Wow.

….Pervert glasses…

But they look so cool…

Firefighters battle out-of-control blaze at one of Australia’s two remaining oil refineries in Geelong Smoke warning for residents south of Viva oil refinery in Corio as Geelong mayor calls fire ‘unprecedented’

The refinery in Corio/Geelong is on fire.

Specifically it's the section that produces petrol and diesel for vehicles that is burning. I can't imagine a worse disaster at a worse time.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Well shit.

I recall a comedy article about WH needing to learn how shipping insurance works in a hurry so they could come up with their protection variation.

Meanwhile people closer to those who invented shipping insurance note lmalloyds.com/safety-conce...

Venus, on this gloomy evening, shining bright at 20.45 BST.
#astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social

Encouraging better behaviour through chaotic evil.

Completely on-brand.

- I said, don't go that way. Never go that way.

- Oh. Thanks.

- Cor! If she had kept on going down that way she'd have gone straight to that castle.

I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum

I’m getting sick of asking

“Oh dear what has happened now?”

Deep breaths

Librarian 'gobsmacked' after school uses AI to remove 200 books from shelves including Orwell's 1984 and Twilight | LBC Senior staff at the secondary school in Greater Manchester used AI to earmark 200 books for removal from its library that were deemed

What the actual hell?

www.lbc.co.uk/article/libr...

May the call of this beautiful laughing kookaburra uplift your day.

#bird #kookaburra #australia

Concur with enthusiastic delight. A fascinating book incorporating careful character development within a cleverly built world that combines discord with familiarity.

A great read.

Three part meme First Overlaying an aircraft on the ground is the text “My email is well written, reviewed and ready to be sent” Second The plane is climbing after leaving the ground with the text “my email is sent” Third An image of aairplane boarding stairs overflowing with people waiting to board; no airplane is present. The text reads “attached file”

Or add this Meme

Project Hail Mary.

A hopeful movie, uplifting and frankly a long overdue antidote to the last few months and years

Would recommend.

Highly.

Very highly.

Do you know, my friends and I were talking about how silent men have been with their outrage over the Epstein files. Good men, why are you not up in arms about this. It could have been your sister, your daughter. Where is the male outrage? We need to hear you

May the fair winds of effective work be at your back;

Worst is when you lookup and realise everything is quiet because you have been in a workload trance so long no one else is around - or it’s morning - arg.

Is staying up late doom scrolling ok?

Err; hmm… ‘night!

About 70% of the U.S. economy runs on consumer spending.

But as wealth concentrates at the top, the richest 10% can’t spend enough to sustain it — while everyone else can’t afford to.

Reminder that trickle-down economics simply doesn’t make sense. It’s a hoax.

a cartoon monkey wearing a pirate hat is playing drums in a band with other monkeys . Alt: a cartoon monkey wearing a pirate hat is playing drums in a band with other monkeys .

Outstanding but also

This is a lesson for everyone who thinks generative AI is too big to fail.

This photo is a closer of three blooms of a six petal white with a hint of lilac flower caught my eye

My botanical ignorance is outstanding, but this rather pretty little lilac white caught my eye

The “white portals” are opaque Perspex with black gaffer tape over the top; perhaps a reflection on the permissibility of the plastic and the quality of low light cameras.

Photo from a camera in a bird box: it shows a blue toy sitting to one side and the start of a nest consisting straw, grass and moss at the bottom of the nest box

This years nest building has commenced.

A window frame photographed from the outside. A very happy - we assume - cat is sitting on the windowsill snoozing in the sun.

This is a very smart cat.

There are other reasons for the UK government not to award or continue Palantir contracts but this statement of intent by its CEO must surely be decisive?

a couple of cartoon dogs standing next to each other wearing blankets ALT: a couple of cartoon dogs standing next to each other wearing blankets

So many great replies, here is another that gives me joy

Lilo and stitch

ANALYSIS | SpaceX wants to launch a million satellites. Here's how that could impact us here on Earth | CBC News Scientists are deeply concerned about SpaceX's recent proposal to launch one million satellites into orbit around Earth. Their concerns range from a loss of the natural night sky and our access to spa...

“Recent studies have shown that when satellites reach the end of their lives and burn up upon reentry, they leave behind metals like aluminum and lithium.

The consequences of this are not yet known. But that's [only one thing that] concerns scientists…”

www.cbc.ca/news/science...

a man in a suit stands in a field and says all the information 's on the task . ALT: a man in a suit stands in a field and says all the information 's on the task .

🤷‍♂️

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for