Higher living costs due to tariffs, spiking energy costs due to his war with Iran, and now this. That's a lot of Making America Great Again. All this winning must be exhausting!

Turns out it didn't have legs

He was certainly afraid of Vietnam-style combat in Vietnam.

Tennessee teenagers are suing Elon Musk’s company xAI over allegations that its artificial intelligence tool Grok undressed photos of them as minors—the latest challenge against the wealthiest living person’s chatbot.

Is this the Sharia Law that Tommy Tuberville is worried about?

To be sure, to be sure, Happy Saint Patrick's Day. ☘️

Just putting it out there: The RBA preamble section and rate decision section read like two completely different documents. 😐

With the RBA deciding to go again on the rate front, I'm expecting to see the 'S' word start to enter the economic discourse. Overdue, but better late than never.

If I'm understanding the SA position on the toxic algal bloom, the reason is an unforeseeable mix of: Murray run-off feeding nutrients (fertilisers) into the coastline; A 'marine heatwave'; and Unusually cold currents welling up from the Southern Ocean. Lucky human activity wasn't responsible.

I'm hearing a lot of chatter about Houthis and nothing about the blowfish. Just sayin'.

Gonna hold on to this croissant metaphor for the rest of my creative life

This #4Corners program on the algal bloom is strongly reminiscent of the way the harms of Covid were downplayed by those in power.

American imperialism articulates itself.

Wow, following up his Adelaide Writers' Week howler with this nonsensical false equivalence. How much marine life has beer destroyed in the past year? 🤔

Has FIFA given Melania an Oscar yet?

The 'No-alition of the yeah nah we're good thanks'.

Building, making, crafting - these are Benedictine acts. They're labor undertaken for its own sake and for the immediate good of a knowable community, and they produce a satisfaction that no amount of MRR can replicate. www.joanwestenberg.com/the-noble-p...

I had dinner with a few F1 officials last weekend, and they had all but conceded that both the Bahrain, & Saudi GPs would be cancelled. And now it's official.

“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”

mission covfefe

In Trump's first term I spent an inordinate amount of time writing to our investors to calm their nerves after each Trump-induced market fall (and there were some absolute doozies!). Now I get to sit back and post some oldies but goodies. Like this one.

Still feeling aggrieved for constantly being punished as a kid for something I didn't do. Sure that thing was homework, but I think that's somewhat irrelevant in the broader context.

Currently working on my 'disappointed brown dad' pose.

My wallet realising my car only takes 95 RON or higher. ⛽️😭

True story. This is how I learned to speak French. youtu.be/DzZ3EYzjzuE?...

The ai note-taking app translated a reference to former AustSuper CEO Ian Silk as 'knee in silk' and frankly I'm not sure where to go with this.

The Black Shoe Brigade.

Senator Kelly, “It took Trump 10 days to create an energy crisis reminiscent of the 1970s, replace Ayatollah Khamenei with Ayatollah Khamenei, and weaken our alliances worldwide. He put American servicemembers in harm’s way, resulting in seven deaths. None of this made you safer or better off.”

A bloke I used to work with 30 years ago (in corporate finance) reached out to me on LinkedIn because he is 'looking to talk to someone I trust' and remembers me 'as a person of integrity'. I may be awful at enriching myself, but I sleep like a baby, conscience clear & without a worry on my mind.

"Leading vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris says there's not enough awareness of the impact of COVID-19 on overall health." "What many people don't realise is that getting COVID repeatedly is not like building immunity, it's more like accumulating damage," she says. Source: archive.md/Qsv13

Starts Googling 'Nuclear Winter'... for no particular reason.

As Brent Crude surges past USD $100/barrel, here's one from the vault.

They're going to write books about all the big brain moves of this gang of imbeciles and among them will be "Spending a year trying to kill renewable energy and then launching a war that sends oil prices soaring"

I saw a bumper sticker with this on it about 20 years ago and have thought about it when I am in/ am being traffic ever since

The Farquad-Trump convergence is complete.

Cycling pet peeve: Dog walkers who (correctly) have their dog on a leash to their left (Down Under). Who, when they hear my bell, wheel around to see what's approaching, their pooch dutifully following, to now face me while blocking my path. 🤬 Stay your course, we'll take care of the rest. 🚵‍♂️

Rubio: “Let me tell you, Iran is run by lunatics, religious fanatic lunatics.”

Public Service Announcement. (Thank you for your attention to this matter!)

Every time Marc Andreessen emerges to surface some profound tech insight (i.e. to push a16z talking points) I can't help but think of the 1993 movie 'Coneheads'.

Middle-aged dude with a knee brace casually doing chin-ups on a tram this morning is the kind of GenX energy I'm here for!

They went to the boss.

Ah well, it's been a good run. Looking forward to being racially profiled at airport security once again. Sigh.

Pyromaniac warns of fire risk. 🔥

FIFA Peace Prize winner drives out FIFA World Cup team

I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds. I support neither imperialism or dictatorship. Sahar Delijani said it best:

Also, waiting for a 'what the attack on Iran could mean for interest rates and your mortgage repayments' piece to drop in 3..2...

Always interesting when a seismic event occurs on a weekend and the Australian equity market has to kick off proceedings on Monday, with no directional steer from Wall Street.

Looking forward to the Bahrain Grand Prix on 12 April. Should add a new twist to the Netflix series 'Formula 1: Drive to Survive'.