Jared Quinert
@xflibble.bsky.social
Software quality and testing, gluten-free experiments, Sixers soap opera, low-budget home espresso. Wondering why the kids aren't angrier.
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my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
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Love how the response to "social media is dangerous, toxic and damaging" is "ban children" and not "hold platforms accountable".
December 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Love how the response to "social media is dangerous, toxic and damaging" is "ban children" and not "hold platforms accountable".
I love how every time there are replacement buses it's as if @ptv-official.bsky.social are running them for the first time ever, even if they have pre-planned it.
No signs, no announcements.
No signs, no announcements.
December 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I love how every time there are replacement buses it's as if @ptv-official.bsky.social are running them for the first time ever, even if they have pre-planned it.
No signs, no announcements.
No signs, no announcements.
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The cost-of-living crisis is getting worse. Inflation is up 3.8%, driven by a 37% increase in electricity prices and 11% increase in childcare — all in one year. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
Now is the time to talk about nationalising essential services
Private generators regularly game the national electricity market to drive up wholesale prices, writes Max Chandler-Mather, and it’s time for a rethink on essential services like energy and childcare.
www.greenleft.org.au
December 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The cost-of-living crisis is getting worse. Inflation is up 3.8%, driven by a 37% increase in electricity prices and 11% increase in childcare — all in one year. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1444/an...
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Should we all get healthcare? “Ah, no, unrealistic.” Should we end constitutionally protected birthright citizenship? “Let’s discuss the merits.” Centrism!
December 7, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Should we all get healthcare? “Ah, no, unrealistic.” Should we end constitutionally protected birthright citizenship? “Let’s discuss the merits.” Centrism!
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this has become a very important video to me
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
this has become a very important video to me
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Anyone else watching the Nobel Prize Committee's Goal of the Month competition live from Oslo on BBC2?
December 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Anyone else watching the Nobel Prize Committee's Goal of the Month competition live from Oslo on BBC2?
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t’s obvious the artist had never seen a real dragon
December 6, 2025 at 5:22 AM
t’s obvious the artist had never seen a real dragon
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Santos has notched up its 10th consecutive year paying ZERO tax in Australia. I’m tempted to change my name to Santos Limited by deed poll, and dare the ATO to come after me. At $200 bucks, it could be the most sensible investment open to me, and I get to trash my backyard into the bargain. #auspol
December 6, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Santos has notched up its 10th consecutive year paying ZERO tax in Australia. I’m tempted to change my name to Santos Limited by deed poll, and dare the ATO to come after me. At $200 bucks, it could be the most sensible investment open to me, and I get to trash my backyard into the bargain. #auspol
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What a weasel you are @albomp.bsky.social
These revelations follow analysis that shows the @australianlabor.bsky.social performs worse than the pathological liars on transparency indicators such as the granting of FOI requests & complying with Sen orders to produce documents.
#Auspol
We need Change
These revelations follow analysis that shows the @australianlabor.bsky.social performs worse than the pathological liars on transparency indicators such as the granting of FOI requests & complying with Sen orders to produce documents.
#Auspol
We need Change
December 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
What a weasel you are @albomp.bsky.social
These revelations follow analysis that shows the @australianlabor.bsky.social performs worse than the pathological liars on transparency indicators such as the granting of FOI requests & complying with Sen orders to produce documents.
#Auspol
We need Change
These revelations follow analysis that shows the @australianlabor.bsky.social performs worse than the pathological liars on transparency indicators such as the granting of FOI requests & complying with Sen orders to produce documents.
#Auspol
We need Change
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December 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Our Swedish CIO shared this video of the cows coming out for the first sun, and I like to imagine that at the same time, all the doom metal bands are going into a bunker somewhere.
youtu.be/pusZ1hvhQSY
youtu.be/pusZ1hvhQSY
Kosläpp: Sweden’s Joyful Cow Release Tradition
YouTube video by Knowledge
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Our Swedish CIO shared this video of the cows coming out for the first sun, and I like to imagine that at the same time, all the doom metal bands are going into a bunker somewhere.
youtu.be/pusZ1hvhQSY
youtu.be/pusZ1hvhQSY
*When*, not "what if".
Labour wants to ramp up facial recognition. What if our data ends up in the wrong hands? | Simon Jenkins
Labour wants to ramp up facial recognition. What if our data ends up in the wrong hands? | Simon Jenkins
We know from recent hacks, and even the Snowden revelations, how vulnerable information gathered is to theft and misuse, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
*When*, not "what if".
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You can’t tell if someone is disabled just by looking at them.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
You can’t tell if someone is disabled just by looking at them.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
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The state of so called journalism in this country is a disgrace.
Pretty sure that if you're measuring on a 'per capita' basis, whether the population is smaller or larger is irrelevant.
December 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The state of so called journalism in this country is a disgrace.
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Every room can be a Rage Room through the magic of phone
December 4, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Every room can be a Rage Room through the magic of phone
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Inner monologue - "I don't pick sides, but your side is objectively the worst".
December 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Inner monologue - "I don't pick sides, but your side is objectively the worst".
2 months into playing tuba after a break of 34 years and just had my first (ensemble) performance on the weekend. Having fun.
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
2 months into playing tuba after a break of 34 years and just had my first (ensemble) performance on the weekend. Having fun.
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It's Xmas 1993, you've gotten your grubby mitts on an Argos catalog, and you're playing "if Santa could bring me one item from each of these pages, what would I choose." So! What's gonna be in your stocking, then? 😁
December 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
It's Xmas 1993, you've gotten your grubby mitts on an Argos catalog, and you're playing "if Santa could bring me one item from each of these pages, what would I choose." So! What's gonna be in your stocking, then? 😁