Ok I am heading to bed now. I’ll be on the road tomorrow heading for Melbourne. Might be nice to drive through the countryside. Who knows what madness will ensue while I sleep?

Only falling because the Aussies are giving up and heading to bed.

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

Legal apparently.

Here's an emergency feel-good photo. It seems y'all need it right now. A trio of kangaroos at Lincoln National Park which is at the bottom of Eyre Peninsula and very far away from the terrible world events.

Focus on the beauty everyone… we need it more than ever

One in which Rupert Murdoch was never born. An astonishing amount of what is wrong with the world can be traced back to his influence, overt and otherwise.

2026 was going so well

i've sat here for a while thinking but i'm out of takes right now. the President of the US is starting a war that nobody wants, without public support or even perceived justification, simply because he wants to. he wants a war, and to be able to say he killed communists.

The one where Bernie Sanders won the democratic nomination and went on to become President

Which parallel universe universe would you like to step into right now?

Everywhere they go, Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, and they still think because they win through weight of numbers they’re undefeatable. It’s different when the war is bought home to cities and suburbs near you.

Everyone on hearing about Venezuela. Hence the index jump.

It could get interesting. America is used to fighting wars overseas, you can drive from Venezuela to the US. Terroristic attacks in US cities are a legitimate part of war. The US has taught us this, but have they ever considered it happening to them?

#Venezuela #EpsteinFiles

Watching this exact episode on TV now. When he did it I thought: I’ve seen that before. And sure enough.

Pretty much everyone thought 'oh fuck' even if they didn't post it

Index is up. Not sure if this is to do with Venezuela.

A beautiful sunset last night at Mount Pleasant.

Yeah. I'm pissed but powerless to stop it. So I made a turkey and grilled cheese sandwich instead.

Thanks for the heads up on the hot weather next week. We’ll be going through Thredbo on the way home to escape it.

#frangipani #flower #summer in #straya

I wonder how our editors will handle this. In the ODI world cup in Pakistan in c1996, the editors would conveniently cut away when the police started hitting fans with their batons. Will we see our boys in blue armed with high velocity assault rifles, tomorrow? Hmm

I’ve melted tasty cheese directly on the sandwich press. I have no shame.

Had a very specific De La Soul related question you may be able to help with. There’s a sample on ‘3 Feet, High and Rising’ where a man asks ‘Has anyone in the audience been hit by a car?’ It sounds like Eddie Murphy but never been able (or if I’m being honest - bothered) to confirm that fact.

Just bought tickets to De La Soul in Feb. Back on my BS.

Look, I love both the Bon Scott and Bryan Johnson eras. AC/DC will always be my favorite band. But I’m really fucking sorry Bryan, I’m choosing the alternate timeline 10/10 times.

I have become more sweary. I love it. A lot of my friends are too. We need it right now. Also getting information from podcasts instead of MSM means my media is more sweary. Its fucking great. 😘 So refreshing. Its more honest, somehow. Even Trump was more honest when he got sweary 🤷‍♀️

Two idiot murderous bastards have achieved their goal. Stuffed a good govt. Ruined our feeling of safety etc.

Assorted seaside views

Is there a cultural aspect to this? Ie more sweary during Australian waking hours?

How this works: The Swearksy Index is the % of English Bluesky posts that contain one or more swear word in the last 10 minutes. Graphs show the average each hour (so changes a bit over the day). Posts every ~4 hours if the index remains normal, but makes extra posts if 1% above the 7-day average.

😖 The Swearsky Index is currently a bit higher than normal at 3.4%.

And we certainly don't need a shadowy group of Mossad and IDF Guys given the right to wander among us as though Israel owns Australia too

Yes we walked across the Harbour Bridge in the pouring rain a few months ago. Not because we hate Jewish people but because we were against the slaughter of innocent civilians. It was a peaceful protest. We don’t need long arms on our streets or at sporting events.

Truly disturbing & something we should all protest . Oh wait! 😔

Who calls for most Royal Commissions? The Coalition Who is well-known for not actually doing anything when in government? The Coalition

The old politician reflex: “We must do something. This is something. Therefore we must do this.” 🙄

A political push from strong lobby groups intent in changing the rhetoric and perception. Its starting to piss me off.

I’m actually appalled. We attend the SCG regularly during the winter for footy. There’s always been security and police there. No need at all for long arms.

Just bought tickets to the BBL in Melbourne next week. Quite excited about it actually.

Get ready for the most exhausting game of the year: Culture War Bingo

We’ve got a fair idea. 🤬🖤💛❤️

There was no Royal Commission after Port Arthur, where over double the number of people were murdered.

I prefer "living" in my home instead of merely "dwelling" in one. Australia hasn't run out of room to build new adequately-sized houses - it's run out of the political will to fix the neoliberal mess of property investment incentives, under-investment in public infrastructure etc etc etc.

2025 was fucking grim. 2026 may well be too. And it's all too easy to get caught up in the doomscrolling/posting, even here on Bluesky. So, I'm planning to somewhat counter this by noticing and posting at least one postive moment from my day, every day this year. Join me in celebrating #SmallJoys

Visiting the cafe that my son works in. Staying suitably incognito so that I don’t embarrass him too much.

Yes. I just posted a similar thought before I saw your post. Thyere'd be no need to sell the "dream" of shoebox accommodation if we would back the neoliberal get-rich-quick schemes that make proper homes unaffordable, subdivision inevitable, and lack of investment in infrastructure permissable.

Albo is the greyhound that finally caught the lure but then didn't know what to do with it.