After 7 episodes my opinion on Pluribus hasn’t changed It’s a very fun, very well written, incredibly well acted take on a bunch of sci-fi tropes we’ve already seen a gazillion times. It isn’t really introducing anything groundbreaking to the genre but still well worth watching and I like it a lot

Teachers should unquestionably be given a rise

imagine if courts treated everyone else as leniently as these white collar males. If a man who assaults Aboriginal children can be released into the community… the prisons we could close! The trauma we could prevent! The resources we could reinvest in community! bsky.app/profile/anar...

year three of not being able to keep a tree inside coming up

If you are late to Ben's epic, year long, music thread 'do yourself a favour' it's a wonderfully eclectic mix and his descriptions are spot on

There’s no black market for free tampons

Just letting you know that a popular Australia male poster here & on the bird site - who has connections to a well known musician - has sent a female friend of mine unsolicited explicit DMs without her consent. She had not communicated with him before & is very upset. Be aware that he does this.

"if you want to play the harry potter game you should pirate it instead" or, and hear me out, you could have some goddamn self respect and play any one of the near-infinite number of other games that exist instead. but what do I know? I'm just an attractive genius who's better than you.

Benny Thompson 👏👏👏 love it..more of this. 👇

What passes as a good news story in fash world todayyy

I covered these protests at the time and can verify the cops absolutely went ham with the spray

This is timely. I visited Northeast Health Wangaratta in Victoria yesterday and got my first ever box of state-funded vending machine tampons. NSW should get with the times

the "Source: Gerard" got me wondering about those lovely illustrations and, naturally, Gerard was embroiled in a plagiarism scandal on top of using other people's woodcuts en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ge...

I tried to quickly figure out the closest thing to that that exists and got sidetracked gaping at 17th-century brassica illustrations

"Australia passes a shameful milestone: over one million children now living in poverty" #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/news/251212-...

it is absolutely fine to compare/boast/brag about your personal books sales

I guarantee that if and when low information voters find out about being referred to as such they may be doubly appalled

First #climate migrants arrive in Australia from sinking #Tuvalu in South Pacific #SYDNEY, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The first climate migrants to leave the remote Pacific island nation of Tuvalu have arrived in #Australia, foreign affairs officials said on Thursday www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

📢 I’ve been interviewing people about politics since I was 10. This social media ban stifles democracy.

I also have these and like them a lot. thundathighs.com

I have had to separate so much art from so many artists this past decade or so And Boy Are My Arms Tired

A bit inconvenient for potential alien life forms if they’re constantly being incinerated by their own suns

Stop fining companies minuscule amounts for environmental crimes and chuck their executives in prison instead www.bordermail.com.au/story/912886...

Tinsel is also terrible for wildlife once you dispose of the tree! Other holiday dangers for cats: Lillies (do not even bring them in your home!) Poinsettias Essential Oils (Lavender and others) Grapes/Raisins Garlic & Onions Chocolate

“let them be kids”

So, a couple months back, I interviewed Nicholas Thompson, the CEO of The Atlantic, for @longlead.com's Depth Perception newsletter. At one point, I asked him about the deal they made with OpenAI, and he explained the thought process behind why they did it. (Link in next post) 1/

Executive bonuses like this deserve to be slashed. No sympathy here. It's offensive. "ANZ's former chief executive Shayne Elliott has launched legal action against the bank, over its decision to slash $13.5 million from his bonus payments, months after he retired." www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

AI making false case citations, Perez Hilton edition. www.cjr.org/feature/pere...

Hey Melbourne. Your State Library is still under attack. 12.30 Saturday. Save it.

Yes! A great start but the same people are still, astonishingly, running the State Library of Melbourne. They're not saying, 'we were wrong' but 'you don't understand it, so we'll re-word it'. Rally tomorrow Saturday, at Library 12.30! We must stiffen our spines! (Ba ha ha, books, I'm very tired.)

Australia is facing its worst year for Aboriginal deaths in custody in nearly half a century, with a new Australian Institute of Criminology report confirming 33 First Nations deaths in 2024–25 — the highest toll since 1979–80. Senator Thorpe’s response ... #auspol 1earthmedia.com/report-shows...

oh www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

'“Where are the caravans and housing units the media keeps talking about? We never see anything...?” * “We heard about caravans and housing units coming into #Gaza. All lies. Empty promises... I just want a decent tent to protect my children. Nothing more.” www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12... #News

Yesterday I had to sign for a delivery and noticed our postie is deaf so I watched a bunch of Auslan tutorials last night thinking one day I eventually might get to use some with him. Anyway literally today he turned up with another delivery and was absolutely stoked that I was able to sign for it ☺️

She called protestors against a man accused of r*pe as “stupid bitches.” Given her history I’m not even shocked. As a teacher, she oversaw the after school theatre club where she met her now husband, President Macron, who is 25 years her junior.

Tonight is the last spin of Spin Cycle for the year on @3rrrfm.bsky.social in which @rachelwithers.bsky.social @theshufflediary.bsky.social and I look back on 2025 in wonderment at how deranged it got. Tune in at 7pm.

Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovision 2026 over Israel, joining Spain, Slovenia, the Netherlands and Ireland in neither participating in nor broadcasting event www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

A strong and decisive PM would have already sacked the hopelessly compromised #NACC boss and given this outfit a vigorous top to bottom shakeup. But not @albomp.bsky.social who breaks into a cold sweat at the thought of conflict or controversy. Pass the baton please…you’re an embarrassment #auspol

I wrote about teetotalism last year. I walked away convinced that we were in the midst of a consumer-religious wave. “Lifestyle Puritanism” is a better term for it. All conspicuous consumption of truly grotesque privilege.

The only radio show Albanese should be taking policy direction from

Rich Dipshit Says Something is like 80% of news articles these days

Listened to his best of album last week after finally getting my stereo working and wow, he drops the N word and is often super creepy, and couldn't get past the 4th track, used to love him, but now? ughhh Music is great, lyrics are super sketchy

Oh bullshit

Thank you for not coming to the show sick. “I was contagious but I simply HAD to” is my least favorite thing ever. You are a hero to me.

QUICK! Get The Teens back on social media !!!!

It is intensely funny to me that tech bro CEOs on an annual salary of 15 petabillion dollars think data centres can go in space because it's very cold but actually they would get obscenely hot because heat won't radiate into the vacuum of space taranis.ie/datacenters-...

"It was court rulings, the threat of mass compensations and deaths which made the Morrison government act on robodebt... ongoing reports from advocates, legal experts and those caught in the system prove beyond a doubt the fire isn’t just burning, it’s burning out of control." Ty Amy for reporting

"our system of 'mutual' obligation relies on people continuing to stigmatise welfare as the moral failing of an individual....despite unemployment being baked into economic policy" - @amyremeikis.bsky.social www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

This is Piracy, nothing less. Are shipping companies going to have to employ mercenaries to protect cargoes from American State Piracy? This is no different from the piracy off Africa’s west coast except the pirates have uniforms and better equipment.

Says it was “very difficult” to step down from his secret IGADF position after being exposed, a very “emotional” decision he says. The poor baby.