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Rob

@robbomck.bsky.social
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Canuck in Oz, mucking about here for now. Interests include tech, music, politics, economics, journalism, photography, bushfire preparedness, cooking... and so on.

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Rob @robbomck.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Looking through the back catalogue and thinking about @robertarnol.bsky.social claiming that Tasmania's awful, don't go there - it was true 10 years ago too.
Sunset from outside the Southern Ocean Aquarium c 2016. Still water reflecting silhouetted trees and a vibrant orange sky at the horizon, fading to pale blue with orange tinged purple clouds.
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Rob @robbomck.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
C'mon losers, I bought like two things in the past 20 years. INFER! #amazon #aboutyou #amazonaboutyou
An Amazon About You box showing no insights or information.
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Rob @robbomck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
No, I think I’ll enjoy community radio instead.
A plea from Spotify emailed to ask a user to come back.
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Rob @robbomck.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
With apologies to Holly Cole… I can see clearly now The rain is gone I can see breakfast and coffee In my way…. #blueskies #sydney #thankfktherainstopped #shoplocal #community
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Rob @robbomck.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Woolworths doing their part during a cost of living crisis.
Woolworths online search results for Toilet Paper, including 373 products and 24 recipes. The recipes notation is highlighted with a question mark indicating the bizarre interpretation by the computer of its mission.
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Rob @robbomck.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Blasting through this book. Rebecca Skloot in my opinion can write damn well. #books #history
Photo of the cover of the book “the immortal life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot
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Rob @robbomck.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Unsubscribe and F off #auspol
Screenshot of spam from Clive Palmer’s trumpet of patriots, with no ability to unsubscribe or respond, inciting fury in the recipient.
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Rob @robbomck.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
After valuing #adobe #lightroom enough to have subscribed for years, this increase feels like just taking the piss. #ciaoadobe
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Rob @robbomck.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
“You wombat grabber” is my new version of “thoughtless selfish idiot” Don’t be a wombat grabber. #wombats
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Rob @robbomck.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
F*** me this is a scary read, especially with the agressive commentary issuing from the present regime in the States. #books
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Rob @robbomck.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Now reading: who gets to be smart, Bri Lee. P24 and reckon this is gonna be a cracker
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Rob @robbomck.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Just finished an Australian history of bad language, artfully put together by Amanda Laugesen, cos why not see how many example swears one can record dispassionately while chronicling the arc and politics of bad language? #books
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Rob @robbomck.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Just finished Andrew Wear’s “Solved!”. It’d be lovely to see principles of success adopted and sustained - however the “what next” chapter feels a bit naively optimistic in 2025 in the face of efforts to undermine collective benefit for small-group gain. Good ideas that need a bigger audience
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Rob @robbomck.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Pretty sky. Good morning world.
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Rob @robbomck.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
So valued, where do I invoice my time to? Also I did the checkout myself; when do I get reimbursed for that? #customerservice
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Rob @robbomck.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Ok, that last book riled me up a bit… time to cool down
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Rob @robbomck.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
On the upside, the computer gets it, based on this summary of comments on the article. Maybe it could also write the WaPo's leadership position endorsements, going forward.
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Rob @robbomck.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Can you smell the picture?
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Rob @robbomck.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Fantastic description
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Rob @robbomck.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
On page 10 of @andrewjfowler.bsky.social ‘s Nuked and already ya can’t help but seethe at the self serving duplicitousness of the Australian Liberal party members. Masters of shitfuckery. #auspol
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Rob @robbomck.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Looks like I managed to snap a quick picture from the work Christmas party... turned out okay for PUI (photograph under the influence).
Sydney Opera House lit at night, viewed from the west of Circular Quay. A ferry is visible, though blurry. The harbour water is calm. It was a cloudy, rainy night so no stars or clouds are visible - the sky is black. Lights in the distance are from houses and apartments.
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Rob @robbomck.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
No goddamn way, LinkedIn…
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Rob @robbomck.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Reckon Johnson’s comment on p39 nails it. Great work , thank you @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Rob @robbomck.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
What else says summer like lunch and reading by the pools while kidlet and friends play? (They soon returned to help demolish the food)
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