Josh Nicholas
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  • Got one of these fancy ergonomic mice over the weekend coz Officeworks mispriced it and damn I’m a convert.

    β†’ 1:51 PM, Jul 18
  • The Complicated History of Pointy Hats daily.jstor.org/the-compl…

    β†’ 6:58 AM, Jul 18
  • Apparently when American special forces are doing some operation in another country it’s that country’s language that is foreign πŸ˜‚

    β†’ 5:50 PM, Jul 17
  • Does anyone in Melbourne use Pineapple for internet? These prices and speeds seem too good to be true

    β†’ 12:39 PM, Jul 17
  • Updated our Voice to Parliament poll tracker with latest Newspoll. Yes continues downward trend. Lots more inc. caveats here -> www.theguardian.com/news/data…

    β†’ 10:02 AM, Jul 17
  • Orange Is the New Black Signalled the Rot Inside the Streaming Economy www.newyorker.com/culture/n…

    β†’ 8:34 AM, Jul 17
  • This is a great feature on Sri Lankans that have travelled to Australia by boat. Written by Sri Lankans. watchdog.team/article/t…

    β†’ 2:29 PM, Jul 14
  • The rains in India are horrific www.economist.com/graphic-d…

    β†’ 8:06 AM, Jul 14
  • Apparently whenever I draw a self portrait I suddenly lose about 10kgs

    β†’ 7:45 AM, Jul 14
  • Someone needs to do a long read on why kinder surprise toys are so simple/easy to assemble nowadays

    β†’ 11:33 AM, Jul 12
  • Got a new work laptop and its my first post-touchbar Macbook. Honestly, forget M chips or whatever, dropping the stupid touchbar is enough of an upgrade to make it worth it.

    β†’ 8:58 AM, Jul 10
  • Didn’t even go to Micro Camp but I got stickers :) thanks @jean

    β†’ 8:52 AM, Jul 10
  • With how much everyone is screenshotting on bluesky there really isn’t any reason to go on Twitter anymore

    β†’ 12:27 PM, Jul 6
  • So threads isn’t ActivityPub compatible at launch?

    β†’ 9:11 AM, Jul 6
  • Testing Bluesky crossposting with another postcard portrait

    β†’ 7:03 PM, Jul 5
  • If I was in charge of announcements in an airport I would simply make them so quiet no one could ever understand them

    β†’ 7:11 PM, Jul 4
  • (Probably) the final painting of the trip. Number 28. Kuala Lumpur skyline from the hotel. Sky looking a bit ominous.

    Kuala Lumpur skyline closeup
    β†’ 6:19 PM, Jul 3
  • Still boggles my mind that you can buy (genuine) Lapis Lazuli based paints/pigments

    β†’ 11:40 AM, Jul 3
  • Bit of a wait for the plane

    Quick watercolour scribble of a family waiting in the airport
    β†’ 12:58 PM, Jul 2
  • If the issue is companies scraping Twitter to train LLMs wouldn’t the easiest solution be to create an official Twitter corpus and sell access?

    β†’ 12:01 PM, Jul 2
  • So is Nitter still going to work for people who still need to follow some accounts πŸ€”

    β†’ 9:34 AM, Jul 2
  • Langkawi is so beautiful and green I’m almost out of yellow watercolour paint.

    β†’ 4:32 PM, Jul 1
  • Two tells that this hotel was built by Europeans:

    1. no sinks in the restaurant
    2. awnings don’t extend far enough for monsoonal downpours
    β†’ 3:25 PM, Jul 1
  • Escaped across the bay to a new hotel

    Watercolour of a bay in Langkawi, Malaysia
    β†’ 1:33 PM, Jul 1
  • Started pouring so couldn’t quite finish it :(

    Watercolour of Malaysian resort
    β†’ 1:11 PM, Jun 28
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