#Auspol Angus worries about migrants changing Australia to suit them, rather than accept Australian values. I'm sat here thinking "So like we whites did to our Indigenous brothers and sisters when we set up a penal colony in Sydney"?

My (v. budget conscious) sister is touring Scotland & has stayed in 2 places I recommended that are pretty exxy, but absolutely wonderful. Luckily she’s enjoyed both. 😅 I’m always nervous when I recommend hotels or attractions. Eh, she’s my sister, if it was bad she’d just swear at me & get over it.

Didn’t watch the budget reply speech, but can’t wait for the even more deranged takes from The Australian tomorrow. Who’s up next? Must be café owners, surely?

The world’s leaders watched this happen and watched their shocked and appalled people stand up in their millions, weekend after weekend, and decided their only option was to pretend the protests were motivated by racism. It’s absolute horseshit but that’s the state of the narrative at the moment

Well, that took less than 24 hours, lads. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Shell appears to have received more than £50 million in taxpayer handouts for its North Sea operations in 2024, the last year it reports government payments Shell made $7 billion profit in Q1 this year www.shell.com/sustainabili...

*sigh* Aren’t we tired of racism yet? I guess not.

The government would like people to believe that unemployment is some kind of equitable game of Musical Chairs. With a bit of gumption, everyone who wants to work can fight it out when that music stops. They actively erase ill health and disability from the conversation of unemployment.

lol, what kind of clickbait nonsense is this from ABC? For reference, here’s a photo of the airport around 1970 when it opened. It’s looking roughly SE & where are the residential areas? 🤔 If you built/bought a house there WHEN THE AIRPORT ALREADY EXISTED, you don’t get to bitch about noise.

The kid’s here for dinner. He arrived, said hi, dumped his stuff in “his” room, had a shower & is now playing games. He’s off to a mate’s to watch the footy later, will come back to sleep here. Just like old times. 😍😂

How dare Farage say he's been the most physically attacked politician of modern times when two MPs were literally murdered? He just opens his mouth and the lies tumble out.

I BEG YOUR FINEST PARDON? “…31% of gen Z men agree that “a wife should always obey her husband”” 😂🤡

Who among us did not have a $50,000 share portfolio when we were 20yo? The Oz finds a typical young person.

1/2 The wonderful Loud Jew Collective has been designated not Jewish enough to speak at the Royal Commission, so it’s on us to spread their media release. The RC is promoting the establishment messaging and silencing dissent. Please share this. #Auspol

The Parliamentary Standards Commissioner has written to Sky News to say they are opening an inquiry into whether Farage breached the House of Commons Code of Conduct by accepting a £5m gift and not declaring it.

Still trying to work out what the budget delivered. When I worked for the APS, I used to go buy myself a strong coffee & a snack & just write off the day reading budget papers. Now I have better things to do.

Hahaha!

Fucking hell.

It’s kind of funny how all of the media institutions acting as a mouthpiece for banks, property developers and landlords saying that this budget is the end of the world because of the most minuscule and pathetic grandfathered changes to negative gearing are being real quiet about this bit.

Well, that was a bit worrying. Wordle 1,789 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Multi-millionaire Pauline Hanson is very upset with the budget tax changes because they "redistribute wealth!" (Video credit: Mike Bowers)

Rupert's campaign against this budget will resonate extremely well with voters at the upcoming 1950 federal election

The Australian literally found a guy with a Porsche and a property portfolio to be the voice of the 'victims' of the budget

In 18 years of closely watching federal budgets, I've never seen a budget measure with this level of social spending cuts (not even in Joe Hockey's 2014 budget). $36b in NDIS cuts over the forward estimates

I want to scream.

“…police allege he was preparing to target strangers motivated by nationalist and racist extremist views.”

Global Outbreak Map - Hantavirus Monitor 🔸Total infected: 10 🔸Total deaths: 3 🔸Suspected: 56

Looking for a new tv series? Highly recommend Dark Winds. Set on Navajo lands on the 70s. On Prime & SBS OnDemand

Psychologist: “Describe the moment before something inside you snapped.” Me: “Well, I was trying to enter a password using the TV remote control…” Psychologist: *nods knowingly*

May is often our prime time to travel. I’ve just been reminded of trips to Phuket, Split and Paris/London - took the Eurostar & stingy husband bought me a tiny bottle of champagne but bitched about the cost. 😂 I had to make it last over 2 hours, ridiculous!

“Finally, just a question for the BBC: Given you dropped our film, will you drop us from the Bafta screening later tonight?”

Where is the media outrage over four incidents of appalling racism and threats towards this Islamic congregation???? “The board said it was the fourth incident involving the mosque and congregation within the past six months.” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Doctors say that fluoride helps build strong teeth. A guy who snorts cocaine off toilet seats and takes raccoon penises home for “further study” says it causes autism. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.

Hauled 4 boxes and 5 bags of stuff for donation out to the front porch for collection today, leaving barely room to get to the front door. Just realised the booked collection date is NEXT Monday. 🤦‍♀️

In spite of only seeing one kid, I had a lovely Mother’s Day. Brunch with the youngest, an afternoon nap, FaceTime with eldest & the grandkids & a text from the other one who’s working. Also a text from my spare “son” who lived with us for a couple of years. He never misses.

Waiting for youngest kid to pick us up to head out for brunch. Hurry up, I’m hungry! 😂

Had to pee, while I was sitting there, looked down & saw the biggest fucking cockroach ever. 😖 Anyway, apparently I’m faster than a cockroach, grabbed it with a wad of toilet paper & flushed it. I hate it here. 😭

A little perspective. Which you won’t get from the media. Note that only England had local elections: Scotland & Wales had full parliamentary elections. #UK #England #Localelections

Meanwhile in France: “People keep telling me I look like Celine Dion”

I had a case of mixed whites delivered this week, random varieties/brands. Opened a Margaret River Chardonnay just now, took a sip & JFC! So acidic, I cannot drink it. It’s been relegated to cooking wine & I’ve opened an Adelaide Hills chardy instead.

🚨 BREAKING Update from the Australian Electoral Commission Interim injunction granted to remove signs smearing the AEC, Michelle Milthorpe and Climate 200

This is the first time in maybe 4 years that my annual flu vaccination hasn’t put me to bed for at least 24 hours. I have no symptoms whatsoever, even my arm barely hurts. Amazing.

Why on Earth isn’t funding continuing for this on our national broadcaster funded by the public?? #auspol

The article was updated five hours after publication to add information identifying the report as self-interested lobbying propaganda, and some actual content from the report. This means the ABC initially published an industry lobby press release largely unmolested. web.archive.org/web/diff/202...

In spite of the cold weather, the garden is coping surprisingly well. I just picked two zucchinis, a huge bunch of basil & a few chillies. There are 3 good sized capsicums hanging in there too, one just starting to ripen. I also made up a bouquet garni at chef’s request. No idea what he’s cooking.

Good to see CSIRO pop up in my FB feed this morning, delivering sensible facts about hantaviruses. Bringing the science to the people who probably need educating the most, excellent work.

Husband is still sleeping. Well, he’s gone back to sleep, I gather he had a bad night. I’ve tucked him in & am very quietly existing at the other end of the house. Sorry about the coffee machine noise, Babe. I love you, but not enough to go without my coffee.

Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/taken