this is absolutely not ok. And the police spokesperson dismissing genuine concerns with the old “If you aren’t carrying a weapon, you don’t have anything to worry about” shows how little they regard human rights. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Wordle 1,604 4/6* Under the circumstances, I think 4 is pretty good ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

So these “rare earths” we’re gonna be digging out of Australia belong to all of us, right? Sounds like it might be lucrative. Wonder if there’s any taxation plan to benefit from our good fortune? Or does Gina keep it all?

The publishing of my weekly podcast has been haphazard of late, and I apologise. But the good news is that you get last week’s episode today and you only have to wait 24hours for the next one! And they’re both crackers! podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

This is exactly how i feel — I love my em dashes! www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

They haven’t even dragged the air stairs over, but sure, stand aggressively in the aisle

You should probably all listen to this week’s episode of The Saturday Quiz podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

Hey @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social my kid demanded to dress as Beverly the Sourdough Starter for book week

The Saturday Quiz is back this week (sorry for the unplanned hiatus) with a delightfully meandering episode. Whats the opposite of a lightning round? podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

Today’s NYT Connections Green category has one word that absolutely has never been used in that context.

Right, so the cops are dropping the charge that they weren’t authorised to use at the peaceful protest they shouldn’t have been at which they turned violent, resulting in serious injury and probable loss of sight. But we don’t need to worry about the right to protest

The hardest thing about cattle rustling in the modern age is learning to tie a teeny tiny lasso to catch the sperm! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... I mean… it’s hard to know where to begin with what’s happening, but First Dog on the Moon has a knack for crystallising the point

heartwarming video of man who just received cochlear implant hearing the video of the lady who fell and hurt herself stomping grapes on the news for the first time

Ugh. James Paterson on ABC Insiders just making shit up. Has exactly the same “I’m being completely reasonable and everyone else is wrong” demeanour as Scott Morrison used to have.

Two things we can agree on: ice cream is the best. Don’t starve children to death www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Stop using AI to create art. You’re destroying the planet to make what will only ever be slop www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/13/audible-unveils-plans-to-use-ai-voices-to-narrate-audiobooks?CMP=share_btn_url

Audible’s AI will be nothing but slop. Translator Frank Wynne said “No one pretends to use AI for translation, audiobooks, or writing because they are better; the only excuse is that they are cheaper. Which is only true if you ignore the vast processing power even the simplest AI request requires.”

Connections Puzzle #703 🟩🟪🟨🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I admit it. I fell for the Keanu trap

If the Exclusive Brethren are so desperate to influence politics, why don’t they just let themselves vote?

Unsurprising, but no less shocking to hear Rhodes Scholar and former PM Tony Abbott glorify the colonisation of Jan 26, 1788 as a day “the rule of law, notions of freedom & equality, came to a country that didn’t have anything like the same thing” First fleet didn’t like Welcome to Country either

Pause a moment to remember that on Friday, Dutton rightfully condemned the neo-nazi who booed a Welcome to Country at an Anzac service. By Monday, he was essentially saying “the guy’s got a point”

The whole exclusive brethren thing is so insidious, but then you read this: “A number of the men have been photographed at polling booths wearing shorts despite Brethren doctrine that “God takes no pleasure in the legs of a man”

If you can’t join the dots between the leader of the Nationals celebrating the defeat of the Voice referendum, and the booing of the Anzac Day Welcome to Country…

'Jorly horky sticks, I'm a working class normal'. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Haven’t posted one of these in a while. But look at that! Wordle 1,388 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

A couple of very brainy guys on this episode of The Saturday Quiz. George and Pierre were an absolute delight to have on the show. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

Little glimmer of good news amongst the shit. When WB shelved a completed movie to earn a tax write off, my blood boiled. Can’t wait to see this www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ap...

The cop who was found guilty of manslaughter for tasering a frail 95 year old woman 3 minutes after he was called to the scene, just got sentenced to bugger all. What a joke

Honestly, all the photos of Dyson Heydon look like he's being played by a Hollywood A-lister in some turgid Oscar bait. Like they're just too obviously sex pest. www.theage.com.au/national/a-k...

It’s a double episode weekend for The Saturday Quiz - and effectively a battle of the generations. Listen to both now! podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

I’ll say this about Adelaide, it knows how to be really fucking hot

My dog didn’t know that getting tangled in all those cables from my computer would disconnect those external hard drives and delete all that work. So I can’t be mad at her. Still annoying though.

Wake up babe, the new coals to Newcastle just dropped

And we are back! Season 6 @johnnyjohnleary.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/5D9t...

There is some truly awful stuff going on in the world right now, so I’m making my podcast again as a place of escape for a little while. Episode 1 of season six is a delight. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

Somehow not a @thebetootaadvocate.bsky.social post.

Well, der. Robodebt is precisely the kind of thing the Nacc was created to investigate. The original decision NOT TO was always bonkers! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Spectacular effort by Creative Australia to head off a prolonged and divisive debate about the role of politics in art by generating a prolonged and divisive debate about political interference in our arts organisations.

If you listen to my podcast - The Saturday Quiz - or even if you don't, I'd really appreciate you taking this audience survey so I can deliver more of the stuff you like and less of the stuff you don't. bit.ly/thesaturdayq...

Why Creative Australia look at what’s going on with Antoinette Lattouf and think “we want some of that”?

In my youth, Leila Hayes was a fantastic drama teacher. Vale to one of the most influential people on the course of my life tvtonight.com.au/2025/01/vale...

Mate, we’re all exhausted www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Ending the year strong: just cleaned out the filters on my vacuum cleaner

Is it just me, or has the Ticketek site shat itself?

Gee whiz, I know Labuschagne isn’t the tallest guy in the team, but umpire’s call for lbw when it hits the thigh pad is pretty tough #AUSvIND

My favourite time of the year - editing this chaos down to an hour long final episode podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

This is some spectacularly unlucky timing by the guy hefting a body into the boot of his car www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

The most annoying part of today’s NYT connections puzzle is that I knew what all the categories were, but when there is more than one thing in a picture, and the thing itself has multiple names, how am I supposed to know which word the tiny arrow is pointing to? (I’m looking at you, fudge)