@philip I'd be curious to know whether it's the original 1980s escalator, or if it's been replaced at some point? It sounds like it's probably near the end of its life, it may be a model that hasn't been made in maybe 20 years, and it takes a long time to build or source replacement parts?

The down escalator at Box Hill is broken yet again! Only 194 days since it was fixed. Hopefully it doesn't take over four months to repair again... https://philam.github.io/days-since-box-hill-escalator/ #melbournebuses #publictransport #melbourne #transit

Peter Thiel is competing with Elon Musk for most evil tech lord, with a different strategy. Musk is doing a lot of his foul work in plain sight. It seems that Thiel is trying to keep the public from understanding what he's doing until it's too late to stop him […]

The river runs through Parramatta Park, with the Parra CBD skyline just over the horizon. #Parramatta #park #walk #walking #NSW #australia

@trivialal.bsky.social Also, on Saturdays and Sundays, as part of The Rocks market they have food trucks under the southern pillar of the Harbour Bridge. If you're not vegetarian or began, a highlight is the food truck that sells Australian bush meat kebab wraps. So crocodile, emu, and kangaroo […]

Get some takeaway (pizza or Thai) in Kirribilli and eat it under the harbour bridge. There is probably something excellent on at the MCA in the rocks. Actually a ghost tour in the rocks sounds cheesy but it's actually a great way to learn some history when I've done them with visitors.

Brisbane Spring afternoon

@ajsadauskas Cool! 🤩

There are many cafés in Australia. But few let you sip a flat white while staring at an archaeological site. (Earlier post: https://pixelfed.social/p/ajsadauskas/846329855424086558 ) #Parramatta #cafe #coffee #australia #NSW #history #archaeology #buildings #architecture

Got together with the Ghost team for our annual team retreat last week, which was a blast. I love remote work, but nothing can replace getting together with your fellow humans IRL and spending time together.

So this weekend I went along to the Greek festival in Parramatta. And to say it was crowded would be a bit of an understatement... https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/@aj/statuses/01K4XJ0PPFRS0V9ZPN51TQYHDB #Greek #Greece #multicultural #festival #australia#festival#greek#multicultural#parramatta

Optus is now blaming a firewall upgrade for a 13-hour outage to triple zero: https://www.itnews.com.au/news/optus-firewall-upgrade-behind-13-hour-triple-zero-outage-620427 #auspol #telco #infosec

Building Beautifully posted a video running through the many cancelled rail plans of the Carr/Iemma/Rees/Keneally governments. It's a fascinating yet frustrating watch. Hopefully the Minns Labor gov't won't be as bad, but so far I'm not confident. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNADV006VuU […]

Some cute cat stickers and a zine I picked up at the Parramatta Zine Fair, by a creator named Sonia. You can see more of her work at https://www.instagram.com/maison.meowmeow Mr Snowy Tanowy approves! #cat #cats #zine #zines #writing #CatsOfBlueSky #BlueSkyCats #caturday

The Parramatta Zine Fair was an amazing event: https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/@aj/statuses/01K57VPVZRF45Q0NC4B5PYFWMM Many zine creators from many cultural backgroundsdisplayed their self-published creations. #zine #zines #writing#zines#zine#author

Building Beautifully posted a video running through the many cancelled rail plans of the Carr/Iemma/Rees/Keneally governments. It's a fascinating yet frustrating watch. Hopefully the Minns Labor gov't won't be as bad, but so far I'm not confident. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNADV006VuU […]

The old web was decentralized: - Newsgroups - Personal Websites - Bulletin board - Email as a service, not a platform - Internet relay chat (IRC) - Early blogs Then corporations arrived with money and lock-in, turning the internet into centralized ad farms (Meta, X, TikTok). Users became […]

@ojars Thanks for sharing that ☺️ Here's a link to the Lithuanian Club in Sydney: https://www.lithuanianclub.org.au/ They hold meetings at the Latvian Community Centre in Strathfield, which is not too far from where I live. I honestly haven't been to any Lithuanian Club meetings since the […]

@aj check this one “Life in Australia: limitless opportunities and the revival of Sydney Lithuanian community” https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2681811/life-in-australia-limitless-opportunities-and-the-revival-of-sydney-lithuanian-community

The Weekend in Wisteria Festival is on this weekend at the Wisteria Gardens in Parramatta Park: https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/@aj/statuses/01K4Q7J6XYTFXD30H23XPG0QH5 It really is beautiful seeing the flowers in springtime bloom. #flower #flowers#flower#Sydney #plants #gardens#plants#Sydney#parramatta

Thankfully, Collingwood is out 😁 Personally, I'll be barracking for Brisbane next weekend. How's about everyone else? #afl

Mr Snowy Tanowy is intently watching the Geelong Cats play Hawthorn. #AFL #cat #cats #Geelong #Hawthorn #Caturday #Catstodon #GeelongCats #HawthornHawks #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfBlueSky #catsofpixelfed

Well deserved win for Geelong, who were clearly the more experienced side. Hawthorn put up a strong fight, especially in the first quarter, and they should be stronger for this finals campaign. #afl

It’s infuriating that Stewart will miss the GF and they’ll change the timing of the bye next year to avoid it happening again. This was a completely foreseeable outcome 5+ years ago and the #afl just sleep-walked on and let it happen.

Despite the result, this was quite possibly Marbior Chol's best ever game. #afl

@Rowena @ajsadauskas Autoincorrect strikes. It's been fixed on Pixelfed, but may not have synced.

@ajsadauskas Interesting stray hashtag just below the picture on the left

Ding ding ding.

You've seen this building many times, but probably not from this angle. The back of the Sydney Opera House, as seen from the Royal Botanic Gardens. #Sydney #Building #architecture #NSW #austria

The Parramatta Zine Fair is on this Saturday (20 Sep) at Arts & Cultural Exchange (8 Victoria Rd, Parramatta). It will showcase the work of over 70 zine-makers, visual artists, and indie publishers. https://www.schoolofzines.com.au/parramatta-zine-fair-2025 #writing #literature #auslit […]

Added bonus: It's just a short walk from the Wisteria Gardens in Parramatta Park, where the Weekend in Wisteria Festival is on: https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/@aj/statuses/01K4Q7J6XYTFXD30H23XPG0QH5 And then on Sunday there's a Greek Festival on […]

I'm mildly intrigued by the logistics involved in a half ton yeeros ( @stilgherrian this is the Greek festival you posted about a couple of days ago). "The Let’s Go Greek Festival Parramatta is promising to deliver another immense celebration of Hellenic culture in Sydney’s west, with this […]

First there was broadcast TV. You bought a box with rabbit ears and watched tv. In many places, ads were confined to a few minutes before and after the news, in the US ads came throughout the programming, interrupting it. Then came cable. You paid to watch a bundle of tv without the ads. Then […]

Oh wait. I forgot to add smart tv Smart tv is smart because it makes a lot of money for the people who put ads on it that you can't get away from, people who put in spyware you can't turn off. https://www.pocket-lint.com/real-cost-super-cheap-tvs/ Reminder: your public library has a ton of […]

Scenes of BikeSharing in Sydney https://transportist.org/2025/09/19/scenes-of-bikesharing-in-sydney/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

ICYMI: On Leaked Plans for Trains in Sydney https://transportist.org/2025/09/15/on-leaked-plans-for-trains-in-sydney/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

"Australia is one of the world's highest polluting countries per capita, largely due to its resources industry that extracts large amounts of coal and natural gas. But its recent decision to extend the life of a huge natural gas project has been a source of tension with some of its Pacific […]

This good boy just got his first ever positive report from the groomer. Proud dog parent, I am.

"There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen" - Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. Havd been reading and thinking about this quote a lot since 2016.

I don’t think I’ll post on the US anymore. Might just re-toot statements from chairman Xi “The world can move on without the United States. 100 years ago, the British Empire dominated global commerce, commanding more than 20% of the world’s wealth. Many believed its sun would never set. 200 […]

please ENJOY this clip of Mark Zuckerberg *just trying to answer a video call* with the new 'neural band' Meta is shilling and failing miserably during a live demo You get a prize if you can withstand all 1:42 of this youtu.be/D97ILdUbYww?...

"Documents show that significant bus reform was recommended by [Victoria's] Department of Transport [but] rejected by cabinet in 2023. "The Department recommended a new bus network with buses every 10 min on a 1.6km grid throughout the city." […]

"Documents show that significant bus reform was recommended by [Victoria's] Department of Transport [but] rejected by cabinet in 2023. "The Department recommended a new bus network with buses every 10 min on a 1.6km grid throughout the city." […]

Good morning! If you’re on mastodon.social (or another server running nightly builds) you can begin quoting posts in your posts (quooting?) starting today. Remember, you control whether you can be quoted, and call always retract your post from a specific quote. And you can quote me on that!

@aj .... and it was not just an attack on Lyons, not even just an attack on the ABC. It was him lashing out at even the most feeble attempts at being held accountable for anything.

@aj It was not, as the Guardian portrayed it, as a 'a clash between the broadcaster’s Americas editor, John Lyons, and the president'. It was 'an attack by the president'.

Easily offended snowflake melts, attacks free speech: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/sep/18/abc-barred-from-trumps-uk-press-conference-after-clash-with-australian-journalist-john-lyons #auspol

The core principle of the American right is freedom of speech, no matter how offensive or violent it is. Really, the people who get offended are just snowflakes. They understand cancelling people they disagree with is despotism. Just ask Jimmy Kimmel […]

Good morning KMart Australia shoppers! Turns out biometric data from your smiling, happy faces was secretly captured without your knowledge or consent while you were buying cheap Anko crap from China […]

Yolŋu power: The art of Yirrkala exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW ends on 6 October. It highlights traditional and contemporary works by artists from Yirrkala in north-east Arnhem Land. More info […] [Original post on pixelfed.social]