#straya — Public Fediverse posts
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Listening to Why Q needs U by Danny Bates, about the development of each letter of the English alphabet but with lots of wider linguistic and language detail. Highly recommended if you’re into that sort of thing 😊
So, English pronounces L two different ways, tongue right behind the teeth is Clear L, tongue a bit further back on the roof of the mouth is Dark L.
Clear L tends to be for L followed by a vowel, Dark L tends to be for L after a vowel. If you pay attention when you say “loll” you might notice the difference — depending where you’re from…
Danny: northerners [in England] tend to use Dark L for both sounds.
Me saying a bunch of words starting with L consciously using the Dark L: doesn’t sound any different.
Danny: so do Australians.
WELL OK THEN.
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So fucking relevant.
"It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees"
Midnight Oil
"Power and the Passion"
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So fucking relevant.
"It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees"
Midnight Oil
"Power and the Passion"
1982 -
So fucking relevant.
"It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees"
Midnight Oil
"Power and the Passion"
1982 -
So fucking relevant.
"It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees"
Midnight Oil
"Power and the Passion"
1982 -
So fucking relevant.
"It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees"
Midnight Oil
"Power and the Passion"
1982 -
#Aussie posters are just rad thanks #PeterDrew let's have more of those #aussiePosters :akko_fistup: :ablobwobble:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-27/street-artist-peter-drew-aussie-posters/106602092 #straya
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@jwildeboer they also are natural pacifists 😁 #roos #straya
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Ok I have opened the blessed container and viewed the bright yellow glow inside, sniffed it and tasted it. This is indeed the good shit from the fish n chip shops!
If you want some, you can order it here and they will just post it to you! 800g is like a year's worth, right?
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The crochet balaclava + custom woolies bag couture in this video clip is just *chefs kiss* 🧑🏻🍳 💋
#straya #woolies #woolworths #australia #Australia
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in rather good collateral news :blobcat_fine:
"The rise of #solar power shows no sign of slowing down, with the International Energy Agency predicting it will overtake coal as the world’s biggest source of #electricity next year. Behind its success is a little-known #Australian inventor."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-13/martin-green-role-in-solar-power-unstoppable-rise/106499018
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♬ dark specter of espionage / hangs over fair Hawaii / McGarrett's one cool guy / the guilty will not go free / Steve and Danno / they made the scene / the agent had done his deed / caught with a stiff and a silenced gun / he said / "Book him Danno, murder one" ♬
#OzMusic / #RadioBirdman / #IndieRock / #GarageRock / #punk / #PunkMusic / 1978 / #straya / #Danno 🏄♂️ / 🌊 #Steve / #FiveOh / #BookHimDanno / #MurderOne <https://youtube.com/watch?v=ETmcaPBKkDA>
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“#Hormuz, Japan’s #KyodoNews is reporting Iran’s foreign minister as saying.
It quoted #AbbasAraghchi as saying negotiations with Japan on the issue were ongoing.
He also said in the interview of Friday that “we have not closed the strait – it is open”, while stressing that #Tehran is seeking “not a ceasefire, but a complete, comprehensive and lasting end to the war”, Kyodo reported.
It quoted Araghchi as saying **Iran had not closed the strait of Hormuz** but had imposed restrictions on vessels belonging to countries involved in attacks against Iran, while offering assistance to others in the vital waterway amid heightened security concerns.
Araghchi said #Iran was prepared to ensure safe passage for countries such as #Japan if they coordinated with #Tehran, the report said.”
🥕and 🏏 … think #Stray-an Politicians will take this offer? …na we’ll just run out 🛢️
#Straya / #energy ⛽️ <https://theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/20/iran-war-live-updates-oil-prices-israel-netanyahu-ground-component-us-tensions-hormuz?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69bdfc7b8f0870f125bb09eb#block-69bdfc7b8f0870f125bb09eb>
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“#Hormuz, Japan’s #KyodoNews is reporting Iran’s foreign minister as saying.
It quoted #AbbasAraghchi as saying negotiations with Japan on the issue were ongoing.
He also said in the interview of Friday that “we have not closed the strait – it is open”, while stressing that #Tehran is seeking “not a ceasefire, but a complete, comprehensive and lasting end to the war”, Kyodo reported.
It quoted Araghchi as saying **Iran had not closed the strait of Hormuz** but had imposed restrictions on vessels belonging to countries involved in attacks against Iran, while offering assistance to others in the vital waterway amid heightened security concerns.
Araghchi said #Iran was prepared to ensure safe passage for countries such as #Japan if they coordinated with #Tehran, the report said.”
🥕and 🏏 … think #Stray-an Politicians will take this offer? …na we’ll just run out 🛢️
#Straya / #energy ⛽️ <https://theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/20/iran-war-live-updates-oil-prices-israel-netanyahu-ground-component-us-tensions-hormuz?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69bdfc7b8f0870f125bb09eb#block-69bdfc7b8f0870f125bb09eb>
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“#Hormuz, Japan’s #KyodoNews is reporting Iran’s foreign minister as saying.
It quoted #AbbasAraghchi as saying negotiations with Japan on the issue were ongoing.
He also said in the interview of Friday that “we have not closed the strait – it is open”, while stressing that #Tehran is seeking “not a ceasefire, but a complete, comprehensive and lasting end to the war”, Kyodo reported.
It quoted Araghchi as saying **Iran had not closed the strait of Hormuz** but had imposed restrictions on vessels belonging to countries involved in attacks against Iran, while offering assistance to others in the vital waterway amid heightened security concerns.
Araghchi said #Iran was prepared to ensure safe passage for countries such as #Japan if they coordinated with #Tehran, the report said.”
🥕and 🏏 … think #Stray-an Politicians will take this offer? …na we’ll just run out 🛢️
#Straya / #energy ⛽️ <https://theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/20/iran-war-live-updates-oil-prices-israel-netanyahu-ground-component-us-tensions-hormuz?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69bdfc7b8f0870f125bb09eb#block-69bdfc7b8f0870f125bb09eb>
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“#Hormuz, Japan’s #KyodoNews is reporting Iran’s foreign minister as saying.
It quoted #AbbasAraghchi as saying negotiations with Japan on the issue were ongoing.
He also said in the interview of Friday that “we have not closed the strait – it is open”, while stressing that #Tehran is seeking “not a ceasefire, but a complete, comprehensive and lasting end to the war”, Kyodo reported.
It quoted Araghchi as saying **Iran had not closed the strait of Hormuz** but had imposed restrictions on vessels belonging to countries involved in attacks against Iran, while offering assistance to others in the vital waterway amid heightened security concerns.
Araghchi said #Iran was prepared to ensure safe passage for countries such as #Japan if they coordinated with #Tehran, the report said.”
🥕and 🏏 … think #Stray-an Politicians will take this offer? …na we’ll just run out 🛢️
#Straya / #energy ⛽️ <https://theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/20/iran-war-live-updates-oil-prices-israel-netanyahu-ground-component-us-tensions-hormuz?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69bdfc7b8f0870f125bb09eb#block-69bdfc7b8f0870f125bb09eb>
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“#Hormuz, Japan’s #KyodoNews is reporting Iran’s foreign minister as saying.
It quoted #AbbasAraghchi as saying negotiations with Japan on the issue were ongoing.
He also said in the interview of Friday that “we have not closed the strait – it is open”, while stressing that #Tehran is seeking “not a ceasefire, but a complete, comprehensive and lasting end to the war”, Kyodo reported.
It quoted Araghchi as saying **Iran had not closed the strait of Hormuz** but had imposed restrictions on vessels belonging to countries involved in attacks against Iran, while offering assistance to others in the vital waterway amid heightened security concerns.
Araghchi said #Iran was prepared to ensure safe passage for countries such as #Japan if they coordinated with #Tehran, the report said.”
🥕and 🏏 … think #Stray-an Politicians will take this offer? …na we’ll just run out 🛢️
#Straya / #energy ⛽️ <https://theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/20/iran-war-live-updates-oil-prices-israel-netanyahu-ground-component-us-tensions-hormuz?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69bdfc7b8f0870f125bb09eb#block-69bdfc7b8f0870f125bb09eb>
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meanwhile in #downunder :parrot_ship_it: #straya #messageinaBottle :blobmeltsoblove:
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“Staff were told on Thursday that 102 full-time equivalent positions would be cut from the unit, with a large number to come from climate modelling teams.”
“Leading #ClimateScientist Professor #SarahPerkinsKirkpatrick, president of the #Australian #Meteorological and #Oceanographic Society, described the cuts as “one of the worst things I’ve seen during my career”.
“If we don’t have the Australian climate model, then we simply cannot replicate Australia’s climate and #weather within an accurate envelope; it’s just not possible,” she told this masthead.“None of the other climate models that exist across the world can do that.”
Cuts to strategic CSIRO climate modelling suggests the Learned leader listens to the Economic sooth-sayers in suits than science based facts.
#Science / #straya / #labor #AusPol <https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/worst-thing-i-ve-ever-seen-csiro-slashes-climate-modelling-jobs-20260310-p5o97a.html> (paywall) / <https://archive.md/3Btji>
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“Software giant #Atlassian has announced it is #LayingOff about 10% of its #workforce, or roughly 1,600 positions, and replacing its chief technology officer as it restructures to invest further in #ArtificialIntelligence.
More than 900 affected positions were involved in #SoftwareResearch and development, a spokesperson said. Most of Atlassian’s #employees work in #SoftwareEngineering and #design, accounting for over 50% of its 13,813 full-time workforce in June 2025.
About 640 affected employees are in #NorthAmerica, 480 in #Australia and 250 in #india with the remainder spread across #Japan, the #Philippines, #Europe, the #MiddleEast and #Africa, according to the spokesperson.”
A reminder this company was created in #java by a bunch of “Blub programmers” 🤪😣🤣
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #Entrepreneurs / #Straya / #AI / #SaaS / #software <https://theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/12/atlassian-layoffs-software-technology-ai-push-mike-cannon-brookes-asx>
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“Australia has suffered its first major round of AI #JobCuts as the country’s largest locally #listed #software company axed almost one-third of its #workforce to manage deep fears in financial markets that new #CodingTools will make big technology firms vulnerable to disruption.”
“#WiseTech Global will cut about 2000 staff – nearly one-third of its workforce of 7000 – over the next two years as chief executive #ZubinAppoo bets the logistics software giant’s future on #ArtificialIntelligence.” … “‘We’re not halving the capacity,’ Appoo said. “We’re halving the #HumanCapacity, but we’re significantly increasing the overall capacity through agentic AI.
“The era of manually writing code as the core act of engineering is over,” Appoo declared, calling AI “the most significant shift in decades” for software development.”
#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #SofwareEngineers / #Straya <https://www.smh.com.au/technology/ai-to-blame-as-wisetech-cuts-2000-jobs-20260225-p5o5a2.html> / <https://archive.md/9UVCF>
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“The 37 specific regions under the #ProposedBan are in Afghanistan, Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Palestine, the Philippines, Somalia and Yemen.
Guardian Australia has been told the shadow immigration minister under Ley, #PaulScarr, had not proposed the country ban and raised significant concerns over it. It’s understood that specific proposal was not taken to shadow cabinet before the leadership coup, and the new opposition leader, #AngusTaylor, had not seen the plan.
The #Liberals’ proposal would also seek to remove as many as 100,000 asylum seekers and international students from Australia more quickly. Visa holders could have their rights to appeal immigration decisions #restricted, and be #blocked from consideration to move on to other #visas.”
#Straya / #Liberal / #LNP / #LuckyAngus <https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/16/migrants-from-gaza-and-somalia-among-those-to-be-banned-from-australia-under-unreleased-liberal-plan>
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@Heliograph might be pertinent to add this #wombat #cube related article at this point 😁 https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/nature-wildlife/2016/04/why-do-wombats-do-cube-shaped-poos #straya
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The #Aussie giving War & Peace a 'bogan' remake
"Just then, Prince Andrei rocked up to Anna's joint. He was the pregnant sheila's hubby. Like his missus, he was pretty good looking himself."
Those lines are straight from a new translation of Leo #Tolstoy's epic novel #WarandPeace, set in the world of Russian high society in the early 19th century.
Except this is a "bogan" version translated by #AnderLouis, the pen name of a Melbourne IT worker who moonlights as a writer.
He's poured a metaphorical can of Australian beer over the novel by converting Tolstoy's prose into a lingo that wouldn't sound out of place in the popular Aussie sitcom Kath & Kim.
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Note to self: when you think you’ve dropped your pen between two lounge chairs and a quick look shows something dark in the shadows, do NOT reach your hand down there to pick it up!
Fortunately for my nerves it was a dead huntsman, but it was a major creep out nonetheless. Could have been worse, right? We’ve had funnelwebs in the house before. #arachnids #arachnophobia #spiders #straya #australia
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Deeply symbolic that in my #news feed this morning closure of 20 branches of #BendigoBank but opening of a similar number of new #Maccas outlets planned. [For context, I have eaten their ‘food’ twice in 22 years.]
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This male kangaroo is NOT impressed by my presence… that’s a serious glare!
#melbourne #naarm #kangaroos #straya #macropods #photography #stare -
Hooray .. G Flip won the Song of the Year at the Arias (Australia's big music awards), 3% won Best HipHop/Rap release and Troye Sivan won Album and Soloist of the Year.
And for a change, this year's awards overall did not suck.
G Flip - The Worst Person Alive (Official Music Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKitoJhWgCg3% - OUR PEOPLE (feat. The Presets)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri317RvcuNATroye Sivan - Rush (Official Video)
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@pixelpusher220 #quokkas are definitely top of #straya's cute range :awesome: :blobcat_hearthug: but #wombats are actually cuddly, unlike #koalas and their close cousin the #dropbear 😁 @KingShawn
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@jerry they just need to adhere to some rules and they'll be fine :Koala: :ma_boomerang: 😆 #straya #dropbears
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To complete the Thorsborne trail you have to ignore a crocodile warning while crossing a wide, waist deep river. Second picture shows my wife finishing off the biggest crossing. All good fun 😅#crocodiles #straya #FNQ
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Just back from a bucket-list hike along the Thorsborne trail, Hinchinbrook Island in far north Queensland. A moderately challenging 4 days - the main challenges being rock hopping and a few river crossings. Absolutely spectacular and with brilliant waterfall-fed swimming holes along the way. 10/10 would recommend. Saw no crocodiles. Which was a good thing given the river crossings. #hiking #bushwalking #straya #FNQ
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Haven’t shot this stuff for years - this is one of the last two rolls I grabbed when it stopped being available. It expired 7 years ago, but I’ll give it 1/3 of a stop and she’ll be right (mate).
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#BelieveInFilm #Chromogenic #BW400CN #LeicaM6 #film #rangefinders #straya -
Haven’t shot this stuff for years - this is one of the last two rolls I grabbed when it stopped being available. It expired 7 years ago, but I’ll give it 1/3 of a stop and she’ll be right (mate).
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#BelieveInFilm #Chromogenic #BW400CN #LeicaM6 #film #rangefinders #straya -
Haven’t shot this stuff for years - this is one of the last two rolls I grabbed when it stopped being available. It expired 7 years ago, but I’ll give it 1/3 of a stop and she’ll be right (mate).
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#BelieveInFilm #Chromogenic #BW400CN #LeicaM6 #film #rangefinders #straya -
Haven’t shot this stuff for years - this is one of the last two rolls I grabbed when it stopped being available. It expired 7 years ago, but I’ll give it 1/3 of a stop and she’ll be right (mate).
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#BelieveInFilm #Chromogenic #BW400CN #LeicaM6 #film #rangefinders #straya
