Give it time...

Guys, what are you doing! Taxing gas is a temporary windall - any proceeds need to be spent on one off, step-up investment, not operational expenditure like services. This is how Howard fucked the budget - using booms and one offs as operational expenditure. Tax gas, fund the energy transition.

I audibly groaned when my friend informed me we were only half way through.

Quote with a fictional band that is not Spinal Tap.

The latest Inner West Mums thing is asking about ‘natural’ medications for ADHD and I curse every news org that made it seem like prescription ADHD medication was a fad that was harming children and not literally the same as a pair of glasses but for the brain.

This headline is a disgusting lie Special Disability Trusts are not affected *AT ALL* The article even makes it clear the concerns of the bloke (a solicitor with expertise in wills and estates) in this story are not about his disabled son but his other children being able to minimize their tax!

the fuck it will

terrible. 20 years ago, the internet was full of hobbyist blogs and forums. over time, these have been replaced by paywalled substacks and private discord channels, each a walled garden. google's decision to prioritize AI just makes it less likely people will create free, public info

There's a very specific late-capitalist archetype here: trust fund kids building personal brands around 'startup culture', hustle aesthetic, vapourware SaaS ideas, dropshipping, and performative antics aimed squarely at younger audiences who imagine themselves one lucky app away from escape velocity

Harbinger, akaikoshi stickers plate 0x0005 and Distribution of Wealth, #AtariST computers pixel art presented at Outiline 2026 #atari #demoscene #pixelart

Oh wow, Ive never had a private jet before! fortune.com/2026/05/16/n...

I GET LOGGED OUT. BUT I LOG IN AGAIN

This honestly bugs me a bunch re: Odyssey critique. A lot of the Iliad and the Odyssey is Goofy Fun. People turn into pigs! Nestor gives long speeches about how he doesn't give long speeches! Trying to treat them with reverence is itself a desecration.

I don't know where this bizarre idea that China has universal health care comes from, but it very much does not by any normal standard. It has a highly tiered system that brutally discriminates against rural patients and imposes often crippling financial costs.

I was in a Westfield today. Bought some stuff. Necked a fantastic Thai lunch. Thought about Angus Taylor calling migrants a net drain on the country. Looked around & thought, without those migrants this place would be fucking dead. Srsly, 80% of the shoppers were the people Hanson wants to deport.

STARBUCKS BARISTA: name? ODYSSEUS: odysseus BARISTA: oh like from the odyssey? ODYSSEUS: (beat) yes BARISTA: won't be long. (pause) well not *that* long anyway ODYSSEUS: (under his breath) fuckssake

Short thread but I 100% agree with it. Sexual harassment by a person in power shows that person is an abuser of power.

Man who lost one of the safest seats in parliament wants to see if he can lose two of them

The next James Bond should be Gary Oldman in his Jackson Lamb persona.

gotta say, them dark chocolate coated coffee beans are pretty good.

Ok Kevin Sorbo posting this is honestly incredible bc one thing I loved about his Hercules was how accurate it was

Chefs are very smart... They use butter in everything, so there's no margarine for error.

Frogby got a lil sweater

"healthy people don't get sick" is just eugenics again

South Africa was eliminated from the cricket world cup they were hosting because the batter who was also one of their most decorated players had a piece of paper in his pocket with the score they needed to win written on it and he couldn't even read it correctly and they tied instead of winning

Fairy godmothers needed! For 18 months, I've been trying (and failing) to secure funding for a women's health-related study in my lab. It's too important not to do, so I'm turning to crowdfunding instead. Here's me chatting on RNZ's Checkpoint about it all www.rnz.co.nz/life/wellbei...

If you could see in the UV, and looked at Saturn, its aurorae would look like this

I used to feel a little bad that The Onion is about to surpass WaPo in print subs and stopped promoting the membership as a direct foil until today they came out with “Do POOR BABIES deserve DIAPERS???” so therefore

“Ordinary Australians may soon be forced to settle for owning only the house they actually live in." theshovel.com.au/2026/05/15/t...

Donald Trump received some honest feedback via a fortune cookie yesterday, at a special banquet held in his honour in China. Read more: theshovel.com.au/2026/05/15/trump-opens-brutally-honest-fortune-cookie-at-chinese-state-banquet/

Discovering there's a tier below "As Seen on TV"

It’s been awhile, so who wants a #bloomscroll? First up, volunteer wild evening primrose. These really like gravel.

the same people who tell you communism has never worked are the ones that do this to any country that tries communism.

Libby's Spread n Heat Pizza (1975-circa 1978): A thick, creamy, brownish-orange, tomato-based, pizza-flavored melange in a can, that could be spread on toast or English muffins to make a quick pizza (just add cheese!) Available in Three flavors: Plain, Peppers & Onions, and Sausage

People whining that they may have to pay as much tax when they sell their assets as people do when they work hard at their job are getting tiresome in the media

Everything MPU posts about data centers is complete garbage. They have zero respect for their audience. Literally no one here is losing power. This post is a complete lie. 🧵

Unemployment is *built into this system*, so the idea that everyone’ll be employed is insulting nonsense. Aspirational propaganda. Raise the rate. Do some good.

There is an endless cycle in Western society where we don't understand the mechanism for a disease, so we blame it on personal choice or "bad thoughts" or poor parenting or lack of willpower or whatever. Diabetes, cancer, depression, anxiety, ME/CFS, etc.

GREAT SEASON FOR A CRUISE, THIS www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“Turns out” is doing wild amounts of work here to avoid saying “critics of remote learning lied repeatedly for years on end.”

China has become the first country in the world to ban retractable door handles in cars. From January 1, 2027, all new models must have mechanical door opening. The decision is related to a series of fatal accidents, when passengers were trapped due to electronic malfunctions. 1/2

Lmfaooooooo. Imagine willingly posting this for people to see, my god man

it's ablaut reduplication! aceseditors.org/news/2020/wh...

"When the facts change, I change my mind - what do you do, sir?" is a famous line that should be used more in this country by politics. Especially in reply to what passes for the colour-by-numbers output of a large chunk of political journalists in this country.

Rod Stewart to King Charles on his visit with Trump: “Hello, sir. May I say well done in the Americas. You were superb. Absolutely superb. You put that little rat bag in his place.”

a news corp contributor posting about how bad this announcement is for a girl working minimum wage putting all her money into investment funds who he had to make up using ai because of course she isnt a real person