Matt Tjapaltjarri Heffernan
@mattnt11.bsky.social
Software developer, PhD student, playwright
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The fire burning in north-east Victoria near Walwa was so fierce it generated its own weather this afternoon, including a substantial pyrocumulonimbus cloud with lightning and thunder.
What is a pyroCB, a fire-generated thunderstorm?
The fire burning in north-east Victoria near Walwa was so fierce it generated its own weather this afternoon, including a substantial pyrocumulonimbus cloud with lightning and thunder.
www.abc.net.au
January 8, 2026 at 8:08 AM
The fire burning in north-east Victoria near Walwa was so fierce it generated its own weather this afternoon, including a substantial pyrocumulonimbus cloud with lightning and thunder.
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F-Droid believes that Google's push to get developers to register Android apps is a power play.
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F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
For the past 15 years1, F-Droid has provided a safe and securehaven for Android users around the world to find and install free and opensource apps. When con...
f-droid.org
September 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
F-Droid believes that Google's push to get developers to register Android apps is a power play.
f-droid.org/2025/09/29/g...
f-droid.org/2025/09/29/g...
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Analogue TVs, cameras and film projectors are just some of the items with sentimental value people fix rather than replace — and unlike much of today's technology, they were made to be repaired.
Retro gadgets stand test of time in an era of disposable tech
Analogue TVs, cameras and film projectors are just some of the items with sentimental value people fix rather than replace — and unlike much of today's technology, they were made to be repaired.
www.abc.net.au
September 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Analogue TVs, cameras and film projectors are just some of the items with sentimental value people fix rather than replace — and unlike much of today's technology, they were made to be repaired.
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‘The rationale, as explicitly stated in the bill's explanatory notes, is to tip the balance away from the public's right to be "informed of the processes of their government" and towards "the effective working of government".’ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Albanese scoffed at Morrison's secrecy. Then he copied it
When he lashed Scott Morrison over the multiple ministries affair, Anthony Albanese said his predecessor "operated in darkness". But this week, a PM with a patchy transparency record of his own announ...
www.abc.net.au
September 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
‘The rationale, as explicitly stated in the bill's explanatory notes, is to tip the balance away from the public's right to be "informed of the processes of their government" and towards "the effective working of government".’ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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all the best windows software in history is called something like "joe's thing doer". it does the thing and nothing else and is available on a html website in plain text and takes up under a megabyte of space and uses default windows ui elements and will work until the heat death of the universe
August 31, 2025 at 9:53 PM
all the best windows software in history is called something like "joe's thing doer". it does the thing and nothing else and is available on a html website in plain text and takes up under a megabyte of space and uses default windows ui elements and will work until the heat death of the universe
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I'm already really tired of my timeline being full of people disparaging winter, so, fellow winter lovers, let's share how wonderous this season is.
These photos were from one winter day along the Straight of Juan de Fuca.
These photos were from one winter day along the Straight of Juan de Fuca.
January 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I'm already really tired of my timeline being full of people disparaging winter, so, fellow winter lovers, let's share how wonderous this season is.
These photos were from one winter day along the Straight of Juan de Fuca.
These photos were from one winter day along the Straight of Juan de Fuca.
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The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this
January 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this
New rule for Melbourne if you're walking down the footpath shoulder to shoulder with your mates and I'm coming the other way. If there is no room for me to pass I'm going to keep walking straight until either you move or I shoulder you.
December 11, 2024 at 4:42 AM
New rule for Melbourne if you're walking down the footpath shoulder to shoulder with your mates and I'm coming the other way. If there is no room for me to pass I'm going to keep walking straight until either you move or I shoulder you.
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linux toolchain
1. install packages
2. compile
3. run
windows toolchain
1. install visual studio 2022
2. WELCOME TO HELL, BITCH.
1. install packages
2. compile
3. run
windows toolchain
1. install visual studio 2022
2. WELCOME TO HELL, BITCH.
December 8, 2024 at 11:40 PM
linux toolchain
1. install packages
2. compile
3. run
windows toolchain
1. install visual studio 2022
2. WELCOME TO HELL, BITCH.
1. install packages
2. compile
3. run
windows toolchain
1. install visual studio 2022
2. WELCOME TO HELL, BITCH.
This feels... Familiar... Better maybe.
December 4, 2024 at 3:29 PM
This feels... Familiar... Better maybe.
Oh it's so nice to get normal(ish) Twitter back. Don't sell it this time. Please.
November 18, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Oh it's so nice to get normal(ish) Twitter back. Don't sell it this time. Please.