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Always learning!... and helping others to do the same. I've done research, written papers, taught maths, physics and science at high school and university... now doing bits and pieces
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The Finding of Godot

[A potential sequel?]

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    @TheBreadmonkey Wait a second!... I'm willing to sacrifice everything and do it for the low, low price of $1,362,524.99.

    @Qldaah@aus.social avatar Qldaah , to random

    What happened in that minute before the NSW police officer pushed the man in white? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/-white-shirt-man-town-hall-protests-punched-new-video/106332094

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    @Qldaah IMO, more disturbing was the video of police punching the man already pinned on the ground.

    My brother, a long time ago, was a UK police officer. We had conversations about how difficult it can be to restrain / arrest someone, with minimal force, who's resisting.

    However, punching someone (particularly already pinned) was never an aspect of it - that's simple thuggery / a beating / retribution / officer lost their shit etc.

    Similar-ish here. IMO, they first go to beat him, not arrest.

    @TheBreadmonkey@beige.party avatar TheBreadmonkey , to random

    TIL escalators in the UK move 1.5x faster than those in Korea. What this means for us all is yet to be revealed.

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    @TheBreadmonkey @internetsdairy No. But I've been in quite a few Schindler's Lifts.

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    @TheBreadmonkey 🎶"Escalation, escalation, escalation that's what you need.

    If you wanna be the best..."🎶

    RIP Roy Castle

    @alice@lgbtqia.space avatar alice , to random

    Life hack: If I'm ever found dead in the woods, all the glitter I wear can help identify the man (or bear) responsible! 💖

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    @alice Note to self: buy lots of glitter to wear so that my murder will not go unsolved.

    Further note to self: hide first note to self so no one finds it. They are unlikely to understand, and think I've gone doolally.

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    Shots of coffee.

    I was 3 shots of coffee away from being able to post coherently on Mastodon.

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    ToDo List:

    1. Doom scrolling... TICK

    Kicking goals!

    @randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , (edited ) to random

    Trump has now set a deadline for Thursday next week, where he demands Ukraine signs an agreement to meet Putin’s demands:

    — No NATO membership
    — A reduction of its military to just 600,000 troops
    — Accepting the loss of Donetsk, Luhansk, Crimea, and most of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia
    — Forcing Ukrainian elections within 100 days

    While Russia will
    — Reenter the G8
    — Have all sanctions lifted

    This is not a peace agreement. This is capitulation.

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    @randahl Profanity is warranted here.

    Fuck off Trump.

    (I mean, that applies every day, but here, applies specifically).

    @TheBreadmonkey@beige.party avatar TheBreadmonkey , to random

    The only thing that can stop a bad guy with spaghetti is a good guy with spaghetti

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    @tectonic @TheBreadmonkey Colander's often lead to strained relationships.

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    I mean, if I ate the whole packet of biscuits did the packet of biscuits ever really exist?

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    ✨ A Sprinkle of JoyousJoyness ✨

    So SMOL.

    Have a JoyousJoyfulJoyness day!

    video/mp4

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    @joyousjoyness I didn't realise Gulliver made videos of his travels.

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    The Venn diagram of people who shout “THIS IS JUST LIKE 1984” and people who have actually read 1984 is two circles so distinct and so far apart they might as well exist in different and incompatible multiverses

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    @Daojoan doubleplusgood

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    Santa is an anagram of Satan. AND I've never seen them in the same room together.... just saying.

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    This is the insightful Mastodon content I am here for. 😄
    https://mastodon.social/@narfnra/115260611585672375

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    @randahl I saw a video of one do this on the UK panel/comedy show QI... underrated superpower!

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    Christianity in much of America has lost its true meaning and teachings.

    The image shows two X posts. Nathan J Robinson (@Natha...) posted 15 hours ago, stating, "As a Christian, one thing I love about Trump is that he openly rejects the basic moral teachings of Jesus." Giff Lasta (@GiffLasta) replied 1 day ago, saying, "As a Christian, one thing I love about Trump is how shameless he is about saying 'Love my enemies?' No way man, I hate those guys!' So cool how the honesty allows the conversation to actually happen, rather than a bunch of pious platitudes." The image also includes a photo of Donald Trump speaking at a podium with the seal of the President of the United States, labeled "REMEMBERING CHARLIE KIRK" and "TURNING POINT."
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    @georgetakei "Making stuff up" is intrinsic to religion and you can't be US President without being religious. USians are so steeped in religious twaddle that Trump making stuff up is just another chapter in a lot of making stuff up.

    Trump relies on that. He's essentially a religion to those who follow him.

    Historically, Christianity's never particularly been characterised by being kind to others etc. Sure, many Christians do, but it's not particularly correlated with being Christian.

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    Even if I had a time machine, and even if I could bring this picture back to 2015 — even then, I could not explain to anyone that in the future, a convicted felon would become president of the USA, and he would invite wanted war criminal Vladimir Putin to Alaska to debate the future for our ally Ukraine — WITHOUT Ukraine present.

    A few might believe I was from the future, but NO ONE would believe the picture of these two criminals in front of Air Force One was real.

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    @randahl Particularly weird because even The Simpsons did not predict this (AFAIK).

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    Sweet Dreams Are Made of Cheese

    :cheese_american: :cheese_blue: :cheese_brie: :cheese_gouda: :cheese_romano: :cheese_swiss:


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    @GroupNebula563 @soulexpress @noondlyt Everybody's looking for some cheese!

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    SOS 💔

    3 months ago I wrote the post in picture 1 asking if anyone could help me translate a phrase into English, and asked if @HarriettMB could help.

    This has turned up on Bluesky where the post is incorrectly linking to Harriett's profile, as if I am some creep talking smack about her.

    Surprised, Harriett has asked me about this, but I have been away from my phone, and now she has blocked me.

    Could someone please help clear this up?

    Update: Harriett has unblocked me and we are handling it.

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    @randahl @kevbob Issue seems related to Harriet's profile/bio appearing on BlueSky and past doxxing that Harriet's experienced.

    In Harriet's post, there are comments attempting to explain & let Harriet know about your post/explanation. There are also those who've immediately jumped to "outrage" and/or jumping on those trying to explain - I can both understand such behaviour due to terrible experiences... and know people who've had such experiences and are still accepting of genuine mistakes.

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    Trump:...

    Therapist: And is this TACO in the room with us now?

    @ewen@photog.social avatar ewen , to random

    More of this oppressive sunshine. It's everywhere.

    Autumn light through trees on Collins St
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    @ewen There's a sense of vertigo (or, at the very least, vertiginous-ness) encapsulated by the image.

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    As an outsider, it's surreal to see many USians seemingly only now discovering dystopian aspects of their society because it's affecting a larger proportion - before, many could ignore it.

    Elsewhere we spend time continually fighting against even pre-Trump type USian stuff becoming more pervasive.

    e.g. guns, universal health care, incarceration rates, workers rights, racism, tipping etc. etc.

    I was going to tag as USPol but it's, unfortunately, of far wider relevance.

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    Top and sides

    My favourite coffee mug in the kitchen. Hand made pot with green and earthy glaze.

    My favourite coffee mug in the kitchen. Hand made pot with green and earthy glaze.
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    @ewen @wilpercy It's interesting you say that. I had a physics colleague who could not stop going on about caustics in the reflection from the surface (and how they turn up in other physics) every time one had a cup of coffee! 😀

    "The universe in a cup!" is particularly apt.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caustic_(optics)

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    I was just sitting here thinking that perhaps a cup of tea might clear this headache, and the timeline did this to me.

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    @ewen @emmadavidson A Chai Latte worthy of Valhalla!

    @ewen@photog.social avatar ewen , to random

    It's been a big night. I'm glad the angry spud got banished.

    The fact is though, the reason we dodged another political nightmare was because of the one unfolding in America.

    The current ALP is a massive disappointment. The current LNP is something far worse again. Albo talks a big game, but does he deliver?

    I guess we'll see.

    Know your arse from your Albo
    NYT
    Lesser of two evils

    Lesser of two evils
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    @ewen We can hope... and continue to agitate for better.

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    @ewen But a majority did vote for climate action over climate denial, both in terms of Labor but also independents. Even the LNP had to keep their criticism of renewables etc. relatively muted. And their attempt to derail them through their impractical nuclear proposals were rejected.

    There's hope... though I feel weird briefly playing the optimist, as I often feel pretty depressed about the lack of sufficient action.

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    Penny Wong speaking. I wish she was PM!

    @ewen@photog.social avatar ewen , to random

    Who's that c*nt having a sook about the Greens? Does he realise he was describing himself?

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    @ewen Sits there being nasty about everyone trying to claim everyone else is the problem.

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    @georgetakei Just me?... or, in those photos, does Bannon just look like an older Musk?

    @mondoweiss@social.mondoweiss.net avatar mondoweiss , to random

    Yesterday, the U.S. blocked a UN ceasefire in Gaza—14 countries voted for peace, but America said no to ending the bloodshed.

    Cartoon by Carlos Latuff

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    @mondoweiss US "exceptionalism".

    @Daojoan@mastodon.social avatar Daojoan , to random

    “so much for the tolerant left” i weep, as the cashier refuses to accept my payment of 50,000 loose uncooked beans for this monster energy drink

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    @Daojoan 3 magic beans is the standard payment for anything.

    @golgaloth@writing.exchange avatar golgaloth , to bookstodon group

    Recommend me some SciFi with a good, female lead.

    @bookstodon

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    @deejunfazed @golgaloth bookstodon@a.gup.pe icon bookstodon group I second Becky Chambers and would highlight "To be Taught, if Fortunate".

    @aral@mastodon.ar.al avatar aral , to random

    How people think AI is going to kill them: terminator robots.

    How AI is actually going to kill them: by destroying their habitat and drinking all their water.

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    @aral A thousand years from now aliens visit Earth and sift through the remnants of humanity...

    "Our archaeologists have discovered that apparently the downfall of their civilisation started with something they referred to as 'Clippy'."