Congrats DR Congo! They had to quarantine in Belgium before the World Cup due to the devastating Ebola outbreak, yet still made it to the knockout stage for the first time in history!

I’m not thrilled that apparently the secret to success in basically every field right now is “be really good at short form video”

As that insufferable Stefanovic bloke begins his woe is me world tour, remember that he is a privileged white man who earned $2.8m a year and had a giant soap box with no discernible talent, skill or value.

The French capitulating yet again.

Appreciate the clarification. theshovel.com.au/2026/06/25/m...

🌏 Human-caused climate change is "unequivocally" responsible for the intensity of a record-breaking heatwave scorching Europe, scientists said Friday. ➡️ u.afp.com/SzFH

Better movement, compact in defence, solid at the back. We'll take it. ⚽️🦘

Been sleuthing around some OECD datasets on household finances, and as an Australian it's all just incredibly depressing how we've gotten ourselves into this mess over the last three decades. I may be a retirement wiz, but I'm no magician. Some things you just can't conjure away.

Guess. My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social

Might need to reconsider after that dour effort. Jogo Bonito? Yeah nah.

Under Ancelotti, Brazil no longer plays 'Samba Football'. Now it's 'Roomba Football'; robotic and about as exciting as watching a machine vacuum your house. 🥱

Media: "This heatwave is unprecedented" All the experts who've spent the last five decades precedenting it:

In a shock move Ghana have stripped England of the World Cup they won last week against Croatia.

Hang it in the Louvre! 😂

Second largest one-day fall in market cap in tech history.

Ghana absolutely bullying England with pure physicality across the pitch. England may still win, but they'll be feeling the after-effects for days. Chalk one up for the colonised over their former colonisers.

Chef's kiss, salute, tears, all of it

The horse trading, deal making and proposed amendments is why I rarely dive into the intricacies of Bills until near the point of final passage. Freaking out, having a public hissy fit or going 'full Wilson' is rarely a winning strategy. 😎

Congrats to Pakistan's unofficial negotiating team, dealing with clowns to the left and jokers to the right, yet still somehow managing to get the MoU over the line. youtu.be/ney291VKSJM?...

Depending on proceedings in the Senate on Thursday I may or may not be updating a piece on housing I did back in 2024.

Who did this? 🤔🤭

From little things big things grow. And then back to the earth they go. It's the cycle of life. 🌲🚵‍♂️

The best thing about the Winter Solstice is that the days will slowly get longer again - even though winter has only just started… Happy Solstice, world! 🔥

In the eight months since Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill passed, SNAP enrollment has declined by 4.7 million, according to USDA data. In states where demographic data are available, about half the decline comes from kids losing food aid. The Trump administration describes this as a success story

Reminder that at one point when Zuckerberg was trying to break into China he asked Xi to name his child and Xi was “for the love of God, have some self-respect you weirdo”

I worked beside Don Craigie for years as he pushed for justice for the death of his nephew Mark Haines on railway tracks outside Tamworth. We knew it wasn’t suicide and saw the racism police brought to the case. Now the coroner has seen the same and ordered a fresh investigation.

Amazing news! Cervical cancer deaths in younger women have plummeted in England following the rollout of the HPV vaccine, according to new research, published today in The Lancet. Read more: cruk.ink/4ozraO5

Screw monoculturalism, I'm joining the Italian resistance! Viva la diversità! 🇮🇹

Was going to go for a mid-morning macchiato then a banh mi for lunch, but to observe Poorleen's diktat on monoculturalism, I'd better not.

Me and my CALD mates are all working out what acceptable cultures we'll each appropriate once Pauline is PM. The fairer ones are leaning Mediterranean. Some are thinking Latin American. I'm working on a Brazilian angle. 🇧🇷

Now ask those voters if they know how many more seats PHON would need to secure in the House of Reps to make this happen. The maths is not mathing. 😐

SBS is where I, as a pubescent lad, first gained an appreciation for European art house cinema. Particularly French. The ones that screened late. Purely for the storylines, of course.

Observed warming for the 2016–2025 decade was 1.26°C, of which 1.24°C was human-induced, relative to 1850–1900. Human-induced warming reached 1.37°C in 2025, increasing at a rate of 0.27°C per decade. essd.copernicus.org/articles/18/...

Wow, if we thought Australia was outstanding against Turkiye, those lads from tiny Cape Verde were otherworldly heroic against Spain. Their keeper spent so much time in the air he deserves frequent flyer points! #WorldCup

Reading the preconditions set by Iran in the MoU and agreed to by Trump, it is clear that 'The Art of the Deal' was definitely ghost-written. He's basically agreed to reparations, while Iran retains control of the Strait (alongside Oman). 😂

dying

Yeah, it's basically a Memorandum of Understanding to work toward a Heads of Agreement that will in turn pave the way for a Declaration of Intent framework viz-a-viz a timeframe to de-escalate at a future, as yet indeterminate, time. That's my read anyways. 🤷‍♂️

Thank you to The Shovel for articulating it much more humorously than I could. theshovel.com.au/2026/06/15/b...

New York City is the most perfectly "American" place in the nation, just one wave of newcomers after another, gradually building up the culture, one remarkable cultural collision after another. MAGA chuds hate NYC not because it's awful but because it disproves every lie they tell about immigration

OK, so the public hearings for the tax reform bill no. 1 are all set for the next two days. A reasonably diverse line-up of witnesses, kicking off with the TTPI tomorrow morning.

Update, in light of a certain IPO.

It's still 'w*g ball' except once every four years when the commercial channels get involved. doublebaytoday.com/yes-we-won-s...

As a former Right Back (with my No.4 long since retired), I salute the whole-team defensive masterclass that was the Green-and-Gold bus the Socceroos parked in front of Turkiye. Phenomenal discipline! #WorldCup2026

World's first trillionaire vows to keep saving after being outbid on a mouldy Bondi semi. doublebaytoday.com/worlds-first...

There are plants flowering in my local area now, in June, that normally flower in November, and this article from the national broadcaster uses words like “enjoy” and “rejoice” to describe weather which is frankly terrifying, and doesn’t even mention climate change: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

Elder Punk Rocker Pisses Off Society The Only Way Left - Driving Defensively & Obeying Every Rule Of The Road.

Who would do such a thing? Who. Who? 🦉

Maybe it'll finally fill that yawning chasm in his soul and resolve his daddy issues. [Spoiler alert: unlikely]

Some historian of our times will write a whole dissertation on the endless "Trump says" / "market surges" / "then reality intrudes" cycle. News people: STOP playing your credulous part in this cycle.

Wait, what? You mean global warming is impacting my ability to consume fast fashion and my love of the throwaway lifestyle? Outrageous! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...