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As threats go, this is up there with Hannibal Lecter saying he wouldn't invite you to dinner.
November 30, 2025 at 9:47 AM
As threats go, this is up there with Hannibal Lecter saying he wouldn't invite you to dinner.
She says it as though it’s a bad thing
November 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
She says it as though it’s a bad thing
Just clipped posing on a stripped bed
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Just clipped posing on a stripped bed
The LNP are determined to become fringe dwellers in Australian Politics
November 29, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The LNP are determined to become fringe dwellers in Australian Politics
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Rebel nuns is it?
Near Salzburg you say? 🤔
Flibbertigibbets, perchance?🧐
Near Salzburg you say? 🤔
Flibbertigibbets, perchance?🧐
Sound of music, How to solve a problem like Maria song
YouTube video by Monica
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Rebel nuns is it?
Near Salzburg you say? 🤔
Flibbertigibbets, perchance?🧐
Near Salzburg you say? 🤔
Flibbertigibbets, perchance?🧐
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
I like a little mayonnaise with my banh mi to balance the chilli 🙄
I like a little mayonnaise with my banh mi to balance the chilli 🙄
KFC’s bánh mì has its name but not its nature. Who is this sandwich for?
I’ve eaten bánh mì at birthdays and picnics, at temples and cemeteries. But my first from the multinational food chain will likely be my last
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
I like a little mayonnaise with my banh mi to balance the chilli 🙄
I like a little mayonnaise with my banh mi to balance the chilli 🙄
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Irish Book Awards 2025: Roisín O’Donnell, Claire Gleeson and Manchán Magan among winners. Jacqueline Connolly, Andrew Porter, Cecelia Ahern, Andrea Mara, Elaine Feeney, Joseph O’Connor and Michael D Higgins also honoured
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Irish Book Awards 2025: Roisín O’Donnell, Claire Gleeson and Manchán Magan among winners
Jacqueline Connolly, Andrew Porter, Cecelia Ahern, Andrea Mara, Elaine Feeney, Joseph O’Connor and Michael D Higgins also honoured
www.irishtimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Irish Book Awards 2025: Roisín O’Donnell, Claire Gleeson and Manchán Magan among winners. Jacqueline Connolly, Andrew Porter, Cecelia Ahern, Andrea Mara, Elaine Feeney, Joseph O’Connor and Michael D Higgins also honoured
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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Late contender for best news quote of 2025: "At the end of the day, most people do not give a shit about Ned Kelly’s rotating three-dimensional helmet."
State Library of Victoria faces job cuts as staff accuse management of pursuing ‘digital vanity projects’
Under the plan, 39 jobs would be lost and the public-facing workforce of reference librarians would be cut from 25 staff to 10
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Late contender for best news quote of 2025: "At the end of the day, most people do not give a shit about Ned Kelly’s rotating three-dimensional helmet."
Interesting poll for fans of Australian picture books #KidLit www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Nominate your favourite Australian children’s picture book of all time
A good picture book is pure magic – and Australia has produced some of the best. Nominate your favourite here
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Interesting poll for fans of Australian picture books #KidLit www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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The author is right: X has become a perversion of what the internet was meant to be. But the deeper question is why people remain so captivated by a platform that has turned into a hall of poisoned mirrors — and why serious newspapers still participate in it.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
The author is right: X has become a perversion of what the internet was meant to be. But the deeper question is why people remain so captivated by a platform that has turned into a hall of poisoned mirrors — and why serious newspapers still participate in it.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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I recorded a video for my #slvresidency on hacking the SLV website. It talks about looking beneath the hood of #glam websites to try and imagine alternatives & fix problems. https://lab.slv.vic.gov.au/resources/hack-website-video-tim-sherratt #libraries #digitalhumanities
How to 'hack' a library website – a video tutorial by Tim Sherratt | SLV LAB
Learn how to hack a web browser to view and access online collections in different ways
lab.slv.vic.gov.au
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I recorded a video for my #slvresidency on hacking the SLV website. It talks about looking beneath the hood of #glam websites to try and imagine alternatives & fix problems. https://lab.slv.vic.gov.au/resources/hack-website-video-tim-sherratt #libraries #digitalhumanities
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Some great photography to cheer us all up!
The 2025 BirdLife Australia photography awards – in pictures
The 2025 BirdLife Australia photography awards – in pictures
The 2025 BirdLife Australia photography awards – in pictures
A preening brush turkey, a wise cassowary and some hungry terns are among the winning and shortlisted photos in this year’s prize
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Some great photography to cheer us all up!
The 2025 BirdLife Australia photography awards – in pictures
The 2025 BirdLife Australia photography awards – in pictures
What a fucking disgrace
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
What a fucking disgrace
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By putting them on?
November 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
By putting them on?
November 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Paywalled but you get the picture. Management does not necessarily have a background in Libraries
#Victorians! Our State Library is being trashed by a series of executives with no experience or understanding of public collections. Many hired as 'temps' without full process, who then caused scandals & exodus of specialist & librarian staff: a full wreck looms. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
State Library proposes major cuts to staff and services
The library plans halve the number of reference librarians it employs and reduce the number of computers available for public use in a move that has outraged staff.
www.theage.com.au
November 23, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Paywalled but you get the picture. Management does not necessarily have a background in Libraries
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Let’s take one as an example. 9.3% U.S. adults identified as LGBTQ+, highest since 2012 when Gallup started measuring it. The number is low. Gallup said that “85.7% say they are straight…[and] five percent of respondents decline[d] to answer the question.” news.gallup.com/poll/656708/... (51/?)
LGBTQ+ Identification in U.S. Rises to 9.3%
LGBTQ+ identification among U.S. adults has increased to 9.3%.
news.gallup.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Let’s take one as an example. 9.3% U.S. adults identified as LGBTQ+, highest since 2012 when Gallup started measuring it. The number is low. Gallup said that “85.7% say they are straight…[and] five percent of respondents decline[d] to answer the question.” news.gallup.com/poll/656708/... (51/?)