Happy winter solstice ☀️ 🌙

I refuse to learn who mr beast is

he’s actually just a perfect boy

I feel like not enough people are saying that anyone trying to profit from the Bondi attack is an absolute piece of shit. From John Howard to the security bros on LinkedIn. Every one of them a POS.

In the back of an uber trying to hiccough as quietly as possible after the work Christmas party to not affect my uber score

Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovision

I’ve taken an actual lunch break away from my desk and I feel like I should get a Ryan Lizza instalment, as a treat

I feel seen

Good morning only to this silly and gorgeous gang gang cockatoo

New Welsh village just dropped

*youth pastor voice* Let me tell you kids about another carpenter who wasn’t very popular with the authorities

#Taiwan’s representative in #Finland has just performed on stage in a bit of metal diplomacy. Apparently his wife was on bass. All other diplomats watch and learn. ;-) m.youtube.com/shorts/rADk5...

Also lol

Pretty chuffed about this gender balance tbh

In this house we do not legitimise: - racism - Pauline Hanson’s political career

new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... “At a time when voters have legitimate concerns about the rate of overseas migration into Australia, Hanson sidelines herself through stunts and an entrenched victim mentality.” Sorry what?

"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace

Tbf it was done to strengthen Ley’s internal leadership position, not to win votes

Mate I couldn’t forget the bamboo if I tried

Enjoying watching the #ashes so far

In an episode of Real Life Blueskyism, today I saw someone comment in a doc sent around for edits on the departmental standard acknowledgment of Country: ‘This is incorrect. The oldest living culture was proven to be found in Africa’.

This is the most Australian thing I have seen all week and it's a mood

I’ve never felt older than I did today when forced to use New Outlook at work

to have an affair with one longshot presidential candidate twice your age that you’re profiling may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two looks like carelessness

‘Here’s my account of how Nuzzi had inappropriate relationships with a series of creeps, interrupted only by me, totally fine and normal Ryan Lizza’ is a fun angle to keep an eye on as this unfolds

What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.

The Canberra Liberals' leader and her deputy are stepping down, a week and a half after the former leader and another backbencher were suspended from the party room for crossing the floor www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Morning, kookie!

Me: what would you like for breakfast? 2yo: pork.* Me:…pork? 2yo, emphatically: yes. *afaik she has never learnt of the existence of pork

Some good areas happening in the House of Reps EPBC debate if anyone’s feeling wonky

I really need to get up but this boy is resting his head on my ankle so

everyone in my house went to bed so I went to bed but now I really want a Vegemite sandwich

Secondly, the main cause of the outage was Nokia personnel who were doing the upgrade were relying on an old procedure document during the upgrade that didn't outline that traffic needed to be handed off elsewhere to avoid phones not being able to connect. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Amid all the sound and fury of the senate inquiry, the submission from Optus on the triple zero outage reveals a bit more. Firstly, a customer who called to report the outage to Optus was sent into a store, where they bought a new phone.

I have so many muted words but I still know way too much about The Discourse

The Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water @tonyburkemp.bsky.social has introduced the Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025. ℹ️ To find out more, visit: aph.gov.au/bills.

Number of unique speakers in the Australian parliament, by gender, 1998-2025. By Lindsay Katz and @inessadeangelis.bsky.social.

A real convo in my house this morning: 2 year old holding up my phone which was streaming RN Brekky: Mum! Bluey? Me: no sweetheart, we’re listening to Mark Butler

Why aren't childbirth contractions called push notifications?

Just muted a political commentator who’s just perpetually bitter and grumpy and I tell you what, it feels good!!

A wombat from our daily walk in honour of Wombat Day yesterday

My child, 47 minutes into bedtime, holding out the drawstrings on her pyjama shorts: pants! Pants! Pants! Mummy! Pants! Me: we can look at our pants tomorrow, baby. Her: ok! Pants!

Lotte Reiniger's director cameo in CINDERELLA showcasing her meticulous cut paper silhouette animation technique.

@jcsalterego.bsky.social had dinner with a toddler named Jerry tonight and the constant ‘Jerry, no!’s and ‘yes, Jerry!’s made me feel like I was in real life Bluesky

:(

in very exciting APS news we can now talk on Teams between departments (especially exciting since we got rid of desk phones)