The People’s Republic of Couch
@theotherprc.bsky.social
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
Been to Bunnings as many times as I've been to Iran (once).
In Couch We Trust.
https://thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org
Pinned
The Topography of Searching
The Digital Collections Catalyst project for the State Library of Queensland (2021)
topography.slq.qld.gov.au
happy 4 year anniversary to this project i did for the state library of queensland. topography.slq.qld.gov.au
placing copies of mein kampf on the bookshelves of ikea display rooms as a nod to the founder's nazi sympathies. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingvar_...
Ingvar Kamprad - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
placing copies of mein kampf on the bookshelves of ikea display rooms as a nod to the founder's nazi sympathies. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingvar_...
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It’s pronounced Christmas jifts
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It’s pronounced Christmas jifts
me (grudging impressed): you look like the sort of person who doesn't skip over the poems when reading tolkien.
November 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
me (grudging impressed): you look like the sort of person who doesn't skip over the poems when reading tolkien.
gonna start reviewing the water in sydney's pools like they're wine. first up, vic park: smooth, light, good mouth feel, not too minerally. 5 stars.
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
gonna start reviewing the water in sydney's pools like they're wine. first up, vic park: smooth, light, good mouth feel, not too minerally. 5 stars.
an app to work out the value of property based on the coffee table books and/or artworks shown in real estate photos.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 AM
an app to work out the value of property based on the coffee table books and/or artworks shown in real estate photos.
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Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
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😲 Ooooh, the full programme for the @qutdmrc.bsky.social Summer School 2026 is out now, and it's full of sciencey goodness. If you were still on the fence about signing up, you have until 19 Dec. to do so. ⌛
The Summer School dates are 2-6 Feb. 2026. #dmrcss26
research.qut.edu.au/...
The Summer School dates are 2-6 Feb. 2026. #dmrcss26
research.qut.edu.au/...
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
😲 Ooooh, the full programme for the @qutdmrc.bsky.social Summer School 2026 is out now, and it's full of sciencey goodness. If you were still on the fence about signing up, you have until 19 Dec. to do so. ⌛
The Summer School dates are 2-6 Feb. 2026. #dmrcss26
research.qut.edu.au/...
The Summer School dates are 2-6 Feb. 2026. #dmrcss26
research.qut.edu.au/...
reversible seats were one of the few truly great things about sydney trains, and whoever was part of the sad little committee that decided not to include them on the new intercity ones, i hope they get dragged (backwards) into hell.
November 15, 2025 at 5:48 AM
reversible seats were one of the few truly great things about sydney trains, and whoever was part of the sad little committee that decided not to include them on the new intercity ones, i hope they get dragged (backwards) into hell.
saw that there's seagrass at redleaf and now i wanna introduce dugongs to sydney harbour (i am not a scientist)
November 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
saw that there's seagrass at redleaf and now i wanna introduce dugongs to sydney harbour (i am not a scientist)
this (correctly) recognises jatz as the superior cracker and vindicates my (earlier) decision to get one tattooed on my arm.
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
Australian supermarket wheat crackers taste test: ‘All the reviewers knew which one was the real deal’
Nicholas Jordan risks it for the biscuits, sampling 19 wheat crackers in the driest taste test yet
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
this (correctly) recognises jatz as the superior cracker and vindicates my (earlier) decision to get one tattooed on my arm.
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
www.theguardian.com/food/2025/no...
roses are red,
winter means coats,
love seeing musk,
mocked by joyce carol oates.
winter means coats,
love seeing musk,
mocked by joyce carol oates.
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
roses are red,
winter means coats,
love seeing musk,
mocked by joyce carol oates.
winter means coats,
love seeing musk,
mocked by joyce carol oates.
john laws won't see your mean tweets about cash for commment but advertisers might.
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
john laws won't see your mean tweets about cash for commment but advertisers might.
went to do 'Death Cab For Cutie' but there were already a bunch of those, so had to dig deeper.
November 9, 2025 at 9:49 AM
went to do 'Death Cab For Cutie' but there were already a bunch of those, so had to dig deeper.
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📝 New article out in Communication Theory. In it, I define practices, a term studies often use without operationalising, as things we do for a reason with specific others, driven by certain knowledge, values, and supported and constrained by language and material environments doi.org/10.1093/ct/q...
Elements of practices in digital publics: a model for identifying collective doings on social media platforms
Abstract. Studies of public communication in digitally networked spaces have increasingly adopted the notion of practice to make sense of patterned doings
doi.org
November 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
📝 New article out in Communication Theory. In it, I define practices, a term studies often use without operationalising, as things we do for a reason with specific others, driven by certain knowledge, values, and supported and constrained by language and material environments doi.org/10.1093/ct/q...
watched 'inside the yellow cocoon shell' (2023) and seems apichatpong weerasethakul may have some competition for south east asia's most languid filmmaker.
November 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
watched 'inside the yellow cocoon shell' (2023) and seems apichatpong weerasethakul may have some competition for south east asia's most languid filmmaker.
i've always wondered how the bands whose songs are between 101-110 in the hottest 100 feel, and now i sort of have an answer, and that's 'chuffed', cos i'm on the reserve list for the bundanon artist in residence program for 2026.
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 AM
i've always wondered how the bands whose songs are between 101-110 in the hottest 100 feel, and now i sort of have an answer, and that's 'chuffed', cos i'm on the reserve list for the bundanon artist in residence program for 2026.
couldn't sleep last night and for some reason all i could think of was this.
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
couldn't sleep last night and for some reason all i could think of was this.
In Perth We're Briefly Gorgeous
November 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
In Perth We're Briefly Gorgeous
just back from 6 weeks in the caucasus so time to update my silly little websites accordingly: thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/USSR/
Parts of the former USSR I've been to so far
thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
just back from 6 weeks in the caucasus so time to update my silly little websites accordingly: thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/USSR/
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another utter failure of private delivery of public services
“It’s hard to think of another government-funded industry allowed to operate in this way … to continue soaking up so much public money and to spit out so few results.” @jeremypoxon.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
“It’s hard to think of another government-funded industry allowed to operate in this way … to continue soaking up so much public money and to spit out so few results.” @jeremypoxon.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Nearly 90% of jobseekers unable to get long-term work despite millions spent on private job agencies
Employment department’s annual report shows just 11.7% of jobseekers ended up with jobs lasting at least 26 weeks last year
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
another utter failure of private delivery of public services
“It’s hard to think of another government-funded industry allowed to operate in this way … to continue soaking up so much public money and to spit out so few results.” @jeremypoxon.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
“It’s hard to think of another government-funded industry allowed to operate in this way … to continue soaking up so much public money and to spit out so few results.” @jeremypoxon.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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if everyone could just stop using capital letters that'd be great, otherwise in exactly 100 days i lose the drunken bet i made with a mate almost 20 years ago.
thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/the-bet/
thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/the-bet/
the death of uppercase: a bet i made almost 20 years ago (and am obviously gonna lose)
thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org
October 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
if everyone could just stop using capital letters that'd be great, otherwise in exactly 100 days i lose the drunken bet i made with a mate almost 20 years ago.
thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/the-bet/
thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/the-bet/
if everyone could just stop using capital letters that'd be great, otherwise in exactly 100 days i lose the drunken bet i made with a mate almost 20 years ago.
thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/the-bet/
thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/the-bet/
the death of uppercase: a bet i made almost 20 years ago (and am obviously gonna lose)
thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org
October 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
if everyone could just stop using capital letters that'd be great, otherwise in exactly 100 days i lose the drunken bet i made with a mate almost 20 years ago.
thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/the-bet/
thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/the-bet/