More niche content: We did get to the bottom of this in the end! It seems to be an elasticache bug around connection cleanup. Setting the elasticache timeout parameter to force out idle connections is enough to give it a kick and clear things up. Possibly fixed in 6.2!

niche content, plz forgive, but if the internet happens to notice their EngineCPUUtilization redis metrics firmly affixing themselves to the ceiling, hmu

I'm gonna need @pedestriandaily to do an explainer on the capybara @GuardianAus bird of the year thing

This is huge news. Australia must immediately follow suit. We are one of the hold-outs and it’s morally indefensible.

wanna open a bar called “plot twist” where upon entering the establishment you suddenly learn that you are that evenings bartender

Felt carp, might delete later

Australia now has like 27 streaming services and we still can't legally access "I May Destroy You"—the most critically acclaimed TV show of 2020—but sure give us a dozen versions of "Early 2000s HBO star plays local cop"

I for one am ready for Skype to be rebranded as "TikTok Talk"

Incoming transmission. #MessageFromTheDoctor #DoctorWho

We regret to inform you that The Cloud is Full.

The only decision any playwright ever really makes is which bits of their play are going to be Twelve Angry Men

another world is possible

Every mystery novel should have a character named Plott Hickens.

if you're not happy single, you won't be happy in a relationship. true happiness comes from closing 100 chrome tabs after solving an obscure programming bug, not from someone else

Gayest thing I’ve seen in 2020 and it’s only February. (Fellow gays: stay til the end and gay-shriek with me.)

It still blows my mind that the winning song & record of the year at this year's #GRAMMYs and winner of the #Hottest100 samples the manic beeping sound that the traffic lights make in Sydney.

It has come to my attention that some people may not yet have read Ursula Le Guin's mindblowing 4 page short story, The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas. Luckily for you, I have found it freely readable online, as the great anarchist would've loved. Here: https://t.co/gi0dnN1TkO

How do I know so many bloody talented people? Careened across Melbourne to catch The Rise & Fall of St George. Incredible music thanks to the brilliance of @thepaulmac @macleanbrendan @jacquidark @iamhandsomer @marcuswhale @donjoyride @ngaiire & a fabulous community choir.

But the second one is of a black woman who was beaten, clubbed and gassed that day. Her name was Amelia Boynton