ah, fuck.

watched this last night, where i learnt, amongst other things, that i've been pronouncing 'lackadaisical' incorrectly (for some reason i'd been adding a random 's' to the second syllable and saying 'lack-sa-days-ical'...) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui1u...

the best ship is friendship.

'Democracy brides' (and grooms) www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

The sycophancy. The nonsense.

please..

if kids aren't taught cursive a whole generation will grow up thinking that the beer is called 'Cooherj"

oh cool, i found the book the abc tv series was based on.

Death Sentences // Updated for Linda Davis

paddington, nsw: rude residents, polite junkies.

just came across one i hadn't heard before: retronym thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/know-yer-nyms/

they say never meet your heroes, and i feel there's an element of truth in this, as when i finally saw the montague street bridge, which i have long admired for the havoc it routinely wreaks on the truck drivers of melbourne's south, i was rather underwhelmed by it in person.

Here is my cartoon about Mr Jon Kudelka www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

i just leant that moonee ponds is a real place.

this is all on you albo.

when yer in a pub and the bar staff say "nah, don't worry about him, he's not doing any harm" and yer not sure if they're talking about the pissed bloke slumped in the corner or the giant spider on the wall.

@canary @coalmine

The CFP for #AusSTS2026 is now live! This year’s theme is ‘Antipodean Interruptions’. We invite submissions for presentations, written workshop papers, meet-ups, and Making and Doing sessions. Deadline is Friday 3 April (11:59pm NZST). Full details on our ✨NEW WEBSITE✨ aussts.org/aussts2026

browser extension that automatically corrects the director's name to 'Bong Joon Ho' if the text misattributes the film(s) to 'Park Chan-wook' instead (and vice versa).

getting my sign ready for Herzog's visit.

if you only watch one doco about an immigrant who sometimes wears hats this month, make it this one. iview.abc.net.au/show/but-als...

getting my sign ready for Herzog's visit.

If a dog pisses on a Trump sticker in the Cross and there's not a webpage about it does it even count? thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/piss-trump/

The Read Them Sideways podcast is back from summer hiatus! Our first episode of 2026 welcomes Ehsan Dehghan and Pardis Yarahmadi to discuss the ongoing Iranian digital blackout, its implications, and how digital activism can assist. An important listen for your Monday!

the modern world needs a word for the gentle cool breeze you get when you walk past the open doors of an airconditioned place on a hot day.

Come to MacGuffin's! For all your narrative needs.

if AI was any good it would tell me how heavy my carry-on bag is, so jetstar won't charge me extra.

ah, soda water and cottee's fruit cup: the povvo (orange) san pelly g.

every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar

just looked down and realised that - from thongs to tshirt, via undies - i'm once again

The Invasion Day rally in Boorloo/Perth was targeted and attacked with an explosive device. The silence from the right has been deafening. The same politicians who have spent the last month politicising violence are now nowhere to be found.

can't help it.

my own private idaho (1991), but only the title cards.

a mate sent me a pic from japan, where they put small torii in places to stop people pissing, which inspired me to sort of do the inverse: put small photos of trump around my neighbourhood where i know dogs piss every morning.

just realised it's been 10 years since i started mapping all the chicken laksas i've had.

word clouds are the comic sans of datavis

a mate sent me a pic from japan, where they put small torii in places to stop people pissing, which inspired me to sort of do the inverse: put small photos of trump around my neighbourhood where i know dogs piss every morning.

I Am Not a Number (2024) www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-...

"It doesn't help that a lot of the pastors... often actually are soliciting donations and selling things" www.wired.com/story/ai-dee...

I did not care for "The Brutalist". Didn't like it. Did not - couldn't get into it. It insists upon itself.

the new corona six-pack reminds me of this

hey Victorian renters! if you've used 'RentTech' (think online application platforms, rent payment apps, property management portals), please spend ~5 minutes to share your experience in this survey to contribute to important @cprc-research.bsky.social research: cprc.limesurvey.net/594888?lang=en

made this last night (right before plugging in an old fan which tripped the power for the entire apartment...) thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/wylies-baths/

made this last night (right before plugging in an old fan which tripped the power for the entire apartment...) thepeoplesrepublicofcouch.org/wylies-baths/

I can't wait to watch The Brutalist, which seems to be a 3.5-hour reminder that Wes Anderson isn't the only director who can make Adrien Brody smoke A Lot Of Cigarettes.

measuring the heat of the day by the number of zooper doopers consumed. today is a 2 (so far)

the ron mueck exhibition is yet more proof that i will happily part with money to view realistic, slightly larger or smaller versions of things. www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/exh...

the nice thing about being a completionist is that the world can be going to shit, but you finally finish that jar of pickles in the fridge and get a wee little dopamine hit.