Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

The People’s Republic of Couch

@theotherprc.bsky.social

140 followers 520 following 330 posts

Datavis / Flânerd / PhD student @QUT Been to Bunnings as many times as I've been to Iran (once). In Couch We Trust. https://thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org

thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · Apr 28

happy 4 year anniversary to this project i did for the state library of queensland. topography.slq.qld.gov.au

The Topography of Searching

The Digital Collections Catalyst project for the State Library of Queensland (2021)

topography.slq.qld.gov.au

1 3

The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 6d

(i hate jetskis)

The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 6d

drones are jetskis for nerds.

Reposted by The People’s Republic of Couch

الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 6d

Soon you can have your sushi delivered by the same drones that shot toddlers in the head while they were scraping spilled flour off the ground

PARTNERS WITH FLYTREX, AN ISRAELI DRONE COPMANY, ALL WHILE ISRAEL USES DRONES TO KILL CHILDREN

11 340 510

The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 6d

me catching a bus in any foreign country: i am basically a local now.

Reposted by The People’s Republic of Couch

🎃👻🐈‍⬛ Grim Pierce 🪦⚰️☠️ @unchi.org · 9d

old enough to remember when "please clap" was a career-ending moment for a politician

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Trump to a room of generals: "I've never walked into a room so silent before. Just have a good time. And if you want to applaud, you applaud."

7 15 140

The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 19d

www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Tales of love and loss: Newcastle’s baths contain an ocean’s-worth of everyday magic

I asked the swimmers at my favourite local baths for stories – and ended up gathering enough for a salt-rinsed Ring Cycle

www.theguardian.com

The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 21d

every drop! to me, a finished laksa is an empty bowl.

The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 21d

thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/once/

an incomplete list of things i've only done once.

thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org

The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 21d

run out of those tiny little shampoo bottles so time to go travelling again.

The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 23d

so good.

The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 24d

fancy pooh meme where the first panel says 'i am in a pub' and the second says 'i am in a third place' which in sociology refers to social environments that are not home (first place) or work (second place)

The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 24d

chemistry, you fucken snitch.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 24d

Scientists have identified the origins of the blue color in one of Jackson Pollock’s paintings with a little help from chemistry.

Scientists identify a mystery color in one of Jackson Pollock's paintings

Scientists have identified the origins of the blue color in one of Jackson Pollock’s paintings with a little help from chemistry.

bit.ly

The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 25d

stay weird parramatta rd.

The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 25d

if i had a dollar every time a government planned to transform parramatta road i could probably buy several kilos of beads from one of those weird little bead shops on parramatta road.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

After four decades of stalled attempts, there’s a new plan to ‘transform’ Sydney’s ugliest road

NSW government to rezone Parramatta Road corridor and make room for 8,000 new homes – but plan omits mooted light rail

www.theguardian.com

1 3

The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 27d

the sounds of stretching cotton and groans you hear in sydney's inner west right now is from a bunch of middle aged punters seeing if they can still fit into their 90s band tees for the drop city gig tonight.

Reposted by The People’s Republic of Couch

Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 27d

I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning

The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn't a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division

www.thenation.com

380 2.4K 8.2K

The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 28d

was ahead of his time, given morrison essentially had a crack at the same thing a few years later

The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · 28d

saw phillip ruddock on the street the other day, and it reminded me of the fantasy cabinet @nickevershed.bsky.social and i made almost 10 years ago for the guardian, where this was his selection: x.com/philipruddoc...

ruddock's fantasy cabinet where every position is him

1 4 10

The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · Sep 10

the bloke that i assume was trying to do an australian accent in 'Honey Don't!' confirms my belief that caleb landry jones is the only seppo who should be allowed to.

The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · Sep 9

and australia, predictably, has reached for the wet lettuce.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

News live: Australian government condemns Israel’s Qatar strikes; breakthrough vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia

Follow live

www.theguardian.com

The People’s Republic of Couch @theotherprc.bsky.social · Sep 9

preparing for a wave of thinkpieces along the lines of "is bombing the people you're negotiating for peace with, in the country that's hosting the talks, bad? hard to say"