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· Aug 10
www.petrescue.com.au
If you live in Victoria (Aus) and are in need of a pet, please check out the cat group I foster for: www.petrescue.com.au/groups/10610...
(I may offer photos of my current fosters in the replies)
#cats #adoptdontshop
(I may offer photos of my current fosters in the replies)
#cats #adoptdontshop
Everytime I read the news these days:
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Everytime I read the news these days:
Woooo a broken train at Oakleigh, when trains have already been disrupted by vandalism at Westall... And on the warmest day of the season thus far!
October 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Woooo a broken train at Oakleigh, when trains have already been disrupted by vandalism at Westall... And on the warmest day of the season thus far!
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there aren’t a lot of purely good things on the internet but “you have to share Tom Holland doing Umbrella” is one of them
September 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
there aren’t a lot of purely good things on the internet but “you have to share Tom Holland doing Umbrella” is one of them
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Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"
September 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"
Our foster cats fell out at one point (took us weeks to make them besties again), so I was very concerned when I heard cats fighting outside my bedroom this evening...
...Turns out it was two other cats underneath the house having a barney. Our house is terrible for sound insulation 😅
...Turns out it was two other cats underneath the house having a barney. Our house is terrible for sound insulation 😅
August 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Our foster cats fell out at one point (took us weeks to make them besties again), so I was very concerned when I heard cats fighting outside my bedroom this evening...
...Turns out it was two other cats underneath the house having a barney. Our house is terrible for sound insulation 😅
...Turns out it was two other cats underneath the house having a barney. Our house is terrible for sound insulation 😅
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Did you use Metro, V/Line or Yarra Trams for 10 or more days in July? If so, you may be eligible for compensation for poor performance.
Check the links below for more info and to claim:
www.metrotrains.com....
yarratrams.com.au/pe...
www.vline.com.au/abo...
Check the links below for more info and to claim:
www.metrotrains.com....
yarratrams.com.au/pe...
www.vline.com.au/abo...
August 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Did you use Metro, V/Line or Yarra Trams for 10 or more days in July? If so, you may be eligible for compensation for poor performance.
Check the links below for more info and to claim:
www.metrotrains.com....
yarratrams.com.au/pe...
www.vline.com.au/abo...
Check the links below for more info and to claim:
www.metrotrains.com....
yarratrams.com.au/pe...
www.vline.com.au/abo...
Good on the Monash student protestors facing both this downpour and the police!
Wonder why Monash isn't keen on the students holding a referendum on arms dealing 🤔
Wonder why Monash isn't keen on the students holding a referendum on arms dealing 🤔
August 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Good on the Monash student protestors facing both this downpour and the police!
Wonder why Monash isn't keen on the students holding a referendum on arms dealing 🤔
Wonder why Monash isn't keen on the students holding a referendum on arms dealing 🤔
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Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay
“Men said things like "peace in our time" or "an empire that will last a thousand years," and less than half a lifetime later no one even remembered who they were, let alone what they had said or where the mob had buried their ashes.”
“Men said things like "peace in our time" or "an empire that will last a thousand years," and less than half a lifetime later no one even remembered who they were, let alone what they had said or where the mob had buried their ashes.”
Discworld QOTD, from Moving Pictures
‘“Twas beauty killed the beast,” said the Dean, who liked to say things like that.
“No it wasn’t,” said the Chair. “It was splatting into the ground like that.”’
‘“Twas beauty killed the beast,” said the Dean, who liked to say things like that.
“No it wasn’t,” said the Chair. “It was splatting into the ground like that.”’
Discworld QOTD, from Unseen Academicals
“The Librarian was not familiar with love, which had always struck him as a bit ethereal and soppy, but kindness, on the other hand, was practical. You knew where you were with kindness, especially if you were holding a pie it had just given you.”
“The Librarian was not familiar with love, which had always struck him as a bit ethereal and soppy, but kindness, on the other hand, was practical. You knew where you were with kindness, especially if you were holding a pie it had just given you.”
August 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay
“Men said things like "peace in our time" or "an empire that will last a thousand years," and less than half a lifetime later no one even remembered who they were, let alone what they had said or where the mob had buried their ashes.”
“Men said things like "peace in our time" or "an empire that will last a thousand years," and less than half a lifetime later no one even remembered who they were, let alone what they had said or where the mob had buried their ashes.”
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A+, no notes
August 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
A+, no notes
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tell me about it, tiny aloe plant on the counter at the cafe near my house
August 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
tell me about it, tiny aloe plant on the counter at the cafe near my house
If you live in Victoria (Aus) and are in need of a pet, please check out the cat group I foster for: www.petrescue.com.au/groups/10610...
(I may offer photos of my current fosters in the replies)
#cats #adoptdontshop
(I may offer photos of my current fosters in the replies)
#cats #adoptdontshop
www.petrescue.com.au
August 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
If you live in Victoria (Aus) and are in need of a pet, please check out the cat group I foster for: www.petrescue.com.au/groups/10610...
(I may offer photos of my current fosters in the replies)
#cats #adoptdontshop
(I may offer photos of my current fosters in the replies)
#cats #adoptdontshop
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I'm feeling grumpy, so in an attempt to change that I am posting these old fake Antiques Roadshow pictures that make me laugh
July 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I'm feeling grumpy, so in an attempt to change that I am posting these old fake Antiques Roadshow pictures that make me laugh
I remember watching this as a kid with my mum, and always wondered if anyone else remembered it...
On the 25th anniversary of the show @paranoidstylist.bsky.social uploaded his in-depth article on BUGS and its position as "an unacknowledged influence on a later generation of stylish, issue-led thriller series of the 2000s"
June 11, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I remember watching this as a kid with my mum, and always wondered if anyone else remembered it...
There are few greater honours in life than the first time a rescue animal falls asleep on you.
June 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
There are few greater honours in life than the first time a rescue animal falls asleep on you.
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“No civil police force could hold out against an irate and resolute population. The trick is not to let them realize that.”
- Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals
- Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals
June 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
“No civil police force could hold out against an irate and resolute population. The trick is not to let them realize that.”
- Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals
- Terry Pratchett, Unseen Academicals
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Researchers from two Aussie universities are conducting a survey of creative workers whose work or income has been impacted by AI.
Original post on LinkedIn by @beneltham.bsky.social 👇
Contact ben.eltham@monash.edu to take part 💚
Original post on LinkedIn by @beneltham.bsky.social 👇
Contact ben.eltham@monash.edu to take part 💚
May 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Researchers from two Aussie universities are conducting a survey of creative workers whose work or income has been impacted by AI.
Original post on LinkedIn by @beneltham.bsky.social 👇
Contact ben.eltham@monash.edu to take part 💚
Original post on LinkedIn by @beneltham.bsky.social 👇
Contact ben.eltham@monash.edu to take part 💚
May 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Screw your favourite book, which was the first that upset you?
I read The Fox Cub Bold and Fox's Feud out of order, and getting to the end of Fox's Feud where Bold is happily running off already knowing what awaited him... It broke something in me.
Thanks Colin Dann
I read The Fox Cub Bold and Fox's Feud out of order, and getting to the end of Fox's Feud where Bold is happily running off already knowing what awaited him... It broke something in me.
Thanks Colin Dann
Screw your favorite book, which was the first that upset you?
Lots of books from childhood onwards saddened me but it wasn’t until I read William Trevor’s Reading Turgenev, the great novella in this two-story collection, that I found real tears splashing on to the pages. Extraordinary.
Lots of books from childhood onwards saddened me but it wasn’t until I read William Trevor’s Reading Turgenev, the great novella in this two-story collection, that I found real tears splashing on to the pages. Extraordinary.
May 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Screw your favourite book, which was the first that upset you?
I read The Fox Cub Bold and Fox's Feud out of order, and getting to the end of Fox's Feud where Bold is happily running off already knowing what awaited him... It broke something in me.
Thanks Colin Dann
I read The Fox Cub Bold and Fox's Feud out of order, and getting to the end of Fox's Feud where Bold is happily running off already knowing what awaited him... It broke something in me.
Thanks Colin Dann
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Megathread of pro-trans petitions on Parliament’s petition website. If Labour suddenly gets hit with debates for a bunch of pro-trans petitions, maybe they’ll realise this issue isn’t going away and they’ve fucked up.
I’ll add more as I find them.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
I’ll add more as I find them.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
April 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Megathread of pro-trans petitions on Parliament’s petition website. If Labour suddenly gets hit with debates for a bunch of pro-trans petitions, maybe they’ll realise this issue isn’t going away and they’ve fucked up.
I’ll add more as I find them.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
I’ll add more as I find them.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Not to pile on, but every 'c' in 'Pacific Ocean' is pronounced differently.
March 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Not to pile on, but every 'c' in 'Pacific Ocean' is pronounced differently.
I still can't quite believe how wild this is...
Read for yourself: Here are the attack plans that Trump advisers shared on Signal. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
www.theatlantic.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I still can't quite believe how wild this is...