Andy Burnham gives the most Andy Burnham interview ever, despite it being identical to the last Andy Burnham interview. And the one before that. And every other Andy Burnham interview. It’s hitting peak Andy Burnham interview through sheer force of doing the same Andy Burnham interview. Always.

This trouser, sock and and lace combo is fully deserving of 25% tariffs on its own.

Lie after lie has been told this week about how the Ukraine war started, from the Kremlin and the White House. Here's our News Agents video essay which explains the truth, and spells out why Trump clings so close to Putin and lives in his warped reality. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cufM...

I know this is a tired, cliched gripe these days, but if Biden had said something as remotely dumbass there would've been days upon days of stories about how he's too old and feeble to be in office.

Whether it's Hillary Clinton sharing risotto tips on a private email server or Elon Musk giving full access to all government information to a nineteen-year old named Big Balls with ties to a child pornography collective known for its extortion techniques, both sides have played loose with security.

I have never met an actual human who speaks like this. Also, I have no idea what it means, other than a general feeling that being a disruptor and being disrupted both sound a bit rubbish.

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

I will never, ever read this article. But I am quietly delighted it exists.

I find the framing here both peculiar and a bit troubling. The vibe is very much “the only way to benefit from AI is to give the predatory owners anything they want”. It reminds me (weirdly) of the insane rush to give the gambling firms the earth back in the day. And we all know how that ended.

I know some now have Gavin & Stacey fatigue, but I’ve loved speaking to so many people here in Aus who (re)discovered the show at Christmas. Here’s a pic of me with a pre-fame Rob Brydon filming for BBC Daytime Live early 1990s. Fair to say one of us was more of a natural than the other…

Imagine being paid to write this tripe.

Chas and Dave are the only people in the history of the world who put their heads through a seaside photo comedic stand and look exactly the same as they did beforehand.

On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image. All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.

“You will be visited by three spirits.” The three spirits

“You will be visited by three spirits.” The three spirits

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar The last window ‘Winter Sunrise’ Artist: SR Badmin

It’s CHRIIIIIIIISSSTMAAAAAAAASSSS!

Just bagged some Black Pudding from Vic Market for breakfast tomorrow and I swear to god I’ve not been this happy since I beat David Barrel in the sack race in J2 sports day.

Recently took a peek at Twitter and the disinformation is getting substantially more dangerous. Someone could get killed. The tactics of constantly repeating outright lies, targeting specific people, repurposing years-old footage and presenting them as new is getting to another level. It’s scary.

I had one and “cooked” it once. Genuinely terrifying.

Not a single dissenting voice. “Fearless journalism” my arse. www.theguardian.com/media/2024/d...

Weird to see a masthead like The Age carrying these costings from Dutton as if they could conceivably be true. They’re an obvious fiction - created by an actual Liberal lobbyist. The most cursory glance at any international comparators show them to be utter balls. www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

Reading the pardon coverage...I don't think the significance of the Gaetz/Patel/Bondi nominations has sunk in. People still aren't getting what a politicized DOJ and FBI, with the power to arrest/bug/harass anyone for any reason, would be able to do.

NME doing a sponsored campaign with Viagogo is quite a flex. And turning off comments, obvs.

think everyone who took this post at face value should no longer be allowed to vote

Choose your fighter

No mention of the deportation of hundreds of settled kids in this UK Home Office statement, which reads like a mid-00’s UK Labour by-election leaflet. Which is, objectively, not a good thing. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

Twenty years of spinning and they put you in a starter pack.

Not just the best team today, or this season, but probably the best women's team I've ever seen. Well deserved North #AFLWGF

This North Melbourne defence is insane. Off the charts epic.

First goal kickers of #AFLW Grand Finals 2017 - Kellie Gibson 2018 - Sophie Conway 2019 - Maddy Prespakis 2021 - Courtney Hodder 2022 S6 - Jasmyn Hewett 2022 S7 - Dakota Davidson 2023 - Jasmine Garner 2024 - TESS CRAVEN #AFLWGF #AFLWNorthLions

After not missing a single home game all season, she can’t even get watch it on the big television. But Tess Craven got the opening points so it’s all good.

J𝐀𝐀smine. 𝐀𝐀sh. 𝐀𝐀lice.

Current time on here: 49% following *exactly* these sort of starter packs 51% wishing I was in them

Feel personally targeted by my favoured podcast, this shit isn’t right

Appreciating you all commenting on the technique of Prezza’s punch, which is commendable, but obviously the signature moment was the gormless smug grin from the egg thrower, seconds before a fist smacks him in the chops.

John Prescott interviewed in 2019: "When I do die, after 50 years in politics, all they will show on the news is 60 seconds of me thumping a fellow in Wales" www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Vale, John Prescott. His centrality to the success of successive UK Labour Govs can’t be overstated. Like every staffer of a certain vintage, I’ve a bunch ridiculous anecdotes about working visits with him during his time as Deputy PM. Most unrepeatable - all hilarious. Go well, JP.

Find it genuinely unbelievable that such dangerous and degrading content goes out on a daily basis on a *network breakfast show*. More staggering still that advertisers and pols still court them. Good to see still tanking in Melbourne, at least.

Finally got to watch the whole thing this evening. Even knowing the score, the last quarter was insane.

Simon’s magazines and podcasts are the absolute best. In my whole time running an agency in the UK, I only ever advertised with one outlet - and that was Film Stories. Listen! Read! Support!

What a peculiar thing to say. Every single NHS decision in the UK comes down to a matter of pounds and pence. Why should this be any different? The biggest shift on health policy for generations is on the cards. I think it’s handy to have a think about how to pay for it.

Doing the impossible here and making something worse than Expend4bles.

This is absolutely splendid. As an idea and a set list.

Since Twitter is possibly dying, I'm going to repost my favourite tweet, which was when I bowled my 13 year old with one of the greatest offspins my garden has ever seen. Mike Atherton somehow picked it up, I'm not kidding, it turned up on Sky under "kids having cricket tantrum". V unfair.

Me every time a new person is announced on that man’s team.

If you see this, post a concert pic you took.

Good to see WH Smith flying the same flag for opportunistic thievery here in Australia as they do back in the UK. They even slapped a 25c card surcharge on. Classy!