No, it’s because white people have a massive blind spot about racism and you will till the end of time because… you’re white.

Night all.

If I were from South Australia, I wouldn't be freely admitting it on the public internet.

The Sydney summer rains have arrived.

Catching a light rail. I can hear Gold Coast NIMBYs having a panic attack about light rail from here.

Malinauskas and Minns clearly share one brain between the two of them.

Seeing some discourse saying that Australians should be worried that Home Affairs will end up like ICE. I think this is unlikely. The Department (and Australia generally) seems more passively resistant to higher migration and very few people want mass deportations (it’s expensive and time consuming)

Ah Australia, where you can disband white supremacist organisations with regulation (note - their bad ideas still exist and are practised)

Flashdance.

The white people involved with running the Adelaide Festival have self-sabotaged themselves into self-destruction. It’s glorious.

I believe the generational cohort thing tracks with polling for One Nation support in Australia.

Yum cha!

The flip side to the people who only see stuff as "content" are the deeply weird people who think that everything is art. They get all in a funk at the suggestion that not everything that is produced has artistic (and by extension monetary) value.

Dyarubbin-Hawkesbury River

If only the migrant intake was this high.

Currently listening to (good dangdut from 2025. As seen in @peoples-pop-polls.bsky.social’s best of 2025 poll #peoplespop25):

Breakfast - ma po tofu! This is not a traditional one (no Sichuan chillies, sauce is in the Cantonese chop suey style) but it was very peppery.

Crossing a bridge.

The idea that Zionists are controlling or even significantly influencing pale skinned people’s bias towards other pale skinned people is hilarious. But a decent amount of white people will always seek to blame third parties for their bigotry.

Protip: if you’re going to badmouth somebody on a phone call, maybe don’t do it while said people are in the next room and within easy listening distance 🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

Muting ‘Royal commission’ was an excellent life choice.

I think S Club makes more sense if you view them as an experimental polycule.

Currently listening to (charming in a quaint way):

Yes, rain is going to pummel Australia’s eastern seaboard this week.

Good morning all. Another grey start to the day in Cammeraygal Country-Sydney. It’s going to be the first week of proper rain this summer. Only 19 mm of rain fell over Observatory Hill in December (average - 77 mm). Happy Tuesday everybody.

Night all.

Kemi Badenoch is going to quote Midsomer as a crime hotspot.

Kemi, this is just a population density map

South Australia is dealing with a few things atm. I like how a fuss has been kicked up over these questionable allegations.

Seeing evidence on here that people need to learn how identify articles mainly written by generative AI better. Just because you agree with it doesn’t mean it can’t be AI slop too.

Replacing ‘Jewish people’ with ‘Zionist’ does not make your sentiment any better.

Apparently, drama in the parents’ retiree group chat today with false news spread about somebody’s death (DOUBLE CHECK THESE THINGS BEFORE POSTING)

Crossing a bridge

A good lesson for Australians.

Father sent me photos of flooding in Jakarta. Impressive flooding for such a large city 😬

They’re already acting like each other!

The eyerolly thing about Australia is that there are populations who have very legitimate reasons to distrust the state/government. However, the population who distrusts the government the most are mainly white landowners who literally benefit the most from the government.

I declare Marshall Law!

The perpetual queues for ABC Bullion in Martin Place is really quite sad.

A break in the drizzle for a lunchtime stroll around the Sydney CBD.

hey siri, what happens when denmark refuses to ship GLP-1 drugs to the US

Introducing more pointless regulation to cope with anxiety is a very Australian story.

Still mourning the loss of Marigold (yum cha restaurant in Sydney)

Plotting yum cha.

If you have left Twitter and spend a significant amount of time (or any time at all) on Bluesky/Threads/Mastodon posting about Twitter and sharing screenshots of posts on Twitter, then you have not in fact "left Twitter".

Currently listening to (very 90s but I enjoy it):

Printing 1400 pages 😭

Having learned a little more about screen readers in my current job, I now find the repetitive screeching by some people about alt text on here amusing.

NEXT PODCAST: This week I’m recording an episode of “The 9pm Edict” with philosopher @patrickstokes.com. Should be fun. www.patrickstokes.com If you’re a supporter with TRIGGER WORDS, please let me know by 9am AEDT this Wednesday 14 January. He was on five years ago! the9pmedict.com/edict/00129/

I see we are already getting ready to harass new users over alt text 🫡