Nich Hills
@nichhills.bsky.social
Husband, father, Anglican, retired tax and environmental professional.
Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri country.
Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri country.
He seems to meet all the criteria.
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
He seems to meet all the criteria.
Reposted by Nich Hills
[Sad country song]:
My wife took the house
My kids ran away
My dog turned out fake
My truck turned out gay
What a poor Christian nationalist
Fella to do
Nothin' rhymes good with 'nationalist'
'cept rationalist
And, boy, that ain't you!
My wife took the house
My kids ran away
My dog turned out fake
My truck turned out gay
What a poor Christian nationalist
Fella to do
Nothin' rhymes good with 'nationalist'
'cept rationalist
And, boy, that ain't you!
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 AM
[Sad country song]:
My wife took the house
My kids ran away
My dog turned out fake
My truck turned out gay
What a poor Christian nationalist
Fella to do
Nothin' rhymes good with 'nationalist'
'cept rationalist
And, boy, that ain't you!
My wife took the house
My kids ran away
My dog turned out fake
My truck turned out gay
What a poor Christian nationalist
Fella to do
Nothin' rhymes good with 'nationalist'
'cept rationalist
And, boy, that ain't you!
So you've saved Tasmania. (Nice!) Continental defence means sacrificing all our imports and exports. Survivable if we have a balanced economy except we have a trading economy instead.
If we can't build cars can we build ghost subs and self-motive mines?
If we can't build cars can we build ghost subs and self-motive mines?
November 18, 2025 at 4:44 AM
So you've saved Tasmania. (Nice!) Continental defence means sacrificing all our imports and exports. Survivable if we have a balanced economy except we have a trading economy instead.
If we can't build cars can we build ghost subs and self-motive mines?
If we can't build cars can we build ghost subs and self-motive mines?
I'm reminded of the Japanese drama _Kodoku no gurume_ (The Solitary Gourmet) where Salaryman protagonist Goro frequently asks himself at lunchtime, 'What is my tummy hungry for today?'
November 18, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I'm reminded of the Japanese drama _Kodoku no gurume_ (The Solitary Gourmet) where Salaryman protagonist Goro frequently asks himself at lunchtime, 'What is my tummy hungry for today?'
Reposted by Nich Hills
And recent research found that sperm whales communication systems (language?) has the equivalent of vowels!
www.popsci.com/environment/...
www.popsci.com/environment/...
Sperm whales use vowels like humans, new study finds
Scientists decoding whale clicks found patterns that echo the building blocks of human speech.
www.popsci.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
And recent research found that sperm whales communication systems (language?) has the equivalent of vowels!
www.popsci.com/environment/...
www.popsci.com/environment/...
Noes! I mean, great!
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Noes! I mean, great!
Policy is competitive. Elections are fought on policy. The winners get to legislate the policy, before administering the policy.
(In my country the same election delivers legislators and administrators.)
(In my country the same election delivers legislators and administrators.)
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Policy is competitive. Elections are fought on policy. The winners get to legislate the policy, before administering the policy.
(In my country the same election delivers legislators and administrators.)
(In my country the same election delivers legislators and administrators.)
One's a banker, the other rhymes with.
November 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
One's a banker, the other rhymes with.
If you're going to do continental defence you have to be ruthless. Defend what you can drive to. Don't send fragile convoys of troops and supplies to Tasmania when drones and subs aren't designed for convoy escort.
November 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
If you're going to do continental defence you have to be ruthless. Defend what you can drive to. Don't send fragile convoys of troops and supplies to Tasmania when drones and subs aren't designed for convoy escort.
So there's written history, oral history and now, internal history.
November 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
So there's written history, oral history and now, internal history.
Ah, continental defence. A lot of defence analysts argue for continental defence.
My response is not so much, 'What about our imports and exports with our trading partners?' but, 'Poor Tasmania.'
My response is not so much, 'What about our imports and exports with our trading partners?' but, 'Poor Tasmania.'
November 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Ah, continental defence. A lot of defence analysts argue for continental defence.
My response is not so much, 'What about our imports and exports with our trading partners?' but, 'Poor Tasmania.'
My response is not so much, 'What about our imports and exports with our trading partners?' but, 'Poor Tasmania.'
Akshually, the bulk of the AUKUS spending will be on state-of-the art British and Australian built submarines.
The money may still be better spent on hospitals if 2040-2070 turns out to be a placid period.
The money may still be better spent on hospitals if 2040-2070 turns out to be a placid period.
November 17, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Akshually, the bulk of the AUKUS spending will be on state-of-the art British and Australian built submarines.
The money may still be better spent on hospitals if 2040-2070 turns out to be a placid period.
The money may still be better spent on hospitals if 2040-2070 turns out to be a placid period.
You'd think. Nevertheless there will be some Labor strategists who reason, 'Our share of Green preferences keeps increasing. We should keep on doing what we are doing.'
Of course, those strategists will look silly in 2028 if Green preferences flow mainly to LNP and One Nation.
Of course, those strategists will look silly in 2028 if Green preferences flow mainly to LNP and One Nation.
November 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
You'd think. Nevertheless there will be some Labor strategists who reason, 'Our share of Green preferences keeps increasing. We should keep on doing what we are doing.'
Of course, those strategists will look silly in 2028 if Green preferences flow mainly to LNP and One Nation.
Of course, those strategists will look silly in 2028 if Green preferences flow mainly to LNP and One Nation.
Moderation hasn't succeeded because true moderation has never been tried.
November 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Moderation hasn't succeeded because true moderation has never been tried.
We should use alt-text more. Not sure it can be added to a URL. In any case a screen reader can be used for the media article to which the URL links.
November 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We should use alt-text more. Not sure it can be added to a URL. In any case a screen reader can be used for the media article to which the URL links.
A generation ago I wrote an alternative history of Baltic States in Strine. Even in 2004, people complained/lamented that Aussies don't speak that way anymore.
November 16, 2025 at 8:21 AM
A generation ago I wrote an alternative history of Baltic States in Strine. Even in 2004, people complained/lamented that Aussies don't speak that way anymore.
In fairness, Kaz, a lot of the phrases used by Barry McKenzie in the Private Eye strips and the films, were invented by Barry Humphries rather than being part of the Australian argot
And don't get me started on Norman Gunston, the Little Aussie Bleeder.
And don't get me started on Norman Gunston, the Little Aussie Bleeder.
November 16, 2025 at 7:29 AM
In fairness, Kaz, a lot of the phrases used by Barry McKenzie in the Private Eye strips and the films, were invented by Barry Humphries rather than being part of the Australian argot
And don't get me started on Norman Gunston, the Little Aussie Bleeder.
And don't get me started on Norman Gunston, the Little Aussie Bleeder.
Boo to fascists!
Now you have me thinking of indigenous, edible birds over here. Various ducks. Black Swans?
Oysters and prawns are tasty, although not technically birds.
Now you have me thinking of indigenous, edible birds over here. Various ducks. Black Swans?
Oysters and prawns are tasty, although not technically birds.
November 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Boo to fascists!
Now you have me thinking of indigenous, edible birds over here. Various ducks. Black Swans?
Oysters and prawns are tasty, although not technically birds.
Now you have me thinking of indigenous, edible birds over here. Various ducks. Black Swans?
Oysters and prawns are tasty, although not technically birds.
Nuance? On Bluesky?
Fair enough.
Fair enough.
November 16, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Nuance? On Bluesky?
Fair enough.
Fair enough.
Two ways to know a Trump Truth is bogus:
1. Too many capitalisations.
2. Too few capitalisations.
1. Too many capitalisations.
2. Too few capitalisations.
November 16, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Two ways to know a Trump Truth is bogus:
1. Too many capitalisations.
2. Too few capitalisations.
1. Too many capitalisations.
2. Too few capitalisations.
Because I am an old, we have turkey at Christmas, not prawns and oysters.
Despite being an old, goose has not been a thing in my country, in my lifetime.
Despite being an old, goose has not been a thing in my country, in my lifetime.
November 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Because I am an old, we have turkey at Christmas, not prawns and oysters.
Despite being an old, goose has not been a thing in my country, in my lifetime.
Despite being an old, goose has not been a thing in my country, in my lifetime.
Isaac is also something of a nebbish, a connecting point for the two great patriarchs, Abraham and Jacob.
November 15, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Isaac is also something of a nebbish, a connecting point for the two great patriarchs, Abraham and Jacob.