Hi! My name is Josh and this is my blog. I used to share on social media but decided that my fragility was too valuable to subject to algorithims and assholes.
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🕵️ Fresh air
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Police are now targeting:
- People who don’t know to walk away from the counter after they’ve ordered their coffee.
- Americans who think that America is the only country on earth.
- Anyone named Boris.
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Jetstar Informs Passengers Mid Flight That The Trip Has Been Cancelled:
“Thank you for choosing Jetstar.”
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Facebook, weve been married for like 15 years now, I really thought you’d know me better.
Also, Brittany, this is 33% your fault.
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Not everyone is an artist
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"In the future, wealth will be measured not just by the amount in your bank account, but in your ability to structure your affairs to realise complete individual autonomy and independence."
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A Josh-eyed view of Pullerbopulloke, or as the brits called it, Bacchus Marsh, named after Captain William Henry Bacchus and the marsh he brought his Tassie sheep to.
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It’s great that Google’s automatically deleting location history to keep people safe, it’d just be nice if they extended it to include me buying ice cream.
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Watching Melbourne wake up this morning from the Maribyrnong River
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Nothing says “you’re awesome at decisions” like purchasing a $2 service station coffee at 5pm on a Saturday.
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A few observations on flying out of the Gold Coast this morning.
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I departed through a new fancy boarding gate, they have scales in the floor to weigh carry-on stealthily. The new gates are also a bit confusing to reach.
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for the first time in over 350 flights over 20 years with Qantas my carry-on luggage was weighed and subsequently checked in as luggage, aka taken off me. Which is fine, it’s the rules. But it’s also why professionals fly Qantas, because they won’t touch our carry-on. If that bag doesn’t arrive in Melbourne, I can’t marry a couple this afternoon.
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the Qantas staff seem to be sick and tired of … gestures at everything … and can you blame them?
I had 14kg over two bags and was travelling only carry-on because I have a quick transfer and I’m low on faith in the Sydney and Melbourne baggage handlers. Here’s hoping for luggage success.
Over the microphone one of the crew has announced that it’s great to have us onboard, I’m sure it’s not.
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Dr. Gabor Maté:
“The road to hell is not paved with good intentions. It is paved with lack of intention.”
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Tom Johnson on realising his attention span has become fragmented:
“Sometimes, I’d occasionally pull out my phone without any particular reason, unlock the screen, and just stare at it dumbly, not sure about which app to open.”
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I’d like to start a coffee shop in Cupertino called Appel Perk
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The Queensland government is rolling out a plastic ban, which is going to be detrimental to the Gold Coast surgical improvement market.
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It's hard to explain puns to kleptomaniacs because they always take things literally.
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I don’t know which PAW Parrol parents need to hear this but: Mayor Goodway is the mayor of Adventure Bay and Mayor Humdinger is the mayor of Foggy Bottom with a population of one - which is him.
Both are current mayors in the generally same location.
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"Hopefully this makes you really angry or confirms your preexisting biases and worldviews. Best of luck xoxo"
- The Algorithm
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From my boy @JayT0pp's email:
"The tourist seeks out culture because in our world culture has disappeared into the maw of the spectacle. Culture has been torn down and replaced with a mall or a talk show. Because our education is nothing but a preparation for a lifetime of work and consumption-because we ourselves have ceased to create."
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Gold Coast winter’s sunset
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View to Surfers Paradise in 1986 versus 2022.
1986 photo by Leo Meier, published in Above Queensland in 1986, purchased in an op-shop for $1 in 2022.
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Allow yourself the uncomfortable luxury of changing your mind
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Kevin Kelly in The Need for World Government
"It seems obvious to me that planetary problems demand planetary government."
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Some personal news: we’re moving to Mexico later this year. It’s time to get off the hamster wheel.
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“I want something more concise, more simple, more serious; I want more soul and more love and more heart.”
– Vincent van Gogh
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Please sign my petition to have butter knives demoted to flat metal sticks. They're clearly not a type of knife.
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Get behind me, devil!
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The British Embassy versus the USA Embassy versus the Iranian Embassy in Canberra.
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Fav YouTube of all time: New Yorkers missing the train
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I don’t want to be the one to tell them that’s not how podcasts work
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What a Story // Brisbane
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Spent today making profile and branding photos for a Brisbane cybersecurity firm which failed to protect these bread rolls from pigeons so I’m not sure if they’re any good.
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Stolen valour: Christianity Today’s Mike Cosper publishes a damming review of some Christian leaders that have made news of late.
“an interesting evolution of what it means to be a pastor”
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Good morning, Gold Coast
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Sign me up for this reading
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Just a note for my obituary, if you’re looking for extra things to mention: every time I encounter a wrong address, or entry, or error on Apple Maps I report it.
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Adults, we must rise up.
We have the power, we have the means, we have the skills, we have the tools.
We must delete, remove, stop the Baby Shark.
For five years the shark has tormented us, enough is enough.
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Flying my drone to capture the sunrise this morning and on the way back home I stumbled across these magnificent creatures
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The moonrise tonight over the Paciifc Motorway at Ormeau
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Derek Thompson:
“work is not life’s product, but its currency. What we choose to buy with it is the ultimate project of living.”
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Not gonna lie, Internet Explorer peaked at version 3. It’s been down hill for the 26 years since.
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My in-depth review of the new Eclipse ‘Comfort’ mints in honey, lemon, and ginger flavour:
Chew these mints to open a portal to hell in your mouth.
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Heaven is the right USB-C cable