A great ABC show on Sydney YIMBY. A clear and accessible explanation of what the YIMBYs are about. youtu.be/TS5HuijPvho?...

Now that the divorce is official, who gets New Corp?

This is ludicrous. It would render all the strict constraints Congress placed on the exercise of this extraordinary statutory power meaningless if no court can decide whether they're satisfied. If the president says the ACLU and the Democratic Party are foreign armies, then I guess they are.

I feel like every lie this guy tells could be its own two-hour Maintenance Phase episode.

genuine laugh out loud upon seeing this as the best they have for trumps accomplishments. say what you will about biden but he actually passed some decent shit lol

If someone wants to make #teamNagi shirts, I’ll take ten.

I am at work in the city today. Was going to vote at lunch, as I’ll be away on Election Day. Despite almost every other Sydney seat being represented, none of the polling places in the CBD have voting for Hume.

2. We also found #Dutton family made millions in private childcare business dealings w family & associates of controversial ABC Learning entrepreneur Eddy Groves. The last deal between the families signed day before the last election. 10 days later, Mr Dutton became Opposition Leader. #auspol

BREAKING THREAD: 1. Cost of living’s at forefront of #auspol election, so 4 Corners did deep dive into the PM & Opposition Leader’s finances. Analysing complicated document maze, we found Peter Dutton failed to declare to parliament he was beneficiary of family trust. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

This is brilliant. Should be required reading for anyone who wants to have an opinion on energy policy.

Given the literal definition of deportation is removing a foreigner or noncitizen from the country, we - journalists, media orgs - should probably all stop referring to the ‘deportation’ of a 2 year old US citizen. It’s NOT a deportation. I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?

No lie detected.

Nauseated and ashamed.

Why are we trying to preserve every celebrity's childhood home when we could build more housing for people who need it? Keen to understand why people are losing their minds over an old house.

Helping to run Find A Bed is one of the most rewarding things I have ever done, but it was also deeply traumatic. Feeling pretty sensitive seeing the LA coverage, and feeling for all the people directly affected, and the many people who will love and support them. It’s a long road. Go gently.

So it turns out when you check the figures, no, traffic controllers aren't all earning $200k a year at all www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...

Unlike you, I get my news from a reliable source

Yeah, the story here isn’t that a state court proceeding is being allowed to continue normally, it’s that there are four Supreme Court justices prepared to shamelessly rubber stamp any demand Trump makes.

It’s such a telling difference between Australia and the US that they rely on private non-profits to fund this, while our version (at least in NSW) which I believe has been around a lot longer, is government developed and operated.

As proof that any idiot could see right through this but somehow the EFF couldn’t, this idiot certainly did… bsky.app/profile/rese...

My own opinion is that it's good to signal (through words and/or actions) the virtues that you value; that's one of the most important parts of maintaining a healthy community.

low-key one of the most insidious dumb guy beliefs of the last few decades to gain widespread purchase has been this notion that demonstrating pro-social behavior in the hope that others would notice and mirror it, one of the fucking building blocks of any kind of society, is somehow ‘fake’.

Trump's vile rants about the LA wildfires remind us that the MAGA project is all about degrading public life and denying our common humanity at every opportunity. On the pod, historian Nicole Hemmer is brilliant in tracing the deeper roots of this on the right: newrepublic.com/article/1900...

A few folks have asked about the best way to buy a book, and it's either an ebook or directly from the publisher. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/733925...

Also, I don't blame our loss on "DEI firefighters" or space lasers or antifa or Gavin Newsom or wokeness not allowing forest floors to be raked. There's no cartoon villain here. This was a catastrophic wind storm that caused bone dry vegetation to ignite. It's climate change.

They weren't even like, "As historians, we demand that our voices be heard repudiating the oppressive logics of settler colonialism," they were like, it was wrong to blow up all the universities and the universities need to be rebuilt

Elon Musk: Why isn’t there enough water in California? Grok (burning through an entire lake to generate an answer): Wokeness

Easy to believe wet sand can stop a wildfire since we know it can stop a Cybertruck

LA fires are a good reminder that the only difference between me and any refugee is luck.

Today’s headdesk: Nat Barr says people are “too afraid they’ll be cancelled” if they say that the Indigenous flag shouldn’t be shown with the national flag…yet she said as much on her nationally broadcast breakfast show and nobody has cancelled her. Maybe it’s just bullshit dog whistling?

Reform is a party by and for men born in 1967 who believe they were personally gassed at the Somme.

Counterpoint: Do

A call out for some pre-Christmas generosity. Wahroonga Aboriginal, Corporation support young Aboriginal people experiencing homelessness. They are in need of toiletries for men – support for women is generally available to share the dignity. Here’s a link: www.amazon.com.au/hz/wishlist/...

Pretty clear signal of how damning that Ethics report is.

For those of you that might have known Geordie Guy (GordyPls from Xitter), he died very suddenly this year and it was very sad. To honour him you can lean into all your best festive feelings & post images/fun with the hashtag #AVeryGordyChristmas. I'll be starting very unapologetically shortly.

If you find yourself wondering if a new book will solve all your problems today, the answer is yes

I think we're at the point where those who insist Simon really is some sort of backroom Svengali need to produce proof of their assertions

Me: innocently googles to try to find out when The NY Times notable books list comes out for the year. Google: would you like some misogyny with that?

Let’s catch up! What’s the most consequential thing that’s happened to you in the last year? How did it change you?

I feel like a cervical screening should be free but here we are

Whenever I see this, I think Joe is just wandering off into the forest. In two years, people will find him being cared for by a snuggle of sloths. He will never have been happier.

The Philippines have now been hit by four typhoons in the span of just 10 days. Can't say I recall ever seeing this before.

I live in a proper dogbox of an apartment. If I had to pay for a 50sqm, well-lit unit, I probably couldn't afford to live where I do. We should let more people like me make this decision. Banning economy class doesn't mean everyone gets to fly business. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A great defence of the "dogbox" from @dbecon.bsky.social in @guardianaustralia.bsky.social today I'm happy to pay a premium now for modcons, but having spent most of my adult life living either in boarding houses (now mostly illegal to build) or mould-ridden sharehouses, a basic apartment is better