Hel in a hand basket
@helodare.bsky.social
Still sad that I didn’t grow to 5’7” so that I had the opportunity to join the Rockettes. Book trade chica. Trying to understand this world and how to make things better for people. Maybe making Kate Bush and Dolly Parton world leaders would work
Data centres are evil
Corporate greed is extending global reliance on dirty energy. We need real investments in renewables + the political will to stand up to fossil fuel interests & protect public health.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/24/mumbai-datacentres-coal-air-pollution?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/24/mumbai-datacentres-coal-air-pollution?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal
As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Data centres are evil
Rewatching Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and it is extraordinary that the only woman meeting the aliens is the mother waiting for her son. A sea of men
November 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Rewatching Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and it is extraordinary that the only woman meeting the aliens is the mother waiting for her son. A sea of men
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in 1st century Judea, the corners of every field had to be left for the poor to pick crops for themselves, every seventh year *all* of the crops from fields and vineyards and orchards belonged to the poor, and all debts of all types were cancelled every 50th year.
November 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
in 1st century Judea, the corners of every field had to be left for the poor to pick crops for themselves, every seventh year *all* of the crops from fields and vineyards and orchards belonged to the poor, and all debts of all types were cancelled every 50th year.
Opening any work app is akin to watching a broadway movie. What’s new? Zah! (Jazz hands). Wanna do this? Zah! (Jazz hands). Keep on working on your last opened app? Zah! (Jazz hands)
November 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Opening any work app is akin to watching a broadway movie. What’s new? Zah! (Jazz hands). Wanna do this? Zah! (Jazz hands). Keep on working on your last opened app? Zah! (Jazz hands)
Lord only knows what price A1 Bakery can now command
“Beloved Aussie chicken chain El Jannah acquired by US firm in billion-dollar deal” www.realcommercial.com.au/news/beloved...
So that’s that then.
So that’s that then.
Beloved Aussie chicken chain El Jannah acquired by US firm in billion-dollar deal
Viral Aussie chicken sensation El Jannah has been reportedly sold off in a huge $1 billion deal that has shocked the nation.
www.realcommercial.com.au
November 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Lord only knows what price A1 Bakery can now command
That and the white dot (shudders)
We have entire generations that don't know what static on a tv is
November 28, 2025 at 6:10 AM
That and the white dot (shudders)
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Part 218 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Ceramic hedgehog dated to the Neolithic period found at the Hamin archaeological site near Shebotu Town in Inner Mongolia, China
Ceramic hedgehog dated to the Neolithic period found at the Hamin archaeological site near Shebotu Town in Inner Mongolia, China
November 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
An original existential scream
Effing hell- how can a child of ten represent themselves. The NT govt’s regression to just plain racism is disgusting. And also there aren’t enough lawyers to represent children or anyone there. It’s a carceral state. They won’t close the youth detention centres, they’ll just keep locking up kids
Children as young as 10 could be forced to represent themselves in Northern Territory courts after Legal Aid Northern Territory announced it would immediately cease free legal representation to people charged with crimes unless they are already in custody. satpa.pe/CvmyI82
NT cuts legal aid for anyone out of custody
The Northern Territory has made widespread cuts to free legal representation, leaving children as young as 10 to represent themselves in court.
satpa.pe
November 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Effing hell- how can a child of ten represent themselves. The NT govt’s regression to just plain racism is disgusting. And also there aren’t enough lawyers to represent children or anyone there. It’s a carceral state. They won’t close the youth detention centres, they’ll just keep locking up kids
Went to a pub a few weeks ago with my sister, neither of us knowing it was an Oktoberfest day with an Oompapa band playing pop standards. Because I can’t help myself, I sang along. My sister was like, how do you know all of the lyrics, and I think it’s just how I’m wired
November 27, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Went to a pub a few weeks ago with my sister, neither of us knowing it was an Oktoberfest day with an Oompapa band playing pop standards. Because I can’t help myself, I sang along. My sister was like, how do you know all of the lyrics, and I think it’s just how I’m wired
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Something has happened at Flinders Street. Cops everywhere. They've taped off Flinders between Elizabeth and Degraves, and they've erected some tents.
November 27, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Something has happened at Flinders Street. Cops everywhere. They've taped off Flinders between Elizabeth and Degraves, and they've erected some tents.
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"Noah Jones argued the government's policy was "lazy". "We are the true digital natives and we want to remain educated, robust, and savvy in our digital world... They should protect kids with safeguards, not silence.""
Kid's right on the money and I hope they win.
Kid's right on the money and I hope they win.
Social median ban: teens challenge law before High Court www.bbc.com/news/article...
Australia social media ban: Teens challenge law before High Court
They argue the law - which will block users under 16 from having social media accounts - is unconstitutional.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"Noah Jones argued the government's policy was "lazy". "We are the true digital natives and we want to remain educated, robust, and savvy in our digital world... They should protect kids with safeguards, not silence.""
Kid's right on the money and I hope they win.
Kid's right on the money and I hope they win.
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Stuart Sutcliffe inventing Suede here
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Stuart Sutcliffe inventing Suede here
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The whole effing deal smacks of corruption. The use of private companies, the eye watering amount of money to essentially lock away people indefinitely. No wonder they didn’t want a NACC with teeth. It’s effing inhumane, and just continues Howard’s evil legacy
Nauru president accused in parliament of corruptly siphoning off millions of Australian funding www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Nauru president accused in parliament of corruptly siphoning off millions of Australian funding
Senator uses parliament to accuse Albanese government of knowing David Adeang was ‘seriously corrupt’ yet still signing $2.5bn deportation deal
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 AM
The whole effing deal smacks of corruption. The use of private companies, the eye watering amount of money to essentially lock away people indefinitely. No wonder they didn’t want a NACC with teeth. It’s effing inhumane, and just continues Howard’s evil legacy
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
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So Labor and the Liberals teamed up to pass legislation to give police the power to recommend cancellation of Centrelink payments of people who have not been found guilty of a crime by a court of law. It’s discriminatory financial punishment of people in poverty who are already over-policed
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
So Labor and the Liberals teamed up to pass legislation to give police the power to recommend cancellation of Centrelink payments of people who have not been found guilty of a crime by a court of law. It’s discriminatory financial punishment of people in poverty who are already over-policed
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Government could start by not going out of its way to screw the entire knowledge work sector. Just spitballing here. Maybe back your creatives when they say they've been ripped off by huge tech firms instead of finding ways to give our work to megacorps free of charge? I dunno man it's a MYSTERY...
Ahead of the National Year of Reading, the Education Committee has launched a new inquiry to understand how reading can be nurtured following the decline in the number of children reading for pleasure 👇 #BookSky
MPs launch inquiry into how the joy of reading can be kept alive
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November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Government could start by not going out of its way to screw the entire knowledge work sector. Just spitballing here. Maybe back your creatives when they say they've been ripped off by huge tech firms instead of finding ways to give our work to megacorps free of charge? I dunno man it's a MYSTERY...
Remember when the former government had a plan to send Borderforce into the CBD for visa checks. How the police can claim this new plan is not going to racially profile people is risible
‘Vast overreach’: police allowed to conduct warrantless pat-downs of people across inner Melbourne for six months
‘Vast overreach’: police allowed to conduct warrantless pat-downs of people across inner Melbourne for six months
Search powers, usually reserved for protests, will be in effect in the CBD and beyond in move criticised by human rights groups
Victoria police will have the power to conduct warrant-less pat-downs, search cars and move people on in Melbourne’s CBD for six months, in a move human rights and legal groups have described as a “vast overreach”.
Police on Tuesday declared the CBD, Docklands, Southbank, the sporting and entertainment precinct and parts of East Melbourne and South Melbourne as a “designated area” from Sunday, until 29 May 2026. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Remember when the former government had a plan to send Borderforce into the CBD for visa checks. How the police can claim this new plan is not going to racially profile people is risible