Reposted by The People’s Republic of CouchThe People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 23h 052
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 23hpart of getting older is starting to develop opinions about pill boxes 000
Reposted by The People’s Republic of CouchThe People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026some rough ideas for the @bellingcat.com merch design comp 372
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026some rough ideas for the @bellingcat.com merch design comp 372
Reposted by The People’s Republic of CouchThe People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026some day the last person to have watched hey hey it's saturday will die 153
Reposted by The People’s Republic of CouchThe Monthly @themonthly.com.au · 29/09/2026A Shakespearean first folio and handwritten letters from Einstein and Newton make David Walsh’s new library unusually quiet for the brash Mona gallery mnth.ly/Cab6L16mnth.lyPhront manA Shakespearean first folio and handwritten letters from Einstein and Newton make David Walsh’s new library unusually quiet for the brash Mona gallery 011
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026some day the last person to have watched hey hey it's saturday will die 153
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“What would you say is the greatest British film of all-time? Gimme a Top 5.” Trainspotting 28 Days Later 24 Hour Party People Shaun Of The Dead Children of Men 120
Reposted by The People’s Republic of CouchThe People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026like others, i've been looking at the new satellite images on google maps which show the devastation of gaza and the now out-of-date info about what used to be there - the chemists, the corner stores, the hotels, the schools, the cafes - before they were destroyed by the IDF in the ongoing genocide. 012
Reposted by The People’s Republic of CouchNick Evershed!? @nickevershed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A timeline of One Nation’s instability: more than half of Hanson’s MPs have quit or been expelled. As party numbers swell to record levels, Guardian analysis reveals a three-decade history of tumult www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte... 22714
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026like others, i've been looking at the new satellite images on google maps which show the devastation of gaza and the now out-of-date info about what used to be there - the chemists, the corner stores, the hotels, the schools, the cafes - before they were destroyed by the IDF in the ongoing genocide. 012
Reposted by The People’s Republic of CouchNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Google has started updating satellite images of Gaza. Holocaust. (📸 Barry Andrews MEP, European Parliament) 23760431
Reposted by The People’s Republic of CouchWhitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English. 42103444408
Reposted by The People’s Republic of CouchThe People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026as a mea culpa for the hack sam altman should buy everyone in australia a puppy. 122
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026as a mea culpa for the hack sam altman should buy everyone in australia a puppy. 122
Reposted by The People’s Republic of CouchThe People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026now describing my phone preference as 'continental' 031
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026now describing my phone preference as 'continental' 031
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026honestly, who hears a mad despot rant about obliterating another country while speaking at the UN general assembly and thinks, you know what, i'm gonna grab and post a quick selfie with him. @albomp.bsky.social of course (comments have been turned off on the post as people rightly gave him shit...) 100
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026like a beautiful butterfly emerging from its chrysalis, so too is the state change when king gee pants finally go soft. 000
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026ecological fallacy and all, but with football grand finals coming up, it's time to post this again, a map that shows which one people are more likely to be excited about, based on the barassi line, the dividing line between rugby league and aussie rules thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/the-barassi-...thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.orgThe Barassi Line - A Wikidata fellowship projectAn attempt to plot its current path using the locations of all Aussie Rules & Rugby League clubs in Australia 200
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026my "I will post about this later" tshirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt 000
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026counterpoint: giant fucking idiot in a foreseeable mess entirely of his own making. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.au'Merchants of chaos' have forced Trump into a bindA group of rebels once known as Iran's "merchants of chaos" have moved on strategic islands in the Red Sea and are now putting one of the richest and most powerful nations in the Middle East in a tric... 011
Reposted by The People’s Republic of Couchsamantha floreani @floreani.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I'm in @theconversation.com this week sharing findings from RentTech research that @chandnigupta.bsky.social and I worked on together for @cprc-research.bsky.social Dark patterns, vague privacy policies, dodgy personality quizzes + reward programs are just some of the things renters deal with!theconversation.comPersonality tests, dodgy reward programs, AI bots: how rent tech platforms make renting a ‘dehumanising’ experienceRent tech is an unavoidable part of modern renting – and renters have little control over what data they have to give up and what happens to it afterwards. 087
Reposted by The People’s Republic of CouchThe People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026vinnie blues. 001
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026accidentally hit enter after i'd typed 'thweg' into the browser when i was meaning to type 'theguardian', and ended up learning about the 'thalweg' instead. 5 stars. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalwegen.wikipedia.orgThalweg - Wikipedia 061
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026hey KIDS do you wanna have TOUGH FEET so you can walk BAREFOOT on the HOT GROUND and not get hurt by BINDIS this SUMMER then you need to START toughening up the soles of your feet by WALKING AROUND BAREFOOT from NOW. 001
Reposted by The People’s Republic of CouchThe People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026gonna write a browser extension that automatically updates all dollar values in song lyrics to the present day 011
Reposted by The People’s Republic of CouchThe People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026why is it always banh mi, and never banh us 😞 021
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026gonna write a browser extension that automatically updates all dollar values in song lyrics to the present day 011
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026all this talk of the destruction of humanity by ai is merely an opportunity to post one of my favourite clips from futurama: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUjX...youtube.comFuturama - Kill all humans, must kill all humansYouTube video by Dont You Worry About Quotes 001
Reposted by The People’s Republic of CouchThe People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026same vibes 132
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026labor, finding new ways to disappoint, both home and abroad. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auAustralia's sanctions statement withdrawl leaves EU states 'disappointed'European diplomats say they were surprised and disappointed that Australia baulked at joining a UK-led move to impose trade sanctions on West Bank Israeli businesses. 110
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026why is it always banh mi, and never banh us 😞 021
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026ah yes, the letter e, the wilhelm scream of letters. 000
Reposted by The People’s Republic of CouchGarth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 17/09/2026great art articulates eternal truths 1048491481
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026i lived in hong kong for a bit in the late 90s and was in awe of the bamboo scaffolding. sad to see it go. 99percentinvisible.org/episode/678-...99percentinvisible.orgBamboo Is Innocent - 99% InvisibleWhen reporter Julie Blussé got on a plane to Hong Kong last November, she thought she was going to cover the aftermath of a disaster. The evening before, she’d seen the images on the news: seven huge ... 000
Reposted by The People’s Republic of CouchThe People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026counterpoint: it's just gibberish www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comAI models chatting in ‘surreal’ dialect mixing poetic language and tech bro jargonExperts air concern over AI lingo redolent of James Joyce’s prose that is creating barriers to monitoring and oversight 2147
Reposted by The People’s Republic of CouchNick Evershed!? @nickevershed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The dominance of AI is not inevitable. We can choose to change things for the better! In other words: you're right to push back www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe dominance of AI is not inevitable. We can choose to change things for the better | Nick EvershedCountries have come together before to make international agreements in the face of existential threats 33918
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026counterpoint: it's just gibberish www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comAI models chatting in ‘surreal’ dialect mixing poetic language and tech bro jargonExperts air concern over AI lingo redolent of James Joyce’s prose that is creating barriers to monitoring and oversight 2147
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026ed sheeran very much with "and another thing: im not complicit. please dont put in the newspaper that i'm complicit" vibes today 010
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026don't love the fact that the new owners of our quiet local pub talk like brad from sales. 200
Reposted by The People’s Republic of CouchThe People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The Work of Art in the Age of Stochastic Reproduction 111
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The Work of Art in the Age of Stochastic Reproduction 111
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026niche business idea: drones that retrieve washing that's been blown off rooftops/balconies and is now stuck in hard to reach locations (guess who's favourite tshirt just blew off the rooftop washing line of our apartment and is now hanging off a pipe on the neighbouring building 3 floors up?) 011
The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026may have another royal hotel to visit in a few years time. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comIt’s a remote, roofless ruin in a Tasmanian ghost town – and it just sold sight unseen for $300,000Historic Royal Hotel bought by Perth couple who have never set foot in Tasmania, with hopes its story will become a tourism drawcard 130