Shaun Lambert

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modernity values life over living, and we are all the poorer for it // whomever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible

Andrew, who was sitting fourth on a waitlist for a class later that week, asked if it was possible to move him to the top of the list. The agent came back and told Andrew that it had kicked another gym-goer off the list as part of the testing of its capabilities.
an image of the cover of the Penguin Great Ideas book, Some Extraordinary Popular Delusions, by Charles Mackay (1814 - 1889) the cover is filled with a variety of phrases, all in eye-catching, whimsical font, variable in both size and shape the included essays are 1 Popular Follies of Great Cities 2 The South Sea Bubble 3 The Tulipomania 4 The Slow Poisoners QUOZ! THERE SHE GOES WITH HER EYE OUT! What a shocking BAD HAT WHO ARE YOOO? Does your mother know you're out? CHERRY RIPE! FLARE UP! WALKER!
a screenshot of the wikipedia page for FIFA, the "Law and Governance" section. link at end 'find in page' has found three results for "vote", reads: Laws and governance Main article: FIFA headquarters FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland FIFA headquarters is in Zürich, and it is an association established under the law of Switzerland. [28] FIFA's supreme body is the FIFA Congress, an assembly of representatives from each affiliated member association. Each national football association has one vote, regardless of size or footballing strength. The Congress assembles in ordinary sessions once every year, and extraordinary sessions have been held once a year since 1998. Congress makes decisions relating to FIFA's governing statutes and their method of implementation and application. Only Congress can pass changes to FIFA's statutes. The congress approves the annual report and decides on the acceptance of new national associations, and holds elections. Congress elects the President of FIFA, its general secretary, and the other members of the FIFA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA
again a screenshot of the herald app, this time correctly identifying Ceuta as an exclave not an enclave
screenshot of the sydney morning herald app, main page, 1055 31/7/26 link at end headline - 'Absolute chaos': Thousands rush across Moroccan border, hoping to get to Europe Some migrants swam while others walked around a breakwater and crossed rocks after instructions spread on social media on how to enter the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. 1 hour ago https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/absolute-chaos-thousands-of-people-rush-across-moroccan-border-hoping-to-get-to-europe-20260731-p60k75.html?btis
a grey and white cat, looking judgingly at camera (it is way past her dinnertime). she is held by a man (not really visible with a Wallabies jersey on (gold))
screenshot from the above link Individual investor characteristics Most housing investors own a single investment property As at 2022/23, around 70 per cent of housing investors owned just one investment property. The remaining 30 per cent owned multiple properties, though those with multiple investment properties owned around half of all investment properties. The share of investors owning more than one property has increased by 7 percentage points over the past two decades (Graph 2). Graph 2 Number of Properties Owned Share of housing investors
15 spring rolls on a plate next to a thing of sweet chilli sauce
a screenshot from my android phone, of AppMgr III shows the [Microsoft] Authenticator app with a total size of 174.52 MB
a screenshot from the above linked article (link at end) headline, byline, then relevant section typo included Most Australians don't understand how interest rates affect inflation, RBA survey finds By business correspondent David Taylor and business reporter Stephanie Chalmers In short: A Reserve Bank says public understanding of the bank's function in the economy is crucial for the effectiveness of its policies.
this post, and above it one chronologically prior on my timeline by Ars Technica, just an article with the headline When your vehicle outlives its cloud: What happens next? Automakers love connected vehicles, but support isn’t open-ended https://bsky.app/profile/arstechnica.com/post/3mr5wkrl5ko2o https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/07/when-your-vehicle-outlives-its-cloud-what-happens-next/?utm_source=bsky&utm_medium=social
the above image of the weird "floating" tin, but superimposed as if a FPS is the Half-Life 2 gravity gun
a google maps screenshot, with Orewa at the top, north and Albany in the south
screenshot of the We Must Act Now statement, link at end A Statement on Al's Transformation of the Economy 1. Al may become radically more powerful over the next 10 years. 2. This could drive an unprecedented transformation of our economy, larger than the Industrial Revolution, but unfolding over a vastly shorter time frame. It could bring risks, including large-scale job displacement, as well as opportunities such as major gains in living standards. 3. Economists, policymakers and technology leaders must act now to understand the economics of transformative Al and to build the incentives, guardrails, and institutions needed to steer Al in a direction that complements humans and benefits society. https://www.wemustactnow.ai/
screenshot of the We Must Act Now statement, link at end A Statement on Al's Transformation of the Economy 1. Al may become radically more powerful over the next 10 years. 2. This could drive an unprecedented transformation of our economy, larger than the Industrial Revolution, but unfolding over a vastly shorter time frame. It could bring risks, including large-scale job displacement, as well as opportunities such as major gains in living standards. 3. Economists, policymakers and technology leaders must act now to understand the economics of transformative Al and to build the incentives, guardrails, and institutions needed to steer Al in a direction that complements humans and benefits society. https://www.wemustactnow.ai/
a screenshot of a ctrl + f search of the ABC piece, "sit-in" has zero results
screenshot of a paragraph from the linked SMH article In the magazine welcoming students produced by the ANU student association, a line included said: “Zionism is a far-right political project, and the state of Israel is run by war criminals and proponents of genocide”. Liat told the royal commission the statement “portrays Jews as uniquely and distinctly bloodthirsty and murderous" and was an antisemitic trope.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus in Veep "(LAUGHING NERVOUSLY) what the fuck?" the description is accurate
Milly Alcock's wikipedia page, her photo is centre
Milly Alcock's wikipedia page, with a photo of her centre
a screenshot from a sydney morning herald article, details of publication after extract GH also showed the messages to the ABC's managing editor of national news, Sam Clark, who took photographs of them. She then took the messages to an executive at her former partner's club, threatening to release the information unless they stopped him from playing. The club later told GH they considered the matter formally closed. Last month, Vinall contacted the athletes, as well as executives at their clubs and the sport's governing body, with questions about the group messages. The players responded by bringing an action against the ABC and Vinall for breach of confidence, which is a legal claim that prevents the publication of some information that people trust will be kept confidential. ABC barred from reporting high-profile sports figures’ ‘crude descriptions of sexual acts’ By Kishor Napier-Raman July 6, 2026 – 5:56pm https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/abc-barred-from-reporting-high-profile-sports-figures-crude-descriptions-of-sexual-acts-20260706-p60cyy.html?btis
screenshot from Liam Young's wiki page Career Films Young has developed a body of short films that use new technologies of image making to tell new kinds of stories about the urban implications that these systems give rise to. Young has pioneered the use of drones and laser scanners in narrative filmmaking. In Wired Magazine's review of 3 of his films it was noted that what makes Young's sci-fi films unusual is that the technologies they focus on such as laser scanners, drones, and outsourcing are not just tools of making, but are the star themselves. [11] With his background in architecture, Young's films are noted for the way the cities in which they are set become characters in themselves. [12] In 2016, Young released the science fiction short film Where The City Cant See [13] [14] The short is the first fiction film to be shot entirely using laser scanning technology (Lidar), the same vision system that driverless cars use to navigate. [15] The story follows a group of young factory workers across a single night as they drift through a near future Detroit in a driverless taxi. They are part of an underground community that has developed new textiles for digital camouflage, which they use to escape the surveillance systems of the city and seek out a hidden rove nortvin the shandoned industrial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_Young
tweet by David Frum @davidfrum. 6h Primary day in NYC, test of power of Mayor Mamdani's anti-Jewish messaging reply to David Frum by @davidfrum People sometimes compare Mamdani to Karl Lueger, the activist antisemitic mayor of Vienna in the early 1900s. But Lueger electrified trams, built a gasworks etc., while also inveighing against Jews. The Mamdani formula seems to be "all inveighing; no trams." 8:10 AM 6/23/26
a four panel cartoon 'Leftycartoons by B. Deutsch' 1st panel, with an angry man shouting at another man behind a desk we're dropping your column. many readers think you're just too extreme. I have been silenced! no 2 - the same man proclaims from a podium, arm a lot and finger to the sky I have been SILENCED! no 3, a newspaper is on a table, the front page folded. reads The Washington Post "I Have Been Silenced!" newspaper insert image is of the same man, now exuberantly angry in closeup no 4 the man is now on tv, the new person off screen quoted with "...here with his new book I have been silenced " his words, angry as ever- "I have been silenced!! " underneath the cartoon reads Please support these cartoons at patreon.com/barry
PDF Protector o ... Pierce.pdf scry 2 of 2 example is in the final paragraph Something occurred to her; she ran back to his open door. "Sir?" she asked. Wyldon looked up from a book. "Weren't you leaving?" "Sir, if you'll only consider," she began nervously. She wasn't at all sure that her idea was good, but her instinct was to pursue it. "Consider...?" he prodded. Kel blurted, "Owen of Jesslaw." "Owen?" he asked. "That hellion?" He folded his arms, looking thoughtful. "All right," he said finally. "Tell Myles I would like a word when he's free." 238 Protector of the Smal - Tamora Pierce.pdf When she reached her room, she stopped to listen at the door. Should she tell them Lord Wyldon's suggestion? "It's settled, then. Padraig haMinch." That was the king's voice. Kel heard chairs scrape. "Gary, take over with the pages - you've been complaining how your paperwork is backed up. I'll see if there's a scry-mage at haMinch. I'd like to give Lord Padraig word as soon as possible."
sorry no alt text, I'm eating dinner out rn
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, in VEEP, the text accurately reads "(LAUGHING NERVOUSLY) What the fuck?"
Graphic content Politics Federal Israeli-Palestinian conflict Flotilla activist: I was digitally raped, beaten for refusing to kiss Israeli flag By Matthew Knott Updated June 16, 20264:33pm, first published June 16, 2026 3:45pm link at end, last paragraph is the pertinent section An Australian man detained while trying to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza will tell the Australian Federal Police he was digitally penetrated by Israeli forces and beaten for refusing to kiss the Israeli flag. The AFP has begun making inquiries into allegations of rape, torture and brutalisation by 11 Australians detained by Israel while participating in the Global Sumud Flotilla, an attempt to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza's coastline. [video insert from Channel 9 News] caption - Foreign Minister Penny Wong says she believes Australian activists who claim they were sexually assaulted by Israeli military personnel last month. Ethan Floyd, who spent two days on an Israeli prison ship before being released onto the Greek island of Crete, said: "I was subjected to a full-body strip search and one of the soldiers inserted his fingers into my behind. It was not part of a cavity search; it was penetrative sexual assault in the view of others. "Other members of the flotilla were penetrated with penises and the tips of guns." [relevant section] Floyd, 22, is secretary of the NSW Young Greens and ran on the party's Senate ticket last year. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/flotilla-activist-i-was-digitally-raped-beaten-for-refusing-to-kiss-israeli-flag-20260616-p6079i.html
the drake stop then pointing meme but with Geordi La Forge instead top panel "banning social media for teenagers" bottom panel (the good idea) "banning social media for everyone" (Geordi is the Chief Engineer from Star Trek The Next Generation, the one with Patrick Stewart / Picard)
the drake stop then pointing meme but with Geordi La Forge instead top panel "banning social media for teenagers" bottom panel (the good idea) "banning social media for everyone" (Geordi is the Chief Engineer from Star Trek The Next Generation, the one with Patrick Stewart / Picard)
google image search, whirligigs on rooftops
a zoomed in crop of the above, of the stick figure with a smiley face intended as the observer
the goose chasing meme, top panel reads - who did Ireland fight against for feminist freedom!?, bottom is who motherfucker? link to explanation https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/goose-chasing-guy
a google search for the word "disregard", with no AI result
tweet by William B. Fuckley @opinonhaver Luthen: No witnesses. Besides, he helped build the cage they now confine us in. His hands may not hold a weapon but they're covered in blood just the same. Pull the trigger. Jar Jar Binks, weeping: Please, yousa donna understand! 19:33 30 Nov 22
the stonks meme. a weird, alien human figure in a suit, arms folded on the left, a background of numbers, and on the right "stonks in a bland font an a clipart yellow arrow pointing diagonally up
screenshot of the wiki for China. notably, its flag does not have a hammer and sickle as per the quoted post's faked image
screenshot of the wiki for China. notably, its flag does not have a hammer and sickle as per the quoted post's faked image
a search inside JesseKellyDC's tweets for text from the OP's post. "no results"
Andrew J Robinson talking about his DS9 character Garak's first meeting with the station doctor, Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig)
a 2/3 full Oak strawberry milk, 750ml. a hand grasps it, with the Sydney Trains seat in the background
The complaint includes excerpts from interviews between Cameron and his production team that mention Kilcher by name and describe how her likeness was used as inspiration for the fictional character
The complaint includes excerpts from interviews between Cameron and his production team that mention Kilcher by name and describe how her likeness was used as inspiration for the fictional character
a screenshot of this post from the bluesky app, the nested quoted post says "Blocked"
a cartoon, one panel two people (they seem deliberately non gender specific) are talking, one with a speech bubble on the left hand side: "you're not lazy, obnoxious, or [underlined] a failure." [second speech bubble for effect, same person on left continues] your head is just full of BEES [BEES is underlined]" person on left looks happy, face only in profile, person on right looks sad but happy at the conversation, tears welling no author attribution is visible cartoon is implicitly about ADHD, though no text visible as such
Australasian Union of Jewish Students advocacy and public relations manager Liat Granot told The Sun-Herald that the most disturbing aspect of the incident was students' response. "They were all kind of numb to it. Jewish uni students have become numb to a lot of these issues. I'm 22 years old and I've been spat at and called every sort of derogatory name under the sun," said the recent Australian National University graduate. "Universities aren't mechanised to respond quickly to change, particularly to hatred or something like antisemitism that manifests quite differently from other forms of racism because it's viewed as punching up [rather than] the usual punching down." [image, banner held by students] reads in all capitals: Usyd cut ties with Thales free palestine Protesters at the University of Sydney encampment demanded the institution cut ties with arms manufacturers. Kate Geraghty Both the University of Sydney and UNSW say they are working hard at addressing antisemitism on campus.
screenshot of the sydney morning herald app, very top, 0829 2/5/26. link at end reads: The Sydney Morning Herald Political leadership [headline] 'We do the big reforms': Albanese says he's energised and keen for a third term photo of a smiling Anthony Albanese, maybe at a press conference in Canberra One year into a difficult second term, Anthony Albanese says absorbing the nation's anger and grief is part of the job of being prime minister, while declaring he will absolutely seek a third term https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/after-tough-start-to-second-term-as-pm-albanese-absolutely-wants-a-third-20260429-p5zsbm.html
Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social People here are being really shitty, including at fellow journalists who've been traumatized, and you will regret those posts. Or should. Also this does not help your political cause, whatever that might be. 11:43 26 Apr 2026 Replies disabled 59 reposts Quotes disabled, repost counter said 2.1k 416 likes 96 saves
a screenshot of a wikipedia article: Abortion Law Reform Act 2019 The Abortion Law Reform Act 2019, introduced as the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019 in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, is an Act of the Parliament of New South Wales which removed abortion from the Crimes Act 1900, allows abortions for up to 22 weeks, and permits an abortion after 22 weeks if two medical doctors agree. The Act received royal assent on 2 October 2019, and commenced with immediate effect. With the commencement of the Act, New South Wales became the last state or territory in Australia to decriminalise abortion. [infobox] Abortion Law Reform Act 2019 [NSW Parliament crest] Parliament of NSW
screenshot of an Isaac Chotiner quote tweet @IChotiner It's great to see Sarah Isgur continuing to get these gigs. Lots of people played a role in separating children from their parents, but Isgur did it with a passion and intensity that most of us can only dream about This Week @ThisWeekABC 12 Sept 21 .@GovChristie, @ysimpsonpower, @whignewtons & @rolandsmartin join the roundtable to discuss the political fallout from Biden's vaccine mandate, the California gubernatorial recall election, and the legal battle over the Texas abortion ban. @ThisWeekABC abcn.ws/3k0naq6 [quoted tweet has an image of those people as a promo graphic for that show] 9:44 12 Sept 21
revenue, and expenses pie charts for The Conversation Media Group Limited I am all outta time to transcribe and format soz
drax scene in Guardians of the Galaxy, where his line after missing a joke is "Nothing goes over my head. My reflexes are too fast, I would catch it"
a google search for images for "harbour bridge pylons" they're enormous, made of stone, maybe 70m high and 2 at each end. quite majestic
screenshot of the jacobin piece, searching for "neol" with 1/1 results highlighted, text below increasingly far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). In Thuringia, the party is led by Björn Höcke, the closest thing German politics has to an open neo-Nazi. Kemmerich managed to stay in office for only twenty-four hours before public outrage forced him to resign. But regardless of how things play out, his election and the fact that both the FDP and CDU initially went along with the plan represents a new degree of normalization of the far right in Germany, and it says a lot about the neoliberal center in the country. Faced with a choice between a moderate center-left administration and a return to conservatism on the backs of far-right nationalists, it appears that a large chunk of the center preferred this latter option This attitude was exemplified by the reaction of the former head of the Federal Office for the Protection of the https://jacobin.com/2020/02/thuringia-afd-die-linke-ramelow-kemmerich
screenshot of the wikipedia page for said tortoise Death hoax On 1 April 2026, a Brazilian X account purportedly owned by Hollins claimed that Jonathan had died. After major news outlets including BBC News and USA Today published articles reporting on Jonathan's death, the post was later confirmed to be false by Governor Phillips, who stated that Hollins neither made the post nor owned an X account, as well by Hollins himself. USA Today later retracted their article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_(tortoise)