<——always the bottom of the totem pole.

I’ve stood in the Golden Gate and walked the Theodosian Walls so there is that.

My government is not trying to kill me or make me kill anyone else. In the modern world, this is increasingly unusual.

I wish I could see a chariot race in the hippodrome of Constantinople.

I live in urban suburbia. I don’t own a gun. I have no need of a gun. I’m perfectly okay with this.

Bill Nighy needs to do another Christmas song.

Not saying it aloud.

History tells us over and over that vicious murderous regimes get crushed. It may take a while but crushed they shall be.

Amateur movie review. Pompeii Escapism fantasy perfection. 4 Stars

Frack me, that was good.

Comfort me.

Amateur TV review. The Abandons. Great cast, great acting, boring as bat shit story. Life’s too short for this one. 2 Stars.

Might escape to Ancient Rome for a while. 🗡️

O_o

The best project managers are the ones who know they know nothing about something and actually listen to their consultants. #workskeet

The University of Newcastle is dead as an educational institution. To paraphrase them. We recognise the surveying profession is vital to society however we can no longer support courses with such low student numbers like we have for the last *checks notes* 50 years. Neoliberalism at its worst.

An excellent way to make people antisemitic is constantly tell them that they are antisemitic.

The problem with being familiar with twentieth century history is recognising hypocrisy everywhere. There are a lot of very inconvenient truths out there.

I have to share my cheese and bacon balls with the dog. This is so unfair.

Cheese and bacon balls and fancy German beer is a balanced dinner right ? #CBF

Everyone here is talking about cricket and I sort of want to die.

It’s probably best for my sanity to not think about stuff and form opinions.

Christmas haircut time. What possibly go wrong ?

I’m about one tiny straw short of deleting all social media and living in a bubble of ignorance. The bullshit and corruption is really getting to much.

Fuck off again copilot.

It won’t be long until we’re not going to be able to tell what is real and what is not.

Is it just me or does everyone else find lawyers always using “Dear XXXX” to begin all their correspondence and emails as slightly menacing ? #workskeet

Why does every second government website seem to crash just before Christmas ?

Never assume the person who asked you a question understands your clear and comprehensive answer. Especially if it’s not what they want to hear. #workskeet

Fuck off copilot.

It’s okay to punch the guy playing something aloud on his phone in the doctors waiting room right ?

The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."

Me whenever I hear a delivery van pull up.

Miss nearly 27, who works full time, is pissed off I won’t let her live here for free. She’s even more pissed off I was right about her recently ex boyfriend, and secret smack addict*, being an absolute waste of space. *a recent discovery.

That thing when you take over a project and find all the data files are a complete fracking mess which takes all day to sort out. 😡 #workskeet

Another day, another endless stream of people whinging that the Australian government isn’t do exactly what they want them to do about *pick a topic*. FFS people, give it rest.

HR Director: DB, can you come to my office please. Me: *Thinks what the fuck have I done now, I don’t think I’ve offended anyone this week and most of my projects are doing okay. Maybe I’m getting retrenched.* HRD: I’ve got a new iPhone 16 for you. My imposter syndrome remains strong 🙃

<—— still has the original vinyl 💅

I guess the focus groups will be wild today.

16 Australian citizens died violently yesterday with at least others 40 injured in a politically motivated attack. It doesn’t matter whose fault it is because it’s not them who suffer the consequences. It’s always ordinary people who die or are injured for extreme ideological politics.

<——- has been issued a fancy new work phone 😊

Nothing is going to be same again.

Fuck

When I was a kid computers wore tennis shoes.

To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness.

My apocalypse weapons are a L1A1 SLR and a samurai sword.

I didn’t really expect or want to live in a dystopian future but here we fucking are.

When will it stop hurting ?

Another package of Christmas presents arrived today 😊

I’m going to be judged as antisocial for it but I’ve declined the work Christmas barefoot bowling lunch thing today. I’d rather scoop my eyes out with a rusty spoon to be honest.