Also in Australia. For normal petrol, it's ~30
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Also in Australia. For normal petrol, it's ~30
A magpie
I am processing my fears by playing the magpie game
aftermath.site/australian-mag...
This is the sort of thing a cashless society robs us of, the opportunity to try to get away with paying the bus fare in Carthaginian currency www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’m watching the Canada vs Norway Curling match from the Paralympics. A curling match with the USA team is happening at the same time - gosh their fans are noisy and obnoxious.
ok this is at least very funny
anyone who has been on social media for the last 15 years has ptsd for this exact thing when the charts start to buck and the smart weirdos start to flail and vaguely gesture like this
holy shit
love how we killed the old, frail anti-nuke ayatollah just to have him replaced with his young, healthy son who wants nukes and who just had his father, mother, wife, and child murdered on the same day by his mortal enemy. surely this will bring peace to the region
No rehearsals, show up and take everyone to school, leave
youtu.be/dWRCooFKk3c?...
Working on a q&a lecture for a class today: The story of robots is always a story about slavery. The story of LLMs labeled as AI is a story about class, and which humans pay the cost, including the physical toll on their bodies/minds, and the lack of water and electricity, so data centers can exist.
A year long investigation into the Hyperloop found …
“The truth was far simpler, far dumber, and far more prescient: Musk and his lieutenants truly had no idea what they were doing.”
washingtonian.com/2026/02/12/h...
Not seen: A farmer with a boat and a bag of grain scrumpling up his plans and throwing them away in a tearful fit of defeated pique
More fun facts about the green bit.
1. It contains one of only two sealed roads connecting Western Australia to the rest of the country.
2. One 90 mile stretch of that road is entirely straight.
3. It's where the Skylab space station crashed.
4. The time zone covers about 200 people.
“…by ignoring the spirit if not the letter of the Geneva Conventions, the U.S.* is endangering the lives of service members in this and subsequent conflicts.”
*and Australia
i tell you what i keep being surprised when research on something like "who invented mayonnaise?" is an insane and complicated multicountry Saga but like of course it is
'They threatened to take us to Birmingham' - Fog diverts flight from Norwich Airport. Picture shows a Ryanair aircraft.
Have these people not suffered enough?
Thank you for sharing that. I hope the new rules do make a difference. My late wife’s cancer could have been diagnosed a lot earlier if there had been a clear path to go beyond her GP’s “You’re depressed, that’s why your energy levels are low, here have some antidepressants!”
Today I want to talk about Jess’ Rule and Martha’s Rule, two new initiatives across NHS England that I think are really important and you should know about.
Tl;dr: if your symptoms are not improving or getting worse, at home or in hospital, you have the right and Drs the responsibility to review.
If Dolly were to give a press conference and announce she has a surprise, and then tear off her human skin to reveal herself as Trogdora the Burninator, about half of Bluesky (Yr Hmbl Crrspd't included) would immediately swear fealty to her and join whatever crusade she was leading.
i kinda think we should let them cook. america can't be the world's police if they run outta guns
Baudrillard: totally exonerated, no wrong doing
Here’s me in the Guardian today.
The Aukus submarine pact has dragged Australia into the Trump administration’s illegal war on Iran in all but name. This was all entirely forseeable.
A brown penguin chick of some kind. It looks very much like a man in a suit. It is bedraggled and miserable
Made it to Friday but at what cost
Westminster Meeting House raided by Metropolitan Police again. Statement: “For Quakers, faith and action are inseparable. Peaceful protest, prayer and nonviolent action are integral parts of many Quakers' religious life. Whilst we take the planning of criminal acts very seriously, we believe that this incident is a deliberate targeting of committed young people who want to make our country a more equitable place. This raid is part of a systematic stifling of dissent. That this is the second time in a year that the police have raided our meeting house dramatically illuminates the broader trend in the UK of cracking down on those who disagree with the government. The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy. It's a key part of how people make their voices heard between elections.” – Oliver Robertson, Head of Witness and Worship Quakers in Britain, 5 March 2026
Yesterday evening, for the second time in a year, the Met Police raided Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists.
STATEMENT: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
You never do know who you touch. Remember that. Remember that there's someone out there who is better for having you in their life. And be excellent.
Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran.
No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles.
Worth a watch.
(🎥 BBC News/BBC Verify)
Christ. I know food is expensive, but…
If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.
When she'd stopped crying, Madeleine composed herself before the mirror. Her skin looked blotchy. Her breasts, of which she was nor- mally proud, had withdrawn into themselves, as if depressed. Madeleine knew that this self- appraisal might not be accurate.
Now, not being a woman I might be wrong but...I don't think breasts do that
So, in launching a huge bombing campaign on Iran they apparently didn't plan for:
- Who takes over;
- Interceptor shortages from sustained drone retaliation;
- How to defend US bases in the region;
- Threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz; and
- How to evacuate Americans with airspace closed.
