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timrichards, to art
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Banished to an underground chamber! Poor Mona.

The plan to save Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa from crass crowds and Instagrammers at the Louvre in Paris

(maybe paywalled) https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/the-plan-to-save-the-mona-lisa-from-crass-crowds-and-instagrammers-20240530-p5jhtx.html

timrichards, to random
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Nice. About time South Korea got more attention, it's a great place to visit.

The next Japan: The hot new destination Aussies are flocking to
https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/inspiration/the-next-japan-the-other-exciting-asian-country-aussies-are-flocking-to-20240524-p5jgfk.html

luciedigitalni,
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@timrichards i spent a fabulous week in and around Seoul after a conference some years ago

timrichards, to random
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Sounds like a good idea. Too many building owners are happy to let them sit empty for ages.

City of Port Phillip to increase rates for empty shops in bid to fill them
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/empty-shops-face-tripled-council-rates-in-a-bid-to-fill-them-20240529-p5jhny.html

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@luciedigitalni @timrichards that might interfere with the commercial landlord’s overwhelming imperative to ratchet up rates whenever a tenancy expires in order to make the property look like a better capital asset on the balance sheet

luciedigitalni,
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timrichards, to random
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Ugh I was just a bit rude to a charity cold caller and I feel slightly ashamed. But I really wish they wouldn't call. How can you trust them not to be scammers anyway?

timrichards,
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@augustusbrown Unfortunately charities are exempt from the register

Salvo,
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@timrichards @augustusbrown
I make it known to any charities or political parties that I will donate to or vote for whoever successfully removes charities and political parties to the Do Not Call List.

I repeat this when ever they ask anything else from me.
They usually get the message.

timrichards, to auspol
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Who privatises their national postal service? Even the neoliberals here never tried that on with Australia Post. #UKpol #auspol https://mastodon.social/@DaveWhittle/112525629963030503

Salvo,
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@timrichards @DaveWhittle
Meanwhile, in Australia, the Australian Postal Service is cutting all the other couriers grass, and even buying up some of the better performing ones.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarTrack

timrichards,
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@Salvo @DaveWhittle Most of the couriers are bloody awful, especially Aramex.

timrichards, to Israel
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Good read. Netanyahu was already trying to sideline the courts before this brutal war, he doesn't have much use for democracy.

The ICC arrest request is a fire alarm for Israel. Will it take heed? - Jo-Ann Mort

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/23/the-icc-arrest-request-is-a-fire-alarm-for-israel-will-it-take-heed?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

timrichards, to Trains
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On a train from Bendigo back to the metrop. Is this the most Aussie railway station name?

allrite,
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@timrichards Not sure if Skippy bought an apartment or is roadkill.

timrichards,
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@allrite To use two Victorian station names: Kangaroo Flat comes after Hoppers Crossing.

timrichards, to Ukraine
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Photo taken on this date in 2016 - that time I was in an underground cafe in Lviv, Ukraine, and the waiter caramelised stuff with a blowtorch. Perfectly normal occ health and safety.

skry,
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@timrichards Every creme brûlée I have consumed or served has been blowtorched. (USA)

timrichards,
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@skry At the table, though?

timrichards, to random
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Not a headline you read every day.

Allegedly naked passenger forces Virgin plane to turn around on flight from Perth to Melbourne - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-28/passenger-allegedly-runs-naked-on-virgin-plane-perth-melbourne/103901778

luciedigitalni,
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@timrichards there's nothing alleged about the state of nakedness

DavidB,
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@timrichards why allegedly naked?

timrichards, to Trains
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Another V/Line train trip today. I'm heading to Bendigo to have lunch with my brother. As you do. A bit easier now that the country train fares in Victoria Victoria have been capped at $10.60 per day.

#Train #Trains #Victoria

timrichards,
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@jamesbannan Just rock up. Same transport card (Myki) as used in Melbourne. Though once you get beyond 2 hours (or so) from Melbourne there are long-distance trains you need to buy a ticket for.

feather1952,
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@timrichards
Have a great lunch with your brother.

timrichards, (edited ) to melbourne
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Bourke Street Mall, Melbourne. Can you spot the Moon in this photo?

timrichards, to random
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Good read; suggests the anti-youth attitude of the Tories may backfire on them.

The pensioners’ party plays its last moth-eaten card: national service for the young - Polly Toynbee https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/27/national-service-rishi-sunak-tories-general-election

timrichards, to Trains
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New at my Patreon... Planning a Europe trip, I wondered how many nations I'd never visited via plane & a trip to/from an airport? Turns out there are several:

No plane required https://www.patreon.com/posts/104763772

#Train #Trains #Europe #Bus #Travel #Ferry

timrichards, (edited ) to Trains
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Snacks aboard a TGV Lyria train from Zürich to Paris, photographed by me on this date in 2019. You can't escape those paprika-flavoured chips anywhere in Central Europe!

cc @diningcar

Newystats,
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@timrichards @diningcar I miss those paprika chips.

timrichards, to melbourne
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More wall-to-wall sunshine! Bring it forth!

#Melbourne #MelbourneWeather

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