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@davej@dice.camp
2026-04-26 21:19:18

“Every year, the United States #Mint sells more than $1 billion of investment-grade #gold #coins. Each is stamped with an icon like the bald eagle, signifying the government’s guarantee, required by law, that the gold is 100 per…

@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-25 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.camp
2026-04-26 19:58:40

I’m actually less enthused that it’s labelled “#Mandalorian Galactic #Lemonade Mystery Flavour” than had they just gone with either “Galactic Lemonade" or “Mystery Flavour" alone. It makes me wonder just how badly not-lemonade it is—some exec decided to shrug off appealing to customers' curio…

A four-pack of 300 millilitre bottles of Schweppes’ Star Wars: The Mandalorian-branded zero-sugar Mystery Flavour Galactic Lemonade.
@davej@dice.camp
2026-07-26 11:47:05
Content warning: CW: uspol, Trump.

RE: #uspol #Trump

@davej@dice.camp
2026-04-26 21:34:05

#Archbald, PA, has 7000 residents. Developers plan 51 data warehouses for the town, each the size of a Walmart Supercenter. Most of the Borough Council has resigned. Shots have literally been fired.

@jdrm@social.linux.pizza
2026-06-26 07:44:53

Copio del bluesky y añado mi opinión:
Según esa noticia, se podría reducir la jornada semanal de 40 a 30 horas sin reducir salarios y aún así las empresas tendrían los beneficios que tienen ahora.
#trabajarMenos #trabajarTodas

Se ve una noticia de El Economista que dice "Los españoles apenas trabajan 25 horas y media de una jornada semanal de 40: el resto del tiempo se dedican a bla bla bla"
@davej@dice.camp
2026-05-25 07:24:33

Same deal as last week for #MondayRandom10. Details in the next post.
1. The Stalin, “Romantist”
2. Black Moth, “The Undead King of Rock ‘n’ Roll”
3. The New Pornographers, “Moves”
4. Bal-Sagoth, “To Dethrone the Witch Queen of Mytos Kunn”
5. Childish Gambino, “Retro”
6. The Vines, “Get Free”
7. Manowar, “Die for Metal”
8. Chuck Brown, “Run Joe”
9. …

@davej@dice.camp
2026-04-26 01:49:55

Stolen to add #AltText.
NB: the article shown in the last panel is at theguardian.com/us-news/2026/a

A four-panel comic, showing a young woman sitting alone on a bus, or perhaps a train.

In the first panel, she stares into her mobile phone, illuminated by its light. “I love seeing people smile at their phones in public,” the caption reads.

In the second panel, this time showing her a little closer, she smiles, tears brimming in her eyes as she gazes into her phone. “Have they received happy news?” the caption asks. “Is it a text from a loved one perhaps?”

The next panel shows her in a head-…
@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-06-16 14:42:04

from my link log —
Darts, dice, and coins: sampling from a discrete distribution.
keithschwarz.com/darts-dice-co
saved 2026-06-15

@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-26 05:04:02

Via the r/BabylonBerlin subreddit, season 5 of #BabylonBerlin has finally been teased, at least in Germany, to begin this September.

A 26- second trailer for the fifth and final season of Babylon Berlin, showing a series of characters in various degrees of shock, including Gereon, Lotte, Dr Völcker, and Helga. And a strikingly bald Wendt, looking characteristically imperious.
@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-25 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

A photograph of Bowenfels level crossing (near Lithgow, NSW, Australia), taken by me (David M Jacobs) on the morning of June 4, 2015.

A tarred road crosses a railway track, surrounded by road signs, crossing signals, chain-link fences, timber power poles, and other miscellaneous industrial ground cover. Everything in the foreground is shadowed and coated in frost. Mist obscures the middle ground, and a thawing mountainside looms in the distance, its thick carpet of eucalypts drinking in the me…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-06-21 13:21:20

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #PacificNotions
Cole Pulice:
🎵 Thirteen Sided Dice
#ColePulice
colepulice.bandcamp.com/track/

@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-26 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.

@ruth_mottram@fediscience.org
2026-05-19 19:30:39

"Many of 1988’s droughts and floods, heat waves and hurricanes were random events, the roll of the dice. But the dice are being weighted. In coming years they will fall hot and stormy-side uppermost more often"

@davej@dice.camp
2026-04-26 04:16:20

Hopefully, authorities learn from the experience of Florence, Oregon, before disposing of the carcass (qv youtu.be/V6CLumsir34).

@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-24 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

@cdamian@rls.social
2026-06-23 11:40:42

Reclaim Your City 014 | Freddy K
01. Frankie Bones - We Call It Tekkno (Akkappella Mix) - Bash Again!
02. Sawf - Skotos (Original Mix) - M_Rec Ltd 16
03. Conrad Van Orton - Autumn (Original Mix) - KEY Vinyl 003
04. Nihad Tule - Shatter - Sloboda 8413001
05. Adam Jay - Inward - Chroma Recordings…

@cheryanne@aus.social
2026-05-10 03:42:04

Roll The Dice Podcast
If you're tired of podcasts that feel like job interviews, roll with us. It's unpredictable by design — and that's the fun...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: greataustralianpods.com/roll-t

Roll The Dice Podcast   
Screenshot of the podcast listing on the Great Australian Pods website
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-07-25 18:34:38

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #PositiveVibrations
Big Youth:
🎵 Pair of Dice
#BigYouth
ericblowtorch.bandcamp.com/tra
open.spotify.com/track/14QCev6

@davej@dice.camp
2026-07-24 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. 🫩

The "Victorious" achievement for Stellaris:

"Win the game through any victory condition in Ironman Mode
5.4% of players have this achievement

Unlocked Jul 25, 2026, 12:12 AM"
A purchase record for Stellaris and several DLCs, dated 19 Apr, 2021.
Play Time: 1,424.7 hours.
@davej@dice.camp
2026-05-24 21:57:40

RE: #AltText.

Bluesky post by “Nice Old Geezer Opposes Fascist Dictators” (@bhamilton001.bsky.social):

“The day after Colbert’s final show, CBS Radio News signs off as well. The news program that became famous as Edward R. Morrow reported live from London rooftops during the Blitz, now silenced.

“Good night, and good luck.

“And fuck you CBS.”
@davej@dice.camp
2026-07-23 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.camp
2026-07-23 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…

A landscape photo of the Rocky Mountains, showing unbroken conifer forest in the foreground, yielding to bare, rocky sierras at the horizon.
@davej@dice.camp
2026-05-22 16:51:32

Milby’s Maps is one of the billionty creators I follow on #Patreon who I’d shower with money if I had it to spare.
Matt’s stunning current project is to produce #TTRPG- and #VTT-ready

@jdrm@social.linux.pizza
2026-06-22 11:29:18

Interesante la regla 3-30-300 y especialmente lo mal parada que estš España.
Esta regla dice que debes ver 3 šrboles desde tu ventana, que el 30% de tu barrio tiene que estar cubierto con šrboles y que debes tener un parque a menos de 300 metros de donde estés.
not-ship.com/can-you-see-three

@davej@dice.camp
2026-05-22 15:32:59
Content warning: CW: uspol, offshore oil drilling, military readiness.

So, this would be some subset of the 800 or so general-level officers who rubber-stamped #Trump’s #ForeignPolicy objectives, now complaining that #military concerns take a backseat to commercial interests—as if this…

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-06-17 19:07:17

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Yeah NO:
🎵 He Has a Pair of Dice
#YeahNO
chrisspeed.bandcamp.com/track/

@davej@dice.camp
2026-07-23 10:30:56
Content warning: CW: auspol, One Nation.

RE: #OneNation

@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-26 07:54:56

Cops Warn #CEO #Bodyguards That #LuigiMangione Fever Could Spark #ClassWar:

A photoshopped electron micrograph of a tardigrade (AKA water bear) playing the world’s smallest violin.
@davej@dice.camp
2026-04-26 20:57:03

#CIA ran #MKUltra #experiments on #PrisonersOfWar in US custody, declassified docs confirm. For the first time, documents…

@jdrm@social.linux.pizza
2026-07-22 11:18:26

No lo he contado pero al final me apunté a uno de esos gimnasios de fit con boxeo enlatado en el que todo el mundo hace lo que dice un vídeo y te puntúa y esas mierdas.
Bueno, pues la parte positiva es que no tiene esa parte del boxeo que no me gusta, que es la de guantear contra gente motivada de mšs que se creen que son Mike Tyson y que a los demšs nos hacen gracia sus estupideces mentales.
La parte negativa es lo de que es un producto mšs pensado para oficinistas con vida sed…

@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-25 19:52:58

I won’t touch #DnD5e anymore, but I do feel for the upcoming #Encyclopedia’s #authors.
#WotC’s parent company,

@davej@dice.camp
2026-05-22 15:12:39
Content warning: CW: auspol, green energy.

Sigh. This is just “rich people will flee the country if taxpayers stop subsidising them,” but for infrastructure investment. If it’s profitable then they’ll invest—they’ll simply find new loopholes to offset their obligations, and fabricate whole new axes of victimhood to whinge about.
#auspol #renewables

@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-22 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.camp
2026-05-21 10:38:13

This week, @… nominated #FourLeggedLandCritters for #ThursdayFiveList’s theme. I was tempted to go with all comedy songs, but I love Big Mama Thornton’s…

A photo composite showing an anthropomorphic ram in a red shirt and white jacket, wearing a heavy gold chain; a horse in a brown suit smoking a cigar; and a cow wearing a grey suit, tie, and homburg.

In the bottom left corner, a logo reads “The Godfarmer” with a hand descending from its top border to manipulate marionette strings, imitating the logo for the 1972 classic mafia movie “The Godfather”.
@davej@dice.camp
2026-07-20 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

A screenshot of two toots, the first from The Sleight Doctor (@ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world):

‘I wasn't moved by Burnham's vacuous, hopey-changey speech which made exactly one tangible pledge: to abolish street homelessness. Based on his official appointments it wouldn't surprise me if he means criminalising it rather than actually housing people. His homelessness pledge played to the conservative NIMBYs, not the UK left. "Oh he's going to remove all those disreputable scoundrels from sho…
@davej@dice.camp
2026-07-20 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.camp
2026-05-21 07:22:10

RE: eigenmagic.net/@NewtonMark/116
Ah, Australia. Security theatre at its finest.

@davej@dice.camp
2026-07-17 00:21:48

Stolen to add #AltText.
#auspol #AI theb…

An editorial cartoon by Cathy Wilcox. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese anxiously sits at a laptop in front of a door labelled “Office of AI”. He asks the computer, “How do I deal with AI?”

The computer replies: “That's a great question, Anthony! I can see you really want to do the smart thing in spite of all the risks, climate implications and likely human cost. I can help you look past those inconveniences and focus on producing optimal outcomes for my owners while making you sound …
@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-18 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.camp
2026-06-18 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…

A kangaroo hops past the gutted remains of a house, silhouetted against the intense flames.
@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-18 02:20:01
Content warning: CW: uspol, Iran.

In what fucking reality has Trump had military victories in Iran?
Re: #uspol

@davej@dice.camp
2026-05-18 11:03:28

Something different for #MondayRandom10: stuff that MIGHT make my regular playlist.
1—The Decemberists—“The Queen’s Rebuke”
2—Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever—“Cameo”
3—Social Distortion—“Reach for the Sky”
4—The Walker Brothers—“The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore”
5—Hugo Kant—“Black Moon”
6—Jaguar Jonze—“Rising Sun”
7—Angie McMahon—“If You Call”
8—Wizzard…

@davej@dice.camp
2026-07-16 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…

A still from Conan the Barbarian (1982): an armoured rider in a helmet with a moon and sun on its brow, and two serpents facing each other like horns, bears the twin-headed serpent standard of Thulsa Doom.
@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-15 20:24:31

Based on modelling from other #primates, humans *should* #sleep 11½ hours per night. But we’ve evolved to sleep less, and the invention of cooking freed up hours every day that we would’ve otherwise spent chewing. What we do with that time, conversely, affects our quality of sleep.

@davej@dice.camp
2026-05-14 18:22:30

Courtesy of @…, this week’s #ThursdayFiveList theme is #HalfMiddleOfTheCenter: songs about being in the middle of things.
1. Yuri Gagarin, “At the …

An animated GIF (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) demonstrating how to geometrically determine the midpoint of a straight line using a compass.
@davej@dice.camp
2026-05-16 15:59:43
Content warning: CW: auspol, transphobia.

RE: #WellDoneAngus issues a suspiciously-timed attack on

@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-10 23:13:40

“Finding a ‘#whale #necropolis’ where there are nearly 800 #skeletons per square kilometre is a surprise, and the mix of whale types is a puzzle.”
Deepest and most extensive whale

@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-15 02:53:36

Time for #MondayRandom10 once more—ten random tracks to brighten your Monday:
1. 1000 Homo DJs—“Supernaut”
2. Fisher & Tones and I—“Favour”
3. The Gymslips, “Drink Problem”
4. Morcheeba—“Enjoy the Ride (Jason Bentley Mix)”
5. Roy Wood—“Red Cars Are After Me”
6. Can—“Mushroom (Remastered)”
7. Blaak Heat Shujaa—“The Storm / We Are the Fucking Storm”
8.…

@davej@dice.camp
2026-07-15 22:24:55

RE: #AltText.

A post by Mille (threads.com/@millesini) on Threads:

‘A MAGA literally just messaged me:

‘“ICE is not coming after white people so why do you weird white people have a problem? Be quiet about shit that has nothing to do with you.”

‘And there it is: the absolute definition of white supremacy and zero empathy, spelled out in a single text.’
@davej@dice.camp
2026-05-17 20:31:46

My street’s a concrete canyon. Every few days for over a year, there’s been a man screaming somewhere nearby, sometimes for over an hour.
I finally caught sight of him last week: a heavyset young man with Down syndrome, over-ear headphones, shouting into a (thankfully disconnected) hand mic. Whatever he’s listening to, he belts it out with gusto as he literally dances along the street.
I used to worry he was in pain, but now take heart in one of the purest expressions of joy I’ve…

@davej@dice.camp
2026-07-10 10:29:18
Content warning: CW: auspol, Elon Musk, antisemitism royal commission.

You mean this guy? What are the chances?
#auspol #ElonMusk #antisemitism

Animated GIF of Elon Musk giving a Nazi salute at Donald Trump’s inauguration.
@davej@dice.camp
2026-07-14 10:08:01

Big day. Almost forgot #BastilleDay.
Death to the Aristos!

An animated GIF of a falling guillotine blade, seen from different (Dutch) angles.
@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-14 02:25:33
Content warning: CW: uspol, Trump.

Say what you will about the British, but they treated the #WhiteHouse with more respect in 1812.
Re: flipboard.com/@associatedpress

@davej@dice.camp
2026-05-14 22:28:21

RE: #AltText.

A Twitter post from Rushi (@rushicrypto):

“If capitalism truly rewarded skill or intelligence, the richest people would be neurosurgeons, engineers, and scientists.

“If it rewarded talent, it would be artists, writers, and creators

“If it rewarded hard work, it would be cleaners, laborers, and service workers.

“But it’s none of them.”
@davej@dice.camp
2026-07-16 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.camp
2026-06-11 14:56:31

Thursday rolls around once more, and there’s something in the air: @… whispers that the week’s #ThursdayFiveList is #BlowingInTheWind.
1. Loreena McKenn…

A short animated loop of palm trees blown in a hurricane.
@davej@dice.camp
2026-07-13 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.camp
2026-05-07 04:16:13

How #science finally solved #hallucigenia’s weirdness after 84 years: youtu.be/WY3GqbjjrdY

@davej@dice.camp
2026-05-07 00:25:56

On a whim I looked up my grandfathers' online #WW2 enlistment records yesterday. I knew that my mother's father was an #army mechanic, and my father's father was in the #AirForce, but not much more than that. (1/3)…

@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-12 23:39:17

There he is! Up there!
All the way up there!
The richest man in history!
I bet we could raise him higher yet—
At least the length of a pikestaff.
#poetry

@davej@dice.camp
2026-07-09 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”

Arnold Schwarzenegger as the eponymous “Terminator” (1984), a muscle-bound behemoth of a man, clad in leather jacket and sunglasses, holding an oversized handgun.
@davej@dice.camp
2026-05-11 10:05:15

An early night for me, and I nearly forgot #MondayRandom10!
1. My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult—“Glamour is a Rocky Road”
2. Angine de Poitrine—“Sahardnieh”
3. Red Fang—“Blood Like Cream”
4. Faith No More—“Easy”
5. Tom Odell—“Heal”
6. The Stranglers—“Golden Brown”
7. Dan Warren—“Clockwork Family”
8. Single Gun Theory—“From a Million Miles”
9. Alaba…

@davej@dice.camp
2026-05-14 15:48:23

RE: tomkahe.com/@GiftArticles/1165
“If prosecutors dropped the charges, Mr. Adani would be willing to invest $10 billion in the American economy and create 15,000 jobs, echoing a pledge he made in the wake of Mr. Trump’s election.”…

@davej@dice.camp
2026-07-08 22:48:25

Are you in #Canberra? Fancy rip-roaring, dungeoneering, surrounded by actual, friendly people, verifiably made of meat?(*)
Saturday, 25 July, 1pm.
Canberra Southern Cross Club, Woden.
Walter’s Burly Griffins will host the following #DCCRPG scenarios for your gratification:
• Dread Dawning…

@davej@dice.camp
2026-05-11 16:57:33

RE: #AltText.

“If you haven’t received your tariff or DOGE checks yet, just use your Trump Phone to call in a complaint.

—@The Ana Braga”
@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-02 20:04:48
@davej@dice.camp
2026-05-07 18:24:24

This week’s #ThursdayFiveList theme is #WideOpen.
1. The Waikiki Beach Boys—“Buka Pintu” (Indonesian for “Open the Door,” in case you’re wondering.)
2. USURA—“Open Your Mind”
3. Thorn Haze—“Open Vein”
4. Leftfield—“Open Up”
5. C4$PA—“Open the Gate/Dead Meat”
Playlis…

An open, timber door, as seen from inside a darkened room.
@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-04 11:39:08

Courtesy of @…, this week's #ThursdayFiveList theme, #LGBTQPlusMusicians, celebrates

The Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag. In addition to the more common six-striped Rainbow Flag, it features a striped chevron on the staff side representing people living and lost with HIV/AIDS, queer people of colour, transgender people, and the intersex community.
@davej@dice.camp
2026-05-13 20:20:56

Brought to you by the Suede-Denim Secret Police. 😉 tomkahe.com/@GiftArticles/1165

@davej@dice.camp
2026-07-10 06:22:53
@davej@dice.camp
2026-05-10 13:51:32
Content warning: CW: auspol, One Nation, Farrer

RE: #OneNation’s been around for 30 years, but rarely able to gain a fo…

@davej@dice.camp
2026-07-06 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.camp
2026-06-06 06:46:16
Content warning: CW: auspol, qldpol, mansion tax.

Ice-cold take: a tenant who can afford Bulimba’s median $1225/week house rent isn’t in #housing distress, let alone one who can afford the median $2.3 million purchase price.
How about building dwellings for people genuinely priced out of adequate housing? Why not actually address #WealthInequality

@davej@dice.camp
2026-07-09 20:44:27

RE: #AltText.

A three-panel, monochrome photocomic.

Panel 1: A young woman with short hair in a sleeveless dress, against a backdrop of vegetation, captioned “It was a sweet day when I realized”

Panel 2: A closeup of a child’s balloon, captioned “legal and illegal had nothing to do with”

Panel 3: A closeup of the woman’s closed hand, its back brushing the back of a park bench, captioned “right and wrong.”

The image is credited to E Horne and J Comeau of asofterworld.com
@davej@dice.camp
2026-07-09 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.camp
2026-07-06 14:41:47
Content warning: CW: uspol, Trump.

RE: #uspol

@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-08 07:37:02

Another Monday, another #MondayRandom10: ten very random tracks from my feeder playlist.
1. Billy Gibbons & Co—“Oh Well”
2. Popol Vuh—“In den Gärten Pharaos”
3. X—“Los Angeles”
4. Cut Copy—“Love is All We Share”
5. Soul Coughing—“So Far I Have Not Found the Science”
6. Didirri—“The Critic”
7. Yuri Gagarin—“At the Center of All Infinity”
8. Smashing P…

@davej@dice.camp
2026-05-04 08:51:48

I grew up on buses in #Canberra, and though I was away for ~30 years, even with all its changes, I took to #PublicTransport again like a duck to water.
My wife, OTOH, grew up in Sydney and went straight from foot to car as soon as she was old enough. She’s in a wheelchair now, but despite all ass…

@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-11 01:00:56

And yet Siri gives me grief when I tell it to shut the fuck up.
Re: mastodon.social/@cultofmac/116

@davej@dice.camp
2026-07-07 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?
act.gov.au/our-canberra/…

@davej@dice.camp
2026-07-02 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…

Animated GIF loop of a supercell moving slowly towards the camera.
@davej@dice.camp
2026-07-10 07:15:22

RE: rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds/116894
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.camp
2026-06-10 00:18:47

And if you think that’s cool, kiddies, wait till you find out what they call jellyfish. 😈
Re: mastodon.art/@welshpixie/11672

@davej@dice.camp
2026-05-10 03:21:04

RE: mastodon.social/@hanse_mina/11
Since February 2022.
To put this into perspective, that’s roughly equivalent to the number of US servicemen killed AND wounded during the entirety of the Vietnam War.

@davej@dice.camp
2026-07-06 22:54:56

RE: #AltText.

A tweet by Max Tassy (@stillworking1003):

“Your future doctors is using ChatGPT to pass med school.

“Now is probably a good time to start working out and eating healthy.”
@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-06 23:35:38

RE: #AltText (assuming my Masto app hasn’t eaten it again).

A tweet by Murray Rothbard (@MurraySuggests):

“The Iranian navy, which has been destroyed eight times, has apparently closed the Strait of Hormuz again, because the United States, for the seventh time, won the war that wasn't a war, so now the United States has to open the Strait of Hormuz that was already open before the not-war began.

“The not-war began because Iran had uranium that was totally, completely, beautifully obliterated, so they can't build the nuclear bomb they weren't building,…
@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-02 20:22:53

“National data shows that almost half of Australians already fall short of minimum physical activity guidelines, and rising prices are making even basic care unaffordable for many.”
I’m not saying this stupid war on #Iran is wholly responsible for #inflation, but it’s certainly not helping—and even its dis…

@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-09 03:03:54

“The Labor minister Tanya Plibersek, appearing alongside Joyce on the TV panel, replied: ‘They were being knocked out by investors, Barnaby. That’s why we’re changing the tax system.’”
Why is this woman not in the Lodge?
Re: eigenmagic.net/@NewtonMark/116

@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-09 02:31:50

So THAT’S what they look like. Oddly, I’ve read about books receiving Nebulas and Hugos and PKD Awards, but it never occurred to me that they were physical artefacts AND accolades. Huh. 🤔
Re: wandering.shop/@effies/1167173

@davej@dice.camp
2026-05-09 01:01:09

@… You missed the pearl-clutching in paragraphs 4-6?
“It’s become so normalised that nobody blinks an eye at the sight of people clinking glasses of prosecco at 7am, but Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has called to ban the practice.
“He claims that almost one flight a day […] is being diverted due to unruly behaviour, which mostly stems from said …

@davej@dice.camp
2026-05-05 06:56:12

My rules of thumb:
• Interesting, you can make up on the fly, but memorable takes work.
• NPCs only need the stats that PCs interact with; often, they don't even need names. Save your effort for significant characters with a standout, unique ability or two, and a paragraph or two of history. Everyone else gets generic stat blocks—but only if the PCs fight them. (Or whatever your #TTRPG&…

@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-30 22:07:49

RE: dice.camp/@kyonshi/11683880514
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.camp
2026-05-04 05:29:49

This week’s #MondayRandom10 comes with a tinge of darkness… and magick. 🤔
1. Lead Belly—“Where Did You Sleep Last Night?”
2. S’Express—“Theme from S’Express”
3. David Bowie—“Blackstar”
4. Weedeater—“Wizard Fight”
5. Black Lips—“Modern Art”
6. Castle Rat—“Wizard”
7. Sonicanimation—“Theophilus Thistler (An Exercise in Vowels)”
8. Manu Pilas—“Bella Ciao”

@davej@dice.camp
2026-04-27 20:19:44
@davej@dice.camp
2026-07-08 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.camp
2026-05-08 20:57:31

RE: mastodon.scot/@kim_harding/116
One of my favourite managers could be found, most days, down the pub at 6:30am. Why? His shift finished at 6am, and he enjoyed a couple of beers on his way home.
It rustles my jimmies that s…

@davej@dice.camp
2026-06-03 21:36:43

RE: #AltText.

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a while… [laughing emojis]

attention men, if you’re feelin like you can do better than your girlfriend… create a tinder profile with her pictures and see how many other men would be stoked to be in your shoes… I did it as a joke and my girlfriend had 1300 likes in an hour, I’m boutta run her a bath, cook dinner, fold the laundry & rub her feet… yall trippin [laughing emoji] I’m one man, I can’t compete with 1300 dudes tryna clap my girls cheeks [laughing…
@davej@dice.camp
2026-05-28 10:23:05

Courtesy of @…, this week’s #ThursdayFiveList theme is #AcousticGuitarsWave: a collection of acoustic tracks.
1. Smoke City—“What It Was (Acoustic)”

A closeup of the outside top of an acoustic guitar, showing its strings suspended across its sound hole.
@davej@dice.camp
2026-04-27 02:44:57

“Rapid change isn’t just occurring in #Ukraine. Other developments across the western alliance show that European nations are working with shocking speed to free themselves from dependence on America. […]
"Our allies are increasing their #defense budgets and decreasing their dependence on American