“Toxic” brand certainly sounds right. I am very relieved that it’s not going to happen. A Trump tower on the Gold Coast (Surfers Paradise), or anywhere in Australia, would be galling. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Let’s all post it and see if they indict all of us.

As an opera singer, THIS!! What do you mean you’re a “classically trained voice teacher” but you have never listened to Pavarotti or Maria Callas? It’s literally not physically possible with a “classical” syllabus. One “voice teacher” reacted to Stevie Nicks for the very first time. Like???

I think we’re at the stage where civilised governments should permit dignified assisted suicide for anyone mentally capable of making the decision, regardless of state of health. Unpopular opinion, I know, but why force people to go on when the will to do so is long gone?

Not many vocal coaches listen to music while growing up, judging by the volume of “Vocal coach listens to [very famous singer] for the first time!” videos online.

He is like a litmus test for decency. If you could build a community/state/nation comprised solely of people who can’t abide him, you’d have somewhere I’d love to be.

Not content to merely infuriate people all over the world with his lies and poor character alone, he initiates actions that negatively impact them in tangible and significant ways. The projected annual earnings on my retirement savings dropped by almost half in one week. I truly despise that guy.

The “Send Barron” thing really only works if he cares about his offspring being in danger. I don’t believe he does. I think the only reason he wouldn’t like that is simply the risk that they embarrass him by being suckers/losers.

A new mural in Newtown, Sydney, Australia, by street artist Scott Marsh. Island Boys.

I derive far too much satisfaction from setting the colour of LED game controllers to match the game I’m playing. I love these controllers. Hollow Knight is the best gaming experience that I have ever had, and I’ve been playing video games for around 40 years. The little things that make us happy.

Another one to block. At least they didn’t even try to be subtle with their handle: @fuckyourfeelings85.bsky.social

I wish I'd thought to buy a great big bunch of packs of gum that one day in 8th grade. "Did you bring enough for the whole class, Mr. Coffman?" Sho' nuff did, smartass!

This is who runs this account.

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

When you say “let that sink in” you are saying “I think you are slow, so you need more time to understand and process what I just said.” It’s not very nice.

V for Vendetta had a big impact on me. Both the graphic novel and then the film. I did not expect it to be so relevant now. Dominic: What do you think will happen? Finch: What usually happens when people without guns stand up to people with guns.

I wonder if there are any Americans thinking, “Gee, maybe I should have voted.” Any Muslims for Trump thinking, “Maybe he wasn’t all that sincere.” Latinos for Trump thinking, “Maybe it’s not just the other ones he was talking about.” Or are they always lost, unable to see it?

Renee Good was murdered by her own government today. It doesn’t matter if she was protesting. She was murdered in cold blood by ICE on behalf of Trump. Don't let her name or face get erased.

Damn, there’s another one: @nazium.bsky.social The name should give it away but that’s another anti-democracy witless worm.

Why is it that the text in so many memes has the same bad grammar and spelling that you typically see in a scam email? There’s no connection, right? These are the kind of thoughts that plague me when I manage to stop being annoyed and dismayed by the state of the world and don’t have work to do.

You don’t even need to read the “World Reacts to Venezuela” pieces. They’re as expected. You can sum them all up as “We assure you that we have all the proper concerns.”

US enters the 'Announce war on social media followed by presser between president's golf appointments' stage

How many countries do you need to attack to earn your FIFA Peace Prize?

I come from potato eating people and have the utmost respect for potatoes of any kind, including couch potatoes.

The US president posted a video of himself flying a fighter plane, wearing a crown, and dropping excrement on people. You don’t need more than that to establish that he is of poor character. (He is far, far worse, of course.) Anyone attempting to defend that is obviously of poor character too.

Be like him. Such a great 💡 yeah. Your boss will understand.

I hope that somebody, somehow, manages to make a publicly acceptable t-shirt design to commemorate his passing. But, if not, I think I may just go with whatever there is.

I can only imagine what it must feel like for all the honourable people who have served their country, and/or are still serving, to see the world’s perception of the US armed forces declining so rapidly. What happened to that “Death before Dishonour” ethos? Honour is now considered a weakness. 😔

You know you’re following the right people when you see them shut down a post from someone that you’ve already blocked. It’s phenomenal how often I see that. I suppose it’s easy to spot the nasties but it’s comforting.

Mike Johnson perpetually has his head in the sand. “I haven’t seen that” is his standard line, whether it happened the day before or in the previous week. Every time I see him comment, he says some variation of that.

Did my preparation for Halloween. Don’t get many kids coming around in my neighbourhood (out of the city in Sydney, Australia) — only 5 last year. Yeah, no healthy food. I’m a bad man. I grew up in the 80s. You come to my place, you take your chances — there will be sugar.

America has produced the Trump administration, which is sad and frightening and sickening. It has also produced the series Reservation Dogs. There is clearly an abundance of heart, strength and goodness there. It’s not lost. I have just finished the series and I am going to miss it so much.

The situation is now so bizarre that if you heard that the US Air Force was considering awarding full military honours to the 9/11 hijackers, you may not be 100% certain that it’s not true. Because that’s just not that crazy with this administration.

Supposing that the people holding the Epstein files are ordered to release them, what guarantees that what they release constitutes the original, unaltered files? What prevents them from substituting the original content with something more favourable for the parties concerned? Is it magic?

Trump really believes his made-up reality and demands his subordinates say the same things.

Life down under. Sharing breakfast with cockatoos.

First day of a week in the Whitsundays. Will be nice if I can forget what’s going on in the world.

So there are people in detention centres saying that they still support Trump, that it’s the other people who don’t deserve to be there, not them. That level of blind loyalty is enough to make Saruman and Sauron envious. There is little hope of changing minds like that.

Why any rational person would believe one word this man says is beyond me - Trump and the truth have no relationship and never have.

Thank you, @saffship.bsky.social!

I would like to acknowledge all the Republicans who refuse to put their party above their principles. I know it can’t be easy with all the anti-Republican sentiment here. I hope that I will have your resolve, conviction, and strength of character if I ever find myself in your situation.

The film Pride (2014) never fails to make me feel so much, including better. If you haven’t seen it, and you aren’t heartless, I think you will enjoy it. How could you not? youtu.be/kZfFvsKDuUU?...

I am sure that you are too smart to be caught by this, but, just in case they catch you when you’re tired or distracted, if you get a DM like this, please ignore it, and please block the person who sent it to you. It is a heinous account takeover scam.

Okay, I’m going to be that guy again. I am seeing a number of accounts appealing for money for something that decent people find hard to ignore — saving a child’s life being the most common. They have too many characteristics in common for me. The same apology text for overstepping. I say scams.

If someone follows you who has a bio — albeit a short one — but no posts and no replies, despite following over 700 accounts and having 35 followers, are you a bad person if your instinct is to block them? Or do you follow back and see what happens? You do, don’t you? Okay. I’ll be nice.

“The Golden Knights will parachute onto the White House Ellipse and offer the president a folded American flag.” Folded flag? For the death of democracy? abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics...

I am skeptical of all the “they’re not dumb, they’re very smart, they’re just pretending to be dumb” explanations. Perhaps, because they’re so good at it, but, statistically, it’s fishy. Do Fox really hire so many very smart people? Does Trump like smart people around him? Is he very smart too?