James Bannan
@jamesbannan.aus.social.ap.brid.gy
Husband, dad, author. IT consultant living in Melbourne/Narrm.
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Wow. Happy birthday to me…
January 4, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Wow. Happy birthday to me…
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Saving this screenshot from Threads as a new reaction image
January 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Saving this screenshot from Threads as a new reaction image
A gloriously sunny day to visit Carcassonne and the castle. Although, it is only 1 degree and feels like -5 🥶
January 4, 2026 at 11:13 AM
A gloriously sunny day to visit Carcassonne and the castle. Although, it is only 1 degree and feels like -5 🥶
This latest from @pluralistic is extremely good and worth the watch (or listen to the audio) https://archive.org/details/doctorow-39c3
A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet : Cory Doctorow : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Trump has staged an unscheduled, midair rapid disassembly of the global system of trade. Ironically, it is this system that prevented all of America's...
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January 2, 2026 at 9:12 PM
This latest from @pluralistic is extremely good and worth the watch (or listen to the audio) https://archive.org/details/doctorow-39c3
Now THAT’S a lift 😎
December 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Now THAT’S a lift 😎
About to cross the sea from Sicily to Malta, in a set which was made in Tasmania 😊
December 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
About to cross the sea from Sicily to Malta, in a set which was made in Tasmania 😊
Travelling to Sicily, and soon to cross the strait on the train ferry. It’s a bit difficult to see, but zoom in on the right, and that bump in the sea is actually Stromboli
December 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Travelling to Sicily, and soon to cross the strait on the train ferry. It’s a bit difficult to see, but zoom in on the right, and that bump in the sea is actually Stromboli
Any Plex users here? I have a weird situation where I have remote access fully set up, and I’m not going through the hosted relay. My network has 200Mbps up, and the network where I am has 70Mbps down. And yet, trying to stream anything over 300Kbps results in constant buffering. Even trying to […]
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December 15, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Any Plex users here? I have a weird situation where I have remote access fully set up, and I’m not going through the hosted relay. My network has 200Mbps up, and the network where I am has 70Mbps down. And yet, trying to stream anything over 300Kbps results in constant buffering. Even trying to […]
Managed to get a half decent pic at today’s General Audience. Picking the tickets up from the Swiss Guard was rather cool, even for this old atheist
December 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Managed to get a half decent pic at today’s General Audience. Picking the tickets up from the Swiss Guard was rather cool, even for this old atheist
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December 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
It hurts because it’s true
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 AM
It hurts because it’s true
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Good morning from somewhere in the South Australian outback, travelling aboard the Indian Pacific train. Beautiful sunrise out there.
#train #trains #australia #sunrise
#train #trains #australia #sunrise
November 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Good morning from somewhere in the South Australian outback, travelling aboard the Indian Pacific train. Beautiful sunrise out there.
#train #trains #australia #sunrise
#train #trains #australia #sunrise
I had a chat to my 14 year old about the upcoming social media ban. Turns out she and her friends are just planning to fall back to iMessage and SMS. I feel rather proud. Going to set her group of friends up with Morse code machines and ham radios
November 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I had a chat to my 14 year old about the upcoming social media ban. Turns out she and her friends are just planning to fall back to iMessage and SMS. I feel rather proud. Going to set her group of friends up with Morse code machines and ham radios
Always good to listen to AC Grayling - https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bigideas/philosopher-ac-grayling-makes-peace-in-the-culture-wars/105871584
Searching for convivencia — philosopher AC Grayling makes peace in the culture wars - ABC listen
If you're a feminist, or pro-civil or gay rights, does that make you "woke"? And if you're not, does that mean you should be cancelled, or abused online, or lose your job? So many of our public debates nowadays are divided along these lines, but is there a better way? This event was recorded at the 2025 Melbourne Writers Festival. To explore more Melbourne Writers Festival talks, visit mwf.com.au. Speakers AC Grayling Philosopher, author, Discriminations: Making peace in the culture wars, and many more, Principal of Northeastern University London, and its Professor of Philosophy Esther Anatolitis (host) Editor, arts and culture advocate, leader, commentator, author, When Australia Became a Republic, former Meanjin editor
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November 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Always good to listen to AC Grayling - https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/bigideas/philosopher-ac-grayling-makes-peace-in-the-culture-wars/105871584
Very much enjoying the keynote on AI and software development by @ghuntley #dddadelaide
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Very much enjoying the keynote on AI and software development by @ghuntley #dddadelaide
Waiting for things to get underway at DDD Adelaide
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Waiting for things to get underway at DDD Adelaide
Has anyone else noticed that now that Google is relying more and more on AI-generated results, the original, non-AI search is starting to get worse?
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Has anyone else noticed that now that Google is relying more and more on AI-generated results, the original, non-AI search is starting to get worse?
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Now free for all to read... Earlier this year I took an epic train trek, covering the entire distance from London to Istanbul by rail. Here are the four sleeper trains I took along the way:
#train #trains #europe https://www.patreon.com/posts/four-night-133632552
#train #trains #europe https://www.patreon.com/posts/four-night-133632552
November 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Now free for all to read... Earlier this year I took an epic train trek, covering the entire distance from London to Istanbul by rail. Here are the four sleeper trains I took along the way:
#train #trains #europe https://www.patreon.com/posts/four-night-133632552
#train #trains #europe https://www.patreon.com/posts/four-night-133632552
Yet again, the biggest problem with being a dog owner is other dog owners
November 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Yet again, the biggest problem with being a dog owner is other dog owners
If you're looking for a series of cosy murder mysteries which you can binge, I can highly recommend the Lady Hardcastle Mysteries by T.E. Kinsey. Total literary comfort food https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/lady-hardcastle/
Lady Hardcastle - Book Series In Order
Complete order of Lady Hardcastle books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:59 AM
If you're looking for a series of cosy murder mysteries which you can binge, I can highly recommend the Lady Hardcastle Mysteries by T.E. Kinsey. Total literary comfort food https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/lady-hardcastle/
Ah Black Friday. Where random vendors kindly email me to remind me to unsubscribe to all their marketing.
November 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Ah Black Friday. Where random vendors kindly email me to remind me to unsubscribe to all their marketing.
People who use Duolingo - Have you ever found yourself in a Friend Quest with someone you don’t know? It happened recently to me - I never got notified, the other profile isn’t in my list of following/followers, and I had no way of checking who they were
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
People who use Duolingo - Have you ever found yourself in a Friend Quest with someone you don’t know? It happened recently to me - I never got notified, the other profile isn’t in my list of following/followers, and I had no way of checking who they were