I like how in Australia we don’t queue in shops, but instead mill around and note roughly who was ahead of us. Then if there's any confusion, there's generally a generous "No mate, I think you were ahead of me" moment. :) #australia #straya

HAHAHAHAHA "...And are you married? I was married, but I’m not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle..."

https://youtu.be/As5gkhgBrlY Finding planes to rent #avgeek #aviation

Trump Storms Norway Capital, in Attempt To Prove He Deserved Nobel Peace Prize #uspol https://theshovel.com.au/2025/10/11/trump-storms-norway-capital-nobel-peace-prize/

Murky #inktober #inktober2025 #day4 #murky

Impressive work by this Melbourne scientist, who's just won a Nobel Prize. Nice to read about talented people achieving intelligent things, when you look at the people who are running the world. 'Robson’s invention – “metal-organic frameworks” – is both simple and intricately complex. '“Some […]

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Hello Bluesky migrants! (And other folk) I'm a travel writer based in Melbourne, Australia, specialising in writing about train travel. If you're interested, I have a travel-related Patreon in which I write three new posts exclusively for my patrons each week - […] [Original post on aus.social]

If you've been waiting to read Character Limit because there's been a lot going on (or you just had better shit to do), our book is available today only in the UK on Kindle for £0.99. www.amazon.co.uk/Character-Li...

Nice day flying #avgeek

Inktober #3 - Crown Playing around with Procreate - really rusty #inktober #inktober2025

Literally last week every MAGA idiot around was insisting, loudly, how terrible it was that the Biden admin pressured YouTube to remove COVID misinfo, even as YouTube said it ignored the pressure. Those same folks will either be silent or cheer this on:

Day 1 - Mustache #inktober

Day 2 - Weave #inktober #inktober2025 #avgeek

Think I’ll be passing on smart rings https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:y6l4xvoigjcuug4at2w7ywoj/post/3m24z5c6yhc27

Tipping in Australia #australia https://theshovel.com.au/2025/10/01/this-is-australia-dickhead-option-added-to-tip-screen/

https://youtu.be/_y20Bgui6ds?si=7Em7q7sXA6l3jyqt https://www.briangrinter.com/2025/09/click-clack-whirl-and-growl/ #computers

Love this story, will make you laugh https://mastodon.social/@kottke/115267267593089117

About time. A first step, at least. #palestine https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australia-officially-recognises-palestine-shrugging-off-trump-complaints-20250921-p5mwoj.html

Brilliant podcast! https://aus.social/@cheryanne/115242237060762769

scramble you little shits, scramble

So help me, I laughed #shitpost #meme #distractedboyfriend

😂😂😂 Must be branching out into new product lines https://thenightly.com.au/world/americas/aussie-pilot-found-dead-after-plane-ditches-carrying-200kg-of-spacex-branded-cocaine-in-brazil-c-20026266

X’s head of product celebrating record downloads of his app on a day where a man’s murder was autoplayed on loop for all to see.

The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social "There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”

That Charlie Kirk quote in full: "I think it's worth it. I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights." I expect that he would be pleased to know that there won’t be any […]

Elon Musk, who has sued advertisers for not advertising on his platform because of its content, is now suggesting that a television channel lose advertisers because of its content.

Alternative headline: Biggest purveyor of bullshit machines complains there's too much bullshit on the interwebs. https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/08/sam-altman-says-that-bots-are-making-social-media-feel-fake/

Google concedes the open web is in "rapid decline" #technology #ai https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/09/in-court-filing-google-concedes-the-open-web-is-in-rapid-decline/

One of those films I've seen over 100 times and I could easily watch again. https://youtu.be/fKIKnb0EeLg?si=nJAjxQRqG9ST8U_s https://www.briangrinter.com/2025/09/smokey-and-the-bandit/ #70s #films

There’s a Bluey themed Fruit Ninja on Apple Arcade! #bluey #australia

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Disturbing read about a creepy cult. We can only be grateful their efforts had little effect (this time at least). --- "The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church pumped so much cash and on-the-ground support into the Liberal Party’s 2025 election campaign that some party officials feared the […]

Well-argued piece about the benefits of immigration, and what would happen if it was paused. "Too many people have forgotten the surge in prices and the difficulty of getting decent services caused, in part, by the COVID-era effective ban on migrants. Unemployment fell to its lowest level in […]

This should be interesting…

Good piece pointing out that a lot of bandied-about immigration 'facts' are bullshit. "And here lies the real problem: most of them are misinformed. Australia’s immigration crisis isn’t about numbers – it’s about misinformation. "Australians took to the streets because they were told to be […]

What can be better than going flying on a perfect spring day, not a cloud in the sky and just 500ft over the coast? Well, the Harbour scenic I requested but it was unavailable - luck of the draw. https://www.briangrinter.com/2025/09/victor-1-2/ #flying

Nice day for flying #aviation #avgeek Harbour scenic unavailable so Victor 1 instead

Fun fact - dictatorships are not good for business. 'As hotel revenues fall, restaurant workers get their hours cut and tattoo artists report huge falls in their income, the city is fast becoming the canary in the coal mine for the wider US economy. Las Vegas’ tourism industry is American […]

This is why we can't have nice things A hacker has exploited a leading artificial intelligence chatbot to conduct the most comprehensive and lucrative AI cybercriminal operation known to date, using it to do everything from find targets to write ransom notes — Read on […]

Interesting read. I do think men should try harder to keep in touch with friends; maintaining relationships does take some effort. --- Middle-aged men are among society’s loneliest people – what does that say about the patriarchy? - Van Badham […]

Fucking hilarious https://dair-community.social/@KimCrayton1/115080661795140162

If a data center needs to drain all the water in a several-mile radius and put strain on the electrical grid to answer a question I could probably do on a serious hangover, one cup of coffee in, half-conscious on the sofa 'cos I passed out fully-clothed, and *still* have a better chance of […]