In Turkey, an elderly man who earns his living by shining shoes is visited every morning at the same time by a cat that asks to have its fur brushed. The man never turns down this little friend.😍👍💙
Seinfeld is back‽
Can we just stay on daylight saving time in Australian (or at least the parts that still have to change). It’s so dark in Melbourne too early!
You don’t need an out of office for Easter weekend.
The scale of Australian universities managerial & governance surrender/capture is ASTOUNDING
"Twelve of the 14 universities had council members, who had substantive roles as consultants from firms such as Ernst & Young, PwC, KPMG, Deloitte, McKinsey, and Boston Consulting Group"
Charts showing two columns Adult community & other education industry: wages $3.9bn; profits, $1.7bn Oil and gas industry: wages $4bn, profits $71.6bn
Part 2 in "Just how big is the oil and gas industry".
The private adult education sector pays almost as much in wages as does the gas industry. Profits are a tad different.
live.thepoint.com.au/2026/03/the-...
‘The internet was once simply a place you visited to learn things. Now it learns you. …the algorithms study what you linger on and serve you more content like it.’
We Study Mass Shooters. Something Terrifying Is Happening Online. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/o...
From 1941 to 1952 in the UK, the top rate of income tax was 98%. A luxury goods purchase tax introduced in 1940 later rose to 100%.
Result? The share of incomes captured by the richest 0.1% fell from 7% in 1937 to just over 1% in 1975. That's what we need today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
More shameful nonsense from the people in charge of the province I lived in for 14 years. If you’re banning books, you’re one of the bad ones.
Two Gen Z’s in the last day have mentioned watching old Letterman clips. The kids are alright.
Wild that the released data is so uneven.
I saw a group post this and have to say that it is amazing.
Fantastic work. Thanks for sharing. Any chance you’ll onboard other provinces?
Hello I would like to share with you my new-and-improved website that compiles 46 years' worth of baby-names data in Alberta:
albertababynames.com
It now includes the latest data (for 2025) and a similar-names function to easily browse through various spellings in naming trends.
We're thrilled to announce the Ctrl-Z Award, a US$2,500 prize for researchers “who discover substantial errors in their published work and take meaningful steps to correct the scientific record."
Covered by @nature.com today; read more here: centerforscientificintegrity.org/2026/03/10/a...
Rewatch Schitts Creek. You’ll thank me.
I’m Canadian. Live in Australia. The number of people who have said to me some version of, “there’s an Olympics on?” … “oh, you mean the Winter Olympics.” Canada’s best start bringing it!
Three moods in three seconds.
Finished the last Heated Rivalry book today. Started the first about 10 days ago. Absolutely devoured them. Now I need to find someone to talk to about them who hasn’t just seen the series.
The calm before the Victoria's Pride Street Party.
I’d like to add to the list painting tile or brick to the list of things that should be illegal.
It would be fascinating to know what the air frier usage on this 44 degrees day in Victoria was. Sous vide steak and air frier potatoes and garlic bread (out of frame) here. Avoided turning the oven on.
Yeah. Five for the price of four is a regular approach to limes and lemons. I hate it. Just let me buy one lime! It's encouraging over consumption, and Australia's duopoly isn't going to self-regulate (or compete)
Australia’s system effectively penalises smaller households, single people, and anyone without storage space. I suspect it would also contribute to unnecessary food waste.
Two quick wins for the Australian government.
1. Ban card surcharges. Cash is dying. There shouldn't be a charge for using cards.
2. Ban multi-item discounts. Forcing me to buy two boxes of Shapes to get the discount should be illegal. Prohibit conditional multi-buy pricing!
Corrected something in this post (ta, eagle-eyed librarian!) and counted all the zeroes properly this time. Elsevier's profit is not in the millions, it's billions. 😵💫
New at @therealrw.bsky.social this week: "Librarians versus the world"!
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