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theotherprc.bsky.social
The People’s Republic of Couch
@theotherprc.bsky.social
Datavis / Flânerd / PhD student @QUT
Been to Bunnings as many times as I've been to Iran (once).
In Couch We Trust.
https://thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org
went to do 'Death Cab For Cutie' but there were already a bunch of those, so had to dig deeper.
November 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
watched 'inside the yellow cocoon shell' (2023) and seems apichatpong weerasethakul may have some competition for south east asia's most languid filmmaker.
November 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
i've always wondered how the bands whose songs are between 101-110 in the hottest 100 feel, and now i sort of have an answer, and that's 'chuffed', cos i'm on the reserve list for the bundanon artist in residence program for 2026.
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 AM
couldn't sleep last night and for some reason all i could think of was this.
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
September 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
saw phillip ruddock on the street the other day, and it reminded me of the fantasy cabinet @nickevershed.bsky.social and i made almost 10 years ago for the guardian, where this was his selection: x.com/philipruddoc...
September 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
if your interests include australian animals, and messing with AI image recognition training data, these are the tshirts for you.

lonelykidsclub.com/collections/...
September 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
this review i once gave of a local cat is still probably the thing i've done online that the most people have seen.
September 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
same vibe.
August 27, 2025 at 1:34 AM
i was today years old when i learnt that not only does the little streetview icon on google maps have a name, but his name is, er, 'pegman'
August 20, 2025 at 6:38 AM
only just noticed that the tiles at the entrance to our apartment building have a mistake so now we have to move.
August 15, 2025 at 5:20 AM
the best ship is friendship.
August 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
if people wanna stop using capital letters that would be great otherwise in exactly 180 days i will lose the drunken bet i made almost 20 years ago. thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/the-bet/
August 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
as a sydneysider, i will never not laugh at the dissonance of this.
August 1, 2025 at 8:36 AM
update: i saw the cat
July 28, 2025 at 4:16 AM
point: google maps is a tool that aids consumerism
counterpoint: google maps is a tool that aids me finding cats
July 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Cometh the hour, cometh the man*

* and that man is Jim
July 9, 2025 at 5:14 AM
carrying this on a train at peak hour makes me look like i'm a geography teacher that's just been fired.
July 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
poor bastard. bet there's no one who's enjoyed their time on a waterslide less, terrified that he's gonna fuck up the photo shoot and/or splash kim jong-un, leading to the deaths of him and everyone he's ever cared about. via www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
June 27, 2025 at 6:08 AM
the silly little project in question: thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/the-royals/
June 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
i often think what's the point of my silly little projects and then i get an email from a boomer on the mid north coast who's taking a break from committing low level fraud on his local council* to drive around and visit all the royals i've mapped and it makes it all worthwhile.

* i looked him up
June 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Yves Klein Bluey
June 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
why algorithms shouldn't make decisions (i bought a single ticket and it decided to place me right next to the only other person in the cinema...)
June 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
ACABCORAC (all cops are barely capable of reading a compass... it was facing south)
June 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
the winking emojis are implied
June 1, 2025 at 1:08 AM