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Callistemon

@callistemon791.bsky.social
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Australian formerly of London, now repatriated. Once I did other things, now I grow flowers & barbecue. 'Time is the fire in which we burn.' Interests: economics, markets, beer, bbq, motorcycles and cats. Follow at own risk.

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 1h
Turns out the friction of having to learn photoshop was a crucial firewall protecting society from the terrible taste of small business owners
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I figure Google suffers from a form of economic Dutch disease.
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Pork Markets? WTF?"
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I look forward to the anti-vax community turning against antibiotics. "You just need fresh air and sunshine."
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
(on plants that is!)
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yep. And we use (potassium) bicarbonate to deal with surface fungal problems like powdery mildew, it sure as fuck doesn't help with anything internal.
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
-- Donald Horne, 1964, "The Lucky Country"
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Australia is a lucky country run mainly by second rate people who share its luck. It lives on other people's ideas, and, although its ordinary people are adaptable, most of its leaders (in all fields) so lack curiosity about the events that surround them that they are often taken by surprise."
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I hate these misinformation peddlers. Not sure if it even makes a difference if they're cynical profiteers or actually believe it themselves.
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Samuel L. Jackson Says Quack Quack
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Moderna in the AI infrastructure business, get me some of that AI MRNA in my veins. 😅
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think we need to redefine Trump Derangement Syndrome to whatever he has.
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It's been a while for me, how's the development at the gas holder going?
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It was nice knowing you guys.
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DT Cochrane @dtcochrane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If a national leader talks about “extreme tail risk” but isn’t making massive investments in climate transition, they are full-of-shit.
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Drivers are gonna love this truck. It'll put them out of a job?"
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Advice for my younger friends: if you want to encourage yourself to stay healthy and functional, to exercise and eat well... ...pick a couple of motherfuckers you really want to outlive.
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How it's going:
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What cards is Donald holding?
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Poor Eric didn't even get the Gulf of America right.
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
He's also better looking and more charismatic than me. Hahah
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I did not do well.
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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
THIS. Christian Democracy’s mission statement is, basically, protect society and stability to make sure fascism doesn’t happen again. The first and permanent opponent of the centre right is not the centre left but the far right. And any EPP party that forgets that needs to remember it rapid.
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Rob Bon Vivant🌊 @77sunnyandclear.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
😂 You mean these accordion hands?
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
No different to a dangerous dog escaping a yard and hurting someone. Liability should be clearly with the owner.
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Sanskrit emdashes, love it.
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It seems to a human trait to look backwards not forwards after a certain point in life.
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
So glad my ancestors left Mecklenberg and got on a free boat trip to South Australia in the 1840s.
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
And it's almost been as long since reunification as they were divided. 36 years vs 45 years.
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Is this AI?
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@infinitescream.bsky.social what do you reckon?
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"I don't know, Donnie. Let's do an experiment. Please step on to the boat."
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🤔
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Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 18/09/2026
Post from Amy @lolennui.bsky.social

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, "did you eat the Lindbergh baby" he's like, "no but I'd be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later"
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Man's Disgusted 'Ew' Reaction
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Xi's puppy doing a great job at Making China Great Again.
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Jennifer Aniston's 'OK' Moment in Office Space
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Yeah they'd do that. Look at McConnell.
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Trump gonna have an aneurysm
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I don't think I could name or hum a single Ed Sheeran song.
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Karthik Sankaran @rajakorman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Despite box-office failure of Supergirl, 2026 shaping up to be a good year for capes.
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What in the hell is going on here, America? Your guys are so damn weird.
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Bancroft Sutherland @bancsutherland.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Quick follow up question
Goose meme: WHY DID THE PRICE OF OIL RISE, SCOTT?
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 15/09/2026
When the edible hits and you’re at the Taco Bell drive thru.
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Put it on the toilets.
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Lol, open weights gonna be banned. Frontier labs, like...
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Mr. Burns Says Excellent!
ALT: Mr. Burns Says Excellent!
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Yeah. It's probably dead. All the more reason for something else that fits the moment.
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Yeah it painfully humours me to recall all the anxiety externalised a few years by people afraid of well tested (if expidited at great effort and expense) vaccines, while people will happily inject themselves with unregulated peptides from who knows where.
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
How do they even get it, you need a prescription
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NATO minus US should rebrand as The Warsaw Pact, the name is available I believe.
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Callistemon @callistemon791.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
To be clear, the regulation wouldn't really be for our safety, but to create a regulatory moat around the frontier labs to protect them from cheap open weight models.
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