Local still life competition is due soon… I think another 3 hours on the tools will have it done.

A large, aggressive and deeply confused male who wrecks everything he touches. And Neil.

In honour of Derryn Hinch — I once did a version with my wife — but it is not for publishing. Derryn was not only a powerful broadcaster, Senator but also the author of Winning Wordle. A book cherished by many.

#BREAKING 🚨 Former Victorian senator and broadcaster Derryn Hinch has died aged 82 Hinch had a lengthy radio and television career before forming Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party and serving in the Senate for three years between 2016 and 2019

Then he can take off the slightly smaller bin and underneath he’s actually Kendo Nagasaki. Then Freddy can pull his mask off and underneath that, is old man Peters from the mining company.

Threads is also disgusting — grateful for BlueSky

AI slop writing has taken over the internet, particularly LinkedIn and X

“It’s an insult to everyone’s intelligence to have a guy standing on stage playing dress-ups. He is just a walking publicity stunt – not serious at all. At least we’ll have a candidate wearing a bin on his head to provide a more serious alternative." Read more: theshovel.com.au/2026/07/09/j...

Am thrilled to announce I'm going to be POLITICO's Canberra Playbook editor, working with Australia Launch Editor Ryan Heath and Playbook co-authors Finn McHugh and Miriam Webber to bring you the best #auspol coverage. t.co/xUi54EMhor

If I was PM I’d say I’d marry Medicare, F**k hate speech and Kill negative gearing.

"You've got the woke right pushing for monoculturalism. You've got the woke left pushing for multiculturalism." "Woke right"..

Want the feeling of a new phone? Take your phone case off — it’s amazing.

DOGE officially ended over the weekend. One of its crowning achievements was cutting $15M from the federal government’s screwworm monitoring program. Now, the Trump administration is preparing to spend $1B to combat the screwworm outbreak. "Efficiency."

Landlordism

Of course.

BREAKING: Cause of massive Telstra disruption confirmed.

Sick. Awesome. Thanks for that. Really preferred this to funding a Blade game by the Dishonored people or people at Obsidian having jobs.

Telstra is out FYI

It’s moments like this we need hawktuah girl

FIFA gonna give ♾️ extra time until the USA wins

FIFA tariffs incoming.

Infantino gonna get deported before the final whistle —

A phone call from Donald Trump. A legal strategy from U.S. Soccer. A suspended ban for Folarin Balogun despite FIFA's rules. Inside the decision that has sparked one of the World Cup's biggest-ever controversies: nyti.ms/4eUWsKU

TIL about the 5,000 Solar panels added to the Lake Muttsee dam to form the largest alpine solar plant in Switzerland at 2500m above sea level. The plant has been fully operational since the end of August 2022. The AlpinSolar project produces around 3 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year.

A 1998 open letter from 4 PM's to all Australians is worth a read again today. More here #auspol > snarkygherkin.substack.com/p/from-1998-...

Pauline taking on the elites!

Dressing up as Benjamin Franklin with @neginfarsad.bsky.social as Betsy Ross trying to make jokes to US reps about getting corporate money out of US Elections for Fair Elections Now sometime in 2010 — anyway we were highly successful. Happy Birthday USA 🇺🇸

In the new #SIZZLETOWN: - Can anyone enter the Melbourne Grand Prix? - Can you survive 5 days on Mt Kosciuszko with a conspiracy theorist? - Does 'Your premium is changing' ever mean it's going down? - What is the upside of having a murderer's hands? podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

Saw a very bright shooting star about 10 mins ago, due south. Was a brilliant white and fell in almost a vertical line. Just went back through the Sydney LiveCam feed and there it is — right above the Sydney Opera House! #Sydney

lol Threads banned the new Infowars. Silenced for TRUTH. Everybody go yell at them.

$18,000,000,000 Windfall from the war

The families of those killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting will indirectly receive money from Alex Jones after a billion-dollar defamation verdict.

“Karl is the establishment, and no ranch-style font on his logo, brand new RM Williams workwear, or farted-out colloquialisms will conceal his soft hands or his shallow heart.”

Looking forward to his deep dive on what The ABC is doing with AI. #Auspol

For the newsletter, I wrote about an interesting new proposal — from AOC’s former climate policy adviser — laying out how you might be able to do an electricity rate freeze without starving the grid. It also has new ideas about how to harness the AI boom for public good: heatmap.news/daily/google...

this is incredible lmao jfc www.instagram.com/reel/DaQCjQ5...

Giant gas companies are “hot venting” toxic gases known to be unsafe for humans at any concentration.

🇦🇺 Australia — here I come! This August! To Sydney’s Festival of Dangerous Ideas! The perfect place for @badiucao.bsky.social and I to talk about YOU MUST TAKE PART IN REVOLUTION — in conversation with the inimitable @danilic.bsky.social. This is gonna be sooo good...

Hey @albomp.bsky.social!!! How are your housing commitments ever going to be met if you allow Anthropic and other planned Data Centre behemoths to hire all the tradespeople??? (While they steal the intellectual property of Australian Artists) What are they promising you? #Auspol

Honestly I’d be a better leader of the Liberal party

“Snow coverage in Australia is in long-term decline due to increasing temperatures caused by climate change, data from the Bureau of Meteorology shows. “ www.smh.com.au/environment/...

Had a super time celebrating @marcfennell.bsky.social on stage in Sydney and Brisbane • it’s been a privilege to have front row seats to the success of my friend:

I remember so distinctly in the early 2000s, watching the growth of RW media -- talk radio, Fox, a profusion of websites -- and thinking, "man, people who believe this deranged shit are going to get into positions of power some day! People should worry more about this! Maybe do something!" Sigh.

Missed Call From Dad At 9 A.M. Strikes Terror Into Area Man’s Heart https://theonion.com/missed-call-from-dad-at-9-a-m-strikes-terror-into-area-1819576617/

Thrilled to be joining the is guy on stage in Brisbane tonight to get the exhaustive list of things The British Stole.

👍👍👍👍👍

Got new M5 stacked with 64gb Ram before the price jump! I feel like this is the first time I’ve ever beaten Apple.