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BitterOldPunk @bitteroldpunk.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

these Young Male Christians should form some sort of Association, then they could offer services beyond gymnasiums and shower facilities, such as short-term lodging at which it might be fun to stay

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Michele Playfair (she/her) @micheleplayfair.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Great talk. Key takeaway: if a practice can survive the open source model (run for decades, constant turnover, rotating leadership, no authority hierarchy) then it will work on your team 🤝

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Cat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

"I think if you wore more hoodies people would be more accurate about how technical you are" is very seriously intended advice I've been given and bro. There is not a powerful enough hoodie in the world.

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 23/05/2026

sometimes I wonder if people in other fields have any clue what we go through as women in computational fields... (graph from: www.npr.org/sections/mon...)

graph from https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2014/10/21/357629765/when-women-stopped-coding showing medicine, law, and physics as lines going up for percentage of women, while computer science goes dramatically down from the 1980s roughly

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Michele Playfair (she/her) @micheleplayfair.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Good morning @kevlin.bsky.social from one of my colleagues here in Melbourne 😁

A giant wraparound electronic screen sign on the top of a building displaying a Windows BIOS screen

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sam henri gold @samhenri.gold · 06/09/2025

Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge? It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.

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Error Crater - big oops @errorcrater.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

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Michele Playfair (she/her) @micheleplayfair.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

#pcampmelb talk pitches for unconference sessions - should have brought a hip flask so I could take a drink every time AI is mentioned 🤣🥃

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Michele Playfair (she/her) @micheleplayfair.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Steve says we should post stuff about Product Camp on socials. @pcampmelb.bsky.social @product-anon.bsky.social Am here. Is good. #pcampmelb

Bald man with glasses in a glorious Hawaiian shirt stands in front of Product Anonymous banner while gesticulating

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wednesday @mx0x20wednesday.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

wild how he immediately raises his weapon as soon as she turns and he sees the microphone they're shooting to maim the press on purpose y'all

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Lesley Carhart @hacks4pancakes.com · 06/06/2025

This cruelty and insanity has personally honestly cost me so much - I'm gonna just enjoy this.

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nordacious @nordacious.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

$450 for jousting sticks!? Tell him he's DREAMIN'!! *new* Daryl Kerrigan fresh from '97 🏡 | prints/tees: tinyurl.com/bd8xvv7u ✈️

Illustrated portrait of Darryl Kerrigan from The Castle, mid-sentence with a wide-eyed expression and thumb raised. Behind him is his iconic red-roofed suburban house, a greyhound dog, trees, and an airport control tower. The background is pale blue with red-and-cream retro stripes. Bold yellow text reads: “Tell him he’s dreamin’!” in a vintage-style font.

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wilf @friendlykitties.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

WHAT IS THE CHARGE? EATING A MEAL?! A SUCCULENT CHINESE MEAL?!

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Reading coverage of the Victorian Budget and seriously, we give far too much credence to the wrecked and corrupt ratings agencies that helped cause the GFC and suffered absolutely zero consequences. Oh no, they're spending extra GST revenue on health instead of paying down debt. Yeah f*ck off.

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Demiurge of Doom @euthyphro.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

The year is 2025. Researches have discovered women have central nervous systems. Can feel pain!

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Michele Playfair (she/her) @micheleplayfair.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Came for the comments on East vs West NC bbq and was not disappointed Takes me back to the time a bunch of colleagues all brought their regional bbq to Chicago and we had a taste-off. The best way to resolve these issues 😁

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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Adelaide peeps - During this terrible drought, we are seeing a lot of dead trees. Flinders Uni is collecting reports of tree dieback. So, if you spot a dead or dying street tree, take a photo and report it here ... qualtrics.flinders.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...

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The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.

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Jo Dyer @instanterudite.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

This is quite an extraordinary table from Streem showing how many seats each party would have won if their share of seats matched their share of media coverage during the campaign. You're not imagining it. The Murdoch press et al didn't shut up about Dutton. Lucky no-one was listening. #auspol

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 11/05/2025

Not only is this true, there are 33 whole-ass mentions of this in the script and each one is freaking hilarious whills.nu/4/sw4.html#h...

She hands him a dish, and he grunts an embarrassed reply.
BERU (CONT'D)
Luke, you've hardly touched
your dinner. Have some bum-bum
extract. It's very mild.
OWEN
(to Luke)
The force of the Bogan is strong,
and if you don't feel you can
make it, you probably won't.
LUKE
I've never even been past this
planet...and I never thought I'd
be going alone.
Suddenly I feel very small --
and well...desperate.

LUKE
Because a terrible thing happened.
During one of his lessons a young
PADAWAN-JEDI, a boy named Darklighter,
came to know the evil half of the
force, and fell victim to the spell
of the dreaded Bogan. He ran away
from his instructor and taught the
evil ways of the Bogan Force to a
clan of Sith pirates, who then
spread untold misery throughout
the systems. They became the per-
sonal bodyguards of the Emperor.
The Jedi were hunted down by these
deadly Sith knights. With every
Jedi death, contact with the Ashla
grows weaker, and the force of the
Bogan grows more powerful.

LUKE
No, no, there's a debris chute.
It's the Bogan force making you
feel that way. Don't give up
hope...fight it!
HAN
It's no use, it's no use.
The giant hinge bolts on the blast-shield door begin to pop
as the force of the Sith knights grows stronger. Luke fires
off a rapid series of shots and half-drags Han to the small
grate in the wall.
LUKE
Well, we're going anyway. Think
of good things. Drive the Bogan
from your mind.

18. INT. REBEL SPACEFIGHTER - COCKPIT CORRIDOR
Deak Starkiller cuts down several troops who make a fren-
zied, suicidal charge with laser swords.
TROOPS
The Bogan! The Bogan!
They are no match for the incredibly agile young Jedi. For
an eerie moment, all is deathly quiet as a huge darker figure
appears in the sub-hallway. The remaining stormtroopers bow
low toward the doorway. An awesome, seven-foot BLACK KNIGHT
OF THE SITH makes his way into the blinding light of the cock-
pit area. This is LORD DARTH VADER, right hand to the MASTER
OF THE SITH. His sinister face is partially obscured by his
flowing black robes and grotesque breath mask, which are in
sharp contrast to the fascist white armored suits of the
Imperial stormtroopers. The troops instinctively back away
from the imposing warrior.

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Michele Playfair (she/her) @micheleplayfair.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Apparently lasted 20 minutes before LinkedIn yanked Elmo's account. Poor Elmo, what a day

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kat @kgt.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Jia Tolentino on what it's like for our brains to live through AI and fascism, although I think the COVID-induced cognitive impairment we're experiencing at large is understated www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

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My Brain Finally Broke

Much of what we see now is fake, and the reality we face is full of horrors. More and more of the world is slipping beyond my comprehension.

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Protect and defend editorial cartoonists this World Press Freedom Day

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Chris Pomfret @chrispomfret.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Sorry it took us a while Pacific neighbours. All three gone! #AusPol #BinNight

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Captain Quoll @kudelka.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Perhaps Albo will feel secure enough to start growing a spine now.

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Dr Blair Williams @blairwilliams26.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Now they have a mandate, Labor really needs to read the room and stop trying to court bipartisanship with the Coalition! Go back to your social democratic and labourist roots! Do a Carney and announce inclusion of dental into Medicare! Do something to help and inspire Aussies! #AusPol #AusVotes

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

I love this quote from Roy Kent so much

The secret of The Muppets is they're not very good at what they do.
Kermit's not a great host, Fozzie's not a good comedian, Miss Piggy's not a great singer...
Like, none of them are actually good at it, but they fucking love it.
And they're like a family, and they like putting on the show.
And they have joy.
And because of the joy,
it doesn t matter that they re not good at it And that's like what we should all be. Muppets.
Brett Goldstein

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Michele Playfair (she/her) @micheleplayfair.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Yeah, we hope someone else wins too, Ray. These LNP clowns can't even be transparent about tiktok plagiarism.

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David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

today is the australian election

an older guy voting in speedos that read “Bondi”

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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Some folks hold up the small % of developers who do TDD as evidence that it doesn't work. Because if it did, "everybody would be doing it". Yes. As a profession, we famously do things if they work - like iterative development, continuous testing and user-centred design. All very common, no?

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Cam Walker @camwalker.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

'The biggest funder of Advance last financial year — by a factor of 10 — was the Liberal Party, which gave it $500,000 via its election funding vehicle, the Cormack Foundation.'

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Bridie (EBK) @emergencybk.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

To the politicians & ‘leaders’ who’ve nurtured & emboldened racism in Australia, then condemn & feign shock at the repugnant booing incident... Fanning the flames, then expressing sorrow at the damage the fire’s doing. We see the hate mongering, greedy, opportunists you are.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Tech industry math

It's spring break and my son started a lemonade stand.

I asked him how much lemonade he sold in the last hour.

"$3" he said.

I told him, "Here's $20 for one glass of lemonade. In one hour I'm going to come back and buy a lemonade for $1,000. You're going to take that $1,000/hr revenue - multiply it by 24 hours - then multiply it by 365 days, and tell VCs, 'I have $8.76M in run rate revenue with 99.9% net margins, and 100% of our latest cohort of customers have expanded revenue with us. You're also changing the name of your lemonade stand to 'lemon(AI)de' and incorporate it as a C Corp"

My son was holding back tears.

I said, "Doesn't it feel good to be a millionaire, bud?"

He said, "Dad I'm 4 and I don't know what any of these words are."

I said, "Welcome to life as a tech CEO - neither do I" and drove away.

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Michele Playfair (she/her) @micheleplayfair.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Attention, Australian politicians currently running for election: have you considered this

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Erica Joy Astrella @ericajoy.astrel.la · 19/04/2025

real

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