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Jason Tubnor 🇦🇺 @tubsta@social.bsdlab.au
· 4d ago
For those that wonder why Australians use colourful language and/or people take offence to it. Maybe this will help understand us a little bit better https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/nov/02/the-c-word-australian-culture-identity #straya
Love the C word? You might be Australian. Hate it? You might be American
theguardian.com

Love the C word? You might be Australian. Hate it? You might be American

Academics and lexicographers are exploring how swearing is tied to national cultural identities – and how the internet may cause new, creative cursing to ‘flourish’

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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻 @peterrenshaw@ioc.exchange
· 1mo ago
“I was passing a slow vehicle turning right when my car suddenly braked hard on a bend, skidding in gravel towards a deep culvert. A moment later it computed there had been no danger anyway and released control back to me. I’d been briefly overruled by a machine, and could have been killed. After stopping to deactivate the active cruise control, I, the human, was back in charge. The Australasian New Car Assessment Program (Ancap) has identified deficiencies with Adas, and in March announced new design protocols for driver-interface technology for the next three years.” My late model car when I counter-turn the steering wheel approaching a sharp bend with a solid white line hard then turns the wheel INTO the corner with a pole 🤪 Solid grip on the wheel, always. #AnCap / #Adas / #Aeb / #straya < https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/sep/16/smart-cars-autonomous-braking-which-driver-assistance-systems-actually-improve-safety&gt
‘In this new car, I feel patronised’: which driver assistance systems actually improve safety?
theguardian.com

‘In this new car, I feel patronised’: which driver assistance systems actually improve safety?

Modern cars are fitted with features like autonomous emergency braking and fatigue monitoring. But do they support motorists or drive them to distraction?

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Droppie @MsDropbear42@blahaj.zone
· 3mo ago
the excellent Dr Ann has released a new batch of these glorious soundscapes https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/nature-sounds ​:purple_heart:​✅ #straya #nature #soundscapes #abc #DrAnnJones
abc.net.au

Nature Sounds with Ann Jones - ABC listen

Listen to the soothing sounds of nature directly from the microphones of Dr Ann Jones. 'That bird lady from the ABC' captures wildlife and wilderness in all its glory — bringing you soundscapes of the ocean, forests, rain and storms across Australia. If you need a podcast for white noise, meditation, or to finally get some sleep, this is just what the doctor ordered.

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Droppie @MsDropbear42@blahaj.zone
· 3mo ago
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@sister_ratched@toot.community we went to LBR* in the 70s, family hol, dad driving mum & we three kids, in our vw microbus. shocking wet weather, dirt/clay road there reduced to a super slippery slide. bus' tyres continually clogging with the super sticky yet slippery mud, so we kept sliding off the road. repeated outings of dad & kids to push push push while mum did the steering n pedals thing... rinse n repeat repeat repeat. oddly i have almost no recollections of LR itself, but the drive there is indelibly imprinted *ever after, dad never says "lightning ridge", but always "lightning bloody ridge" 😆 #straya
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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻 @peterrenshaw@ioc.exchange
· 3mo ago
Replying to
@Wyatt_H_Knott@mastodon.sdf.org 4 snakes I’ve crossed last summer riding. 🐍🐍🚲🐍🐍 The second last one I rode my bike over. The last one curled up and ready to strike before I had a group warn me. #PseudonajaTextilis / #EasternBrown / #straya /
peter renshaw (@peterrenshaw@pixelfed.au)
pixelfed.au

peter renshaw (@peterrenshaw@pixelfed.au)

2026JAN21 Hump day. 🚲🐍 I’ve survived a lot of things: bushfire flashovers; swimming unpatrolled ocean surf with rocks, rips; electrocution; high speed car crashes; being shot at, mock executions, a knife fight. Today I ran over a snake. Not this one, which I took yesterday, another. Riding slowly around a corner looking at pear tress, then this photo; then “thump, thump”. Watched the poor fella slide into the creek line.

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Droppie @MsDropbear42@blahaj.zone
· 3mo ago
prep for shower: remove towel from ensuite towel rack, shake vigorously, inspect floor walls & underarms for wee beasties, hang towel over shower door frame shower: do the doings post-shower [but still within the cubicle]: remove towel from shower door frame, shake vigorously, inspect floor walls & underarms for wee beasties, commence towelling... ...espy sudden appearance on shower floor tiles of just-landed big black, prolly-whitetail, spider... ...instantly engage adrenalin glands & deploy olympic-grade hop step jump & yelp... ...ponder just how fooken vigorous must the damn towel-shaking be, ffs?... ...mock once again all those doubters who pompously declared that no dropbear could ever possess the athleticism to compete in the olympic h-s-j-&-y event for... #straya 🤪
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Jude🇵🇸 @sister_ratched@toot.community
· 3mo ago
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@MsDropbear42@blahaj.zone And the bloke next to us watching the sunset with the wife and kids: every second weird is FUCKEN, loudly. #straya 🤣
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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻 @peterrenshaw@ioc.exchange
· 4mo ago
“Melbourne is a big city that somehow behaves like a village," said Anne Marie Lennon, general manager of the Crowne Plaza Carlton, who has worked across the UK, Ireland and Australia. "People here are genuinely curious about you. And then there's the culture, the food, the #music, the #fashion, the #art. Every suburb has its own vibe and identity." Na, it’s crap, weather is off. Don’t bother 🤣☺️ #Melbourne / #Straya / 🦘🇦🇺
What it's like to live in the world's most liveable cities in 2026
bbc.com

What it's like to live in the world's most liveable cities in 2026

The latest Global Liveability Index ranks the world's top cities. We asked residents what makes them such enjoyable places to call home.

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Heliograph @Heliograph@mastodon.au
· 7mo ago
sitting at my desk, wonder where suddenly crunching sounds come from... looking out the window and find three sulphur crested cockatoos each with a Riz cracker in hand having late lunch on my neighbour's balcony 🤪 #straya
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