3.7m Australians live in poverty, including 757k children under 15. 1 in 3 households experienced food insecurity last year, meaning they stressed about or struggled to put food on the table. Australia's billionaires increased their wealth by almost $50k a minute.

US forces give the nod… www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Australia, Fox & Hedgehog poll: Three-Party Preferred ALP (Centre-left): 43% (-3) ONP (Right): 30% (+3) L/NP (Centre-right|Conservative): 27% +/- vs. 24-25 March 2026 Fieldwork: 25-26 May 2026 Sample size: 1,700 ➤ oceaniaelects.com/australia

The dog got a beanie.

Nice day for it

Victoria Police *rock* band Code One has reformed and agreed to play at Trump's Freedom 250.

I honestly enjoyed the viral 'post-literate society' essay but this piece from James Ley, which interrogates some of the assumptions it was based on, is really worth reading www.themonthly.com.au/may-2026/ess...

Bracket this with support for one nation … who we are is becoming clearer. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

How did Essendon get into this death spiral in the first place? Oh yeah. That’s right. Better get him back then.

Just putting out again … coz I thought this was quite a nice thing.

The rise of a political organisation with no policy framework and an appeal based solely on disgruntlement and prejudice says nothing good about routine politics … but perhaps more importantly the political media’s determination to report politics as reality TV.

The madeleines Proust forgot … In which I talk cake. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

The extraordinary rise of batteries in Australia www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The NACC is in crisis, thanks to the leadership of Brereton. The Albanese govt owns a large share of the responsibiliity too, and now has a serious mess to clean up. By Michelle Fahy and Elizabeth Minter and I. ICYMI:

Just watched the last quarter from last nights game … brilliant. So glad I was there to see that. And Crippa! Cometh the hour …

Telstra modem all plugged but no lights at all. Defunct. Dead as a door nail. Bereft of life it rests. Very dull.

This is so awful. Poor bloody kid.

Hoo boy

Hope.

About to hop on the bike and head to the G. Confident Blues will give it their best shot. Go Baggers.

He’s going to end up nuking isn’t he.

Thought experiment: libs/nats/one nation exposed to the same order of invested, politicised media pressure now being applied to govt. How would they go?

If I was a political gorilla marketing chap in Goldstein - edible ink rice paper printing is a thing, and selling Dim Tims at markets and stuff as fundraising for charity would be worth a laugh and effort. No shortage of plays on flavours to sell more than one message against him.

Australians with disabilities copped the biggest cuts in the budget. Yet conservative media’s heart bleeds for the wealthy - by @grogsgamut.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

This is what happens when you let idiot 'small government' parties control your government. Australia, take note!

RUOK?

What I love is that this imponderable presence at the core of infinite creation and possibility would also have a dick.

We’re at the checking God’s genitals stage of the timeline.

A great melancholy … it feels as if we have betrayed history in some way; let the human project run onto the rocks. open.spotify.com/track/0nuezz...

Today is now the hottest day in May on record for both England and Wales with Kew Gardens provisionally reaching 35.1°C and Cardiff Bute Park reaching 32.9°C 🌡️

Well this is just shitty, shitty news #RIP www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

just watched a "comedy influencer" "viral video" about negative gearing and CGT changes in which they got every major point wrong. what is even happening

The results from the May RedBridge Group and Accent Research MRP indicate that if an election were held now the result would be intense political fragmentation and realignment On our median estimate, no Coalition MPs would be elected in Qld, WA, SA or Tas

Pure agitprop. The poll shows support for more renewables (and for a faster transition to renewables) remains double the support for nuclear and new coal (and for a slower the transition to renewables).

If we want this place to be the sort of place we all crap on about WE SHOULD ALL PAY MORE TAX. Stop freeloading.

Speaking as a 40 year payg patsy … this entitled ‘how dare you tax my capital gains’ crew can drive on someone’s else’s roads. And use someone else’s hospitals. Etc. what a crock this debate is.

Kylie. She’s a true thing eh.

Each detail somehow more perfect. $1.4 million in. The bank account down to 21 cents. A gold bullion firm getting stiffed. Bankruptcies and liquidations. Nigel Farage. No insurance. Links to an ex-Liberal staffer / pornographer.

Seems unlikely …

Not sure I can watch.

Morning all

Spumante football.

This is so fcked. They've blown half a billion on the Spirit disaster, will spend a billion plus on the new stadium. Services, health and education are a disaster zone. But sure, fire 1700 public servants...

My raised vege beds get absolutely choked with a mesh of this fine root stuff … any thoughts on where it comes from and what to do? We are surrounded by bluegums and I often wonder if they are the culprit.

This busy little autumn goes on

Ten minutes in photoshop and we’ll have a thylacine sighting

Holy bloviation Batman …