I have a feeling Hegseth thinks Starship Troopers was a training film.

No, you live in the only country in the world where they're at risk of something like this happening.

Here's me. "A comprehensive list of the non-lethal parts of my big death plane"

@senatorwong.bsky.social Which part of an F-35 is the lethal part?

Brilliant.

If only women suffering domestic violence were semites. #AusPol

Herewith I formally nominate Francesca Albanese for the Nobel Prize for Peace. Do I have a second?

We will yoke unicorns to the plough, we will sow the magic beans, we will reap the greatest harvest in history and golden eggs will be a dollar a dozen.

Clip-on bow-ties are so vulgar.

ArtsHub’s team went to check out RISING’s exhibition ‘Swingers’ last night at Flinders Street Station. Here is a quick look at the show, a nine-hole mini golf course designed by Australian and international female artists.

And it made me realise something I hadn't: those ancient potters had really high-quality brushes. Did Potter Street have a brush maker's shop? Skilled & specialised work

What Trump sees in a mirror is the dream of a disturbed, distorted and diseased imagination.

@siliconopolitan.bsky.social OK, now tell me – who is Craig David?

Probably also worth mentioning that Newton was a horrible, mean, selfish & vengeful little man.

@samantharatnam.bsky.social So close! If Khalil holds, let it be known that he owes his seat to Lib preferences.

@deniseshrivell.bsky.social can you get any more gain on Michael's mic? 1

The press unite to stop Dutton

Disasters aren't waiting to happen.

Of all the 'World Leaders' in the world, Francis is the only one I can think of who really was.

@scaramucci.bsky.social 1 Hegseth = 10 Scaramuccis

Can anyone explain why the press refer to American Congress(wo)men as 'lawmakers'?

All those Mummy movies about ancient Egyptians being raised from the dead – so Peter Dutton is a reincarnated priest of Osiris?

Does the US education system include a subject called 'economics'?

Think back to last October, when all the US pollsters were telling us that Trump was way ahead of Harris "on the economy."

My Bluesky timeline is drenched in Peterduttonsays. His name and face are (erk) are rattling around the echo-chamber. Can anyone make it stop? Maybe he'll deoxygenate.

How indeed?

Great Australian minds at work.

Trump announces tariff exemption for dead cats.

Can we 🇦🇺 have a leader like this, please?

Criticism (enlightened criticism) makes Art better. Better for audiences. Better for artists.

It's only because of France that the United States aren't still speaking English.

@lrlr.bsky.social 18D: Yuletide hangover?

In the last post, we saw how Assyrians influenced Cypriot clothing style. In the mix, we also saw how the Egyptian pose influenced the Archaic Greek sculpture style. Well, today, we go to Egypt itself, and this time, they are the ones under the influence of a foreign civilization/power. LONG 🧵!

Suddenly horrified by the thought that Trump may have a driver's licence.

Tantamount to ignoring about (on recent trend) about 30% of the ballots cast. Bit Trumpy, I reckon.

Odd use of English, the language in which 'designate' means 'appoint (someone) to a specific role or office.'

When it's time for popular protest, the French have form.

Same engineers build cybertrucks?

Here's a thought: No truth is so 'self-evident' that it need not be defended, and a belief one cannot defend is a prejudice. Don't know where that came from.

The irksome thing about NHSUFTC podcasts is this: They are too short.

Many have painted Judith & Holophernes; none has the anger, the energy, the determination of this one. Gentilleschi knew.

I just became a Jane Caro fan.

"The West" as a geopolitical concept no longer has any meaning.

Flashback for March 1, 2025 28 points 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Play here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

@drrhiannon.bsky.social Very enjoyable dinner with Prof Beard, thank you. You seemed nervous – is she very daunting?

Lovely work.

With a Tangerine Tyrant in the White House, is the USA now a rouge state?

Bit tired of seeing "He who saves his Country does not violate any Law" attributed to Napoleon. It was Marcus Tullius Cicero, after he, as Consul, illegally ordered the execution of a bunch of his opponents without trial. For this crime against the Republic Cicero was tried, convicted and exiled.

Well that's a good read.