Oh @hayleygleeson.bsky.social
My heart π₯Ή , finally!
βIBAC apologises to #familyviolence victim for mishandling complaints about Victoria Policeβ
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...?
@mikefunnell.bsky.social
Former SysProg moved on to being a payments specialist - and now trying to fully retire. β @FunnellMike over with the pachyderms & on what might still be Twitter (sort of). Sydney, Australia.
Oh @hayleygleeson.bsky.social
My heart π₯Ή , finally!
βIBAC apologises to #familyviolence victim for mishandling complaints about Victoria Policeβ
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...?
Aus Guardian Australian media US news site Politico to launch in Australia, aiming to bring policy focus and 'new angles' to Canberra
Just a note of caution for #Auspol
Politico was bought by Axel Springer 2021, Germanyβs equivalent to the Murdoch brand. The CEO is deeply invested in free market truthiness & Zionism. (Not sure if heβs think tank connected on a cursory search but he speaks the same language.
π©πͺ tanks built AfD.)
Rum, brandy or whisky might help.
For medicinal purposes only π
The only times Iβve been worried about being shot have been while living in the USA (with reason, too π¬) and once in the Middle East (which was a false alarm).
02.03.2026 11:33 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Hope itβs no worse than that π¬
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This is a beautifully silly mapping exercise by @mattsurelee. He typed the first three letter of every US state and took the first autocorrect option as the new state name. Only two states got to keep their name!
02.03.2026 11:00 β π 27 π 6 π¬ 3 π 0
Jen: you might be interested in Dan..
@ournewhomecoach.bsky.social
I wish property owners would read this and understand that the purpose of ownership at its core, is supposed to be an altruistic, community-minded endeavour, *not* a self-interested play at amassing obscene amounts of passive income, at the expense of a large proportion of society.
02.03.2026 10:29 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
The gap between what Australians need & what their government funds.
Between the billions for submarines & the crumbs for housing.
Between the million-dollar salaries for political appointees & the women dying because domestic violence services are stretched beyond breaking point.
#Auspol
Ms Haussegger is always worth reading. She always has been.
02.03.2026 10:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0β€οΈ
02.03.2026 09:46 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Sheβll come around.
Sheβs a smart girl.
She will!
Iβve had quite a ride (ups and downs both) with unions. Still: βjoin your unionβ is my overall take-out.
02.03.2026 09:17 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
I sure thought so.
Also: join your union. That wasnβt incidental here.
Iβll also say: most of my luck has been good people. Excellent people. Wonderful people.
All I can hope to do is try to help others as those marvellous people helped me.
I take that as a serious obligation.
This is why I utterly detest the attitude that says things like βyou should have worked harderβ; βyou should have been betterβ.
Many couldnβt have worked harder nor been better: they were and are excellent and hard-working.
They just havenβt been lucky. (I hope that has a: βyetβ to it π€π)
That helps. But: Iβve come to realise that luck is often more helpful.
The βbeing good at your jobβ part has allowed me to take advantage from the βgood luckβ part.
In an ideal world (weβre far from that) βgood at your jobβ should be sufficient.
In the world we have, both are needed. π€·ββοΈπ’
βorganised crazy personβ π€
How is it that this rings true? π
(In the nicest possible way, of course β€οΈ)
I knew them from the US. They βhid outβ here in Oz until their bankruptcies (mostly) expired off their credit records (you never completely escape).
Would have stayed, too, except for moving back to be near their (his) grandkids.
Reestablished now π€
(I have stories, though, from here in Oz. π€«)
I wasnβt shocked, just puzzled.
I figured it would be something like what Jen has clarified. Just a missing word like βfriendβ or βcolleagueβ.
IMO: no big deal. More a giggle.
Good friends of mine resolved to *never* work for the same company again. Theyβre a great team: reinforcing each otherβs strengths, covering each otherβs weaknesses.
Itβs how they met.
They were going great - until the company they worked for went broke.
Which meant they did too π€¬
Resolved: no.
The BOM also catastrophises: theyβve been criticised for not predicting things (though they have, at low probability) so they now (IMO deliberately) overstate likelihood of the worst case to avoid criticism afterwards.
02.03.2026 08:15 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Yeah, right π
Way too much of this is luck of the draw. Iβve been lucky, unlucky, lucky .. on repeat.
I was just lucky that I was on the upswing when I (at least partly) was able to (somewhat) step off.
It doesnβt always swing that way π’
Youβll be great. Again. π
02.03.2026 08:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
And it is shit.
It happened to me only twice - but both were feckinβ bad. π€¬π©π€¬
Do read the book though. It is a good book.
02.03.2026 08:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
As her Mum explained it, she stood up for herself - and her crew stood with her (sheβs about the most junior member).
βWe could always stop work, and picket, if youβd prefer. Your call.β π€
I doubt head office would have approved if the centre manager called it the wrong way π€£
Glad you clarified that π
I was π€― trying to make statements and timelines add up π€£