Dan Flett

why do they call it “junk” i use it every day

People who have not had their Centrelink payment suspended at a crucial moment, or been threatened with it, will never understand.

They say most suspensions are reversed, so what’s the harm?

But everyone who’s received that text message knows the harm starts there. Anxiety, stress, wasted time & energy. It starts even before that – submitting to mistreatment just to avoid the text.

Ty @caitkelly.bsky.social for reporting.

Cast forth the Mollusc

"WEEN HALLOWED" with small skeletons dancing around.

Great job, everyone, we did it again

projected text behind the band reading “make america gay again”

david byrne shitting on ice agents was the clear best part of the show tonight but this was a close second

the video being projected behind all the performers on stage

lmao david byrne showed the video of the ice agents tripping over themselves while trying to run after a biker on wacker drive during the “life during wartime” segment of his chicago show tonight

Ah yes, Herbert Selpin.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD ***************** Investigation of: LOSS OF THE SUBMARINE TITAN IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN ON JUNE 18, 2023 * * * * * * Accident No.: *********** * * * * * * Interview of: Co-designer/Pilot Deepsea Challenger DCA23FM036 via Microsoft Teams Friday, July 26, 2024

INTERVIEW OF 10 BY LCDR 11 Q. So how did you get yourself started into submersible 12 operations? 13 A. Well, I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic. When I 14 set down the path to make that film, the first thing that I did 15 was arrange to be introduced to the head of the submersible 16 program at the P.P. Shirshov Institute in Moscow, a guy named 17| Professor I. I did that through a mutual friend 18 of ours, a guy named , who is one of the preeminent underwater cinematographers in the world. And had been on a 20 submersible expedition out to Titanic the previous year with the 21 Russians. And that was organized by a Canadian company that was 22 doing an IMAX film which was released under the title Titanica.

Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."

Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have.

Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.

If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.

Nobody has more contempt for liberal democracy than people who've never lived without it.

I will happily watch three seasons of a popular sitcom about the two Chicago popes.

Donald Trump appeared to describe a dementia screening he underwent at Walter Reed Medical Center as a 'very hard' IQ test while speaking with reporters inside Air Force One

The NY Times and WaPo may be lost causes but holy shite look at PEOPLE out here absolutely killing it with 100% unvarnished truths 🌟

How would you describe that worldview? My father told me something when I was very small to instill confidence in me: “Nobody in the world is worth more than you, but nobody’s worth less.” It is an egalitarian view that I’ve carried around in my life. That’s why I am for free schools, free universities, free health care, and free babysitting. Because our society could afford it. In America, people think social democracy is some kind of communism. They think capitalism is freedom. It’s not. It’s only freedom to exploit people.

stellan skarsgård seems like a good dude

The Fuck Fucks 😁

Adele Ferguson (journalist leading an ABC investigation into child abuse at childcare centres) just told ABC AM that 84% of child abuse occurs in "for profit" (eg privatised) centres.

These centres are putting making money ahead of checking for pedophiles. Who cares about pedos? There's $$ to make

I Don't Know How To Explain To You That You Should Care About Other People Our disagreement is not merely political, but a fundamental divide on what it means to live in a society.

This 2017 HuffPo piece contains more wisdom & insight on current politics than 1000000 consultant polling reports.

I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this

damn now i want an aeolipile

"I'm participating in a singularly consistent stream of Swastikas delivered directly to my eyeballs every day, this is the audience I am hoping to cultivate".

Forget it, Albo. It's China.

That's coooool

A Panasonic HHC and tons of accessories in a briefcase. the computer itself looks like a calculator and it's plugged into an acoustic coupler, a small printer, a tv out, a ram expansion, and an RS-232 connector

found a goofy computer

"Economic populism" is practically meaningless, it's whatever you want because it's a rhetorical device, not a policy position. Lower taxes, higher taxes. More regulation, deregulation. Free trade, tariffs. Every politician claims they're doing what's good for the masses and opposed by bad elites.

4 panel comic featuring Right Wing Red Guy. Panel 1: Red Guy plays a video game featuring a black person. Red Guy: DEI! Panel 2: Red Guy confronts a member of the LGBTQ community who has had the audacity to become a manager. Red Guy: DEI! Panel 3: Red Guy is losing his mind over a disabled person who has a job and is doing it well. Red Guy: DEI! Panel 4: Red Guy suffering a brain aneurysm after seeing the brown and pink shades in a Neapolitan ice cream. Red Guy: DEI!

DEI Obsession Destroys Right Winger’s Brain

He who controls the pixie dust controls Neverland.

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

A grey blue washed image of a bearded young ish white guy looking into the mirror all serious with his palm pressed against it. A serif font title reads: DID I JUST ARGUE WITH A JOKE? A semi opaque navy snoot near the bottom bears the bluesky logo and the text PART OF A BLUESKY EDUCATIONAL SERIES

Listen. I’m ready to pivot the entire timeline conversation to this immediately.