Ross Floate
@rossfloate.bsky.social
Everything more orange than everything else.
Melbourne, AU
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Melbourne, AU
https://vanityproject.skin
https://rossfloate.com
https://good-pies.com
https://glass.photo/rossfloate
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as part of my campaign to introduce my Europe/UK based editors to Strine, I've used the word "skip" for white Australians in a note. Pleased with that one, but still can't get "spruik" past them. And doubt I'd get "skip" into published copy...let alone "Strine".
December 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
as part of my campaign to introduce my Europe/UK based editors to Strine, I've used the word "skip" for white Australians in a note. Pleased with that one, but still can't get "spruik" past them. And doubt I'd get "skip" into published copy...let alone "Strine".
I wonder who commissioned this research report.
Couldn't be the Victorian Music Development Office could it?https://themusic.com.au/news/melbourne-named-vinyl-capital-of-the-world/yEl22t3c394/10-12-25
Couldn't be the Victorian Music Development Office could it?https://themusic.com.au/news/melbourne-named-vinyl-capital-of-the-world/yEl22t3c394/10-12-25
Melbourne Named Vinyl Capital Of The World
The findings were delivered via part one of a new research piece, 'For The Record.'
themusic.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I wonder who commissioned this research report.
Couldn't be the Victorian Music Development Office could it?https://themusic.com.au/news/melbourne-named-vinyl-capital-of-the-world/yEl22t3c394/10-12-25
Couldn't be the Victorian Music Development Office could it?https://themusic.com.au/news/melbourne-named-vinyl-capital-of-the-world/yEl22t3c394/10-12-25
Just realised these both have rolls of exposed film in them and that the images on there must be at least 15 years old.
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Just realised these both have rolls of exposed film in them and that the images on there must be at least 15 years old.
Governments love to impose a sin tax to reduce prevalence of the sin but also to rely on continued revenue from those taxes in forward estimates and that's not twisted at all.
“...said illicit tobacco and vapes posed a serious and growing threat to public health, community safety and the economy, arguing a range of responses were needed to deal with the scourge...Australian community has a role to play...directly supports serious and organised crime.” #biorisks #auspol
Every second cigarette in Australia is now illegal
The nation’s illicit tobacco commissioner has revealed the illegal trade is costing taxpayers up to $11.8 billion a year as it fuels organised crime.
www.smh.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Governments love to impose a sin tax to reduce prevalence of the sin but also to rely on continued revenue from those taxes in forward estimates and that's not twisted at all.
Sometimes people ask for textbook examples of 'begging the question'.
R U ok with paying 8 to 12 pct more in taxes and possibly losing your standard deduction ?
R U ok with losing access to different curative medications and care because the government can't afford to pay for them, even after taxing all the billionaires 90 pct?
R U ok with losing access to different curative medications and care because the government can't afford to pay for them, even after taxing all the billionaires 90 pct?
December 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Sometimes people ask for textbook examples of 'begging the question'.
Pie sac has shrunk to alarming levels.
December 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Pie sac has shrunk to alarming levels.
This is exactly how porn got injected into my browser.
“Porn is being injected into [US] government websites via malicious PDFs” www.404media.co/porn-is-bein...
Porn Is Being Injected Into Government Websites Via Malicious PDFs
Dozens of government websites have fallen victim to a PDF-based SEO scam, while others have been hijacked to sell sex toys.
www.404media.co
December 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This is exactly how porn got injected into my browser.
I mean you’re worried about narrating a documentary and not the full body assault on all standards of human decency that was The Naked Gun.
December 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I mean you’re worried about narrating a documentary and not the full body assault on all standards of human decency that was The Naked Gun.
Most “where the fuck did THAT come from” track of 2025.
Messy Hens, Public Enemy
youtu.be/ZBgRJe-s_44?...
Messy Hens, Public Enemy
youtu.be/ZBgRJe-s_44?...
Messy Hens
YouTube video by Public Enemy - Topic
youtu.be
December 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Most “where the fuck did THAT come from” track of 2025.
Messy Hens, Public Enemy
youtu.be/ZBgRJe-s_44?...
Messy Hens, Public Enemy
youtu.be/ZBgRJe-s_44?...
Love to run Speedtest and then wonder why my data usage is through the fkn roof.
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Love to run Speedtest and then wonder why my data usage is through the fkn roof.
Gonna use this as my list of films to see when they hit the streamers.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Best, Craziest, Scuzziest Film Performances of 2025
Best Acting in a Helmet, Best Nervous Breakdown, Craziest Charm—the film performances so good Wesley Morris had to invent his own categories.
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Gonna use this as my list of films to see when they hit the streamers.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Beta Band are touring next year and I can’t find anyone to go with me because none of my friends is as insufferable a music wonk as I am.
December 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The Beta Band are touring next year and I can’t find anyone to go with me because none of my friends is as insufferable a music wonk as I am.
Community Chest: “You have successfully achieved The Bubbler. Collect $200.”
December 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Community Chest: “You have successfully achieved The Bubbler. Collect $200.”
Fun thread
Fonts are in the news, so I'm going to take the opportunity to port over an old thread: what was typography like in the Soviet Union?
Spoiler: they did not just have 1 font everyone had to use. As a matter of fact, there were 39.
One of them, you can see here, used to great effect for "Chernobyl."
Spoiler: they did not just have 1 font everyone had to use. As a matter of fact, there were 39.
One of them, you can see here, used to great effect for "Chernobyl."
December 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Fun thread
'Only 1062 days'.
Must be tiring to have so much democracy all the time.
Must be tiring to have so much democracy all the time.
There are now only 1,062 days until the next presidential election. With only 9 days remaining for the DOJ to release the Epstein files, it will be interesting to see what delay tactics may be used in the next few days. Americans must continue to demand the release to allow justice for the victims.
December 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
'Only 1062 days'.
Must be tiring to have so much democracy all the time.
Must be tiring to have so much democracy all the time.
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And you know what really scares me? That offline, particularly in low income rural communities there’s the far right rising fast. And young leftists are losing the chance to organise resistance online because of the social media ban
December 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
And you know what really scares me? That offline, particularly in low income rural communities there’s the far right rising fast. And young leftists are losing the chance to organise resistance online because of the social media ban
Out of nowhere, just remembered the 1980 film 'The Jazz Singer', in which a pivotal scene has Neil Diamond performing in blackface.
December 10, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Out of nowhere, just remembered the 1980 film 'The Jazz Singer', in which a pivotal scene has Neil Diamond performing in blackface.
Henceforth, official US Government documents may only be set either in Fraktur or Mistral.
So let it be written. So let it be done. 👏👏
So let it be written. So let it be done. 👏👏
December 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Henceforth, official US Government documents may only be set either in Fraktur or Mistral.
So let it be written. So let it be done. 👏👏
So let it be written. So let it be done. 👏👏
I get weirded out when I find people in software development and project management have never read “The Mythical Man Month”, but also I am forever meeting designers who have never even heard of Papanek’s “Design for The Real World”.
Anyway, books are good.
Anyway, books are good.
December 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I get weirded out when I find people in software development and project management have never read “The Mythical Man Month”, but also I am forever meeting designers who have never even heard of Papanek’s “Design for The Real World”.
Anyway, books are good.
Anyway, books are good.
I LIVED IT: I got repetitive strain injury from flipping discs on the 45 rpm double-lp reissue of Frank Black's "Teenager Of The Year".
December 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I LIVED IT: I got repetitive strain injury from flipping discs on the 45 rpm double-lp reissue of Frank Black's "Teenager Of The Year".
"Would you like to know less?"
December 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"Would you like to know less?"
Two emails today from SAAS products saying (in essence) will you use our gen-AI features if we make them *free*? Friendo, I would not use them if they gave me money and a back rub.
December 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Two emails today from SAAS products saying (in essence) will you use our gen-AI features if we make them *free*? Friendo, I would not use them if they gave me money and a back rub.
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Thanks, Australian government. Now we're all expected to deliver our ID to random companies on the internet for safe keeping.
December 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Thanks, Australian government. Now we're all expected to deliver our ID to random companies on the internet for safe keeping.
Hey so people are removing the big T badge from their Teslas now?
December 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Hey so people are removing the big T badge from their Teslas now?