17776 is americentric

On press today www.etsy.com/listing/9524...

Hey, I wrote a thing about AI in astrophysics ergosphere.blog/posts/the-ma...

Jonathan clicked on a link in an email that he thought had been sent by Charles Darwin, but was actually a phishing attempt

"None of this is impossible. None of this is even difficult for big tech who are innovative billion dollar companies." communications minister wells said. "they're just saying it's impossible because nobody else has ever succeeded at it before," she might have added

Hooray for Melbourne's inner west! Wait Not hooray (sad Bluey voice)

timeline of openly queer male AFL players: 1897: VFL founded 1997: m/m sex legal in all states and territories 2017: marriage equality 2025: bi man comes out, 9 years after retiring. cites team culture as factor in ending career 2026: gay man comes out, 21 years after his one and only game

The difference between cucumbers and pickles is jarring.

PinkNews says it is moving "away from having a reporter-led newsroom" and there "isn’t a need for the reporter role.” Not sure what that could possibly look like, but ok

Quote this with your ao3 fic with the most kudos: (Also one of the ones I'm proudest of.) archiveofourown.org/works/35777101

This is a really good explanation of a problem that has been entirely missing from the "online child safety" conversation entirely. (I have seen some *truly* terrible exploitation, and that was back in the 00s.)

the three genders

Pocket-sized thermal sticker printers are, hands down, the best thing to have come out of this poxy timeline in years. The rest of it can go kick rocks. These things are great.

Please soothe your soul with this footage of an enraged muppet being treated at the wild muppet center.

[to ally couple] so, which one of you is brave, and which one is inspirational?

Re-upping this to add that I'd welcome any and all Australian disability history recommendations covering 1970s-90s!

quick reminder that NT's production of The Importance of Being Earnest, starring human ray of sunshine Ncuti Gatwa, will be streaming FOR FREE on YouTube this weekend www.radiotimes.com/movies/ncuti...

We know a lot is going on right now, but we just realized that: cabinet/board/panel = things made of wood cabinet/board/panel = terms for organizations

If you work with ppl who are sensitive to noise or in situations where a scare might be dangerous: the National Emergency Management Agency will be testing the Commonwealth AusAlert emergency warning system on July 27th at 2pm. Put it in your calendar now with a warning reminder ten minutes prior

I am going to link to organizations that I know for sure are helping trans Kansans. This thread will develop slowly as I either know people or will vet them. At this point we have not heard from anyone being helped via relocation resources. These exist, but I assume they are overwhelmed.

David Attenborough [whispering]: “As the predators close in on their helpless prey, we can only watch in silent horror, for it is not man’s role to interfere in the hierarchy of nature.”

This thread gets at a very important distinction that is critical to make. (Content note for subsequent posts: discussion of child sex abuse.)

on on oi!

today's mashed up earworm: '16 tons' with 'newspaper mama'

@purplegoddess.bsky.social @monika-dryburgh.bsky.social

star trek (can't remember if i started with voyager or TOS, could've gone either way), about 14, found the ASC archive from a yahoo search and then found my way onto usenet from there

watermelon. (NOT a political statement.) i don't care for the flavour, i dislike the texture, and they're so much hard work to prepare that whoever's serving them to me will be hurt if i don't want any

this is my shocked face :| “They’re employing people at the call centre that simply don’t have the skills, be it verbal, literary or computer-wise, to actually be doing the job,” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

i would choose not to hire a celebrity as my therapist

gorillas in the mist in grade 4. our teacher was way into environmentalism. our parents had to give permission because it was M-rated.

i don't know who else woke up locked back out of discord's adult channels despite having gone through their verification rigmarole weeks ago and needs to know this, but here: support.discord.com/hc/en-us/art...

This artwork is not only gorgeous, it perfectly communicates EXACTLY WHAT THE TITLE SAYS

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/

both solid competitors but after "Someone accustomed to burlap is different from someone who wears silk" you have to give this round to Blazer Unc

He's actually really good at his job too

"For disability reasons, phones are hard for me. Can we please do this by email?"

tag yourself i’m I AM MANOEUVRING WITH DIFFICULTY

Those who make whistles impossible make vuvuzelas inevitable

cn: references to child harm, child death, racism, incarceration (it is a *very* good video, but be warned)

if we're counting honorees, charlotte's web and the earlier ingalls wilder ones. if we're only counting medalists then a wrinkle in time and FUCKING bridge to terabithia, if by "took into your soul" can mean "sustained psychological damage"

I keep seeing leftists from outside of Minneapolis say they’ve seen all this before, and no, you haven’t. I’ve been at this for 30+ years and I haven’t either. It’s not what you’re picturing. This is something else

the test results are in and i am 100% that creature

current level of shoulder pain/stiffness: scapular retractions aren't enough. i need the scapular journal to issue a statement denying wrongdoing on the part of the scapular reviewers but undertaking to investigate how this happened and ensure it doesn't recur

Please don't ask me why my brain works like this, because I don't have an answer

"Based on this most recent delivery experience, how likely are you to recommend Australia Post to your family and friends?" compared to what? not buying products online from any company that uses auspost to deliver them?

This is AMAZING. Free link further down.

Action item for Canadians: look up your municipal/provincial/federal rep Does their official website have an X button on it? Write them a letter that says: "Hey, I'm your constituent, your website [url] has a link that goes to a site with porn on it" Use more words than that if you got spoons.

If you don't have an N95 or P3 mask, get one. Inhalation injuries are the most common cause of death in bushfires - that includes smoke, ash, carbon monoxide, and heated air if you're close enough to a fire. Here's a quick thread on some of the signs and symptoms of inhalation injuries.