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Cat. Deliciousness. Footy. Board games.
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This.

Whenever local government reviews the library budget and asks, "Why should we give you money?"

We want the library to be able to say, "Because we provide a valuable service used by many people!"

Libraries are like muscles, using them more makes them stronger. 💪
Anybody who is like “Piracy is activism!”—trust me, supporting your local library is about 1000% more effective activism, and it’s still free for you and authors still get paid!
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Fifteen Years

xkcd.com/3172/
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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I really need to sell a lot of the market art that I've made so that I can move on to something new, and so I can reduce my debt some.(To be able to make that move)

I'll be posting stuff in the next couple days on @blackwidowart.bsky.social

I would be really love if I could get more eyes on it.
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The neighbours (renovating) have done us the enormous favour of getting a load of dirt delivered to the footpath and only clearing some of it.
October 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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What I don't get is why people living in poverty and struggling to survive don't simply dip into the $3 million in super they have squirreled away for tax minimisation purposes
'Eating mostly brown food': The 'devastating' juggle faced by a rising number of Australians
With one in seven Australians living below the poverty line, researchers and advocates say that COVID-era universal income is the solution.
www.sbs.com.au
October 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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A few years ago Qantas completely screwed me. I bought fuckqantas.com and redirected it to social media search results of people expressing their frustration. I feel like now is a good time to do something more with it. What do you suggest?
Bluesky
fuckqantas.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Acts 26:24 works equally well, perhaps better, if you go into it imagining Festus is Paul’s academic advisor
October 14, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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this is a good story but it shows that people still fundamentally misunderstand LLMs - there is no "working properly", they're inherently probabilistic models. hallucinations aren't a bug, they're a fundamental part of language models. these aren't fact machines!!!

www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
October 10, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Do you teach boardgames? We have just launched a survey asking about your experience! It takes about ten minutes to complete - please share!
Survey link: go.unimelb.edu.au/45qp
October 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Y'all heard of this new chronology kink?

It's about fucking time.
September 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Went to ihop drunk at 4am and asked them to make the pancakes
Evil. Maybe one of the best escapades I’ve Ever been on LMFAOOOOO
September 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
September 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Some Cat
August 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"

Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
August 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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I love this weird little guy
July 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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does this need a trigger warning? probably? tw:gore

i captured what i am told is an incredible wildlife photo of an australian hobby falcon enjoying a meal of brains. sparrow brains.

i am too horrified to appreciate it
July 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
it might be the cold forcing them together but it's finally working (in their second winter)
July 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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It's official. The SAG strike is finally over. It took an entire year but now VAs have the AI protections they sought. This is a huge victory. Do not let anyone who isn't in the industry tell you otherwise.
SAG-AFTRA Members Approve 2025 Video Game Agreement. www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-me...
July 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Legs everywhere
June 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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You guys! Weve had a couple of Steller's Jays about this spring visiting the fountain, and today one of them brought a juvenile along with to show them the fountain! #birding
June 7, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Essential reading now early voting has started. Great article by @davemilbo.bsky.social
On doing the same inadequate shit over and over again until the end of democracy - The Shot
The consequence of not good enough, as evidenced in the United States right now, is that you inevitably get much, much worse.
theshot.net.au
April 24, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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Very cool data visual work by ABC on the changing way we vote www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
This triangle helps explain a titanic shift in how Australia votes
This triangle is going to help us explain how Australian politics has fundamentally changed over the past five decades.
www.abc.net.au
April 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Oh, hi there! It's cover reveal day for Brigands & Breadknives, with art yet again by the amazing @emberwickart.bsky.social-
I love it so ❤️
Coming Nov 11 '25 from @torbooks.bsky.social-
January 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM