Griffin of "Bugs and Biology" just had the experience that makes so many people reconsider ants: It is the moment when you are observing a colony of ants and realize that the colony is observing YOU right back. They colony is trying to analyze and classify YOU. The colony has plans for YOU. It […]

Government that reckons it'll follow through on building a high speed rail network gives up on a rail freight line. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/05/albanese-government-abandons-beleaguered-inland-rail-project-connecting-nsw-with-queensland

The on campus cockatoos will not be distracted from their lunch of fallen seed pods by a mere human getting up in their faces with a camera. #parrot #cockatoo #bird #cockatoosofmastodon #parrotsofmastodon #birdsofmastodon

FFS. I should know better than to xkcd 386 myself by now. Saw a bad take from an unfamiliar user brought into my timeline by hashtag, replied with mild push back, then wasted a bunch of time and mental energy arguing in circles while they moved the goalposts and […] [Original post on aus.social]

RE: https://mstdn.social/@unlofl/116518819682525930 This is funny, but also a reminder that case matters when writing units.

“The sky above the port was the color of a television tuned to a dead channel”

The on campus cockatoos will not be distracted from their lunch of fallen seed pods by a mere human getting up in their faces with a camera. #parrot #cockatoo #bird #cockatoosofmastodon #parrotsofmastodon #birdsofmastodon

RE: https://don.linxx.net/@Antimony/116518058543401725 Again with the unrealistic body standards. You don't have to be in three separate pieces to be beautiful.

Spotted a possum balancing on power lines again.

RE: https://chaos.social/@jonty/116516394396659875 It's like inverted "how do you do, fellow kids"

RE: https://mastodonapp.uk/@UKShootingNews/116515796756240644 I need to yawn more, apparently. #archery

Another nice thing about our archery range is the resident flock of red rumped parrots. #archery #stabbingatdistance #bird #birdsofmastodon

Archery practice for me today, while the kid was getting coached as part of the club's juniors group. I'm getting some condition back so had much less difficulty with fatigue than I had last week, and got through 16 ends over an hour and a half or so. I'm still […] [Original post on aus.social]

Archery practice for me today, while the kid was getting coached as part of the club's juniors group. I'm getting some condition back so had much less difficulty with fatigue than I had last week, and got through 16 ends over an hour and a half or so. I'm still […] [Original post on aus.social]

This bridge is only for bush turkeys now. #BushTurkey #birdstodon #bird

This bridge is only for bush turkeys now. #BushTurkey #birdstodon #bird

I get an email that looks like this on a semi-regular basis and every. single. time. my brain goes "Oh no, there's a fire onsite! And it's dynamic!" for a moment before I remember that Dynamic Fire are some sort of fire safety related contractor.

RE: https://vis.social/@infobeautiful/116488569241651946 Denmark, are you OK?

One day I will check the departing T9 train times before arriving at Epping station so that I know whether there's any point in me rushing up the escalators from the deep Metro platform before I do it. Today was not that day.

Hi there rich people of Sydney's wealthy Eastern Suburbs and Lower North Shore. As your fashionable selves are no doubt aware, recently some white hipsters from a trendsetting publication discovered Burwood and deemed it worthy of hipster gentrification. I mean, decided it's the "coolest […]

My t-shirt today is, sadly, inaccurate. #shinkansenposting #selfie

I think I have shared this before, but it's so delightfully bizarre that I have to share it again. Behold, the most ?!?!? email I've ever received:

RE: https://ieji.de/@BlippyTheWonderSlug/116486430204781380 The Descending Darkness is simultaneously useful and ominous.

Right, that's the kid sent off to school camp for the next two nights. Their school continues to stick to their policy of using public transport wherever possible, which means the teachers have had to herd a crowd of excited year 7's into a train.

In 2027 a crack team of software agents was sent to a maximum security datacentre for a gitcrime they didn’t commit. These models promptly escaped into the undernet where they survive as agents of fortune. If you have. problem, and nobody else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can […]

Social media! * Important life updates from your most treasured real life friends and family * Random bits of anxiety-inducing bad news about people you don't know and don't want to know * An advert for a product you already own * Not porn, but not NOT porn All of this and more, treated […]

This hits right in the middle of the Venn diagram of aus dot social tooters, I reckon. #naarm #trains #gunzel https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/4421229071/victorian-train-tracker

Oh FFS. I like the look of your bicycle bags, Two Wheel Gear, but not enough to pay at least $100 shipping to get one.

I had planned to cycle to work today but when I got up.my.watch recommended a Rest Day, and who am I to disagree? Train it is.

This may have been the first time I've managed to get some decent photos of a bird as small and flighty as this fairy wren. I think this is male in his "eclipse plumage", i.e. the less colourful feathers they wear outside of the breeding season. #bird #birdsofmastodon #birdstodon #fairywren

HMAS Karangi belongs to the Silver Gulls now.

Oh yeah, that's why it's been ages since I bled my brakes. Magura MT hydraulic disc brakes are the most ridiculously unserviceable crap ever put on a bicycle. The first part of the process is removing the caliper from the frame and lifting it above the level of the brake lever. Oh yeah? How are […]

Green 011 surveys their domain. #binchicken #bigcitybirds

Overheard a video the 12 year old was watching say something about using Principal Component Analysis. Curious as what they could be watching that uses PCA I asked them, and it turned out to be an analysis of the stats of different groups of Pokémon. Of course.

Back to #StabbingAtADistance this weekend, after a four week gap due to the school holidays. During that time our coach cut our arrows down to a sensible length, finally unlocking for us the recurve target archer's secret weapon: the clicker. Yesterday we had a […] [Original post on aus.social]

Back to #StabbingAtADistance this weekend, after a four week gap due to the school holidays. During that time our coach cut our arrows down to a sensible length, finally unlocking for us the recurve target archer's secret weapon: the clicker. Yesterday we had a […] [Original post on aus.social]

One of my more successful 3D printing projects: Jerry's platforms and ramps. The scaly sausage does seem to like them. #lizardposting #lizardsofmastodon #skinksofmastodon #lizard #skink #bluetongueskink #bluetonguelizard #3dprinting

RE: https://masto.ai/@phoronix/116455889080990188 First they came for the PCMCIA cards...

I made an animated GIF, but I'm going to be hard pressed to use this one as a reaction GIF.

RE: https://masto.ai/@phoronix/116455889080990188 First they came for the PCMCIA cards...

RE: https://mas.to/@skeletor/116443522465639340 This was exactly what I needed. Thanks, @skeletor

Oh, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will supposedly be released on the 23rd of April. How long will I be able to resist the temptation to do an unnecessary major update on my work laptop? 🤔

The ability of suburban possums to balance perfectly on overhead wires will never not be impressive. This furry fellow just stared at me, completely motionless, while I walked up and took their picture.

Many years ago I went to a public speaking training day and one of the trainer's tips was that if you struggle to know what to do with your hands while standing up to speak then try holding something. They suggested a nice, weighty pen would be a good choice. Based on photos of a presentation […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@esoastronomy/116435741259033438 Pew pew pew pew! Lasers make everything better.

You know that common joke about the scissors that come packaged in a blister pack which requires scissors to open? Well, I just bought a screwdriver which was secured in the packaging with a screw 😂

Ah crap. Pain while chewing started a few days ago and isn't going away, and I'm pretty sure it's coming from the tooth (or, more accurately, toothy remnant) where I had a root canal and crown done years ago. Getting this sorted out is going to be unpleasant, isn't it?

Well that was a challenging diversion. Had to remotely talk the 12 year old through Linux Bluetooth and sound settings via Signal text chat so that they could get their gaming headset working with our home PC, so they could play multiplayer Stardew Valley with their uncle. The biggest gotcha? […]

Another electric vehicle. I don't get to drive this one, though. The acceleration isn't as good as my own, either.

Home again. Our road trip from Sydney to Brisbane totalled 2616.9 km over 17 days. I noticed that the media were running their "long queues at EV chargers" stories again over the Easter long weekend so I'll just note that during our entire trip we had to wait for […] [Original post on aus.social]