I think the Libs need to blur the differences between their policies and Labor and refrain from criticising Anthony Albanese in order to avoid offending Labor supporters who might be persuadable to vote Lib. Sounds dumb, doesn’t it? And yet this is exactly their approach to One Nation.

Gee, @nytimes.com, that sounds mysterious. Whatever could you be talking about?

That is a lovely thing to do.

Peter Hollingworth was a rarity in recent years as a powerful person who made mistakes that caused harm but acknowledged it, took responsibility for it and didn’t try to excuse it. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

I think the headline here is the claim that Brianna Joy Gray has some credibility left. Big if true.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed throughout this commencement speech at the University of Arizona for his praise of AI. This comes just a week after another commencement speaker who mentioned AI was booed at a school in Florida. Read more: www.404media.co/ucf-ai-comme...

Who will be the first Liberal to defect?

I am forced to remind myself of one of the iron laws of democratic politics: things are never as good (or bad) for your side as they seem…

Early days, but it’s pretty remarkable that between the incoherence of ON and no-one caring what the Libs say, there’s basically no organised counter-narrative to the tax reforms announced last night. (Also relevant that there was already a pretty substantial constituency for these reforms).

Possibility 1: Albo is constantly forced to do things that he doesn’t really want to do. Possibility 2: Albo waits until there is a consensus for the things that he wanted to do all along, and then does them. 🤷‍♂️

Aruna Sathanapally is a really impressive communicator on economics.

What’s wrong with Tim Wilson?

Greens supporters seem to be split between a group complaining that it’s not enough and a group claiming credit for it.

Jim Chalmers on ABC sounding like a man who is saying things he believes in.

A modest football proposal: under current laws, a ref can only award a free kick or penalty for a foul while the ball. If that were changed to allow fouls to be called before a corner kick is taken, wouldn’t it reduce the wrestling match that corners have become?

Is there somewhere I can place a bet on how long David Farley remains a member of One Nation?

Very weird to frame the piece that way when the body of the article is actually about how Labor MPs are pretty happy about their access to ministers and understand the need to maintain discipline.

“Are you tightening your anal sphincter muscle right now?”

I wonder who is left who believes this.

Excellent statement.

Go home, @nytimes.com Connections. You’re drunk.

Based on the vibes Poppa gave off: Leckie and Souttar will both be in the squad, prob not Goodwin or Younis. Italiano will be there (but we knew that). Vellupillay on the bubble.

Karvelas discovering One Nation’s voters are people with less higher education, living in rural and outer suburban areas, with indifference to environmentalism. Those are just John Howard’s supporters

What Strava AI says happened below. What actually happened: I held my target pace for the first 16kms, went into the red up Observatory Hill, never recovered, and limped home … but thanks for believing in me 🤣

Hoping to break two hours in the Hoka Half Marathon in Sydney this morning.

Speaking of which … here’s a group of people who have suddenly become available for new paid gigs…. www.cpac.network/about-us

If you were wondering how important Orbán was to the far-right 5th column in western democracies …

The funniest thing is happening: www.infowars.com

Well, you would, wouldn’t you?

Can’t say she hasn’t earned it.

Gtfooh

It’s unclear whether the SMH has published the full News Corp statmement, but what they have published reads like a classic non-denial denial: News Corp doesn’t actually deny that their reporter tipped off the paper. www.smh.com.au/national/vic...

A great writer, and he seemed to be a lovely man (I used to run into him at the corner store in Chippendale in the mid-1990s). www.smh.com.au/culture/book...

New version of “you broke it, you bought it” has dropped.

Every time a deal I’m working on is discussed in the Australian financial press, I’m dumbfounded by the snide, knowing tone Australian business journalists use to report on things they don’t remotely understand, based solely on sources with a financial interest in getting their spin into the paper.

How many are being used by fucking idiots?

I love that @dieworkwear.bsky.social is reaching a wide audience, but there’s a small niche within that audience that is very online, very into politics and also frequented menswear internet forums in the 00s that, I believe, appreciates him just a little bit more 🤣.

Starting a mid-decade redistricting war only to end up with -1 seats is the same fine strategic genius and subtle grasp of game theory that brough us the Strait of Hormuz.

I think that’s pretty overwrought, and it’s also fair to point out that if at the time it was enacted, it had been projected to grow to the extent it has, it never would have passed.

I’m not the biggest fan of Richard Denniss going around, but this is very well done. The other point to make is that if you call the gas companies’ bluff and it turns out that they weren’t bluffing, you can always change the settings later. The gas isn’t going anywhere.

Child: I know your name. Mamdani. Obama: What’s his first name? Child: Mayor.

Holy crap: 75,000 people are watching Miami at Colorado in the MLS (and getting their money’s worth). Lucas Herrington assisted the Colorado equaliser for 2-2 but was just comprehensively done by Lionel Messi for 3-2 Miami. Welcome to first grade, son …

They really are trying to turn the U.S. into Russia …

10/10 for the content, +1 for the music, which is both instantly recognisable and different enough not to require royalties 🤣

You know, if it didn’t mean a lot to them, given the terrible optics, more of them would say no. And if they’re receiving something they value highly from a company they regulate, then that’s corruption, folks!

Bessent to world: get in the sea!

He’s unified Europe, torpedoed Orbán, dramatically accelerated the global energy transition… There’s the whole dramatically weakened America thing, but I’m sure there are plenty of folks who chalk that up in the pros column as well.

Every time you see this guy in the company of a well-adjusted adult, he seems insecure and miserable.

Yep, clearly he’s preparing to perform a prostate check.

Honestly, you had me at “roaming hippos”.