Rather too long after I had it, here's the Lexus LC 500 Convertible Review. What a machine. theredline.com.au/lexus-lc500-...

Was just looking for some images in a folder and as I scroll past I saw "Barcelona". That would be footage I was convinced I had lost somehow because whenever I searched my hard drive for "Barcelona" nothing came up. That's how busted MacOS search has become.

VW is making good on its promise (and responding to EU reg changes ahead of time) to bring back proper buttons to the cabin on the ID.Polo. www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/fir...

I mean I guess the nations condemning Trump's invasion of Venezuela could just implement retaliatory tariffs, given that's the standard Trump has set.

Incredible. Three of the most awful people available to serve the fourth. Remember when the Dems confirmed Rubio without a second's thought?

Getting grok to publicly strip a woman’s likeness online or alter her image isn’t just horrifying at the level of the individual, it’ll be used to get us fired, too. It’s a technique to keep us in the home popping out babies because we lost our teaching job when some guy sent porn of us to our boss.

Reckon Grant Hackett should probably sit this one out tbh

It’s as if the FIFA Peace Prize means nothing.

If you’re looking for a cheap, low km automatic there’s a 2010 Peugeot 308 auto diesel with under 90,000km on the clock for $1900. Short rego, paint peel and a dodgy tint but that’s a dead-set bargain. Not an amazing car but not a bad one either. BMW diesel engine and six-speed ZF from memory.

Could an empire in decline do THIS? *launches deeply unpopular invasion cementing status as lunatic-led pariah state, its not clear what kind of move i was trying to do*

It’s never not mysterious to me how a country born from a successful uprising has no idea that its own interventions in other countries’ sovereignty never works.

2/ ~old jk is best jk~

Yes, quite. But also worth pointing out that it directly contradicts Trump's unusually consistent view about nation building. Which is hardly a surprise because you can tell always tell when he's lying which is to say he's always lying.

oh yeah? well, could a dying sex criminal do THIS? [bombs venezuela]

If only there was a pattern to the lies Trump tells.

A disgracefully high NSW road toll of 355 people in 2025. Cars are safer than they've ever been, full of systems to help avoid or reduce the severity of crashes. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

[church] PASTOR: We ask for the blessings of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Cow. ME (trying to quietly leave): ᵉˣᶜᵘˢᵉ ᵐᵉ ᵖᵃʳᵈᵒⁿ ᵐᵉ ʷᵒᵏᵉ ᵘᵖ ˡᵃᵗᵉ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵃᶜᶜᶦᵈᵉⁿᵗᵃˡˡʸ ʷᵉⁿᵗ ᵗᵒ ᶜᵒʷ ᶜʰᵘʳᶜʰ ᵃᵍᵃᶦⁿ ˢᵒʳʳʸ ᵉˣᶜᵘˢᵉ ᵐᵉ

I am pleased by many things I know about the new heaven and the new earth as defined in Revelation but hoo boy if there's no having to mow the lawn there I'll know I'm in the right place.

Having Grok “apologise” for creating CSAM is like punching someone in the face and then having the Sooty puppet on your fist apologise.

Chief political commentator at The Independent, folks.

the upside to deleting your twitter that no one really talks about: every day you get validated for that one decision

Oops, forgot to tell you that I'm on ABC Radio Sydney with Michael Hing, er, right now. Tune in, stream, bomb a few countries because you're in a spot of bother.

In another of my signature naive questions, what is it that a Federal Royal Commission can achieve that a state one can’t? I understand the politics of it but would it be able to do more? My uneducated view says maybe?

And when they came for the golf courses I said nothing because, uh, that’s where nice housing and parks can go. Obviously that won’t happen because Trump, but I can dream. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

I said chatgpt doesn't have a soul and got put on this list

mariah carey has such remarkable vocal range she can hit notes i have absolutely no interest in hearing.

one mood away from getting a tattoo that says eyebrows on my forehead

Like the ruins of Big Data, this is where ChatGPT’s already limited usefulness evaporates. These clowns never learn. [received email asking if I need another ten fry pans after buying one four years ago] futurism.com/artificial-i...

[the Governor General] Ahmed el Ahmed, for being most creative at annoying Sharri Markson ever, you are hereby awarded the highest Australian honours

Clegg remains one of the great, colossally useful idiots of our time.

Just been awarded an oboe for services to autocorrect.

Further to this, I have two Qantas lounge passes if you’re off somewhere. Free. Gratis. Nobody I ever offer them to ever wants them (although if you’re flying out of Sydney International in the next 18 months, don’t bother)

Someone on FB Marketplace is trying to sell two Qantas lounge passes for $100.

Bill Burr roasts Ricky Gervais. There’s a beef where there is no winning side.

This looks awesome https://youtu.be/NbaxioRA5wA?si=5oZjz4NXQccBupLh

I don’t know what would be worse for Zelenskyy. Getting shouted at in the Oval Office or having to stand next to Putin’s demented mouthpiece while he shovels the worst kind of propaganda

Yeah. As part of Russia you clattering dingus.

Brigitte Bardot had a complicated legacy. She was very racist and not a good actor but had a nice bum | me for The Guardian

Ad in FB: “Nardia hired a van with her International Driving Permit to see the Northern Lights.” What, in Russia? I can’t think of anywhere else Northern Lightsey that needs an IDP.

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

I see the BBC is not getting away from the “regularly allowing sexual predators to remain on air” allegations.

Im addicted to cold turkey but I don’t know how to quit it.

I admit it's true what people say, Quality Street isn't as good as it was in the 90s. But on the other hand look at the state of the Balkans then and the mostly thriving, relatively prosperous democracies down there now. So, you pick your battles really.

One new war-crime for every Epstein document.

Yeah this is just what his communications team wants right now

This is a true genius at work. No one else can capture the spirit of Christmas like this.

Hilarious moment at Christmas Eve service at church where the middle verses of O Holy Night were missing from the slides and the kids doing the music didn't look up once to realise it. So we all just winged it and the kid on the slides was bewildered.

Fist markets. Thanks autocorrect

He isn't "losing" this money. This is called "paying tax like a responsible citizen and not hiding your money offshore" and we need to start recognising and applauding it.