Bit late but I just saw this graphic of how the new stadium is supposedly going to get around the fact there’s no passenger rail in Tasmania. Lololol rail haters have really fucked this state. Should’ve spent the last decade rebooting any kind of rail system!

I was just listening to So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright this afternoon. Vale to another Frank who shaped our modern world.

This year I’m buying most of my presents from the op shop because working in the warehouse of one has radicalised me against purchasing anything new that isn’t a consumable. If you could see the pre Christmas clear-out stuff roll through the door the last week you’d crash the economy.

I like to have my ‘moment I discover I am too fat for my planned outfit’ the night before so as to get the self esteem spiral & potential crying out of the way. Love to be gaslit by my own body, the labels on women’s clothes (What size are you today? Spin the wheel!), and my period simultaneously.

near-pure white being named the colour of the year is the kind of omen future generations will blame us for not heeding, once they piece together evidence of society

they should have a separate color of the year for people who haven’t lost the will to live

I think it would be fun if writers who love language started intentionally writing more strangely as AI flattens written "content" into a mono-voice. it would cool I think if writers responded by focusing their individual efforts on cultivating a really unique voice that's hard to copy

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I propose a solution to our ongoing RAM shortage:

We tried Pluribus again but the pacing is so…unearned? Self indulgent? Any moments wither on the vine with extreme telegraphing of punchline and plot. It doesn’t make me feel anything so every episode feels like it could have been achieved in 15 minutes.

Watching video about how data centres use so much power, electricity providers increase the base charge for all customers in that location. So your power bill can go up even if you use less electricity. Lol. Lmao. Anyway, HOW’S THE DATA CENTRE TASMANIA IS ABOUT TO BUILD COMING ALONG? #politas

On the driest inhabited continent on the planet… #auspol

How smugly satisfied were you after you realised you could use ‘plummeted’, be honest now.

All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”

Lolwtf?!?!!! How is it that we have built 4 brand new boats in total for Devonport and not a single one has been suitable for BEING IN DEVONPORT?! Was there nobody who thought to ask an expert before commissioning them?!?!

Can’t afford bread? Let them eat stadium! #politas

Rather a lot of dereliction.

This really is worth reading. It is a profound statement, capturing many community responses. For me it makes clear that the Liberals, with Labor's help, have used the hopes of a struggling population against it. Dividing us in the process. It is unconscionable. #politas #auspol

Pretty glad my closest emergency department is federally funded 🥴

The one solid fact of this whole debacle is that Tasmania deserves an AFL team, and has long deserved AFL representation without having to spend OVER A BILLION DOLLARS to get it. This will go down in state history as an unfair deal. #politas

This stadium is to space exploration what Katy Perry is to space exploration. Petition to call it The Katy Perry Astronautical Stadium. #politas

Many Hours Later: Wow. So this is leveraging Hobart’s historical beef with Launceston to give them FOMO about not hosting this concert. Playing the 2 cities off against each other like toxic parents encouraging their children to compete, hoping we don’t notice they’ve proved the stadium unnecessary.

Federal Labor proudly entering their 😈Lol I’m Evil Now😈 era, I guess? Who needs human discretion in life and death decision making?! Not us! There’s now recent examples of catastrophic failure I can think of!

Today’s Op Shop Warehouse Mood:

In hilarious #politas Stadium Wars news: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

I named my fists Simon & Garfunkel because when I’m done, the only sound you’ll hear is silence.

be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world

Shout-out to the older man at the optometrist with the same birthday as me - first time ever in my whole 43yo life! (We shook hands and immediately moved on, in true January Capricorn fashion lololol) High fives to everyone else whose parents didn’t raw dog only on holidays.

Journalists or anyone who who wants to bring attention to the stadium decision in Tas, be quick! IMO it is an issue of national significance to see big business colluding with government to bleed an already disadvantaged population dry. Upper house debate starts Wednesday, vote probably Thursday.

🥴 Thanks, Mum & Dad.

I once made it all the way to Christmas despite multiple retail visits, but I fully expect the Gen X targeted radio at work to take me out & then spit on my grave this year. 😢 Super brutal because I despise all non-carol Christmas songs except for Mariah Carey’s undeniable achievement. #whamageddon

I need to set aside an afternoon for this:

💁🏻‍♀️ #Politas

That canceled tv show that you’ll never stop thinking about (My personal Trinity of cancelled shows I will never get over)

It’s never been harder to escape domestic violence than now. The scope for surveillance and control is unfathomable to an ethical person - reactive patriarchy and neo-tech capitalism work in symbiosis, with tools available to your average abusive partner that were inconceivable only a decade ago.

Just saw AN ADVERTISEMENT for a MUSIC VISUALISER BUILT INTO A DESKTOP MUSIC PLAYER as like, a fun new concept for the Zalphas YESSSSSSSSS EMBRACE TRADITION

The good news just keeps on coming

Home from the pool, can’t find the cat anywhere - turns out he was locked inside the linen cupboard 🥹 Fortunately for only about 15 minutes, and he was not panicked.

🚨Nine Jewish groups are urging the Government to reject Jillian Segal's "Antisemitism Report", saying it's an attack on Australia's "democracy" and "freedoms" – benefitting the state of Israel. Segal must be given zero powers, they warn. Explosive... theklaxon.com.au/22ti

(Pretends to be shocked)

We can forget about Thatcher by just looking around us.

PS Aus Millennials you can still get the vaccine from your GP if you are under 44, you just have to ask.

Joining the line of Australians who will forever be amazed that in America, Blundstones are culturally detached from high-vis clothing.

I was born in 82 & lucky enough to be in the first run/trial of the HPV vaccine in 2000 when it only protected against 3 strains, & was given to selected young adults. Now it’s smoothly distributed to high-schoolers & protects against more. BTW If you’re under 44 you can still get it! Good News:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Mamdani blew the assumption that many Jewish voters prioritized the defense of the Israeli government over other issues out of the water. During the campaign he spoke accurately and openly about the genocide that Israel was committing in Gaza.

the 29th prime minister of australia (a useless centrist who was done in by his own party) had his official portrait unveiled this week, and

“A proposed Aboriginal truth & reconciliation park has reduced in size multiple times — most recently to accommodate for practice cricket nets — & will also act as an emergency assembly point. Ms Mason said it was a poor outcome. ‘Tokenistic is too light a word’.” What a farce. #politas #auspol

Great BBC article on the psychology of why the BoM website update flopped. The site redesign revealed a ‘cultural blindness’ as to why Australians had a love for the old clunky site and the information it provided. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Views from the pool. Cold evening breeze of late Tasmanian spring in beautiful contrast to the heated pool. I swam in a sun-shower outside, then floated in the hydro pool indoors for an hour, stretching out my middle aged muscles.

Idk what’s up with me but today I ate a Vegemite scroll with scrambled eggs on top, then wanted to eat a second one, ate some vitamin gummies instead which killed the craving, and then 3 hours later at 2 more Vegemite scrolls. I might be working on an insane vitamin B deficiency idk?