Travel writer living and working on Wurundjeri land in Melbourne, Australia.
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Last Notes npub1kh5khvq8vcap06aw9tzzcy0devhn45f7qqy9wh7wcklp53l7x72s9pw4wd Tim Richards @nprofile…pfuj Sounds like a standard cat to me npub1kh5khvq8vcap06aw9tzzcy0devhn45f7qqy9wh7wcklp53l7x72s9pw4wd Tim Richards You can see what happened here – when the Baby Boomers were by far the biggest generation, that numerical heft convinced politicians to make life easier for them. Now the resulting wealth imbalance is causing trouble (as I remember many of us predicted it would in the 1990s when John Howard started handing out middle-class welfare). npub1kh5khvq8vcap06aw9tzzcy0devhn45f7qqy9wh7wcklp53l7x72s9pw4wd Tim Richards @nprofile…9vmh Where are you heading? npub1kh5khvq8vcap06aw9tzzcy0devhn45f7qqy9wh7wcklp53l7x72s9pw4wd Tim Richards Hard to be sympathetic with gyms over this; I remember how deliberately difficult they made it to cancel, back when I had a membership. npub1kh5khvq8vcap06aw9tzzcy0devhn45f7qqy9wh7wcklp53l7x72s9pw4wd Tim Richards F*ck off Donald. No Australian politician is going to agree to an increase in pharmaceutical costs. #uspol #auspol https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/trump-forces-uk-to-pay-25-per-cent-more-for-new-drugs-australia-s-pbs-could-be-next-20251202-p5njzc.html npub1kh5khvq8vcap06aw9tzzcy0devhn45f7qqy9wh7wcklp53l7x72s9pw4wd Tim Richards It's amazing how tiny are a lot of the towns in the Wimmera. I was writing an article about the Silo Art Trail once, and looked up the populations of the towns I had visited there. They were minuscule, many between 100 and 500 people. Even the shire hub of Warracknabeal only had 2,400 people. And just over the horizon there's a city of five million! Bizarre. #Victoria https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-12/yarriambiack-warracknabeal-victoria-town-population-shrink/105774946 npub1kh5khvq8vcap06aw9tzzcy0devhn45f7qqy9wh7wcklp53l7x72s9pw4wd Tim Richards I like the fact that Amsterdam didn't throw up just any old main train station. It made an effort. npub1kh5khvq8vcap06aw9tzzcy0devhn45f7qqy9wh7wcklp53l7x72s9pw4wd Tim Richards @nprofile…c5n8 New one for the map?! npub1kh5khvq8vcap06aw9tzzcy0devhn45f7qqy9wh7wcklp53l7x72s9pw4wd Tim Richards Good read. Argues that renewable energy is expanding rapidly, especially in China, and less energy is needed for more modern devices such as LED bulbs. Fossil fuels are on the way out. npub1kh5khvq8vcap06aw9tzzcy0devhn45f7qqy9wh7wcklp53l7x72s9pw4wd Tim Richards What a rookie. No way I'm tipping in the US if I've had to line up to order. npub1kh5khvq8vcap06aw9tzzcy0devhn45f7qqy9wh7wcklp53l7x72s9pw4wd Tim Richards At LAX on a hot and sweaty day. They let me into the USA again, so that's nice. Tenth visit, I think. npub1kh5khvq8vcap06aw9tzzcy0devhn45f7qqy9wh7wcklp53l7x72s9pw4wd Tim Richards New at my Patreon... When making repeat visits to destinations, I develop a fondness for certain cafes and bars. Here's a bunch of these far-flung faves, from London to LA: npub1kh5khvq8vcap06aw9tzzcy0devhn45f7qqy9wh7wcklp53l7x72s9pw4wd Tim Richards @npub1y5q…q4n6 Hey guys the 'share' function when posting a photo to Ivory on iOS seems broken lately. On a majority of occasions nothing happens - the post is composed and sent, but never arrives. Doesn't show up as a draft either. Can you have a look at this? npub1kh5khvq8vcap06aw9tzzcy0devhn45f7qqy9wh7wcklp53l7x72s9pw4wd Tim Richards I've only just realised that William Russell died at 99 years old this week – he was one of the very first companions on Doctor Who. An entertaining actor, will be much missed. RIP. npub1kh5khvq8vcap06aw9tzzcy0devhn45f7qqy9wh7wcklp53l7x72s9pw4wd Tim Richards The NHS under pressure... npub1kh5khvq8vcap06aw9tzzcy0devhn45f7qqy9wh7wcklp53l7x72s9pw4wd Tim Richards Crikey. Moral: don't be late. npub1kh5khvq8vcap06aw9tzzcy0devhn45f7qqy9wh7wcklp53l7x72s9pw4wd Tim Richards @npub1xpc…3t05 They just so piss me off. Entitled pricks.
