I won tennis against brother. First to six. 6/3. Cracked old court in Castlemaine. Still nice enough for a friendly game.

Solar orbit celebrated by those who worship the Gregorian calendar.

Get these vehicles off the road.

Video of renewed tram tracks and new level access tram stop on Union Road at Melbourne Showgrounds.

Fuck me! A comfortable seat at a tram stop.

Handy, unintentional markers along the platform at Bayswater indicating where the train doors open.

Sydney-Newcastle

I keep having dreams that I've completely forgotten about a unit at university and all of its assessments are due. I completed my university course three years ago.

I'm not doing a mushroom murder, I just don't have matching bowls, I say to my two dozen cats at feeding time.

Oh dear. I've just discovered free traffic simulation software for linux.

Video from the new Footscray Road veloway.

Hairdresser told me to drink beer to stop my hair falling out.

Vic Gov is engaging on tram stop modifications in North Melbourne to accommodate longer G-class trams. Six stop pairs are proposed to be consolidated into three. The new stops won't be accessible. Engagement closes on Christmas Eve.

Vic Gov is engaging on tram stop modifications in North Melbourne to accommodate longer G-class trams. Six stop pairs are proposed to be consolidated into three. The new stops won't be accessible. Engagement closes on Christmas Eve.

Hmm. Am I having a sickness or an anxiety? The 1:37 am questions.

He's aging rapidly.

The good news just keeps on coming

Fun to see the Metro Tunnel leading the ABC News channel today.

Lots of love for this new train line.

Video of the first train coming and going at Footscray.

On this day, the inaugural day of the metrie tannel, I grant you a favour.

I hate to be "that guy" but I'm gonna say it. Have a think about backing up your electronic files. Two copies on different local discs. A third off-site if you're really keen. Download your email archives, too. Your whole life is in there. Google could cut you off without recourse tomorrow.

No more junk food, what are you talking about, Gus? Just double your Metamucil or something.

DECREE It is with great sadness that I announce the prohibition of highly processed foods, foods containing artificial sweeteners, and foods containing emulsifiers. At least for me. And I may violate my own decree. Thank you.

I was inside a Woolworths near the entrance and a thin 30 something, clearly a long time substance dependant, threw $100 at me. I gestured to it as if he'd dropped it but he smirked and left. It became clear as I approached that it was fake. But they'd gone to some effort. Made of plastic and all.

Do not use the tangerine internet. It is no good. Like half a minute to connect to websites.

An augustus government will put a moratorium on emails.

Media Watch went on a tangent tonight on the ABC's apparent lack of coverage of trans issues. Part of the ABC's defence was that it didn't want to cause undue harm. Tbh, I think that's a good approach. Much of this discussion only needs be had between individuals, families, and their doctors.

🚨 NEW: One Nation has climbed to a record 18% in the latest RedBridge poll, while the Coalition has fallen to 24% Sussan Ley is losing to "neither" as preferred prime minister, with just 10% supporting her

I've come to Castlemaine which means a barely usable data service. Telstra has a lot of coverage but not a lot of bandwidth.

PECULIAR: I was sitting outside Melbourne Town Hall admin building for about half an hour and gold coins were being flung seemingly out of nowhere onto the footpath. It happened three times while I was there. No idea who was doing it. Flower man and visitor info lady were amused.

A new 'left turn hold' at the start of the traffic signal phase to protect the busy bicycle movement towards Melbourne CBD on Rathdowne Street at Victoria Street.

ABC interviewing the Fedora Man this morning.

A nice cold and wet Melbourne morning to you.

I wonder if Flemington Racecourse trains could run via the loop when the Metro Tunnel opens and stop halving the frequency on the Newport corridor? Of course, that may not account for the need to reprioritise drivers.

I shall place this sign upon every gate to the city.

Free energy is coming! Of course, it's not the "free energy" the crazies talk about because it's from excess solar generation and as we all know, solar is a globalist scam.

Caught the 901 bus to the airport. It's only half hourly on weekends which doesn't connect consistently with trains every 20 minutes at Broadmeadows. This is simple stuff to get right. I was impressed with some of the on-road bus priority, however.

Urgent alert issued to anyone who uses Gmail

I'll stop ranting now.

The premier will be there thinking, do I want the news media to be covering the new hospitals and the train tunnels, or would I rather them cover daily police bashings because we have a protest permit system now and Melburnians aren't particularly keen on that?

The police have red light bias. All they see is "disorder" because that's their fucken job. The rest of us go to bookshops and buy coffees. Yes, I buy a coffee at the bookshop now and then.

Fun fakt. I'm in Melbourne CBD nearly every fucken day, including the weekend, and including yesterday when there was apparently violent protests that I didn't encounter at all! The real problems that I see are people who need services! All that actually annoys me are the motor cars!

Why is the media so keen for a protest ban in Melbourne? I'm pretty sure it's because they know it'll lead to more street violence, not less. They think that'll be good for the newspaper business. But the joke's on them. We don't want to read about it!

"After my initial trepidation, I was surprised how quickly our car trips became bike rides."

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Automobile lunatic just terrorised their way past Flinders Street Station. Police helicopter about now and I can hear sirens. Unsure if linked.

So, I visited Busworld last week and here are some things I saw and found interesting! A short thread (1/13)

Duolingo keeps adding new noises and bedazzlings. It is unnecessary for an animated man to grunt at me while I'm trying to learn Dutch.

Rename Town Hall Station "Railtropolis", you cowards!