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@theotherprc.bsky.social
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Datavis. Flânerd. PhD student @QUT. Multiple-time childhood failure of the Marshmallow Test. Armchair opinions. In Couch We Trust. thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org

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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 2h
now, with 100% interactivity. thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/laksa-or-sun/
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Laksa broth or surface of the Sun?
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
adding 'locals restore an island' to 'locals restore an old pub' as my favourite niche genres of abc news stories. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Family turns bare island into reef oasis after guano mining destroys it
Lady Elliot Island sat bare, bleak and silent for 100 years after guano miners ravaged it, leaving a moonscape devoid of life. Then in the 1960s, one family started planting trees.
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
it's called fashion sweetie, look it up.
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
laksa broth or surface of the sun?
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
laksa broth or surface of the sun?
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
let's see if some journo can get a 'maybe public executions aren't great?' out of albo
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
with bread expensive, they're ramping up the circuses. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Pentagon says firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter will be live streamed
The United States's first execution by a military firing squad since World War II will be live streamed, the Pentagon has said.
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
my texts contain typos cos perfection is an affront to god.
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
it's called fashion sweetie, look it up.
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
like a beautiful butterfly emerging from its chrysalis, so too is the state change when king gee pants finally go soft.
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
collage is the last refuge of the desperate (i am collaging)
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
this is essentially my paper
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Sir Laksalot @sirlaksalot.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
would be remiss of me not to note that the darwin laksa festival now is on, and goes until the 31st of october. i've been to a few of the festivals in the past and it rules! darwinlaksafestival.com.au
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Darwin International Laksa Festival
The Darwin International Laksa Festival celebrates the Top End's multicultural community and love of laksa.
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
JPEG > TMNT
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
i will never not get a little shiver of delight every time i see this logo, and the dissonance between the towering snow-capped peaks alongside a giant glacier, and the name hovering above, the tiny suburb of lidcombe*, nsw. * they have since moved operations a few suburbs over to sefton
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
[verb]! [preposition] the [location]!
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"WINE BOTTLES GO IN THE YELLOW BIN OUTSIDE!!!" A semantic analysis of guest information notes in Australian holiday rentals.
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
was up in the blue mountains over the weekend where there's currently a bunch of bogong moths mid migration, and one must have crawled into my bag 'cos it flew out when i opened it when we got home to the cross, so i'm assuming it's now on its way to fry itself against the giant neon coke sign.
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
i will never not get a little shiver of delight every time i see this logo, and the dissonance between the towering snow-capped peaks alongside a giant glacier, and the name hovering above, the tiny suburb of lidcombe*, nsw. * they have since moved operations a few suburbs over to sefton
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"WINE BOTTLES GO IN THE YELLOW BIN OUTSIDE!!!" A semantic analysis of guest information notes in Australian holiday rentals.
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
part of getting older is starting to develop opinions about pill boxes
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
some rough ideas for the @bellingcat.com merch design comp
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
would be honoured to make ya one!
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
some rough ideas for the @bellingcat.com merch design comp
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
some day the last person to have watched hey hey it's saturday will die
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The Monthly @themonthly.com.au · 29/09/2026
A 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/Cab6L16
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Phront man
A Shakespearean first folio and handwritten letters from Einstein and Newton make David Walsh’s new library unusually quiet for the brash Mona gallery
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
some day the last person to have watched hey hey it's saturday will die
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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
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
like 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.
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
more like One Month, amirite?
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Nick Evershed!? @nickevershed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A 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...
pauline hanson's head surrounded by coloured dots showing the number of politicians who have quit the party, lost at election, or remain as incumbents
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
like 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.
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
failed tshirt ideas
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
D is for Droste effect.
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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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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
shirts - about all the shows in the era of prestige tv that you have not seen - available here: lonelykidsclub.com/collections/...
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
...which might occur even more frequently given it's just been voted the best show of the 21st century by the new york times. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century
More than 500 influential stars, showrunners and other notable names in the world of TV voted on the best series released since Jan. 1, 2000. See what they chose.
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The 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.
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
as a mea culpa for the hack sam altman should buy everyone in australia a puppy.
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
as a mea culpa for the hack sam altman should buy everyone in australia a puppy.
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
now describing my phone preference as 'continental'
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
now describing my phone preference as 'continental'
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 23/09/2026
nathan fielder: you're a real PNG file, right?

Elizabeth Holmes on a gray checked background looking totally full of shit:
why would I decieve you?
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
even with the crowded calendar this time of year, this is still one of the highlights
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ed sheeran reportedly relieved to no longer be the most spineless white man in the commonwealth
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The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
honestly, 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...)
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