Tide is all the way out!

I have family coming to visit today so sent them this to set the mood youtu.be/8yQk5HQtQ4Q?...

In which our Hercules begins his labours.

A beautiful echidna Chloe and I I met today :)

Giant satellite floor maps are helping people prepare for emergencies by showing them a bird's eye view of where threats come from, places of safety and how to navigate their neighbourhood.

Suppose we miraculously solve climate change. Then there’s this…just for starters. The core problem is ecological overshoot, and it has many points to impale us on. www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

It’s a showery morning after overnight rain. Chloe dog has decided to return to bed until playing conditions improve.

Fearsome predator on the loose!!!

I truly wish that I were joking x.com/dhsgov/statu...

Fortunately, it could never happen here.

They’re onto these guys…

I’m beginning to believe really understanding this one tiny piece of the world, in a vertical slice from Earth core to exosphere (or as much of that as possible) will indeed take the rest of my life. It will be time well spent.

I can haz hand chews?

Chloe Dog: I must go outside! Moi: hmmm, ok, I’ll come along too Chloe: (stands tall, looks alert, shows no signs of weeing) Moi: this is about chasing wallabies, isn’t it?

This will be huge

David Shoebridge posted ".. too many stories of abuse and harassment from women in ADF. There must be accountability, for years leadership has tried to sweep it under the rug, while survivors are left without support. This class action is a step towards justice." thenightly.com.au/politics/tho...

I was fixing a fence to keep the One Born Under a Wandering Star contained. She refused to even look at me…

Excellent. Off to the big house for special pampering by Bubba and Speedy, you cowardly thug.

TBH, most admirals seem only peripherally aware of the Navy anyway, this guy is no worse…

Take care, all those observing Heatwave Day today.

Just realised the only tv I’ve watched in three months is a couple of rugby matches and state election night coverage.

Presenting the Gold-Mouthed Conniwink and the Southern Ribbed-Top Snail.

Socmed accounts honouring military heroes are beauty magazines for veterans. (The heroes themselves truly deserve their respect and their honours.) But a stream of posts about great deeds far outshining one’s own humble service reveals how an ordinary teenager felt reading Dolly. Unfollowing.

If anyone needs me, I’ll be fuzing for airburst and keeping off the highway.

Tell me again, Donald, about the "Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax."

Can the RAAF convert our Super Hornets to be Trump Shitbombers in time for bushfire season?

Speaking of silly places to fire artillery, does anyone remember the story about an Australian Army regiment accidentally lobbing a shell from Holsworthy Range over towards Heathcote Rd?

The Couch Strikes Back…

It's not often you hear a room cheer for the return of chicken pox, let alone measles. Welcome to Freedom Summit 2025.

(AI reasons the world would be better off without rock fishermen, lures increasing numbers to their doom. Unsatisfied, Blowhole. Net cues drones to spray the rocks with detergent for increased slipperiness…)

The Ombudsman and Robodebt: Failure, Regulatory Capture of Something Else? dro.deakin.edu.au/articles/jou...

the year is 2030. a doctor solemnly informs you that you have plastic in your testicles bc millions of people persuaded by celebrity marketing bought synthetic pubic hairs that were eventually consumed by fish that you ate

Paging Scott Morrison…

The World Meteorological Organization says carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are increasing at rates that have tripled since the 1960s, and emissions from human activities and more wildfires have helped fan a "vicious climate cycle."

Mulch like chatGPT, I too have fixed my problems with mental health in an objectively verifiable way and am therefore ready for sex

I just sat an hour in the sun with a good book, my dog, birdsong and coffee. In that time the things that seemed overwhelming resolved into simple plans.

I think that’s all she wrote. Nice knowing y’all. abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

If you’re military or natsec-adjacent and not following the excellent She Wants the ISRD over on Insta, do yourself a favour www.instagram.com/she_wants_th...

The “ISIS brides” are/were dependents, not enemy combatants. If you support action against them, you’re saying it would’ve been legitimate for an enemy to target our dependents here in Australia.

Finally sitting, boots off, frozen dinner heated, Chloe dog fed and a bright fire going as the rain tumbles down.

Exploring our new home

This is desperately sad. Professor John Woinarski breaks the news for @aunz.theconversation.com that Australia's next animal - the tiny Christmas Island Shrew - has officially been declared extinct. theconversation.com/and-then-the...

Give the Nobel Peace Prize to Greta Thunberg and watch his head explode in glorious 4K

@kels316.bsky.social next Phase Zero capability?

I'm sorry but it's just plain hilarious that we're still expected to hate Hamas after spending two years being shown exactly what it is that Hamas has been fighting.

POST OF THE YEAR

In which our hero learns to tie an ascot.