@atomicchaos.bsky.social
Yet another X refugee. Chaos.Lady of old. Nerdy geek and cranky old lady. Rambling, eclectic and socially challenged is my posting game. Topics will range from Aardvarks to Zyzzyva (yes, that's a thing) and probably everything in between.
I kinda love this. Very "Aussie Pollie" reaction to it. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Pet camera captures bull and horse sneaking into NT politician's home
An NT resident tells of discovering he had unexpected guests in his home, after his dogs were filmed nudging open a door and letting inside a pet bull and horse.
www.abc.net.au
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I kinda love this. Very "Aussie Pollie" reaction to it. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Interesting article, especially for someone like me who struggles with social cues & situations. The idea of flipping things on their head in order to highlight an idea or concept can spark true creativity and is a much overlooked thing- not just in the workplace. theconversation.com/why-you-seri...
Why you seriously need to stop trying to be funny at work
Cracking jokes at the office is more likely to backfire than boost your career.
theconversation.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Interesting article, especially for someone like me who struggles with social cues & situations. The idea of flipping things on their head in order to highlight an idea or concept can spark true creativity and is a much overlooked thing- not just in the workplace. theconversation.com/why-you-seri...
Sorry, but I'm inordinately proud of us standing up to the US and not buying into the spin doctoring they are trying to feed the media over there. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
'Got to be kidding': US response to Australia's recognition of Palestine
The US Ambassador to Israel says the Australian government's decision to recognise Palestine was met with disgust by senior members of the Trump administration.
www.abc.net.au
August 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Sorry, but I'm inordinately proud of us standing up to the US and not buying into the spin doctoring they are trying to feed the media over there. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Interesting article written by someone who was in the middle of the moment in Australian history we decided tariffs were "a working man's tax". Keating was a politician many couldn't decide whether to call a madman or a genius. History shows it was the latter. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Amid Trump's tariffs, Chalmers must repeat what Keating did in the 80s
Treasurer Jim Chalmers must find a way to repeat what Paul Keating did in the 1980s and 90s, and lift productivity. Good luck with that.
www.abc.net.au
August 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Interesting article written by someone who was in the middle of the moment in Australian history we decided tariffs were "a working man's tax". Keating was a politician many couldn't decide whether to call a madman or a genius. History shows it was the latter. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Book haul! I finally found a bookshop in Aus that stocked some @scalzi.com and even had a copy of @wilwheaton.net's last, and was lucky enough to pick up some of my other Kindle favourites in paper form. I can't wait to read an actual physical book for the first time in a donkey's age!
July 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Book haul! I finally found a bookshop in Aus that stocked some @scalzi.com and even had a copy of @wilwheaton.net's last, and was lucky enough to pick up some of my other Kindle favourites in paper form. I can't wait to read an actual physical book for the first time in a donkey's age!
This confuses me. Let me get it straight - he wants people to live longer by watching what they eat, so that they can die of a preventable infectious disease? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Inside RFK Jr’s conflicted attempt to rid America of junk food
‘Maha’ promised to tackle ultra-processed foods – but is it hijacking the food movement instead?
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This confuses me. Let me get it straight - he wants people to live longer by watching what they eat, so that they can die of a preventable infectious disease? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Poor America. The Massive Monstrous Motion passed. My heart goes out to those affected.
July 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Poor America. The Massive Monstrous Motion passed. My heart goes out to those affected.
The earth is a beautiful, scary, amazing place!
Playing around with a close-up B&W edit of the best footage I have ever captured on this Earth. Hoping compression doesn't prevent y'all from seeing the incredible rain of debris.
Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala (March 2023)
Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala (March 2023)
July 1, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The earth is a beautiful, scary, amazing place!
Squeeeeeeee! This looks so amazing. If you haven't read the book, it's totally worth the time. One of the few books that made me laugh and cry all at once with an ending that was unexpected, yet completely perfect and obvious. Brilliant!
Project Hail Mary is one of my favorite books and this trailer for the movie makes me so fucking happy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m08T...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m08T...
Project Hail Mary - Official Trailer
YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios
www.youtube.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Squeeeeeeee! This looks so amazing. If you haven't read the book, it's totally worth the time. One of the few books that made me laugh and cry all at once with an ending that was unexpected, yet completely perfect and obvious. Brilliant!
Kind of suspecting I'm not getting tickets - certainly not good ones. :(
June 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Kind of suspecting I'm not getting tickets - certainly not good ones. :(
@scalzi.com - How do you react to public negative reviews or people that dislike your books just because you wrote them? Does it ever bite?
It's not just Good Reads.
Having written three books I've discovered that there's a bitter little clique of angry people who try to sabotage book review ratings ...
www.thebookseller.com/news/authors...
Having written three books I've discovered that there's a bitter little clique of angry people who try to sabotage book review ratings ...
www.thebookseller.com/news/authors...
Authors hit by bad reviews on Goodreads before review copies are even circulated
Authors are being hit by negative reviews on Goodreads before review copies are even circulated, with the review site allegedly failing to remove reviews.
www.thebookseller.com
June 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
@scalzi.com - How do you react to public negative reviews or people that dislike your books just because you wrote them? Does it ever bite?
So I made a thing! You can now see the gorgeous photography of Bluesky here in a single (hopefully) nicely curated list! I hope others find it useful. bsky.app/profile/did:...
June 23, 2025 at 8:08 AM
So I made a thing! You can now see the gorgeous photography of Bluesky here in a single (hopefully) nicely curated list! I hope others find it useful. bsky.app/profile/did:...
Beautiful words. And a reminder that a family can take many, many shapes and forms - but should always be driven by love. www.huffpost.com/entry/abando...
We Found A Baby Abandoned In A Subway Station. Here’s How He Changed Our Lives.
Danny Stewart and Pete Mercurio share letters to their younger selves, reflecting on that fateful night and what has happened since then.
www.huffpost.com
June 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Beautiful words. And a reminder that a family can take many, many shapes and forms - but should always be driven by love. www.huffpost.com/entry/abando...
We’ve moved past the "Dead Cat Bounce." Welcome to "Schrödinger’s Curveball". That's where your superannuation gains and losses exist in a superposition until you dare open the app.
April 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
We’ve moved past the "Dead Cat Bounce." Welcome to "Schrödinger’s Curveball". That's where your superannuation gains and losses exist in a superposition until you dare open the app.
What the heck? Did NONE of them EVER watch any of the Jurassic Park movies!!! www.9news.com.au/world/dire-w...
Scientists help birth Dire Wolves 12,500 years after they became extinct
American biotech company Colossal Biosciences produced three Dire Wolves, Romulus, Remus and Khaleesi, usi...
www.9news.com.au
April 8, 2025 at 7:41 AM
What the heck? Did NONE of them EVER watch any of the Jurassic Park movies!!! www.9news.com.au/world/dire-w...
This - just confuses me. We have American companies opening hamburger chains here (they don't always do very well, but they can). And we WILL buy US beef as long as it's really from the US. How you treat your friends is as important as how you treat your enemies. 7news.com.au/news/donald-...
Trump’s bizarre attack on Aussie beef amid trade war
‘We haven’t been able to sell one hamburger in Australia ...’
7news.com.au
April 8, 2025 at 3:25 AM
This - just confuses me. We have American companies opening hamburger chains here (they don't always do very well, but they can). And we WILL buy US beef as long as it's really from the US. How you treat your friends is as important as how you treat your enemies. 7news.com.au/news/donald-...
Is ANYONE talking about the fact that the removal of Trump merely puts Vance in as president, and what that would ACTUALLY look like???
April 7, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Is ANYONE talking about the fact that the removal of Trump merely puts Vance in as president, and what that would ACTUALLY look like???
The struggle: The news today said that 50 countries were willing to "talk deals" around the new tariffs. Is this a good thing? Leaving aside the whole "negotiating with terrorists" angle, aren't we just playing directly into his hands? But then, if it means that this all goes away...
April 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The struggle: The news today said that 50 countries were willing to "talk deals" around the new tariffs. Is this a good thing? Leaving aside the whole "negotiating with terrorists" angle, aren't we just playing directly into his hands? But then, if it means that this all goes away...
I find this interesting - & a powerful message. As someone who did find the gym very intimidating & who doesn't have a body shaped as she would like, this was a revelation to me as well. It should be shouted from the rooftops to all; YOU DO YOU - acceptance IS there. www.news.com.au/lifestyle/fi...
www.news.com.au
April 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I find this interesting - & a powerful message. As someone who did find the gym very intimidating & who doesn't have a body shaped as she would like, this was a revelation to me as well. It should be shouted from the rooftops to all; YOU DO YOU - acceptance IS there. www.news.com.au/lifestyle/fi...
Or we could just ensure we buy Australian, or Canadian or European (or Penguin-made?) or any other country not a party to this mess. The problem is that this will really hurt everyday US workers more than the idiots in charge. There are no *good* answers here. www.news.com.au/finance/econ...
www.news.com.au
April 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Or we could just ensure we buy Australian, or Canadian or European (or Penguin-made?) or any other country not a party to this mess. The problem is that this will really hurt everyday US workers more than the idiots in charge. There are no *good* answers here. www.news.com.au/finance/econ...
Australian Stock Exchange down $40-50 billion this morning after the Trump announcement. My heart goes out to the hardest hit countries & what it must be doing to their economies. I'll bet Trump and Elon still have steak on their menus however. The world is awaiting Wall Street waking up now...
April 3, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Australian Stock Exchange down $40-50 billion this morning after the Trump announcement. My heart goes out to the hardest hit countries & what it must be doing to their economies. I'll bet Trump and Elon still have steak on their menus however. The world is awaiting Wall Street waking up now...
Trump made specific mention that "Australia does not import any US beef" & tried to tie this directly to protectionism, twisting the truth that it's actually biosecurity (diseases we don't have here) concerns which prevent it. This is how you spin stuff kiddies - sprinkle the truth into the big lie!
April 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Trump made specific mention that "Australia does not import any US beef" & tried to tie this directly to protectionism, twisting the truth that it's actually biosecurity (diseases we don't have here) concerns which prevent it. This is how you spin stuff kiddies - sprinkle the truth into the big lie!
Kinda feeling this...
April 2, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Kinda feeling this...
Damn! It's really REALLY good to know that it's not just me that feels like a gym session lasts forever... www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
People doing intense exercise experience time warp, study finds
Research suggests those who push themselves when working out perceive time to move more slowly
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Damn! It's really REALLY good to know that it's not just me that feels like a gym session lasts forever... www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
This kind of action is appalling. Even more appalling is that a. they haven't taken it down b. the content creator has an audience for this & c. given current negative opinion of the US, creators might not be so bold as to go international with this kind of practice. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
Sydney woman unknowingly filmed by man using sunglasses lens
An American man filmed women in Sydney's east with recording glasses and posted the footage to social media without the women's consent.
www.abc.net.au
March 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This kind of action is appalling. Even more appalling is that a. they haven't taken it down b. the content creator has an audience for this & c. given current negative opinion of the US, creators might not be so bold as to go international with this kind of practice. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...