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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I think the light displays are new since I used to stay there. FWIW it’s not a particularly good hotel - I preferred the nearby Mandarin Oriental, which is older but was better run.

The swimming pool on the roof of Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Taken in 2011, not long after the building opened.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Whenever I see clouds like this I expect a giant Terry Gilliam hand of God to descend.

Rays of light descending through clouds over the Tasman Sea

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We’re spending hundreds of billions of dollars on submarines and paying down debt but apparently we can’t afford to paint Wollongong hospital.

The exterior of Wollongong Hospital, seen through the window of the Neurology Ward. The paint of cladding on the exterior walls is flaking off.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A bit toasty for September down here in the Illawarra.

BoM app shows 28.4 degrees. Estimated top of 31.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I had the theatrical poster for that on my wall for ages. My recollection is that the movie, like the poster, looked stylish and well-composed. But it didn’t stick with the audience in the screening I went to. I think I should probably re-visit it.

Theatrical poster for the movie “Fresh Horses” (1988) starring Molly Ringwood (L) and Andrew McCarthy (R)

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

NAB are offering better than that right now. 5.25%, calculated daily. (I have more than $1.00 in it - that was what I opened it with).

Messages in an NAB savings account: “As at 24 Aug your interest rate is 5.25% for amounts up to $20million.”

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Watching the orange fool in Ireland on TV, and I believe we’ve reached peak American Hustle with his hairpiece.

A still from the film “American Hustle” in which Christian Bale’s character applies his elaborate hairpiece.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Describing the old Kai Tak Airport approach to my nephew, who has trouble believing it was a thing.

Large airliner flying between buildings at Kai Tak Airport

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This thread has some unintentionally funny elisions.

David Milner says: “We should have eaten the capitalists back when they first decided their business model was "everything breaks after two and a bit years"”

Several post later caitbdky.bsky.social says: ”They’re regularly half price at Coles and Woolies, plus a few other retailers. Oral B Electric toothbrush.”

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This cartoon is about 40 years old.

Cartoon by Michael Leunig. Man watches a sunrise on tv with his child while the sun is rising outside through the window.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Prep kids tethered together and all in hi-viz for a brief outing. V cute. We should pay teachers more

Very young children with their teachers and teachers’ aides on an outing. The children are all tethered together and are wearing hi-viz jackets. Corrimal NSW

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Nice view from the living room right now.

Clouds (and a rainbow) seen from Corrimal NSW.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

My friend and his mate are very vocal this morning

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Yodeling works. Pretty sure bagpipes will do it too.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Great cast in “Angel Face” (1953) but the large slab of courtroom blather in the middle sucks a lot of the air out of it. Totally worth it for Robert Mitchum. Tourneur’s “Out Of The Past” (1947) and Laughton’s “The Night of the Hunter” (1955) remain my favourite performances of his.

Robert Mitchum sitting in a chair in a scene from Angel Face (1953)

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The Conspirators (1944). Serviceable but uninspired show in which Paul Henreid demonstrates he’s no Humphrey Bogart. Hedy Lamarr, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre rescue it from ignominy.

Paul Henreid as Vincent and Hedy Lamarr as Irene on a patio in the moonlight with the ocean in the background, in a scene from “The Conspirators” (1944).

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I’ve managed to see two Kyle Gallner movies in a week, by accident. He’s got great presence and can certainly act but he needs better material and a role that allows him to play someone who has a brain. The movies were Carolina Caroline (3.5 stars) and The Passenger (3 stars).

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Enshittification continues… I may actually cancel. At home I mostly play discs or run off a Swinsian instance on an old iMac wired to our receiver. The only time I use actual Apple Music is either in the car or on the train. May be time to break out the old iPod. I wonder how long it will last.

Notice from Apple that my subscription to Apple Music is increasing by $2.00/month to $15.00.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Oh FFS. I wonder how much KPMG got for administering this farrago?

Email re Facebook class-action settlement:

Dear Claimant

Thank you for your claim under the Facebook Payment Program. The Administrator has verified your eligibility as a Class 2 claimant. You are entitled to receive a payment of $50.

To receive your payment, please submit your bank details via the Payment Form.

Please submit the Payment Form by Thursday 20 August 2026. Forms submitted after this date will not be included in the first payment round.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Chinatown. I ate something other than this.

Advertisement for “Thick Ass French Toast”

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I’m sure this will fix everything

Email text about the data breach:

What we have done in response

We understand the importance of the security of our patients' personal information, and that this news may be concerning. We have set up a dedicated team to provide you with support.

To help protect our patients and people, we have obtained an interim injunction from the Supreme Court of New South Wales ordering that the accessed data is not used or published.

We have also notified the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner about the incident.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Crisp and clear morning here. Need more thermal undergarments.

Eddy Avenue, outside Central Station. Clear blue sky and early morning light.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

At the ophthalmic surgeon’s with the machines that came straight off the set of “Brazil”. Or maybe it’s Hal 9000’s cousin.

Infernal eye-measuring machine at my ophthalmic surgeon’s office.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Of course he’s some kind of “expert” on data centres.

Man on ABC News has books behind him sorted by colour. Black on the left, then blue, red/orange, then white.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

End of the week at Fortunate Son. I’m having a chili margarita.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

That’s a live bird on her arm while she’s driving. Good thing traffic on King St doesn’t move fast.

Woman in VW Beetle with live parrot on her arm while she’s driving.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

At the old Eveleigh workshops.

“Menace of Rationalisation: showing the need for Shorter Working Week” published by Council of Railway Shop Committees/Labor Research Bureau

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Because my niece has been “borrowing” my old jeans I thought I’d see what a pair of Levis goes for these days. This has to be an error, right? 😳

Levis jeans advertising 501 jeans for $699.95

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Not too far from Orange either. Nice. The heating costs are the problem. It gets *cold* there in winter.

Property.com price estimate on 19 Brooks St Cargo NSW, says $509,000 with high confidence.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Quiet morning on Smith St Fitzroy

Smith St Fitzroy, early morning, no people.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Social day out while the great nephew plays lawn bowls at the Cabramatta bowlo.

Young people play lawn bowls in a competition.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Message from MyGov to log in because I have “a message” This is not encouraging.

MyGov status. Child Support and ATO have intermittent issues.

MyGov status. Centrelink and Medicare have intermittent issues.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

The only time I’ve ever had to use the dreaded Elon app was at Cann River when Chargefox had their 24hr outage last year. BP Pulse is apparently turning over all their chargers to Chargefox. Their app was pretty crappy anyway.

iPhone screen showing a selection of EV charging apps - Chargefox, Evie, BP Pulse, PlugShare, EV Connect, EVX, NRMA, Ampol and Tesla.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

A wet and extremely chilly evening at the Clifton Hill Interchange. God it’s cold.

Reflections of lights in the wet pavement at the tram-bus interchange in Clifton Hill, Victoria.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Good lord I have a lot of old stuff in my home office. (I have no idea why this survived more than 3 decades. It was a fun night out in the midst of a Georgia Winter but IIRC Neil Finn had a very bad cold. Peter Buck had to lend him a guitar, because his was missing somehow).

Ticket stub from a performance by the band Crowded House at the Georgia Theatre in Athens, GA on 4th December 1991.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Ben borrowed my Motorola brick phone.

Ben Mendelsohn uses a giant mobile phone. In Hardware Lane, Melbourne. Some time in 1989.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Ben Mendelsohn and Nadine Garner, in Melbourne. I think I took this some time in 1989. We were all so very young.

The actors Ben Mendelsohn and Nadine Garner, in a park in Melbourne.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

My car has updated its privacy policy and I can’t drive it unless I accept the changes. Pages to scroll through, with links to click through on that aren’t actually available in the car 🙄

Privacy policy pop-up on the screen of my Hyundai Ioniq5.

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

I haven’t been arrested for four decades (even then I was only detained “come with us” because I didn’t know my rights. Monday might be a first.

“INTERACTING WITH POLICE
Police talk to people at protests to gather information that could be used to surveil
or criminalise protest-goers and organisers. Be careful when speaking to police,
even if they approach you in a casual manner and “just want to have a chat”
.
You are only required to provide your name and address to police if:
you are under arrest
they intend to give you a move on order
you are in a temporarily restricted area
they suspect you can assist in the investigation of a serious offence
You are not required to give police any other identifying info that they may ask
you for, like your date of birth.
You are otherwise not required to speak to police or answer any questions they
may ask you.
If you do not wish to answer police questions you can say 'no comment' or
direct them to speak with the organisers’ police liaison.
It’s a good idea to record your interactions with police in case they escalate,
police provide false information, or you would like to refer to it later. You can
record interactions by filming them, using the voice memo app on your phone or
taking notes.”

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Julia D @juliadassin.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Useful information. The hell with Chris Minns.

“POLICE MOVE ON ORDERS
NSW Police can issue move on orders at protests only if they believe on
reasonable grounds that it is necessary to deal with a serious risk to safety,
or if you are obstructing traffic and do not have authorisation from police
under the Form 1 system. This includes obstructing pedestrian traffic on a
footpath.
If a move on order is given because traffic is being obstructed, that order can only be
given to those people who are obstructing traffic.
When giving a move on order police must:
provide you their name and station;
give the reason they have issued the order; and
warn you that failing to comply with the order is an offence.
If you fail to comply with a move on order you may be fined $220. carries a separate maximum fine of $440.”

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