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Chris Somerville

@chrisomerville.bsky.social

writer, teacher, working on our communication goals

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scene from the 2000 movie Chopper with the caption “he got stabbed twice and still aura farmed”

scene from the 2000 movie Chopper with the caption “he got stabbed twice and still aura farmed”

The zoomers have found out about Chopper

04.02.2026 11:58 — 👍 18    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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I think of this tweet often

30.01.2026 02:39 — 👍 24    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

GUY DIRECTING AKIRA: In this scene, I would like the motorbike to do the Akira Slide

13.01.2026 11:57 — 👍 32    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0
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that’s right

24.01.2026 11:08 — 👍 27    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

da world is poison

24.01.2026 05:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Cool history dude, but before I really get into it do you happen to know if it was written by the victors?

19.01.2026 07:48 — 👍 18    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Dogbert has been executed by firing squad

17.01.2026 11:15 — 👍 490    🔁 96    💬 11    📌 1

It important to know that there are two major Facebook pages dedicated to Brisbane weather forecasts and they both fucking hate each other

18.01.2026 02:17 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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I can bring back the dead but they can only live in Adelaide

17.01.2026 01:16 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

they’re beating my ass in the temple of blessings

16.01.2026 03:59 — 👍 26    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

what was on the rest of the list

15.01.2026 23:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

imagine owning a newspaper and still having to write a letter to the editor of a completely different newspaper

13.01.2026 03:06 — 👍 13    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

always keep em guessing

13.01.2026 03:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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only the most normal people on earth air their grievances in a letter to the Australian newspaper

13.01.2026 01:33 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

can you image an arts festival not guided by a real estate agent and an airport manager? makes me sick just to think about

11.01.2026 07:23 — 👍 120    🔁 33    💬 5    📌 0

I reply “let’s go” and we end up blowing up a water reservoir

11.01.2026 00:09 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

added to a group chat where I don’t know most of the people and was added late so it’s mostly people saying ‘sounds good’ and ‘I’m in’ but I don’t know what everyone’s agreeing to

10.01.2026 23:27 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

the human mind will not be able to comprehend whatever insane editorial Caroline Overington has cooked up for the weekend australian

09.01.2026 06:02 — 👍 32    🔁 6    💬 3    📌 0

whoa even Trent Dalton has dropped out, the tide is turning babey

09.01.2026 05:48 — 👍 14    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

there’s also a girl in a big ‘I ❤️ NY’ t shirt

09.01.2026 05:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

it’s pretty hard that we seem to be in an age where everything sucks but is also really embarrassing

08.01.2026 09:48 — 👍 14    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Punishing artists for (alleged) political speech hasn't worked for Creative Australia, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, State Libraries VIC and QLD, Bendigo Writers Fest, and the ABC... but maybe it will work in Adelaide

08.01.2026 02:16 — 👍 134    🔁 51    💬 3    📌 1

Guy named Toby who has to workshop his short story the week after Franz Kafka: ‘Yeah I guess I would say this one’s a little Tobyesque.’

07.01.2026 02:48 — 👍 13    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

a gym is going to employ an AI coach that recommends a kind of lunge that instantly kills you

05.01.2026 07:40 — 👍 18    🔁 0    💬 4    📌 0

every time you hit post the computer feels pain

04.01.2026 23:07 — 👍 1687    🔁 333    💬 64    📌 45

unfortunately there’s no other way to make one of the worst cups of coffee you’ve ever had in your life

02.01.2026 21:31 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

they’re calling it The Tuesday The Bakeries Reopen

30.12.2025 00:03 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

the main thing I remember I from reading Murder on the Orient Express is when Poirot mistakes 8 people stabbing the victim all at once as the work of an emotional Greek or Italian man

29.12.2025 09:50 — 👍 15    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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Seeing a large bird being chased through the sky by a tiny group of loud, smaller birds. Now that’s a sight we can all enjoy.

24.12.2025 07:50 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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