Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/

Tomato plant diary day #22 Mum, I really think you shouldn't go lower than f/4, as dog's feeling very fuzzy.

When I started my engineering degree in Sydney, @iknowthezarbi.bsky.social stayed in Canberra working for six months. I took the train to Canberra every other Friday afternoon, returning Monday for class, and he alternated. It was really wonderful. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I'm an RF engineer, and we don't even own a fucking microwave.

Just hit total nerd nirvana. @iknowthezarbi.bsky.social bought me a stand for cook books. I can use it to hold my iPad running a gameboy emulator, playing Tetris using a bluetooth controller while listening to Mike Oldfield via airplay. Oh, and drinking wine. Not sure if the wine helps my scores.

Tomato plant diary day #20 Leafy boi 🌱

Many years ago I bought a Gameboy Advance, to replace the Gameboy that I basically wore out playing Tetris. The screen is so awful you can barely see anything in normal lighting, so I only rarely used it. Today I found a backlit screen that drops in without surgery! retrosix.co.uk/Game-Boy-Adv...

"Now, let’s just hope this is all real and the company doesn’t fuck this up between now and release." This. Also, Han shot first.

Playing Emu Joust on my FreeBee Microbee compatible. Excuse the lack of keyboard, and my lack of skill. Note the use of an iPad as a tape player. I skipped the couple of minutes waiting for it to load, as I know kids these days have zero patience.

@iknowthezarbi.bsky.social really wanted to watch this one at the cinema when it was un-banned. It's the only movie I've ever walked out of the cinema on. theconversation.com/cinemas-most...

Tomato plant diary day #19 It looks like our little tomato plant is gonna be fine. It had a shaky start in life, but it's really enjoying it's planter and getting watered every day. Trimming the branches at the bottom has helped heaps. Max is taking his tomato guarding duties very seriously.

Max and Sandy say the dog park at Aveley is awesome. It's got sniffs, and grass, and bits for digging, and sticks, and heaps of yummy water, and play equipment!

Dignity. Always dignity.

Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made. Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊

When the Epstein files drop.

"CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research" my column on the CSIRO research cuts #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...

If you're old like me, and Australian like me, you'll remember Microbee computers. Here's my latest Freebee, a Microbee compatible that runs all Microbee software, uses no PLDs, and is completely open-source. Plus it's smol, on account of chopping the keyboard off. www.suzyj.net/2025/05/moar...

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Today is #LGBTQinSTEMDay 🌈 ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals. The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do. #SpaceForAll

Yeah, just another day at the office... email, meetings, the usual.

This be me soon!

I think we're gonna have to pull that rosemary before we need heavy machinery to get it out!

Why grandma, what lovely teefs you have!

How it started. Just requested a quote for two more planters.

Tomato plant day #13 @iknowthezarbi.bsky.social and I ripped out the monster parsley, added some more potting mix, planted some fresh parsley and spring onions, and added an extra support for the tomato as it gets taller, plus a bit of timber across the top to brace the whole structure.

They'll also ask if I've had sex with a man in the last three months. Ironically saying yes to this doesn't disqualify me from plasma donations. I'll refuse to answer, because they don't ask straight people this question, and say what I do with my husband of 20 years is none of their business.

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I'm donating blood plasma next week. In the interview, I'm expecting my blood pressure will be extremely high. That's because, despite living my entire fucking adult life as a woman, and having had SRS a quarter century ago, I'll see this when I check in: Yeah, about that high blood pressure...

Trying to convince @iknowthezarbi.bsky.social why we need four more planters: Planter 1: Tomatoes 🍅 Planter 2: Onions 🧅 and Garlic 🧄 Planter 3: Rosemary and Parsley Planter 4: Sage, Oregano, and Thyme Planter 5: Capsicum 🫑 and Chilli 🌶️ Planter 6: Potatoes 🥔

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Fucking watch me.

Tomato plant diary day #8 Growth spurt! (pic. from two days prior for comparison ↘️)

Plumber contracted to fit drains to a pipe so can drain it: We need to empty the pipe to fit the drains. Do you have a drain on it? 🤦‍♀️

The bumper says 'rugged working man'. But the cargo bed says ‘cosplay builder with soft hands’. Time to ban these fragile-man-mobiles from our cities.

In their defence, there was an overwhelming police presence at the demonstration. If you count the nazi police protesters, that is. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The last time I heard anything about Graham Richardson was how he was fighting against the inclusion of girls at Cranbrook- one of Australia’s most expensive & exclusive schools and the place he sent his son. Such a Labor man

Tomato plant diary day #5 For today, a closeup of the new growth 🌱

Holy fuck. I started my career in space shooting lasers at this little dude's grandma, topex-poseidon. Now I get to support the launch of the latest oceanographic satellite; sentinel-6b. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentine...

Waiting for full darkness before watching this one.

Several winners of Cycling UK 100 Women in Cycling prize decline award due to exclusion of trans women 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 road.cc/content/news...

My workplace is now 21% queer. We're the queerest workplace working for the queerest employer in the land. FFS, we're just really fucking queer. We shit actual rainbows.

Daydreaming of Musk.

If the dead don't want to be spoken of poorly then they should have been better people in life.

Good thing we don't let our cows have guns in Australia, or I'd be done for!

New Norcia NNO2 antenna looking spectacular waiting for AOS of Ariane 6 VA265.

Max meeting his first tennis ball. He's really quite concerned. Much whining.

New webcam setup is decidedly over-the-top, but does blur my background nicely.

Max says his new toy is the gayest yet!

Woot! Extended my #wordle max streak to 90 with just 2 guesses!