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Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 2h

Especially when a lot of people who talk about it basically mean “desk job”

Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 3h

Honestly any of the Australian music docos are pretty good. 1984 — the doco about Midnight Oil’s Red Sails in the Sun tour — was another recent highlight.

Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 3h

It’s a hagiography but I really loved Ego: the Michael Gudinski Story. Banging soundtrack, really cool animation and some incredible archival footage

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Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 17h

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a man in a suit and tie is holding a bag with evidence on it

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding a bag with evidence on it

media.tenor.com

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Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 17h

I genuinely think he might be an alien. He has all the hallmarks of a classic Grey. They walk among us.

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Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 19h

A young person died just days after the LNP make pill testing illegal.

There’s a good chance that if they could have had these pills tested, they’d be with us all today.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 20h

Highly potent synthetic opioids found in teddy bear-shaped pills linked to a death in Queensland

Public health warning issued after drugs known as nitazenes detected amid move to ban pill testing * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Teddy bear-shaped pills laced with synthetic opioids have been linked to a death in Queensland, triggering a public health warning about a group of highly potent illicit drugs called nitazenes. N-pyrrolidino-protonitazene and protonitazene were detected in toxicology and samples taken from pale yellow pills marked with the letter “Y” in the state’s south-east. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 2d

The Italian Stallion is the closest to the kind of American Italian subs I had in New York that I’ve got in Australia

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Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 2d

That’s normal right?? Normal and healthy???

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Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 2d

nah bottle it up I reckon what if I throw that bottle in the river not my problem anymore

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Strategic Cities @strategic-cities.com · 3d

When the only young people at the public consultation are in the wall painting…

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Robert Dow @ozbob13.bsky.social · 3d

Better Transport Queensland Releases 2025 Policy Platform
forum.bettertransportqueensland.org/t/better-tra...

Better Transport Queensland Releases 2025 Policy Platform

Better Transport Queensland is proud to release our 2025 Policy Platform: a forward-looking blueprint for a safer, more connected, and sustainable transport future across Queensland. Click here to d...

forum.bettertransportqueensland.org

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Better Renting @betterrenting.bsky.social · 3d

Last week, the National Association of Renters' Organisations and National Shelter released a report following up on the Better Deal for Renters. The Deal has now been in place for two years—has renting gotten any better?

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Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 4d

This was also my problem with the first wave of Fediverse afficionados. They didn't just not appreciate why people liked spending time on the most popular social media apps, but actively rejected those bases.

People decrying (justifiably) the "Digital Mall" forgetting people like being in malls!

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Freeplay @free-play.bsky.social · 4d

Know someone who missed out on Parallels tickets? We rummaged around and found a few more in our pockets - but they're very limited!

events.humanitix.com/parallels25

Parallels - Last Minute Tickets Available Now

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Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 4d

Oh thank god. I need my Subway Italian Sub if it was 30% better

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Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 4d

In tragic news for Brisbane sandwich fans, dannyboys — what if Subway was good — has closed their Kelvin Grove store, their only store south of Boondall

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Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 4d

Surely the like for like isn’t excess deaths but deaths inflicted by other people? It’s still disproportionate but not insanely so.

Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 4d

I wonder if it’s just how “celebrity watchers” experience the parasociality that leads them to listen to podcasts and follow celebrity socials is fundamentally different to the kind experienced by Actual Play fans — in particular the time and attention commitment vs local social networks effects?

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Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 4d

The closest I can think of are the Dimension 20 x Drag Race and x WWE miniseasons but they’re already niche and nerdy subcultures

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Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 4d

fuuuuuck horror story

Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 4d

No warning signs at all before they moved in??

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Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 4d

Really stunning works at the Brisbane Portrait Prize this year. I’ve always bounced off portraiture because even now most are made of people’s whose stories are already known. So many of these though are intimate stories I’d never have learnt without these portraits.

I cried three times. 10/10.

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Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 5d

Fun fact: there was briefly a political party in Australia called Fluxx that literally wanted to do this for every single parliamentary vote

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Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 5d

Like to me the appeal of the Corbyn era stuff — especially the McDonnell Alternative Ownership work — was how positive and coherent it was. It articulated a better future and a possible way to get there.

Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 5d

The policy is about making people’s lives better. This poster is about punishing perceived injustice. Very dissonant imo.

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