@davej@dice.camp2026-07-17 00:21:48
Stolen to add #AltText.
#auspol #AI https://theb…
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-17 00:21:48
@davej@dice.camp2026-09-17 10:25:26
Looking for some #DCCRPG action this Saturday? (Sorry for the short notice.)
Walter's Burly Griffins is #Canberra's only Gongfarmer’s Local, dedicated to running the #DungeonCrawlClassics
@davej@dice.camp2026-09-17 15:48:09
I was something of a chemistry nerd when I was younger, but after many false starts, it took @…'s subtle urging to put my knowledge of #ElementsAndCompounds to good use—namely this week's
@davej@dice.camp2026-06-18 02:20:01
Content warning: CW: uspol, Iran.
In what fucking reality has Trump had military victories in Iran?
Re: #uspol
@bourgwick@heads.social2026-09-14 01:18:47
v v excited for weak signal's return to union pool. #nyc
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-17 04:25:25
I have a #MondayRandom10 to impart, and no characters to do it with:
1. Future of the Left—"The Limits of Battleships"
2. Moodymann—"I'll Provide"
3. Chubby Cree—"Rock Your World (Handsome Tiger Remix)"
4. The Church—"Under the Milky Way"
5. Caro Emerald—"The Ghost of You"
6. FM Einheit—"Homeless"
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energy2026-08-14 03:23:04
@jdrm@social.linux.pizza2026-06-18 06:54:39
El señor Seur dice que ha entregado el paquete. ¿A quién? Nadie lo sabe, pero a mi no.
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-16 22:10:14
Bah! I’m going back to Mona 6, at least for a while.
Ideally, I’d like a full-featured Masto client that’s interoperable across OSX/iOS/iPadOS, and that doesn’t charge a subscription.
Mona 6 sorta gave me that, but has quirks I didn’t like—quirks I’d hoped would be fixed in the next version. But version 7 went subscription-model, and I’ll be damned if I pay to rent features I’ve already bought outright in version 6. Fuck that. (1/2)
@davej@dice.camp2026-09-15 22:54:47
A new study by #FlindersUniversity estimates a #population of ~2.2 million #IndigenousAustralians prior to 1788. Some 93% of the pre-
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-07-16 19:42:10
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Discovery Zone:
🎵 Pair A Dice
#DiscoveryZone
https://discoveryzone1.bandcamp.com/track/pair-a-dice
https://open.spotify.com/track/2IZIj5RODqcc55EwAkpHOH
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-16 12:00:53
Courtesy (once more) of @…, #ThursdayFiveList takes us this week to a #FantasyWorld. So gird your loins, strap on your sword, and rock out against the darkness li…
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-15 04:55:52
#Australia is big. And empty.
400,000 ha (>1500 sq mi) of the #Tanami Desert is on #fire, notionally in the middle of winter. Nobody noticed until a
@davej@dice.camp2026-09-16 05:58:48
“People would rather block me than debate my ideas,” he says, totally ignoring the sea lion in the room. #subtoot
@ckent@urbanists.social2026-09-12 10:50:11
RE: https://dice.camp/@johnzajac/117254763653213929
“Death to Anerican Values!” eh?
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-15 22:24:55
RE: #AltText.
@donelias@mastodon.cr2026-07-12 02:24:30
Imprimir es resistir
#SanJosé #CostaRica
@davej@dice.camp2026-09-15 00:49:57
47 Ways to Use a Guillotine: #music #bluegrass
@davej@dice.camp2026-09-13 03:50:20
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energy2026-08-01 09:51:03
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-14 08:00:47
@davej@dice.camp2026-09-13 02:55:29
S301 is a very normal #star in a very unusual neighbourhood.
It orbits Sgr A*, the #BlackHole at the #MilkyWay's centre, at 8% of the speed of light, and approaches to within 12 AU (about the distance from the …
@davej@dice.camp2026-09-13 22:08:12
A verbose #MondayRandom10:
1. Jimmy Cliff—“The Harder They Come”
2. Rob Zombie—“Demonoid Phenomenon”
3. Tool—“Pneuma”
4. Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox (ft Haley Reinhart)—“Creep”
5. Bobbie Gentry—“Ode to Billie Joe”
6. Mushroomhead—“Before I Die”
7. Spiritbox—“Circle With Me”
8. Donovan—“Jennifer Juniper”
9. Eric B & Rakim—“Paid in Full (Se…
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-14 10:08:01
Big day. Almost forgot #BastilleDay.
Death to the Aristos!
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energy2026-07-29 19:51:03
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-13 04:36:50
Looks as if Apple Music’s skewing kinda punk this #MondayRandom10. Not complaining or anything, though: it’s a good day for it.
1. Weezer—“In the Garage”
2. Hawkwind—“Motorhead”
3. Static-X—“Love Dump”
4. Spermbirds—“Another Dead Friendship”
5. Storm Weather Shanty Choir—“Leave Her, Johnny”
6. The Jim Carroll Band—“People Who Died”
7. Argatu’—“La Cosit”
…
@davej@dice.camp2026-09-10 05:10:52
“The city of #Malibu declared a local emergency and issued evacuation orders for 31 homes after a massive and expanding #sinkhole opened up in the driveway of #NicolasCage’s oceanfront residence.”
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-10 10:29:18
Content warning: CW: auspol, Elon Musk, antisemitism royal commission.
You mean this guy? What are the chances?
#auspol #ElonMusk #antisemitism
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energy2026-08-29 03:23:04
Pint, Poster, Paper: Slice-and-Dice Heating Decarb (2026) - From Pint-of-Science public talk to academic paper; derivatives and heat-pump load profiles. #PhD #heating #flexibility -
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-08 22:48:25
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-09 11:18:29
Per @…, this week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #SciFITunes:
1. Human Aftertaste—“Lazer Gun”
2. The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets—“Slave Ship”
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-09 21:12:12
“We now know that the interiors of wealthy people's homes in #Pompeii smelled woody and earthy, with a hint of citrus.”
Ashes From Pompeii Reveal What The Doomed City Smelled Like 2,000 Years Ago : ScienceAlert
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-10 11:03:01
Apple Music didn't want to cooperate, but I somehow squeezed a #MondayRandom10 out of it:
1. Fear Factory—"Demanufacture"
2. sunn O)))—"Candle Goat"
3. Cities of Mars—"The Third Eye"
4. Dawn Penn—"You Don't Love Me (No, No, No) [Extended Mix]"
5. Fat Larry's Band—"Zoom"
6. Butthole Surfers—"Birds&q…
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-09 20:44:27
RE: #AltText.
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-09 21:01:11
Content warning: CW: uspol, NATO summit.
RE: #Trump got one and what he did with it if so remains unclear.”
One can but h…
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-10 06:22:53
Content warning: CW: spiders.
Granted, my roots in Australia go back over 230 years, but is it too late for me to board a boat and nope the fuck back to the mother country?
Re: https://social.chinwag.org/@abc_bot/116894167473794814
@davej@dice.camp2026-09-07 02:35:40
A nice, eclectic mix (with some #TravellerRPG love) for #MondayRandom10 today.
1. The Lord Weird Slough Feg—“Gene-Ocide”
2. Naughty By Nature—“OPP”
3. Arctic Monkeys “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor”
4. Korn—“Blind”
5. Wucan—“Franis Vikarma”
6. Village People—“Go…
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-04 22:28:41
#Neptune’s moon #Triton was likely once a #KuiperBeltObject, destroying all the planet’s original satellites (save Nereid) as it fell into Neptune’s gravity well.
Webb telescope finds signs of ancient disas…
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-06 14:41:47
Content warning: CW: uspol, Trump.
RE: #uspol
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-07 20:09:07
Say what you will about #Canberra, but how many other cities of ~½ million poll their residents to determine where to buy the best hot chips?
https://www.act.gov.au/our-canberra/…
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-10 11:34:23
RE: https://mastodon.ie/@PatrickOBeirne/117069980346652077
If this happens before I can win Lotto to buy that Elliott O'Donnell rarity I've had my eye on for the last several years, I'll be sorely pissed.
Fists will be shaken, and fies…
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-10 07:15:22
RE: https://rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds/116894387508700070
Hinch may’ve been a tireless crusader for victims of child abuse, but in so many other respects, he had a remorseless disregard for truth, or for the victims of his relentless, opportunistic pursuit of …
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-06 07:30:09
Happy #MondayRandom10 to those of you who celebrate early-week, stochastic #music selections! 😉
1. Wolfmother—“Colossal”
2. Kyuss—“One Inch Man”
3. Zero Kama—“Liber Al I.13.”
4. C C Music Factory—“Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)”
5. Die Antwoord—“Fatty Boom Boom”
6…
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-06 10:41:58
RE: https://dice.camp/@Taskerland/117047319312059463
I’m 100% certain I wouldn’t enjoy this podcast, but I find @…’s (et al.) di…
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-09 05:15:30
I just realised I’ve been conflating Annie Lennox and Annie Leibovitz all these years. 🤦🏻♂️
No wonder she seemed so insanely talented.
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-08 21:59:34
RE: https://cosocial.ca/@dyckron/117061983156044744
Are Hartley Vale and Browns Gap Rds closed?
It’s not a great route, and certainly not suitable for heavy traffic, but it’s a lot quicker than turning off Great Western Highway, taking the full length of…
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-08 21:57:44
I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet. He was in the stall of a Shinjuku men’s room, and he tried to eat my face.
Onryō are fucked up, y’all.
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-06 22:54:56
RE: #AltText.
@davej@dice.camp2026-09-06 05:24:33
TIL, via #DeltaGreen computer game scheduled for release in 2003:
@davej@dice.camp2026-09-07 13:58:52
You mean *this* Elon Musk? Must be another Elon Musk. Can't be the same guy, surely? 😒 https://mastodon.social/@leavex/117229474967372485
@davej@dice.camp2026-09-08 01:10:36
Renaming geography’s an odd hobby, granted, but fair enough—school shootings probably got so bad that he's run out of children to rape. https://mstdn.party/@mcspocky/117232700660225889
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-02 12:57:53
#HereComesTheRain! This week’s #ThursdayFiveList, once more courtesy of @…, is all about the wet stuff that falls from the sky and brings life again to the pa…
@davej@dice.camp2026-09-01 10:28:08
“A new study led by Flinders University has flipped the historical narrative about #Australia's #thylacine, finding the native apex predator known as the ‘ #TasmanianTiger ’ was significantly different fro…
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-05 02:49:48
Stolen to add #AltText. https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/117039167452771735
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-06 14:24:43
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-04 09:36:53
@davej@dice.camp2026-06-30 22:07:49
RE: https://dice.camp/@kyonshi/116838805144359805
Interesting. I figured it was of Russian origin for some reason. 🤷🏻♂️
It’s one of my wife’s favourite expressions, and it displaced “You can’t hug every cat” in our house—which usually resulted in a nearby…
@davej@dice.camp2026-09-05 21:29:43
The Forgotten ‘Planet of the Apes’ Script That Somehow Included Topless Gorilla Strippers
Before Tim Burton got involved, ‘Home Alone’ director Chris Columbus was set to direct a bizarre remake starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
https://www.vice.co…
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-03 03:36:46
It's a very random Monday today, and that deserves ten very random #MondayRandom10 tracks:
1. Rush—"YYZ"
2. White Zombie—"Spiderbaby (Yeah-Yeah-Yeah)"
3. Moondog—"Symphonique #6 (Good for Goodie)"
4. A Perfect Circle—"Over"
5. Smashing Pumpkins—"Mayonaise"
6. Queen—"Somebody to Love"
7. Little Ri…
@davej@dice.camp2026-06-24 09:56:34
An #asteroid hit deep in the #Australian #outback. What it left may have broken a record.
Australian researchers say they have found evidence of Earth’s oldest known asteroid
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-05 03:17:29
RE: https://universeodon.com/@jaykuo/117040075043953824
For my friends in the US:
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-05 00:56:15
No context, but I find the sheer number of sexualised monkey loops on GIPHY a little concerning.
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-04 06:51:53
RE: https://social.chinwag.org/@abc_bot/117035756755002007
For a start, Agent Krasnov’s owner would never face war crimes charges over Ukraine.
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-31 00:29:48
It’s #MondayRandom10 time once more, and my Apple Music playlist clearly needs to get something off its chest:
1. Propagandhi—“A Speculative Fiction”
2. Smashing Pumpkins—“Sweet Sweet”
3. AC/DC—“If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It)”
4. Pentangle—“Hunting Song”
5. Justice—“Stress”
6. Jello Biafra (ft Nomeansno)—“Ride the Flume”
7. The Jam—“All Around the World”
@davej@dice.camp2026-06-29 23:56:27
Today’s somewhat belated #MondayRandom10, brought to you by yesterday’s migraine. 😞
1. Ecca Vandal—“Bleed But Never Die”
2. Chumbawamba—“Bella Ciao”
3. The Atlantics—“Bombora”
4. Foo Fighters—“The Pretender”
5. The Halluci Nation (ft Yasiin Bey, Narcy & Black Bear)—“RED”
6. White Zombie—“Thunder Kiss ‘65”
7. Headless Chickens—“Million $ Dream”
8. Roy…
@davej@dice.camp2026-06-29 21:03:58
RE: #AltText.
@davej@dice.camp2026-06-25 21:17:19
I miss Web 1.0, and despair that as #DeadInternetTheory takes hold, we humans find ourselves unable to salvage much worthwhile from the #Web of old.
We’ll have to kitbash something frail and new as (drawing vague analogy from @…
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-02 22:52:46
Content warning: CW: auspol, Nationals, renewable energy.
RE: https://aus.social/@jhaue/117028123648905709
This may be nostalgia talking, but Tim Fischer’s the last Nats leader who didn’t strike me as a complete idiot. “Plain wrong and plain silly” comes with the job title these days, it seems.
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-02 22:36:48
RE: https://kolektiva.social/@LevZadov/117027653686200675
At some point, abetting an existential crisis becomes an act of terror. The sooner we start treating this as a crime against humanity the better.
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-03 02:24:45
RE: https://rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds/116853571936867356
‘"Right under our noses and nobody was able to help them sooner," said Emily Collins, a business owner in a nearby town.
‘"It's just crazy that of all the wonderful things going…
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-23 09:36:52
I’m not saying I live in neighbourhood with a lot of Indian residents, but #7plus (the #streaming service for one of our #FreeToAirTV stations) keeps serving me ads for atta flour—with Hindi dialogue.
I’m not s…
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-21 22:56:15
Colour me skeptical, but #Meta potentially faces USD 1.2 trillion damages in a #California trial that could change #SocialMedia forever.
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-26 11:47:05
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-23 13:13:37
This #ThursdayFiveList, we #EmbraceTheWild, revelling in those primal places and emotions that begin just beyond where civilisation ends:
1. The Cure—"A Forest (Tree Mix)"
2. Kool & the Gang—"Jungle Boogie (Extended Jungle Jazz Edit)"
3. Motörhead—"In…
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-24 11:29:47
I’m deeply conflicted about S4E5 of #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds, but… it’s a bundle of fun. And Pelia’s hair is *amazing.*
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-28 07:32:50
Not to put too fine a point on it, but a midwifery campaign is perfectly possible in #Runequest too, even when both prospective biological parents are male.
Re: https://social.alexschroeder.ch/@osr/s
@davej@dice.camp2026-06-30 22:53:26
RE: https://zirk.us/@impermanen_/116839087894914100
It’s not being introduced in Canberra, AFAIK—we have our own, separate, 100% renewable power grid—but we do get somewhere between 75% and 80% cheaper electricity during the middle of the day.
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-01 09:59:46
Content warning: CW: auspol, electioneering inquiry.
RE: https://rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds/116843662974802948
Clearly, somebody doesn’t want their booth staffing and campaign donation arrangements too closely examined. Worth noting, too, that none of those booth workers could actually vote for themselves…
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-27 04:06:44
Well, #AusAlert is working. It blew out my eardrum as I was listening to a podcast, then—like the fucking IRA—came back for a second round of carnage, just when I thought it was safe to return to the scene. 🤬
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-27 02:35:26
A beautiful Monday morning for a #MondayRandom10 — 10 random songs from my Apple Music collection.
1. The Radiators—"Comin' Home"
2. Air—"Don't Be Light"
3. The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy—"Socio-Genetic Experiment"
4. Stevie Wonder—"Someday at Christmas"
5. Justice—"Let There Be Light"
6. Fats Domino—&…
@davej@dice.camp2026-06-26 05:04:02
Via the r/BabylonBerlin subreddit, season 5 of #BabylonBerlin has finally been teased, at least in Germany, to begin this September.
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-30 22:22:58
RE: https://mas.to/@RikerGoogling/117010517980507677
We’ll know the answer when polite company causes the Borg to throw their legs over their heads so as to loudly and aggressively tongue themselves.
Dammit, Locutus. You’re sitting right on the coffee …
@davej@dice.camp2026-06-29 20:40:22
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-22 06:04:35
RE: https://dice.camp/@davej/117127996367238960
Ironically, CorMae’s “ADHD” has been stuck in my head—on loop—for two days, even when I’m asleep. That manic clown haunts my dreams. I’d rather take Pennywise, any day.
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-20 13:09:49
This #ThursdayFiveList, @… asks #HowWereFeeling, and, well:
1. Hoodoo Gurus—"Waking Up Tired"
2. L7—"Let's Lynch the Landlord"
3.…
@davej@dice.camp2026-06-25 11:14:04
Per @…'s suggestion—following on from @…’s theme last week, and much more in keeping with my own wintry location—today’s #ThursdayFiveList
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-30 00:04:56
RE: https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/top-stories-hc55lmo2z/-/a-hRJ7TmH5T267e6lSADw1VQ:a:3199692-/0
It does seem that a mail drop and a short holiday abroad could’ve solved this a little more easily.
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-29 22:07:57
RE: https://rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds/117005353251681138
It’s not visible in this clip, but the electronic sign on the front of the bus states: “Sorry… not in service.” 👨🍳💋
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-20 21:28:28
Content warning: CW: ukpol, Burnham.
Were I rich enough to understand—and afford—lettuce futures, I’d be very excited about this #AndyBurnham chap.
#ukpol
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-24 14:30:22
I've finally done it! It took me over five years, but I've *finally* finished a game of #Stellaris!
And now, I need sleep.
@davej@dice.camp2026-06-18 21:42:49
This does put me in mind of the time that #JuliaChild (she of “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” fame) was publicly outed as an agent of #DeltaGreen (qv,
@davej@dice.camp2026-06-18 12:17:42
It’s the dead of winter where I am; nonetheless, where @… blazes a trail, I can but follow. #BurningHeat is this week’s #ThursdayFiveList theme:
1. Goat—“Let…
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-24 03:41:33
All in all, a nice, laidback selection for #MondayRandom10. Just the thing I needed today.
1. Weedruid—"Tod durch Gras"
2. MC Skat Kat and the Stray Mob—"I Ain't No Kitty"
3. Subcarpați—"2000 de km"
4. The Cat Empire—"The Wine Song"
5. Nine Inch Nails—"12 Ghosts II"
6. Abanamat—"Voidgazer"
7. Ada…
@davej@dice.camp2026-06-22 01:24:47
It’s #MondayRandom10 time again! MOAR RANDOM!
1. Ramones—“You Should Never Have Opened That Door”
2. Johnny Cash—“(Ghost) Riders in the Sky”
3. Lustmord—“Er Eb Es”
4. Suidakra—“Otherworlds Collide”
5. Cosmic Psychos—“Bum for Grubs”
6. Balkan Beat Box—“Pachima (UBK Remix)”
7. Hank Williams III—“Moonshiner’s Life”
8. Skip James—“Hard Time Killing Floor Blu…
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-10 08:58:55
I recently had the great pleasure to catch an episode of the #AfterDark #history #podcast, interviewing #AshleyDouglas o…
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-23 10:30:56
Content warning: CW: auspol, One Nation.
RE: #OneNation
@davej@dice.camp2026-06-26 07:50:09
My wife’s binging Water Rats (an Australian cop show that ran from 1996 to 2001).
There’s a scene where one of the regulars—a police diver—who found the long-dead body of a little girl has to break it to her mother… and the saddest-looking Labrador EVER.
I really hope the casting director was a dog person. I imagine taking a couple of weeks to cast a sad Labrador would’ve been the highlight of their career.
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-09 11:18:27
@davej@dice.camp2026-07-20 05:28:45
“Random? Monday? #MondayRandom10. Yeah? Here.”
(Wraps pillow around face. Passes out.)
1. Emily Barker—“Return Me”
2. The Heavy Eyes—“These Men Are Wolves”
3. The Fray—“Ice Cold Lakes"
4. Balkan Beat Box (ft Boom Pam)—“Gross”
5. Joji—“Yeah Right”
6. Ghoultown—“Drink with the Living Dead”
7. Blue Öyster Cult—“I'm on the Lamb but I Ain't No S…
@davej@dice.camp2026-08-06 12:25:02
For the first time, #myoglobin has been grown in #vegetables, promising (eventually) higher #meat #protein yields per land are…
