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Lore Bard. Engineering academic. Internationally unsuccessful composer. Awabakal land (Newcastle, Australia). I'm almost (but not quite) more than you deserve.

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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 6h

“This inquiry has… exposed what lies beneath the tip of the governance failure iceberg – overpaid and arrogant management and their largesse, opaque, unaccountable, and top-down decision-making, and governance bodies stacked with corporate appointees.” satpa.pe/XogpEAK

Stacked boards driving ‘rotten’ university sector

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Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 18h

Gotta love plausible deniability......

Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 18h

Ah, the great Russian art of taking the piss without landing in jail.

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Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 1d

Very nice! I reckon my first is coming along nicely, 2 weeks in.

A forearm featuring a black and white tattoo of a very sinuous dragon (based on a sketch by Tolkien)

Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 1d

“All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.” - Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune

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Assistant HR Director of Antifa @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 2d

AI HUCKSTER: "i built you a machine that reads books for you."

ME: "can you build me a machine that unloads the dishwasher for me so *i* can read a book?"

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Maz Jovanovich @mazjovanovich.bsky.social · 2d

They say a picture tells a thousand words - and this one definitely does.

I found it unexpectedly today while in search of another image and it stopped me in my tracks.

Smiling pregnant woman in military uniform being promoted by another woman and a man, who are both putting new rank slides onto her shirt, in front of an aircraft.

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Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 2d

MON ONCLE. The non-bouncing jug scene is one of my faves in all cinema.

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Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 3d

I was thinking about this recently - that I'd be distinctly nervous if I were Norwegian. It's dangerous to attract Trump's attention in any way.

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 3d

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

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Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 4d

I reckon evil is a form of dumb, though. It's fundamentally a failure of empathy, which in turn is really a failure of that variety of imagination that allows one to put oneself in someone else's shoes.

Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 4d

I think my lad reads them in e-form, but I'll ask anyway.

Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 5d

40 years ago?

Gigz @andrewgigacz.bsky.social · 5d

A subscription to The Age now comes with free castigation.

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Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 5d

Is this a Sovvo?

Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 5d

The day of three excellent things!

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 5d

Today, Wednesday 8 October, is World Octopus Day. www.daysoftheyear.com/days/world-o...

Also, Pierogi Day. www.daysoftheyear.com/days/pierogi...

And it’s happy 76th birthday to actress Sigourney Weaver. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigourn...

World Octopus Day

When it comes to smart sea creatures — with eight arms and a big brain — they can solve puzzles, camouflage, and even open jars!

www.daysoftheyear.com

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Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 5d

It's good to be on the rodent with one's friends.

Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 5d

Hahaha. He's the goat from The VVitch, famous for his tagline "Wouldst thou like the taste of butter?"

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Doctor WTF @hippopeteamus.bsky.social · 5d

*Black Phillip nods approvingly*

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 5d

This is Eeyore. He led a sheriff's deputy to his grandma after she fell during their walk. We are awarding him the incredibly rare 15/10 (FB: OkaloosaSheriff)