Bratislava
@nondescriptive.bsky.social
Politics, running, running politics from an ill-informed perspective. Keep my informed opinions out of this. I enjoy neo-pronouns, they/them and she/her.
I had no idea that Little A's came into existence because children weren't allowed to participate in athletics! No wonder they were resistant to merging with the grown ups
insideathletics.com.au/blog/austral...
insideathletics.com.au/blog/austral...
Australian Athletics Unites - Inside Athletics
Australian athletics has entered a new era, with Little Athletics Australia set to formally join forces with Australian Athletics in a move that brings an end
insideathletics.com.au
December 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I had no idea that Little A's came into existence because children weren't allowed to participate in athletics! No wonder they were resistant to merging with the grown ups
insideathletics.com.au/blog/austral...
insideathletics.com.au/blog/austral...
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Hanson is calling for tougher hate speech laws, while she is currently in court trying to appeal against her loss in a hate speech legal case. A fact not mentioned by a single outlet covering this story.
Hanson at the Bondi memorial calling for students to be "rounded up" and cuts to immigration. The crowd muttering in agreement, and giving her a huge round of applause once she finishes.
Everything is about to get so much worse in Australia
Everything is about to get so much worse in Australia
December 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Hanson is calling for tougher hate speech laws, while she is currently in court trying to appeal against her loss in a hate speech legal case. A fact not mentioned by a single outlet covering this story.
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something quite relevant to this that I completely forgot I wrote a few months ago"
"Australia’s lead advisor on fighting antisemitism has singled out X for successfully using artificial intelligence to “root out hate”
More: www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/11/a...
"Australia’s lead advisor on fighting antisemitism has singled out X for successfully using artificial intelligence to “root out hate”
More: www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/11/a...
December 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
something quite relevant to this that I completely forgot I wrote a few months ago"
"Australia’s lead advisor on fighting antisemitism has singled out X for successfully using artificial intelligence to “root out hate”
More: www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/11/a...
"Australia’s lead advisor on fighting antisemitism has singled out X for successfully using artificial intelligence to “root out hate”
More: www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/11/a...
December 17, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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What a friendly thing to say. Very generous to of you to think of us during our most recent mass shooting and share news of your better one. Thanks for this friendly message, friend. I don’t think any of us were aware there could be such laws or indeed a better way of living. Good lookin’ out
Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
December 15, 2025 at 6:59 AM
What a friendly thing to say. Very generous to of you to think of us during our most recent mass shooting and share news of your better one. Thanks for this friendly message, friend. I don’t think any of us were aware there could be such laws or indeed a better way of living. Good lookin’ out
The kids' social media ban is turning out to be my favourite type of law: one that sets a norm that's probably good but isn't enforceable or enforced so no one actually gets dragged into an Encounter With The Police
December 13, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The kids' social media ban is turning out to be my favourite type of law: one that sets a norm that's probably good but isn't enforceable or enforced so no one actually gets dragged into an Encounter With The Police
Stop what you're doing and read this.
A couple people have asked and so I want to be clear: YES please do a version of this story for your local sports mascots. Send it to me! This is what I want my legacy to be!
Bay Area Sports Mascots Ranked by the Ultimate Experts: Furries
Everybody has an opinion on mascots, but what do the real masters of the fur think?
www.coyotemedia.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Stop what you're doing and read this.
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As an aside, I just noticed that if you google a font, google displays the entire results page in that font.
Which is neat.
Which is neat.
I refuse to surrender classical antiquity or Times New Roman font to the fascists.
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
December 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
As an aside, I just noticed that if you google a font, google displays the entire results page in that font.
Which is neat.
Which is neat.
"In the examples we reviewed, the greatest impact on the outcome ... [was] ability to advocate for themselves and ability and willingness to share the details of their personal circumstances with an officer who they had never dealt with before."
ombudsman's report is damning and distressing
ombudsman's report is damning and distressing
December 9, 2025 at 5:08 AM
"In the examples we reviewed, the greatest impact on the outcome ... [was] ability to advocate for themselves and ability and willingness to share the details of their personal circumstances with an officer who they had never dealt with before."
ombudsman's report is damning and distressing
ombudsman's report is damning and distressing
people who don't follow sport in this country are really missing out
Im starting to think that pvl might not have the subtlety for diplomacy
December 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
people who don't follow sport in this country are really missing out
This outlet usually does reasonable reporting but i can't for the life of me understand how the words in this piece were assembled together
TRE 2025 Report: The event goes one size up in its first San Antonio rodeo
amileaminute.com/news/tre-202...
amileaminute.com/news/tre-202...
TRE 2025 Report: The event goes one size up in its first San Antonio rodeo
With more exhibitors and a larger space in San Antonio, The Running Event's 2025 show proves it can evolve in a thriving running industry.
amileaminute.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
This outlet usually does reasonable reporting but i can't for the life of me understand how the words in this piece were assembled together
Jess Stenson Australian record at Valencia marathon!!! We love to see it!! She's raced so well in "championship style races" so good to see her smash a very very fast one out as well 🤩 Feels like a real breakthrough moment for her, which seems weird since she's been Aus distance 👑 for so long
December 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Jess Stenson Australian record at Valencia marathon!!! We love to see it!! She's raced so well in "championship style races" so good to see her smash a very very fast one out as well 🤩 Feels like a real breakthrough moment for her, which seems weird since she's been Aus distance 👑 for so long
I liked this, arguing against the idea there is an LLM "voice" that's inherent to some aspect of the technology
From @maxread.skystack.xyz
open.substack.com/pub/maxread/...
From @maxread.skystack.xyz
open.substack.com/pub/maxread/...
Will A.I. writing ever be good?
Some notes on A.I. writing
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I liked this, arguing against the idea there is an LLM "voice" that's inherent to some aspect of the technology
From @maxread.skystack.xyz
open.substack.com/pub/maxread/...
From @maxread.skystack.xyz
open.substack.com/pub/maxread/...
This is great! 50th running of the women's race this year! I'd love to read a collection of biographies of past winners...
rtyi @fastwomen.bsky.social
rtyi @fastwomen.bsky.social
With the Zatopek:10 on next Saturday we’ve looked at the trophies and put together the “Winners Lists” for this historic event - surely the longest running perpetual 10000m trophy in the world?
Preview coming early next week
www.trackathletes.ie/articles/the...
Preview coming early next week
www.trackathletes.ie/articles/the...
The Winners Lists for Zatopek:10
The Zatopek:10 is likely the world's longest-running event focused on the 10,000m, and is steeped in history. A preview of the event will be added to this article shortly, but for now here is the lis...
www.trackathletes.ie
December 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This is great! 50th running of the women's race this year! I'd love to read a collection of biographies of past winners...
rtyi @fastwomen.bsky.social
rtyi @fastwomen.bsky.social
The "Peter Costello and his staffers ate porridge to save taxpayers' money" anecdote at the start of this piece is killing me. They were staying in a hotel where a continental breakfast cost the equivalent of AU $100!!!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Expensive flights don't pass the pub test in the age of belt-tightening
How does a treasurer tell households the government will no longer continue a $300 energy rebate when it's happy to blow $100,000 on three flights?
www.abc.net.au
December 6, 2025 at 6:32 AM
The "Peter Costello and his staffers ate porridge to save taxpayers' money" anecdote at the start of this piece is killing me. They were staying in a hotel where a continental breakfast cost the equivalent of AU $100!!!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
There are *no* Australians currently banned from athletics! What are we doing?! Are we rule-breaking larrikins? Are we a nation of cops, dobbing on each other? Neither, apparently!!
I don't see anything new here, but they spoke to David Howman of the AIU about Ruth Chepngetich's case and doping in track & field.
www.nine.com.au/sport/athlet...
www.nine.com.au/sport/athlet...
'Entourages', blatant tricks and a tainted world record
Anti-doping kingpin spills as alarming numbers laid bare
www.nine.com.au
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 AM
There are *no* Australians currently banned from athletics! What are we doing?! Are we rule-breaking larrikins? Are we a nation of cops, dobbing on each other? Neither, apparently!!
This is actually about a corporate landlord locking out the growers... The landlord is an asset manager with a business model based on asset price inflation premium of 1-2% plus the rental yields (AFR article in next post)...
Australian salad grower Dicky Bill enters administration, putting 180 people out of work before Christmas.
Sudden shutdown of Australian salad grower puts 180 people out of work
Australian salad grower Dicky Bill enters administration, putting 180 people out of work before Christmas.
www.abc.net.au
November 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This is actually about a corporate landlord locking out the growers... The landlord is an asset manager with a business model based on asset price inflation premium of 1-2% plus the rental yields (AFR article in next post)...
This is 100% not my experience. I have not seen any real change in students' reading or texts or of course requirements. I've been tutoring (taking discussion sections) for... 10 years?
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
This is 100% not my experience. I have not seen any real change in students' reading or texts or of course requirements. I've been tutoring (taking discussion sections) for... 10 years?
Pro-Library Discourse Online unreasonably raised my expectations of the range of reading material i'd be able to access through my four (4) library memberships
November 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Pro-Library Discourse Online unreasonably raised my expectations of the range of reading material i'd be able to access through my four (4) library memberships
Update, 1x Piper in top 3!
There are three women/girls named Piper in the Australian under 20s cross country race tonight
November 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Update, 1x Piper in top 3!
i'm getting more grumpy about this the longer today drags on and the more i wish i could look forward to watching sports tonight.
lots of big names competing in cross country trials, can't wait to watch the text-based results appear on rosterathletics dot com #running
lots of big names competing in cross country trials, can't wait to watch the text-based results appear on rosterathletics dot com #running
Too bad we don't have livestreaming technology in Australia 💀
November 28, 2025 at 5:05 AM
i'm getting more grumpy about this the longer today drags on and the more i wish i could look forward to watching sports tonight.
lots of big names competing in cross country trials, can't wait to watch the text-based results appear on rosterathletics dot com #running
lots of big names competing in cross country trials, can't wait to watch the text-based results appear on rosterathletics dot com #running
Impressive setup for tracking runners at UT Kosciuszko! Marnie Ponton (marathon PB 2:31, idk if she's done much trail racing?) looks to be running with the leaders in the 100k
live.utmb.world/kosciuszko/2...
live.utmb.world/kosciuszko/2...
UTMB Live - Ultra-Trail Kosciuszko by UTMB 2025 - Kosci 100
Follow the race Ultra-Trail Kosciuszko by UTMB 2025 Kosci 100 live
live.utmb.world
November 27, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Impressive setup for tracking runners at UT Kosciuszko! Marnie Ponton (marathon PB 2:31, idk if she's done much trail racing?) looks to be running with the leaders in the 100k
live.utmb.world/kosciuszko/2...
live.utmb.world/kosciuszko/2...
There are three women/girls named Piper in the Australian under 20s cross country race tonight
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
There are three women/girls named Piper in the Australian under 20s cross country race tonight