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Sometimes it's the little wins that mean the most.

28.02.2026 08:25 👍 276 🔁 76 💬 2 📌 4
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Very unexpected and welcome news!

QUT will become the new custodian of Meanjin, Australia's most eminent literary journal, bringing the publication back to Brisbane.

www.qut.edu.au/about/meanjin

11.02.2026 03:02 👍 218 🔁 50 💬 5 📌 14

Thanks!

20.01.2026 02:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

How much does a sleeper cabin cost?

20.01.2026 00:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Do what is best for you. I wanted to be there with my father when he passed away but one of my sisters prefered to remember him as he was in better times. Neither is better or worse than the other. I hope you're doing ok

12.01.2026 07:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Christian sect investigated by the FBI under pressure to reveal wealth Survivors of a secretive Christian sect, under investigation by the FBI, say it is hiding wealth through trusts, blocking access to abuse compensation.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

11.01.2026 23:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

tbh I did ask my uncle that once. He said the only way to cook them was to boil them with a rock and when the rock was soft, eat the rock and throw away the bird

26.12.2025 11:09 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

My only and best higher ed idea is that Britain needs to find a way to offer university courses to retirees

26.12.2025 10:12 👍 182 🔁 36 💬 25 📌 2

You are an inspiration to us all!

23.12.2025 15:23 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My father's medications made him have very vivid dreams. They often returned him to the days when he was building roads, railways etc back in the 60-70s. I hope those dreams to him to a time where he was happy and feeling productive. I hope your dreams take you to a similar time

23.12.2025 15:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It looked almost ready to go when I passed by the other week, I'm glad they got it done for Christmas

21.12.2025 04:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Stealworkers

11.12.2025 13:55 👍 8357 🔁 1923 💬 192 📌 257

A musical set in an American diner with the lead song being a modified Roy Orbison song, "Only the Baloney"

09.12.2025 09:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Home Everyone’s experience of an eating disorder or body image issue is unique and access to care and support is essential.

Lastly Eating Disorders are prolific in the queer community, there are organisations that can help.

In Australia butterfly.org.au are super helpful, I would hope that other countries have similar entities, that you can and should contact for help.

You deserve to not hate your bodies.

01.12.2025 20:48 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

I swear this was a Two Ronnies "in the news today" bit

30.11.2025 21:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It is very "Franklins No Frills"

10.11.2025 03:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Highly recommend Rusty's markets if you have time/haven't already been there

08.11.2025 22:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I'm diaturbed that I could recognise that this is Cairns Esplanade just from the one photo

08.11.2025 22:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
	Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not
247 points by stillatit 10 hours ago | hide | past | favorite | 200 comments
Just saw the CEO of Substack celebrating traffic from X/Twitter shooting up thinking they stopped suppressing tweets with links[0]. Actually, this traffic is because now any time you open a tweet with a link, the in-app webview loads in the background, and displays when you press the link.
I run an ecom store that gets a lot of its customers from Twitter. I was also shocked to see my traffic double or triple overnight and thought the algorithm had blessed me and my business. Soon realized what was actually happening. Thought other traffic-monitors might appreciate this explanation.

Meanwhile Nikita Bier is pretending they never suppressed tweets with links to begin with, offering the alternative explanation: "a common complaint is that posts with links tend to get lower reach. This is because the web browser covers the post and people forget to Like or Reply. So X doesn't get a clear signal whether the content is any good"[1]. A bit of a rewriting of history since Elon and his mom both tweeted about how it wasn't fair to use his platform to promote other links/platforms, even banning people who shared profiles of other social networks (including Paul Graham for a period). They suppressed all links shortly after.

[0] https://x.com/cjgbest/status/1985464687350485092

[1] https://x.com/nikitabier/status/1979994223224209709

Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not 247 points by stillatit 10 hours ago | hide | past | favorite | 200 comments Just saw the CEO of Substack celebrating traffic from X/Twitter shooting up thinking they stopped suppressing tweets with links[0]. Actually, this traffic is because now any time you open a tweet with a link, the in-app webview loads in the background, and displays when you press the link. I run an ecom store that gets a lot of its customers from Twitter. I was also shocked to see my traffic double or triple overnight and thought the algorithm had blessed me and my business. Soon realized what was actually happening. Thought other traffic-monitors might appreciate this explanation. Meanwhile Nikita Bier is pretending they never suppressed tweets with links to begin with, offering the alternative explanation: "a common complaint is that posts with links tend to get lower reach. This is because the web browser covers the post and people forget to Like or Reply. So X doesn't get a clear signal whether the content is any good"[1]. A bit of a rewriting of history since Elon and his mom both tweeted about how it wasn't fair to use his platform to promote other links/platforms, even banning people who shared profiles of other social networks (including Paul Graham for a period). They suppressed all links shortly after. [0] https://x.com/cjgbest/status/1985464687350485092 [1] https://x.com/nikitabier/status/1979994223224209709

Looks like X is juicing web visit numbers by opening a browser WebView in the background whether the user visits the link or not.

They've re-invented pop-under fraud (allegedly).

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4580...

04.11.2025 16:09 👍 1367 🔁 374 💬 29 📌 51

Sumo stars goofing about at tourist locations seems a more fun way to celebrate England than any number of flags.

19.10.2025 09:01 👍 611 🔁 168 💬 3 📌 1
Golden brown cake loaf with a crack down the centre. In the background are ingredient jars, stock pot and baking rack

Golden brown cake loaf with a crack down the centre. In the background are ingredient jars, stock pot and baking rack

White chocolate chip banana bread

11.10.2025 11:05 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A work of art

06.10.2025 12:16 👍 770 🔁 234 💬 42 📌 47
View from an airport terminal window. Close to the window are four tarmac support vehicles that I presume assist to refuel etc. in the distance is another terminal with three virgin Australia airplanes

View from an airport terminal window. Close to the window are four tarmac support vehicles that I presume assist to refuel etc. in the distance is another terminal with three virgin Australia airplanes

05.10.2025 04:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Two small sausage rolls on a grey plate with a cupcake in the background. The cupcake has white icing with small bacon pieces in a maple caramel

Two small sausage rolls on a grey plate with a cupcake in the background. The cupcake has white icing with small bacon pieces in a maple caramel

They aren't the prettiest but they taste good. Berbere spices sausage rolls with a maple bacon and cinnamon cupcake

27.09.2025 02:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A mixed breed cat looking into the camera while sitting in a black bookshelf

A mixed breed cat looking into the camera while sitting in a black bookshelf

Our landlord's cat came to visit me today

23.09.2025 02:18 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A square of golden brown cake studded with raspberries

A square of golden brown cake studded with raspberries

Raspberry and lemon cake

21.09.2025 10:45 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'm sorry I just caught up on things. I hope things steady for you

07.09.2025 11:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Spring is in the air

04.09.2025 03:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Probably wise

01.09.2025 11:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That place looked really familiar and I couldn't figure out why but I just remembered. There was a viral video of a paraglider coming in to land there and got attacked by a kangaroo

01.09.2025 11:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0