Just to crib Jan's great chart here a little bit - here are just a few of the headlines that came out when growth somewhat slowed in 2024 Many, many media outlets do not really know how to handle technological change like this

Back from a pleasant country drive. Had to restrain myself from going ‘nyuk, nyuk’ as giant diesel Utes went past.

Battery-electric bus in Melbs now. Fast and quiet. Could be smooth, but I think, but the driver is enjoying it a bit too much.

Zionist efforts to replicate apartheid South Africa and Israel in Australia should be rejected loudly by Australian leaders. The office of Jillian Segal has no legitimacy and should be immediately disbanded.

Didn’t some MAGA bloke just say he voted for Trump because he was the lesser of two weevils? At least I think that what he said, but seems about right.

Melbourne peak hour traffic looks decidedly thin. If we do this because diesel is > $3.00 then we can do it because we have a climate emergency. #auspol

So how are our shared values with USA going‽! #auspol

So sorry to our Australia’s Lebanese communities who must think all we care about is the price of fuel. 😔

"A new Israeli law requires the hanging of Palestinians, and almost exclusively Palestinians. We have seen this before, in the American South, and it has to be stopped." - via @currentaffairs.bsky.social www.currentaffairs.org/news/israels...

“Canavan put forward a multi-faceted plan, which he dubbed “a Patriot Agenda for an Australian economic revival” Patriot, eh? That confirms it as aimed at brainless nongs. #auspol theconversation.com/nationals-le...

Some quality negotiation behind that understanding.

all bad

THIS SUMS IT UP AS WELL AS ANYONE CAN:

You can still be shocked can't you, even after years of this shit. That sentence chilled me to my bones. To see an American president say that. To see him boast about it.

Incredible @jack-thrower.bsky.social chart here for @thepointau.bsky.social - the # of utes FAR exceeds the number of tradies and farmers in Aus These are land-based luxury private jets, fossil-fuelled,heavily subsidised by the gov't and justified on flimsy pretence thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...

People calling Trump mercurial have the wrong element. He’s more arsenical.

hot air..

People calling Trump mercurial have the wrong element. He’s more arsenical.

USA - dismiss your Fuckin’ president while you still have a country. Aussie.

Must be tough to be a Republican right now. Can’t live with him, can’t live without him.

How’s Donald Fuckin’ Trump? (That’s his official name now)

“ … post-Trump, the United States will become little America. Smaller, meaner, less shiny.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

My 3dp tag for that bottle on my shelf waiting for the BEST death.

Rest of the world wants to reopen the Strait? Take Donald J Trump captive and hand him to Iran. That should do the job.

Astrophotography can leave you a bit short on sleep. Yawn. Silly to try it at a full moon, but about the only clear night for a month.

Any soldier ordered to kill civilians should turn his weapon on the officer.

The US is telling Iran it has 48 hours to . . . I don’t know, do something, and it might be 10 days, or it might not, and they’ll have to make a deal on, well, something, perhaps. Meanwhile mass murder is being committed and the world is being held to ransom by an incoherent bully nation. #USA

Better print this bottle label for something nice in the event of the orange baboon’s death. I might live 12,000 km away, but it really matters Uses a face section from Thingiverse. Done in Fusion 360. .

A muesli bar is a collection of healthy stuff glued together with sugar. Right?

Easter here in Melbourne. We’ve had Good Friday, and now we’re into Not Too Bad Saturday. This will be followed by Orright Sunday and Pretty Good Monday.

And there it is.

Morning. ☕️

Crossing a busy road at my pedestrian crossing. Light turns red, traffic stops - except for that one guy who decides to roll through. That primal scream from me shocked him a little I think, but I found it cathartic. And props to the woman who wound her window down and said, “Good on you!”.

Great expression on Betoota Advocate taking about renewables: “Stick that in your frunk and smoke it”. #auspol.

Albo about to address the nation

That was it... That was a nothing burger, with extra nothing.

Trump to the world: “Not my problem. Solve your own problems.” Asshat.

The Dezi Freeman story tells us that some groups will never assimilate into Australian society. #auspol

If you need that giant diesel 4WD to tow the giant caravan, then that’s not just one mistake.

AUKUS is going to provide submarinicorns. #auspol

What else could the government do to address voter anger over petrol prices? | Fiona Katauskas

After the targeted killing of those journalists in Lebanon it’s past time to send the Israeli ambassador home. #auspol

I started reading this out of curiosity, then as an EV owner … www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

I live in Victoria, so my message to the QLD government is “From the River to the See You Next Tuesday”.

"Surely Jim Chalmers cannot argue that we are unable to afford the FBT exemption for EVs but we can afford to hand $4.8 billion a year in fuel subsidies to some of the world's most profitable resource companies." | Monique Ryan satpa.pe/NrhbRKy

“Howard was playing a role, but that role was John Howard. Abbott, Morrison, Dutton tried playing Howard as well, and failed.” Amy Remeikis in Where it all went wrong. #auspol

Small-car owner’s revenge: watching a Dodge RAM accelerate away from a roundabout. Enjoying all that expensive combustion.

I’m sure ON would welcome her into their group of oddball candidates. She’s anti-abortion and anti-trans credentials. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...