Australian living near Brisbane. Cis-het married cat lady, retired web developer, vigorously pro-choice atheist and feminist. My train station is Lawnton, I shop at Warner, and I have a potato for a federal MP.
Diagnosed at 60 as #ActuallyAutistic. Strong opinions, many interests, boring AF. I don't get out much
My pronouns are she/her. My cats are Shula (black) and Jana (tortie).
@anathema_device on Mastodon
Human remains thought to be found in Titan sub debris (www.bbc.co.uk)
US medical professionals will conduct a formal analysis of presumed remains, the coast guard said.
French police kill teen who refused traffic stop (www.bbc.com)
A 17-year-old is shot dead near Paris in broad daylight after failing to obey traffic police.
OC A beautiful winter afternoon in Shorncliffe
Newsmax Staffers Hit With Subpoenas in 2020 Election Defamation Suit (www.rollingstone.com)
Court filings rife with internal communications exposed Fox News’ post-election misinformation push. Newsmax could be next
Prominent billionaire James Crown dies in crash at Colorado racetrack (www.cbsnews.com)
The 70-year-old's official cause of death is still under investigation, but the coroner said "blunt force trauma is evident" from the crash.
Brisbane Foto Friday
Our first weekly /c/brisbane Foto Friday. The rules are simple: share your favourite photo you took in Brisbane this week!
Deputies accused of abusing Black men are fired by Mississippi sheriff amid federal probe (apnews.com)
All five Mississippi deputy sheriffs accused of beating and sexually assaulting two Black men before shooting one of them in the mouth have been fired.
Man dies in late-night e-scooter accident in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley (www.theguardian.com)
The man’s death – after falling off the vehicle and hitting his head – is one of a growing number of e-scooter fatalities around Australia
Plan for Gabba tower cites affordable housing ... but doesn’t include any (www.brisbanetimes.com.au)
“Due to the prominent inner-city location of the site, the provision of affordable dwellings within the building is not considered appropriate. Units within the development will, however, be an aspirational purchase decision for many who will use the purchase to elevate themselves up the property ladder,” Saunders Havill...
Tucker Carlson: Fox News names Jesse Watters to replace star anchor (www.bbc.co.uk)
Jesse Watters, who joined the network in 2002, will host the channel's primetime evening slot.
California girl gets license to own a unicorn (www.cbsnews.com)
California has granted a little girl a first-of-its-kind license to own a unicorn, provided the 7-year-old can find one. She had to agree to provide nourishment like watermelon, exposure to sunlight, moonbeams and rainbows, and polish its horn with a soft cloth. David Begnaud has more.
Need a new lawnmower? Don't buy one — borrow it from the library (www.abc.net.au)
Block function not working quite right
Hey, just wanted to mention this thing I noticed. So I blocked a user after a few rounds in a thread, but when they responded to me, I still got the notification and could still see the first line of their post from that screen. But the entire comment thread, including my own replies, was invisible from the article page until I...
Advanced macOS Commands (saurabhs.org)
Advanced macOS command-line tools (spotted on Hacker News). Some pretty neat tools, e.g., textutil to convert between different document formats.
Seasonal Bin Chickens
Has anyone noticed more of the darker bin chickens getting around since it’s gotten colder? Straw-necked Ibis I believe. I saw one months ago and now they seem to be integrated with the stock standard bin chickens most places I go.
Presumed human remains found in Titan sub debris (www.bbc.com)
Medical experts will analyse the presumed remains, the US Coast Guard said.