No thought, only derp

Clocks go forward an hour tonight, which would be depressing if it wasn't one of the reliable signs that summer's on the way!

Good old Victoria, weather went from "My face freezes when I go outside" to "should I put the fan on?" in two days.

Got my ticket for Brian Cox (physicist) in Melbourne!

I swear Australia Post delivery guys could double as ninjas, they are so quiet. (I say guys because to my knowledge around here they are all blokes)

Because it never 'just' stops with the trans folks. It just starts with them.

Still find it wild that world leaders are taking this sack of barely sentient orange shit seriously (at least in public).

How did I not know this was cooking (or I knew, and then forgot). A lot of original cast members are attached which is great (and Bill Pullman's son!). www.imdb.com/title/tt3265...

I just watched Cagney & Lacey for the first time in about 30 years, and...it holds up surprisingly well?

Well done Moldova www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Safe to say the netizens of Bluesky are focusing on the important issues today.

British Pathé newsreels about the 'new' Victoria Line. The rollingstock with the slatted wooden floors was still in use when we started taking trips to London in the late 70s. I mostly remember cigarette butts and chewing gum jammed in between them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2eo...

Not saying it's a quiet Thursday evening but I just spent 45 minutes cleaning up my browser bookmarks.

Trump has this incredible ability to make bad leaders look good. Macron taking his enforced walk through NY as an opportunity to take selfies and show a sense of humour will have increased his reputation on the world stage.

Wild that the WHO has to make a statement like this.

Antifa branch meeting, 1945.

I'm no Sun Tzu but it's almost like these Russian violations of European airspace are part of a broader plan. 🤔

Sudden craving for Soreen Fruity Malt loaf. Send help (or loaf).

Your president is so incompetent he'd sanction Austria instead. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

This, unbelievably, is not The Onion.

Update: it got expensive.

Fuck you Disney for your craven censorship.

Just remembered this classic from a couple of years back - excellent advice for anyone protesting against fascists: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWEp...

Trying to get stuff done on a weekend when there's a cat offering up a fluffy tummy to tickle instead is super hard.

Oh god this could get expensive... www.netflix.shop/en-au/collec...

Fuck off Kev, you don't speak for all Australians and you certainly don't speak for me.

I may have bought some Korean ramen in a purple cup today at the supermarket. They don't say on them, but they're going to be my Rumi noodles.

Closure, one hopes, for Erin Patterson's victims and their families. At least until the 400 true crime documentaries come out.

So given it's that time of year again, I should share my 'Princess Di has died' story. It was around 7am and given it was a holiday, I was asleep. I woke to a phone call from my sister who was in Canada and being several hours behind, watched the whole thing play out.

People who followed me at The Bad Place might remember the travails of Lancelot, who escaped and was attacked by a dog, injuring his leg badly. His current status is zonked out on my shoulder.

Next weekend looks like Spring is here!

I mean Trump is incredibly lazy so not beyond the realms of possibility that he just can't be arsed to get out of bed to do his actual job. On the other hand he's clearly not been well for a long time and manifesting isn't going to do any harm at this point...

Uh, K-pop Demon Hunters is actually...pretty good? It is definitely not my usual thing but I thoroughly enjoyed it. And yeah the songs are pretty catchy.

Manhunt police having their operations centre in a winery is straight out of Utopia.

Absolutely wild weather here today. Insane amounts of water falling out of the sky.

Watched 'Critical' on Netflix. It's blindingly obvious watching the series that if not for the amazing, hardworking people who have chosen (or their parents or grandparents chosen) to make the UK their home, the NHS would collapse.

Until the government (of whatever colour) addresses the fact that housing should not be an investment whose value keeps increasing (far outpacing wage rises) the housing issue will never be solved. But it won't, so here we are. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I just received a TOS update from Youtube Premium, and one line that jumped out at me was 'you must access Youtube Premium primarily from the country you signed up from'. This sounds like YT trying to prevent people from using VPNs to get around dumb age restriction laws in their own country.

One of the cats has a stuffy nose, but it's not completely blocked as they are currently breathing in and out making a sound like a descant recorder.

Lady in Petbarn seeing me buy two big bags of cat food: "That'll keep you going for a bit" Me: lol

@themerl.bsky.social guy rescuing absolute unit on a motorbike.

Apparently there was a meteor last night and I missed it. I did think a plane was crashing about 1am but I think that was a b double driving past.

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

Raises the intriguing possibiity of 'fresh sultanas', perhaps with the fruit and veg?

I feel Bunnings might have overestimated the weight of this rubbish bin.

Helium. www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...

If you're British and this doesn't bring you joy, you might want to check for a pulse.

It showed up in my YT suggestions again, and you all know the rules. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPCJ...

Finally finished Dept Q. Loved it, such a strong cast. Akram is my favourite character, but the actor who played young Lyle is amazing, he should go far. Fingers crossed for S2, but...Netflix. 🤷‍♀️

Some wonderful news to end the week on. Her family and friends must be so relieved.