Philip Purcell
@olliethecat.bsky.social
Retired sound engineer. Yes I do know what all those knobs and buttons do. And no, vinyl does NOT sound better. Sydney Australia. Definitely not getting more conservative as I get older.
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
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Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
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This man’s values are based in power, greed and division. They are so far removed from the values of the Australian people.
We need a government that has the courage to stand up to him, reject his racism, reject US bases and forge an independent peaceful path for Australia.
We need a government that has the courage to stand up to him, reject his racism, reject US bases and forge an independent peaceful path for Australia.
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This man’s values are based in power, greed and division. They are so far removed from the values of the Australian people.
We need a government that has the courage to stand up to him, reject his racism, reject US bases and forge an independent peaceful path for Australia.
We need a government that has the courage to stand up to him, reject his racism, reject US bases and forge an independent peaceful path for Australia.
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Australia doesn't have a gas shortage problem.
We have a gas export problem, and Australians are paying the price.
Great to see this issue being discussed in Parliament this week! #auspol
We have a gas export problem, and Australians are paying the price.
Great to see this issue being discussed in Parliament this week! #auspol
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Australia doesn't have a gas shortage problem.
We have a gas export problem, and Australians are paying the price.
Great to see this issue being discussed in Parliament this week! #auspol
We have a gas export problem, and Australians are paying the price.
Great to see this issue being discussed in Parliament this week! #auspol
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Tonight's Low Quality Ad is for this Punch Nazis shirt. It also functions as a 100% effective Nazi detector. If someone sees you wearing this and takes issue with it, that's a Nazi.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Tonight's Low Quality Ad is for this Punch Nazis shirt. It also functions as a 100% effective Nazi detector. If someone sees you wearing this and takes issue with it, that's a Nazi.
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Ninajirachi started making music because of YouTube. Now she’s up for eight Aria awards
Ninajirachi started making music because of YouTube. Now she’s up for eight Aria awards
The 26-year-old’s debut album I Love My Computer has already netted her some of Australia’s most prestigious prizes – and it’s all about the delight and depravity of growing up on the internet
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Ninajirachi is having a dream run with her debut album I Love My Computer – and between leading this year’s Aria nominations with eight nods and the rapturous crowds at sold-out shows, she knows it.
“I want to live up this one before I move on, because it might be hard to come back to this headspace and time,” says Nina Wilson. “I don’t want to rush into the future.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Ninajirachi started making music because of YouTube. Now she’s up for eight Aria awards
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@abcnewsbot.bsky.social These two guys have been talking about cricket for what seems like hours now and we are all losing the will to live.
November 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
@abcnewsbot.bsky.social These two guys have been talking about cricket for what seems like hours now and we are all losing the will to live.
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America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.
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Loving how commentators are describing it as a battle for the soul of the LNP as though that is a thing that has ever existed.
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Loving how commentators are describing it as a battle for the soul of the LNP as though that is a thing that has ever existed.
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BREAKING: The BYD Atto 1 and Atto 2 have been priced for Australia.
ATTO 1 Essential $23,990 plus ORC
ATTO 1 Premium $27,990 plus ORC
ATTO 2 Dynamic $31,990 plus ORC
ATTO 2 Premium $35,990 plus ORC
www.drive.com.au/news/2026-by...
ATTO 1 Essential $23,990 plus ORC
ATTO 1 Premium $27,990 plus ORC
ATTO 2 Dynamic $31,990 plus ORC
ATTO 2 Premium $35,990 plus ORC
www.drive.com.au/news/2026-by...
EV SHOCK: BYD declares war on rivals with Australia's cheapest electric car at $23,990 | Drive
BYD has reset the price of the cheapest EV and EV SUV in Australia, with Atto 1 from $23,990 – and the Atto 2 SUV for MG ZS hybrid money.
www.drive.com.au
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
BREAKING: The BYD Atto 1 and Atto 2 have been priced for Australia.
ATTO 1 Essential $23,990 plus ORC
ATTO 1 Premium $27,990 plus ORC
ATTO 2 Dynamic $31,990 plus ORC
ATTO 2 Premium $35,990 plus ORC
www.drive.com.au/news/2026-by...
ATTO 1 Essential $23,990 plus ORC
ATTO 1 Premium $27,990 plus ORC
ATTO 2 Dynamic $31,990 plus ORC
ATTO 2 Premium $35,990 plus ORC
www.drive.com.au/news/2026-by...
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When you see Dynamic Dan Tehan fronting for the Liberal Party on climate policy, you know that the bottom of the barrell has been scraped and this is what's left.
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 AM
When you see Dynamic Dan Tehan fronting for the Liberal Party on climate policy, you know that the bottom of the barrell has been scraped and this is what's left.
I *almost* feel sorry for Dan Tehan being forensically dismantled by Sarah Ferguson over their insane net zero “policy” on 7:30. Almost. But not quite.
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 AM
I *almost* feel sorry for Dan Tehan being forensically dismantled by Sarah Ferguson over their insane net zero “policy” on 7:30. Almost. But not quite.
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Huge congratulations to Terror for winning the War on Terror ♥️
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Huge congratulations to Terror for winning the War on Terror ♥️
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A statistic that continues to live rent free in my mind: half of all international shipping is just moving fossil fuels around.
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 AM
A statistic that continues to live rent free in my mind: half of all international shipping is just moving fossil fuels around.
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Every business, government agency, media outlet and human person that continues to post on or go near X is consciously collaborating with the most openly white supremacist public figure since Hitler. There is no excuse.
October 30, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Every business, government agency, media outlet and human person that continues to post on or go near X is consciously collaborating with the most openly white supremacist public figure since Hitler. There is no excuse.
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We were watching MASH when Loretta "Hot Lips" Swit died. We are watching Fawlty Towers and Prunella "Sybil" Scales has died. My partner says we should watch The Apprentice next.
October 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
We were watching MASH when Loretta "Hot Lips" Swit died. We are watching Fawlty Towers and Prunella "Sybil" Scales has died. My partner says we should watch The Apprentice next.
The White House at the moment is like a pair of tight underpants - no ball room.
October 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The White House at the moment is like a pair of tight underpants - no ball room.
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"Viewpoint diversity" about whether human activity is warming the planet, or whether vaccines work, is like "viewpoint diversity" about whether the sky is blue or whether the Earth is round. It falls outside the range of good faith scientific and academic discourse.
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
October 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"Viewpoint diversity" about whether human activity is warming the planet, or whether vaccines work, is like "viewpoint diversity" about whether the sky is blue or whether the Earth is round. It falls outside the range of good faith scientific and academic discourse.
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
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Kevin being Frank
October 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Kevin being Frank
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
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The neo-reactionary blogger Curtis Yarvin wants to destroy American democracy. With the Trumpian right embracing strongman rule, his ideas have found mainstream purchase. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/09/curtis-yarvin-profile
October 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The neo-reactionary blogger Curtis Yarvin wants to destroy American democracy. With the Trumpian right embracing strongman rule, his ideas have found mainstream purchase. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/09/curtis-yarvin-profile
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I know Donald Trump is a pathological liar, malignant narcissistic sociopath, racist, antisemite, misogynist, xenophobe, homophobe, transphobe, hater of our troops and believer in euthanizing folks with disabilities, but we too often forget that he's *also* an adjudicated rapist and convicted felon.
October 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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