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I just discovered that Scott Morrison has had a book published 🤢 🤮

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3xottY-7m3k&t=1834s
A very comprehensive explanation about why the Palestine situation is not complicated. Free and Heal Palestine.

“alsewhere”
#abcnews #spellcheck #spelling #proofreading

A screenshot from the ABC News Australia website that reads “What's next? Mr Trump is looking to balance a growing list of court dates in New York and alsewhere with a
prospective run for re-election.”

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#BBCNews - 100 days of #Gaza war: The scale of destruction
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67977694

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Favorite new word: Enshittification

Congrats @pluralistic

2023 Word of the Year is “enshittification” – American Dialect Society

“The American Dialect Society, in its 34th annual words-of-the-year vote, selected “#enshittification” as the Word of the Year for 2023. More than three hundred attendees took part in the deliberations and voting, in an event hosted in conjunction with the Linguistic Society of America’s annual meeting.”

#Facebook, #Twitter, #Instagram, #TikTok #socialmedia #americandialectsociety #wordoftheyear
https://americandialect.org/2023-word-of-the-year-is-enshittification/

Text Shot: The term enshittification became popular in 2023 after it was used in a blog post by author Cory Doctorow, who used it to describe how digital platforms can become worse and worse. “Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die. I call this enshittification,” Doctorow wrote on his Pluralistic blog.

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The thing is about Australian wildlife is that most Aussie animals won’t back down from a fight, but most of them don’t go looking for a fight either.

If you’re worried about visiting Australia because of our deadly fauna, here’s a hint. If you see an Australian animal, walk away from it.

A kangaroo has trouble disemboweling a retreating person because its attack involves rocking back on its tail and kicking you with both feet. It’s not really able to do any damage on something that’s moving away.

Magpies will generally let you know where their territory is, and if you stay out of it while they’re nesting, they won’t knock a hole in your head.

You literally have to get in the water to be bothered by sharks or crocodiles. Swim where the locals swim.

Snakes and spiders are about the only thing that you might happen upon by surprise and they tend to be happy to let you leave, but will happily fuck you up in self defence.

Y’see, Aussie wildlife mostly kills idiots who approach it, try to pat it, or catch it. Our animals mostly kill and maim stupid people.

I guess, my point is, we don’t have anything like lions or bears that will chase you down, pull you out of your car and tear you to pieces.

Also, the chances of being shot in this country is almost non existent.

Australia’s a pretty safe place to visit, comparatively.

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Finally watched The Electrical Life of Louis Wain. Giving a full rating :blobcat: :blobcat: :blobcat: :blobcat: :blobcat:. Especially for the little details and colorful psychedelic artworks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electrical_Life_of_Louis_Wain

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CONGRATULATIONS CORY DOCTOROW @pluralistic 🥳

"2023 Word of the Year is “enshittification” – American Dialect Society

https://americandialect.org/2023-word-of-the-year-is-enshittification/

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Book 2

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Classic/Literary fiction

This has been on my TBR for ages. I listened to the audiobook narrated by Humphrey Bower, an Australian who does an okay American accent (as far as I can tell). The atmosphere of a certain slice of America in the 1920s was well described, the descriptions and dialogue were fantastic. A Great read.
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#bookstodon @bookstodon

#Books I’ve read in 2024: a thread

Book 1

Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper -
The Dark is Rising Sequence

Middle Grade/Young Adult
Fantasy/Adventure fiction

I read this because a friend recommended the second book in the series, so obvs I had to read this one first. It was an enjoyable holiday read and reminded me of books I read as a child (such as The Five Children and It by E. Nesbit and The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge).
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#bookstodon @bookstodon

A book cover in retro illustrative style (in yellow/orange monotone), showing three children standing in front of three tall stones on a bluff above the ocean. The shadow of a fourth person can be seen entering at the bottom of the frame, and a tiny white sailboat is on the distance. The children look wary or afraid.

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#NoBillionaires

The Chaser
@chaser

If the world was a Monopoly game, we'd be at the part where everybody rage quits because all the property is g gone, rent is unaffordable, and one rich guy is ruining everyone's fun

It’s a shame, because I liked some of the features compared to other mastodon apps (and yes, it’s up to date).

I’m deleting #metatext as it seems to have stopped working:

A screenshot of my metatext home screen, absolutely empty of toots.

@engagedpractx has anyone tried adding alcohol?

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"The Perennial Calendar - For Anniversaries". Always keep the dates that matter in your life where you can see them. 🐨🌿 💜. https://shop.sylvia-ritter.com/products/perennial-calendar-for-anniversaries #art #mastoart #fediart

This calendar includes animal illustrations from my ongoing series inspired by the Ubuntu release names.
- Limited first edition of 100 calendars.
- All calendars will be signed and numbered by the artist.
- Shipping Details / Lieferzeiten
Featuring:
January - "Lucid Lynx"
February - "Breezy Badger"
March - "Intrepid Ibex"
April - "Jaunty Jackalope"
May - "Feisty Fawn"
June - "Quantal Quetzal"
July - "Natty Narwhal"
August - "Karmic Koala"
September - "Oneiric Ocelot"
October - "Xenial Xerus"
November - "Wily Werewolf"
December - "Raring Ringtail"

Natty Narwhal. https://www.deviantart.com/sylviaritter/art/Natty-Narwhal-603577323. A narwhal portrait. Swimming through water, creating waves. Followed by some friendly koi fish. Surrounded by various corals and plants.

@sylvia_ritter so beautiful!

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All 34 episodes of the BBC's Rough Science are on the Internet Archive. Made in collaboration with the Open University it aired from 2000 to 2005, showcasing scientists tackling engineering challenges using basic tools and natural resources.
https://archive.org/details/rough-science-18-communication/Rough+Science+01+Mediterranean+Mystery.mp4

@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon @uriel hey, that’s a Popple, I had one of those toys in the ‘80s! Popples had pouches on their backs, so that the toy could be inverted into its own pouch, like rolling a pair of socks. What a weird thing to prompt a childhood memory!

A brightly multi-coloured soft toy that resembles a kind of marsupial creature with a pompom tail. This one is magenta, orange, green and blue with fluffy pink cheeks.

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