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joannaholman

@joannaholman@aus.social

@joannamuses on twitter. Thoughts on books, Eurovision, Melbourne happenings, music and culture with bonus architecture and cute animal pictures.

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joannaholman, to melbourne
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folk: Julian O'Shea just announced a short encore run of his fantastic Melbourne themed comedy show M is for Melbourne. It's so much fun https://thebutterflyclub.com/show/m-is-for-melbourne-the-world-s-mostly-liveable-city

liampomfret, to random
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We're only on the third song, and we've already had two sung in languages other than English. A good omen for the rest of the night, hopefully.

joannaholman,
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@liampomfret brace yourself for Ireland/UK back to back. It’s an experience

joannaholman,
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@liampomfret plenty more to come. Finland is like if mastodon sent a Eurovision entry….

joannaholman, to random
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So weird hearing people still using the phrase “avoid it like the plague” when we’ve conclusively established most people aren’t that committed to avoiding plagues

timrichards, to australia
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I was wondering about the longest domestic trip you could do by air in Australia. Glancing online, it looks like flying from the Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean to Norfolk Island in the Pacific (via Perth and Sydney) would take about 12 hours flying time, not factoring in the transit time at airports. That would be one long trek!

joannaholman,
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@timrichards that is probably the best you could do on commercial flights but on charter Australian Antarctic territory is technically an option

joannaholman, to random
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Swabbing myself for a pandemic disease between video meetings is not the future I imagined growing up

joannaholman, to random
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There should be a law that streaming platforms cannot increase their prices without providing verification of a corresponding increase in payouts to artists/content creators

joannaholman, to random
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Today I learned the Australian government designates a selection of phone numbers that look real but will never be actually active for use in TVs or movies. Could be useful if you ever need a fake number to sign up for something but don't want a stranger getting spammed https://www.acma.gov.au/phone-numbers-use-tv-shows-films-and-creative-works

joannaholman, to melbourne
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Kinda cool to see a stream train on the Metro network but I have questions about who thought it was okay to run it under the southern cross roof where it made the air visibly dirty

A red steam train running through a multi platform urban station with a high roof

joannaholman,
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@luciedigitalni Yes, but not nearly as badly

joannaholman, to random
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Nothing says greenwashing like advertising a luxury product as refillable on a 4 story high banner likely made of non recyclable materials

A perfume ad banner almost the full height of the Melbourne central shot tower

joannaholman, to melbourne
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May you live with the confidence of people making yet another attempt at bringing a big Ferris wheel to

https://www.timeout.com/melbourne/news/sky-high-fun-a-huge-new-ferris-wheel-is-coming-to-melbournes-cbd-042624

joannaholman,
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@timrichards The location and ticket pricing is better than the docklands one but its still a very bold choice

joannaholman,
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@jpm @futzle yup article was from yesterday for a new one near the convention centre

joannaholman, to random
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Just met a delightful dog

joannaholman, to random
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I wish we’d kept up the early pandemic norm of hand sanitizer being available everywhere was still the norm. Germs are still a thing

joannaholman, to random
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Love waking up to find out six hours ago someone edited a toot I’d boosted to say something wildly different and kinda problematic. There should be a limit to how much you can edit toots that have been boosted. Fix a typo? Absolutely. Totally change the content? No

joannaholman,
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@jedsetter it’s possible some servers have worked out how to set up stricter rules but the standard is it lets you edit and then notifies the people who boosted you of the edit

joannaholman,
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@stib @jedsetter as is you can easily unboost it. I think the big problem is a lot of people aren’t here all the time and/or are flooded with other notifications so a maliciously edited boost could easily sit on their profile for days before they notice

joannaholman,
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@timrichards possibly. Changed it to a strong political sentiment unrelated to the original post

joannaholman, to random
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People have been eating and thinking about food since the dawn of time, but good luck redefining what it means to eat, random small salad place

joannaholman,
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@timrichards what I saw on their menu did not give me confidence in their success

timrichards, to random
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The big price rises at cafes and restaurants are helping me save money, because there are red lines I will not cross.

Eg I'm not paying more than $15 for a sandwich or $25 for a pub/cafe main. And I'm definitely not paying double figures for a slice of cake! Jesus.

Pubs and bars are getting a bit cheeky with pricing zero-alcohol beers too. I don't mind $9-$10 for a Heaps Normal, but no way am I paying $12. It's soft drink after all, get real.

joannaholman,
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@timrichards recently started using the EatClub app which sometimes discounts stuff enough to make them reasonable.

joannaholman, to melbourne
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folk, the ANZ banking museum has reopened in the gothic bank on the corner of Collins and Queen streets, moving into the ground floor grand chamber. The banking paraphernalia may or may not be interesting but the building is gorgeous and you can now get a look easier than when the whole floor was a bank branch

An ornate ceiling and columns

joannaholman, to random
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Turns out today’s most culturally significant album release wasn’t from Taylor Swift, it was from the Wiggles dropping a rave album https://open.spotify.com/album/1ZZnrkjq3sKWHwEkvtHLdp

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