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I got kicked out of Ravenna. Had to move to the lagoon and build a more equitable society.
For no reason at all remembering the time when Cory Bernardi's bio on Twitter was exactly 14 words long and described him as South Australia's 88th Senator.
February 3, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Hey Elon you know what would be way, _way_ cooler than data centres in space?

Data centres AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN. Just THINK of all that REALLY COLD WATER you could use to cool them. It's just SITTING THERE.

You will certainly not regret IMMEDIATELY visiting the BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN.
February 2, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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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
February 1, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Some of the kids were watching Wicked last night and I walked in just at the point were Elphaba has got her broomstick and is trying to convince Galinda to go with her and I had to make this.
January 29, 2026 at 1:36 AM
A Culture (eccentric) GSV that is obsessed with musical theatre.

It’s called “Defying Gravitas”.
January 28, 2026 at 11:23 AM
January 27, 2026 at 4:01 AM
"Bovino? More like Go-vino, am I right?"
January 27, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Couple of Normal Forms seeks third.
January 19, 2026 at 11:26 PM
When the new Adelaide Festival board comes in they should publish all the details of all the correspondence and deliberation that went into this fuckup. Name the fucking names.
January 13, 2026 at 4:23 AM
January 13, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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Got a Specialist Track idea for PyCon AU 2026, or half of one?

We’re hosting our next Specialist Tracks office hours on Thursday 15 January at 6:00pm AEDT

This is a relaxed, open discussion session with the PyCon AU organising team. Find out more: 2026.pycon.org.au/posts/call-f...
January 12, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Starting a hosting provider for people who are unaware of their privilege.

It's called Cishetzner.
January 12, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Has anyone started a project to get Grok to start saying how Elon is so much more awesome than Trump?
January 12, 2026 at 1:56 AM
So @notalawyer.bsky.social will be happy to know that listening to 5-4 meant I got a catfishing.net question right that only 7% of players were correctly answering.
catfishing - the Wikipedia guessing game
Guess the Wikipedia article from its categories. 10 interesting people, places, and things to guess every day.
catfishing.net
January 10, 2026 at 12:28 AM
New tronc just dropped!
LG has a new home assistant robot named "Cloid".

Cloid.
January 8, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Thinking about the US midterms and wondering if you can impeach the entire line of succession down to Speaker of the House in one go...
January 7, 2026 at 9:18 AM
I made a tiramisu. So then I did the only logical thing and made another tiramisu.
December 31, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I’m in this area and I don’t like it.
December 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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no, I said I wanted a tradewife. like a union electrician
July 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
OUT: silkposting
IN: sorrowposting
December 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Remember kids: an ontology isn't just for Christmas.
December 16, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Times New Roman Empire?
December 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Is "Kanban Bordello" anything? Should it be?
December 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM