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Jake

@jakekvz.bsky.social
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Drinks, sport, food, photos, books, and a lot of whinging. (she/they) Naarm/Melbourne, Australia No alt text no repost, and barely a begrudging like.

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Luke @aleofatime.com · 01/10/2026
Scott Pickett is just doing crime. This is crime. Just arrest this guy for crimes. (Most of text in alt)
A company tied to top chef Scott Pickett collapsed under the weight of a $2.3 million tax debt just weeks after he closed one of his fine-dining venues.
Nord Arc Hospitality, a company set up to pay the employees working across Pickett’s restaurants, entered liquidation in mid-September.

Scott Pickett at Matilda restaurant before it was closed. 

Scott Pickett at Matilda restaurant before it was closed. Marija Ercegovac
Another five companies associated with Pickett also appointed liquidators this month as part of the celebrity chef’s restructure of his debt-stricken restaurant empire.
The move took the number of Pickett businesses in liquidation to eight.
Nord Arc Hospitality was set up in August 2025. A month later, Pickett’s other company that serviced staff wages, SP Group Services, entered administration after drowning in debts.

All staff wages and entitlements were paid up to the date of both Nord Arc and SP Group Services being wound up, according to company records.
Liquidators said in documents sent to creditors earlier this month that Nord Arc had racked up $2.8 million in debts over the 14 months since it was first established, the bulk to the ATO.
The fresh bout of collapses comes just weeks after Pickett closed Matilda on Domain Road in South Yarra, deciding it was time to exit the business, making way for Venues by Only group’s Kiki’s Tavern.

The closure of Matilda and the winding up of Nord Arc highlights the financial mire Pickett has been trying to battle through over the past year.

Last September, Pickett was forced to restructure a group of his eateries run through his Rogue Traders Group, which collapsed owing creditors $27 million.
The restaurant venues caught up in Rogue Traders’ financial strife – Smith St Bistrot, Chancery Lane, Matilda, Longrain and sister bar Longsong – all stayed open during the restructuring and continued to pay staff wages and honour gift vouchers. Other Pickett ventures, such as Estelle in Northcote and his new pub …
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Jake @jakekvz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So after doing the bare fucking minimum last year for Pride Round (announcing the week of, not turning off comments on socials, nothing for or about fans, no merch), #MelbourneVictory has sent out their themed matches for 26/27, with no pride round. Definitely hard to have pride in this club. #ALM
Screenshot from The Simpsons of an architect sadly folding a piece of paper, while a construction worker stands with his hat in his hands.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Google has started updating satellite images of Gaza. Holocaust. (📸 Barry Andrews MEP, European Parliament)
A single building is left standing amidst utter carnage. Every single building has been levelled across a few square miles pictures. Google maps identified one pile of rubble as a school.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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kat @kgt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Journalists stop ascribing agency to large language models 2026 challenge
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Jake @jakekvz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Reached the medicare levy and have (at least) three more specialist appointments this year 😊
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Jake @jakekvz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Petty take: I don't like the Royal Derby because they 24-7 store their big dumpster bin on the footpath, leaking bin juice and often overflowing with rubbish.
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Jake @jakekvz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
See also: old friend who said a future partner of mine would have to be OK with the fact I have friends who are men. But when I asked about women and other people, she said it didn't matter.
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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"[] with people who say so feeling that bisexual people are more inclined to cheat" I know it's hardly new but this shit drives me crazy; if someone is going to cheat, they're going to cheat, their sexual orientation has nothing to do with their fidelity
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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
holy shit, this is the whole ballgame in a single paragraph gAI systems require mass theft of copyrighted works, for the explicit purpose of replacing the market for the people they stole from, and the people in charge knew what they were doing ahead of time, and did it anyway
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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Australia-based researchers, do your thing. Share your views on AI use in research with the national survey:
q.surveys.unimelb.edu.au
Australia's National AI in Resarch Survey
This survey aims to understand how, why, when, and where Artificial Intelligence (AI) is used in research across Australia. The survey is designed to capture insights across the full research life cyc...
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Jake @jakekvz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Yo Australians, get a completely free covid-19 booster before 1 October, when eligibility criteria will significantly reduce who can get one. Available at many chemists without an appointment even. Couldn't be easier, and you'll be protecting both yourself and others!
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Dr Whom @drwhom.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I wouldn't say I'm BATTLING depression Frankly it makes some good points. I might be on its side now
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Jake @jakekvz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
That feeling of getting paid for the first time since February and knowing you can buy things without using savings 🥹
static.klipy.com
Giddy Little Girl
Alt: A femme-presenting child in a room with crowns and tiaras behind her, with a smile growing into a huge whole body grin.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Wonder what year they arrived from South Africa...
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One Nation support is strongest among electors born in South Africa and Italy and weakest among electors born in Asia

New Roy Morgan analysis into the voting intentions of electors by country/region of birth shows Australian electors born in South Africa (36% supporting One Nation), Italy (30%), and Mainland Europe as a whole (29%) are significantly more likely to vote for One Nation than the average elector (24%) according to interviewing conducted with a representative cross-section of 26,418 electors during the first seven months of 2026.
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Jake @jakekvz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
ABC Top 100 Aussie books has authors listed alphabetically by *first* name. I don't trust this process at all. www.abc.net.au/listen/radio...
abc.net.au
Key Info - Radio National's Top 100 Books - ABC Radio National
Everything you need to know about Radio National's Top 100 Australian Books.
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Jake @jakekvz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Work experience kid put the green gels on the camera for this one huh #AFLW #ADEvGEE #kayo
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Jake @jakekvz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Back door handle fell off in my hand this morning. How fun.
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Jake @jakekvz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Currently advocating for myself about WFH in a new job (due to disability). Manager said "I'm glad you came in three days this week" What he doesn't see: ready meals as my only nutrition this week, pile of dishes, going to bed at 8.30pm, shower stool being necessary, sad cats...
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Jake @jakekvz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Hot water tap broke last night, so turned off water at the mains. Figured I wouldn't need it 'til morning anyway. Now the property manager is in training until 1pm and plumber won't come until they say it's OK (I contacted plumber directly after not hearing from PM). Renting fucking sucks so much
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
However much you hate British media, it is not enough www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09...
How having a disability became cool
Young women, nicknamed ‘sickfluencers’, are turning chronic illness into a lifestyle trend and entrenching a culture of economic inactivity

Young women are also more likely to get caught up in “social contagion” – the spontaneous spread of behaviours or emotions previously observed by sociologists in “outbreaks” of bulimia, self-harm and transgender ideology. What may have otherwise been transitory feelings are seized upon and obsessed over until they form a central pillar of a person’s identity. A chronic-illness influencer won’t want to get “better” any more than a female-bodied transgender person would want to re-identify with their sex.
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m @mjjii.com · 07/09/2026
digital art. drawing of a seagull’s face close up. text at the top: fries
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This is shameful discriminatory and misogynistic reporting. People aren’t choosing disability to be “cool”. Young women don’t have to “prove” to you that they’re sick. Disability rates are skyrocketing because we’ve left a disabling virus rip through the population for over 6 years.
Photo from the telegraph. Red background with a roll of wheelchair stickers on white paper. Text reads “how having a disability became cool”
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Jake @jakekvz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Local fb page post asking their unknown neighbour to stop feeding and bathing (?!) their cat. Responses all said to keep the cat indoors/in a catio. As well as questions about how they knew the cat was being bathed (was it wet? was it just cleaner than before? why/wtf etc).
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Tara Goddard @drtaragoddard.com · 05/09/2026
Y'all, alt text isn't that hard! Write it like you are explaining the image or video to someone in another room. What would they need to know to get the joke or reference or point of it? #AltText #DoBetter
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Jake @jakekvz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Remembered to put fresh sheets on the bed before I sat down for the evening and rewarded myself with a tequila and grapefruit soda. Life isn't so bad sometimes.
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norman emailer @maximumchips.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Guys go and buy heaps of stuff from Amplify books, a good radical bookstore in naarm and wonderful people — they’re getting dogpiled and review bombed by white supremacists, full blown racist harassment campaign, people showing up in person, all cheerled by the putrid dog drew pavlou
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geist @prettyvulgar.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Scurvy: for when life doesn’t give you lemons.
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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Nice to have a citation for the stuff we all sort of assume to be true but question if it's just our own biases making it look that way
Screenshot from the article in the quoted post, saying "Piff and his colleagues found that upper-class drivers were more likely to cut other cars off at junctions and ignore pedestrians at crossings. Wealthier people also appeared more willing to lie at work. In one experiment, volunteers were left alone with a jar of sweets ostensibly meant for children. When the researchers returned, upper-class people had snaffled nearly twice as many candies as lower-class people.

“The general pattern seems to be that with wealth and rising power, you become less engaged with the needs of others and less burdened by the needs of social relationships,” Piff said. “Taking candy from children might be the least of our worries but it’s emblematic of the tendency to prioritise one’s own needs over those of others.”
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Jake @jakekvz.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Been a while since I've seen the mid-room posts at the corner 🥲❤️
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
On the one hand, some people want to make it so that kids and other people aren't crushed to death by cars. On the other hand, some people are upset that they might have to pay attention, slow down or be inconvenienced by about 15 seconds. So you can see how it's a "war on cars."
bbc.com
Birmingham 20mph limit: a 'life saver' or 'a war on cars'?
Birmingham City Council is proposing the city becomes England's first 20mph city.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
“Here’s what we found: Every additional 100kg of vehicle weight was associated with a 6% increase in odds of pedestrian fatality. Every additional 10cm of height was associated with an 11% increase in odds of pedestrian fatality. The relationship was even stronger in lower-speed environments.”
theconversation.com
Big US-style trucks are killing more pedestrians in Australia – our research proves it
Pedestrians are more likely to be killed by heavier cars – and even more so if the vehicle is taller, Australian-first research has found.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Everyone worried Coles and Woolies are colluding on prices... seems the bigger issue is possible collusion on wage theft...
Woolworths Group reported net profit rose 18.1 per cent to $1.138 billion, driven by improved supermarket sales and Big W returning to profitability.

The supermarket giant’s net profit would have been almost $1.6 billion, but it was hit by a $461 million reduction from significant items, which included a provision to compensate underpaid staff.Coles reports $1.1b annual profit, sets aside $235m to address worker underpayments — as it happened
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The world's tallest man is actually the Burj Khalifa
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Bec Shaw @brocklesnitch.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
i write things like this knowing im going to endure bad fatphobia & it will probably not help my overall wellbeing, but the payoff is that it is hopefully validating for some, and maybe..MAYBE it might like sway a few people into thinking differently a bit. feels like very slow going, but its goin
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Distributed Denial of Secrets @ddosecrets.org · 21/08/2026
Censored Amnesty International UK report (345.47 KB) A report by Amnesty International UK, documenting the threat posed by the anti-rights movement composed, which was censored after J.K. Rowling made legal threats. ddosecrets.org/article/cens... Help us keep publishing: donorbox.org/ddosecrets
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Censored Amnesty International UK report - Distributed Denial of Secrets
A complete version of a censored report produced by Amnesty International UK, documenting the threat posed by the anti-rights movement composed of TERFs. The report sharply criticized organizational e...
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Jake @jakekvz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"Mum the good news is I might see you on your birthday for the first time since 2007. The bad news is that I'll be heading out to watch a soccer double-header instead of spending the evening with you." Just practicing how to say this... might need to work on softening the blow.
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Jake @jakekvz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A-Leagues appear to have scheduled a number of womens games to start before 5pm on week days. Oops, what an embarrassing mistake to make. #ALW #ALeagues
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Jake @jakekvz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Transferable skills, the feedback I kept on receiving from interviews was "your application and interview were excellent, but we have someone in the dept/industry", and this is what it took. To secure a <12 month fixed term role. #JobHunting #unemployment
A funnel chart showing total number of apps 148, number of interviews 19, number of ref checks 7, and secured job as a slim line indicating 1.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
An investigation by 404 Media showed that Amazon is destroying rare books to train AI models. The investigation involved planting an Airtag in a rare book, which was then tracked to an Amazon AI training facility in Las Vegas. 🤬
arstechnica.com
Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI
Amazon’s team uses a T. rex preparing to devour a book as its logo.
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Jake @jakekvz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Oh really, the psychometric testing said I struggled with resilience? Job hunting since Jan, sent over 145 apps (each entirely customised) and not had a single offer. Sounds pretty resilient to me.
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Jake @jakekvz.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"Police alleged the e-bikes, which were impounded for 28 days, were illegally modified and would be classified as motorcycles under South Australian law" Not an e-bike, an e-moto.
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Jake @jakekvz.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Online dating profile for a woman saying "I'm not a third or your unicorn" with an angry face emoji, while themselves looking for a "playmate to share with my hubby" is such a choice.
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
(guy about to invent fermentation) ummm five week rule
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Jake @jakekvz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Had to take my cat to the vet again, and during the appointment all of the vet nurses were at the window cooing over my perfect handsome little guy. Such a proud parent 🥲
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Jake @jakekvz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Neighbour works early on a Saturday, and clearly missed his alarm. So he woke us all up at 7.30am with an aggressive and loud, "OH FUCK" followed by lots of banging cupboards.
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Megan Borg @102megan.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
You can still complete the Census *and* update your answers, even if your household has already submitted it. **Don't feel pressured by your household.** Select the gender, sexual orientation and religion YOU identify with - not what someone else expects.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/08/2026
“These tests that the IOC and a lot of sports federations are now presenting as new, non-invasive technology—they have literally used these before and found that they were, on one hand, inaccurate in creating these false positives, and on the other hand, just in violation of people’s human rights.”
motherjones.com
The ugly history behind the Olympics’ new gender test
How Nazi-era fears about gender gave rise to sex testing—and why the policy is resurfacing now.
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Jake @jakekvz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Well they've tried nothing else at all, but surely removing basic human rights will be the thing that helps to rehabilitate prisoners. Right? www.hrlc.org.au/explainers/s...
hrlc.org.au
What the Corrections Amendment Bill 2026 (Vic) means for human rights in prison - Human Rights Law Centre
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