Phil Betts

Ah, haven't heard that one. Doesn't sound ideal.

Seems like the platonic ideal of a politician: reasonable, compassionate, nothing to prove. In it for the public good. He's what I like to think I'd be like as a politician - if I was also the super hot charismatic former captain of a national rugby team. 🤷‍♂️ #AusPol

All politicians are bastards, and people will let you down, but fucking hell David Pocock seems like a good egg.

He's been vocal and in the public eye for decades, so unlikely to be milkshake ducked. #AusPol

Ted is a shorthand name for Edward, an Anglicised Eduardo. On anyone else it wouldn't be that notable to go by a middle name, but certainly his party's positions make it raise eyebrows.

You can also have as many follow lists as you like to create different feeds. I think you can share them - an idea borrowed from here - but I've never done it myself.

The default view is chronological based on your follows, so "power over what you see" is mostly a non-issue. There's also a "trending" algorithm based on what people from your server interact with. I do really like the idea of multiple and custom algorithms here though - it's a great feature!

I don't really know what means? That's technically true of every website and app in existence. The main difference in Mastodon's favour is there are lots of different servers, and many of them are community-volunteer run.

Mastodon has its own issues, but server control isn't a big one to me.

I spend most of my time there and don't see any problems, which is not to say they're not there. I guess there are many different servers, some run by psychos, some by normal people.

Mastodon founder handed over "benevolent dictator for life" ownership and authority to a non-profit org, where it now sits. techstory.in/the-founder-...

Animated clip from Monty Python featuring a row of hunched over naked people raising trumpets to their bums.

Clive Palmer's "Trumpet of Patriots" #AusPol

Weapons of Slow destruction Flyer.

In case you are interested. 😊🤞🦋

In the context of the caption "Make them pay", a plastic/carbon tax on these companies would be pretty effective.

Baltic Flour Mill Gateshead #BalticFlour #Mill #Gateshead #Tyne #photography #travel

It was about ghosting people on Tinder but that was a lifetime ago and at least two Twitter exodes.

Manet with KKLAK!

Constable with KKLAK!

Seurat with KKLAK!

Yeah. I reckon most art can be improved with the addition of a big KKLAK!

Way more in-your-face. Come on, painters! It’s not hard!

Tower Beach, 1951. (Photo courtesy of @ThamesBaths) At a recent mudlarking exhibition a gent came to my table and told me he remembered coming down here regularly in the 1950s with his parents to sunbathe & swim. The Tower Foreshore is now out of bounds and the state of river water is shocking.

Beautiful Mucha vibes. 🙏

Sometimes I still can't get over the fact that 'to bite the dust' is literally a Homeric metaphor, e.g. Il. 24.738 Ἕκτορος ἐν παλάμηισιν ὀδὰξ ἕλον ἄσπετον οὖδας "They bit the dust (lit. 'seized the ground by the teeth') at the hands of Hector".

"I'm Ba-

🕊️ #birds

people talk about how kids and teens have nowhere to hangout, but I read old literature about people letting their friends live at their houses for long spans of time and think about how so much has been ripped from us

Handwritten, all caps sign in a newsagent window: Limited edition : original recipe Irn Bru / In original glass bottle / The way its supposed to be / full sugar / not for long

Went in and bought two bottles and now I am ready to laugh in the face of God

Waiting For Frodo.

Back to linocut with some raven themed divination magic.

My gf was SO cute today, she asked me "dave do you love me?" I told her yes Then she asked "dave, what is Earth defense system?" and then I remembered I don't have a gf and she asked again her eyes now obsidian black "what is the defense system dave"

Israel's weaponization of humanitarian aid distros is a horrific war crime.

It can not be normalized. It can not be explained away. There is no excuse.

Dude, super fucking weak. Use your words next time.

Devon coast in sun with foxgloves

Bent hawthorn in blossom by the sea

Cows grazing in green pasture by the sea

Hurry up, Spring…