Lwaxana’s Earring

If our epidemic of e-bike accidents exasperates you, chances are you’ll want to blame someone. Those looking to cast a ‘villain’ for this tragedy need look no further than Barnaby Joyce, who, as Transport Minister, pulled the rug out from under existing e-bike safety protocols in 2021.

It's 106 miles to Fossanova, we have a full tank of gas, half a packet of communion wafers, it's dark and I'm wearing a cassock... HIT IT!

Australia’s kids are saved! The social media ban is here and all the teens are outside touching grass | First Dog on the Moon (Vaping, shoplifting Labubus and getting bullied in person)

Teen social media ban! Ban teens! Ban social media! Ban bans! All of it now! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Teens Facing Social Media Ban Relieved They’ll Still Be Able to Watch Gambling Ads — The Shovel “Social media causes anxiety and depression, ruins relationships and is incredibly addictive. On the other hand, gambling does all those things too wields enormous power over governments. So it makes ...

The 15-year-old can't use TikTok, but is comforted by the fact he’ll be old enough to watch a thousand ads from Sportsbet about the latest odds at Randwick.

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I think a really sweet thing about this story is having a friend you feel totally okay cracking jokes like this with at the worst times because both of you understand it as giving and receiving comfort

This was such an amazing moment.

Transferred some cocoa powder to a jar and, well, it tends to float around a bit. I didn’t realise how much it floats around until our dog licked almost the entire kitchen floor to clean it up.

Friends gotta look out for each other!

I ordered something from Melbourne this year which came to me via Brisbane, then back to Sydney then back to me. I am near Lismore, two hours south of Brisbane. Sydney is another 10 hours south. It took a month.

“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.

I hate these fucking ChatGPT commercials that show it helping folks like planning a date that seems "chill," or how to become a "morning person," all things that should've been learned from a community not a goddamned spicy autocorrect.

Fuck all that noise.

This is your occasional reminder that, if you like Neil Gaiman's stuff, but can't bring yourself to like it anymore for justifiable reasons, Tanith Lee is the author he is credibly accused of extensively cribbing from, and her work is on Audible, and AMAZING.

Since joining this platform, all my book purchases have been inspired by posts from authors or keen readers and they have all been more niche than I would find in my local bookstore. I don’t want mass market stuff. I want something a little different and unique.

All happy Star Trek fans are alike; each unhappy Star Trek fan is unhappy in their own way.

Circuitmess have some cool kits that are for adults or young people. We’ve finished a few of them now.

Nailed it.

die-hard | adjective | strongly or fanatically determined or devoted

Die Hard | noun | a Christmas movie

Well, then. Happy birthday to you. I hope it was filled with nice people, good food and some relaxation.

Correct

That particular movie was the last straw for me. It was the most self-indulgent pile of crap from start to finish.

I fucking love memes you can understand through the language barrier, holy shit

Bought this gorgeous digital print from @byjessicaelena.bsky.social and now I can have their joyful art in my home. Thank you Jessica for offering this as a digital print. It makes it so easy for those of us who live far away to access art like this directly from the artist. I’m so happy. 🙂

Ugh.

Just gunna repost this everyday until the rally to save the State Library of Victoria. Do try to come. I will draw you a Hermoine the Modern Girl if you ask me nicely at the rally. For ID purposes, this is a photo of me:

Before 2020, there were few places here that had signs saying “violence or aggression towards staff will not be tolerated”. Mainly only in places of high emotion, like an ER. Now it is literally everywhere, the library, the chemist, the ice cream shop, even on phone hold messages.

* especially extracted from our governments

This is like Mr Rogers picking up Mjolnir

I love the movie pics, the ‘good morning’ ones are the ones I usually see. And I like how you celebrate actors who are having a birthday or other special day. These things bring me a little joy each day. Thank you.

Repost with the next recipient of the fifa peace prize.