Leon Bambrick
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Owner/occupier of an ever-hungry brain, feasting on the flesh of thoughts. Bleeding heart. He/him. Strongly support lgbtqia+ community 🌈 and first Australians.
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Walking through a second hand book store should feel like you’re flying through the trench run on the Death Star.
My kids used to have this deal whereby I’d pay them 1 cent for each leaf they retrieved from the bottom of the pool.
Later we got a pool cleaning robot (dubbed “suckbot”) and it removed the leaves instead.
So don’t tell me robots won’t replace us. They’ve already stolen my kids’ jobs.
Later we got a pool cleaning robot (dubbed “suckbot”) and it removed the leaves instead.
So don’t tell me robots won’t replace us. They’ve already stolen my kids’ jobs.
January 17, 2026 at 10:26 PM
My kids used to have this deal whereby I’d pay them 1 cent for each leaf they retrieved from the bottom of the pool.
Later we got a pool cleaning robot (dubbed “suckbot”) and it removed the leaves instead.
So don’t tell me robots won’t replace us. They’ve already stolen my kids’ jobs.
Later we got a pool cleaning robot (dubbed “suckbot”) and it removed the leaves instead.
So don’t tell me robots won’t replace us. They’ve already stolen my kids’ jobs.
"Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation."
Douglas Adams hit the head of the nail bang on with a sledge hammer when he wrote the […]
Douglas Adams hit the head of the nail bang on with a sledge hammer when he wrote the […]
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mastodon.cloud
January 15, 2026 at 10:53 PM
"Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation."
Douglas Adams hit the head of the nail bang on with a sledge hammer when he wrote the […]
Douglas Adams hit the head of the nail bang on with a sledge hammer when he wrote the […]
Important message.... part 1 of 2.
Gmail uses this little ellipses indicator:
Gmail uses this little ellipses indicator:
January 13, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Important message.... part 1 of 2.
Gmail uses this little ellipses indicator:
Gmail uses this little ellipses indicator:
Consider the 3 body problem. Three masses orbiting each other in space — it can never be a stable system.
Now consider every situation in your life. How much more complex it is than a simple 3 body problem.
There’s never any guarantee of stability. Real life comes with no rock solid guarantees […]
Now consider every situation in your life. How much more complex it is than a simple 3 body problem.
There’s never any guarantee of stability. Real life comes with no rock solid guarantees […]
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mastodon.cloud
January 12, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Consider the 3 body problem. Three masses orbiting each other in space — it can never be a stable system.
Now consider every situation in your life. How much more complex it is than a simple 3 body problem.
There’s never any guarantee of stability. Real life comes with no rock solid guarantees […]
Now consider every situation in your life. How much more complex it is than a simple 3 body problem.
There’s never any guarantee of stability. Real life comes with no rock solid guarantees […]
Keep this under you hat for now but I’ve checked and it turns out it’s truer than we ever dared believe. ///
Everything is intertwingled
Everything is intertwingled
January 9, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Keep this under you hat for now but I’ve checked and it turns out it’s truer than we ever dared believe. ///
Everything is intertwingled
Everything is intertwingled
Pause right there buddy. If you thought this small fridge door was a portal to another universe — you are wrong. You are wrong because the sign on the hospital fridge says “STOP” “No entry through these doors”.
But the mad and the wise and the engineers we […]
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But the mad and the wise and the engineers we […]
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January 8, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Pause right there buddy. If you thought this small fridge door was a portal to another universe — you are wrong. You are wrong because the sign on the hospital fridge says “STOP” “No entry through these doors”.
But the mad and the wise and the engineers we […]
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But the mad and the wise and the engineers we […]
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Happy Zoo Year!
(sorry i didn't write it sooner -- trapped in a roman, wilderness of pain, and all the children, are - in sane.... ) etc.
(sorry i didn't write it sooner -- trapped in a roman, wilderness of pain, and all the children, are - in sane.... ) etc.
January 8, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Happy Zoo Year!
(sorry i didn't write it sooner -- trapped in a roman, wilderness of pain, and all the children, are - in sane.... ) etc.
(sorry i didn't write it sooner -- trapped in a roman, wilderness of pain, and all the children, are - in sane.... ) etc.
There was once a Brisbane band called “Cunningham” (or ‘H*A*M*S’ to their devoted followers) and they had this cool song with a catchy hook that said “I’m going through changes I have been for ages”
…and that’s what I think of when I hear this cool old blues song, “changes” by Charles Bradley […]
…and that’s what I think of when I hear this cool old blues song, “changes” by Charles Bradley […]
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mastodon.cloud
December 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
There was once a Brisbane band called “Cunningham” (or ‘H*A*M*S’ to their devoted followers) and they had this cool song with a catchy hook that said “I’m going through changes I have been for ages”
…and that’s what I think of when I hear this cool old blues song, “changes” by Charles Bradley […]
…and that’s what I think of when I hear this cool old blues song, “changes” by Charles Bradley […]
Live Slow, Die Old, Leave a Thoroughly Annotated Nachlass
December 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Live Slow, Die Old, Leave a Thoroughly Annotated Nachlass
Hi I’m Leon. I overthink things.
A trivia question in a Christmas cracker yesterday was “how many sides does a snowflake have?”
I thought “I bet the answer they want is “6” even though that’s a totally wrong and weird use of the word “side” - I don’t know the right word off the top of my head […]
A trivia question in a Christmas cracker yesterday was “how many sides does a snowflake have?”
I thought “I bet the answer they want is “6” even though that’s a totally wrong and weird use of the word “side” - I don’t know the right word off the top of my head […]
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mastodon.cloud
December 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Hi I’m Leon. I overthink things.
A trivia question in a Christmas cracker yesterday was “how many sides does a snowflake have?”
I thought “I bet the answer they want is “6” even though that’s a totally wrong and weird use of the word “side” - I don’t know the right word off the top of my head […]
A trivia question in a Christmas cracker yesterday was “how many sides does a snowflake have?”
I thought “I bet the answer they want is “6” even though that’s a totally wrong and weird use of the word “side” - I don’t know the right word off the top of my head […]
HO HO HO, just a friendly christmas 🎅 reminder to all the dads out there who play guitar 🎸 and whose children are receiving a lovely toy ukulele for Christmas 🎄 this year:
December 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
HO HO HO, just a friendly christmas 🎅 reminder to all the dads out there who play guitar 🎸 and whose children are receiving a lovely toy ukulele for Christmas 🎄 this year:
So far, the theory has met with 100% confirmation—
Every drug designed to relieve {problem} will also list {problem} as a possible side effect.
- Relieves nausea, dizziness, vomiting
…. Side effects may include …. nausea, dizziness vomiting
- Cures your headache …. Side effects… headache
- […]
Every drug designed to relieve {problem} will also list {problem} as a possible side effect.
- Relieves nausea, dizziness, vomiting
…. Side effects may include …. nausea, dizziness vomiting
- Cures your headache …. Side effects… headache
- […]
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mastodon.cloud
December 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
So far, the theory has met with 100% confirmation—
Every drug designed to relieve {problem} will also list {problem} as a possible side effect.
- Relieves nausea, dizziness, vomiting
…. Side effects may include …. nausea, dizziness vomiting
- Cures your headache …. Side effects… headache
- […]
Every drug designed to relieve {problem} will also list {problem} as a possible side effect.
- Relieves nausea, dizziness, vomiting
…. Side effects may include …. nausea, dizziness vomiting
- Cures your headache …. Side effects… headache
- […]
The phrase “the elephant in the room” is exclusively used in situations where there is no actual elephant in the room. If “the elephant in the room” was an elephant, it would not be an elephant in the room situation.
December 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
The phrase “the elephant in the room” is exclusively used in situations where there is no actual elephant in the room. If “the elephant in the room” was an elephant, it would not be an elephant in the room situation.
Humans’ll do anything, anything at all, destroy the whole world, just to avoid one moment of boredom
December 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Humans’ll do anything, anything at all, destroy the whole world, just to avoid one moment of boredom
Listening to Seja Vogel interview with Dave Graney and Clare Moore from Seja’s podcast “HearSej”
#AusMusic
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6tHcQ5VPgtoxvgWIkDyePl?si=KmDEZaGFQs2BAm8chcNeJw&pi=NECsiBMYTc-Ul
#AusMusic
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6tHcQ5VPgtoxvgWIkDyePl?si=KmDEZaGFQs2BAm8chcNeJw&pi=NECsiBMYTc-Ul
#103 Dave Graney amd Clare Moore
HearSej · Episode
open.spotify.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Listening to Seja Vogel interview with Dave Graney and Clare Moore from Seja’s podcast “HearSej”
#AusMusic
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6tHcQ5VPgtoxvgWIkDyePl?si=KmDEZaGFQs2BAm8chcNeJw&pi=NECsiBMYTc-Ul
#AusMusic
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6tHcQ5VPgtoxvgWIkDyePl?si=KmDEZaGFQs2BAm8chcNeJw&pi=NECsiBMYTc-Ul
Continual focus on terrible problems that are too big to solve is both depressing, and a way to shirk responsibility for doing meaningful work where you can actually make a difference.
Incidentally, do some arithmetic
15/15 stars in 24 moves today in #additional
⭐3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣ […]
Incidentally, do some arithmetic
15/15 stars in 24 moves today in #additional
⭐3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣ […]
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mastodon.cloud
December 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Continual focus on terrible problems that are too big to solve is both depressing, and a way to shirk responsibility for doing meaningful work where you can actually make a difference.
Incidentally, do some arithmetic
15/15 stars in 24 moves today in #additional
⭐3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣ […]
Incidentally, do some arithmetic
15/15 stars in 24 moves today in #additional
⭐3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣ […]
Reposted by Leon Bambrick
This anti-pattern I see again and again.
Boomer who grew up before every service job enslaved you to a computer-driven script, rocks up to be served and immediately starts making small talk like you used to in order to indicate friendliness and form a bit of a bond rather than making everything […]
Boomer who grew up before every service job enslaved you to a computer-driven script, rocks up to be served and immediately starts making small talk like you used to in order to indicate friendliness and form a bit of a bond rather than making everything […]
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mastodon.social
December 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This anti-pattern I see again and again.
Boomer who grew up before every service job enslaved you to a computer-driven script, rocks up to be served and immediately starts making small talk like you used to in order to indicate friendliness and form a bit of a bond rather than making everything […]
Boomer who grew up before every service job enslaved you to a computer-driven script, rocks up to be served and immediately starts making small talk like you used to in order to indicate friendliness and form a bit of a bond rather than making everything […]
This walkthrough from the Excel World Champion - showing how he solved the problems in the final, is pretty amazing to behold.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mx_xhiIRpw
Note that he imports a bunch of custom functions and even a *generator* of functions. Seems a bit cheaty… but also very […]
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mx_xhiIRpw
Note that he imports a bunch of custom functions and even a *generator* of functions. Seems a bit cheaty… but also very […]
Original post on mastodon.cloud
mastodon.cloud
December 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
This walkthrough from the Excel World Champion - showing how he solved the problems in the final, is pretty amazing to behold.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mx_xhiIRpw
Note that he imports a bunch of custom functions and even a *generator* of functions. Seems a bit cheaty… but also very […]
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mx_xhiIRpw
Note that he imports a bunch of custom functions and even a *generator* of functions. Seems a bit cheaty… but also very […]
You miss 110% of the shots you don’t take!
December 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
You miss 110% of the shots you don’t take!
Beat this losers
Wordle 1,642 2/6
🟨⬛🟩🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Wordle 1,642 2/6
🟨⬛🟩🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
December 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Beat this losers
Wordle 1,642 2/6
🟨⬛🟩🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Wordle 1,642 2/6
🟨⬛🟩🟨⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
People don’t want a better world, they want *less thinking*
December 13, 2025 at 10:42 AM
People don’t want a better world, they want *less thinking*
One must consider Sisyphus buff. For Sisyphus every day is leg day.
December 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
One must consider Sisyphus buff. For Sisyphus every day is leg day.
Rajwinder Singh found guilty.
15/15 stars in 15 moves today in #additional
⭐3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣
https://additional.today
15/15 stars in 15 moves today in #additional
⭐3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣
https://additional.today
Additional
A daily maths game.
additional.today
December 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Rajwinder Singh found guilty.
15/15 stars in 15 moves today in #additional
⭐3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣
https://additional.today
15/15 stars in 15 moves today in #additional
⭐3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣
https://additional.today