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This is me belatedly importing a tradition from The Bad Place. Back when "Beer Twitter" was fun, this was an occasional observance, created by @aleofatime.com's podcast partner. No holiday-by-media-release nonsense, just the pure shared joy of great globs of ice cream in delicious dark beer.

The history books having to explain cartoon frog = fascist, inflatable frog = anti-fascist…

Lateralized Sleep Positions in Domestic Cats bar graph. 192 cats curve left. 109 curve right.

Aw yeah that’s what charts were designed for

"some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily execute civilians" says today's New York Times, continuing their long tradition of whitewashing fascism

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

This year Radio National is running a poll asking people to vote for their top books of the 21st century. Let's get some Blak books on this list! Voting closes at 5pm on October 2, 2025. The countdown will be broadcast on Radio National over the weekend of October 18-19.

Vote here: ab.co/3KxAXEh

Routine reminder to people in Australia to protect themselves and others with one easy and free #vaccine #Covid19

make sure you add a surcharge for using cash

tapped sign courtesy of @tomflood.bsky.social

Thanks, sounds like it might be a bit much. And I'm sure I could have googled it, but my brain isn't braining properly today, so thank you for answering without judgement

Question for people who know things: if I were to go to the Gold Coast for Asian Cup games, is travelling down from Brisbane for the game and back feasible, or a bit of a hassle? Better to stay in GC I guess?

@alt-text.bsky.social

Could you please add alt-text to your photos so everyone can enjoy?

I wonder if they were casing the joint, except it was two well dressed women, both in very high heels. Surreal.

Very weird interaction just now. Some J*hovahs Witnesses knocked on my door, and had some crumpled flyers in their hands about ending war, and a business card. They kind of went through a short spiel apologetically, asked me to look it up on the website, thanked for me my time and left.

This man takes better photos on what are arguably the worst days of his life under fluorescent tube lighting than most of us will take literally ever

It's borderline faerie glamour, has anyone tried touching him with a horseshoe to see if it burns

Can you please add alt-text to your images so everyone can enjoy?

Screenshot of a tweet from @AFP that reads "•@NASA is investigating what may be the first crime in outer space, with astronaut Anne McClain accused of identity theft and improperly accessing her estranged wife's private financial records while on the ISS" which is quote-tweeted by @The Sourkraut who says "Lesbians responsible for 100% of all space crime. Is by far my favorite statistic to date

This takes "be gay, do crimes" to previously unimagined levels

Could you please put alt-text on images so that everyone can enjoy the zingers?

every “we saw you from across the bar” combination gets funnier

One of Britain’s most senior police officers has launched an angry tirade against Extinction Rebellion protesters going “all floppy” when they get arrested. Sir Stephen House, the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan police, said the tactic of going limp was a “flipping nuisance” as it required extra officers to drag protesters away. House told a London assembly police and crime committee hearing: “We have asked them to stop being floppy. And that might seem like a silly thing to say, but when we arrest them and pick them up, they go all floppy, which is why you see four or five officers carrying them away. It’s a complete waste of officers’ time, and a complete pain in the neck.” Extinction Rebellion: how successful were the latest protests? Read more House also expressed annoyance at how the tactic made the police look heavy-handed. He said: “The problem with them going floppy and four offices carrying them away [is that it] looks to the general public like police are overreacting here. We’re not making them go floppy. They’re just sort of being a nuisance.”

This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".

@alt-text.bsky.social

If you're seeing encouragement/demands to do alt text and you're overwhelmed or confused about how to do it and you're worried you're going to do it wrong...

this thread is for you.

First: prompt questions to get you started.

Not to mention the shouting loud men in between all the jackhammering.

Took the day off work due to stress, fatigue and pain flare-up. Day of rest for me.

Oh, at the building next door tradies are going to be jackhammering concrete all day. Cool. Great.

I have a memory from about 10 years ago, that I bought gaviscon. But it wasn't normal gaviscon, it was crunchy coated chews, in a plastic dispenser a la tictacs. Not chalky, not weird liquid.

They were useful and not gross. But I fear I dreamed the entire thing as they are nowhere to be found.

Reese Joins the Army: Part 2 Reese Joins the Army: Part 2 is the 22nd episode of Season 5 and the 107th episode overall of Malcolm in the Middle. It aired on May 23, 2004. Reese injects the violence that he and his brothers used ...

Reminds me of the Malcolm in the Middle ep when Reese joins the army - is told to switch off his brain, becomes the perfect obedient soldier, but then when comms are cut he has no idea what to do. malcolminthemiddle.fandom.com/wiki/Reese_J...

Voice note shows WA police officer laughed at prisoner's death days after he asked for help The ABC has obtained a voice recording of a WA police officer laughing about the suicide of an Aboriginal prisoner. It comes as new data shows the state has the highest rates of Indigenous deaths in custody in Australia.

The ABC has obtained a voice recording of a WA police officer laughing about the suicide of an Aboriginal prisoner. It comes as new data shows the state has the highest rates of Indigenous deaths in custody in Australia.

Having friends and family in the UK means getting a messy voice message from my friend about her drunken night out and a picture from my Dad of his houseplant he was telling me about, within the same hour.