More than 150 million people will watch tonight’s Champions League final. It’s PSG v Arsenal – and most of Africa | Sean Jacobs www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“More than four decades on, Edward Said’s famous observation that ‘permission to narrate’ is denied to the Palestinian perspective has lost none of its currency.” Nick Riemer reviews the transcripts of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.

This day is kept strictly as a holy-day, being the King’s Coronation. We lay long in bed, and it rained very hard, rain and hail.

Scott Bessent, alleged secretary of the Treasury, today proudly announced a Trump $250 bill (pending Congressional approval. Good luck with that.) When I saw this photo, it immediately reminded me of something.

@patrickstokes.com would it?

Lay long in bed talking and pleasing myself with my wife.

Uh, John Paul School is an independent Catholic school, if you don’t like that many of the Sandhurst Catholic schools have excursions to mosques, shuls, gurdwara and churches, don’t send your kids to a school that has a compulsory RE subject with a unit on respect and inclusion

"The scheme generates almost $1bn annually for the Australian economy, while just $184m is sent back to the 10 countries providing workers for Australian farms, abattoirs, hotels and aged care facilities."

my favorite genre of international dialogue

Good to see Australian soccer (via South Melbourne Hellas) get some of that sporting diplomacy money. It's no PNG rugby league team $600 million, but it's a start. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The story of Michael Voss's tenure at Carlton in one image. He was +14 wins after a 61-point thrashing of Richmond in Round 16, 2024. The next week, the Blues were 33 points up against GWS at quarter time. It was pretty much all downhill from there.

French professor accused of ‘gigantic hoax’ after inventing Nobel-style prize www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

strait of hormuz opening hours

"full academic professorship"

SMH economics editor Ross Gittins got a tooth infection that caused heart failure and nearly killed him. 44 days in the ICU. Weeks on the ward and in rehab Not a single word in Gittins’ article about the experience mentions that dental isn’t rebatable under Medicare

Okay, well lets hear them out on this

Nationals Geoff Provest's constituents will not be happy to learn that he's always voted Labor! #auspol

From 1993, but still relevant seeing as we're all still strapped inside the car. www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poe...

This is old now, but still good. I think @raw-toast.bsky.social especially might get a kick out of it. davidsimon.com/gus-triandos...

All my apes gone

Four weeks after the ABC revealed sensitive court files were being accessed offshore in a potential risk to national security, the company responsible for the breach has entered into voluntary administration.

Australia fucking around: YES MR PRESIDENT THIS WAR IS GOOD AND CORRECT! Australia finding out: Dear Mr Khamenei, please let our ships go we are good and peaceful boys.

"At least once a week, every week, 1800 RESPECT – run by Telstra Health – is being subpoenaed, and not only is the $147 million government-funded service handing over confidential client notes, but 1800 RESPECT is also handing over complete audio recordings of victim counselling sessions"

Court operations in peril as transcription giant enters administration. archive.is/yB8dZ

NACC concludes that Kathryn Campbell didn't lie because she had no motive to They say she had no motive because she was already successful, & wouldn't risk lying for further career advancement. I love it when people with no understanding of greed or hubris run corruption investigations

Cars were better when you could do things like gently knock the starter motor with a tap hammer to get the brushes to connect.

Jacked action hero with goon in headlock, in raspy yet firm voice:

It's stunning how ignorant the DOGE bros were who were sent into agencies. Justin Fox cannot even articulate in his own words what his "present understanding of DEI" is: he can't even formulate a coherent sentence about it. I wouldn't hire him for basic tech support. #NEH youtu.be/jomaMvItnew?...

my new “everyone should be drafted to do one year of retail” is that C-suite people should be obsessed with their product in the same way their wage workers are expected to pretend they are. McDonald’s should be run by a maniac who eats there every day.

Lying to the Commonwealth Ombudsman, activists and the media in relation to what is ultimately hundreds of thousands of unlawful benefit sanctions very clearly rises to the level of serious misconduct, and the Australian Public Service Commission should immediately investigate those responsible.

Despite the government firing the Secretary responsible for DEWR misleading the Ombudsman, the Department has decided to continue to lie to the public, despite separately telling @jeremypoxon.bsky.social there were no documents on any app because it's actually more of a Qlik dashboard.

This might be of interest to one or two people - Abraham J's judgment in the defamation matter between Archbishop Makarios and the journalist/blogger Alkis Morelas. www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/view...

‘We can see that courage’: Greece recovers long-lost photos of Nazis’ May Day executions www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Ahh Canberra, where an unlicensed diplomat can wreck your car with no consequences (Not my car, I'm fine, I'm very attentive and avoided being involved)

Here is the spoken cartoon version of my tribute to Jon Kudelka www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cv9...

my favorite stolen art restored story is when an Orthodox bishop was watching a documentary on Boy George and spotted an interesting icon on his back wall. He investigated and found the icon had been stolen by Turkish troops and BG had unknowingly bought it in 1985. BG immediately returned it.

Just heard 7am podcast describe Angus Taylor as middle class. His school tuition (excluding boarding and all other expenses) literally costs more than my house

the road to hell is paved with charities saying stuff like: "We're trying to remove the stigma of Work for the Dole"

QUT will take over famous literary magazine Meanjin, after the journal was closed by Melbourne Uni Publishing last year. This is a win for all who campaigned to save the masthead, but hardly makes up for the damage done last year www.smh.com.au/culture/book...

"interaction with police" what are we doing here?

Sadly amusing that it took Haaretz to pick up on this line by Albanese

Kind of gives away the whole game that all the crypto ads this year have been replaced with gambling and AI ads.

Jon Kudelka was not just the creator of the best tea towel in Australian history, and a great cartoonist and artists, but he was a superb friend, incredible husband and dad. Goddamn I will miss him

The world is so much poorer for not having Jon Kudelka in it

Cartoonist Jon Kudelka has passed away, his wife Margaret has confirmed. www.facebook.com/margaret.kud...

The fascist promises the terfs to violate the bodily autonomy of trans people, the weird wellness grifters to violate the bodily autonomy of sick people, the pedophiles to violate the bodily autonomy of children, etc.