Brent 🍻🐜 📖 @brentsmith.bsky.social · 5hHis class of stupidity will continue growing independently of external events. 020
Reposted by Brent 🍻🐜 📖 Jens Notroff @jensnotroff.com · 11hThis is ... wow, just ... wow! - An about 8,500 y/o Stone Age axe *with* wooden handle. 🤯🤩 413643
Reposted by Brent 🍻🐜 📖 Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Pillay is really well known to people who advocate for & study international human rights; she also couldn’t be more different in some ways than last year’s winner. Selecting Pillay, I imagine, is a way to underscore the value of defending human rights in an increasingly regressive, repressive worldbbc.comNavi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize for 'efforts to promote peace and international law'Some 287 candidates have been nominated for the prestigious prize, which was won last year by Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. 6431139
Reposted by Brent 🍻🐜 📖 matty @mattio.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This is wild - somebody did a deep dive into the real stories behind this famous XKCD: sheets.works/data-viz/hol... 251294620
Reposted by Brent 🍻🐜 📖 Hans van der Kwast :qgis: @hansakwast.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026Here's a preview of the new Vector Field Renderer that will be available in #QGIS 4.4 as a result of the recent crowdfunding for native tools for hydrology. The preview shows how you can visualise a flow direction raster with arrows. #GIS #OpenSource 094
Reposted by Brent 🍻🐜 📖 Leo @leo-in-merimbula.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Golden-headed Cisticola posing nicely with a classic over the shoulder look. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #WildOz 37210
Reposted by Brent 🍻🐜 📖 Michele Grant @michelegrant.bsky.social · 06/10/2026That phrase 'gutter contrarianism bred by the social media attention economy' is a masterclass in meaning with brevity. www.thetimes.com/article/02eb...thetimes.comWhy there’s a new battle raging over the Second World WarThe allied victory of 1945 is the founding myth of the liberal western order, something despised by the new radical right 29825
Reposted by Brent 🍻🐜 📖 Kevin Bonham @kevinbonham.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I was told there was a Situation. The Situation did not disappoint. #hobart #lgtas 2232
Brent 🍻🐜 📖 @brentsmith.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Oh this is going to get spectacularly ugly! [orders popcorn] 010
Brent 🍻🐜 📖 @brentsmith.bsky.social · 05/10/2026That's very much a "I'm not angry with you, I'm just deeply disappointed in your choices of late" expression. 110
Brent 🍻🐜 📖 @brentsmith.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Strong lotto winners complaining about more complicated tax returns in the future vibe. 041
Brent 🍻🐜 📖 @brentsmith.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If you were Satan would you be in a rush to have that pricks company? 030
Reposted by Brent 🍻🐜 📖 worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent 10161091707
Brent 🍻🐜 📖 @brentsmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Beautiful! I’ve been lucky to have rehabbed 2 of them and god they’re incredible creatures. 010
Brent 🍻🐜 📖 @brentsmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Good balance of volume vs quality. I’m thinking you’ll end up creating something along the lines of a more targeted Bellingcat style network. Can see it being incredibly empowering for young people. 130
Brent 🍻🐜 📖 @brentsmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Would you be looking at training cohorts or more one on one according to their skills/interests? 101
Brent 🍻🐜 📖 @brentsmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Yes. Of course I’d want to know details but that certainly sounds like something I’d be happy to contribute towards. 100
Brent 🍻🐜 📖 @brentsmith.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The old rule of just because you have an idea isn’t, on its own justification for following through on said idea. 000
Brent 🍻🐜 📖 @brentsmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yet. Give it a week and Grok will be telling us all that you were the getaway driver for the great train robbery. Or the firebug who was seen skulking away from the Library of Alexandria. 001
Brent 🍻🐜 📖 @brentsmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Noticed a major uptick in ultra low follower accounts with a pretty woman in the image and a beige bio asking for follows in the last week or so. 110
Reposted by Brent 🍻🐜 📖 David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 01/10/2026David Graeber wrote a piece about bullying. It was called "The Bully’s Pulpit." It is a good read if you are looking for something to read today. This is an extract from that piece. And here is the link to the full piece: davidgraeber.org/articles/the... 05620
Reposted by Brent 🍻🐜 📖 Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As a scientist, I wish everyone knew that getting ‘bogged down’ isn’t actually a bad thing. Here’s why. 🧵 1/ 1047789
Brent 🍻🐜 📖 @brentsmith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026ROFL a decent part of my job is applying legislation to real world situations. I’ve seen how the sausage is made and anyone who thinks AI could improve the process needs early retirement. 000
Brent 🍻🐜 📖 @brentsmith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Nice work! An excellent summary of his life. You’ve done a fantastic job of explaining a brilliant, complicated person. 010
Brent 🍻🐜 📖 @brentsmith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Always enjoy hearing about people’s evolving appreciation for different landscapes. Fascinating examples of how knowledge/ exposure affects how we experience land. 010
Brent 🍻🐜 📖 @brentsmith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I’ve just gotten a trike and while I love it it’s not something I’d recommend for anyone with hip or knee issues. Getting in and out is a bit of a struggle at times. 120
Brent 🍻🐜 📖 @brentsmith.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I pour them down the front of my shirt with monotonous regularity. Not sure to envy you or not. 110
Brent 🍻🐜 📖 @brentsmith.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Legs are jelly but the good news is my ankle ain’t giving me any grief when riding my new (old) beast. 010
Brent 🍻🐜 📖 @brentsmith.bsky.social · 23/09/2026He was an Australian musician, ever more vocally far right as he aged…. Didn’t exactly start from left of centre either ;) 030
Brent 🍻🐜 📖 @brentsmith.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Christ that’s bleak. I babysat my nephew (6) yesterday and took him back to his kindy where he threw himself into the staffs arms - all that vital human connection is going to vanish in front of our eyes. 020
Brent 🍻🐜 📖 @brentsmith.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It’s only 16,800 km from me but I’m hankering for a pint or 6 at how cool it looks. 150
Brent 🍻🐜 📖 @brentsmith.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Made me pause and take the time to look at what you’re writing about. End result is it piqued my interest and it’s on my list of books to order next. Can’t criticise success! 110
