It's nice to catch up with old friends. www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-wU... #Taskmaster

STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN released on this day in '82 and here's the 1981 Variety ad protesting the death of Spock paid for by the Concerned Supporters of Star Trek.

i got fired from the lettering factory for “bad kerning”. it’s unfair dismissal if you ask me but I won’t fight it; i don’t want to bum any bridges

QOTD: “I had no choice. They arrived right before you did. I'm sorry.” “I'm sorry, too.” “[Sad roar].” — Lando Calrissian, Han Solo & Chewbacca

Tony Gilroy fucking gets it.

This week: the politics of hair! Read how international geopolitics made Catherine of Aragon get Henry VIII to shave his beard off, & how the end of the British Empire was marked by Anthony Eden's wimpy moustache. It's a fun week to try MY LIFE IN THE PAST! lucyworsley.substack.com/p/your-hair-...

‘A kick in the bollocks for Australian music’: how band rooms and live venues became a dying breed

I want to go to the thing

Do you love funny stories about maps that went wrong? Do you want to take a book in your hand luggage on holiday? Then, good news! The PAPERBACK edition of the #MapMen book 'This Way Up - When Maps Go Wrong' is out TODAY! lnk.to/mapmen

Anya Taylor-Joy is a con on the run — and Timothy Olyphant is her crook dad — in the first trailer for Apple TV's Lucky, based on Marissa Stapley's bestselling book. The series hits Apple TV on 15 July. Watch the trailer: www.empireonline.com/tv/new...

I made a point of reaffirming my Australian ajacency by stopping by No One Saw It Coming where I demanded justice for rats. Anyway, carn Swannies. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Labor’s NDIS overhaul faces delay as Coalition and Greens consider teaming up to slow bill’s passage

When is the King's Birthday public holiday? Which states get Monday off?

Staggering more mainstream media outlets are covering a story where an autistic woman is hosting a podcast about autism — than this incredible yarn just sitting there about the silencing of their own industry: www.boganintel.com/p/bhp-tries-...

White Australia's bid to remove hate listing dismissed by High Court

GREENLIGHT THE HUNT FOR BEN SOLO, JOSH

“And look over there. That’s the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. It was founded by George Lucas and houses exhibits of narrative art.”

I found some old Archie comics at my parents place and my seven year old LOVES them so I jumped on eBay and got a little bundle for her.

Crop failure concerns as deadly bee parasite wipes out hives and forces beekeepers to quit

I’m back cohosting The Traidar podcast as we discuss #TheTraitorsNZ Ep 2! Which Traitor do I think will be Banished first? Who had too many slips of the tongue? Why do “data points” get someone in trouble? We discuss all this and much more! youtu.be/8xvgFeSkCBo?... #TraitorsNZ #TheTraitors #Traitors

He’s a loose unit. Can’t do numbers. Can’t do Question Time. Can’t Sing. Tim Wilson is the most unserious Shaddow Treasurer the Liberals have ever had. #auspol #factcheck #satire #timwilson #serious

We all need more Clock Man in our lives…

Extreme heatwaves have become a major threat to Australia's food supply, and not just in summer

Tony Gilroy Accepts Peabody Award for "Andor": “Fuck the Empire!” kottke.org/26/06/tony-g...

Labor’s planned NDIS overhaul is ‘blunt and inequitable’, thinktank says

🚴🚉It's World Bicycle Day! Bikes and PT are a great combination. Safe bike paths and secure bike parking can help more people reach the station, for a fraction of the space and cost of car parks.

Ludicrously good!!

I Photoshop Neel into things… Day 282 #StarWars

“Electric vehicles have notched a new milestone, reaching nearly half of all new vehicle sales last month, revealing the potential for clean cars to defy the sceptics and help Australia to meet its climate goals.” This must make the Coalition very angry. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Electric vehicle sales in Australia hit new high in May

Teen left with fractured skull after e-scooter crash, raising 'genuine concern' over e-devices

El Niño expected to develop in coming months bringing hotter and drier weather to eastern Australia

filmmakers will sell out and tell you they need generative AI to conceptualize their ideas, but the fact is AI could *NEVER* create Rian Johnson’s storyboard drawing for Knives Out. TLDR; fuck AI

The Unpackit Awards name the 'worst offenders' in Australian packaging

Amazon, Temu and AliExpress sell banned kids products in Australia

Another look at the N-1 Starfighter inside the Lucas Museum Of Narrative Art! ✨

Booooo

This makes me think about the fact that the ability to instantly create a photo-realistic storyboard image will shrink the possibility of any given film being a collaboration. The people who created that shot of Ana made necessary design choices independent of Rian to create that image. 1/

Jeremy Clarkson has pivoted from abusing climate activists and denying climate change to accepting its real but insisting that there's nothing we can ever possibly do to stop it. FFS What are we meant to be celebrating or welcoming here? Defeatism is as lazy as denialism

The economics of Brexit, 10 years on. My summary. ukandeu.ac.uk/brexit-ten-y...

Heard Steven Spielberg causal say the sentence “every weekend some other directors and I paint models at Guillermo del Toro’s house” on a podcast this morning and it’s all I’ve been able to think about for the rest of the day.

Shameful from Reform and a good example of why you should never share anything by that godawful aggregator account, which just happens to be run by a Reform councillor. Obviously prostate cancer is a particular problem for black men, who are twice as likely to suffer from it in their lifetimes

ONE MONTH until Abrams Books’ The Art of Star Wars: Andor hits store shelves on June 30! Received my author copies earlier this week. And the final cover reveals not only Tony Gilroy’s foreword, but Emmy-winning Andor screenwriter Dan Gilroy’s afterword! As expected, both are brilliant.

Nicholas Hoult heads up a viral heist crew in the first trailer for How to Rob a Bank, a new crime thriller from Deadpool 2 and The Fall Guy director David Leitch. Watch it here: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...

NDIS overhaul will ‘harm’ Australians with disabilities, government’s own committee warns

‘My outfit cost $25’: Vinnies volunteers stage op-shop fashion show – in pictures

If you want, you can kind of pretend this is a sequel to ANDOR

Adria Arjona takes on super-soldiers in the first trailer for Onslaught, A24's latest film from The Guest and You're Next director Adam Wingard Watch the trailer: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...

🎬 NEW VIDEO 🎬 2 days ago I did what I thought was unachievable to me in life after my stroke - I ran the Great Manchester 10k - this is my story youtu.be/EDmN201_bDs

I Photoshop Neel into things… Day 281 #StarWars