East West rail corridor cut by flooding amid heavy rain in northern SA www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02... via @abcnews

Feel like yelling at the TV (or computer, or tablet, or phone)? youtu.be/Q41u3Kt93-g?...

@pratchatpodcast.com Although “updated to include material on the Discworld books up to _Raising Steam_”, sadly there is a _The Shepherd’s Crown_ shaped hole, particularly in the section on the Elves. #pratchat93

@benmckenzie.com.au wow, you’re quick off the mark this afternoon :-)

@pratchatpodcast.com I love this quote from Pterry in the introduction. I suspect Tolkien would have agreed, although he would have used a mason and boulders:-)

I love it when YouTube offers up random videos side by side like this

GPS collars, camera traps to see if foxes are swimming into Booderee National Park www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02... via @abcnews

Experts weigh in on Bridgewater Bridge crack www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02... via @ABCnews

This would not have looked out of place in BTAS, nor in "Caped Crusader" m.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ7K...

It is scarily depressing how accurate Jimmy Rees is in this video :-( m.youtube.com/shorts/cSjnL...

Flood ruins costly repairs to Savannahlander railway bridge before it is used www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02... via @abcnews

Hand-built high country bridges lost to fires, taking decades of history with them www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02... via @abcnews

Western quoll joey born in outback NSW likely to be first in a century - www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02... via @abcnews

@dangolding.com there's a James Horner score of somewhat titanic proportions we have yet to hear...

Old Spirit ferries up sale with new berth 'on track' for October launch, TT-Line says www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02... via @abcnews

'Spas' and 'saunas' used to reintroduce green and gold bell frogs to the ACT in world-first trial www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02... via @ABCnews

@dangolding.com catching up on last night's episode. Every time I hear the opening to "Close Encounters" I expect to hear it followed by "woke up, got out of bed"!

Thousands of flying foxes die, hundreds rescued, amid record-breaking SA heatwaves www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... via @abcnews

Floor collapse at Toll warehouse in Queensland causes statewide vaccine shortages www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... via @abcnews

Removal of old Bridgewater Bridge marks 'sad point' for Tasmania's rail history, advocates say www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... via @abcnews

Add a roast chicken, and we have a meal fit for Denethor! #ozmoot

Which is the cup of a carpenter? #ozmoot

It would appear that, until this very post, no-one has ever used the hashtag #ozmoot on BlueSky

Aurora australis seen across Australia as geomagnetic storms deliver spectacular light show www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... via @abcnews

Antarctic penguin breeding cycles changing rapidly in response to climate change, study shows www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... via @abcnews

It’s #PenguinAwarenessDay

The highly detailed, invisible work that goes into 'near real-time' bushfire mapping www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... via @abcnews

When stupid ideas take hold, and won’t let go; another in an occasional series.

WA farmers grapple with three-month BOM radar outage ahead of planting season www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... via @abcnews

Working my way through the 4th edition of “Klaeber’s Beowulf”; fascinating reading, but yes, the various contributors have definitely knocked down the tower and examined each and every stone in meticulous detail…

"The Very Hungry Wall": Wall blocking Strahan waterfront views on Tasmania's west coast attracts ridicule www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... via @abcnews

Half of Canberra's Commonwealth Avenue Bridge is closing for two years. Here's what you need to know www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... via @abcnews #CBR traffic is going to be nuts for the next two years. And after that, they'll start the tramline extension across the lake...

How artificial intelligence is being used across the ACT to provide vital services www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... via @abcnews

Scientists, landowners working on Tasmania's Bruny Island to help forty-spotted pardalote species www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... via @abcnews

@dangolding.com I suspect that we won’t be hearing “Pore Jed is Daid”, even though it’s seasonally appropriate :-)

@dangolding.com Lyrics! Lyrics! Lyrics! So you can play them… play more :-)

@dangolding.com Two musicals? <googles /> Ah, “Guys and Dolls”, I suspect. Sorry, but not in the same class as “Oaklahoma!”

@dangolding.com Great program tonight; never expected to hear something from “The Night of the Hunter”! I suspect we’re not going to get anything from “The Quatermass Xperiment” though

Wildlife carers warn people to watch out for puggle burrows this summer www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... via @abcnews

WA's Pilbara region shares a human and shorebird FIFO population www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... via @abcnews

Finding K XI: A WWII Submarine in the Rottnest Ship's Graveyard youtu.be/dHh1OyD7oZg

If you needed any *more* proof that google's AI overviews are complete rubbish: Agatha Christie passed away in 1976

Make a Bond movie academic Julius No PhD

Ah, the joys of updating all of ye olde root certificate authority certs on ye olde iPad 2, so that podcast feeds still work...

I really like this Christmas present the teen gave me :-)

Scientists on 'high alert' as bird flu threat looms over Australian Antarctic Territory www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12... via @abcnews

#Pluribus I doubt we’ll learn much about the origins of the virus in S2; it’s not information necessary for the virus to spread. But perhaps the message also said “go listen to the following locations”, and there are more broadcasts from previously joined civilisations that hadn’t been detected /2

#Pluribus I’ve seen some complaints that Carol isn’t asking the right questions. Remember, Carol is grieving, and that grief is being skilfully manipulated by both the joined *and* the writing staff.

#Pluribus Are individuals in the joined able to retain anything “learned” from the joined? I can see a future in which a “cured” Zosia may not be able to speak English

#Pluribus We saw that the first human to be infected started running a set of instructions to spread the virus, so you only need one person to be “joined”. If you put an infected person inside a faraday cage by themselves, they’d revert to running the “spread the virus” code, ie start a new network