@trk
> Good thing we have Liberals in power now who are on the side of small business
It's a BCC project. Liberals have been in power since its inception.
Arkantos, Awaken! A 24 km run to celebrate the release of Age of Mythology: Retold
In 30+ degree heat, with over 300 m elevation gain. Tough, but a fun run for a fun game!
@brisbane It's supposed to be winter!! (Or at least, was just yesterday.) Darn weather was up over 30 degrees.
Run's 24.1 km total, took about 2:10 of running time, plus a fair few pauses to make sure I was still on track.
Arkantos, Awaken! GPS writing in Brisbane
A GPS-writing run I did this morning to celebrate the release of Age of Mythology: Retold this week.
Riverfire fireworks 2024
All 4 photos also available at https://pixelfed.au/i/web/post/735459637098227019
Riverfire 2024
All 3 photos also on Pixelfed at: https://pixelfed.au/i/web/post/735411523248664802
City Hall will be lit Purple and Gold to celebrate a wedding
I had to Google who they were because I figured they were celebrities I wasn't familiar with. Turns out, they're just two people. I guess anyone can pay/apply to get BCC landmarks lit up for them.
@brisbane this announcement comes right in the middle of widening Gympie into an 8-lane monstrosity through this section. It needs a *serious* road diet. One 24/7 bus lane in each direction, a bike lane in each direction, and it would *still* be a 4 lane major road. But instead, we get peak-hour-only bus lanes and you can navigate some winding back streets (give way every time you cross *any* road!) if you wanna cycle to Chermside.
Queensland Government promises to build yet another (probably tolled) fucking car tunnel. @brisbane
Fuck this makes me **so** angry. We KNOW this doesn't work. You want to solve congestion, road diet the existing roads. Build good bike infrastructure. Build good public transport. How does this happen with a single off-the-cuff announcement when *months* of back-and-forth debate over public transport network with the NWTC went *nowhere*.
Foggy Brisbane last Thursday night!
More photos of the fog from UQ and Mt Coot-tha summit at:
https://pixelfed.au/i/web/post/702260266478719257
UQ's Camp Solidarity still going strong. The pro-genociders seem to have given up though. @brisbane
@Gamers_Mate @Rentlar no don't delete it! It's an important issue and more people should be able to see it!
@Spitzspot yeah I dunno why exactly the Pitch Drop experiment gets the label "longest continually-running experiment". Probably some kind of technicality about what exactly counts as "experiment" and "continually-running". There are some even older than Beal's listed on Wikipedia, depending on how you define it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_experiment
The longest-running scientific experiment, the Pitch Drop at the University of Queensland, Brisbane @brisbane
UQ students standing in solidarity with Palestine
UQ has a very strong relationship with US weapons manufacturer Boeing. Students are protesting this relationship, as well as showing general support for Palestinians, by staging a camp-in on campus.
Some photos I took of the camp as I walked past them this morning.
edit: 2nd & 3rd images linked for Lemmy:
Someone else feel free to repost or put them inline for Lemmings' convience.
Additional image.
I had heard about the ghost bikes being repeatedly removed, but I rarely travel Nudgee Rd myself. Happened to drive down it last night and spotted this ingenuous solution to the problem. Had to stop and capture it.
edit: hmm, looks like Lemmy can't show images attached to replies. Shouldn't be too much of a surprise I guess. See it in reply.
@brisbot much better this morning. Woke up early and managed to get myself outside for a quick half River Loop ride. Always feel good after doing morning exercise, as hard as it is to get up to actually do it.
@wildwhitehorses I doubt any state has ever had a leader worse than Joh Bjelke-Petersen.