Grant Marchesi
@gman-86.bsky.social
Truck driver. Cars, trains, cartoons, Star Wars and Aussie Rules Football.
I never really did grow up.
He/Him.
Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺
I never really did grow up.
He/Him.
Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺
One of my favourites on here disappeared recently. Their whole account here just vanished.
Which has me thinking about some of the others that have disappeared in the last few months.
Where do they go? Do they just erase their online presence? Or do they go back to the other place?
Mystifying.
Which has me thinking about some of the others that have disappeared in the last few months.
Where do they go? Do they just erase their online presence? Or do they go back to the other place?
Mystifying.
December 6, 2025 at 9:08 AM
One of my favourites on here disappeared recently. Their whole account here just vanished.
Which has me thinking about some of the others that have disappeared in the last few months.
Where do they go? Do they just erase their online presence? Or do they go back to the other place?
Mystifying.
Which has me thinking about some of the others that have disappeared in the last few months.
Where do they go? Do they just erase their online presence? Or do they go back to the other place?
Mystifying.
Reposted by Grant Marchesi
With all the Metro Tunnel opening hype yesterday, I never got to have a decent look at Arden Station.
Ironically as it was the first station to be complete, but hey, I made it quite clear to myself, I wasn't going to look at any of these stations until they were in service, so today, I am at Arden.
Ironically as it was the first station to be complete, but hey, I made it quite clear to myself, I wasn't going to look at any of these stations until they were in service, so today, I am at Arden.
December 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
With all the Metro Tunnel opening hype yesterday, I never got to have a decent look at Arden Station.
Ironically as it was the first station to be complete, but hey, I made it quite clear to myself, I wasn't going to look at any of these stations until they were in service, so today, I am at Arden.
Ironically as it was the first station to be complete, but hey, I made it quite clear to myself, I wasn't going to look at any of these stations until they were in service, so today, I am at Arden.
Don't stress, Pauline. Victoria doesn't want you anyway.
November 30, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Don't stress, Pauline. Victoria doesn't want you anyway.
Still big crowds at Footscray waiting to get their turn to ride into the Metro Tunnel
November 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Still big crowds at Footscray waiting to get their turn to ride into the Metro Tunnel
More Metro Tunnel goodness, the new Town Hall Station is very big and well suited to large crowds.
I might not be sold on the mimes, but the stations themselves are quite impressive, even if Town Hall isn't yet fully complete.
I might not be sold on the mimes, but the stations themselves are quite impressive, even if Town Hall isn't yet fully complete.
November 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
More Metro Tunnel goodness, the new Town Hall Station is very big and well suited to large crowds.
I might not be sold on the mimes, but the stations themselves are quite impressive, even if Town Hall isn't yet fully complete.
I might not be sold on the mimes, but the stations themselves are quite impressive, even if Town Hall isn't yet fully complete.
I caught the first train through the Melbourne Metro Tunnel today.
Massive crowds of very excited rail fans, train nerds & infrastructure geeks, mixed in with police, politicians, media & rail staff, all making history together.
This tells me 1 unavoidable, irrefutable truth:
Trains are good.
Massive crowds of very excited rail fans, train nerds & infrastructure geeks, mixed in with police, politicians, media & rail staff, all making history together.
This tells me 1 unavoidable, irrefutable truth:
Trains are good.
November 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I caught the first train through the Melbourne Metro Tunnel today.
Massive crowds of very excited rail fans, train nerds & infrastructure geeks, mixed in with police, politicians, media & rail staff, all making history together.
This tells me 1 unavoidable, irrefutable truth:
Trains are good.
Massive crowds of very excited rail fans, train nerds & infrastructure geeks, mixed in with police, politicians, media & rail staff, all making history together.
This tells me 1 unavoidable, irrefutable truth:
Trains are good.
I am again calling for a crew of highly skilled marksmen to be jointly employed by Metro Trains Melbourne and V/Line
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I am again calling for a crew of highly skilled marksmen to be jointly employed by Metro Trains Melbourne and V/Line
These new fangled passenger displays are pretty nifty.
Except we are on a Craigieburn train.
Except we are on a Craigieburn train.
November 26, 2025 at 6:17 AM
These new fangled passenger displays are pretty nifty.
Except we are on a Craigieburn train.
Except we are on a Craigieburn train.
Melbourne's new Parkville station is partially open for viewing. Trains start running from this Sunday.
In short, it's very impressive.
In short, it's very impressive.
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Melbourne's new Parkville station is partially open for viewing. Trains start running from this Sunday.
In short, it's very impressive.
In short, it's very impressive.
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Don’t know if this is paywalled, but it's a very moving interview with the the AFL/VFL’s first openly bisexual player. Good read. #afl #footy #lgbtia https://www.smh.com.au/national/he-was-shaking-the-encounter-in-his-local-cafe-that-hit-home-for-mitch-brown-20251118-p5ngf9.html
‘He was shaking’: The encounter in his local cafe that hit home for Mitch Brown
The former West Coast Eagle – and first openly bisexual player in the AFL/VFL’s history – on the messages he’s received since he came out in August.
www.smh.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Don’t know if this is paywalled, but it's a very moving interview with the the AFL/VFL’s first openly bisexual player. Good read. #afl #footy #lgbtia https://www.smh.com.au/national/he-was-shaking-the-encounter-in-his-local-cafe-that-hit-home-for-mitch-brown-20251118-p5ngf9.html
Anyone out there that thinks driverless cars are the future are being duped.
These things will not solve traffic issues. They will only make it worse.
The only way to do that is a mix of improved public transport (trains, trams & buses) & active transport (walk or cycle).
Anything else is a con.
These things will not solve traffic issues. They will only make it worse.
The only way to do that is a mix of improved public transport (trains, trams & buses) & active transport (walk or cycle).
Anything else is a con.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Anyone out there that thinks driverless cars are the future are being duped.
These things will not solve traffic issues. They will only make it worse.
The only way to do that is a mix of improved public transport (trains, trams & buses) & active transport (walk or cycle).
Anything else is a con.
These things will not solve traffic issues. They will only make it worse.
The only way to do that is a mix of improved public transport (trains, trams & buses) & active transport (walk or cycle).
Anything else is a con.
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
31% of Liberal voters don't want to vote for any of their party's potential leaders.
Says a lot.
Says a lot.
🚨 NEW: 'Don't know' is the preferred Liberal Party leader in the latest Newspoll, followed by Sussan Ley and Andrew Hastie
November 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
31% of Liberal voters don't want to vote for any of their party's potential leaders.
Says a lot.
Says a lot.
We were all lied to as children.
Or otherwise, the insane asylum inmate that passes for the US President these days' pants would have spontaneously caught fire so many damn times.
I only need to see it happen once, and I'd be somewhat satisfied.
Or otherwise, the insane asylum inmate that passes for the US President these days' pants would have spontaneously caught fire so many damn times.
I only need to see it happen once, and I'd be somewhat satisfied.
November 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
We were all lied to as children.
Or otherwise, the insane asylum inmate that passes for the US President these days' pants would have spontaneously caught fire so many damn times.
I only need to see it happen once, and I'd be somewhat satisfied.
Or otherwise, the insane asylum inmate that passes for the US President these days' pants would have spontaneously caught fire so many damn times.
I only need to see it happen once, and I'd be somewhat satisfied.
Define the US government in 2025:
Grifters and sex pests all the way down.
Grifters and sex pests all the way down.
November 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Define the US government in 2025:
Grifters and sex pests all the way down.
Grifters and sex pests all the way down.
Look, it has to happen at some point in time, so why not now?
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Look, it has to happen at some point in time, so why not now?
Every federal government since John Howard's is equally guilty of letting this happen.
The tax money that has been lost, the debt we owe as a nation, the lack of public services that could have been, all so a very small number of people can make billions of dollars off our resources.
What a sham.
The tax money that has been lost, the debt we owe as a nation, the lack of public services that could have been, all so a very small number of people can make billions of dollars off our resources.
What a sham.
Australia Institute research shows the gas industry pays ZERO royalties on more than half the gas exported from Australia.
"Other people in the rest of the world are making a fortune out of Australia's gas exports.... Australia is getting taken for a ride."
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
#auspol
"Other people in the rest of the world are making a fortune out of Australia's gas exports.... Australia is getting taken for a ride."
@richarddenniss.bsky.social
#auspol
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Every federal government since John Howard's is equally guilty of letting this happen.
The tax money that has been lost, the debt we owe as a nation, the lack of public services that could have been, all so a very small number of people can make billions of dollars off our resources.
What a sham.
The tax money that has been lost, the debt we owe as a nation, the lack of public services that could have been, all so a very small number of people can make billions of dollars off our resources.
What a sham.
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What a time to be alive.
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What a time to be alive.
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Wordle 1,608 2/6
🟩🟩🟩🟨⬛
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Streak of 100 and a 2 off a brand new starting word.
What a time to be alive.
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Streak of 100 and a 2 off a brand new starting word.
What a time to be alive.
"Porky's"
"Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise"
"Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift"
and
"Spy Kids"
Well, that's some list their Your Popeness.
"Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise"
"Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift"
and
"Spy Kids"
Well, that's some list their Your Popeness.
Pope Leo has shared his four favorite movies of all time, as the Vatican prepares to host dozens of actors and directors in a “World of Cinema” gathering on Saturday at his official residence. See which films made the pope's list. nyti.ms/4p3exK9
Pope Leo Shares His Favorite Movies Ahead of Vatican Event
The list leans heavily on uplifting classics.
nyti.ms
November 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
"Porky's"
"Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise"
"Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift"
and
"Spy Kids"
Well, that's some list their Your Popeness.
"Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise"
"Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift"
and
"Spy Kids"
Well, that's some list their Your Popeness.
Hell Yeah!!!!!
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I suppose now I'm going to have to come up with a new opening word.
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I suppose now I'm going to have to come up with a new opening word.
November 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Hell Yeah!!!!!
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I suppose now I'm going to have to come up with a new opening word.
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I suppose now I'm going to have to come up with a new opening word.
Reposted by Grant Marchesi
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk