Sooty
@sootymatt.bsky.social
Court reporter, musician & birder. Hyperlexic, autistic & Australian. Proudly boring.
With or without language, we already know whales lead vibrant, complex mental lives and understand that they exist.
November 30, 2025 at 5:14 AM
With or without language, we already know whales lead vibrant, complex mental lives and understand that they exist.
If you expect better from the ABC, you haven't been reading their news articles much recently. Typos are common. I try not to get too bothered about it, but it does make me sad.
November 30, 2025 at 3:42 AM
If you expect better from the ABC, you haven't been reading their news articles much recently. Typos are common. I try not to get too bothered about it, but it does make me sad.
B-but Brion is ok in the end, right?
November 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
B-but Brion is ok in the end, right?
You know what, this rec gets a pass
November 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
You know what, this rec gets a pass
Can't wait to read the book.
I'm fascinated by how this conflict has been described successively over my lifetime as settlement, colonisation, invasion, genocide and now a war. It's been a real change in perspective.
I'm fascinated by how this conflict has been described successively over my lifetime as settlement, colonisation, invasion, genocide and now a war. It's been a real change in perspective.
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Can't wait to read the book.
I'm fascinated by how this conflict has been described successively over my lifetime as settlement, colonisation, invasion, genocide and now a war. It's been a real change in perspective.
I'm fascinated by how this conflict has been described successively over my lifetime as settlement, colonisation, invasion, genocide and now a war. It's been a real change in perspective.
You'll actually gravitate towards all objects of any mass, but it's not as pithy sounding.
November 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
You'll actually gravitate towards all objects of any mass, but it's not as pithy sounding.
It's also because lower inflation doesn't mean low prices, just that they've stopped increasing quite so quickly. So everything's still expensive!
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM
It's also because lower inflation doesn't mean low prices, just that they've stopped increasing quite so quickly. So everything's still expensive!
Thanks! I'm getting stuck into it.
November 4, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Thanks! I'm getting stuck into it.
The kids want to check the trustworthiness of a judge in a limo, someone presumably pretty well-respected.
November 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The kids want to check the trustworthiness of a judge in a limo, someone presumably pretty well-respected.
I'd love to read more of that article, but the ads made it impossible. They cover the text and make the page jump up and down so you can't find your place! Madness 🫠
November 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I'd love to read more of that article, but the ads made it impossible. They cover the text and make the page jump up and down so you can't find your place! Madness 🫠
You seem to be unawarethat the quote is edited. The original is comparing a big mac meal to homemade sandwiches.
October 25, 2025 at 6:28 AM
You seem to be unawarethat the quote is edited. The original is comparing a big mac meal to homemade sandwiches.
I hear France does a good submarine
October 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I hear France does a good submarine
I've seen people online put "Isnotreal" when questioning the legitimacy of the Israeli govt. Some (most?) of the Isreals will be typos, but some are also definitely intentional.
October 15, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I've seen people online put "Isnotreal" when questioning the legitimacy of the Israeli govt. Some (most?) of the Isreals will be typos, but some are also definitely intentional.
I'm not sure if you're joking, but you definitely can download all of wikipedia. If you leave out images it's not even that big (43Gb compressed). They have a how-to page with instructions: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
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October 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I'm not sure if you're joking, but you definitely can download all of wikipedia. If you leave out images it's not even that big (43Gb compressed). They have a how-to page with instructions: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
I use my brain for ideas
October 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I use my brain for ideas
This will obviously push house prices further up. Please don't pretend this helps with housing affordability.
September 10, 2025 at 6:05 AM
This will obviously push house prices further up. Please don't pretend this helps with housing affordability.
I don't think it's fair to characterise a defense lawyer that way, but in any case isn't there an obvious conflict of interest? The producers of the show should have discounted him as a guest for that reason.
September 9, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I don't think it's fair to characterise a defense lawyer that way, but in any case isn't there an obvious conflict of interest? The producers of the show should have discounted him as a guest for that reason.
I don't understand how the relative ages of Italy and the USA are relevant when both are much younger than ancient Rome.
September 9, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I don't understand how the relative ages of Italy and the USA are relevant when both are much younger than ancient Rome.
Is it as old as ancient Rome?
September 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Is it as old as ancient Rome?
I fully understand that his voice is jarring, but I still think taking shots at him for it is tacky and unnecessary. There's plenty of other stuff to rip into him about.
September 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I fully understand that his voice is jarring, but I still think taking shots at him for it is tacky and unnecessary. There's plenty of other stuff to rip into him about.
Is that essentially a way of moving liquid by sucking it halfway up a long straw? I can see how that might be precise, but is by there a chance of the operator being infected or the sample getting saliva/breath in it? Sorry, I've never pipetted anything before.
August 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Is that essentially a way of moving liquid by sucking it halfway up a long straw? I can see how that might be precise, but is by there a chance of the operator being infected or the sample getting saliva/breath in it? Sorry, I've never pipetted anything before.
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August 29, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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