Marita

Meanwhile, round the other side

Pls share what’s good!

Did you know Minute Cryptic has so far donated $41,000 AUD to fund Alzheimer’s research? I don’t live in Australia, but I reason research is research 🩶

Minute Cryptic - 15 August, 2025
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And a country’s resources/forced labour funneled into one man’s vanity project.

Red wine, snoring dog on the couch, Darren Hanlon on the stereo. Perfect Sunday night.

I like to wave my hands at the toaster like a magician & say SHAZAM in the hope the toast will pop up at that exact moment. My success rate isn't great.

Working from home and keep locking my computer when I get up like I expect someone to swing in through the window and steal state secrets

@drdemography.com your strength is remarkable.

"Russign culture and Russian history is sort of baked into Alaska," said Brandon Boylan, a professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks who has researched Alaska's role in U.S.-Russia relations. "There's a lot of remnants of the Russian American legacy."

The faculty have been waiting decades to get this quote into the Times.

Little post-work trot at LBG.

epistemically helpless

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Good news! The word nazis popped up in my feed despite having nazi, singular, muted. Does this mean I can mute AI without losing every post about mail/wailing/tails/railroads etc?!

Australian Chamber Orchestra slams ANU plan as 'cultural vandalism' The Australian Chamber Orchestra's Richard Tognetti has warned that the ANU's plan to axe its School of Music would result in an "act of cultural vandalism", with another Canberra ensemble saying its offer to help has been rejected.

The Australian Chamber Orchestra's Richard Tognetti has warned that the ANU's plan to axe its School of Music would result in an "act of cultural vandalism", with another Canberra ensemble saying its offer to help has been rejected.

Went to a dinner buffet with my daughter where they offered the same thing as ‘fish nuggets’ in the kids’ section and ‘hoki goujons’ in the adults’. We both partook.

English’s Feminine Spin When English speakers think about “vocabulary,” we tend to think of words that were borrowed into the language from Latin or Greek or French—like the words vocabulary and language. So many new words f...

"The fact that 'seamstress' is more familiar than 'sewster' is testament to the extent to which French forms displaced English forms following the Norman Conquest."

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The person who named them woofers and tweeters should have named more stuff.

Every time I see this fridge out the corner of my eye I wonder when Joe Hildebrand starting working for ASIO

Didn’t know this was on! Nabbed a couple of tickets. Very happy with the prospect of a 6:30 show.

Nothing urgent this morning (or at least nothing that can’t wait 15 minutes). Have taken myself outside for a coffee and toastie in the winter sun.

Senate launches inquiry into who is funding fake astroturf anti-renewables groups The Senate has launched an inquiry into the dark money funding anti-renewables astroturfing groups, and deliberately misleading anti-climate campaigns.

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Amazon review of Pride and Prejudice, left by carlton p morgan on 30 July 2010: "Just a bunch of people going to each other's houses"

Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate

My colleagues are unhinged. There’s literally six 1L cartons of soy milk (Bonsoy) in the fridge, one of oat milk, and a single 250ml of full cream.

That looks like a good night! Wish I’d known about it sooner, might’ve tried to get down for it.

Painting of Diogenes and Alexander. Alexander caption: "Please buy products and services or I will die" Diogenes caption: "No"

Another day participating in The Economy

Binged season 4 this week. Glorious.

A vending machine stocked with pens, paper pads, library bags, and other practical material for writing at the library.

If only every library had a stationery vending machine like the Stabi in Berlin does.

Alternatively known as ‘forgetting to turn the chicken over’

Separately, I was shocked the other day seeing someone actually using it