"The next station is ARDEN" No, the novelty hasn't worn off yet.

Instead of wanting to plaster his name over everything, I would prefer it if he demanded overly large statues of his hideous self to be erected across the country. At least that would give something for the people to pull down when he is inevitably bought to justice/ dies.

I call these days weekdays.

Let me guess, they were all paid to be there?

I - Qui Gon II - Obi Wan Kenobi III - Obi Wan Kenobi Solo - Lando Calrissian Rogue One - Orson Krennic IV - Han Solo V - Princess Leia VI - Luke Skywalker VII - Fin VIII - Rey IX - Rey The Clone Wars - Ahsoka Rebels - Ezra Bridger The Mandalorian - Grogu Andor - Luthen Rael

Nothing Trump does or has done will change the course here. The latest revelations from the Epstien files are vile & disgusting and should be his end. But they won't be. Far too many people have been turning a blind eye to his evil deeds for far too long for this one to be any different.

Top Gear

Yourself as a cartoon

Another reason I love this band.

Just because a man is ridiculously rich, that doesn't mean he has taste. Or a valid opinion on, well, anything really.

Anyone suggestions of a boycott of the World Cup are at the very least, naive. FIFA is so putridly corrupt, that they don't even try to hide it anymore. Over 6,500 migrant workers died to bring us the last World Cup, so why would any of those involved give a damn about any of what Trump is doing?

At what point will the Australian government & ruling class say no, this is too far, we can no longer align ourselves with Trump and his fascist regime? For me, that time went past years ago, so I guess our ruling elite can ignore a lot more of these hideous events than the rest of us.

As terrible as the stories coming out of Minnesota have been, it's important to look for the pinpricks of light. This excellent thread shines a whole lot of light on the people who won't sit by and let their home be invaded by a fascist army of deadbeat lovers.

You can picture how it must have felt in there. Four fucking Nazis with their shit-eating grins squeezing their fat asses into a booth at a family-owned Mexican place poisoning the entire room with their smug impunity. Desecrating a place of community www.welcometohellworld.com/we-must-love...

Does anyone remember the classic "ICE vs The Viking in a Bathtub" sketch on Monty Python? Good times!

Some people like to advertise how much of an arsehole they are.

Honestly, I'm starting to think Musk, Trump, Netanyahu and Putin are engaged in their own private "World's Biggest Arsehole" competition.

Prosecute. Even if all it does is make them tell the truth, that they are turning against their own people and they get to pick and choose who the law applies to, than it will have been worthwhile. But even better than that, prosecute because it is what decency demands. Prosecute.

more generations need to discover M*A*S*H

If only Renee Good had been a hate-mongering podcaster.

One thing they got right during the Nuremberg War Trials was get a hangman who was notorious for botching the job, leading to some of histories worst monsters having long drawn-out deaths. Minnesota should consider this.

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Make it viral.

If there is any decency left in the upper echelon of American government, the ICE scumbag who murdered that woman in Minnesota will be charged, convicted & sentenced for that murder. But I won't hold my breath.

The whole Trump - Greenland thing is so, very stupid. It hurts my brain with how stupid it is.

I just finished watching the Stranger Things finale and I've got to say, damn it was good. It hit all the right spots, and made me feel all the right things. Damn I'm going to miss it. If you haven't taken the dive into the Upside Down yet, I strongly recommend.

This is how you do it folks

Happy New Year to you all, let's hope 2026 can be a better year for all of us.

Why isn't anyone called Ernie anymore?

Physical media continues to win.

I know Hans Gruber is the primary villain in Die Hard, but as a true testament to the amazing class of Alan Rickman, we all knew this guy was the worst character in this film. Now, we've let men like him run the world.

I think this is why fascists love AI art, not because it is good, but because it is bad. Not because it is original, but because it is stolen. To make art as an expression of skill and craft and humanity reinforces humanity. To push a button that steals art and call it your own is domination.

Here's @ronnisalt. "Don't look back in anger" theshot.net.au/uncategorize...

Fuck, I hate AI. And all those pushing it can get fucked too. And while I'm at it, billionaires, politicians that suck up to said billionaires and any other sex pest, y'all can get fucked as well.

Oh, look, more AI designed to take advantage of sad, lonely people. This is what generative AI is all about folks, taking vulnerable people for all they're worth, while offering norhing but a poor substitute for the thing they are pretending to sell. Its all a grift.

One of my favourites on here disappeared recently. Their whole account here just vanished. Which has me thinking about some of the others that have disappeared in the last few months. Where do they go? Do they just erase their online presence? Or do they go back to the other place? Mystifying.

With all the Metro Tunnel opening hype yesterday, I never got to have a decent look at Arden Station. Ironically as it was the first station to be complete, but hey, I made it quite clear to myself, I wasn't going to look at any of these stations until they were in service, so today, I am at Arden.

Don't stress, Pauline. Victoria doesn't want you anyway.

Still big crowds at Footscray waiting to get their turn to ride into the Metro Tunnel

More Metro Tunnel goodness, the new Town Hall Station is very big and well suited to large crowds. I might not be sold on the mimes, but the stations themselves are quite impressive, even if Town Hall isn't yet fully complete.

I caught the first train through the Melbourne Metro Tunnel today. Massive crowds of very excited rail fans, train nerds & infrastructure geeks, mixed in with police, politicians, media & rail staff, all making history together. This tells me 1 unavoidable, irrefutable truth: Trains are good.

I am again calling for a crew of highly skilled marksmen to be jointly employed by Metro Trains Melbourne and V/Line

These new fangled passenger displays are pretty nifty. Except we are on a Craigieburn train.

Melbourne's new Parkville station is partially open for viewing. Trains start running from this Sunday. In short, it's very impressive.

Don’t know if this is paywalled, but it's a very moving interview with the the AFL/VFL’s first openly bisexual player. Good read. #afl #footy #lgbtia https://www.smh.com.au/national/he-was-shaking-the-encounter-in-his-local-cafe-that-hit-home-for-mitch-brown-20251118-p5ngf9.html

Anyone out there that thinks driverless cars are the future are being duped. These things will not solve traffic issues. They will only make it worse. The only way to do that is a mix of improved public transport (trains, trams & buses) & active transport (walk or cycle). Anything else is a con.

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle