Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦
@jimcollings.bsky.social
(ex-Twtr aka caldron_baidu)
Curious reader, flâneur, humanist
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars: Wilde
Meanjin, Brisbane Australia
(formerly of Omelas)
festina lente
Curious reader, flâneur, humanist
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars: Wilde
Meanjin, Brisbane Australia
(formerly of Omelas)
festina lente
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Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things? by Pierre Novellie
reading progress: p.39 (12%)
Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things? by Pierre Novellie
reading progress: p.39 (12%)
Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things?
Why were the other kids at school obsessed with Britney…
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November 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things? by Pierre Novellie
reading progress: p.39 (12%)
Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things? by Pierre Novellie
reading progress: p.39 (12%)
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Empire of AI: Inside the reckless race for total domination by Karen Hao
reading progress: p.23 (4%)
Empire of AI: Inside the reckless race for total domination by Karen Hao
reading progress: p.23 (4%)
Empire of AI: Inside the reckless race for total domina…
When longtime AI expert and journalist Karen Hao first …
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November 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Empire of AI: Inside the reckless race for total domination by Karen Hao
reading progress: p.23 (4%)
Empire of AI: Inside the reckless race for total domination by Karen Hao
reading progress: p.23 (4%)
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Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser
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Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser
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Theory & Practice
It’s 1986, and ‘beautiful, radical ideas’ are in the ai…
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November 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser
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Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akka…
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November 8, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
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Reposted by Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦
THIS IS SO GOOD
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 AM
THIS IS SO GOOD
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10/10 take. No notes.
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
10/10 take. No notes.
Pietr the Latvian (Maigret, #1)
The first novel in the famous Inspector Maigret series.…
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November 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
reading progress: p.63 (30%)
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
reading progress: p.63 (30%)
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akka…
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November 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
reading progress: p.63 (30%)
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
reading progress: p.63 (30%)
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Reposted by Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦
Judge: what evidence does the prosecutors put forward to prove that the defendant is guilty?
Lawyer: things that were… things that are… and some things…that have not yet come to pass.
Lawyer: things that were… things that are… and some things…that have not yet come to pass.
November 5, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Judge: what evidence does the prosecutors put forward to prove that the defendant is guilty?
Lawyer: things that were… things that are… and some things…that have not yet come to pass.
Lawyer: things that were… things that are… and some things…that have not yet come to pass.
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The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman
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The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman
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The Impossible Fortune (Thursday Murder Club, #5)
Who's got time to think about murder when there's a wed…
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November 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman
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The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman
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“it’s 2025, surely nobody could still be using ‘password’ as their password”
the louvre: hold our baguette
the louvre: hold our baguette
November 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“it’s 2025, surely nobody could still be using ‘password’ as their password”
the louvre: hold our baguette
the louvre: hold our baguette
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Reposted by Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦
Great news everyone, the earth is about to be destroyed for a hyperspace bypass.
If we were meant to fly we would have been born with wings.
#DefyDogma
#DefyDogma
November 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Great news everyone, the earth is about to be destroyed for a hyperspace bypass.
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Reposted by Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦
We recorded two non-earthquakes in the last 24 hours. The first was on our office seismograph, detecting Oasis fans 5.5km away at Marvel Stadium. The second was picked up by our station in eastern Victoria - likely a sonic boom from a meteor. The sound was reported widely in the region.
November 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
We recorded two non-earthquakes in the last 24 hours. The first was on our office seismograph, detecting Oasis fans 5.5km away at Marvel Stadium. The second was picked up by our station in eastern Victoria - likely a sonic boom from a meteor. The sound was reported widely in the region.
Reposted by Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦
How every history and science textbook should start
November 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
How every history and science textbook should start
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The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman
reading progress p. 53 (14%)
The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman
reading progress p. 53 (14%)
The Impossible Fortune (Thursday Murder Club, #5)
Who's got time to think about murder when there's a wed…
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November 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman
reading progress p. 53 (14%)
The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman
reading progress p. 53 (14%)
Reposted by Jim Collings ❤️❤️➕🟦
in furious agreement www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘Everything that is wrong with the human race’: inside Hollywood’s bizarre war on the leaf blower
For 18 years, Cate Blanchett has railed against the hated garden gadget – and she’s not alone. From Hugh Grant to Danny DeVito, the backpack blower has united stars in unlikely, furious contempt
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October 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
in furious agreement www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...