Bus in Christchurch with prams hanging off the front
While researching the history of bringing bikes on buses, I just discovered something: in the mid 20th century, buses in Australia and New Zealand had hooks on the front or back for mothers to hang prams off! Bus pram hooks were apparently a unique NZ+Aus phenomenon, found nowhere else in the world.
So good. Consumer psychology is definitely playing a lot into the situation, with panic buying.
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
Shot this a few years ago but Steve and the video shop are still there!
This is fucking insane. I know we have other stuff on but I feel like this is something the UN could sort out if they put their minds to it.
“AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations” - Cory Doctorow
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Three bush-stone curlews standing on the ground, in front of a shed in the evening
Close-up of a cartoon bush stone-curlew's face
Some drawings of bush stone-curlews from my ongoing Canberra Birds artwork series: www.stuartmcmillen.com/birds/bush-s... #CanberraBirds #BirdoftheYear
Just cast my first vote in Round 1 of #BirdoftheYear @australia.theguardian.com for the mighty Bush Stone-Curlew www.theguardian.com/environment/... So many great choices
This is so good from Cory Doctorow on all the tricks Amazon uses to get both consumers to pay more, and how businesses on the platform end up paying it 45-51 cents on every dollar.
Plus he rightly calls for regulatory change, not just individual consumer action
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
a snippet of a mini-comic, at top - straight line stretches from point A to B. Immediately below, same dot at A, then becomes a curving, meandering line that winds through the page and ends at a point with rays and a question mark emanating from it. Text reads: "Nothing can do this for you - that robs you of experience and conflates answers with learning. Rather, it's all the decisions you make along the way, the mistakes, struggles, and surprises! These pathways you create - this is learning.
Pages from a mini comic
Pages from a mini comic
Pages from a mini comic
My drawn statement on Ai as standalone from my now finished minicomic as syllabus for new liberal studies class! As promised this is shareable, printable - all from my site, feel free to make use of it, cite me & let me know how it’s received. Share away all here! spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy...
Really enjoyed hearing Campbell Walker ('Struthless') talking to Wil Anderson on his Wilosophy podcast. everyonerelax.co/wilosophy/wi... #Wilosophy #EveryoneRelax #Struthless
You can tell that they really enjoyed each other's company.
Nice piece about the patronising tone that many take when talking to older people.
Let's drop the false brightness www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Happy 10th Birthday to the polarizing New Yorker cover: Chris Ware’s ‘Playdate’ and Visual Allegory by Ken Parille www.tcj.com/chris-wares-...
Indeed, Bill.
And it blows my mind that the UK had a referendum on ditching FTTP in favour of STP voting, and the voted to retain FTTP! What a waste. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Un...
INCREDIBLE !!
Here we are... 😱😱😱
After days of overloading and cracks propagating, Birch Glacier collapsed today at 3.24 pm over Blatten and the dammed Lonza river...
Devastating! 😭
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Chart showing cumulative superannuation of someone starting on $150,000 at 18yo getting a pay rise of 3.7% and working every year till retiring at 67.
Think you might one day have $3m in your super & be affected by the super tax changes?
Ok, you are 18yo, you just got a job - it pays... $150k!
Give yourself a 3.7% annual pay rise.
Never take time off for study, kids or illness.
You will retire with $3,017,016
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Got my democracy sausage #AustraliaVotes #AusVotes #AusPol
the iPhone is usually the *iconic* example of global supply chains, so much so that it anchors this great @stuartmcmillen.bsky.social comic, which I have used recently as a teaching tool!
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Dutton wants to work remotely if he gets the job
