Don't have a lot of time for Mayor Brown, but he's right on the money here.

@lougo.bsky.social Not just one, but two Faraday cages!

Gambled on it being a windy day, but rain holding off until mid-afternoon. This has paid off and two loads of laundry are dry. Now for more rain please, as I've 2800L of water tanks to refill before summer.

Done a final archiving backup. Now doing a factory reset on my old WinDoze machine. Guess I'm a #Linux guy now... #FreelanceLife

Circle jerks go high-tech! 🤦

Nice, leisurely 10km #running this morning. Then some domestic blitz and finally, relocating a clivea to the courtyard (pebble mulch going in today). Now to settle down to some end of fiscal quarter administrivia. #FreelanceLife

Watch the clip below and then remember this is the audience that President Sundown is addressing

@lougo.bsky.social I think you'll appreciate this. You don't know how lucky you are. 😂

Opted for カレー (Japanese curry) this evening. All vegetables (carrot, potatoes, daikon, zucchini), with rice and steamed brocolli and sesame dressing. Simple, warming and delicious.

Not so much bending the knee, but dropping your pants and grabbing your ankles. Cost of doing business, I guess.

“I have seen movies, short films, completely created by artificial intelligence,” Herzog said. “Story and acting and everything, they look completely dead. There are stories, but they have no soul. They are empty and soulless.” Get their ass, Werner.

The LNP absolutely frothing at the mouth that "the government must do something!" about the Optus telecomms outage. I love the consistency of the party of small government, who seem to have more positions than the Kama Sutra. 🤦

JRail passes have been secured! This will cover all our inter-city travel and a lot of the shorter local trips as well, as they will mostly be on Japan Rail lines or buses. And we can use a SUICA card for any other metro trips. Looking forward to enjoying the Shinkansen a few more times.

*surprise* (or not, as the case may be) #AI

Doctorow on the impending economic collapse when the AI bubble bursts. pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...

Christopher Walken's ten minute musings about his father in, 'Comfort of Strangers'.

My favourite recording of Mahler's 2nd symphony is conducted by Seiji Ozawa with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa singing the lead soprano. Sublime.

Making preparations to plant more things in the courtyard. But discovering building rubble (likely from the demolition of the previous houses on this site) and rocks. So I'm charged with digging these out - there's a surprising amount and some big rocks. #UrbanAg

Master stock roast pork belly, with crackling to die for. Had it with green beans, salad leaves, roast potatoes and a sweet chili sauce inspired by daigaku imo. Fuel for more garden tasks tomorrow (planting and a couple of relocations).

Creditable performance by the @wallabies.bsky.social and I'm not sure the All Blacks were entirely convincing: despite the 33-24 scoreline. Need to back it up again in Perth. #BledisloeCup

D-Mac puts the All Blacks out to a 23-17 lead, with a penalty early in the second half. #BledisloeCup

Some good build up phases by the @wallabies.bsky.social to score just before half time. Closes the scores to 20-17 as we get near to the break. #BledisloeCup

The @wallabies.bsky.social having to do a lot of continuous defending from a pretty relentless @AllBlacks. With the patience paying off with another try to NZ: 14-3. #BledisloeCup

Great start by the #AllBlacks. Early attacking pressure, quick movement and an opening try after 4 minutes: 5-0. #BledisloeCup

Kapa O Pango: The Team In Black! Rise to the challenge - game on. #BledisloeCup

Fairly full morning so far: #cycling, #coffee, laundry... And purchasing a few plants to get the courtyard under way. Some food prep to get done once we get back home too - so can't put my feet up just yet...

Looking like tomorrow morning will be dry and not too windy. So probably a bit of #cycling to get the day started. 'night for now. #zzzzz

F'kn A!

A world first win. Unions in Australia holding Uber to account ✊

Multiple tasks on in the kitchen ATM. Refreshing the master stock to simmer the pork belly for tomorrow. And making paella for tonight's dinner.

"Ten million dune buggies, comin' down the mountains." What an image. youtu.be/2yK504X_wvs?...

OK. Time to hit the road and get the last, long depletion run done before a couple of weeks tapering for #MelbMara. See y'all in a couple of hours. #running

Got to love shopping at #QueenVictoriaMarket. Where you can have a discussion with a butcher, about cooking pork belly in master stock before roasting it. Can't do that at a supermarket.

Signal boost. Well worth the investment of your time to check this thread. 🧵

Gym workout done, so it's across the road to the bakery (Akimbo) to re-stock on bread for the long weekend.

Guess I'll be taking my winter woollens to Japan, then... 🥶

A smart government would require home growers to pay a small yearly license fee. Crop limits to apply and sales prohibited. Revenue for state coffers. But we tend not to do smart government, in Australia.

Got to the gym and did a bunch of laps in the pool this morning. Some domestic order to restore, then an appointment for a new #running show fitting. Just in time for a couple of runs to break them in before #MelbMara.

Moving 3/4 of a metre of topsoil from the driveway to the courtyard wasn't on today's bingo card. Useful upper body workout too. But job done and things are looking close to finished. Probably some plants (ferns, mosses, grasses) to buy this weekend. #UrbanAg

QED

Is this what I predicted would happen? Yes. Do I enjoy being right about this? No.

Strongly suspect that cockatoos have attacked my vegetable garden. Not too worried about the damage to the kale, but having new lettuces ripped out is very annoying. Grrrr. #UrbanAg

Leach by name, leech by nature...

Mushrooms and brocolli pasta bake with salad this evening. And a healthy serving of Wugazi during preparations. youtu.be/nlSGRscvSHQ?...

Woot. My book order has arrived. Planned reading for Shinkansen trips later this year. While undoubtedly not easy reading, they are both thin, so I might also need something additional for the long-haul flight legs to and from 日本.

When your parsley crop reaches topiary level. #UrbanAg

FFS! I'm a big fan of the hard sciences, but humanities teaches critical thinking and communication skills that are a necessary adjunct. We will be the poorer for this.

Luxo is truly New Zealand's Scott Morrison.