Mike Funnell
@mikefunnell.bsky.social
Former SysProg moved on to being a payments specialist - and now trying to fully retire. — @FunnellMike over with the pachyderms & on what might still be Twitter (sort of).
Sydney, Australia.
Sydney, Australia.
Photos: we want photos! 🤣🐸
November 30, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Photos: we want photos! 🤣🐸
They develop software intended to aid software development (and, yes, other things too).
Although: some who have been afflicted with Jira might dispute that 🤔
Although: some who have been afflicted with Jira might dispute that 🤔
November 30, 2025 at 4:34 AM
They develop software intended to aid software development (and, yes, other things too).
Although: some who have been afflicted with Jira might dispute that 🤔
Although: some who have been afflicted with Jira might dispute that 🤔
That should read National Toilet *Monitor*, please 🙄
That is his ‘officially’ self-appointed position.
That is his ‘officially’ self-appointed position.
November 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
That should read National Toilet *Monitor*, please 🙄
That is his ‘officially’ self-appointed position.
That is his ‘officially’ self-appointed position.
Might one assume the dress code allowed white vinyl but not black? 🤔
November 29, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Might one assume the dress code allowed white vinyl but not black? 🤔
Yep: things you personally approve of.
November 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Yep: things you personally approve of.
Or is this down to things you, personally, approve or disapprove of? 🤔
With others not allowed to differ on such matters?🤷♂️
With others not allowed to differ on such matters?🤷♂️
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Or is this down to things you, personally, approve or disapprove of? 🤔
With others not allowed to differ on such matters?🤷♂️
With others not allowed to differ on such matters?🤷♂️
So if you break your leg playing footy, or falling off a mountain, or skiing down it: no help for you, eh? 🤔
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
So if you break your leg playing footy, or falling off a mountain, or skiing down it: no help for you, eh? 🤔
I seriously doubt that.
No - 🤬 that - I *know* you are not ❤️❤️❤️
No - 🤬 that - I *know* you are not ❤️❤️❤️
November 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I seriously doubt that.
No - 🤬 that - I *know* you are not ❤️❤️❤️
No - 🤬 that - I *know* you are not ❤️❤️❤️
He’s now performing “The Dance of the Seven Burkas” in his desperation to stay in the headlines for as long as possible 👰♂️
November 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM
He’s now performing “The Dance of the Seven Burkas” in his desperation to stay in the headlines for as long as possible 👰♂️
Don’t know - but I saw a couple of ambulances - lights and sirens - heading towards Civic on the Barton Highway just now..
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Don’t know - but I saw a couple of ambulances - lights and sirens - heading towards Civic on the Barton Highway just now..
I wasn’t sure (especially about Swan) — until they squibbed their “whitewash report”.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I wasn’t sure (especially about Swan) — until they squibbed their “whitewash report”.
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Albo, though... My friends would tell you "don't get him started about Albo!" 🙄
I was never convinced, but did hope: until my hopes were dashed ☹️
IMO, he learned *all* the utterly wrong "lessons" from Bill's 2019 loss: not helped by the Emmo/Swanny whitewash internal report: a missed opportunity 😢
I was never convinced, but did hope: until my hopes were dashed ☹️
IMO, he learned *all* the utterly wrong "lessons" from Bill's 2019 loss: not helped by the Emmo/Swanny whitewash internal report: a missed opportunity 😢
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Albo, though... My friends would tell you "don't get him started about Albo!" 🙄
I was never convinced, but did hope: until my hopes were dashed ☹️
IMO, he learned *all* the utterly wrong "lessons" from Bill's 2019 loss: not helped by the Emmo/Swanny whitewash internal report: a missed opportunity 😢
I was never convinced, but did hope: until my hopes were dashed ☹️
IMO, he learned *all* the utterly wrong "lessons" from Bill's 2019 loss: not helped by the Emmo/Swanny whitewash internal report: a missed opportunity 😢
I think that's a tad harsh. I'd guess that Kevin had that motivation .. yet, we "needed to talk about Kevin": his micromanaging (among other things) always seemed to overwhelm his objectives.
Julia: well-motivated, couldn't restrain her ambition.
Bill: OK, but too welded to factionalism. Etc.
Julia: well-motivated, couldn't restrain her ambition.
Bill: OK, but too welded to factionalism. Etc.
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I think that's a tad harsh. I'd guess that Kevin had that motivation .. yet, we "needed to talk about Kevin": his micromanaging (among other things) always seemed to overwhelm his objectives.
Julia: well-motivated, couldn't restrain her ambition.
Bill: OK, but too welded to factionalism. Etc.
Julia: well-motivated, couldn't restrain her ambition.
Bill: OK, but too welded to factionalism. Etc.
Dr Adams is, quite correctly, calling ‘BS’ on such obvious cow 🐂 output 💩
But: I would conjecture that’s more to do with clickbait media rubbish that the genuine attitudes of real-world men and women 🤷♂️
I hope I’m not wrong about that 🤞
But: I would conjecture that’s more to do with clickbait media rubbish that the genuine attitudes of real-world men and women 🤷♂️
I hope I’m not wrong about that 🤞
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Dr Adams is, quite correctly, calling ‘BS’ on such obvious cow 🐂 output 💩
But: I would conjecture that’s more to do with clickbait media rubbish that the genuine attitudes of real-world men and women 🤷♂️
I hope I’m not wrong about that 🤞
But: I would conjecture that’s more to do with clickbait media rubbish that the genuine attitudes of real-world men and women 🤷♂️
I hope I’m not wrong about that 🤞
Congratulations there are well-deserved ❤️
That's a wonderful photo!
(I'm also very glad there was no avian impact.)
That's a wonderful photo!
(I'm also very glad there was no avian impact.)
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Congratulations there are well-deserved ❤️
That's a wonderful photo!
(I'm also very glad there was no avian impact.)
That's a wonderful photo!
(I'm also very glad there was no avian impact.)
Nonetheless - criminal punishment in the absence of criminal conviction is wrong. Just plain wrong.
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Nonetheless - criminal punishment in the absence of criminal conviction is wrong. Just plain wrong.
It would be an ethical violation for a prosecutor to proceed against someone they thought to be actually innocent..
..and a miscarriage of justice for a judge or magistrate to allow a trial against the demonstrably innocent to proceed.
It's only *inside* proceedings that the presumption prevails.
..and a miscarriage of justice for a judge or magistrate to allow a trial against the demonstrably innocent to proceed.
It's only *inside* proceedings that the presumption prevails.
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It would be an ethical violation for a prosecutor to proceed against someone they thought to be actually innocent..
..and a miscarriage of justice for a judge or magistrate to allow a trial against the demonstrably innocent to proceed.
It's only *inside* proceedings that the presumption prevails.
..and a miscarriage of justice for a judge or magistrate to allow a trial against the demonstrably innocent to proceed.
It's only *inside* proceedings that the presumption prevails.
Understand, though, that "innocent until proven guilty" is a valid concept only inside the context of a criminal trial.
Once it's got there.
It would be a waste of police resources to investigate if they thought someone *genuniely*, actually, innocent..
Once it's got there.
It would be a waste of police resources to investigate if they thought someone *genuniely*, actually, innocent..
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Understand, though, that "innocent until proven guilty" is a valid concept only inside the context of a criminal trial.
Once it's got there.
It would be a waste of police resources to investigate if they thought someone *genuniely*, actually, innocent..
Once it's got there.
It would be a waste of police resources to investigate if they thought someone *genuniely*, actually, innocent..
But: mere suspicion and nothing else seems way, way, too low a standard. Not "reasonable cause to suspect" (too low), not "reasonable cause to believe" (I think also probably too low) and certainly *not* because "the police consider them a suspect, and the Minister has signed off".
That is horse 💩
That is horse 💩
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
But: mere suspicion and nothing else seems way, way, too low a standard. Not "reasonable cause to suspect" (too low), not "reasonable cause to believe" (I think also probably too low) and certainly *not* because "the police consider them a suspect, and the Minister has signed off".
That is horse 💩
That is horse 💩