Only 9 countries in the entire world recognise Hamas as a terrorist organisation. Everyone else just sees them as the government department of Palestine that resisted.

Cursed shot of John Foreman leaping about in the background like Rumpelstiltskin to conduct Vika and Linda’s ritardando ending #CarolsByCandlelight

Vika and Linda are nailing their song! #CarolsByCandlelight

It’s tragic the way the Four Seasons guys fall into their vestigial doo-wop choreography, like dementia sufferers #CarolsByCandlelight

I’ve been actually socialising and so have been too distracted to sledge #CarolsByCandlelight but Denis Walter has just staggered out of the crypt onto stage

The metal cages in the Aldi middle aisle are fkn booby-trapped with static electricity; I just got a massive shock and said, “FUCK ME!” just as a woman was passing by with a toddler She gave a disapproving “ooooh” at my foul language, like “we got a live one here!” Which was true!

As long as I live I will never accept the Zionist definition of antisemitism that is being pushed on us. Israel is a state, like every other country is a state

Oh no: “Vision Australia’s Carols by Candlelight will also include a tribute and special song dedication to honour the victims and families affected by the tragedy at Bondi Beach.” #CarolsByCandlelight

Today I dropped back down to the free tier of Duolingo after a luxurious period of being on my friend’s ‘family’ plan. It’s unbelievably enshittified now to the point of being almost completely unusable unless you pay money

On the first night of winter, St. Nautilus flies through the air, pelting good children with candy and dousing the naughty ones in ink.

When @screenhub.bsky.social asked me to write about my favourite Christmas movie, I instead wrote about my favourite year for Christmas movies: 2015 (NB: Joy was released in January 2016 in Australia, but it’s Christmassy af)

I mean, they ARE digital natives, but what the term means has changed Gen X & millennials are digital intermediaries who needed to adapt older skills to newer interfaces Being 'digital-native' meant you were a faster, more intuitive & efficient adaptor Now it means you're unable to adapt at all

I used to assess student-made podcasts that did this

What they are going to do is drastically drag down the intellectual level of the work that will get awarded a PhD

My TV turned off because I lost the remote control. It vanished into another dimension. I have searched and cannot find it anywhere

I’m watching Highlander. Such fine screenwriting: Jaded cop: “You talk funny, Nash. Where ya from?” Christopher Lambert: “Lotsa different places.”

Focussing on this from a pure security perspective, it’s wild that an IS-linked attack was just carried out in Australia and we’re barely talking about it - the focus is on protestors and universities. www.afr.com/policy/forei...

If you know a child named Timmy, you need to impress upon him not to go anywhere near the well

This week has been yet another reminder that as far as the Australian media is concerned a Labor leader can never do enough, unless it’s Dan Andrews and then he’s doing too much

The AI-hallucinated articles I've caught in my work tend to use the names of real authors on the topic, & are cuckooed into real journals, but the DOI is busted & a search for the exact title comes up blank Title will also be oddly generic, as if prompted by a query like "Find me an article on…"

EXCLUSIVE: HOT TRADIE SIGHTED ON NEIGHBOUR'S ROOF THROUGH MEL'S STUDY WINDOW

As a teenager I was terrified of getting dementia from the aluminium in antiperspirants, so I spent my pubertal years sweating profusely and smelling strongly of tea-tree oil because the Thursday Plantation 'antibacterial' deodorant was basically the only non-aluminium option at the supermarket

Updating my slate of upcoming TV releases, I notice Netflix has a documentary on investigative journalist Seymour Hersh. But Netty's listed the cast as: Sutton Foster, Hilary Duff, Debi Mazar, Nico Tortorella, Miriam Shor, Peter Hermann, Molly Bernard Um, this is just THE CAST OF YOUNGER, right??

READ: Since mid-October, Israel has carried out an assassination campaign in Gaza targeting resistance leaders. Contacts within the resistance say Israel is trying to lure them back into direct confrontation to avoid fulfilling its ceasefire obligations. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/isra...

Australian Furniture Association mailing list – make like a flat pack and ASSEMBLE! I just got their latest email thanking me "for a remarkable 2025", and I'm glad that simply by receiving their unwanted comms I have participated in "deeper collaboration right across the value chain"

Cannot believe how concussed the discussion is in Australia. We have a major security problem - two extremists training with (?) ISIS overseas and had easy access to guns – and Sussan Ley is releasing an Action Plan that is like "We will amend the Australian Research Council Act"

lol, in the AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actress in Film, Amy Madigan is nominated for playing Aunt Gladys in 'Weapons'

Media release: Unity must guide the Government's response to Bondi attack, not divisive pro-Israel wishlist Full release available at the link in our bio.

Have a quiet think. Let it be a guiding lesson for you Whatever regretful comments you may have made in your life, whatever actions you wish you could take back, let your benchmark for the lowest of the low be using the deaths of 15 people for the relaunch of your political career

In December 2015, far-right group Party for Freedom planned a rally to mark 10 years after the Cronulla riots. The NSW Supreme Court refused permission "on the grounds it would stir up racial hatred" Now, racial hatred is mainstream politics & the law is a cudgel to punish those who oppose genocide

Everyone knows about Ahmed al-Ahmad, the Syrian Muslim migrant who took down one gunman. Another man, a Middle Eastern refugee, ran into a firefight and kicked the gun away from the other gunman. Police shot him, and bystanders kicked him in the head while he was down, thinking he was the terrorist.

Oh yes, kindergartens, those incubators of hate. Imagine if the same approach was considered to address all forms of bigotry, or violence against women, or any of the issues that are genuinely rampant among the population.

This from the @jewishcouncilau.bsky.social is excellent www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/11/jewi...

Did I share this? It's only the @screenhub.bsky.social article I absolutely broke my brain over: the movies and TV that most captivated me in 2025:

Nick's shoutout even more relevant after appalling coverage of Bondi by mainstream media. Uncritical parroting of Netanyahu and Hanson, blaming protestors, and ramping up anti-migrant racism. Great ep from @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social & @scottmitchell.bsky.social . podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/h...

'Avatar: Fire & Ash' is an urgent parable: it strongly rejects the vicious cycle of grief, rage & violence that burns everything down The film insists that mourning past losses can NEVER justify destroying what someone else has Its antagonists are tragic figures severed from culture & Country

the girlboss org Women in Media Australia should maybe have chosen a different subject line for its end-of-year e-newsletter

Until now I was innocent of the TV series 'Industry' (am not even sure which industry it's about; finance?) but the character names sound like something from a 1980s Japanese computer game Kit Harington plays "Sir Henry Muck" while Max Minghella plays "Whitney Halberstram"

God, I have got my own Christmassy #StupidCatSong ‘Carol of the Grahams’ in my head Soft puffy Graham Miaows all the time He wants his food He thinks it’s good Sits on my desk Only to ask For venison He carries on He does a dance Bats at my plants Sits by my bed Sits by my head

Two men. My @smh cartoon.

Wesley Morris has a lovely way with observation. Here he is on the best film performances of 2025 (I'm annoyed that this archived version couldn't capture the NYT's dynamic formatting & so has cut off some of the text)

It's heartwarming to see so many people donating blood right now. It's vitally important and saves lives. I say this as someone whose life was saved due to receiving blood donations. If you're donating for the first time, please make a follow up donation appointment. You will save lives.

Choose compassion and love today. And please, I beg of you, stay away from AI for your news.

this is so sad … Asad was such an incisive thinker & wonderful human being. he joined us for the 2021 Summer School in Critical Theory on solidarity & our discussions on Stuart Hall still echo in my mind. a video of the public panel with him is here: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/event/fou...

What kind of headline is this?

In case you have never seen this.

I hate how much I enjoyed this BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦