Another cool thing about parliamentary systems, none of this 2-3 month transition nonsense. You lost, get out

Social media apps as Lord of the Rings characters, a thread: Twitter: Twitter is Gollum. Began as a normal halfling. Overexposure to evil left it thin and stretched and bitter.

After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5) www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Is Bluesky dying? A more thorough look at the numbers. open.substack.com/pub/techtris...

This is an excellent summary of the US War on Iran current situation. I’m an existentialist and borderline absurdist and even I struggle with the current moment. This summary is just fantastic.

'‘Know Your Product’ combines Stax horns, the swing and swagger of Elmore James and an almost impossibly snotty expansion of ‘Satisfaction’ that makes its allusion explicit: these are lies and brainwashing...' The Saints – ‘Know Your Product’ The Strange World Of... Ed Kuepper buff.ly/10hOug2

ICE Agent Injured After Repeatedly Trying To Detain People In Neighborhood Mural

Bleak Squad / People's Republic of Marrickville

A major shift, via Gallup. More from @joshuakeating.bsky.social www.vox.com/politics/480...

#LFC incredible this right back curse. Just incredible

My cartoon pitches for Melania 2.

So QAnon spent years spreading conspiracy theories that the government was run by a cabal of elite pedophiles and it turns out they supported the actual cabal of elite pedophiles to get into power and destroy democracy.

This backs up the theory that Musk only wants to go to Mars because sex with children isn't illegal there

"I watched my dog chase his tail for at least 5 minutes, and thought Dogs are easily entertained, then I realized what I'd just been doing for past 5 or so minutes . . ."

Assumption of the Virgin, by Guido Reno, 1598-99, 📸 by Jose Manuel Alvarez Rey

1984

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at the Domain in Sydney last night. Henry Lee (a complete surprise) and Red Right Hand. Proper lump in the throat to hear Shivers and the dedication to Rowland S Howard. The seeds are always great, but a lot of absent friends this time around

Live Review + Gallery: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds set fire to the Domain, Sydney, 24 January 2026, supported by the luminescent Aldous Harding @nickcaveofficial @aldousharding #nickcaveandthebadseeds #aldousharding #TheDomain #indie #backseatdowunder #livereview #gallery

Montie thinks this is Farage 'blasting' Trump.

Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out. As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class. Here's what happened:

So another 75 minutes with no subs. Let's just drive the same select group of players into the ground, while estranging the rest from any semblance of match form and fitness. This is my biggest Slot quibble, pretending that perfectly solid pros are a bunch of mugs #LFC #MARLIV

Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating https://theonion.com/archaeologists-d-c-capitol-may-have-once-been-used-for-legislating/

Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread) 1. Pat Bagley

Insecure, Frustrated Bully With Something To Prove Considering Career In Law Enforcement https://theonion.com/insecure-frustrated-bully-with-something-to-prove-cons-1819575405/

FIFA hurriedly cobbling together a Best Kidnapping Prize.

I worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) in multiple countries to bring medical care to refugees and other populations at risk. There are a 100% committed, professional, non-political organization. Netanyahu banning them from Gaza is an unspeakable outrage. People will die.

Increase in productivity since 1979: 87% Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32% Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%. As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.

This festive season spare a thought for those who are locked up for taking bribes from the world leader I admire most.

this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.

Short back and sides outing there for #LFC. I'm more of a heavy metal football Liverpool guy, but not sure this manager and team can do that, so this will do. Didn't give up much other than when the ref gave inter good momentum late 2nd half

#LFC was never entirely on board with getting Isak and unfortunately that doubt is being vindicated. Just doesn't fit this team. Just doesn't work hard enough

#KiwiDerby what an absolute thunderbastard from Alex Rufer there. A goal and a man down and a captains strike levels it. And some cracking camera angles on that

The top-10 carmakers by market cap make up 75% of global passenger car sales. Tesla makes up less than 2%. The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.

Absolutely love @liberopodcast.bsky.social. It's basically the best selection of football talking heads doing long form discussion. And this week, they gave me the extra joy of putting the mockers on Chelsea. Thank you, Libero!

Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨

A lot of negative vibes on here about #LFC. I didn't like that, but for a team that's been in a malaise, having what was a reasonably short back and sides couple of games where we didn't give away too much, one Virgil double error aside, was... ok.

#sydderby what is the point of VAR? We get all the finicky bullshit micro managing offside, then it falls asleep when a goal bound shot hits an arm 15m away as the VAR snoozes peacefully away. Has always been useless and always will be

TLDR it's lost socks

In the spirit of these roasts, I think of a lot of forbidden words when the name Elon Musk comes up, but every time I hear him speak, I invariably round back to the word "deadshit"

The Fergana Valley Region. A tricky piece of land to navigate... Uzbekistan owns the valley. Kyrgyzstan owns the mountains surrounding the valley. Tajikistan owns the entrance to the valley. Enclaves/exclaves everywhere. Source: buff.ly/2MGXhwc

Chapeau Mitchell Starc, 7-58 #Ashes

Infectious new video / album from the Nigerian rock band Etran de L'Aïr on @sahelsounds.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=V18y...

Trump will ensure that the Epstein files don’t land on him by using a sharpie

Car Size xkcd.com/3167/

Gavazzeni claimed “many, many, many Italians” were alleged to have been involved, without providing a figure. “There were Germans, French, English … people from all western countries who paid large sums of money to be taken there to shoot civilians.”

MEDIA RELEASE: The Jewish Council of Australia condemns the antisemitic Nazi stunt held yesterday outside NSW Parliament. W refuse to be intimidated by these pathetic media stunts. We stand with all Jewish people impacted by today’s racism and with all those experiencing bigotry and hatred. 1/5

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

Exactly this 👇