1/ BREAKING: A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck 202 km SW of George Town, Cayman Islands, at a depth of 33 km. For comparison, the 2004 Boxing Day earthquake was a magnitude 9.1–9.3 at a similar depth of 30 km.

1/10 Novak Djokovic withdrew from his match at the Australian Open due to injury, greeted by boos from the crowd. Perhaps some were disappointed. Or maybe, just maybe, it reflects Australia’s deep-seated dislike for him—a resentment he’s earned.

Love him, but Alex de Minaurs stats show he is WAY out of his league. His first serve average for the tournament ended up at 49.7%. 14.4% lower than anyone else who made the quarters. He should take 3 months off to work exclusively on his serve.

No one’s won the #AusOpen with a less than 60% first serve rate since Djokovic in 2015 with 59%. The champion average rate is 70%. di Minaur is averaging 49%. It is, objectively abysmal. Compare to the remaining seven: Zverev 72% Djokovic 65% Shelton 65% Paul 64% Sonego 63% Alcaraz 62% Sinner 59%

1/20 Doesn’t something just feel off? Like we’re all living in a rigged game, pretending it’s normal even though everyone knows it isn’t? That feeling has a name: hypernormalisation. And TikTok going dark in the U.S. is the latest chapter in this surreal story. A 🧵:

🚨 Breaking News: Luigi Mangione has been charged with started the Los Angeles fires that have destroyed multiple billionaires homes. ‼️ Found sitting in the prison yard with a lighter, the FBI contends the evidence is overwhelming.

Nothing says ‘market-based solutions to climate change’ like a McDonald’s special on flame-grilled palm trees.

So, #ARealPain was sadly, a big disappointment. A film trying so hard to not be political, it rendered itself totally irrelevant. Read my review on @letterboxd.social 📽️

If you know, if you know. #Canberra

A quick equation for 2025. ❌ Kill the subs. 🟰 ↗️ Raise the rate. 📝 Wipe student debt. 🏙️ Cap rent. 🏡 Build homes. 👷🏽‍♀️ Safe work. 🏥 Bulk bill. 📡 Innovate. 🇦🇺 Australian made. #auspol

Wow! #TheBrutalist 📽️ Pure cinema. boxd.it/8f0y4Z

#DuneProphecy is PEAK television. But only six episodes? Honestly. This is just getting silly.

Indeed @janecaro.bsky.social I wrote this piece prior to #BlackSummer 🔥🔥 #ClimateCrisis means more Black Summers !! FFS theconversation.com/climate-chan...

I cannot imagine a world without Sesame Street. Grover. Bert. Ernie. Big Bird. Oscar. Snuffleupagus. Cookie Monster. The Count. Harry. Telly. I think for many of us these are characters who exist somewhere between fantasy and reality, as they were there for us daily as we formed our sense of self.

1/ A man has set fire and killed a sleeping woman on the New York subway. Will a national manhunt ensue? If caught, will he be charged with terrorism, face the death penalty? Flown by helicopter to prison, guarded by 2 dozen highly armed soldiers?

Labor's policy to confiscate mobile phones from people in immigration detention centres is spitefully inhumane. Shame on you, Labor. We know not to expect much from you on immigration policy these days but this is positively Morrisonian.

Ok everyone, be careful out there today

Gross. Yet Australia preaches holy about trophy hunters and poachers in Africa. What hypocrisy.

Okay #DuneProphecy I love you, but hear me out, if you’re only gonna drop each week, I’m gonna need a “previously on” recap at the beginning of episode please.

1/ The debate around Cynthia Erivo vs. Ariana Grande’s pay for #Wicked is bizarre. Star power isn’t just talent—it’s about box office draw, audience reach, and financial risk. Let’s take a closer look and see if there are any other examples 🧵:

Ariana, who already showered us with her existential wisdom long ago when she licked that donut and proclaimed, ‘I hate America’ proves herself truly a prophet and an icon of our times 📽️ boxd.it/7T1tbF

Congrats to #SergioPerez for another spectacularly mediocre performance.

Congrats to #Verstappen — now a 3 time world champion 🥱😴

Urghhh, just when I thought the #LasVegasGP couldn’t get any worse, #SylvesterStallone is waving the chequered flag 🏁 What a fucking snooze.

#ArianaGrande — already a legend after showering us with her existential wisdom long ago after licking that donut and proclaiming, “I hate America” (truly a prophet ahead of her time), has seemingly done it again #Wicked

When you’ve moved to a new city and don’t have any friends yet so have to go see #Wicked all alone 🥺 and yes, I’ll probably still sing alone.

The Australien Government has made an ad about our next federal election, and it's surprisingly honest and informative. #auspol #preferentialvoting #twopartysystem #2025election www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oxQ...

Senate is the house of review, our job is to scrutinise The govt has 30 bills for next week & they’re prioritising mis/dis bill first - will not pass & will just waste time We should sit in Dec & pass stuff like housing, grocery code, student debt www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...

It would be good for Australians if Paul Brereton, the head of the #NACC, bothered reading his own legislation. That would be helpful and oooh I dunno, might be something the public expected from him in his ~$758,000 a year position

#BREAKING 🚨 Young Labor Left NSW has come out against the social media ban for under-16s in a formal submission They have ‘deep reservations’ about ID being given to platforms, and also noted that ‘restricting social media will worsen an already extreme [loneliness] epidemic’

The head of the NACC, Paul Brereton, may be a decent man, but he is desperately out of his depth as the head of this large, multi-faceted, public-facing, modern, public service organisation. His disastrous performance this afternoon in the Senate hearing underlines that in very clear detail. #NACC

For @aoc.bsky.social to vocalise this kind of unequivocal advocacy and undeniable logic is a skill to behold. Nancy Mace is a lightweight nobody nothing.

If a Government is trying to rush a bill through Parliament, then odds are something fishy is going on. @amyremeikis.bsky.social explains just how the donation reform changes could reinforce the two-party system, and shut out independents and new parties. #auspol

I don’t like that @albomp.bsky.social has put me in the position of having to agree with Elon Musk. #auspol

24 hours of consultation for the most significant and intrusive internet regulation in years. On a bill that doesn’t specify which platforms it will apply to, or how it will work. 🤠

1) Let’s be real: this is the same fascist-adjacent garbage the Coalition tried in 2020 under Dutton. Back then, Labor stood against it. Now, with some supposed shiny “safeguards,” they’ve decided it’s fine. Spoiler: it’s not #auspol >

Totally not fasict behavior at all @albomp.bsky.social — making us more and more proud by the day. Keep it up champ. #auspol

This kneejerk bill does nothing to improve digital literacy, make platforms responsible, or help parents restrict access to harmful content. It removes a parent's ability to to make sensible rules for the internet in favour of a frankly paternalistic prohibition.

Let’s get real about this law banning social media to under 16’s. #auspol

🧵 In “Technofeudalism,” @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social argues that Big Tech’s “cloud capital” is pushing us beyond capitalism. Unlike traditional capital, cloud capital manipulates behavior through algorithms and relies on unpaid user labor. Is this a new economic system emerging?

According to Dana Bash of @cnn.com — she isn’t sure “what side of the aisle” swastika waving Neo-Nazi’s are from? We’re all fucking doomed because of stupid fucks like her. On a side note, CNN’s ratings tanked yesterday to their lowest in ten years. What a mystery.

Okay, so #DuneProphecy did not disappoint: S1E1 8.5/10

A quick equation. ❌ Kill the subs. 🟰 ↗️ Raise the rate. 📝 Wipe student debt. 🏙️ Cap rent. 🏡 Build homes. 🏥 Bulk bill. 📡 Innovate. 🇦🇺 Australia made. #auspol

Post a perfect album from the '90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains.

Could this refugee bill by Albanese Government be the worst, most dangerous and draconian anti - refugee bill ever proposed by an Australian Government since mandatory detention was introduced in 1992, the answer is YES. I explain in 1 min. Take action: action.asrc.org.au/calling_part...

Hello Bluesky! 👋 Five years ago, we formed a union to unite 150,000 workers fighting for better jobs and dignity across states and industries in Australia. Since then, we’ve led historic strikes, secured industry-wide pay rises, and more. See what we've won at www.unitedworkers.org.au/history

a bill to ban teens from social media is set to be introduced *tomorrow* damn they move fast when they want to! the kicker is that meaningful privacy reform would be more worthwhile for childrens' (and everyones') safety online, but that has taken 4+ years and where they've landed is super weak

My recent analysis of current Aus federal election polling. Margin of error could swing 1 seat either way for Lib/Lab and still several months away (unless they call it early). I think a Labor minority government is a good 80%+ chance. Higher if they stop attacking the Greens #Auspol

This is ridiculous, and would all but eliminate independent content creators ability to build and create their communities.