“I have no idea why he avoided them. I put them on a special plate, just so I knew they weren’t for me,” said an upset Patterson. Read the full story: theshovel.com.au/2025/12/24/s...

love this comment on the below article about the Frauen Bundesliga separating from its governing body. we’ve seen in Aus that “unbundling” actually wasn’t helpful for the ALW because clubs still over-prioritise their men’s teams. full independence seems like the future of viable women’s leagues.

Wrote this a few days ago. Still holds up I think. Sacking Ange was a huge mistake. Spurs are now in a mess of their own making www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...

🇨🇭 Maritz out of nowhere 😲 #WEURO2025 || #HBD

Here’s this week’s cartoon for @sport.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/pic...

Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide. When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble. Happening under a Labour Government.

Phil Hartman as the Grinch, from a 1994 Behind the Scenes special on TNT. Not directly related to The Simpsons, but this clip was too good to not share, since Phil was a regular Simpsons guest star during this time.

This story has just disappeared out of view. Why? It has it all: a PL club owner, gambling, aristo black sheep/Farage aide whose mother was the King's girlfriend and dad went to school with ex-prince Andrew, what more do you want, dear British media? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I find it sooooooooooo weird people are upset "Albo" was booed, and not that his government is eroding our democratic rights to appease the extremist genocidaires that booed him. Big picture. Focus on our democracy and rights, not the pride/image of an individual politician.

A Royal Commission into why no govt in Australia will ever sanction Israel for openly committing international crimes....

So as everyone kind of knew, when Chris Minns talked about cracking down on protests and gatherings, he really meant specifically pro-Palestine and anti-mass-murder protests: racist, white nationalist protests (probably attended by neo-nazi anti-semites) are completely fucking fine

So, ignore the terrorist group that is very evidently responsible for the attack and go after peaceful protesters who object to genocide? Sounds legit.

This is about all protest and all free expression, from here on out. Our establishment knows social discontent will only grow as the climate worsens, the slaughters continue, and the rich extract harder. They're not fixing anything, and they don't want you to be able to resist.

All you dorks in the press pack that are allowed near the man, ask the Prime Minister if reporting truthfully on the Gaza genocide will be illegal under Jillian Segal's recommendations.

why not put count von count into various vampire scenes: thread

You love to see it. #WELvSYD #ALW

Six of the best #WELvSYD

Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.

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"If I could ask one question of the Prime Minister right now, I would like to understand his definition of “hate preachers that promote violence”, because signing missiles that fall on children and hanging out with a genocidal army would absolutely fit the bill if he was of any other religion. "

it was probably a mistake teaching him to read

YUP. If there's any one thing that's true across sports -- all of them! -- is that there is a major officiating shortage, and a complete lack of accountability from coaches, players and fans on how their treatment of officials has helped create this shortage.

"Most women footballers are earning an "insufficient income" to have a secure career, says player union Fifpro. It surveyed 407 national team players from 41 countries and found that two-thirds of those earned less than 20,000 dollars per year (£14,922) and 25% had a job outside football."

A mistake is putting a wooly jumper in the dryer, or forgetting to put leftovers in the fridge. Israel are not committing mistakes.

Howard reminded Australians that creating unity is vital during times of national grief, but turning people against each other for political gain is often easier. theshovel.com.au/2025/12/19/h...

The US Empire is off to mass murder brown people again, this time for Venezuela's oil/kyber crystals & to distract from a bipartisan pedo thing. Solidarity with the victims of this coming atrocity. May the gaslighting disguised as news be laughed off as the world resists.

Like the Liberal Party’s governing style, the vehicle arrived unannounced, massively inconvenienced everyone, broke a whole heap of shit and then left. Read more: theshovel.com.au/2025/04/23/l...

I have mostly disengaged with woso (and life in general), but I remain steadfast in my "fuck the club world cup" stance. So, fuck the club world cup, fuck bringing that guff over to the women's side. And, with each passing day, fuck FIFA more and more.

Fun for all the family. Bring your own shovels.

impetusfootball.org/2025/12/17/w... Melbourne Victory captain Kayla Morrison says her side must use last week’s gritty win over Adelaide as a platform for consistency as they prepare to face the Newcastle Jets in Newcastle on Friday night. By @issywoso.bsky.social

The idea that changing a definition to include criticism of Israel as being anti-Semitic and cracking down even further on anti-genocide protests would have in any way made anyone safer is madness. That the Coalition have so comprehensively jumped to blame here is insanity. Who is this speaking to?

I have long thought that if John Howard had been the opposition leader after the Port Arthur massacre, he would have fought tooth and nail against any changes to gun laws, and used the event & proposed law changes to attack the govt & cause division. This week shows that to be true.

It was also deliberate Here's the question from the reporter from The Australian to Albanese at the press conference on Sunday night. Others asked about next steps, and details from the AFP. The Oz was already on the attack seeking to blame Albanese.

I've never been more convinced Australia has the worst mainstream journalists in the world. Simple, thick, racist, ahistorical, bootlicking dipshits that lie and screech more than they think and feel. This weaponisation of a tragedy against anti-genocide voices is grotesque.

player salaries should definitely be influenced by award lists, what could go wrong

He has said he has always been uncomfortable with multiculturalism, and had called for Asian migration to stop. He disagrees with people who say racism is a problem in Australia because that hasn’t been his experience. Why would anyone listen to him about social cohesion?!

John Howard pushed for the invasion of Iraq, which was one of the dominoes which created the conditions for ISIS and caused untold human misery we are still dealing with today. He refused to acknowledge racism was a main driver of the Cronulla riots.

If only the government had acted earlier to let an unqualified, politically appointed anti-semitism Czar police the thoughts of university campuses, the government could have .. <checks notes> .. persuaded a father/son IS terrorist cell from terroristing. <blink blink> Are we really going there?

Here’s this week’s cartoon for @sport.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/football/pic...

Hanson is calling for tougher hate speech laws, while she is currently in court trying to appeal against her loss in a hate speech legal case. A fact not mentioned by a single outlet covering this story.

HBD, Lieke Martens 🏆🇳🇱 #WEURO2017

Bloke did one decent thing in 40 years in public life and comes off the recliner to say it doesn't matter. (He got complete support from all bits of the ALP on guns BTW.) www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Pat Cummins is back along with Nathan Lyon for the third Ashes Test in Adelaide. Usman Khawaja has been left out of the third Test in Adelaide, raising the prospect of him having played his final match for Australia. READ 📝: spr.ly/6003CKop3

City v Adelaide tomorrow night has been postponed. Adelaide has had an outbreak of Influenza A and can't field a team.

"A Pakistani man living in Australia has spoken of his “deep trauma” and said his life had become a “nightmare” after his photo was widely circulated on social media falsely labelling him as one of the shooters in the Bondi beach terror attack" www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Incredible the entire press gallery is actually buying the line (promulgated by Netanyahu!) that Albanese is personally to blame for the Bondi attack. No one is actually explaining how firing academics for opposing Israel’s genocide would stop two people who never went to uni from this shooting.

If a suburban man in Sydney can have more than 6 guns at his home (including semi automatic weapons?) then our smug 'we're not like America' assumption is useless. The vast majority of Australians want all politicians to fix this. Now. The gun lobby/party must have no power or say in it. #gunlaws.

it's really sad that going on any of the major platforms in 2025 after an abhorrent event like last night's shooting means accepting that you be exposed to some graphic content. some platforms are worse than others, but it's remarkable that it's unremarkable.

If you're scared this tragedy will by weaponised by those pushing hatred, division & control, same. It's a pattern that can change nations. We've already seen Netanyahu claim the Muslim who charged the shooters was Jewish. Empathy, patience and truth. Everything else is unhelpful