Notices by Joshua Byrd 💽 (phocks@bne.social)

@fullfathomfive @annika it's literally always been that way

Isn't it ironic? Don't you think? https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-didnt-even-want-it-on-the-album-i-remember-a-lot-of-people-going-please-please-please-so-i-said-okay-how-alanis-morissette-created-her-biggest-hit

Alanis Morissette was right it really do be ironic sometimes

(Also, not sure which dictionary all those people smugly saying "actually, that's not irony" are looking at, because literally everything in that song fits the definition of ironic 🤷♀️)

It's ironic that all those losers complaining about the definition are wrong and Alanis is right after copping flack for it for decades 😆

Vada's school has apparently been playing this kids version of Pink Pony Club lately and so of course she's been asking us to play it at home and of course it's now been playing in my head for hours on end ... Pink Pony Club I'm gonna keep on dancing at the Pink Pony Club I'm gonna keep on dancing at the Pink Pony Club I'm gonna keep on dancing at the

We'll, after about a decade of riding and enough kms to just about circumnavigate the continent of Australia, it's finally time to say goodbye to my trusty old folding electric bike. I'm currently trialing a cargo bike with built-in kids seat for school runs from Lug+Carrie & will probably buy refurbished soon. So if anyone in #Brisbane / #Meanjin is looking for an #eBike on the cheap, this one still goes quite well for its age and with a bit of tender care (new seat etc.) could be done up to be pretty decent. Anyway, let me know and share with anyone who might be interested. (Can include kids trailer or not).

I'm on the bus into the Valley and I open Instagram and this "Another One Rides the Bus" song from Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (greatest biopic ever made) came on immediately. Damn Zuck this is getting too creepy 🚌🚌🚌 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIhvW5ToexS/?igsh=ZW1obXd0dWViMDY=

Spotted in the backyard. Nothing to see here. Just a branch. Definitely not a tawny frogmouth. Everyone move along. Go about your business.

Bought a new shower head fixture thingy. Installing it now. Suburban dad weekend vibes.

Just taking the bins out and wondering ... is council bin collection still on for Easter Monday? Anyone know?

Just say I wanted to (for no particular reason) try a non U.S. based alternative to GitHub. What would you suggest I try? Codeberg? Some kind of self-hosted solution?

Made some bread this morning 🌄

The Shovel continuing to be top tier.

"All of these hand-outs for families, and students and renters. Well what about the people who don't have a HECS debt? What about the people who don't have a mortgage? Who don't have to pay rent? Where's the handout for them?

"You wouldn't believe how hard it is right now. Try getting a builder to renovate a holiday house in Portsea - they're booked up until 2026! That's two years minimum without a second entertaining area over the summer months."

'did not seek to determine whether the prices or margins of Coles, Woolworths, Aldi or Metcash were "excessive"'

"very difficult to get to the bottom of that"

"part of the reason is the complexity"

Literally what is even the point of having the ACCC when they just come back with this weak ass report putting the very thing they were supposed to investigate in the "too hard" basket?

Oh it's "very difficult" to say whether they're price gouging is it? Oh is that too hard for you mate?

Here let me help out. Yes, they're price gouging. Plain as day. Not hard at all.

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-21/accc-supermarkets-inquiry-key-takeaways-coles-woolworths-aldi/105079916

Some nice light rain

Waiting it out. Taking some time with the last truly great music format. 💽

It's good to be back online here! Power is still out at our house in Everton Park but the server is back at Ash's and will hopefully hold out for now. In case of any future outages I'm elsewhere in the federated universe on @phocks@mastodon.social @phocks@threads.net @phocks.bsky.social etc if you wanna follow. Stay safe out there mates ✨

LIVE: ABC Brisbane's live cam and radio coverage as Cyclone Alfred approaches | ABC NEWS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2_9B-V7RfI

#CycloneAlfred

3 times in a row they've been playing Wonderwall at the shops when I've come down to get groceries. Is it a sign? I said maybe...

45 minute commute down from 55 mins. Not bad