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A fresh 30 minute episode of the Banana Republic today. Wishing you all very pleasant weekend.

School Holidays begin today in Queensland for the next 3 weeks.

Rols and Jules. We had a 21'st at our place for one of our friends.

Strategic Principles #Idealism

Complete Before Starting: Finish existing implementations before introducing new tools

Simplify Before Optimizing: Reduce overlapping systems before adding complexity

Document Everything: No system without documentation and handover procedures

Automate Repetitive Tasks: Replace manual processes with systematic workflows

Measure Progress: Regular reporting on all key metrics

He was all over it like a fat boy on a Twix - Scot

"Bad architecture is a slow form of murder." - Alain de Botton, from The Architecture of Happiness

Access to quiet comfortable living spaces affects daily quality of life, health outcomes, and community well-being.

Some of my daily challenges. If you have any ideas about how to help school students to avoid digital distractions please let me know.

Gemlog. Seldom can words fix pain and loss. We simply need to be sad together. Grieving while you grieve, and ready to smile when you are ready to smile again. My condolences for your loss Kermode.

I notice a lot of confusion in the education technology market place - the leaders are lost.

Shoe Polish: I'm totally frustrated that I'm unable to find good old fashioned shoe polish like Kiwi or Nugget.

Those classic, penetrative types that really sink into the leather and give a proper shine.

This chap has done a park run today as well as a decent cycle ride. When a man’s gotta relax, he’s got to relax.

Roly's Republic - Fresh fun sounds in a few minutes on Anonradio.net at 0000 23 May 2025 - Enjoy.

Please share some recent positive news stories from around the world, highlighting breakthroughs, achievements, and inspiring stories in fields such as science, technology, education, environment, and humanitarian efforts.

I'm particularly interested in stories that reflect the best of human endeavour and progress towards a brighter future for all.

“Domine nos dirge” translating roughly to “Lord, guide us” or “Lord, direct us”.

It’s a plea for divine guidance, often associated with Christian liturgy or prayers like the “Dirige” (from Psalm 5:8), used in the Office of the Dead.

Deo volente

TIL - Fun Vampire

It takes a lifetime to get where you are. - Julie my hairdresser earlier this morning.

Any Advices about AI Prompting?

I'm either missing something completely or I need to tame this monster with better questions.

The task was straight forward! Sort through 1890 simple tasks extracted from the Things App (Apple).

Claude got Super Lazy and I had to nudge, push and shove it forward and I would have lost so many tasks. #ai #aiprompt

O’Sullivan’s First Law - “All organisations that are not explicitly right leaning will over time become left leaning.”

The Iron Law of Institutions - Organisations, especially large ones, tend to become more progressive or left-leaning over time, even if they started as conservative or right leaning.

If you can believe it, it’s true.

“Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.”

It’s like sharpening pencils instead of writing the story.

My local swim after the 5 km Park run each Saturday.

The Chap in front of me at the start of the run looks behind at the field of runners and says “I think I should be further towards the back. I turned 90 yesterday!! “

At the bakery in Mudjimba, Sunny Coast next to the ocean. Yes please. I’d like a nice chunky steak please.

Join me a little later at 0000 UTC for an interesting episode of the Banana Republic

Just preparing to do my show at the sushi train so tune in tomorrow at midnight UTC for another episode of roly’s republic a.k.a. the 🍌 republic

The 1970s were a bardo for society, caught between the 1960s’ idealism and the cynicism of punk and Thatcherism.

Hanging around the pool listening to the banana Republic witj my tribe and my friends on SDF /com

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (~110 pages)
Passing by Nella Larsen (~120 pages)
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (~100 pages)
Animal Farm by George Orwell (~120 pages)
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (~110 pages)
The Stranger by Albert Camus (~120 pages)
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (~130 pages)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez (~120 pages)
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson (~120 pages)
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill (~140 pages)

@rat 🌞 trying to do less visual and more reading since visual media has so much bloat now that is quicker to simply read.

Truman Capote called Holly a “composite” of women he’d met, not a single person, she was less a literal portrait and more his idealised vision of a certain type, someone chasing freedom but haunted by their past.

Possibly Gloria Vanderbilt, a glamorous heiress with a free spirit, Oona O’Neill, Charlie Chaplin’s wife, known for her beauty and elusive persona and socialites like Babe Paley and Slim Keith, who mixed elegance with complicated personal lives.

The Great Gatsby masks a profound spiritual emptiness, where characters like Tom and Daisy drift through their privileged lives untouched by purpose, while Gatsby’s lavish displays conceal a lonely soul yearning for meaning beyond wealth.

I hope you enjoyed the Banana Republic show today and I’m sorry, I couldn’t be there with you because I was at the beach and did quite a long walk using the day as best I can. (Besides forgetting my MacBook at home.)

Friday makes it a nice long weekend. Hopefully you’ve noticed my shows have improved a somewhat. 🍌

Tune in to Roly’s Republic in a few minutes at 0000 UTC on Friday. I line up some carefully curated music. along the lines of La Bionda and Stereo, Total.

Stoke sauce returns home for the weekend all his friends arrive from everywhere, early morning and everyone still sleeping

A very lazy morning

We began to subscribe to rules that were not our own.

We began to accept new words and names for objects, attitudes and emotions which were completely void of meaning

We began to blend in, to fit in, to avoid conflict and to comply with these new unwritten rules.

… and finally we began to use and include these empty words in valueless arguments, discussions and debates …

… in summary … we were morally and intellectually too poor to pay the cost for free speech.

Roly’s Radio aka The Banana Republic - I thought the future would be cooler! at 0000 UTC on Friday on https://anonradio.net

We all just say hi to each other here, as a courtesy and greeting, for camaraderie, for patronage.

The tragedy of Vaudeville is that so little of it remains.

Thanks for listening to the banana republic today. It was really nice doing the show. I focused on selecting good wholesome tunes It was also very pleasant to be in COM again.

Me my sidekick work buddy trying to find the Arctic Wolf event in Brisbane while listening to the Banana Republic

A fun relaxing read. I was there -Alan Edwards

Modern coffee makers are feature-rich disasters, they break in two years because complexity invites failure.

Let's instead build a future for them and ourselves, weaving roosts, green roofs, bat boxes, and open rafters into our homes and habitats.

This is not a halt to human progress; it merely a reminder that we are caretakers and stewards, not thieves, robbers and takers.

The Genesis story instructs us to tend the earth and its creatures. Yet our urban developments have consumed forests, wetlands, and grasslands, leaving birds, bats, and nature scrambling for shelter.

Still unsatisfied, we persecute them further by embedding deterrents, bird spikes and wires on and in our buildings, not merely usurping their homes but denying refuge and shelter amid Cyclone Alfred.

I love it when the bottom of my garden floods

Siri is a glorified voice calculator, good enough for setting timers or asking very simple questions. Siri trained to sound clever but Apple failed to make it smart like Grok. Compared to what’s out there it’s a “paperclip” relic with a fancy accent.

Angry Sea Today

There is a big difference between safety and revenue generation. If they stop you and warn you about the insurance of wearing a helmet, that would be safety, writing up a fine would be revenue generation. Maybe three warnings and then a ticket might be a middle ground? 🙂