ABC Insiders broadcasted from the BBC studios in London and they still found space on the panel / in the plane for Australia's most useless journo: Phil Coorey. #insiders #auspol

It's normal to be against genocide.

An interesting BBC investigation into Russian interference in Sunday's Moldovan election. Concerningly, Georgia's experience shows that one democratic setback for Russia's neighbours can mean the end of democratic freedoms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf8arQ03-lc

The AFL service for those overseas (watchafl dot com dot au) offers a Grand Final "pass" because at €34 most people would *pass*. If anyone more interested in sportsball than me knows how to watch for free overseas, send a tip this way!

Uh oh.

John Oliver hat 10 Minuten über #Bernd das #brot gemacht und erstaunliche charakterliche Übereinstimmungen festgestellt. 😂

I don't know who needs to hear this but the only thing paracetamol (US: Tylenol) causes is a placebo effect. Well, up until I ruined that for you...

Netanyahu's response to the recognition of the State of Palestine by multiple states (below) could be interpreted as an imminent annexation. "There will be no Palestinian state to the west of the Jordan River. For years I have prevented the creation of that terror state, against tremendous […]

Trump still sore about Letterman's Trump or Monkey segments decades later. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGWAgUEFpxA&t=176

Hate to fuel conspiracy theories but Laura Tingle was cut off exactly as she said "South African apartheid moment" in relation to Israel. Who pressed the dump button? #abcaustralia #auspol

Good: Australia recognising the State of Palestine, alongside Britain and Canada. Weird: Penny Wong is listed as "Minister fot Foriegn Affairs" on the press release (two spelling mistakes in one job title). It was published by the BBC website but is it genuine?

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's John Lyons has the guts to ask serious questions to Trump's face. When will the rest of the media grow a spine?

If you were Qatar and watched Rubio stand next to Netanyahu while he doesn't rule out more strikes on your country - you'd tell the Americans to clear out their military bases in Qatar right?

Plant based burgers have only 1% of the market in the US and 100% of the market in my belly. Nom nom nom. https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/sep/12/vegan-burgers-meat-vegetarian

What's the point of live Deutsche Welle news when they are reporting reaction to the murdered far-right personality in America while Russian drones are again over Poland and reportedly Romania too.

Russia says it had no plans to target Poland; just like the 'Little Green Men' in Crimea weren't Russian soldiers (until they were) and the 1000s of 'Z' marked tanks and soldiers etc were only on the Ukrainian border for exercises (until they weren't).

Any statue of limitations should be waived in this case due to the scale of the scandal perpetrated by the country's largest private employers. This tactic was used for many decades. And with the imprimatur of the so-called union, the SDA (Scabby Dog Association). Give me the money I'm owed […]

From the people who brought you 'pash rash'.

Ed Husic hits the nail on the head in response to the 'good people on both sides' line about the racist rallies. "I haven’t seen a good fascist yet." #auspol

Daniel Andrews attending the Chinese military pararde alongside Putin and Kim is one of the stupidist actions I've seen. It raises questions about why he signed Victoria up to Belt and Road and should be condemned by the Allan Government. Does this make Andrews Australia's answer to Germany's […]

Schadenfreude is the only appropriate German response. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ykyewrerpo

Shitty of the Victorian Government to throw WA Dip Ed trained teachers under the bus instead of settling the argument with the WA Government. Given the number of Victorian Dip Ed trained teachers would still be pretty high it's a pretty ridiculous measure. Any teacher will tell you the real […]

South Australia banning soy sauce fish getting a run in the German press. https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/muellproblem-australien-verbietet-sojasossen-plastikfische-a-7ba5b438-908f-48ea-989d-7427305f1143

Surprised that sovereign citizen Senator Malcolm-Ieuan: Roberts., the living soul, who was born in India, believes that the corporation known as "The Commonwealth of Australia" has the power to restrict the free movement of sovereign people to Terra Australis […]

If it's true I'm firing off my remaining new year's fireworks tonight. Be there or be square.

We don't know the details about the Porepunkah incident but the ABC Four Corners episode last week may have been sadly prophetic about the dangers of sovereign citizens...

Was the 'most moral army' aiming for the journalists or the hospital here? At what point does this rogue state suffer real sanctions? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/25/journalists-among-people-killed-by-israeli-strike-on-gaza-hospital

In case anyone is still unaware, the Jehovah's Witnesses are an isolationist cult who attract nice people and then split them from their families and non-JW friends.

[Insult against cufflink wearers] Not all dickheads wear cufflinks, but all cufflink wearers are dickheads.

Wolf demands to help decide what the three little pigs build their house out of. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/20/russia-international-talks-ukraine-security-putin-europe

There's a word for people who "continue to visit active crime scenes". https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/19/victoria-liberal-leader-brad-battin-press-conference-from-scene-of-fatal-stabbing-ntwnfb

We seem to have reached peak news coverage headlined "Inside (insert thing or event)".

Okay boomer. https://theconversation.com/view-from-the-hill-albanese-was-naive-to-think-hamas-wouldnt-welcome-palestinian-recognition-262605

Trump's a bit of a dumbarse isn't he? Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Oven Miffs.

tea bags made of plastic are the worst

Ladies and gentlemen. Rush on in for reductions on t-shirts from NSW (North South Wales).

This is what half a million sign ups to the Corbyn/Starmer party does. Let's hope Starmer stops with the chasing far right votes thing. https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cdrkj810plvt

Trump's claim that countries simply haven't "stepped up" to send food to Gaza is some incredible gaslighting. If food was allowed in, it would be sent. #thankyou

I was at a church service in Germany today in a multicultural community. The priest gave a homily about hungry emaciated children in Gaza. He spoke about how the mighty were pounding the weak. He said the world was turning its back and looking away. With that, a group of three caucasian women […]

[Rant at German bureaucracy] Services of the German federal government are provided by officials of municipal authorities with wildly different waiting times (in some cases years of difference). They should set up a public facing federal public service or at least allocate additional resources […]

The reason to recognise a Palestinian state isn't because the occupied territories are ruled by nice people who share our values. It's because if statehood only follows a negotiated settlement, Israel will thwart it by never negotiating in good faith.

Starmer's attempt to court far right voters is going swimmingly given the Corbyn/Sultana party has had 200,000 sign ups in the first day.

Still searching for a European cloud spreadsheet that's as stable as Google Sheets was *a decade ago*. Collabora is fine on a desktop web browser but dreadful on Android. I just need to open one spreadsheet, often, on multiple devices and comply with GPDR.

These protesters are heroes. I hope nothing happens to them for not "registering" the protest (A somewhat anti-democratic feature of German law.) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/21/alice-weidel-alternative-fur-deutschland-protesters-interview

First time on the Flixtrain and there were 5 platform changes before we departed on the originally planned platform 50 minutes late. Seems to be no air-conditioning but windows which open are a treat. Nicely refurbished carriages. Berlin awaits.

I can't explain how funny the Lidl ads on German YouTube are which are AI translated into English. "Lidl - is worth it - yeah" cracks me up every time!

Incredible that Germany's school holiday rotation system is international news. But unsurprising that it's the Bavarians that won't cooperate! https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/16/germany-16-states-locked-in-row-over-dates-of-school-summer-holidays

Trump: Putin really surprised a lot of people. Narrator: Nobody was surprised except the president of the USA.