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Existing at the intersection of people and technology. In Melbourne, Australia. #Golang, #Elixirlang, #Phoenixframework. He/Him, Father, Husband If you ask for donations, I will block you. This isn't the place for that.
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I love REM. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

I like to think of these earrings as the accessory equivalent of a glass of whiskey with a ball of ice on top! Smokey soft silver neutrals with wire wrapped arches and extra long hooks. WhoozQueen.etsy.com #craft #Australia #handmade #earrings #beads 🧶

LOL "Won't somebody think of the <CARS>!!"...

Yes, why yes you are. #Pinks

The mandate for building more is clear. Now it's time to do it. 🏗️🏬

We’ve put our land in San Remo (Victoria) up for sale. Here’s a video of the view!! Contact me if you’re interested.

Don’t confuse “autonomy” with “freedom.” Being a founder creates autonomy. Also fulfillment from ownership and an ability to capture upside potential. The last thing you are, is free. Unless you have no customers or employees.

Youth homelessness is one of the clearest signs of a broken housing system. Lives are derailed nation-wide just as they’re getting started, and yet the way we fund social housing makes it harder to help. Let’s talk about why 🧵 www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

An interesting article contrasting #Australia approach to High Speed #Rail with the Brightline West (LA to LV) approach to HSR. I still prefer the FastTrack Australia approach of progressively upgrading the existing lines between Melbourne/Canberra and Sydney. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Lift with your legs

The likes of conservative media outlets, 3AW and the Herald-Sun push negative propaganda about Victoria on a daily basis. People moving to regional Victoria seem to be ignoring them. #springst #auspol #regionalVictoria #opinion #coryspk www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Solar puts Australia in fast lane to 100% renewables www.pv-magazine.com/2025/05/29/s...

The Disney+ website tells me "Stream the world's greatest sports entertainment...". I think the word "world's" is doing A LOT of heavy lifting in that sentence. You're showing me American sports. Where's the "World" here? #australia #sport.

@danielbowen.au Seeing as Geelong has become Australia's most popular regional town (population: 282,809 [2020]), and noting that the Gold Coast has a great light rail now. What do you think of the idea of reviving tram lines / light rail for Geelong? intown.com.au/historic/gee...

It's a small thing, but in #afl coach press conferences, you can now actually hear the question being asked as well as the coaches answer, instead of sitting there wondering what the hell is being asked by the press. Nice change. Go #collingwood. #melbourne www.afl.com.au/video/133248...

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In Northern NSW Australia, we have homes inundated by flood waters, destroying peoples homes and livelihoods. In Switzerland, they have an avalanche from a glacier take out an entire village. I'm so glad the village was evacuated. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

This Huntsman spider just scared the crap out of me. I went out to get the mail and he hitched a ride inside, ending upon my jacket. I only discovered him when I got to the bedroom, sitting on my jacket. He’s now safely living in the front garden.

So. Good. 'Victoria’s schools, trains & trams, hospitals & even traffic lights will be powered by state-run energy from July, after the revived State Electricity Commission signed its first supply agreements & moved to reclaim profits from electricity companies'. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

Interesting article here about a private proposal to redevelop Richmond Station. Richmond could use some renovation. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

Former NSW Labor Premier and Federal Foreign Minister Bob Carr. 👇 #auspol #IsraeliWarCrimes #GazaGenocide

Wow! Opinion is really starting to change against Israel.

reneweconomy.com.au/australian-m...

This was a very helpful little script to help automate activating a python virtual environment automatically. #PythonProgramming medium.com/@akhshyganes...

www.theguardian.com/world/galler...

I really enjoyed this simple and concise (10 minute) explanation of an #ElixirLang `with` statement and how they work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAfZ...

I love JMW Turner's paintings. Here's a great article from the BBC about "The Fighting Temeraire". www.bbc.com/culture/arti... commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Th...

I'm currently trying to make sense of #ElixirLang Phoenix 1.8 Scopes. It's very slowly sinking in but it's definitely quite the taxing effort on my brain to acquire this new knowledge. hexdocs.pm/phoenix/1.8....

If you can only subscribe to two media (~ news organisations) sources, which two media sources would you choose and why?

#ElixirLang elixirforum.com/t/implementi...

Was doing some research looking through old election campaign speeches, and if you really want proof that racism was a bedrock of the foundation of Australia, go have a gander at Alfred Deakin's 1903 speech electionspeeches.moadoph.gov.au/speeches/190...

The regional Australian city of Orange is hoping to become the next Silicon Valley

Sydney and Melbourne are similar sizes. But at most Sydney stations, at most times of the week, they have more trains more often. The result is a more convenient service that gets far more people on board.

This is eerily too close to the truth....

We have double glazed windows in our home. The process of purchasing these is fraught with having to deal with dodgy operators selling overly expensive product that is manufactured overseas. Australia should be able to manufacture more of these. theconversation.com/cheap-overse...

With RFK Jr. in charge, measles cases have hit a record high. But the man nominated to be his second-in-command thinks Kennedy's doing a “great job." For our kids, I’ll be voting NO on his confirmation.

🚉🎂Happy birthday to Caulfield station, opened 7th May 1879. Here's a repost of our video from last year highlighting the need for upgrades, given the station will get much busier once the Metro tunnel opens.

Got a nice view of the dilapidated Cancer Council building today in Melbourne CBD. We could have 84 homes built here already as was proposed and rejected in 2022 for being too tall.

I'm an illustrator and story teller. Whishing you a Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day!!!

My Parisian Bunnies that I painted in a courtyard on l'Île de la Cité in Paris France. The bunnies were not really there. But they should have been.

Ongoing and increasing drought with soil moisture deficiency across southern Australia. Compounded by record high Jan-Apr maximum temperatures across much of southern Australia. Tasmania's Jan-Apr rainfall was driest on record since the national dataset began in 1900 www.bom.gov.au/climate/drou...

I love this outfit Brian Tyree Henry is wearing. It's great to see men boldly going colourful.

Last week, we told the Planning Reform Inquiry loud and clear: don’t kill the reforms. Victoria’s future depends on it. Here’s @jonobri.com 's opening statement 👇