Plane trees 🚮

Can't wait to listen to this. Podcast listening earlier today involved a pretty, white, South African claiming that the politics of road races made it hard for her to get a spot on start lines... got a feeling Ethiopians have some more worthy complaints

Push notifications and links to live blogs that don't skip to the relevant item: 🚮

that PRRT revenue is coming any minute now!

another day, another piece of progressive campaign communications that gives no indication whatsoever that the greens have the balance of power in the senate

Mixed msgs here re:Australian Athletics! 1) "I think a lot of us would acknowledge it's a DQ anywhere else in the world, but it isn't here, and you've just got to live with that." 2) on reports she's mad w/ AA "I have no idea where that's come from. I am so supported by the high performance unit"

That they are still using this faded plastic structure is the funniest part of Australian athletics "In celebrating his national title, Gout stood on a dais bearing the now-dated Sydney 2000 logo." www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...

Love the idea of Australian track truthers

Takes I've seen in the last 24hrs, from self-proclaimed experts on social media - Australian sprinters are shit - times recorded on Australian soil are fake

I underestimated Olli Hoare and overestimated Lauren Ryan

What a joke of a media company

"Children are incentivized to seek autism and ADHD diagnoses to unlock more support at school" - do people hear themselves? Incentivised... to get more support at school... gee sounds terrible (UK report from >a week ago but has just hit Semafor and the Australian murdoch press for some reason)

I did not know this: "men who carry the BRCA gene are at higher risk of developing pancreatic cancer, as well as prostate and breast cancer"

Omg the fundamental issue that led to the war was trump and netanyahu being warmongers!!

US people will find out you're from Australia and ask if you're friends with the Australian Open

The Oz seems to be on a rampage at the moment, everyone worth their salt is posting "here's why the national paper's personal attack is both offensive and grossly incorrect" - is this the Right's coping mechanism as the Liberals combust?

No one on this broadcast can pronounce Sha'Carri

I'm a stawell gift truther now, they are totally fudging these results

These are the product of an inspired but profoundly disturbed mind. And I respect that

which is to say, people opposed to innovations in HCB flavours lack imagination

Zany HCB flavours I made this Lent, ranked 1. Wasabi peas 2. Scallion pancake 3. Onigiri 4. Chocolate/liquorice bullets 5. "peace in the middle east" (Chickpeas, sumac and dates, rolled in pistachio za'atar, with tahini drizzle for the crosses) 6. Jam lamington 7. Mapo tofu

E major #guitar

Australia (implicitly) mentioned!!!

The only relationship I'm keeping beyond my lifetime is with the LORD

The cast iron people must be stopped

huge day for @amisamileandme.bsky.social

BREAKING: Israel's Knesset has passed a law to execute Palestinian detainees. Death by hanging. Mandatory sentencing. No pardon. 90 days to carry out. It applies through military courts with a 96% conviction rate. It does not apply to Israelis.

More flagrant than South African apartheid.

QUEBEC.BMF

This is incredible

Reading media coverage of something you have actual knowledge about is always eye-opening, athletics edition (Last pic: 200m on March 29 was the race between Kennedy and Gout last year at Maurie Plant meet. On March 21 Kennedy had won a silver medal at World Indoor Championships)

This is exactly the motivation I needed today

It's actually enraging how little this is seriously considered. Caster Semenya had so few resources, well into her career. How many more brilliant runners would we see if everyone had access to the facilities of a mediocre US high school??

marking is a psychosocial hazard

I've said this before, but what makes this a must-listen is it's first and foremost about the women *actually* impacted by these policies

if you want to know the history of this kind of policy, I made a podcast two years ago that explained why these tests make no sense, how they were already used and eventually abandoned by the IOC in the 80's and 90's, and the devastating impacts they have on real athletes: www.tested-podcast.com

Labour reporting is back! (Wolf howl)

the default settings in Outlook are offensive to human dignity

chuck norris could reconcile structure and agency

There's a democracy now dog!!! Zazu 😍

"The podcast detailed the woman’s private medical information after [journo] Guilliatt obtained access to her sexual assault counselling notes." How??? Disgusting

grad students' union: newsletters have a regular feature highlighting members' dogs wearing union bandanas professors' union: sells devotional candles ??

FullStop Australia is a crisis line for people who have experienced sexual harassment and assault. This article shows that they successfully fight subpoenas of records for calls to their helpline. Clearly 1800 RESPECT has no excuse. You can call FullStop on 1800 385 578.

The US town I lived in held their St Patricks day parade 2-3 weeks early so the bagpipe bands (yes) could march in it before marching in NYC's parade on the actual day. Also one pub held a "6 months until St Patricks day" event each year

Every couple needs a soggy chips person and a crunchy chips person

I have a piece in Crikey about the Queensland laws and that crazy 'Zionism for Everyone' article www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/16/q...

Lotta grass visible in this paralympics skiing competition 😬

Sha'Carri is running the Stawell Gift!!! 🤯

Not at all creepy for an older man to post that they're looking for a (political) party that "knows what a woman is" 🤢

Instant "non-apology apology" hall of famer