May as well dive right in. Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball? According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’” Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...

Okay, Thriends. I'm kidnapping D; taking him to Bendigo for a few days. Golden Dragon museum and the tram are already on our list, but what else should we do? We like art, wine, architecture, local food experiences, gardens and wine. It's going to bucket down on Sunday, so indoor would be good.

Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.

Who is the bad immigrant that Angus Taylor speaks of? Is it my late father Leo who would be up at 4am to work on farms in Mt Beauty, doing back breaking work no one born here was willing to do? Is it my mum Sia? Who when we moved to Melbourne worked in factories in exploitative conditions,

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

Today is an odd, melancholy day. I am, this day, older than my father ever got to be. All my days from now are days he never got. Not sure what to do with that.

Interesting. There were no issues with the anti Herzog protesters in Melbourne. The difference? The brutal and violent NSW Police and a Premier who thinks he’s a right wing dictator.

"The beatings will continue until social cohesion improves" Poster seen in Sydney denouncing NSW Premier Chris Minns who ordered a brutal police attack on Palestine protesters this week, justified under the totalitarian mantra of "Social Cohesion". via @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social

Cooking today. It's my MILs 80th this weekend, and she couldn't decide between chocolate cake and cheesecake, so I'm making a basque cheesecake and some chocolate-cranberry brownies. And some spuds au gratin to go with dinner. Food is love, right?

At least Australians can be proud of Grace Tame. #auspol #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust #HerzogNotWelcome

I've covered a lot of protests: Save Albert Park, Richmond Secondary College, the 98 waterfront dispute. Some were rugged affairs. Shields, batons, horses. But I don't remember punching. 3 or 4 officers laying into a pinned victim with fists. Without uniforms, there'd be jail terms.

Grace Tame’s public behaviour questioned by family values MP.

REVEALED: Labor's plan for national unity and social cohesion: gaslight population, blame peaceful protesters for terror attack, invite war criminal of genocidal nation, attack free speech, use police violence against own citizens.

"Social cohesion is a scam, a strategy employed by the powerful to delegitimise and suppress the voices of the less powerful... If you are othered by powerful groups, you become the victim of cohesion, not the beneficiary; what you get from social cohesion is a punch from an armed official."

Here's me. "Why the fuck would we 'socially cohere' for monsters?"

Government defends indefensible… www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

NSW Police used pepper spray, helicopters, horses and blockades as part of a new program designed to bring the community together. Read more: theshovel.com.au/2026/02/10/s...

I’ll say it again. Live your life in such a way that people mourn your death rather than wish for it. #JonKudelka #Trump.

Albanese’s stupid, immoral decision to invite Herzog has inflamed divisions in the local Jewish community too.

The job-ready graduate scheme has been amongst the worst educational policies in recent history, and that’s a competitive and crowded policy field. It’s cratered enrolments in creative, cultural, and artistic fields at a time when... https://benhr.xyz/2026/02/09/the-jobready-graduate-scheme-has.html

Can't say from the river to the sea? No wucking furries... From the sea to the river Free Palestine forever

the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” -Margaret Mead.

So, apparently the lump on my ring finger is Dupuytren's Syndrome, probably. Or, to call it by its preferred name ... VIKING SYNDROME!! Curse my Viking ancestry. Still, it means I can demand a Viking Funeral.

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) tells reporters the Epstein files contain allegations that President Trump raped and threatened to kill children.

Additional counterpoint: even if they were not (they were), they did not deserve summary extrajudicial execution by state-sponsored thugs.

"Dollars per hour of gameplay" heuristics has led to some of the most abysmal dogshit game design since the day arcade games used to fuck you for quarters.

apropos of nothing in particular, @lilashapiro.bsky.social gave us a tremendous piece of journalism last year, and it's always a great time to revisit it and thank her for the work she did in bringing these stories to light.

#Auspol you know what you have to do.

Still can't believe the latest Epstein Files release just casually confirmed the anti-SJW movement was planned by pedophiles. "The entire reactionary anti-woke backlash was masterminded by child traffickers" is the kinda shit I'd say as hyperbolic agitprop, but it was true the whole time.

When attacks have occurred against other communities, the government has spoken out strongly and acted quickly. First Peoples are asking why this attack against us is being treated so differently. Here's what they should do: nit.com.au/30-01-2026/2...

This image is dedicated to all the Zionists madly blocking me right now Herzog signing bombs that will be dropped on hospitals schools universities and family homes

I was just supposed to follow clergy leaders as they did a pilgrimage from George Floyd Square to Renée Good’s memorial. But then when we got back to the landing spot, we found out an observer had been attacked by ICE agents who had been tailing the religious leaders. From me today in Minneapolis:

Alex Pretti did not brandish gun, witnesses say in sworn testimony

If they are doing this to white people in broad daylight imagine what they are doing to non-white people in detention facilities.

#RenewTheAcolyte #StarWars #Oshamir

Playing Avowed at the moment. So far; enjoyable, well-written RPG fun, if not groundbreaking. The best bits: -Brandon Keener (Garrus) as your bestie -a beautiful environment, including swimming. The bit I like least: -Frikking bears all over the frikking place! This game is ...ahem ... overbearing.

When the Congress is taken back, and I am going to stand on that belief, no matter what, we need an investigation into exactly who is running these specific Nazi fetishizing government accounts. We need to pull ALL these faceless government keyboard warriors under the spotlight for posterity.

I'm trying to work out whether disorganised gangs of wine mums would be more or less dangerous ... Go, you good things.

Whatever you do, DO NOT buy "When The World Sleeps" by Francesca Albanese when it's released in April2026. Buying and reading this book would upset the Zionist lobby. And we don't want to upset the Zionist lobby bc that would be anti-Semitic. 😏 #BookSky #IsraeliTerrorism #GazaGenocide #FreePalestine

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies