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I have peeled Taiga and put his skin in the wash. Historical photos: www.flickr.com/photos/stilg...

WHO'S IN THE CAGE NOW BITCH?!?

Comrade Snek has been seen basking in the sun again this morning. Here’s a photo I prepared earlier. Also, one of the log rats has not been seen since Comrade Snek was heard slithering about near the log in question. I think I know what’s happened.

Sure. And I want a pony who can perform J S Bach’s cello suites. But at least my wants are possible.

@alan678.bsky.social theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #birds&berries I'm using a generous definition of "berry"... 2 of 3 Lorikeets, of course #photography #birds #nature #wildlife #lorikeet #EastCoastKin

Haolong dongi, amazing new spiny (yes,really) iguanodontian from early cretaceous china #sciart

Not if we destroy The Moon first! Who’s with me?

A reminder to Australians, we'll get a decent solar eclipse in a little over two years. eclipse.asa.astronomy.org.au/eclipse-aust... Centred right over Sydney during the later part of its totality, it'll also cover Bourke, Nyngan, Gilgandra, Dubbo, Orange, Bathurst, Mudgee, Lithgow and Katoomba.

Sat plan: Ease into the day because Saturday (in progress); eggs; the usual chores; certain very important administrivia and related tasks, because things will change very soon. More on that last one a bit later.

I think @snarkyplatypus.com and @supercroup.com will know and enjoy this scenario. From a spectator’s perspective.

Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”

Today, Saturday 7 February, is Wave All Your Fingers At Your Neighbors Day. www.daysoftheyear.com/days/wave-al... Also, Hug an Addict or Alcoholic Day. www.daysoftheyear.com/days/hug-an-... And happy 214th birthday to the spirit of Charles Dickens. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles...

It's fine and sunny in the Blue Mountains right now, but just like yesterday it'll be a bit cloudier later with some rain and perhaps another thunderstorm. The temperature is 6°C above average.

Saturday. Be decisive. Eliminate and replace the pest which haunts the landscape. Stun a teacher. Saturday.

Gorn.

Well, you’d certainly hope they wouldn’t make you pay for a weekend of dead children, moor-wandering, exhumation, dog attacks, alcoholism, death in childbirth, misery, unhappy foundlings, a bit more death, domestic violence, ghosts...

fanfic author notes are their own genre sometimes i swear to god

To everyone just now finding out Isaac Asimov was rather famously a sex pest: He's been gone 34 years now, you can handle this truth, I believe in you

ITV Retro has put all of the science-fantasy series “Sapphire and Steel” (1979–1982) on YouTube. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Stars David McCallum and Joanna Lumley and very cheap production. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapphir...

Antarctic ice sheet folk, I'm looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Antarctic Ice Sheet Reconstruction [readvertised] for a 3.5yr appointment in Tasmania. Very flexible start date! Join our new team, figuring out what is happening and what may happen in East Antarctica. 1/4 ❄️

I should probably mention that all episodes are available on YouTube. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Thanks for putting up with the chaos after our original hosting provider imploded.

ANNOUNCEMENT: “Another Untitled Music Podcast” has a new home at Mixcloud. I’ve reposted the first pilot episode from last year, and the rest that @snarkyplatypus.com and I have already made will follow soon. www.mixcloud.com/stilgherrian...

Be bold, Louvre — put it back on display, unrepaired, on a slow rotating display stand. Talk about theft, pull out the copy of the Cursed Diamond Necklace of Bankruptcy (& Infamy) +5 and talk about the rumors and slander in that one. Jewel theft has been part of jewels forever. Lean into it.

From TfNSW, “Sydney Metro - First Tallawong to Bankstown metro train journey”, taking 80 minutes or so. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UFV...

I think the sewage is doing just fine. It's the sewerage which has failed.

Relax, bread department

NEW NEWSLETTER: “The Weekly Cybers #103” buttondown.com/stilgherrian... Bunnings gets a green light for face scanning but a slap for inadequate policies, teen social media ban less of a drama than imagined with other countries are to follow, and real estate rental platforms are horribly vulnerable.

Contrary to popular belief, there are actually six recognised human taste senses: * Sweet * Sour * Salt * Bitter * Umami * Proximity to the way mum made it

These are all spectacular, but my favorite is the crab riding the jellyfish. Micromobility for the win!

We got one of these things for the office and every time the newest headline alarms me anew.

I need everyone to know that on the crochet subreddit the mods made a big post about how they're taking a week off because there was too much fighting/political posts. so there's currently no mods on r/crochet and people are being absolutely insane

ANNOUNCEMENT: “Another Untitled Music Podcast” has a new home at Mixcloud. I’ve reposted the first pilot episode from last year, and the rest that @snarkyplatypus.com and I have already made will follow soon. www.mixcloud.com/stilgherrian...

Fri plan: Start the day slowly (in progress); re-post a certain podcast to its new home; write and post “The Weekly Cybers” (check out the archives and subscribe for FREE at stilgherrian.com/theweeklycyb...); quiet evening; meals ad libitum.

We just had a brief panic in the forest as a black kite (Milvus migrans) soared through. Beautiful. Other birds did not appreciate it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_k... Photo by Charles J Sharp. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bl...

Today, Friday 6 February, is (Inter?)National Working Naked Day. www.daysoftheyear.com/days/working... Also, World Muay Thai Day. www.daysoftheyear.com/days/world-m... And it’s happy 60th birthday to singer Rick Astley. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_As...

Today will be partly cloudy in the Blue Mountains, and there might be some showers or a thunderstorm later. The temperature will be 6°C above average.

Friday. Cater for the labourers. Agree to the depressing ethics of parking. Buy new batteries. Friday.

Morning Bluesky.

If ever I cut myself with a knife whilst preparing food, the knife, after it's been washed - obviously, has to go in the back of the drawer. Or preferably the bin. It's tasted blood once and it'll try again.

I just stumbled across this photo I took in Chiang Mai in 2019. Strong agree.

Here’s @kenlmathis.bsky.social’s final update ahead of Thailand’s general election on Sunday. “2026 Election: Closing Thoughts” www.coffeeparliament.com/p/2026-elect...

Crying at the qualifications Nikkei gave each of Thailand's prime minister contenders

Il pleut.

I should not be left alone with cured meats.

Was considering two candidates for promotion at work. One let slip they, a grown adult in their mid-30s, were having a full-blown Harry Potter themed wedding with real owls etc. Straight into the bin and now on the potential redundancy list to boot.

Today's frog is the galaxy frog.

it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world

The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions! This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...

There’s a young magpie outside who’s just moulting out of its baby feathers and it looks like it’s been put through a tumble dryer.