That will see that $44m being expended throughout the community.

"On the $44m, the rough assessment was $2.5m payroll tax, and that is just the AFL component that I can think of at the moment.
"It stands to reason people will be moving to the state when they do say, there's a fair chance, a realistic chance, they'll buy a house, they'll be paying stamp duty.
"If there were to be a hotel built, they would have a substantial number of staff.
"Of course, it's speculative, that if you didn't speculate, you would never build or ·start a business."
The committee heard the interest cost on borrowings for the stadium will be $21.9m in 2029-30, rising to $32m in 2031-32.
Independent MP Kristie Johnston said the cost was concerning. "We're putting the groceries on the credit card at the moment; we can't afford
our basic services at the moment, yet we'll be having to borrow to pay interest costs for Macquarie Point Development Corporation," she said.
Mr Abetz said the capital cost of building the stadium would be offset in part by the sale of land in the precinct for housing or hotels. The committee also heard Mr Abetz had not been involved in drafting the bill to create a state owned insurer, Taslnsure.

November 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM

4boat

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First Christmas present is sorted. I have made 21yo a t-shirt advertising a dry cleaner in Yerevan. It's in Armenian.

Armenian dry cleaners promotional shirt.

SNOWY HORSE
The secret of perfection lies in the elegance of the white horse. The same craftsmanship is brought to every garment, turning dry cleaning into an art. (Quoting their Facebook post)

November 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM

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I don't remember Nick Cave, but I remember most of these. There's two entries for it on Concert Archives. I think I remember Money Mark. 30 years ago next month. What a lineup! @jellibat.bsky.social was there I believe.

Poster for Summersault rock festival (Adelaide show). Feat Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, Pavement, Rancid, The Amps, Jawbreaker, Bikini Kill and More. Friday 5 Jan [1996]

A band line up for Melbourne show on 29 Dec 1995
Foo Fighters
No Comply
Beastie Boys
Bodyjar
Pavement
Bikini Kill
Jawbreaker
DJ Shadow
Money Mark
Rancid
The Amps
Sonic Youth
Caustic Soda
Beck

A different listed band line up for Melbourne show on 29 Dec 1995
Rancid
The Amps
Bikini Kill
The Breeders
Pavement
Beastie Boys
Sonic Youth
Foo Fighters
Beck

November 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM

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Sporgersi of the fotboggan!

November 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM

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Guardian headline goes hard

Trump and Mr Bone Saw stage love-in as Saudi’s $1tn wipes the bloody slate clean
In the Oval Office the US president dismissed the murder of the columnist Jamal Khashoggi, saying: ‘things happen’
Donald Trump shares a joke with the Saudi crown prince and prime minister, Mohammed bin Salman, in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

November 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM

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"The origin of cheese, for example, possibly originated in the nomad practice of storing milk in the stomach of a dead camel that was attached to the saddle of a live one, thereby mixing rennet from the stomach with the milk stored within"

November 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM

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What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?

Cover of Stoneage Romeos released in 1984 by the Hoodoo Gurus

November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM

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Screenshot of Vance/Hannity interview. Incorrect closed caption says
SEAN: I make Gronk guy

November 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM

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Top left of today's cover of the Hobart Mercury. Picture of footballer Kai Newcombe right above unrelated headline BODY PARTS INVESTIGATION
Allegations human body parts were retained without lawful authority or consent have been referred for possible prosecution....

November 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM

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"Tone death"

November 13, 2025 at 5:25 AM

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Hanging around Antofagasta, Chile

A quiet street with red, white and blue flag bunting strung across it. The sky is washed out blue, and the aqua Pacific Ocean is visible in the distance.

Two dogs and two boys are gathered at one end of a jade green-painted concrete building with barred windows. The bars and the door are painted bright red. Beside the buidling is a dusty soccer field. In the distance far below is the sea.

A boy walks up a path alongside an amazing amalgam of multicoloured corrrugated iron panels. Behind him is a dark red flag hanging on a pole and ahead of him is the Chilean flag flying from another pole. The foreground is dusty grey brown desert and a hill the same colour rises beyond the iron fence.

A street corner high up in a barrio on the edge of town. A gate is marked SALIDA VEHICULO (vehicles exiting). The port of Antofagasta and the Pacific are visible in the distance. A freighter is leaving port.

November 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM

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Come on Bounty, get on board with the Junior Mammoth

November 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM

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I turned up just before kickoff for South Hobart v Marconi. I was standing around chatting to a similarly late mate, and then we were offered two seats sitting together; as long as we were happy to be stretcher bearers.

SBS TV still frame from South Hobart v Marconi on 9 Nov. Red- and light-blue-shirted players run about on a striped grassy pitch. The new and old grandstands are full. In the centre of the image two people sitting on chairs on the grass by the pitch are circled. This is Adrian and I. We have no medical training.

November 9, 2025 at 9:46 AM

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Hanging around Inca De Oro, Chile

Google Street View image of a small mining town in the Atacama Desert, Chile. Iron-roofed masonry buildings are painted red, yellow and pink. On the left is a shady small tree. On the right are a concrete telegraph pole (painted yellow to head hight) and concrete light pole which has a white and red diagnonal striped decal. There's also a yellow fire hydrant. Blue sky with high wispy clouds.

Google Street View image of a small mining town in the Atacama Desert, Chile. Iron-roofed masonry and weatherboard buildings. The blue sky is peppered with mackerel clouds. An old powder blue truck looks like it's in its final resting place.

Google Street View image of a small mining town in the Atacama Desert, Chile. On the edge of town the dirt street ends at a bare hill. A property is fronted with a makeshift fence made of palings, corrugated iron and a piece from a shipping container. Fog is low, shrouding the hill.

Google Street View image of a small mining town in the Atacama Desert, Chile. A two storey shed is constructed such that light comes through a large diamond-shaped 'stained glass window' in red, orange, yellow, green and blue.

November 7, 2025 at 5:32 AM

4boat

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I'm grabbing a bite & drink to take on a walk, from a fancy bakery

Can you take the top off the drink please?
- I don't mind, but it *is* a screw top
Oh silly me, no problem

The drink: