why doesn’t build a ballot dot org, which i have found to be a helpful tool broadly speaking, not have a ‘but not fascists’ filter button

Anna "colleague" Chang with the great ideas!!

hah! i am ‘colleague’ in @grogsgamut.bsky.social latest guardian op-ed which shows if you’re saving to buy a house (w no other help), house prices rise so fast that you’re basically fucked bc you’ll never ever get there 🙃 what a time to be alive! #auspol www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

Emissions are supposed to be going down 5% per year. Instead they are going UP under Labor. And that’s not even counting our massive fossil fuel exports. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

This is not the "V for Vendetta" Alan Moore wrote, but it is the one we deserve.

“Giddy up jingle horse” is actually such an insulting thing to say to a reindeer

Massive away win for the little fella.

my friends and i are doing a pocky advent calendar this year, let’s goooo DAY 1 (posted a day late soz, yesterday was busy, okay ?) classic pocky

Preorders end this weekend! Get your copy and read up on big ideas from @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social, @grogsgamut.bsky.social, @emmashortis.bsky.social and many more. With thanks to my co-editor @annachang.bsky.social who made this possible www.australiainstitute.org.au/store

#BREAKING 🚨 The International Criminal Court has just issued an arrest warrant against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes and crimes against humanity Arrest warrants have also been issued against ex-Israeli defence secretary Yoav Gallant and Hamas leader Mohammed Deif (who may be dead)

FFS! The sacking of Sarah Macdonald from ABC Sydney is beyond stupid. I held that same shift on "Mornings" before Sarah and, on listening, wish I was half the broadcaster she is. With Richard Glover & Robbie Buck leaving too - the station is losing its DNA. Good luck in the ratings!!

great pick ! linton besser new media watch host www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...

“Why do so many of the old men of radio at the ABC seem to stay, and stay, and stay … but its blazingly capable, whip smart women are sidelined?” good question! glad fran is back, but feels like same thing happened at ABC CBR that is happening at ABC Radio Syd www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...

Self-driving cars were found to be safer than human-driven cars except under certain scenarios, such as *checks notes* going to places, at times

im on every app. im in your city, in your neighborhood. the sales associate who handed you a large when you asked for a medium? that was me. i am now behind you.

Anytime Elon Musk posts something like this I just imagine what I’d do with 300 billion dollars. I don’t think I’d ever glance at the internet again if I had 300 billion dollars, let alone post whatever this is

Congratulations @cathywilcox.bsky.social for picking up the Walkley for Cartoon Of The Year ♥️♥️♥️

can’t remember who I recognize from twitter (positive) and who I recognize from twitter (negative)

Pertinent advice

Love this on the unjust French supremacy of eggs. My other egg question is, why do so many people act like the Maillard reaction is no longer delicious when it happens to eggs? Give me those lacy edges and butter-browned spots! tastecooking.com/escape-from-...

Okay the menswear guy is on here there is literally not a single reason left to be on the hellsite

2012: “join Twitter? just so I can learn what some moron had for lunch?” 2024: “I’ve joined Bluesky to follow the ‘Good Lunch’ Feed. People post their lunch and others reply good lunch when it’s a good lunch”

n e v e r f o r g e t

can confirm

I can’t upload the video but the glorious @amyremeikis.bsky.social is now with @theausinstitute.bsky.social youtu.be/2znsYJ8xcvc?...

www.theguardian.com/technology/2... “It’s become a refuge for people who want to have the kind of social media experience that Twitter used to provide, but without all the far-right activism, the misinformation, the hate speech, the bots and everything else”

HAWTHORN ARE PLAYING IN CANBERRA NEXT YEAR !! 🫨🫨🫨

is this where we find out optus doesn’t sell us phone coverage, but rather, ‘a bundle of rights’ ?

"This song changed my life. I can only hope that now it might help, in some small way, to change the lives of our First Nations Peoples for the better." John Farnham being a legend for YES themusic.com.au/news/john-fa...

yet again @rachelwithers.bsky.social doesn’t miss 🎯 www.themonthly.com.au/the-politics...

not sure how spotify managed to make their podcast interface worse, but congratulations

fake spring ! 🥰

Jane Hume calling a Voice to Parliament “throwing grit into the wheels of government” is an absolute disgrace — Indigenous Australians aren’t dirt

unfortunately the dune movie fired me as music supervisor. villeneuve rejected my vision of gradually making “sandstorm” by darude louder and louder

welcome to bluesky! here are some ground rules we all follow: * no joke-y death threats. you have to follow through * you can sell prescription pills to one another but only on "whacked out wednesday" * if you're a lawyer you have to start every post regardless of subject with "as a lawyer,"

visiting IKEA is banned tomorrow 🙅🏻‍♀️

awesome, can they be paid properly now please? https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/16/womens-world-cup-2023-matildas-brand-value-marketing?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

A+ headline: NORMAL WEDNESDAY IS CANCELLED https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/15/wave-of-events-cancelled-as-australia-clears-the-decks-to-watch-matildas-semi-final

tomorrow we find out if we love Spain or hate Spain

all the reporting about other sports moving their games to “support” or “accommodate” the Matildas. No — they are trying to avoid clashing with the biggest sports event in Australia.