Simon Vandore
@simonvandore.bsky.social
Homepage Editor and stuff at SBS http://www.sbs.com.au Previously long reads/features and tech/internet. Began on Gen X student newspapers. Mzungu. Born a Scot. Probably on a bicycle.
Uh, before even The Hobbit? Meanwhile my six year old can identify every country, flag, and capital city but does not care for Bilbo. I've never been so reality-based.
November 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Uh, before even The Hobbit? Meanwhile my six year old can identify every country, flag, and capital city but does not care for Bilbo. I've never been so reality-based.
next: AI protein in everything!
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
next: AI protein in everything!
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He could even smell The Onion.
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
He could even smell The Onion.
I think it's a deliberate syncopation. There's a hi-hat beat in the space between.
November 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I think it's a deliberate syncopation. There's a hi-hat beat in the space between.
I've noticed that in Australia, where I drive a BYD. I now have to check whether I'm really looking at a Tesla.
October 20, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I've noticed that in Australia, where I drive a BYD. I now have to check whether I'm really looking at a Tesla.
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First they came for the journalists, we don't know what happened after that.
October 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
First they came for the journalists, we don't know what happened after that.
Sounds right. When I was a journalist on a PC magazine in the '90s it was hard to explain why I liked it more than the Mac.
September 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Sounds right. When I was a journalist on a PC magazine in the '90s it was hard to explain why I liked it more than the Mac.