The If You're Listening team is striking today, calling for fair pay and conditions, particularly for casual and fixed term staff. I'm lucky enough to have an ongoing role - many of my colleagues don't. As a result, this week's Thursday episode will be released on Friday.

"Open the Strait of Hormuz. You may not receive the help of any other sovereign nation. Fastest wins."

LMFAO SOMEONE MADE IT A REAL THING sweepthestrait.com

www.theregister.com/2026/03/12/i... RIP to the man behind the funniest bit of all time: the invention of the null pointer

🚨Cover Reveal🚨 18 months ago I started writing a book based on the strange historical rabbit holes we explore on If You’re Listening. It's out 28 April! Preorders are open - they help ensure ABC Books print more than the copies my mum will buy. www.harpercollins.com.au/978146071922...

Why did they call it Watership Down and not Warren Peace

Plums xkcd.com/3209/

sCOTus

Shit laden Hurricane is my new favourite sentence www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Recent Commissions! Weird round dinosaurs inspired by cattle painting :3

Did you know gum blossoms don't just attract bees - Australia's eucalypts rely on a huge range of species for pollination! Stay tuned for more stories about #OurEucalyptHome in the lead up to National Eucalypt Day on March 23rd! Cartoon in collaboration with @eucalyptaus.bsky.social!

He wasn't initially called to religion, but then he saw the light.

We still need at least an extra two public holidays

The only Angus I say "Well Done" to

Ominous bird valentines.

This was also my experience

I do bite my thumb, sir. I bite it so hard.

I searched the word "Redwall," no hits, sad

“Want to learn some indigenous astronomy tomorrow night in Melbourne? Head to the Herbarium at the Botanic Gardens for a free pubic lecture or watch online via YT, Twitch or FB.” calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0...

vale jon..

Aw man! Shitty day. RIP to a guy who played guitar in a band that did not sound like a single other band

Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)

The woke scolds are trying to make this about racism. But Musk is right. It's about historical and scientific integrity. When the God of Thunder disguises himself as a swan to seduce and fuck a queen and the resulting baby hatches from an egg, *of course* the baby will be white. It's just science.

The #pyconau 2026 CFP is now open! We've refreshed our site with all new guidance for 2026, so visit 2026.pycon.org.au/cfp to get all the details. Attend CFP workshops around the country in February and March to help polish up that idea you've been sitting on! Submissions close 29 March 2026, AOE

A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community. n.pr/4thWiUr

I need all of my British friends to see this.

This boy has learnt that handsome, beautiful and gorgeous all refer to him. No one taught him

#sotd Dirty Rice by BORNTOSTANDOUT. It does actually smell ricey, a bit smokey cloudey. I like, interesting without being overwhelming #fragrancesky #perfumesky

#sotd Squid by Zoologist. I tried this one specifcally as I didn't think it would smell musky - it doesn't. It smells like Penguin without the muskyness and more oceanic freshness but still a little bit funky. I still prefer Penguin. #fragrancesky #perfumesky

Renmark in South Australia reached 49.6C and had 67km/h wind gusts.

#sotd Tiger by Zoologist. Its got a familiar musky under note, like what I remember from Koala or Penguin, but warm quite spicy top notes. I have a few more samples from Zoologist to try, I hope they are not all musky under note with different top notes #fragrancesky #perfumesky

hi #EverythingOpen friends 👋 (a brief thread 🧵) **I am currently looking for a new role in the cyber security genre** 🎉 I've just posted my info on the #EO2026 **Jobs BoF** page on the wiki (I'm not publishing the link, if you're here you know where to find it 😜) #boost4reach pls! (1/2)

I’m enjoying the Behinds the Lines exhibition at the Museum of Australian Democracy. Especially the ones those are quite relevant at the moment

Enjoying an overview of the Australasian Inter-Service Incident Management System from @aduckismyfiend.bsky.social. Getting people to collaborate effectively in an emergency is hard! #everythingopen #eo2026

Cat wandered in front of the camera during the #aurora long exposure

I’m glad that I’m currently on a train with very few options to change direction

Just a boy standing in front a of a graph saying if you're going to do a pie chart, please don't do it in this stupid way

Was going to launch this at Adelaide - but will now be Canberra in March. I suck at promotion, but it’s open for pre order at wherever you get your books (and you can ask your library for it too) 🩷

#sotd Southern Bloom by Goldfields and Banks. I just don't like this one. Nothing offensive, its just is a bland indistinct floral. The Goldfields and Banks samples I have are not the freshest, but I do remember not being impressed by this one when they were fresh #fragrancesky #perfumesky

This is how I found out. This is how it should be.

#sotd Blue Cyprus by Goldfields and Banks. This one feels a bit blankd, a bit sweet, a bit aquatic but just not much that interests me #fragrancesky #perfumesky

#sotd Cockatiel by Zoologist. Musky and powdery. The musk is similar to Penguin and Koala, but overall it feels more dry and sweet. #fragrancesky #perfumesky

Oh my god she uploaded a slow motion video and it's amazing. He's just like me fr running as best he can and still going backwards over and over!

Thredbo.

Important first aid tip here.

#sotd Sienna Brume by Mihan Aromatics. This one is a bit of anodd one. Sweet top notes then an almost funkiness like some sort of tropical fruit. I'm not sure what I think of it #fragrancesky #perfumesky

#sotd Bull's Blood by Imaginary Authors. This is a very strong one. It is reminiscent of blood, but without it being metallic. It is spicy, floral and warm. Even the colour is red. I find it too distracting to actually wear. #fragrancesky #perfumesky

finally, we're living through precedented times