drones are jetskis for nerds.

Soon you can have your sushi delivered by the same drones that shot toddlers in the head while they were scraping spilled flour off the ground

me catching a bus in any foreign country: i am basically a local now.

old enough to remember when "please clap" was a career-ending moment for a politician

run out of those tiny little shampoo bottles so time to go travelling again.

chemistry, you fucken snitch.

if i had a dollar every time a government planned to transform parramatta road i could probably buy several kilos of beads from one of those weird little bead shops on parramatta road. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

the sounds of stretching cotton and groans you hear in sydney's inner west right now is from a bunch of middle aged punters seeing if they can still fit into their 90s band tees for the drop city gig tonight.

I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

saw phillip ruddock on the street the other day, and it reminded me of the fantasy cabinet @nickevershed.bsky.social and i made almost 10 years ago for the guardian, where this was his selection: x.com/philipruddoc...

the bloke that i assume was trying to do an australian accent in 'Honey Don't!' confirms my belief that caleb landry jones is the only seppo who should be allowed to.

preparing for a wave of thinkpieces along the lines of "is bombing the people you're negotiating for peace with, in the country that's hosting the talks, bad? hard to say"

what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.

Slightly diminish a book Off-white Teeth

the scale of this is bonkers. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

my game of life vs scissors, paper, stone mashup thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/scissors-pap...

i hate vodafone (australia) like i hate putting on wet swimmers i hate vodafone (australia) like i hate those who dont use headphones on public transport i hate vodafone (australia) like i hate those who talk during films i hate vodafone (australia) like i hate those who dont pick up after their dog

Australian first home buyers using this one weird trick to get ahead www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

if your interests include australian animals, and messing with AI image recognition training data, these are the tshirts for you. lonelykidsclub.com/collections/...

this review i once gave of a local cat is still probably the thing i've done online that the most people have seen.

#155 Dumpling Bar Restaurant on Kent 167 Kent St Millers Point, NSW went here after the 2025 anti-genocide march over the bridge *** thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/laksa-a-love...

collateral murder redux, though this time the footage is released by the president, rather than wikileaks. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Narrator: He was not, in fact, on a roll on LinkedIn.

i feel that the world would be a much squeakier place without WD-40

same vibe.

Red lines. My @smh cartoon.

shortsighted people (like me) should not buy glasses with clear frames (like i have) 'cos when they put them down (like i just did) they're quite hard to find again.

Israel trying to decide whether to bomb a hospital or murder more journalists

moving into a small apartment is a gateway drug to endlessly watching www.youtube.com/nevertoosmall

a rare refutation of betteridge's law. www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

Why would anyone want to get relations ‘back on track’ with a nation committing genocide? www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

i was today years old when i learnt that not only does the little streetview icon on google maps have a name, but his name is, er, 'pegman'

nice provocation you have there. it would be shame if no-one responded to it in order to foster an ongoing discussion on the topic.

putting on warm socks fresh from the dryer on a cold day like the good lord intended.

microsoft could barely make a browser, why would i trust them with AI.

just saw don walker in line at the kings cross post office, which (sort of) sounds like a line from a don walker song.

only just noticed that the tiles at the entrance to our apartment building have a mistake so now we have to move.

RIP david stratton. top bloke, 5 stars.

BLT: Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato BLAT: Bacon, Lettuce, Avocado, Tomato BLAST: Bacon, Lettuce, Avocado, Sadness, Tomato BLASTE: Bacon, Lettuce, Avocado, Sadness, Tomato, Egg

slightly diminsh a band: Mother-of-pearl Jam

the best ship is friendship.

have just moved to a new place in the cross so gonna watch 'two hands' (1999) tonight and see how many of the places shown still exist.

the fact that the systematic slaughter of unarmed people seeking food has barely raised more than a stern frown from the australian government is a fucking outrage. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

BREAKING: One of the most important and prominent reporters on the ground in Gaza has been Anas Al Sharif. He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza. Speechless.

if people wanna stop using capital letters that would be great otherwise in exactly 180 days i will lose the drunken bet i made almost 20 years ago. thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/the-bet/