Whole household is buzzing this morning - disagreements however over which one was the greatest 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scottish goal of all time! McTominay Scissor kick or McLean from the halfway line? Glorious! #Scotland #WorldCup www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Recently, my wife and I were watching an old episode of Morse (British crime/whodunnit from the 80s-00s). In it, Morse insists apologise should be spelt with a zed. Wife and screamed at the TV - as you do. Where the fuck did that idea come from? #tv #morse #spelling #british

One of the differences between Reddit and their Fediverse equivalents can be seen in the food subreddits/communities. Especially when users show off what they've just made. On Reddit, the photos are usually mouth-watering morcels, looking like they've been created by a professional chef. I […]

I really hate trying to write after having too little sleep. The words come out as swill, and I just know I'm going to need to rewrite it from the start, but...🤷‍♂️

I'm still flabbergasted that somehow our local supermarket managed to run out of carrots. #smh #fail

What the ~same message will have different lengths in different #languages: English: a mint German: eine Münzprägeanstalt English: that goes without saying Viennese: eh

hi chat, I'm in Berlin for a few days, anyone around who wants to grab coffee or smthing?

Today I am stepping down from my role as the CEO of #mastodon. Though this has been in the works for a while, I can't say I've fully processed how I feel about it. There is a bittersweet part to it, and I think I will miss it, but it also felt necessary. It feels like a goodbye, but it isn't—I […]

Wilson and more moderate Liberals are clearly the party’s only hope, but that’s completely at odds with how the Libs are tracking federally and the very direction the Murdoch headkickers have been screaming opposition to for years. Going to be a very interesting watch!

Dear Discord, did you know that you're a chat app which is a tool I use to talk to people? Did you know that best tools blend into your workflow and become invisible instead of constantly going out of their way to remind everyone of their unique-ass identity?

I'm amused how people have started calling her Megyn R Kelly now. #uspol

Moziila didn’t have the ressource to keep a "subscribe to RSS" button in Firefox but has the manpower to build a full IA inside your browser. And that’s all you need to know about the end of the web and the IA bubble.

#SundayLit prompt: Unexpected The last excerpt from Grace & Favour, as it releases today and next week I'll hopefully have a new WIP to refer to. Harry the ill-advised fling once again featuring. I feel like he gets the lions' share of these prompt excerpts […] [Original post on mastodon.au]

Q1. What makes a great plot twist? And what makes a bad one? I don't so plot twists. As a reader, a bad plot twist is one where I feel the author cheated by lying or omitting information I should have.

RE: https://mastodon.sg/@ChannelNewsAsia/115556336403781616 I know Daphne. She's awesome. She helped me with some research on my first novel. I'm glad to see her constantly knocking it out of the park.

#sundaylit Unexpected: “Ahaaaaaah! I bet that was unexpected.” “Well, I did call a plumber.” “And?” “You’re in my kitchen, at three o’clock in the morning.” “Aaaaand?” “You’re completely naked.” “Aaaaaaaaaaaaad?” “You’ve fixed my tap?” […]

Rooty, the pantless bear, adding fizz. This from a family friendly restaurant. No wonder the Republicans hold all three branches of government. America, you crazy. #aandws #rooty #hideurkids

"The threat actor—whom we assess with high confidence was a Chinese state-sponsored group—manipulated our Claude Code tool into attempting infiltration into roughly thirty global targets" https://www.anthropic.com/news/disrupting-AI-espionage

I suspect that within another two election cycles, the political landscape in Australia will resemble Mars: all red. #netzero #auspol #libfail

mastodon should fix the bug where typos are invisible in the editing box but obvious on the timeline

The War on Christmas will continue until it withdraws from its illegal invasion of November.

Good article from last year, arguing that the streaming model seems broken - shows get cancelled too quickly for audiences to actually catch up to seeing them, given we don’t have unlimited viewing time. #tv https://www.empireonline.com/tv/features/cancelled-streaming-series-audiences-cant-keep-up/

RE: https://mastodon.online/@TheScienceFictionGuy/115534541317314044 Would they be called a.... Sanctuary Moon?

lol. If the ending of my screenplay stays as is, I don't know who it'll upset more: the Poms or the Frogs. #writing

Following 400 accounts, no followers, no comments. Pop icon avatar and banner. Can we say bot?

Either Google is having issues (it must be their turn, right?) or they've changed their drive API and not told anyone about it (as they do). Having trouble doing some auto backups. #google #drive #api

RE: https://mastodon.sg/@mothershipsg/115529110159663176 What about when there are no walkways, hmmm?

Watching what's happening in the US is a lot like having an alcoholic older brother and finding out he's just had his thirteenth major traffic accident while DUI this year. It's hard to do more than just shrug and go, "whatever".

Did …. everyone in the comments not watch normal broadcast TV in so long they actually forgot ads are a thing?

Oh hey, John Laws died. Anyway.

#sundaylit Physical appearance: “He was massive, in exactly the same way that a mountain is tall...except without the snow on top. He had no hair at all. His shoulders...they were massive also. You could land a 747 on each of them without using reverse thrust. That is, if you could find a […]

While out getting breakfast this morning, I saw one of the characters from my WiP. Looking super fit, and they even had the same psychopathic smile. Amazing. #writing

“When Jesus fed the 5000, the miracle wasn’t doing it with 2 fish and 5 loaves. The real miracle was convincing his followers to share.” https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-tiktoker-is-exposing-churches-that #fuckreligion

Remember, when ordering your Thanksgiving turkey, it's now pronounced Türkiye.

Gotta love The Guardian for those quotes from Europeans on #mamdani's win in NYC: "Verbeek backed this with a comment he had overheard in an Oslo cafe, in which Mamdani was described as an American politician who “finally” sounded normal." “Normal. That’s the word,” Verbeek wrote in his […]

A senior federal bureaucrat who dismissed her own department's cybersecurity advice and ordered a trove of parliamentary emails be released to a private company previously hacked by Russian criminals says she believed the risk assessment was "overrated" www.9news.com.au/national/jaa...

After seeing the wonderful Star Trek: Legacy (Star Trek: The Motion Picture set to Daft Punk's Tron: Legacy soundtrack), my wife suggested setting the same soundtrack to 2001:a space odyssey. So, I did: https://spectra.video/w/eTsfUipD1zLJW9Ezic72wH Enjoy #mashup #2001aspaceodyssey […]

#townofvicpark The Town of Victoria Park is on the lookout for three artists/artworks to activate traffic control boxes throughout the town as part of our Mini Mural series. It is intended that the selected artworks will act as a deterrent to graffiti vandalism and activate precincts of the […]

It looks like the latest version of Firefox doesn't properly display svgs.

After seeing the wonderful Star Trek: Legacy (Star Trek: The Motion Picture set to Daft Punk's Tron: Legacy soundtrack), my wife suggested setting the same soundtrack to 2001:a space odyssey. So, I did: https://spectra.video/w/eTsfUipD1zLJW9Ezic72wH Enjoy #mashup #2001aspaceodyssey […]

Update: At least seven people are dead and 11 others injured after a UPS cargo plane crashed near Louisville’s international airport. https://www.whas11.com/article/news/local/louisville-plane-crash-near-muhammad-ali-international-airport/417-a0b0a715-b95e-40ea-864d-a729933e6c25

Hard to think of anyone who hates Australia more than the &%$# who wrote this. Just bitches and moans about everyone & everything to do with this country, all from the security of his luxury seaside dwelling. You wouldn't know real Australia if it bit you on the arse, Andrew.

The fun part about meeting old cunts in #singapore is watching them squirm as they invade my personal space and I am not giving an inch. You might have a Mercedes; I designed my own fursuit fuckhead!

Eldest failed his push-ups. Eight more weeks of winter. #ippt

Awkward. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/push-for-prince-andrew-avenue-name-change-in-melbourne-s-north-20251104-p5n7k8.html

Dng Dong...https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/04/politics/dick-cheney-death-obit

Seems like the latest version of Mastodon has fucked my filters. I have several that aren't to supposed to show up at all and they are with warnings about content being hidden. Triggering. @aussocialadmin anything you can do? #mastodon

Check out this video by @dansup! https://loops.video/v/bKICbICRBL #testing #loops

Fuck, Deborah Conway. Turns out she's a rabid #zionist. Do Re Mi used to be so fucking good, but she's well and truly shat over her legacy. https://www.instagram.com/p/DQknyJMk9_A/

What America Doesn’t Teach You About the World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBRVvkKre1E