2026-04-14T06:15:03Z https://yabu.me CharlieG https://yabu.me/npub18qfzdmm3pj67gfznk3352agrk0dt4nhtz24csk0fxapuyatpj0fssz9tdq https://cdn.masto.host/gascoignesocial/accounts/avatars/109/628/426/890/986/781/original/d671e7d1189cad3e.jpeg https://cdn.masto.host/gascoignesocial/accounts/avatars/109/628/426/890/986/781/original/d671e7d1189cad3e.jpeg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq0j2ha6vqgmgetrzhlkjv02jkfjhvrjjtf8lm0mqt2d6ervjm5kqzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxxh3cj6 Fucking HomeKit. “The garage door is not responding”. The garage door shows up on the wifi. Open garage door manually: “HomeKit notification “the garage door has been opened”. “Hey siri, close the garage door”. The garage door didn’t respond. <br/><br/>It. Is. A. Piece. Of. Shit. <br/><br/>Apple can’t make software any more. 2026-03-29T00:28:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs852mckln84dkf63fkyehcz8eqyqmd0ced30z6np0n80v02k2fpjgzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxgetfr3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr7aufp4uncrjj6w5edlpatm79azrrqk7y27m9a6ajrkhyljt2wwcc7lj42'>nevent1q…lj42</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Constraints bring out the best architecture, whether financial or physical. That’s always been the case in grand designs. And of course some rich people have good taste, but then half the drama is gone because there’s none of that “David has been forced to borrow £6000 from his father-in-law and sell his motorbike to afford to finish the roof”. 2026-01-29T10:40:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp2pgsswjcdt3vwhmh2h8ep4hkjd5v2hnd2qde25t4f90wp5epxwszyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxpdv6lz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8fan0d5wd2xf3xyhq6w46fntaaf07mk2kewypfzzle9ku7r222tg8hjqjq'>nevent1q…jqjq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ugh. The money can’t buy taste ones are the worst. 2026-01-29T10:11:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2l2e8ntd6ye5kc9h427smxyjdm6tjnfpmh2324q78kter9776qgszyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfax7sfxuw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrd89j9ezv3uga0zcfv4nw2rhetademd5c59hsw48dl2mdk84vx5gyldvhx'>nevent1q…dvhx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Love Lao food. Will have to give it a go. 2026-01-28T09:25:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsytkrh03k9g95pyyg3vumxxttkkadhp7p3yzergth9d7ke7r96cxqzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfax9ewvjz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8tt0n2r6lal0ufjgd4mqgm25z9pnp7epfffdk79js536hux3mdks5h9ve2'>nevent1q…9ve2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Possibly because withdrawing that relatively neutral presence results in violence which results in the army being sent in? 2026-01-25T11:10:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf9zfcw2wfw3wzm9kd97mzzpv6c302mh7ujdfz6dyeedz0frct72czyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfax20k3dd Fucking cars and the fucking incompetents that drive them. <br/><br/>Do this with any other device and you’re done for manslaughter. This’ll be chalked up as an “accident” rather than the totally predictable result, yet again, of a car-dominated city.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/gascoignesocial/media_attachments/files/115/914/707/842/268/140/original/f0e18a537f9b439e.png"> <br/> 2026-01-18T06:34:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8rzthkzg3l5yzdeqc50802uxq8206nye2q4wr6ep6azg76sqh37czyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxcl3f44 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrjg9tnvpdu8yekaas6fpknas7z7dn4xtcpy6jc60rxp85euwppvqe79w60'>nevent1q…9w60</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We all need a hill to die on! 2025-12-26T06:54:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfa5u04pt4arv72xcprlk80f4jj0wsjjg9ngwhntj2t6v92z7hk8gzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxep5u23 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2nysqyzgdgnxgujzlu62rfsr2z6jwa7ldywppqdx6hrs9xangeucc7ytdv'>nevent1q…ytdv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’d say England “trails”, but isn’t this one of those ones on which reasonable minds can differ? 2025-12-26T06:51:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy4tm566r3gtt2jjt5u2xyfs0034ypx0z3lsqrt87zjwvj0lr7vkszyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxd7f62n Nice.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/gascoignesocial/media_attachments/files/115/784/379/261/387/953/original/e21393f3680718d4.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-12-26T06:10:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2t0wtq0h2zuzvh2nxnylv3pc00zutg5jkfvn08cz8lal60uj2v6qzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxnwz0n9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswx5zejm634ayksjyqppj5d45kryvl475k0zpdn3f4xxnmadg7kxgcd60kt'>nevent1q…60kt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>DFO on Boxing Day is a lifestyle decision. Think I’d rather pay full price. 2025-12-26T03:44:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvqhf0t3ssml22qx0h3mhscv565mktt8xruzup0yy32sfv6ncn7aszyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfax7sejgg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrax2nzxk209j46ra9ydzlgfqf7wunhx0ajevx83dg2kk3j9c4zjgvaupls'>nevent1q…upls</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well, you have some work to do there! 2025-12-21T02:09:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp85qvr7lk8rqccr6w36eccptshkdaamynw9ck9d6e0tzu2t6jzfszyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxdphp48 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxug4j8vr3xpeyduv2m3655jdy7qt7d5pgjkxqmhrhuzuyrkfeh8ce6uwlc'>nevent1q…uwlc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Anyway, I’ll sleep on it, see if he contacts me with his insurance details, and look over the bike. Time for a beer. 2025-12-05T09:50:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxug4j8vr3xpeyduv2m3655jdy7qt7d5pgjkxqmhrhuzuyrkfeh8czyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxd0ujxl Sigh. Hit by a p-plater at the pedestrian crossing in Dickson. Clearly saw me — I’d done a right angle turn with a full gas bottle in the front. I was (edit: not wasn’t!) moving slowly. Broad daylight. Plus he veered to the right to try to go around me. Pushed the cargo bike aside and sped off. Got a photo of his plate, bloke behind stopped and offered to be a witness. Shook myself off, rode the now quite crooked bike home…and found the car parking in the Woolies car park.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/gascoignesocial/media_attachments/files/115/666/143/928/275/823/original/f05eda06025f27a1.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-12-05T09:01:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz8ffewnl84sm3w7kpjdthsxp4vgyc3s7nppjr4tm45yemat8ygjgzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxpj4fxa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyr3mwkl9slk7pwhma599pd7jsshhr7utwlvs0p308x409ss7xuds6zr0vp'>nevent1q…r0vp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I figure if it’s still going once the kids are in bed I’ll crash it and nick as much booze as I can. 👍😃👍 2025-11-01T08:24:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsparh9qte7rw8wmwwh50ss92y3l9mffl0387v4d3v5w0frmwz2luqzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxgrqmft So the people over the road that massively overpaid for their house and have laid plastic grass are having a party, and it seems to be the host singing karaoke and talking about himself. <br/><br/>I have thoughts. 2025-11-01T08:16:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz6kjfeeda6vqj8hudu2ev8qdzz6mn4unyaqqp3guwqlent7schxgzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxcv04tn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspqkxvu7j65h9dzcg6hrr7hkfn5qvj9r2u3sy9sr4n98etel50d4qtymktt'>nevent1q…mktt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Don’t think 3.0 is archived?<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/gascoignesocial/media_attachments/files/115/437/003/604/993/177/original/0e36d1d0f0642ea2.png"> <br/> 2025-10-25T21:48:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp8lf8u90krgw0avewy6lvncjhg2rmrv34ynn8m23vyvxlf6setqczyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxkdjlm6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd2tt03ejlhkx2shadxcgqff59w2l73kpmhw7vg2vsumast4492ncyawg7x'>nevent1q…wg7x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Absolutely agree, but if the focus is on scary towers and parking you’ll never get it. Population density combined with reforming the shitty closed-in malls like the Woden and Belconnen westfields is the only way to bring life onto the streets — otherwise all street life is sucked into the walled garden. 2025-10-23T22:29:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvghkzjtprlrwvzsg57aj3jqm75kqelk0n3g83aa43lkgy6468zyqzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxzgkuke Now this from Fiona Carrick is at least constructive and useful, but the community council talking about “corroding a sense of suburban identity”…Jesus. <br/><a href="https://gascoigne.social/@Charles/115422058820007827">https://gascoigne.social/@Charles/115422058820007827</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/gascoignesocial/media_attachments/files/115/425/401/857/473/660/original/1099e4ac33d59f2d.png"> <br/> 2025-10-23T20:37:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8ktf8j443p60kqv60n8vawd7gx06ggu860rrn48mjuk7kp07tckczyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfax53zwu3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvr4hgmzw2cshzskslladkudckkf4egexxgg8rs8jm9lgrrag2xwgznwl4y'>nevent1q…wl4y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>SC2K tip — a square of zoning only needs to be within 3 squares of a form of transport, so you can have 6x6 blocks (or 6x anything). No need to have roads around a 3x3 block. Of course you may just like it that way!<br/><br/>(I spent waaaay too much time lying this in high school…) 2025-10-20T02:41:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy2zrv4prcwzw28lzsjvue54ydsu5qlst2uv99p3pk5psmhtsqhmqzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxfyx9ql Top notch* “analysis” by ABC Canberra here. An ANU political scientist with all the sophistication of the Canberra Times comments section (“waaah light rail doesn’t go past my house”) and the city in “chaos” because a couple of roads are closed. <br/><br/>FFS, it’s a millimetre deep. <br/><br/>There are real concerns with the shitty opposition and the quality of administration in Canberra. But this ain’t it. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-19/act-canberra-forever-government-but-labor-brand-growing-tired/105904332">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-19/act-canberra-forever-government-but-labor-brand-growing-tired/105904332</a> 2025-10-19T02:11:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspux8st0v936lcdnsm2a6syhpzw0px9qkwgx80jktanmk0u2mpdvszyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxakvea3 What do we think? “Uncle Ho: the name that illuminates Viet Nam’s beauty”, part of the “Legacy of Ho Chi Minh” series, published by the Ho Chi Minh museum, Ho Chi Minh City branch. Objective?<br/><br/>(I loved our recent trip to Vietnam, and I gather that Ho was an interesting and accomplished dude, but this seemed a bit much!)<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/gascoignesocial/media_attachments/files/115/349/726/159/950/986/original/6212d8fa431438e1.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-10T11:52:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs96zum2psdc8km8hv8muzz8efdfjed8r4dz6w5h7drrcuvqhcl6rqzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxyjnkut In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw07e8vegge7pe92u74s4j24ytx5r0873c47k3wkxnllngt2j0g4qh85pnl'>nevent1q…5pnl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is one of the hurdles the preoccupation with preserving the shitty decisions of yesteryear to the detriment of the current residents of the city? Paths in Haig Park, solar panels on old houses, and fixing car-orientated streetscapes to be safe for other users of public space, I’m looking at you. 2025-09-08T02:19:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszghxugp92fvm2pgf8ulswakmq46u59f5jld4xqngmp3gt239xecczyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfax89usg3 Fran Kelly having rings run around her by the Israeli deputy foreign minister. 2025-08-14T21:57:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxlf0sk288crjjp8ggcnedq3x0lyadzp5ap9jqw43uz8k0yqye84czyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxh56v82 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspa80rnzczt4qns4kmp7h8ek3swnf3se04fgpevdlg4ahta99h7wgeznxdf'>nevent1q…nxdf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s every genre of journalism. News stories. An op ed. An editorial. Vox pop. Call for crowdsourced reporting. Reporting on comments. It’s so amazingly boring a story and they’re running with it with everything they’ve got. Thank god the interest rate cut has come along or their whole website would have been taken over. 2025-08-12T04:46:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq77twkqdayru6q56tfcnhxandc4yzvkd9ur6d6d8pcqvvr5lsnuczyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxxm9nvv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq5sf6ayfw4l6mwlnwrx3yn8c8n0le4pd2r0ewx8j0e2a0aw56e5c243r4s'>nevent1q…3r4s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s peak Canberra Times, anyway. 1. Car centric, 2. Photos of angry people looking angry. 3. Weird historical angle on the Y number plates. 4. Opposition latching onto low-hanging fruit. 5. Barely a fucking issue anyway, albeit I guess one that should be fixed. 2025-08-12T00:48:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg2df7lr9j3he8eg22xl37f3epl2ax0gg2ddlzawmdrcccjg72haszyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxw0hy3k Wonderful walk on the weekend up Stockyard Spur to Pryor’s Hut. Full moon, so lit entirely by moonlight — no torches until we set up our tents. Enough snow left to make it interesting but not so much as to require snow shoes.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/gascoignesocial/media_attachments/files/115/008/362/743/815/222/original/78da68c4d4864348.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-11T04:57:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz2dnxhfuxs7smqd35ypv5cwucl85apnpdtsdserek78nxkdwg5tgzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxpz8rrq Yikes. <a href="https://mstdn.social/@Free_Press/114967804070714588">https://mstdn.social/@Free_Press/114967804070714588</a> 2025-08-04T01:11:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsffslf2xgr05lvwqwfwd778wn82chqc324auxqv6jnczur7c83hrczyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfax4jvjpc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxctuuj8d30vsmstpgpp4v0qjx5yjzjsjd726cf9jlehep5p2ha7gk7vcd7'>nevent1q…vcd7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was. Basic rule of driving, IMO: look where you’re bloody going. 2025-07-30T23:19:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2zku3mp9ljxde8je290347a98g9tej2mw3e9d5xkruj04cu7ttuszyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxq4q0md Huzzah. Hit — slowly, thankfully — by a driver in a shitcunt BMW SUV on the way to work. Turning left while looking right instead of where they were going after trying to overtake me unnecessarily and too closely on a narrow piece of road. Only edging forward, so didn’t knock me off, but if the gap had been bigger they would’ve gone straight over me. 2025-07-30T22:45:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs004cy0ue4u62azmlg7w9zhddfan7sslrdeyfwq26j4kqla7jyquqzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxfxs2vw I thought Alistair Coe was making chocolate? Instead he’s doing the tobacco industry talking points bit for the alcohol industry. #actpol 2025-07-30T21:26:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspsup2c9w3myq9wy2fswdkt6v4tryuadw7mt0kylwf8m043ey0hkszyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxrkz0f2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8406tjfvph5ggf77gzsckj2tuxslc2akdnl3m3klhzjfgd4qkssgstlel5'>nevent1q…lel5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Indeed. Irritating that I had to squeak, that the dryer had to squeak (and worse) and that I had to ruin my morning’s work. But better than it might’ve been. 2025-07-30T00:26:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrqff0ujmh0e0dmggxk08f4dqhfn53z9s3wyxfspkz7w4swensutgzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfax0gczac In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrz38qxjepg5mxpkdlgrtn60e4uhlxk4heh96d5n8tkcwvz9cs68c7ucfpm'>nevent1q…cfpm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Right, in their partial defence Fisher and Paykel have managed to get a repair man this morning. Inconvenient and it should be unnecessary, but here he is. 2025-07-29T23:39:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdzyqkyvppwdr8fxzxwyx5epwle03cgtdzeyc9szk9vws5xq893qszyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxrqjusa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrz38qxjepg5mxpkdlgrtn60e4uhlxk4heh96d5n8tkcwvz9cs68c7ucfpm'>nevent1q…cfpm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In other news, fucking *never* buy a Fisher and Paykel appliance. Absolute trash. Third thing from them that has proved unreliable. 2025-07-29T01:33:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrz38qxjepg5mxpkdlgrtn60e4uhlxk4heh96d5n8tkcwvz9cs68czyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfax9gvw09 Ugh. Dealing with Harvey Norman on a three month old dryer that’s decided to sound like an un-muffled tractor engine. <br/><br/>HN: “The manufacturer’s repairer can come on 14 August”. <br/><br/>Me: “Nope. Major failure. No reasonable consumer would buy this. Plus 14 August not reasonable. Replacement or refund please”<br/><br/>HN: *dissembling, inaccurate description of Australian Consumer Law*<br/><br/>Me: *repeats point above*<br/><br/>HN: “My manager will call you.” 2025-07-29T00:31:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvgevl4vr6hspwv2nzferxlp8erjrntm35uvkwfrgn6e9hygsap8czyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfax4kscs5 That fucking question from Sabra Lane. “Do you hope for a constructive approach from the Greens?” As though the Coalition is always super dooper constructive. A point Katy Gallagher made. Journos in this country are incapable of thinking outside memes and simple binary ideas. 2025-07-21T21:43:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw5k3lsf307p843n4wd27t5jpakcxq828gdyscz63kunytca5qacczyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxtk8lf7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp24z7glxvwyzzlzv4el66pqtsrrmkg759vcz4q76r04smh3n568g48l6zh'>nevent1q…l6zh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s rad for kids. Did you go on? Once they’re eight they can go on the higher ones…but need an adult. Sadly I’m too heavy, so my partner has to do it. Shame, it looks like fun. I should lose some weight… 2025-07-18T06:38:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2l3yekaurp6uke6p7zx5c0lqun9hwga3red8tp7w7epxpztr74zgzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfax30rsec And of course the fix my street website is fucking useless. This on a modern iPhone, which is surely the single most common device to access it on. Do the useless people running this shit test anything?<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/gascoignesocial/media_attachments/files/114/814/511/290/043/403/original/9a06d1e74e26c19b.png"> <br/> 2025-07-07T23:20:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstx0zepprcw02v8cg87a2g4xskwj9e30q2ktlnyftswhn5s36nmlszyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxehjlrm Further adventures in getting kids places safely. There was another ramp, but it involved hairpin turns in a cargo bike. There’s also a fucking loading bay around the back.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/gascoignesocial/media_attachments/files/114/814/498/992/173/909/original/2c6f76f35c7a7738.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/gascoignesocial/media_attachments/files/114/814/499/911/784/000/original/ef437c55430c72be.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-07-07T23:19:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvrp7qlewvktnhlft0fa76lsdlya3v3r679nq20l0eud9ndvjmhxgzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxfc8fmn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsthd3h64tj0m7j0xmzrm80vkqftckpmx62cjwttsl7l953t5nzv6shejg22'>nevent1q…jg22</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m sometimes tempted to get stickers made…. 2025-07-07T00:36:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz6l3f8d8ck7lm27pkjhf4zwtuy3p9dty9k89dk79pp7y9l4g3wdszyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxuntt2y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs84zjqvpv0c35ts0w240ehr5q9hx8ln2v44cq382zfra2v3c58kuswcgke7'>nevent1q…gke7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is a particularly aggravating spot, too, at the Majura sports fields. Hundreds of kids there every weekend and the only footpath serves a bloody carpark, not the sports fields. And this arse parks on it. 2025-07-07T00:20:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspfdlgnyh3pdv53kvcxphf0sd0x4gz0dqd59feqrmm6xjc307q7rszyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxge5srl Shame if I want to, say, get my kids somewhere safely. Prick.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/gascoignesocial/media_attachments/files/114/809/036/919/438/525/original/2a8feea6a0ab11a4.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-07-07T00:08:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq2puy8mqy2xqzrjfzzny60fjkn55mddkdfnkxf6zmkqkhupsncngzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfax73ppqp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2tqrdc4mcmh22re5ypj7atee985yuzs48r775nh7kku20hfmrzaga3ekss'>nevent1q…ekss</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One of my favourite views. 2025-06-27T03:42:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0a3ca4jsz4rf3lx3u5vrehg46a527kp4g9ry3hdd2t23fd5xehaszyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxllnc4j Well and truly missed the sunrise, but managed to haul my bike up Mt Ainslie before breakfast. Good start to the day. Lots of snow on the Brindabellas.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/gascoignesocial/media_attachments/files/114/746/659/329/747/010/original/f6c78e4997f2e189.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-06-25T23:44:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8mw89fk3dwsa27vm9pugkqyrh6rt5txnedknnx20h55fvv85k8tszyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxwftjul In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyj5ljwkpdt7rpyldsnx24ekx40cqjul7tmwk0y30swp87m3dmxxc060pf5'>nevent1q…0pf5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One day the old men writing for CityNews will die, and we can stop reading these fucking articles. 2025-06-24T06:54:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsql4ce8lqtdg4c6u8c2f3xaqzd28eg2xykzm63a33rp7a98cmxr8szyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfax49yznn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszmhnyc33p67hzwgjl8mgl20cewjmf48fd3sh0rjfcy7c5ck2ppmcpkryn9'>nevent1q…ryn9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Honestly, burn the heritage system to the ground and start again. Any system that protects the “character” of something nicknamed “rape park” is fundamentally broken. It also prevents speed bumps and protected crossings on heritage streets, and wires over a tram *that was on the Griffins’ design* but not that monstrous car park next to the Gorton building. 2025-06-19T01:09:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswrw0fa57vp7dtnt65mgwfxfeu09uswzse64dd0vc00scrgkydl8czyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfax6knp4f This is why people get pissed about infrastructure. Can’t have a path along Haig Park because “heritage”, so bikes and pedestrians have to use these desire line goat tracks. But apparently we can have shitty dirt car parks, bollards, and ugly traffic light boxes. Fuck that shit. Build infrastructure for people, not cars.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/gascoignesocial/media_attachments/files/114/707/301/349/350/695/original/d67d7751bf5a5f6a.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-06-19T00:55:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqlpauycgz2lev5g95u2x5urenhc4p5e0ufqdenejv8fjr0grn3xszyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxc6sg0f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszg39z64wwesrzjmclx4lxvjjwstppxt58l3rh5rttmtue7fmxmcgpxcvh3'>nevent1q…cvh3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Now stop using Facebook to make announcements. 2025-06-17T02:28:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr3hn0fdwva8zh433fycpd9jntry2fcx9wyhgffhxnxpq6xlh03fqzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfax7pd88x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqfdevgmkz940y9dsqvmd4vnw0k7qccvm9m73skwu86mspmud8vfq52egfm'>nevent1q…egfm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/gascoignesocial/media_attachments/files/114/690/232/585/686/181/original/57f35cfe76ffeb10.gif"> <br/> 2025-06-16T00:34:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst5w2cq4z0kqy2qvs2ruehqec49cslz0u6uxxq93puf3pchguz5eqzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfax9nywh0 Fuck yes. <a href="https://aus.social/@Qldaah/114601543603481668">https://aus.social/@Qldaah/114601543603481668</a> 2025-05-31T12:17:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvu0jsp3uw90cu54ettcgrpplv0a5nusxfz5vdekvpc8lzp9jrprgzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxe4gycy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqr0083zfkd6lmjdlqp586fy9x55fpd8yxa2lk97v906ljafr3zxqn43f9w'>nevent1q…3f9w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Damn straight. Confiscate the lease for breaches of conditions (which I assume there are) and bring it into public ownership. Run it publicly for the public good. Do the same with all the pools. None of this neoliberal contractor bullshit. Just do it properly. 2025-05-13T01:09:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0ywgxydpmal3yde68y4q0f5eyxduuekx7n5zxhhl50lhze7vnv8gzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxtg2ljl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz6yeuwzu4jl9nf7pjasjahljnkdn76pzvh65aqg9hl6zu7x5yz6slj326z'>nevent1q…326z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ha, my partner lived in Brunswick when I met her nearly 20 years ago. Even then people complained about visiting Canberra friends in Melbourne because Brunswick was just a series of transplanted Canberrans drinking together. 2025-05-10T09:57:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv6d0prs4qr5vqplk7gx43ww6nqgemrrw4qeu32yr2jfpeet3agfgzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfax9hfyc8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv24elwkju9xh56qwmkj7wg8yl8txadah0jdd8r0uegr5dvr9e5vsnwnv4j'>nevent1q…nv4j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Of all of them to let back in. Ugh. 2025-05-07T01:38:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx72cul7znp7rrfy9h9gqs33mwsua76ywgvfrguwayz0ay36srkkczyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxrx698l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0slsjdjexghfp7d6luy006j2qdvpvpztvcftzdw79ax07wq3yp7c95f5zu'>nevent1q…f5zu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The Hayune Lee one has a bit of that look about it, but could just be a filter. The others just look like normal over-processed photos. 2025-03-28T04:18:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspp9kdz4l80wf66hk2tdluwy0hek6gczwjlah3gwe2swr7e2z9rlqzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxuy5wur In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszcs5wpqky2sx6fvqtfwhn302yglewwj686jumqkyp80l33jrd2ng559hrj'>nevent1q…9hrj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It looks great, doesn’t it? Seriously considering after decades of Macs. 2025-03-27T01:36:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx6j6l8yqj36fz0d5ftflvkpurx0hhemj833wlh7n9q9yvmhnapyqzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxgg7x3f If you park like this you’re a cunt. A thoughtless, unthinking, lazy, selfish, cunt.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/gascoignesocial/media_attachments/files/114/216/100/299/972/619/original/55d392ecf2cb1dd7.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-03-24T06:56:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszeafam8vqcnpx93cj4ngquret0e9w7sf4vqc4yda6dmpylvg2cfgzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfax0fyqu8 Nice job Apple Intelligence. “Priority” at the top of my email to a scam email purporting to be from the Australian government’s main tax and entitlements website. <br/><br/>Yet the assistant couldn’t accurately provide me with a reminder to pay for my kids’ school photos. <br/><br/>AI is bullshit. Shut it all the fuck down. What a humiliation for apple.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/gascoignesocial/media_attachments/files/114/029/365/941/817/440/original/2fc1f8cb4a8d03bb.png"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/gascoignesocial/media_attachments/files/114/029/366/486/761/059/original/10ee32aba08cdb2b.png"> <br/> 2025-02-19T07:27:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0v2wmn3jde652r7y2dcpwwr5pehf4puvkqcytf0qfkszauhhpeagzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxu7u63k 1950s Canberra builders when building the foundations of my house: lol, clay will do. 1950s Canberra builders when building a 1 metre tall brick wall in the garden of said house: IT WILL HAVE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN COMPLEX.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/gascoignesocial/media_attachments/files/113/893/289/736/602/606/original/1bf26e2aad3ace90.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-01-26T06:41:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxq87p2x49s5stvkn7dqd9qh6knfkawapdsf5cs8ss299769xf6sczyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxzerysv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8yvle650qtta2c2xrjwyxf9glhrwmrf9mjscregwppqcszh79gks9uxvuu'>nevent1q…xvuu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, but as a nurse at John James told me when our kids were born — the ACT Government’s position has always been not to share registration details with them. So they can issue their little tickets but they’re not worth the paper they’re printed on, because they can’t find the owner of the car. If they want to enforce things they have to go to the effort of putting up boom gates etc, and because they’re rent seeking bastards they won’t invest more than the absolute minimum. 2025-01-20T09:53:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfqkha6w5nfx4030hd8ahmp6205ssguxdzpxzs8pdxpcyvcrgguggzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxxjvasg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxcxjqv4kvcz44qj2aay5s7wlxvplulvme64kc227klm2skv89sxs3c92zy'>nevent1q…92zy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ah, perhaps I somehow stumbled upon an old article. <br/><br/>Those “use it or lose it” rules that are meant to be one of the benefits of the leasehold system really need to be used more. The free parking at the uncontrolled Wilson car park is occasionally useful, but even so….and it’s hardly a good use of the site or a beautiful building. 2025-01-20T09:30:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv3yp6e8ftnms9nz7w3ju5efdch34wy0elk3ql6l50r65kc37v0lszyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfax0q82lj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr6fua788ects0n3mxfrtallhea3uzlu5s7nu9ukwdxm5ajx8fl2g0gajd0'>nevent1q…ajd0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The article or whatever on earth I saw did say the old bit was heritage listed, as it must surely be. 2025-01-20T09:26:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr6fua788ects0n3mxfrtallhea3uzlu5s7nu9ukwdxm5ajx8fl2gzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxh85ku2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsds8x3wcx87mnlfx7ttyd6fldk07rccfjqdfmheu6tx3zgmfr2dkcsmn8sk'>nevent1q…n8sk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I could swear in the last few days I’d seen a new proposal for the site which proposed keeping the nice bits, knocking down the shit additions, and it sounded okay? Can’t find it now. 2025-01-20T09:25:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyme4urhlm430m2c9qm8n0w6nu2kjs8jr0z4wl2qsvge5ct7y4llgzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfax684ksr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs02988dpelwh6lm8au963re72dkf5u7gempsd0rmj0sv93hg4kfas2wa7hc'>nevent1q…a7hc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I mean, if there isn’t a rule that there are trees down both side of every street what the fuck are we doing? How hard is this shit? 2025-01-01T08:21:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszcnmrt6fgd889dxt3v4lv7auyt9z9s8rdt2cwanv0h5zqtektftszyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxu7t9n9 Ugh. Look at this featureless, treeless shit in Dickson. Is this really the best the ACT’s planners can come up with? #cbr<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/gascoignesocial/media_attachments/files/113/751/266/248/922/916/original/3b6e11f1b58072a6.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-01-01T04:43:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgk7gupyk2zkxjpmvqaglapghpqqd48xz0ukmw4ppngrj59uu929czyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxdj2zjv Whelp, to the worthless sack of shit driving a red Mitsubishi who give a shit with Victorian number plates beginning IWK or something who decided to fly through a pedestrian crossing while a cargo bike with two kids in it was crossing: fuck you. I hope you die. Because my kids nearly did.<br/><br/>To the ACT Government which continues to prioritise vehicle speed over pedestrian safety: fuck you too. 2024-12-31T08:21:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvaa86zuqtsjgucw07ezw337wq0kuvets5e7lpw3rcg29pwr7c5nqzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxx7fjl9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqa470e37hlpf6272vqvyhmwkzt9hktvw4uku2nma90ptc9ysq7cgqy9g09'>nevent1q…9g09</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Come now. When has a US-backed Islamist militia fighting a Russian-backed government ever turned out badly? 2024-12-08T07:12:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspepx7wqrpxe3y4mw2waycsy7rhh8uvz4903t9e7l3rd74aqf34mqzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfax0l6su5 Okay, so the end of the Bunda Street bike lane really needs to be repainted. It’s dangerous at this point, and being used as a car park.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/gascoignesocial/media_attachments/files/113/518/733/445/133/752/original/7d61122ff8f67ee8.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/gascoignesocial/media_attachments/files/113/518/734/125/956/519/original/df36b74c169f811f.png"> <br/> 2024-11-21T03:11:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqeh4cj8tncx04w34zvc5p4ys994c8gdvnl77fqzarpa3ygazvjmqzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxxl56x7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstdezuc28zuqqum9qh4uaphwh68cvcugsn0t3qm9z8mvp4acwzgmqv80r9l'>nevent1q…0r9l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>God OS9 is fast on a G4 — even my 400mhz tower. Must scream on a 1.25ghz Mini. 2024-11-16T00:19:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszyjg2tve5wzz6ydfkemjre3f25ejgds8k955phwmzvyzgtfl50jgzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxtyn5mk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp9lmcmn7y03rkqdlfpq4tpd0e2wf92pjxejhwy3ddtfpn44mng3s2z2gkl'>nevent1q…2gkl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Or 150 litres of dirt and manure and straw…<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/gascoignesocial/media_attachments/files/113/489/757/289/044/091/original/caa166f451f0600e.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-16T00:17:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsya0dt69zuutpucvawaxhtm66hn2eft4clup25l0x0rxz25f7yqnszyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxlrsu9v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq3r50gk4sgtwjnxdzrrqznxwzljmr5gklz5w6x4rwqs55tz7p7gqjp8ddj'>nevent1q…8ddj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Some of the most presumptuous, pretentious, journalist-as-major-character questioning I’ve seen. “Here’s a narrative I’ve decided upon, why didn’t you address what I am now treating as objective reality?” 2024-10-19T12:10:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp6q7pa3y6nk4xgu5ap6ckggz03lwxzdja3gm8znwhqkekynam77czyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxkrejmn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp7ef3ndkrjrn3wsh2vsrk5weu39qhgq76zew4uz3cy54r5sjhqhgeakfzf'>nevent1q…kfzf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sitting in a pub heaving with patrons having a good time complaining about communism and climate change, which has been “bullshit since 1980”, apparently. 2024-09-19T08:46:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp7ef3ndkrjrn3wsh2vsrk5weu39qhgq76zew4uz3cy54r5sjhqhgzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxemuky3 Mother of god. There’s a table at Third Space at Hackett or old men with cauliflower ears and beer guts that’s the Canberra Times comment section personified. Loud and unbelievably dumb. 2024-09-19T08:39:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqpfjmsdt3tc9sypg8gu7t67a2h3qvcpe5vnnyhm33txz9c6988qczyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfax8j65yj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd3th2ct94z067kvymk867znneunkjr5n36n5kmtj4l4g8m7ag7vqx5ucv5'>nevent1q…ucv5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How very dare you complain about Majestic Fanfare. Leave one traditional thing alone in the ongoing effort to throw away anything old. 2024-08-15T05:19:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsre9vuxp9vp90vyasgqms7awf4dky4809acrhuywlhdk0mrlx2xgczyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfax2jh3ey In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9z64pp8gg9ld5p4x4satuc8vg6qv67efd982pm6xp02n6u9h245cwpp2zd'>nevent1q…p2zd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And is it tall enough to fit a modern bike wheel under? 2024-08-12T23:47:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsryy5krme72y2zs0kff9d7w9lx948xnqr0748szptpy8z7jlkhj9gzyqupyfh0wyxttepy2w6xx3t4qwea4wkwavf2hzzeaym58sn4vxfaxeeqe5t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0sjcuul2u79ljlyg8335nvrc0d6n57vkumcfsnffqvjunzuj6wpcpm48lp'>nevent1q…48lp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I cannot think of anything worse than being filmed while dancing like the people around the dj. Partly because I’d look about 3% as cool as these people (although shout out to the hairy bloke in right of frame!). 2024-07-30T23:55:08Z