<clears throat> www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0FP...

Bloody hell! This is atrocious! #auspol Yes, the betting companies should have to return the money! 😡 Betting companies keep millions stolen from investors by 'VIP' gambler

It's Don't Argue Inside Your Head With Other People Friday. Today, if you find yourself arguing inside your head w/someone who's not present, or whom it's not safe or not fair for you to argue with, gently move your mind away. Do this as many times as you need.

Great, at a time of heightened tension between religions, a leading politician decides to play favourites. Separation of church & state PROTECTS religious freedom, for ALL people of faith & this nonsense undermines that freedom. Stunts like this--WITHIN parliament!--are unconscionable. Disgraceful.

Recognition in the genocide.

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

Fuck that guy, eternally. Link within to Lila Shapiro's definitive @nymag.com piece. Using this link because some folks might not be aware that NG is **suing** one of the survivors of his alleged abuse. something something "ally" something something "feminism" www.vulture.com/article/neil...

Bloody excellent news www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

NOT SAFE FOR RESTING HEART RATE

Yael van der Wouden, who won last night’s @womensprize.bsky.social for Fiction, said she was intersex in her speech and had only got the right treatment because of “every trans person who’s fought for healthcare.” Say it again: Transphobia. Hurts. Everyone.

You’ll be too young to remember, but there was a time when you could wake up as many as three mornings in a row and not find the world had lost its fucking mind.

There oughta be a law against saying you'd love to share something terrible Trump said then not actually sharing it

Australia’s definitely-gonna-happen submarine deal.

Lovely story by @jrdawson.bsky.social in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social www.uncannymagazine.com/article/six-...

A week ago I took my final dose of Effexor. I’d been pretty much fine each time I dropped my dose down, taking it super slowly over a number of months (I’ve lost track 🤣) but going from a little bit to none was apparently a different thing altogether. I am not having fun.

Today's cartoon... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

New glasses. Slightly more expensive than the car repair will be but much more enjoyable. And will result in fewer headaches.

Close encounters of the concrete pillar kind. 😩 I should have stayed in bed. Can only just get the door open wide enough to get in and out.

The brutal truth behind the destruction of not just ancient Indigenous rock art, but the world’s oldest art gallery containing the worlds oldest image of a human face is that for many in the fossil fuel industry destroying indigenous heritage isn’t a cost, its a bonus benefit.

Commiserations to all those facing flood devastation. While you’re sandbagging, Labor is clearing the way for even more climate chaos.

Got my flu and Covid vaxxes done on Wednesday morning. Spent yesterday feeling wobbly and exhausted but still managed a 5 hour shift with my lovely blind couple clients and had excellent garlic prawns while they were having a date night dinner. Today’s plan of a lazy morning is going well.

What do you call it? My @smh @theage cartoon.

What we send. My @smh @theage cartoon.

Today, EnergyAustralia has been forced to admit what @australiainstitute.org.au research has long shown: Carbon offsets are a total sham & do nothing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Time for the govt to stop trumpeting them as the answer. They are not www.energyaustralia.com.au/about-us/med...

Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: A teen (18?) has just been told the car sitting in the driveway is hers. Tearful happy hugs for Mum, Dad, Nan and Pops. It might be twenty years old. It might not be a cool make or model, but it's hers, it's freedom and it's been given with love. (1)

This is the funniest science writeup I've seen in a long time. It's about why cats are so perfectly evolved 🧪 Apparently lots of other animals have "tried to be cats" and the fact that other species have so much more variation is "because they suck" 😆 www.scientificamerican.com/article/cats...

They knew how to take umbrage properly in the old days… 😉

Pet parrots were taught to do video calls, and it was a hit. The birds not only made friends with each other, and selected who they wanted to call and when, but also picked up new skills from fellow parrots. Good enrichment option for improving captive parrot welfare. 🧪🦜 dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

Let The Adventure Begin @marthawells.com #murderbot

The Jewish Council calls on the re-elected Albanese government to immediately sanction Israel and comply with our obligations under the Genocide Convention and international law. This includes cutting all economic, military and diplomatic ties with Israel. Media release here: tinyurl.com/5ydypam7

“If you see this post the most recent picture of yourself on your camera roll” This is how I answered my boyfriend’s “How are you feeling?” text this morning.

Streeeeeetch. #jarvisgaleni #sebastianaral #matildaekaterin #cats

YES! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"Labor spent the past 3 years pretending its hands were tied on issues of integrity, religious protections, climate, sanctioning Israel, tax reform, poverty, inequality and housing because it didn’t have bipartisan support. It was bullshit then. It is even more so now.”

Forever Renter Stares Into Abyss After Party That Won’t Do Anything Wins Against Party That Would Have Made Things Worse betootaadvocate.com/humans-of-be...

Just passing along some friendly advice on how to approach potential changes to the Australian health care system @drruthmitchell.bsky.social

Sometimes things aren’t completely terrible

One of the Lib htv handerouterers at my polling place, AFTER I’d said a very firm no to the offer of a htv flyer, spouted “Hasn’t been easy under Albanese! Time for a change?” at me and I swear it took me about 2 hours to shake off the ick feeling it provoked.

Easter in the genocide. Again.

‘A convenyent foode’?: university republishes 450-year-old book on cheese

Huge news. Colossal, even! This species was described and classified a century ago but this is the first time a live specimen has been observed.

When I got home tonight after a 9 hour shift I kind of lost my temper a little bit. My kitchen was a disaster area. No one had brought the bins in from the street. The two people who had been home all day announced they weren’t able to cook dinner. So I just cooked for myself. #comfortfood

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

The thing about Australian housing policy is that even the Greens, who are making the most serious attempts at policy, can’t say out loud ‘prices need to fall’. Because that is electoral poison even though everyone knows it. Prices need to fall by a lot

"mouse-to-mouse resuscitation" www.livescience.com/animals/land...

This thread about hippos is a delight.

"They can do whatever they get away with" Back when I started as a social studies teacher my department chair was a gruff (and wonderful) veteran who did a lot to take me under his wing and help me learn those practical elements of the art of teaching that you don't get in teacher ed programs. 1/

CW police brutality to disabled people As we see calls for civil disobedience ramp up again, I want to remind folks that 50% of excessive force deaths in police custody are disabled people. There is a misapprehension that cops are hesitant to harm disabled folks. That is not true.

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