Caitlin Welsh
@caitlinwelsh.bsky.social
editor, writer, anxious DJ, snack wizard, the Ricky Bobby of pub trivia
playlists etc @sydneymusic.net
playlists etc @sydneymusic.net
Wombats and platypuses are biofluorescent www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11...
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Wombats and platypuses are biofluorescent www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11...
Actually this is the most human Grok or Elon has ever been
November 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Actually this is the most human Grok or Elon has ever been
"BE VIGILENT!" I am once again begging film productions to have all their prop newspapers, magazines, posters, pamphlets etc proofed by professionals
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
"BE VIGILENT!" I am once again begging film productions to have all their prop newspapers, magazines, posters, pamphlets etc proofed by professionals
does not even know ABCs
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
does not even know ABCs
Sydney's is Danny Lim, who was actually on a local council for a time in the 00s and now runs for the state senate (with his chi-pom Smarty informally on the ticket) pretty much every election. Not for folks with delicate sensibilities, but forever both cheerful and mad at all the right people.
November 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Sydney's is Danny Lim, who was actually on a local council for a time in the 00s and now runs for the state senate (with his chi-pom Smarty informally on the ticket) pretty much every election. Not for folks with delicate sensibilities, but forever both cheerful and mad at all the right people.
is anyone keeping a list of searches that stump the AI overview
September 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
is anyone keeping a list of searches that stump the AI overview
Writing a thoughtful but overall negative review of a major or much-hyped release can be a pleasure as a technical challenge. 99% of the time it is not worth getting DMs and emails telling you to kys for six months after the $85 invoice finally clears
August 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Writing a thoughtful but overall negative review of a major or much-hyped release can be a pleasure as a technical challenge. 99% of the time it is not worth getting DMs and emails telling you to kys for six months after the $85 invoice finally clears
![A meme with two images: At top, comedian Chris Fleming, a white person with a curly shag haircut, in closeup, says “can you excuse me?” smash cut to the image below, a wide shot of Chris in the woods; the caption reads [screams]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n27e3326v53ikgxjw3qlmqwb/bafkreihu22ztbfu7kkyyoaros7fnbqw6gn4sra63s46op7f4vbhsq43pny@jpeg)
My sister is a Stage 1 teacher and this week in a poetry lesson she got the kids to read The Tiger by Nael, age 6. What other tumblr-famous content can I get her to build lessons around? How young is too young to learn about statistical outliers via Spiders Georg?
July 1, 2025 at 9:51 AM
My sister is a Stage 1 teacher and this week in a poetry lesson she got the kids to read The Tiger by Nael, age 6. What other tumblr-famous content can I get her to build lessons around? How young is too young to learn about statistical outliers via Spiders Georg?
Next year I need the democracy sausage map to tell us which polling places are serving the cursed/virgin hot dog buns and which stay loyal to the chad/noble home brand square sliced bread
May 3, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Next year I need the democracy sausage map to tell us which polling places are serving the cursed/virgin hot dog buns and which stay loyal to the chad/noble home brand square sliced bread
Climate change creates the conditions that make ANY fire worse. Those conditions might themselves even attract (or create!) arsonists because of the increased likelihood of greater spread, intensity and destruction. And it makes every accidental but man-made spark more likely to result in disaster.
!["The 85 to 87 percent statistic is well supported and true across time and [research] methods, including satellite," Read says. "But arson or recklessness, even fallen power lines and campfires, are just the source of ignition and there's very little reason, outside of a very severe pyromaniac that's likely already known to police, for any yearly increase in arson [contributing to the current crisis]."
"To incite fires of the size and scale of 2019/20 you'd need a sudden doubling of arson activity or a single person working across states. Climate change is here to stay."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n27e3326v53ikgxjw3qlmqwb/bafkreidgg5xxgebsklx57i266imsha7ddjrnkeg4aiqq2ynwtq7tbdn7tm@jpeg)
January 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Climate change creates the conditions that make ANY fire worse. Those conditions might themselves even attract (or create!) arsonists because of the increased likelihood of greater spread, intensity and destruction. And it makes every accidental but man-made spark more likely to result in disaster.
The “but arson!” crowd are back to downplay the role of climate crisis in fires. I dug into this in 2020 with an expert whose own work they often cite. Bottom line: it doesn’t matter how fires start (& most ARE human-ignited). Climate change still makes them MUCH worse. mashable.com/article/arso...
![“The fact is that fires need multiple factors to line up like planets — ignition, fuel and conditions," says Dr. Paul Read, an ecological criminologist and sustainability scientist from Melbourne's Monash university, and co-director of Australia's National Centre for Research in Bushfire and Arson.
"We know 85 [to 87] percent of ignition is human related; fuel can be controlled as the Australian Aborigines used to do using firestick technology; but the main effect for the sheer size and seasonality of these fires is climate change."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n27e3326v53ikgxjw3qlmqwb/bafkreih6ms2g6ktstaqeao34ebmn2r5vpkem72mq3zc34j4wsusmoncbla@jpeg)
January 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The “but arson!” crowd are back to downplay the role of climate crisis in fires. I dug into this in 2020 with an expert whose own work they often cite. Bottom line: it doesn’t matter how fires start (& most ARE human-ignited). Climate change still makes them MUCH worse. mashable.com/article/arso...
I got this too with artists that made way less sense for that precise label lol
December 5, 2024 at 1:39 AM
I got this too with artists that made way less sense for that precise label lol
Thought I might seed out some of my most controversial old Twitter drafts before the sea lions, waffle defenders and bean dislikers arrive en masse but this is the only one I really still stand by
November 15, 2024 at 3:30 AM
Thought I might seed out some of my most controversial old Twitter drafts before the sea lions, waffle defenders and bean dislikers arrive en masse but this is the only one I really still stand by