Nich Hills
@nichhills.bsky.social
Husband, father, Anglican, retired tax and environmental professional.
Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri country.
Ngunnawal, Ngunawal and Ngambri country.
This is the country that in the 1980s gave us the MX Peacemaker ballistic nuclear missile.
December 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This is the country that in the 1980s gave us the MX Peacemaker ballistic nuclear missile.
I thought appellate courts deferred to a lower court on the factscof the case, with the higher court concerning itself with points of law.
Disclaimer: I am Australian.
Disclaimer: I am Australian.
December 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I thought appellate courts deferred to a lower court on the factscof the case, with the higher court concerning itself with points of law.
Disclaimer: I am Australian.
Disclaimer: I am Australian.
🎵It's Your Party and I'll cry if I want to🎵
December 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
🎵It's Your Party and I'll cry if I want to🎵
Because Article 25 haa to bw invoked by the Cabinet?
December 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Because Article 25 haa to bw invoked by the Cabinet?
I am reminded of the AUKUS treaty announcement when Biden blanked on then Australian Prime Minister Morrison's name, and called him, 'That fellow'.
December 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I am reminded of the AUKUS treaty announcement when Biden blanked on then Australian Prime Minister Morrison's name, and called him, 'That fellow'.
Getting safer? Want to keep it that way? More police.
I'll get my coat.
I'll get my coat.
December 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Getting safer? Want to keep it that way? More police.
I'll get my coat.
I'll get my coat.
Something, something, repeatable experiments?
December 4, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Something, something, repeatable experiments?
Reposted by Nich Hills
We have a grilled chicken restaurant here in Denver called Chook. Excellent chicken. They also sell Lamingtons.
December 2, 2025 at 5:17 AM
We have a grilled chicken restaurant here in Denver called Chook. Excellent chicken. They also sell Lamingtons.
It's still here, thanks to @anthonymayer.bsky.social
At the time I was writing under the pen name of 'Syd Webb'.
www.anthonymayer.net/ah/history.h...
At the time I was writing under the pen name of 'Syd Webb'.
www.anthonymayer.net/ah/history.h...
Alternative History
www.anthonymayer.net
December 2, 2025 at 5:54 AM
It's still here, thanks to @anthonymayer.bsky.social
At the time I was writing under the pen name of 'Syd Webb'.
www.anthonymayer.net/ah/history.h...
At the time I was writing under the pen name of 'Syd Webb'.
www.anthonymayer.net/ah/history.h...
'Prediction' damnit.
December 2, 2025 at 5:24 AM
'Prediction' damnit.
Another explanation, 'Hard to believe the GOP could do this all by themselves.'
December 2, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Another explanation, 'Hard to believe the GOP could do this all by themselves.'
'My mother, drunk or sober.' - GK Chesterton.
December 2, 2025 at 5:16 AM
'My mother, drunk or sober.' - GK Chesterton.
Young cop: Look Sarge! Mass murder!
Older cop; Yes, well, murder. Murder's getting harder to prosecute. Wait, what have we here? *Heinous* murder!
Older cop; Yes, well, murder. Murder's getting harder to prosecute. Wait, what have we here? *Heinous* murder!
December 2, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Young cop: Look Sarge! Mass murder!
Older cop; Yes, well, murder. Murder's getting harder to prosecute. Wait, what have we here? *Heinous* murder!
Older cop; Yes, well, murder. Murder's getting harder to prosecute. Wait, what have we here? *Heinous* murder!
Evergreen prediliction.
December 2, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Evergreen prediliction.
Fewer types of cheese, but.
December 2, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Fewer types of cheese, but.
Not if we have our Burundi visas.
December 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Not if we have our Burundi visas.
We need to find another country to grant us residency before we seek denaturalisation otherwise <checks notes> Nauru?
December 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM
We need to find another country to grant us residency before we seek denaturalisation otherwise <checks notes> Nauru?
I'm trying to parse the difference between murder, and having a mulligan because your murder wasn't 100% succesful.
Other framings are available.
Other framings are available.
December 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I'm trying to parse the difference between murder, and having a mulligan because your murder wasn't 100% succesful.
Other framings are available.
Other framings are available.
'Truth, justice, freedom, reasonably priced love and a hard-boiled egg.' _Night Watch_ by Terry Pratchett.
December 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
'Truth, justice, freedom, reasonably priced love and a hard-boiled egg.' _Night Watch_ by Terry Pratchett.
There is a theory in some quarters that if humans do enough environmental damage, it will hasten the return of Jesus Christ and the end of history.
I wonder if it's running out of Advent candles, instead.
I wonder if it's running out of Advent candles, instead.
December 2, 2025 at 2:10 AM
There is a theory in some quarters that if humans do enough environmental damage, it will hasten the return of Jesus Christ and the end of history.
I wonder if it's running out of Advent candles, instead.
I wonder if it's running out of Advent candles, instead.
As long as there's writing, there's history.
December 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
As long as there's writing, there's history.
None of this backs up your claim, "every time the USA starts a war, it goes begging to Europe (and Canada, and Australia, and..".
December 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
None of this backs up your claim, "every time the USA starts a war, it goes begging to Europe (and Canada, and Australia, and..".
So the only help the USA received from European nations was before the USA was currently constituted.
December 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
So the only help the USA received from European nations was before the USA was currently constituted.