Richard Watts VK5AAD
@richardgwatts.bsky.social
Former IT Security Serf.
Amateur Radio Operator.
Amateur Radio Operator.
Need some decoy drivers to leave the stores with what appear to be stuffed bags. If they pick up an ICE tail they can just drive about at random :-)
January 24, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Need some decoy drivers to leave the stores with what appear to be stuffed bags. If they pick up an ICE tail they can just drive about at random :-)
Organisations from other countries such as the "Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation" (ATAGI). Part of the Australian federal department of health. We tend to be fairly sensible about such things "downunder".
November 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Organisations from other countries such as the "Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation" (ATAGI). Part of the Australian federal department of health. We tend to be fairly sensible about such things "downunder".
I expect Maxwell will have a "nasty fall from a high window" a la defenestration Russian style.
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I expect Maxwell will have a "nasty fall from a high window" a la defenestration Russian style.
Speaker of the house does not actually need to be an elected representative, and of course is next in line to presidency after the VP. Simply get two patsies to run, be elected and then both resign after Trump has been appointed speaker of the house. Trump does not need to be elected to anything.
October 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Speaker of the house does not actually need to be an elected representative, and of course is next in line to presidency after the VP. Simply get two patsies to run, be elected and then both resign after Trump has been appointed speaker of the house. Trump does not need to be elected to anything.
To be fair, his memory span is somewhat less than five days unless it involves perceived insults from any time in the past.
October 24, 2025 at 4:40 AM
To be fair, his memory span is somewhat less than five days unless it involves perceived insults from any time in the past.
Forgive my Australian ignorance - the (T)Linget people are from Alaska? Great to see!
October 14, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Forgive my Australian ignorance - the (T)Linget people are from Alaska? Great to see!
Needs more cowbell!
October 4, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Needs more cowbell!
So pretty much of average intelligence for a Qanon stooge then.
September 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
So pretty much of average intelligence for a Qanon stooge then.
If it costs less than the PBS cap of AU$31.60 it's not even being subsidised in Aus. If the US is importing medicine from Aus then it means they can't get it cheaper or at all elsewhere so trebling the price will make their rip-off health system even worse.
July 9, 2025 at 6:10 AM
If it costs less than the PBS cap of AU$31.60 it's not even being subsidised in Aus. If the US is importing medicine from Aus then it means they can't get it cheaper or at all elsewhere so trebling the price will make their rip-off health system even worse.
So just how are they investigating a leak of something which the White House says is fake - ie doesn't exist?
June 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
So just how are they investigating a leak of something which the White House says is fake - ie doesn't exist?
I rarely use a mask these days, mainly because I tend to keep away from crowded situations, but I've had neither flu or COVID despite being immunosuppressed for an organ transplant over 25 years ago. I can't prove it's because of my annual flu and semi-annual COVID jabs but I'll keep having them.
May 22, 2025 at 6:32 AM
I rarely use a mask these days, mainly because I tend to keep away from crowded situations, but I've had neither flu or COVID despite being immunosuppressed for an organ transplant over 25 years ago. I can't prove it's because of my annual flu and semi-annual COVID jabs but I'll keep having them.
Elevator doesn't go all the way to the top floor :-)
May 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Elevator doesn't go all the way to the top floor :-)
Definitely a kangaroo loose in the top paddock.
May 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Definitely a kangaroo loose in the top paddock.
If a foreign-produced movie is distributed to the US digitally via a network, how and when would a tariff be applied? It's not something like cans of film arriving on a ship or aircraft!
May 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
If a foreign-produced movie is distributed to the US digitally via a network, how and when would a tariff be applied? It's not something like cans of film arriving on a ship or aircraft!
My late Mother used to hand out Lib how-to-vote material. Usually quite civilised between people from the various parties who got on well and even handed out the others' cards when loo breaks, etc., were required. Occasional exceptions of course but in general they celebrated our democracy.
May 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
My late Mother used to hand out Lib how-to-vote material. Usually quite civilised between people from the various parties who got on well and even handed out the others' cards when loo breaks, etc., were required. Occasional exceptions of course but in general they celebrated our democracy.
Shouldn't that be the other way around?
TRUCK MONSTER!
TRUCK MONSTER!
May 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Shouldn't that be the other way around?
TRUCK MONSTER!
TRUCK MONSTER!
I cannot think of a MORE appropriate day for Welcomes to Country (even if I think they're sometimes overdone, like the obligatory corporate acknowledgement by rote of Elders, etc., which often seem like just ticking off the PC checklist rather than putting a bit of thought and heart into them).
April 28, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I cannot think of a MORE appropriate day for Welcomes to Country (even if I think they're sometimes overdone, like the obligatory corporate acknowledgement by rote of Elders, etc., which often seem like just ticking off the PC checklist rather than putting a bit of thought and heart into them).
Of course Trump wants it indoors. He's scared that another small crowd will turn up - especially if the weather is as bad as predicted. No matter how much he pretended otherwise, the disappointing turnout last time around was obvious to all.
January 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Of course Trump wants it indoors. He's scared that another small crowd will turn up - especially if the weather is as bad as predicted. No matter how much he pretended otherwise, the disappointing turnout last time around was obvious to all.
I was going to say "not just fifty years ago" but then I recall my own such experiences were well over forty years ago now😩
January 1, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I was going to say "not just fifty years ago" but then I recall my own such experiences were well over forty years ago now😩
At first I thought it was just a larger than average drop-bear but then I noticed the tusks and trunk. What if they somehow cross-bred?
December 7, 2024 at 6:33 AM
At first I thought it was just a larger than average drop-bear but then I noticed the tusks and trunk. What if they somehow cross-bred?
1st one used as a student - IBM 1130.
1st one worked on professionally (system programmer) - IBM 3033.
1st one owned - Osborne I.
1st one worked on professionally (system programmer) - IBM 3033.
1st one owned - Osborne I.
November 20, 2024 at 5:25 AM
1st one used as a student - IBM 1130.
1st one worked on professionally (system programmer) - IBM 3033.
1st one owned - Osborne I.
1st one worked on professionally (system programmer) - IBM 3033.
1st one owned - Osborne I.