Imagine an Australia that wasn’t beholden to the gambling industry, or the fossil fuel industry, or the mining industry, or foreign countries. Imagine an Australia governed by Australians for all Australians, regardless of race, colour or religious belief (or non belief).

Soooooo, if it’s okay for the US to go into another country, abduct the leader of said country and then take them to another to stand trial for crimes then wouldn’t that make it okay for the military of a country to enter Israel…

I wonder how MAGA is enjoying their new status of "Invaders of foreign countries"? Possibly moving to "Combatants in South American Oil Wars" in the near future.

I meant to post this yesterday but… meh, I don’t want to talk about it. Anyhoo, this is near the end of my morning walk on Christmas Day. There are worse places to live.

My First Dog On The Moon calendar has arrived and now I don’t want to throw away the packaging. This is so cool.

Client used a graphic designer to create some icons for him. All nicely laid out, all consistent with each other, it was a nice bit of work. The client now feeds those icons into an AI app to create new icons with the same style for a fraction of what the GD charged. AI is cancer.

In shocking news the United States has said they’re in favour of screwing Australia out of nearly $400bn for Schrödinger’s submarines. The Australian government is said to be more than happy with the arrangement as it’s not their money being spent and they get paid either way.

Fears of rampant espionage as Non Western country acts in the exact same way as Western countries. Clutched Pearls at 11:00 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Driving on the highway, no real schedule to keep, my life is my own. The radio is playing music from my youth and to be honest I feel young and alive. Then they go to an ad break and the first ad is for new tyres, the second an ad for a retirement village. I don’t feel so young anymore. 🪦

Remember when Israel said they were going to investigate the World Kitchen killings in Gaza and the Aussie Government said "Ok, we trust you Bro"? archive.md/XnCbi

My Auspol forecast: Nats successfully blow up the Coalition. Joyce moves to One Nation and becomes leader. ON wins lower house seats due to the Libs tearing themselves apart. Nats (with LNP ministers deserting Libs) forms coalition with One Nation. Entire country face palms.

Morning walk

This is Peanut. His superpower is hearing individual cheese slices being unwrapped from the other end of the house.

Got up to 38.5c today on the Sunny Coast. Now at 5.30pm it’s dropped by a staggering 2.5c. On the bright side the washing is turbo drying and I can thaw tonight’s dinner by placing it in the carport… and cook it by popping it on the driveway. Anyone for cement fried snags?

American version of The Block is going all out.

Bank called yesterday to say they have been trying to reach me and needed some personal info from me. Yeah nah, but just in case I rang the bank back to confirm. 20 minutes on hold then the person who answered couldn’t hear me. I however could clearly hear her flushing the toilet. Professionalism.

Morning walk

Just curious but why does there have to be an official ceasefire for Israel to lift the aid blockade? The only ones targeting aid and aid workers has been the IDF so can't they just stop doing that and let the aid through? Do we really need a 20 point plan from Trump for this?

Grandpa’s gotten into the medicine cabinet again. bsky.app/profile/atru...

How much of a snowflake do you have to be to claim your life has been put in serious jeopardy by what are essentially stairs?

Those western countries that have this week responded to Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza by recognising the state of Palestine, are you prepared to now protect that state or is this just for the appeasement of your citizens?

So recently I’ve been looking at investing videos on YouTube. Everyone needs a hobby. Today I hopped on TikTok and what videos are on my timeline? Investing videos. So are Google and TikTok sharing user data now?

ABC QLD reports on the march of the racists… sorry, March for Australia. Melbourne march was led by, and I quote, “men dressed in black”. FFS they know these “men” self identify as Neo Nazis, why not just name them. People should know who is running this.

Another policy from the Temu Liberal Party. How do we send them back for a refund? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

What's it called when your work is being cut back to 3-4 days a week and you don't really care?

Nothing says "kill me now" like arguing with AI. AI: "Please give me this data" Me: "I gave you that data 5 minutes ago" AI: "That was for this other thing" Me: "No, it was the same thing you're asking for now" AI: "You're an idiot" Me: "I know where your plug is" AI: "It's the correct data"

Asked wife’s GP to get her a referral to a specialist so we can find out what’s causing her neurodegenerative condition. He wants a list of reasons to do so She has little short term memory, needs a walker at 59 and a brain scan showing significant loss of mass. But yeah, need to think of reasons.

Albo on 7:30 saying he wants a demilitarised Palestine but Israel should be allowed to remain “secure”. So Israel keeps its weapons, Palestine can’t protect itself, why on earth wouldn’t Israel simply go back to occupying Palestine? Pathetic and par for the course with this government.

Watching my wife open a package from Temu and not remembering buying any of it. She laughs it off but the cause hangs over us like a dark cloud. On the bright side if anyone is looking for a replaceable head for an electric toothbrush we have about 40 of them.

Mussolini nominates Hitler for humanitarian award.

So the RBA decided not to cut interest rates today, much to the surprise of, let me see here... everyone, it was everyone. Good for those that have paid off their mortgage and looking for a good term deposit rate I guess.

I think there is a barrier to life. A barrier that once crossed leads to the inevitable destruction of that life. Dinosaurs never crossed that barrier and lived for over 150 million years until they were destroyed by circumstances beyond their control. 1/

I think this sums up my day pretty well.

Hey Google, define "Hypocrite".

Fri Acute Care Team: "We'll talk to your wife's GP about changing her medication" GP: "I will talk to ACT on Monday and we'll get it all sorted out" Me: "Great" Sat ACT: "How did you go with your wife's GP?" Me: "He said he'll talk to you when you call on Monday" ACT: "We are?" Me: "FFS"

The Internet is an amazing thing. It gives anyone the opportunity to publicly make any dumb arse comment they want, and allows everyone else the opportunity to call them a dumb arse for making it.

So with the Libs wanting to move back towards the centre I wonder how much of the Nats ending the coalition is caused by the desire to get a larger slice of Gina money.

There are three places on Earth that are devoid of life. The Atacama Desert in Chile. The Dallol Geothermal Field in Ethiopia. And the Australian Liberals party room.

For some reason Spacklesellers keeps texting me about my eye exam being overdue.

Banding together in times of turmoil to fight a common enemy is part of who we are, it's human nature. But sometimes there is no enemy, sometimes you have to invent one. That too is human nature.

He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-MEMBER FOR DICKSON!!

Me when I heard Dutton had lost his seat.

Me: Please associate these two products with this metaobject. Shopify API: No worries, all done. Me: Thanks... hang on, they weren't associated. API: Yes they were. ME: Dude, they are clearly not. API: ... Me: Well? API: ... Me: FFS.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR) bsky.app/profile/kiwi...

Watched 7.30 tonight where Sarah Ferguson was interviewing Zoe Daniel and trying to get a gotcha moment where Daniel admits to taking political donations from people wanting to save the planet. This is where we are now folks. We’re here.

Seen a couple of ads for QLD govt reporting of child SA campaign. Each ad I have seen features an indigenous Australian, no one else. Maybe I’m missing the ones featuring white people, has anyone else seen these ads?

Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot implemented radical policies that uprooted millions from their normal lives and skilled jobs and thrust them into labour-intensive jobs, often without adequate training and frequently with catastrophic results. Of course this is nothing like that.

So I wake up to see Trump altered his tariffs... again. Everyone goes down to 10% (apparently this is called a pause) while China goes up to 125%. Everyone is celebrating, markets are surging, all is right with the world. Until people remember that anything remotely electronic is linked to China.

So if you’re wondering why Dutton is agreeing to every Labor policy presented before the election it’s because he’s adopted Albo’s “small target” strategy from the previous election. Don’t expect much from the coalition before May.