The Australien Government has made an ad about the Social Media Ban for Under-16s, and it's surprisingly honest and informative.

The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)

This really lovely molded polychrome terracotta depicts the goddess Aphrodite and her winged little son, Eros. Her himation (cloak) is pulled over her head in a veil, covering her polos hat (Eros has a tiny polos as well). 🏺 1/ Abt. 300-100 BCE, from Boeotia, East Greece, or Asia Minor. 🤷‍♂️ 📸 me

Grinch Crochet 💚

Nothing is more symbolic of Europe's inherent weakness of resolve - EU and UK - than the failure of governments and institutions to leave X/Twitter en masse. It's easier to stay, so stay they do. Pathetic.

This absolutely needs to be a campaign. The UK and the EU (Germany especially,) need to get all government business OFF of X. Start with that and charities and other organizations will follow. Come to BlueSky. Cut off the oxygen at X.

Well if you're going to have your first defeat of the season, at least it was a big one. Back at home next week against the roar #F3Derby #CCMvNEW #ALW

#NewcastleJets have fallen in a heap in this second half #F3Derby #CCMvNEW #ALW

Ouch. Mariners' keeper looks in a lot of pain #F3Derby #CCMvNEW #ALW

That was... odd, to say the least. How was it taken back to be a mariners free kick? #F3Derby #CCMvNEW #ALW

Mariners absolutely peppered the #NewcastleJets goal in the first half. 1-1 at the break shows our defence handled it well (it was a well taken goal) Ayres is threatening which is great to see. Also the conditions are much nicer today #F3Derby #CCMvNEW #ALW

A few #NewcastleJets players in the wars in the last few minutes #F3Derby #CCMvNEW #ALW

It does feel weird to have Baumann playing against us #F3Derby #CCMvNEW #ALW

LAUREN ALLEN! Always good to lead an #F3Derby #CCMvNEW #ALW

Home, showered & cooling off. The #NEWvMCY game shouldn't have been played. The heat was oppressive & the players were barely walking by the end. That said, same old same old from the #NewcastleJets. Too much dithering at the back, no one willing to shoot up front. Back over the ditch next week.

Whoever scheduled both the #NewcastleJets #ALW and #ALM games to kick off on the same day and same time 90km apart needs to be sacked. #NEWvMCY #CCMvNEW

Just give Starc the player of the series now #Ashes

I’ve sometimes fallen into the trap of thinking that complementing a creative person for their work is less sophisticated or desired than discussion or debate about it but very often the best thing you can say to them is hell yeah and that doesn’t make you dumb it just makes you nice

He spends two hours every day condescendingly replying to random fans of women's sport from an account with a ute profile picture. Read this article and many more in The Chaser Annual 2025: chasershop.com/products/the...

#Tillies eased themselves to a win in the end, certainly not the drubbing they handed out the other night. Kiwis a bit worse for wear with some knocks and probably deserved a goal. Back to the #ALW #AUSvNZL

Raso finally doubles the lead after a ball to the face for the kiwi defence. That looked like it stung a bit #AUSvNZL #Rasomania

A good first half, not brilliant apart from Kennedy's goal. Foord couldn't buy a goal in that half, hopefully that'll be rectified in the second. Kerr doing Kerr things is a good sign #AUSvNZL

#Tillies have been threatening all game, Kennedy back in the starting line up nails it #AUSvNZL

There is no better Christmas song than this Take a look at this video, 'Drinking White Wine in the Sun' share.google/CAr9PYcp8hyN...

It is December now in Australia, and soon will be elsewhere in the world. Here's a #Whamageddon rules refresher if you need it.

#NewcastleJets attacking half is a swimming pool. That's a massive disadvantage. At least three attacking raids have been stymied by the water on the pitch #AKLvNEW #ALM

Send out the scuba gear #AKLvNEW #ALM

The rain in Auckland plus my cataracts leads to difficult viewing #AKLvNEW #ALM

my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI

#NewcastleJets can't go too defensive yet. Every game this season proves their more likely to concede than not late in the game. The rain is helping our cause though #AKLvNEW #ALM

ROSE! Quick reaction by the striker to our the #NewcastleJets in front just before half time. And Corica gets a yellow for being a dickhead #AKLvNEW #ALM

I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape

So a boot to the chest is fine now? Cool. #AKLvNEW #ALM

Dobson! After only 3 minutes! The #NewcastleJets have done this in most games this season and gone on to lose - badly. Can the defence stand up this time, though? #AKLvNEW #ALM (had to edit and reskeet after autocorrect changed the # to ADL)

Gonna be lots of goals in this game, methinks. Auckland equalise 1-1 #AKLvNEW #ALM

And Leat saves the penalty. If it wasn't for her the Ferns would have conceded a lot more #AUSvNZL #Matildas

Icing on the cake from Gorry to make it 5 in second half added time. #AUSvNZL #Matildas

Carpenter pinpoint and Cooney-Cross with a worldie go bang bang to double the lead #AUSvNZL #Matildas

A good first half from the #Tillies to lead at the break. Could have had a couple more but Leat is keeping well. I'm sure Foord has to be amongst the most fouled players in world football. #AUSvNZL

Raso making it look easy to make it 2 to the good. Kiwis are having some good moments but the #Tillies are making their chances count #AUSvNZL

Great play there for Sayer to open the scoring. #AUSvNZL #Matildas

More descriptors were needed... "Green and Gold vs Black and White", "The Great Southern Land vs the Land of the Long White Cloud", "Crowded House vs Split Enz"... Etc etc #AUSvNZL #Matildas

I’m so glad for this man and I challenge anyone who calls him a “pussy” for weeping with joy to go and hang out in the tiger environment for 24 hrs.

It’s been over 2 years since the late Peta Murphy’s inquiry into online gambling advertising & how it affects problem gamblers. Since then, Australians have lost $60 billion to gambling. Australians need a government with the will and the courage to protect them from gambling harms.

…it’s so very lonely, you’re 5,000 light years from home… The Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443 of Sh2-248). A galactic supernova remnant maybe ≈35,000 years old.

Thresher sharks can jump up to six metres out of the water. (📷: Steve Momot)

If you treat a five day Test as a five-day match, you greatly diminish your likelihood of defeat.

Still undefeated after the matches. This #NewcastleJets Women's team is looking good #NEWvWSW #ALW

Oh no, not Cicco! Hopefully it's not serious #NEWvWSW #ALW