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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Orthorexia? Superficial values upheld by society to oppress women? Oh ok, apparently it’s proctitis that means she can only eat bison meat and certain organic vegetables. Righto then.

Photo of Miranda Kerr with the headline ‘Real reason behind model’s unusual diet’

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

People who know about tech - do celebrities use wired headphones to prevent people tapping their phone calls? And if they do, are their fears legitimate?

Picture of various celebrities with wired apple ear buds. The caption reads ‘Hate being caught with a tinfoil hat on but there's a reason why celebs wear wired headphones and not AirPods/bluetooth.’

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

APRIL FOOLS HAHAHA (just joking it’s October and this is real).

Screenshot of a page from Lululemon’s website featuring their ‘Big Ass Bag’ with a photo of a woman holding an absolutely enormous (ludicrously capacious) 80L shoulder bag.

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Thank god we had clothes on when these guys turned up #tokyo

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Got stuck in Bangkok en route to Tokyo and this is the view from the hotel lobby #flooding

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Total clickbait. The baby isn’t even that big, let alone huge.

Paparazzi photo of Lady Gaga with a baby in a sling, accompanied by the caption “Photos confirm star's huge baby secret”

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

Teenagers sleep a lot. The opposite happens when you reach the other end of the hormonal rollercoaster. Help me, I can’t live like this!!

Apple Health sleep highlight showing my August sleep average of 6 hours 35 mins per night, compared with my September sleep average of 5 hours and 53 minutes per night 🫠🫠🫠

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

Is the Nordic warmth in the room with us, Vogue Australia?

Screenshot of a Vogue Australia article with the headline ‘A Haussmannian apartment in Paris balancing elegant restraint with nordic warmth’. The accompanying photo shows a starkly monochromatic room with white-drenched walls and furniture, a nearly black floor, and one blond wood chair.

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

What on earth is this kind of web ad - never seen it before! In an article on The Independent, a single word is highlighted with the tiny word ‘ad’ in the top right corner of the highlighted rectangle. When you click on it, it takes you to a completely […] [Original post on theforkiverse.com]

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

Cats like to wait until they’re sure you’re really going to stay sitting down before they join you, but by then you’ve sat down long enough and are ready to get up. And now you can’t, because there’s a cat on you.

A fluffy seal-point Birman cat, its back to the camera, sitting on a person’s socked feet.

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

Also interestingly, and I could just be unable to see it, I can’t find any way to look at historical satellite images in google earth any more. These are googles instructions on how to do it, but I can’t see this function in the app anywhere

Q Historical imagery D - : A On this page Related resources Current imagery automatically displays in Google Earth. To discover how images have changed over time or view past versions of a map on a timeline: 1. On your device, open Google Earth. 2. Search for places. 3. To view a map over time, you can either: • In the toolbar, click © Historical imagery. • Click View › • Historical imagery. Note: This feature isnt available if you're using the Map basemap. To enable this feature, change your basemap to Satellite. 4. Select how you want to view the map. • To turn on historical imagery view, at the top left, click Historical imagery. • To turn on timelapse, at the top left, click Timelapse.

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

Interestingly, this is what you find if you look it up on Google Earth now:

The same location as in the previous toot, but with a new satellite image in which the previously stained area on the ground has no markings.

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

And in case you missed it, this is what I’m talking about. I took a screenshot of CECOT in April last year:

Close-up screenshot of a satellite view of the US terrorism prison facility CECOT, showing a cluster of buildings surrounding a large, brownish-red stain on the ground.

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

Can you imagine a better view for a run! A few minke whales out today 🐳

Snapshot of the view from a Sydney coastal path. The sun is shining on a large expanse of water. To the left and in the distance, rocky cliffs.

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026

Genuinely had no idea if this was Ashton Kutcher or Jake Johnson.

Promotional image for the movie The Dink, featuring a heavily photoshopped close-up of Jake Johnson surrounded by lurid green pickleballs.

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026

Saw loads of whales frolicking surprisingly close to shore this morning Execellent weekend with a good mix of family and social stuff (and a little bit of doing nothing much) Got Wordle in two guesses today #threegoodthings

Screenshot of my nyt puzzles badge for ‘Wordle in 2’

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026

Omg Google you are now worse than useless.

A Google search for “USD$1,023,604 in gbp”, which previously would have led to a currency conversion result, has instead led to “Your search - USD$1,023,605 in gbp - did not match any documents. Suggestions: • Make sure that all words are spelled correctly. • Try different keywords. • Try more general keywords. • Try fewer keywords.”

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

Bring back sub-editors, parts 73 million and beyond

Screenshot of a portion of a story from the Australian outlet news.com.au: ‘Charlotte was found by medical staff unresponsive, subcoming to the injuries cause by the fire. "We'll never hear her laugh again," Bianca said.’

Paragraph from an Australian clothing retailer: ‘Product details Denim trailblazers Neuw draw inspiration from vintage cuts and lived-in nostalgia. The label's mainstay are quality denim separates, including shorts and jeans, which will eschew the tests of time.’

Caption on an article about the activist group Mad Fucking Witches, describing one of the targets of their boycott campaigns as the radio personality ‘Kylie Sandilands’ (his name is actually Kyle). To be fair, this one is probably just a normal typo, but it made me laugh so I’m including it anyway

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026

And people say Australian innovation is dead

Screenshot of a social media post by the Republican Party (USA): “House Republicans @HouseGOP 5... PASSED: the KIDS Act requires age verification on obscene websites, sets nationwide standards enforced by the FTC, and empowers parents, while letting states pass even stronger child protections.” Australian legislators passed a similar law last year. Britain recently followed suit. Australia - a world leader in online surveillance!

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026

I really paused for a second here

NYT crossword for 15 July 2026. The clue is ‘Like San Francisco, frequently’ and the available space reads F_GG_’

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026

Still more than USD$1 trillion in the hole. It’s like watching an addict unable to leave the craps table.

Screenshot of results from the website isaiprofitableyet.com: IS Al PROFITABLE YET? TRACKING THE SPEND AND REVENUE OF FRONTIER AI COMPANIES (JULY 2026). NO. EVERYONE'S BROKE• $1.2T TOTAL INDUSTRY SPEND; $183B TOTAL INDUSTRY REVENUE

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026

Binged my way through these in the last week (hooray for holidays). Famesick very very readable and some delightful turns of phrase but pretty self indulgent and uncomfortably gossip-pandering. Yesteryear a timid satire and the ending frustratingly stupid […] [Original post on theforkiverse.com]

Stack of books, from top to bottom: Elif Batuman, The Idiot; Belle Burden, Strangers; The Land and its People, David Sedaris; Yesteryear, Caro Claire Burke; Famesick, Lena Dunham

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026

Emotional palate cleanser. Wish I could snorkel every single day of my life.

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026

Bernie Sanders really is a treasure.

“Last year, Microsoft made $101 billion in profits, got a $12.5 billion tax break from Trump & paid its CEO $96 million,” he said. “This year, it’s raising the price of an Xbox by $150 & eliminating 3,200 jobs. Please don’t tell me corporate tax breaks create jobs. It never trickles down.”

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026

Elon being read to filth by the NYT crossword

Screenshot of a section of the NYT Sunday crossword with the clue: "I bought this before _ went crazy" (rueful bumper sticker on a Tesla)

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026

From the Royal Canadian Air Force’s ‘ Plan for Physical Fitness’, 1962. Hard to argue with any of this:

Why You Should Be Fit Research has shown that: the physically fit person is able to withstand fatigue for longer periods. than the unfit; the physically fit person is better equipped to tolerate physical stress; the physically fit person has a stronger and more efficient heart; and here is a relations tension, end good maltalalertness. and physical fitness. REMEMBER THAT: weak stomach muscles cause sagging abdomens; and weak back muscles are a major cause of back pain.

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026

This random reddit post about how to shop for groceries efficiently

Screenshot of another Pangram verdict with the text snippet “Been trying to fix my grocery shop after realising I was wasting time and money every” visible. Another 100% AI verdict.

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026

100% AI detected, a series. This email from Australia Post about a package that was not delivered despite four of us being home at the time.

Screenshot of a Pangram AI detection verdict: 100%

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026

If only I’d known I could just write “GAofB”, my editing career might have looked different. More from David Sedaris #bookstodon

A paragraph from David Sedaris’s The Land and its People, which reads: Then there's the British poet Philip Larkin. He published his first book right out of the gate, at the age of twenty-three, while his Oxford friend Kingsley Amis kept getting rejected. In 1953 Amis asked if Larkin might read the latest draft of his novel Lucky Jim and make comments. The manuscript still exists and includes the poet's abbreviated handwritten notes "HSofA" (horrible smell of ass) and "GAofB" (gruesome aroma of bum). I think every editor should adopt these.

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026

But more enjoyably, look at this lil guy (or gal?)

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026

An illustration of where Google search is at: I searched ‘clouds of translucent 3mm fish Maldives’ to try to work out if I was snorkelling among cute tiny fish babies or just a heap of sea lice, and this is what turned up:

Screenshot of touristic websites outlining the various fish you may encounter in the Maldives. Literally zero relevance to my query other than to the words ‘fish’ and ‘Maldives’.

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/06/2026

Ah yes, the included instructions for how to opt out don’t actually align with what I see on screen. “Go to the Google Admin console Navigate to Apps > Google Workspace > Drive and Docs > Google Vids > Personal avatars Uncheck the setting Click Save” But […] [Original post on theforkiverse.com]

Photo of my computer screen in the above mentioned menu. Only checkboxes for ‘ON’ and ‘OFF’ can be seen for Google vids. Zero mention of avatars.

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/06/2026

Oh it’s opt out, cool cool cool.

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/06/2026

I think the fuck not, but thank you.

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

Well, this is horrifying if true. Chemist Warehouse (large Australian pharmacy retail chain) is making staff members wear AI-enabled cameras to monitor in-store activity. Cameras that will, presumably, film prescription and point of sale data and send it […] [Original post on theforkiverse.com]

Screenshot of a post from the ‘legal advice Australia’ subreddit, titled ‘Being made to capture very personal information for AI scheme’. Body copy reads: Location: Melbourne. Hi, I work at Chemist Warehouse in Australia, from the 22nd of June 2026 I along with other employees are being required to assist with a special AI “zone” which captures the entire store with the goal of “helping stock management”. This requires at least 4 separate retail floor members to wear a AI camera around our necks for a minimum of 12 hours a working day. This camera will be capturing all things happening in the store, AUGMODO “promises” they don’t use any personal info, they show a blurred image of a customer on their advertisement page, which may be all well and good for supermarket uses. Where my worry comes into place is the Pharmacy, as someone who occasionally works on the register, I frequently deal with patient prescriptions and repeats in my view, with Full names, addresses and medications of the customers/ patients in my view, am I violating people’s rights by wearing this camera and in turn at risk of being in trouble. No one deserves their privacy infringed and I don’t think im in need of help more than the patients but id still like to be clear. Thank you

Second screenshot of a comment from the same poster: Thank you I appreciate the insight, there’s definitely a lot too it which if I’m honest I don’t has been thought out, there’s are at least 8 other Chemist warehouse locations in my locations having this system set up in this coming week and I worry for everyone using this his business for their private medications. I do wish to spread a bit of awareness of this as in my opinion this seems like a rushed start up which has been propelled by a $35 million dollar tribute from CWH corporate, I will attempt some news platforms but if they’re are any other places I can spread this anyone please let me know.

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/06/2026

I still miss sub-editors. (Brynne Edelsten is alive and well, despite this headline implying she met her maker).

Screenshot of realestate.com.au headline: 'Homeless’: Brynne Edelsten's sad demise

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2026

Awe-inspiringly big flock of corellas foraging in the grass at Centennial Park (shot taken just as a gang of six loud, screechy sulfur-crested cockatoos flew in and startled them away from the lawn)

Exactly what’s described in the main post, now that I look at it.

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/06/2026

I knew Fairfax had gone to the dogs but this framing of AI assistants driving increased sales despite customers having less disposable income as a good-news story is really and truly evil.

Screenshot of a paragraph from a news piece in The Sydney Morning Herald, published by Fairfax Media, that reads “AI tools such as Buddy – and “Joy” at Kmart – have also encouraged shoppers to buy more, Scott says, improving conversion rates and increasing basket sizes. That has been crucial at a time when Australian customers have been feeling cost-of-living pressures from inflation and higher interest rates, which have squeezed spending and presented a challenge for many businesses.”

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2026

Went down a rabbit hole and discovered that not only was Lucy Davis (Dawn from The Office) in the 1995 Pride & Prejudice, but her father is Jasper Carrott!? This is just like when I learned who Ada Lovelace’s dad was.

Screen grab of Lucy Davis, head and shoulders, from a scene in the first episode of the BBC’s Pride & Prejudice (1995).

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026

Wake up babe, new framing of homelessness just dropped

Screenshot of Australian news article featuring side by side photos of caravans and the headline: Soaring rents and mortgage stress see professionals embrace the van life trend

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026

Went to replace my trainers but the adidas website won’t actually allow passkeys despite offering them (it just circles around and around back so that ‘skip this step’ is the only way forward). Every glitch is a gift!

Screenshot of Adidas website: SIGN IN WITH PASSKEY NEXT TIME Create a passkey for easier and more secure sign in.With passkeys, you can log in to adidas with Face ID, Fingerprint or Passcode.

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/05/2026

Why does every sofa these days either look like this: L (all straight lines) or this: 8 (all rounded blobs). Surely we can come with something else by now?

White sofa with curved, bulbous lines and a matching ottoman.

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026

This is an insane price hike, no??

Disney is increasing the price of your subscription ‘Disney+ (Disney+ monthly subscription)’ from $17.99/month to $24.99/month starting on 15 June 2026. You'll automatically be charged the subscription price (plus any taxes) to the payment method provided until you cancel. Your price may change again as described in the Google Play Terms of Service. You can choose to stop your subscription from renewing at any time and see upcoming charges in Subscriptions on Google Play. Learn how to cancel.

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Alsy at best @aletha.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026

And speaking of ‘things people thought were imaginary before they saw them with their own eyes’, www.discovermagazine.com/this-shagg…

Closely cropped photo of an orange, fluffy-looking ghost pipefish or ‘Solenostomus snuffleupagus’. Photo taken from Discover website (Image Courtesy of David Harasti)

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