Thinking about the work year. One win was killing a large expensive poorly designed cross-sectional survey attempting to measure things with a highly variable population variance.

SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

“the president seems to be using the doj to hide his years of involvement with the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history” feels like a story worth reporting on

Putin has never been interested in peace his aim is domination of Europe

I got an e-reader for Christmas and I'm kind of obsessed. Its like staring at my phone, which is my favorite hobby. Instead of doomscrolling, though, I'm reading a book!!!

The perfect metaphor for local government in Australia doesn't exi ...

Are Tests Biased Against Students Who Don't Give A Shit

Trump Announces New Visa Tier For Immigrants Who Will Be Friends With Barron https://theonion.com/trump-announces-new-visa-tier-for-immigrants-who-will-be-friends-with-barron/

Chris Minns going around the streets of Sydney writing ‘eternity of conformity’ in cursive in chalk on the footpaths

Bombing on Christmas. Yeah that tracks for the dude who gave himself a madeup Fifa Peace Prize.

Me checking in on what the youf are up to.

There will never be a Royal Commission into religious bigotry because Nine and News.corp would both be found utterly complicit. That’s why they push only for antisemitism. But even then they will want *very* limited terms of reference

I wrote about that viral video of Tesla's Optimus robot falling over and other times when it's become obvious that Elon Musk's robots don't work autonomously.

It's what Jesus would have wanted?

Failson Johannes outdoing himself today, dreaming up some satire he’s too ignorant to realise actually happened during the production of Seinfeld.

Adobe subscription traps are evil but if this is accurate it is very funny.

This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.

"This 7:30 train to Melbourne should be basically empty." 5 million people heading to the test are actually begging to differ.

Beyond grim. (And from the syntax the OP was written by ChatGP - because busy presumably.)

Merry Christmas all.

Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal https://theonion.com/think-tank-called-the-himmler-institute-assures-nation-this-all-legal/

Musk Signals Willingness To Bid More Than $97 Billion To Acquire Respect https://theonion.com/musk-signals-willingness-to-bid-more-than-97-billion-to-acquire-respect/

Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan https://theonion.com/cat-clinging-to-side-of-christmas-tree-admits-that-was-1849899567/

GenAI being fundamentally based on a rejection of consent is obvious, but it's not as obvious that it destroys the inhibitions of the people who already reject consent. It makes them act in public the way they used to only act when cornering their employees by the punch bowl or in their office

The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction

Savvy countries will discover there’s a way to mitigate the harm incurred by Trump’s tariffs—and it’ll boost their own economies while making goods cheaper too. www.wired.com/story/us-tra...

If you like observational documentaries, you will almost certainly like The Cats of Gokogu Shrine (Gokogu no Neko) - I did. Currently on SBS On Demand movies. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg4Z...

If you are a fan of Studio Ghibli movies, or ever wondered why people rave about them, SBS On Demand movies currently has a good selection to choose from for the next few weeks.

If you are a Pedro Almodóvar fan, the good list of movies from the first 30-odd years of his career currently on SBS On Demand movies is about to expire.

Sussan Ley: I’m going to give the most opportunistic, unhinged press conference to try and get political gain from the tragedy that is the Bondi shooting. I’m even going to Criticise Penny Wong for not crying enough. Michael McCormack: most unhinged? Hold my beer.

Like Geelong, but about 1:3 scale.

“The politicians love this. They ridicule faith. They see moral equivalence. They play their word games. They plot and scheme and dog whistle for a bump in the polls. Then they ask, how did this happen?” satpa.pe/bEwDFCh

I like to imagine the first marketing meeting where it dawned on them that morons would pay handsomely to be walking corporate billboards.

That, and the embarrassing spelling mistake. 😏

Respondents to the poll were asked whether the government should “ban pro-Palestine marches”. Not white supremacist marches, not pro-Nazi marches, not White Australia marches or anti-immigration marches. Just pro-Palestine marches.

white establishment media continues its shameful record of yielding to orchestrated pro-Israel campaigns instead of promoting healing and humanising.

The trend for people to publish their Myers-Briggs classification on their dating profile is very helpful. You don't need to understand what it means to know that it means they believe in all sorts of woo. So much better than wasting time.

Enjoying all the Christmas pavlova success stories.

Dangerous cost-cutting exercise: No subeditors left at The Age.

Editorial cartoonist @dennisgoris.bsky.social is exceptional. Please follow and share (&credit his work).

Cartoon by Lalo Alcaraz | Andrews McMeel

You know when there's a few deserts at Christmas so you have a bit of each. This year we decided to try and solve the problem - behold the pavlova cheesecake

Merry Christmas 🎄 Especially to the people who keep Victoria running. From emergency responders, health workers, waste and recycling crews, cleaners, transport workers, and everyone working behind the scenes while others rest. Thank you for what you do for Victorians today and everyday.💚

Two very different Christmas messages

Fine, whatever, this random cat is your new god of the winter solstice

Thanks to @canadianry.bsky.social for this

Forever a classic. #BoxingDayTestEve #Cricket 🏏

LAPD Arrests Everyone Who Lost Home In Fire https://theonion.com/lapd-arrests-everyone-who-lost-home-in-fire/

We read Orwell's Ninteen Eighty-Four at school but I never really understood how redefining reality as a form of social control would actually work until far right "Christians" began telling us Christian charity is wrong.