Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
As ugly and over the top as it is, that’s pretty much peak Regency, right there. The furniture, however, probably would have made even the most garish Georgian throw up.
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As ugly and over the top as it is, that’s pretty much peak Regency, right there. The furniture, however, probably would have made even the most garish Georgian throw up.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social)
How many hats has Bruce Lehrmann got now?
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
A chance to get a way with picking on immigrants (well, anyone not pasty white)? Yeah, nah, they’d join up in a meth-accelerated heart beat.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Apart from the obvious architectural/engineering issues (even the flagpole is shit) the boats and their wakes are extremely bad. Either that or they cruised at “Full Astern” on the harbour and some have just been partially dismasted.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
What an extremely large rooster he is.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Are there any that are not paid defence industry lobbyists?
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, nah. That’ not by Voltaire. It’s by Kevin Alfred Strom, an American neo-Nazi, from 1993.😬
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
It can be both frightening and a repeat of history.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh there’s still one I want to see.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
You’d think she’d get the test before launching her coup d’état.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social)
Imagined being so brain dead that you thought this comment was a good idea.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
All of the above, I expect.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Bloody wind farms made Barnacle shag his press secretary.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Cat: That sounds like a you problem. (Stretches and yawns).
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
I think she is some sort of wire-guided WMD.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
What is the appropriate pairing for maugean skate sashimi?
louiseadler1.bsky.social (@louiseadler1.bsky.social) reposted
Let’s hope that the current government does not yield to this massive over reach . Even if you are so blinkered as to be only concerned with Jewish issues, exceptionalising Jews will foster antisemitism rather than defeat it . www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Now you’re talking. :-)
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Build a roof over the Queenstown oval, then give it a new layer of gravel.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Godwin’s Law is now enforceable.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social)
Bloody hell, Godwin’s Law is now enforceable! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
I think it’s still too early to tell.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Easy! Just ignore Scope 3. Maybe Scope 2 as well. And Scope 1.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
No thanks, on both counts.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
The voices are telling him.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
I didn’t know Angus was also a numerologist.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social)
So, Tim Wilson didn’t find his hat then?
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Why would Clive care? He never spends his own money. Usually taps into his worker’s super and wages, … er..allegedly.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
It’S sTiLl tOo eArLY.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
I don’t think the oil, gas and salmon industries will be overly worried.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social)
There is a sad lack of mashed potato gifs on the internet.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
So much mud.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Smeared!! Smeared, I tells ya!
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social)
Can someone get the Thorpe wanker off my TV before I break it!
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Ha! I just posted this to a family chat when that was announced
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s too early for that John.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
“Somebody needs to ban James McGrath.” Fixed it for you:-)
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social)
Who is this LNP dickhead on the ABC election panel screaming that “the greens are a nasty antisemitic party!!!” Really? FFS!
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m expecting Bob Katter to pipe in “But I ain't spending any time on it because in the meantime, every three months, a person is torn to pieces by an electric shark in a Norwegian fjord."
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
He was, as most other scientists are, perfectly aware of the impact of orbital and axis orientation changes, AKA Milankovitch Cycles. They are not responsible for the current temperature increase. science.nasa.gov/science-rese...
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
“We Used to Know”. The original and the best.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m no law talking guy but I don’t think an organisation can be defamed, only individuals.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
A bit like the TAB and The Golden Casket (QLD), back in the day.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Is a Swiss railway organisation proposing it?
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
There are possibly worse places to place solar panels, but I’m struggling to think of any. A nightmare for installation and maintenance access- working inside a rail corridor has very high safety requirements and would significantly disrupt rail traffic. They would also get very dirty very quickly.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Going back for her hat?
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social)
So, is Trumponomics a thing yet. Maybe Trumpematics, a branch of mathematics where there are no rational numbers that add up.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
They are not the worst floods in 50 years. They have surpassed the floods from 50 years ago (1974). They are the worst recorded floods, i.e. since European settlement.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Unfortunately, it’s the other way around. Australia had a contract to buy diesel French subs but got sucked into forking out the better part of a bil $ deposit on joint nuke subs from the US with the UK (AUKUS). Oh , & we had to pay the French contractors millions for breaking the contract.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
They robably want to stop those pesky CO ₂ graphs. Shooting the messenger seems to have become one of their core policies. Obviously a long way behind pocketing lots of cash, but still core.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Stanthorpe says “Hi!”. :-)
Sean Sublette (@subletteweather.com) reposted
News is tearing across my professional circles this afternoon. For those not involved in the weather enterprise, I need you to understand something: seansublette.substack.com/p/bloodbath-...
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
That could explain the mass fish mortalities.
The Shovel (@theshovel.bsky.social) reposted
Government-Owned Steelworks in Whyalla Not Viable Says Guy Behind $600B Nukes Plan
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social)
Apparently Dutton and the LNP are looking like taking a Aus federal election if held now. I’m beginning to think strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is, in fact, a basis for a system of government.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
It was terrible at lunchtime today. The temperature was far too mild and the sun too bright. People should stay away.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Why did he change his name to Aussie Trump? Were Richard Cranium and Wayne Kerr taken?
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
🥁🥁 🥁
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Choice!
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Nice minerals you have there. It would be a shame if something happened to them.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Surely JK could distil the tea towel down to one law, and sell it as a nice embroidery in a blackwood frame.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Inverse Poe’s Law.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social)
Neville Chamberlain says “Hi!”
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Their previous dodgy CEO “retired” back in the 1940s. Just before a hostile takeover.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Ok, how about “Ethnic Cleansing”?
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social)
Well, at least we don’t have to worry about Russia nuking anyone for a while (except maybe Ukraine). Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake etc. Putin must be pissing himself laughing.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Yep and it’s going to get worse. Yet they keep up the charade that the economy needs coal. Climate change is going to cost way more.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
It would be interesting to see QLD’s average annual disaster repair costs (private and public) compared to the fossil fuel royalties.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Call them the “Musk Youth”, which, fittingly, sounds like a budget deodorant.
Clem_OzGeo🇦🇺🦘🇸🇩🇺🇦💙 (@ozgeo.bsky.social) reposted
Please read the science... Yes, the earth's climate record does show 6°C+ higher temperatures and much higher atmosphere CO2 levels in the past. However the current rate of change is catastrophic and is almost all due to anthropogenic climate change... #climate #climatecrisis #auspol #environment
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Not to mention the fact that there wasn’t a lot of expensive fixed coastal infrastructure, complex agricultural systems and, well, humans around at the time.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social)
1976 - “Burn Baby Burn” Disco Inferno 2025 - “Drill Baby Drill” Climate Inferno.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
It took a squirrel sighting to make it sink in I was not in Australia anymore. To be fare, I had been stuck in a conference hotel for 4 days.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Just watch out for excess drag!
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Bradfield Scheme.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Especially if you are a French aristocrat. (Boom tish).
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Also somewhat tainted by the laws of physics, not to mention economics. Head loss is not your friend.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Send them to Ashley & Martin. (Sorry, dad joke)
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
I’m more worried about the fascists than the facetious.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
You will probably be disappointed.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s why they pay me the moderate bucks!
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
I left Twitter back in 420 ppm.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Or ejector seats for the passengers would also work.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Hopefully the crew have ejector seats. Can you imagine having him as a passenger?
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
That’s unfairly harsh on pus-filled boils.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Order jugs, so you don’t have to set the bar as often.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
The Betoota Advocate covers it well. The last bastion of journalism in Australia. www.betootaadvocate.com/humans-of-be...
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
It’s pretty worrying who is using it as a template for Australia.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
I just add little Baz to my block list, as he is truly inconsequential.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Where does UTAS sit on the plot?
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
Time to get a beach shack to set up as headquarters for another multimillion dollar detention contract. Maybe some GBR funding. I wonder if I still have a rain cannon out in the back shed?
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
If you like, I can lift one of your posts and it will get zero reposts, to rebalance the post universe.
Rob Virtue (@robvirtue.bsky.social) reply parent
You are doing a great job of flushing out nutters to add to my block list. 👍