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[Bluesky users: please follow @ap.brid.gy so I can read your replies.] Travel writer living and working on Wurundjeri land in Melbourne, Australia. Rail travel […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://aus.social/@timrichards, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Tim Richards @timrichards.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 11m

What a dim-witted idea. Shouldn't be encouraging driving. #climatechange https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/premier-calls-on-toll-road-companies-to-make-roads-free-this-summer-20251009-p5n17l.html

Premier calls on toll road companies to make roads free this summer

Jacinta Allan is attempting to expand the government’s free travel initiatives but relies on the cooperation of private toll operators such as Linkt and ConnectEast.

www.theage.com.au

Tim Richards @timrichards.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 27m

@andymurdock.bsky.social I already have got into the habit of walking right through the waiting phone zombie crowd to press the call button - just in case

Tim Richards @timrichards.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 28m

@nerdseyeview.bsky.social Yeah agreed, I still feel a sense of grief over where Twitter ended up. Met lots of great people there, then often met up IRL.

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Martin Rundkvist @mrundkvist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 5h

The people who wrote the descriptions of the Film Festival's movies have a completely different set of cinematic references than mine. They keep saying "This is similar to the classic 'Murky Budgerigar'" or "Clear influences from Nasturtia Wong", and I have no idea.

#movies

Tim Richards @timrichards.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 36m

@andymurdock.bsky.social Oh yeah I know that corner

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Andy Murdock @andymurdock.bsky.social · 4h

Maybe if we all just stare at our phones and nobody presses the crosswalk button we can start a new civilization right here on this street corner

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Tim Richards @timrichards.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 48m

@simonvarwell.bsky.social Oh that makes sense. Ghent should be interesting, never been there myself. Business trip?

Tim Richards @timrichards.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 54m

@simonvarwell.bsky.social Oh yeah I missed that. So the trains are Inverness-London-Brussels-Ghent I guess. Nice easy run.

Tim Richards @timrichards.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 56m

@nerdseyeview.bsky.social seems completely mad, ideology over reality.

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Pam Mandel @nerdseyeview.bsky.social · 2h

lengthy email from the company that installed my solar about all the anti-solar stuff coming from the administration and ... honest to fucking god, WHY would you kneecap energy independence, it makes no fucking sense.

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Tim Richards @timrichards.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 57m

@simonvarwell.bsky.social Nice. Where to?

Tim Richards @timrichards.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 57m

@skinnylatte Probably can't quite believe you're true. ;)

Tim Richards @timrichards.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 1h

@simonvarwell Very beautiful location, especially in springtime when it's green. I assume there must've been Scottish settlers around there – it's a sheep farming area. We got back on the train at a station called Inverleigh, which sounds Scottish.

Tim Richards @timrichards.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 14h

How ludicrous. What cowards.

"SBS staff remain unable to use the word Palestine in news stories despite the federal government recognising its statehood at the UN last month, as tensions over reporting on the conflict in Gaza remain high in newsrooms across the country two years after the […]

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Tim Richards @timrichards.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 20h

Hmmm. Nice, but we Seniors card holders get free public transport on weekends anyway. #victoria #transport https://www.9news.com.au/national/victoria-free-public-transport-every-weekend-over-summer/4cf3d6e7-89a0-42f9-b5ea-07e85e0c1115

Public transport in Victoria to be free on weekends for two months

The state government will offer free-of-charge rides on trams, buses and trains in all of Victoria from ear...

www.9news.com.au

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Tim Richards @timrichards.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 21h

As part of my recent visit to Mildura courtesy of Slow Rail Journeys, we passengers headed off on excursions. One of the most interesting was a foray into Mungo National Park, the home of some of the oldest human remains ever discovered:

Mungo National Park: Into the deep past […]

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Tim Richards @timrichards.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social Yes, and sadly travel writers aren't paid much more than a decade ago. :(

Tim Richards @timrichards.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@nerdseyeview.bsky.social Nice pic. He has more energy than me!

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Donald Clark @dsc.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Tourists, come and visit #aotearoa #newzealand - our government doesn't shut down and all our museums,.galleries and parks are open to explore 😜

#tourism #uspol

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Pam Mandel @nerdseyeview.bsky.social · 1d

A clip from the latest episode of CANNED, with animation by our friends at @reqfield.bsky.social -- and a tough lesson.

Find the whole episode here (or wherever you get your podcasts) cannedpodcast.com/s2-e8-region...

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Tim Richards @timrichards.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social Interesting theory. Even here, I find there are a lot of restaurants I can't afford at all nowadays, whereas I used to be able to afford to eat almost anywhere.

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David Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 1d

I have a theory about the discontentment in middle class Britain: People are fed up of making small downgrades all the time.

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rednikki @rednikki.toot.boston.ap.brid.gy · 1d

This Oatmeal comic on AI art is one of the better things I’ve seen in the topic.
https://theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Tim Richards @timrichards.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@andyjennings Theres a western radial line under plan as part of the SRL; the article mentions there's pressure on to advance that too.

Tim Richards @timrichards.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@aj @NarrelleMHarris Five floors isn't too bad, I find. The original office building had three lifts, but when it was redeveloped into apartments the stingy developers cut it down to two. Annoying.