#australia stuff

[identitty-dickruption]

me: talking about Australia because I am Australian

some USian who apparently can’t help but take it personally:

[vivalamusaine]

Idk if it exists in other countries but in Australia there was a service called hire a hubby where you could get people to come round and build ikea furniture for you or do small maintenance tasks for a set rate. My gripe is it only existed for traditionally masculine tasks like mowing the lawn. I'm sick and live alone and too exhausted to get out of bed, do you know what I would give to hire a hubby for a few hours to do my dishes and take out my trash? Can my hired hubby reply to my emails and schedule in my social obligations? Can he take the laundry out of the dryer and fold it for me while shitty dad rock blares through his headphones and we both refuse to make eye contact? Can he make me a grilled cheese and pot of soup and then be like "alright mate, you're all set. Are you paying cash or through the app?" It seems like the only type of labor capitalism hasn't monetized into gig work is traditional "womens work". Someone smarter than me probably knows why that is.

[bravelittleocelot]

I just said but like

the fact that Doctor Who is no longer on the abc feels like someone tore a building down or cut a tree down that wasn't supposed to be taken down

i am So Upset for So Many Reasons!! but specifically, it feels so wrong that its no longer on the abc!!

and yes sure, longevity, mouse money, whatever

but for the last 20 ish years of my life I've been watching Doctor Who on the abc and ivew, and im Sad that its gone

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Romper Stomper, an enormous cassowary well-liked by locals in Julatten, Queensland, Australia, is even allowed to enter the local pub. Still, the local carpenter was rather frightened when the massive bird decided to enter his shop, which is understandable since cassowaries are considered to be the most dangerous birds in the world.

Photo by Tony Fleming

[ramsei501st]

in honor of laika coming back from the dead to release a new movie, a kubo of mine with some questionable summer fashion. im love he

inspired by @/kittarts' coraline art ;o;/

[sensiblereblogifposts]

A while ago, I posted a petition, to stop the closing of a much loved museum, Syndeys Powerhouse museum, a place that's been under threat for years.

I need your help with this once again, (especially if you are an Aussie)

After years of threatening to close down and demolish our only science, tech and applied arts museum, and one attempt to turn it into an events center, they've come back with another plan, which basically amounts to "we're going to clear out the museum and demolish most of the structures inside. We definitely have a plan to put some cool stuff back, but we can't tell you it, but it's definitely gonna be great. Don't mind that a bunch of purpose built structures to display delicate objects are set to be demolished."

(That's an F1 Apollo rocket engine, very rare outside the USA. Almost 60 years old, now delicate, but it's going.)

"We've garunteed 3 of the most iconic items (not their accompanying collections) will come back. Pay no mind that we haven't allowed for where they're gonna go, or that the one object we can't move (rare, 250 year old working Boulton and Watts steam engine) is set to end up inside a corridor)

(There used to be room, elevated planforms even)

"Oh, also, you know that museum storage hall, so close by and practical, with a loading dock and workshops, that's also sitting on prime real estate? We're building a second loading dock and workshops in the main museum! Right where the all classrooms where!"

It's supposedly a heritage restoration, but in truth, it's based of a skewed heritage report which has been heavily criticised as I'll informed, and rigged to allow the place's removal.

Almost every detail goes against the spirit of the original musuem. The orginal museum was a fun, post modern place with a sciencey vibe,

Which transitioned fluidly into historic halls, with historic products and technology to match

The Musuem has an upper entrance designed to be welcoming, full of natural light, and evoke the feel of an old grand train station. This is to be bricked up.

Rather than restore the older galleries, theyre taking several of them out reducing display space from about 15,000m²ish to about 6000m² ish.

The historic halls included restored generator room filler with steam engines. This really put the museum on the map.

But that's going.

All that is going, in favour of

This kind of thing.

The plan to do this is on display untill end of may May 30th, Aussie time. It would help a lot if you (might be only Australians) log on and make a short comment opposing the project:

A lot more commentary on the project can be found at:

@protecpowerhous on Twitter

Or if you cant make a submission, and still haven't, please sign that petition:

The people reporting to government planning will be see it, and attention helps.

[httpiastri]

i have never seen anyone look this stupid before

[gabriel-lovex]

Hii ♥️

[turnaboutstar]

autistic people when there's collectable things with tv shows with multiple generations of them:

[nando161mando]

Folks, I'm afraid we do have to hand it to the Italians.

[intothestacks]

An extension for library and book lovers

Library Extension allows you to see if your library has a book you're interested in and put a hold on it without having to go to the library site to do it.

They have extensions for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge.

The extension works for several dozen countries, so it's worth checking if your country is included.

You then select which country subdivision you live in and which library systems you want to add the extension to.

Once the library is added in, when you go to shopping sites like Amazon, you should see on the side whether the library has any copies of the book!

[identitty-dickruption]

imo, the biggest cultural difference between the US and Australia isn’t confidence levels or patriotism levels or guns or any of that. it’s the difference in what we count as sarcasm (and also. you know. humour in general)

[ningauinerd]

Doing sleepy lizard fieldwork in the Mid Murray today involved bountiful encounters with goofy fellas as usual

This guy is somehow missing the keratin on most of his large tail scales, revealing the bony scutes (osteoderms) beneath. We’re not exactly sure how this occurred, hopefully he’s not scuffed up too bad, but it is quite cool to look at

Then there’s grumps over here, sucking on his pacifier. We named him Cupcake after his delightful personality

Cupcake is now getting clamped because he’s naughty and bit someone (actually just taking a measurement of head depth)

Polite gentleman patiently getting his tail measured (not a sleepy lizard, doesn’t want to be here)

[samijey]

Best of Tiffany Stratton inside the Elimination Chamber pod

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[leclercskiesahead]

this moment