The BoM website is a scandal - a perfect example of incompetent public service and possibly fraudulent consulting; no concept of value for money because government work comes with a blank cheque. #auspol

by far the most efficient way of boosting gender diversity in maths is paying boys to identify as "gender-diverse"

fun times on the cardano blockchains yesterday. blockchainS plural

You gotta see Arizona State's Marley Washenitz hit a desperation three to beat the shot clock, it would also be the winning basket

what the actual fuck www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

US and Colombia set to destroy Gorgona marine park #environment www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

REPORTER TO ZOHRAN MAMDANI: "Are you affirming you think President Trump is a FASCIST?" MAMDANI: "I've-" PRESIDENT TRUMP (smiling): "-that's OK. You can just say YES. It's easier than explaining it, I don't mind." *Pats Mamdani on the back*

the penny drops. now we know what was behind it all: gambling money www.afr.com/politics/fed...

"ceasefire attack" is certainly a name for a thing

I seriously cannot get over how stupid it is to be cutting back on research right now #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...

BREAKING NEWS | New Zealand will ban new prescriptions of puberty blockers for gender-distressed young people. NZ Health Minister Simeon Brown cites a 2024 evidence brief showing the lack of high-quality evidence for this use of puberty suppression drugs HT: @bernardlane.bsky.social on X

you're goddamn right i just bought Split Enz tickets

@albomp.bsky.social, this is absurd. Every dollar spent on research pays back more, why are we being so short sighted? #CancelAUKUS #AusPol

years ago, Watterson cost me a relationship. girl I was seeing and really pretty into was down and I sent her a C&H book as a gift. she rang me and was all, IDGI why did you send me a kids cartoon, is this supposed to be funny. i knew we were doomed.

We are a stupid country! Led by fools with short term agendas and far too few brain cells. I could cry. ##auspol #science #innovation www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

why is it so hard to find a Burt Bacharach hits album on Apple Music

grok please translate this to english

not all heroes wear capes

The English Blackball Pool Federation, has successfully defended the claim brought against it by the transgender player Harriet Haynes. The court concluded that pool is a ‘gender-affected activity’ and that excluding males from the female category is necessary to secure fair competition.

pronouns matter

Great post about Kagi News: "Helps you stay informed without clickbait or wasted time. I've been using it for several days now, and I couldn't be happier. Give it a try, you'll like it." melvinsalas.com/real-informa...

A magazine asked Ursula to write about a book that changed her life. "A book? One book?" she wrote on her blog. You can read the whole post here: www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/100-a-b...

Noah, get the boat

TIL that you can buy a French château for the price of a cookie-cutter bungalow in Adelaide's southern suburbs

azhdarchid.com/against-metr... I really do hate the term 'metroidbrania'. I think so do many of you. Let's nip it in the bud before it becomes something people are financially invested in.

The Dropkick Murphys went to Ukraine and recorded a song in Ukrainian ! #uspol #cdnpoli #ukpol #auspol youtu.be/RXT8AbVzDHI?...

"Coster by all accounts is a decent man with a good moral compass, but he seems to have been so nice, so trusting, he couldn’t see the scandal unfolding before his eyes..." archive.is/W8Cpl Wtf? Why is the NZH telling me how to feel about a corrupt cop who covered for a sexual predator? #nzpol

ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy

At least Nico won't just be remembered for his terrible decision as a Nike executive to drive away the young rookie Steph Curry

The difference in time between now and I can has cheezburger Is the same between I can has Cheezburger and the Berlin Wall falling

this is literally never not accurate

Gawd, Albo is just shrinking day by day isn't he.

JJ Redick says that LeBron James will practice today with the South Bay Lakers

It is cringingly embarrassing that the imagery chosen by The Times to embody "men cheating in women's sport" is a balding out-of-shape middle-aged man wearing the silver fern, a rich old white guy who took the Olympic spot of a young brown Pasifika woman to be there.

Brilliant news. All men to be banned from women's olympic sports. The gross sexism of Aotearoa New Zealand featuring prominently in the header image. www.thetimes.com/article/b168...

Did ChatGPT tell the Democratic Party to kill itself??

How America Left Their Own to Die in the '73 Chilean Coup (w/ John Dinges) | The Chris Hedges Report open.substack.com/pub/chrished...

She loves it when a plan comes together

NGL, thought about the Roman Empire even more than usual tonight

Just saying, Nancy was part of the Washington scene for a long time

The most BBC story of the day... so far www.bbc.com/news/article...

Tihei mauri ora!

Can't blame the Jews, so not newsworthy

Maybe Huang just wants the US govt to give lots of money to Allen Iverson

The 3 top stories in the Sydney Morning Herald right now, can't help wondering if there's anything that connects them