Well, with the (bi)annual music event over for another year, I'm going back to not posting again now. But it was fun hanging out again today, folks! Thanks! 💜

All Time Top 10. Untouchable Top 19. And the big jet plane ran out of fuel at number 20 ✨ A great end, but yeah. Taken as a collective of great songs in no particular order.... How bloody great is Australian music. Sensational. Thank the universe for artists. What a fun day #hottest100

Number 3 for kids, Number 2 for the ageing Millennials, and Number 1 for the Gen Xers. Honestly? Well f*%#king done Australia. #hottest100

NEVER TEAR US APART THIS FREAKIN ROCKS I LOVE MUSIIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCC #hottest100

Okay, one last guess. Never Tear Us Apart then, right? Which... Honestly? Fair. #hottest100

Nosebleed Section Number 1? Surely not. Unless? #hottest100

Bwaaahaha Untouched actually made it to Number 3. Incredible result for Noughties cultural supremacy #hottest100

OMG EVERYONE STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING THERE'S A WOMAN IN THE TOP 5 #hottest100 Hell yeah Missy!!!

lol!!! Every time I think I've got the No.1 they play it!! Top 5 for Don't Dream It's Over! Fantastic! Finally seeing Crowded House a couple of metres to from the stage at Bluesfest this year was a spiritual experience I've been waiting for since I was 13 and they are the absolute best #hottest100

MY HAPPINESS AT 6??!? WHAT ON EARTH IS IN THE TOP 5, LET ALONE NUMBER 1??!?? #hottest100

Okay! Flame Trees at 7!! First of all, shouldabin higher. But also... Surely My Happiness is Number 1 now. My Happiness better bloody be Number 1 now!

Gravy and Khe Sahn back to back! Two of the greatest Australian storytelling songs without choruses, back to back in the top 10. Outstanding 🥳 #hottest100

Gravy at 9!! Okay. Number 1 has gotta be either My Happiness or Flame Trees. And at this point, my money is on Flame Trees. THRILLED Gravy's in the top 10. A song that can make me feel homesick for my family, even if I'm sitting at the Christmas table with them when I hear it #hottest100

Kind of stunned Somebody That I Used To Know is only in at Number 10, but mostly just happy that enough time has now passed since it was flogged to death that I could let out a spontaneous 'yay!' on hearing it again 💜 #hottest100 #choon

How bloody good is Australian music? #hottest100

STAY THERRRRRRRRRRRRRRE #hottest100

Was really starting to think Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again was going to get squeezed out!! Yay!! 🥳 #hottest100 #NoWayetc

Thunderstruck!! This survived all but the last cut to my shortlist. A worthy high finisher. Whatta choon #hottest100

Ladies and gentleman, if you're able, please stand for the national anthem #YoureTheVoice #hottest100

Beds Are Burning was my Midnight Oil vote, and it should have been higher, but the overwhelming relief I feel that it's up at least this high omg #hottest100

Every #hottest100 banger makes me thrilled to hear it and scared about what's going to win if they're not even top 10 😂

On the flipside of the 'shouldabin higher' phenomenon, I'm very relieved that a bunch of the songs I strategically didn't vote for in the belief they'd be safe have, in fact, made the #Hottest100 countdown so far Bless you Natalie Inbruglia's Torn and everyone who voted for her 💜

The era hopping of this Australian Songs #Hottest100 is breaking my brain. I don't hate it, but ooft it's some serious musical whiplash

ARE. YOU. KIDDING. ME. HOW is One Crowded Hour not in the #Hottest100 top 10??? HOW?!??? I was back to being chill, but with Big Jet Plane still on the table this is a national disgrace

This isn't the original album version of The Special Two! What version is this?? It's great but unexpected! But more importantly, yas Missy!! Chrissy, Thelma, and Missy, a good run for the ladies finally!!

I think the way to survive this countdown is the same way I finally hit submit on my votes: noone's gunna hold me to this and there are too many good songs and there are no right answers and art cannot be ranked but is just wonderful on its own merit... but also so help me if Big Jet Plane is top 10

ON MY MIND?? AT ONLY NUMBER 70??!?!! ROYAL COMMISSION NOW.

74??! London Still only at 74??!? OK I was rolling with it despite too many early bangers but gtfo of here I fear the children may have screwed us #hottest100

Andor... 😭

Apart from anything else, that 'first prime minister to win consecutive elections since Howard' is a hell of a statement about the past 20 years of Australian politics

Antony Green: the best to ever do it. What a contribution, and what a legacy. A national treasure. Enjoy your hard-earned retirement, Antony, and thank you 🫡

Bean 👀

Remembering tonight how my French-learning brain once thought it was not 'bellwether' seat, but 'belle weather'... which I think I imagined was a phrase coming from, I dunno, 'fair weather friend', or something. A seat which goes where the going's good, that kinda idea. Which I still think works!

Sigh. The posting places just aren't what they once were for chat, or I'm just not one for chat around these parts anymore, or both... but man. Andor. I just love it so very much. What a show, my goodness.

Peter Dutton confirms Coalition's plan to cut 41,000 public service jobs would all come from Canberra

.... oh no. I tried spinning and I liked it. My fibre craft hobby. It's metastasising. 💀

We've solved the mystery on why all those remote and uninhabited islands were targeted for tariffs by Trump - they show up in US trade data due to mislabelled shipments. eg mixing up Norfolk, Virginia or Norfolk UK with Norfolk Island! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Varroa mite has been detected in the ACT for the first time. Probably inevitable, but nonetheless a sad day. The ACT Government says the honeybee parasites been detected in hives in Kowan, and it's urging beekeepers to be vigilant and report any issues to biosecurity authorities.

I've been keen to hear more Canadian perspectives on... well, y'know. Everything. And have recently come across the CBC's Front Burner podcast, which I have found to be very interesting indeed. Would recommend, if you're also in the market.

The ACT Integrity Commission has found the man who led the Board of Inquiry into the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann engaged in "serious corrupt conduct".

Brindabella Christian College is facing further scrutiny as it battles financial and governance challenges.

An international ransomware group has published a sample of highly confidential patient information from major Australian IVF provider Genea, after a cyber attack forced the company to shut down its systems for days.

Well! That was a cool thing to do on a Monday afternoon in Canberra! Was pleased to see how intact it was well into its third day since opening, but sadly... no stink left to smell!

I know I had a relaxing break because I'm now reading 10 seconds slower than usual per each five minute bulletin, which is... quite disconcerting. But hey, yay for relaxing breaks! I hope you had one too

I'm sorry, but... 2025??? It's 2025??? How is it already 2025???

I was already warming on this Australian test team for the first time in years, but this Konstas kid is single-handedly rekindling my enjoyment of cricket, what a little legend!

0350 alarm is off, out-of-office is on... Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and wishing you all a hot-but-benign summer... and a holiday if you can possibly swing it! 🎄🥳👋

Well, I almost managed to get through the whole year without saying 'frog' instead of 'fog'... Ah well, a little Christmas gift for the early morning radio listeners!

What a town, honestly 💙

Bluesky is becoming more and more like twitter every day (complimentary) (and also derogatory)