Labor during the election: “we’ll fully fund public schools” Labor after the election: “actually we meant private schools soz”

Important to note that Jane Goodall would not have lived so long had that fateful bite not given her the monkey powers

Baseball mangers wearing team kit is superb. Should be required. I wanna see Big Ange on the sidelines in full kit, including boots. None of this suit and tie or sponsor's polo nonsense.

Peace plan. My @smh cartoon.

hi im MrBeast and this is the trolley problem

I've been haunted by this since at least 2015, but Derrida and Walter Benjamin might have first call on being haunted. Baudrillard on everything else.

Ellison wants to make the US China with American characteristics.

Annual reminder that every year without Peep Tempel performing 'Carol' at the #AFLGF is spitting in the eye of Melbourne and everything that makes it good.

the ersatz homie

A Israeli academic asked his followers on X which sanction would really convince ordinary Israelis that they are isolated internationally. "Expulsion from football tournaments" was the most popular answer, followed by "ending visa-free travel to Europe"

Dave Matthews has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

Five hours apart

Went to take painkillers for a raging headache I had and accidentally took the dogs worming tablets. When I rang the vet to ask if I would be okay she said "uh you realise we're animal doctors? Maybe ring your actual doctor?" Now we have to change vet.

Just a reminder that no politician or bureaucrat has ever faced any charges for Robodebt

It would be hilarious if an enormous thumb descended from the heavens and squished Stephen Miller. Just, “splork,” and suddenly there’s a big evil wet spot where he was standing.

I’ve been training my whole life for this moment

i love that they keep putting this guy on camera. he's not even an officeholder, he’s trump’s igor. he’s got the charisma of a parking ticket. he acts like he sleeps under a rock in the woods.

Just our ‘patriotic’ press pleading for a foreign, authoritarian, sex-offending, compulsively lying man-child to govern Britain rather than the elected Prime Minister.

Competitors will have to complete a full return journey driving the 86 on a Friday night.

Each year voters should be able to nominate anyone from the Sunday Times Rich List. Then everyone votes on the 5 with the most nominations. Their entire wealth is evenly redistributed across the country.

TIL that "malicious communication" is a crime in the UK

Melbourne’s hospital cancelled their seminar on “children and war” because they were worried it might offend the people who support war

How is this acceptable from a sitting politician? #Auspol

Anyone in the Darebin Parklands region got a spare few minutes and a pressure washer? Some area pests have graffitied The Nest with nazi shit (not sharing a photo), which someone else has valiantly tried to cover up. I'd say the position of Nest near the Healing Trail is intentional.

BIG BOAT STUCK

I crocheted Patti Smith’s Horses cover

Statement goals from Mo Toure, Nestory...and Chris Wood, I guess. #SoccerAshes #NZLvAUS

New Australia Institute research reveals that the failures in Australia’s freedom of information (FOI) scheme lie with the government, not with applicants. The government’s proposal to limit FOI requests by charging fees instead of fixing the broken system misdiagnoses the problem. Read ⤵️ #auspol

Literally the second meme I've made in my life.

Wild that the real reason 'Rob the dentist' wouldn't show his face on TV is that he was a Ballarat neo-nazi

I spent the day doing a read around of Australian non-mainstream media political coverage and analysis. Over 80% of it is audience chasing slop, and some of it written by people who should fucking know better. You aren't improving anything doing this, you're just being another part of the problem.

Approximately $1200 per applicant, Commonwealth admits no liability. Is this a good settlement for Robodebt? I don't think so.

Melbourne Uni is killing the literary journal Meanjin. It's cultural vandalism. Australian universities are now deeply anti-intellectual places www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/04/m...

Today’s @theage cartoon

I’m sure this point has been made elsewhere but not only did they openly lie about how many recommendations were in the robodebt final report, the one they erased was to reform FOI and now they’re heading in the opposite direction. Surprise is not a feature of my reaction.

When my sons were babies, I'd hum the lullaby from Pan's Labyrinth to get them to sleep. They're 12 and 15 now, so only a few more years to go until I can suggest we watch it, and I can't wait to see if my psychological long game has a payoff.

I've just seen something described as "mellow dramatic", which sounds like an Aristotelian mean to aspire to if ever I heard one

These are just ordinary brits, with their life-sized cardboard cutouts of politicians that we all have, and their Freikorps that they've founded. It could be any one of us.

realistic Star Trek

My thumb shivers over the space bar as I hesitate. After the full stop, do I dare signal my humanity with two spaces. What will it cost me

“The study authors asked GPT 4o-mini to evaluate the quality of 217 papers. The tool didn’t mention in any of the reports that the papers being analyzed had been retracted or had validity issues. In 190 cases, GPT described the papers as world leading, internationally excellent, or close to that”

#auspol #ausunions #FCKNZS A message from VTHC inre the March for White Australia on August 31:

Aside from the frothing racism of these people, what is really grim about this is the idea that government are powerless to change culture. If your constituents think these things *they are wrong* and you need to explain why. It's not actually your job as an MP to rubber stamp fascism.

Sam Altman: I see humans achieving omnipotence using dark matter by… 2030 maybe? That’s if OpenAI is given a quadrillion dollars Theo Von: Yeah Altman: Or, we may become a race of slaves, genetically modified to be harvested by robot spiders. That’s if OpenAI doesn’t get the money Von: Right