Poorline and Barnabus on the telly eating a Family Court Dad Meal Deal cooked in an office kitchenette is somehow the Platonic form of our media-political culture: vile idiots doing dumb things given publicity about nothing.

Amen. 😑

One of the main problems is “googling it” is becoming near impossible

Am hearing word that this Starc bloke is quite handy with the ball #Ashes

The boyfriend of a friend of my son's has spent several weeks in a psych ward due to Chat GPT induced psychosis. He isn't suicidal but AI encouraged him down a toxic and paranoid wormhole until he became completely delusional. Evil stuff.

This is a good point. (No snark.) I'm sure this SCOTUS sneers at Trump in private, but the conservative majority is trying to bank power for a better version of a right-winger.

Sorry but this is fake news, Wyatt's got this

Cuomo could still win the election for NYC mayor if only Mike Pence has the courage.

Defender of Western Civilisation and literature professor can’t even spell “seize” SMDH

We’d all be better off if we just had more @unitedworkers.org.au cleaners with a collective bargaining agreement and good jobs. This is not hard.

There's a vicious war on the right. Please join me in praying for our ally, sepsis.

*interview with the vampire* And so, where do you see yourself in the next 500 years?

In the last few days, the Times has had to delete two stories. One because someone pretended to be former Mayor Bill de Blasio to a reporter and one because they wrote up nonsense about Torsten Bell's expenses. Needs a new editor badly.

Barnaby Joyce Division, this anything?

It is truly shite.

A baby magpie watching the storm rolling in from the west. #Melbourne #Australia #birds

Doesn't seem to have occurred to everyone yet that the US Congress may never reconvene.

Jane Austen's 250th birthday is coming up in December and I hope you'll celebrate by taking a turn about the room, acquiring a passion for dead leaves & closet shelves, and taking a fancy to the last person you could ever be prevailed upon to marry.

You absolute mugs

Lol, hard for young 'uns to understand maybe but post-war, "anti-Nazi" was as close to a universal view as you might ever see. It's why so many are STILL in denial about what Donny is doing. It feels impossible.

people playing music/videos on their phone speakers in public is more than just mildly annoying and is instead a leading indicator of the decline of community and empath

"Parking is such sweet sorrow"

they all made the colossal mistake of thinking that 77M votes meant they got to dominate every aspect of american life and culture. now they're realizing that the only thing that's changed culturally is everyone just hates them more

Timeline cleanse. 'Devoniensis' rose.

For the love of Christ who died for our sins, stop saying “step foot”.

Delighted to be joined by @lsrplaid.bsky.social this week. Banger of a guest and show 🎧👇

Hey Sydney, enjoy that nice day you are having, because tomorrow is going to be a shocker in the arvo. "Intense thunderstorms are likely to impact parts of NSW on Friday, with damaging winds, large hail and heavy rain all a risk."

calling time on “out of pocket” as a phrase, no bueno

I find it weird how people can acknowledge that UK politics is volatile to an unprecedented degree and yet talk very confidently about the shape of an election in 2029. Reform is depicted as a permanent and unstoppable force and Labour as utterly doomed. Doesn't add up to me

Idiocracy

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

Heseltine was the first Tory MP to publicly criticise Enoch Powell after Rivers of Blood in 1968. Let him cook

As alarmed as people may be, they aren't alarmed enough. Trump just escalated this crisis from a fight between the federal government and a state, to a situation where one state is deploying armed forces to impose its will on another state. www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

The lesson of the Trump era is to stick with your principles. He’s coming for you anyway, whether you do or not, so you might as well stick to your principles so people don’t laugh at you afterward and you can look yourself in the mirror.

“i didn’t see it” lol these reprehensible chucklefucks

As a non-Catholic, I do love this bit where the pope of the Catholic Church says something fairly anodyne about Catholic theology and a bunch of podcast guys are like, "Who's this asshole to lecture us about Catholicism?"

I suggest that the 2020s version of this Right Wing comedian phenomenon is the Riyadh festival. There is also something akin to the failed or declining mainstream politician or personality hooking themselves into the populist right grifting machine about it. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Remember when she posted getting a Porsche as a gift? Good times.

Incredible hashtag journo poasting about how tough the conditions are for a reporter ....... when riding on the PMs RAAF plane.

Some very interesting comments from Alex Hawke about how some in the Liberal Party don’t accept the multicultural demographic reality of Australia which ain’t gonna change #auspol

Many people and institutions that fight back are winning. This is a large part of the reason to scorn the people and institutions that have caved. When this is over their lives should be made miserable. More, I mean.

That's a moray!

Am enjoying Andrew Hastie being on every media platform in the country making great pains to say he is definitely not challenging Sussan Ley for the leadership. Oh no, perish the thought! Why would anyone think so??

🧵 The left in most countries comprises factions arguing that progressive party X must be more left, more centre, or split the difference. The often poor result is then bent into validating the thesis, amplify in-fighting. In fact, data points to in-fighting as the most influential voter turn-off. 1/

This sort of genuinely dangerous garbage is a real test for media outlets: any that "gotta hear both sides" it should be burnt to the ground.

Like Glasman and Goodwin in the UK, this is best filed under "unpopular populism"

man, i know there are plenty of serious and sober types on here who are skeptical of the great khan, but i think he has some of the best instincts of the entire party right now

not an exaggeration to say I am WEEPING with laughter at this reply from someone who hadn't seen that Robert Redford died today