Frank Flobster
@fflobster.bsky.social
Old. Cycle touring. Other stuff. Dja Dja Wurrung country.
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The sun is COMING BACK! Fuck off Ice Giants! You lose AGAIN!
June 21, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The sun is COMING BACK! Fuck off Ice Giants! You lose AGAIN!
For some reason I can't upload this pic to Reddit's knowledgeable Australian Birds sub. But I'm sure someone here will know.
Is that a White Necked Heron? With that tuft? Cairncurran Reservoir, central Vic.
Note that I turned the blue up - it didn't really look as blue as that.
Is that a White Necked Heron? With that tuft? Cairncurran Reservoir, central Vic.
Note that I turned the blue up - it didn't really look as blue as that.
May 10, 2025 at 4:36 AM
For some reason I can't upload this pic to Reddit's knowledgeable Australian Birds sub. But I'm sure someone here will know.
Is that a White Necked Heron? With that tuft? Cairncurran Reservoir, central Vic.
Note that I turned the blue up - it didn't really look as blue as that.
Is that a White Necked Heron? With that tuft? Cairncurran Reservoir, central Vic.
Note that I turned the blue up - it didn't really look as blue as that.
Ninja Wallabies at the ready ma'am!
April 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Ninja Wallabies at the ready ma'am!
Pinched from elsewhere
April 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Pinched from elsewhere
Here's the original cover. I see on Google that there's an edition with it cropped-in, and another with a dreadful bro fantasy cover.
This quality is dire, but it's a parody of the Rembrandt painting.
This quality is dire, but it's a parody of the Rembrandt painting.
March 25, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Here's the original cover. I see on Google that there's an edition with it cropped-in, and another with a dreadful bro fantasy cover.
This quality is dire, but it's a parody of the Rembrandt painting.
This quality is dire, but it's a parody of the Rembrandt painting.
One useful feature of X is reader comment correcting misinformation.
March 16, 2025 at 7:19 AM
One useful feature of X is reader comment correcting misinformation.
Cheery 'ambient sounds' to send you to sleep.
(I gather that this is one of their first attempts and it's a bit clunky. Their piece about Yellowstone erupting is much better and has a very good 'Pres Trump addresses the nation' bit. That's the Yellowstone one with the campfire thumbnail.)
(I gather that this is one of their first attempts and it's a bit clunky. Their piece about Yellowstone erupting is much better and has a very good 'Pres Trump addresses the nation' bit. That's the Yellowstone one with the campfire thumbnail.)
March 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Cheery 'ambient sounds' to send you to sleep.
(I gather that this is one of their first attempts and it's a bit clunky. Their piece about Yellowstone erupting is much better and has a very good 'Pres Trump addresses the nation' bit. That's the Yellowstone one with the campfire thumbnail.)
(I gather that this is one of their first attempts and it's a bit clunky. Their piece about Yellowstone erupting is much better and has a very good 'Pres Trump addresses the nation' bit. That's the Yellowstone one with the campfire thumbnail.)
You made me check. You can buy 1980s Wayfarers for about US$400.
February 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
You made me check. You can buy 1980s Wayfarers for about US$400.
Smol birb skipping across my verandah
February 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Smol birb skipping across my verandah
Perhaps not. Note the strips of metal nailed across the gaps between planks on this old wooden room on top of a building in France.
February 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Perhaps not. Note the strips of metal nailed across the gaps between planks on this old wooden room on top of a building in France.
It seems there's some method behind Duolingo's recent mad posting on X.
February 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
It seems there's some method behind Duolingo's recent mad posting on X.
But only for the US.
Here's what eg Australia sees
Here's what eg Australia sees
February 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
But only for the US.
Here's what eg Australia sees
Here's what eg Australia sees
This is how it's shown in Australia
February 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
This is how it's shown in Australia
After nearly 3 years, and with a 1000-day streak coming up, I'm 8 units from FINISHING Duolingo French.
Can't say that it has made me a competent speaker, but I can read it fairly well (say, the equivalent of Year 7 in English). But it has made me confident that I'd at least survive in France.
Can't say that it has made me a competent speaker, but I can read it fairly well (say, the equivalent of Year 7 in English). But it has made me confident that I'd at least survive in France.
February 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
After nearly 3 years, and with a 1000-day streak coming up, I'm 8 units from FINISHING Duolingo French.
Can't say that it has made me a competent speaker, but I can read it fairly well (say, the equivalent of Year 7 in English). But it has made me confident that I'd at least survive in France.
Can't say that it has made me a competent speaker, but I can read it fairly well (say, the equivalent of Year 7 in English). But it has made me confident that I'd at least survive in France.
Fire just started at my nearest village. It will be put out fast. But there's no way that a fire started there without human carelessness.
Three trucks attending, which is six to 18 people taking time off work, and chances are it's self-employed work for many of them.
Just BE CAREFUL.
Three trucks attending, which is six to 18 people taking time off work, and chances are it's self-employed work for many of them.
Just BE CAREFUL.
January 31, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Fire just started at my nearest village. It will be put out fast. But there's no way that a fire started there without human carelessness.
Three trucks attending, which is six to 18 people taking time off work, and chances are it's self-employed work for many of them.
Just BE CAREFUL.
Three trucks attending, which is six to 18 people taking time off work, and chances are it's self-employed work for many of them.
Just BE CAREFUL.
Just a bit of my hobby-horse
Current fires near Melbourne from VicEmergency site
Note that this number of fires is perfectly normal. Fires are constantly starting
They usually get contained quickly. In today's conditions (dry spell, hot, and above all strong, hot, dry wind) they might not be.
Current fires near Melbourne from VicEmergency site
Note that this number of fires is perfectly normal. Fires are constantly starting
They usually get contained quickly. In today's conditions (dry spell, hot, and above all strong, hot, dry wind) they might not be.
January 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Just a bit of my hobby-horse
Current fires near Melbourne from VicEmergency site
Note that this number of fires is perfectly normal. Fires are constantly starting
They usually get contained quickly. In today's conditions (dry spell, hot, and above all strong, hot, dry wind) they might not be.
Current fires near Melbourne from VicEmergency site
Note that this number of fires is perfectly normal. Fires are constantly starting
They usually get contained quickly. In today's conditions (dry spell, hot, and above all strong, hot, dry wind) they might not be.
I know that Twitter posts are frowned on here, but this is a bit special.
January 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I know that Twitter posts are frowned on here, but this is a bit special.