Meandering through various streaming services last night to find a film to watch, I came to the conclusion that we’ve passed the equi-Cage. It seems like over half of all films ever made have Nicholas Cage in them. I think he’s brilliant but it’s getting ridiculous.

I'm saddened by Stephen Luscombe's passing. #Blancmange never were as big as the Pet Shop Boys or had the cult appeal of Soft Cell or The Associates. But they were true to themselves, made some cracking tunes and you can't ask for more than that. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

“We’re going to back to that era when local TV stations, judging the public interest, get to decide what the American people think,” Carr added. So Americans can’t think for themselves? The regime’s contempt for the people is clear.

When is America going to do something about this epidemic of white-on-white killing? I suggest surge policing or even deploying the National Guard to places where they gather e.g. country clubs, golf courses and Kid Rock concerts.

Rise of sovereign citizen movement a challenge to Australia’s world-leading gun control www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... I’ve had minor dealings with sovereign citizens and they are unhinged. It seems like a mental illness. And not that far removed from Peter Thiel’s and Elon Musk’s nonsense.

Even in the midst of an onslaught of grim news at least we can still laugh at Manchester United.

Monaghan’s Darren Hughes announces retirement from intercounty football

There is too much news today. Can everyone just dial it down a notch please? Thank you.

Took a spill off the bicycle this morning. Fortunately it was from a standing start so nothing more than a couple bruises. Not recommended. Be safe out there.

Oh noes! Less traffic, more flexibility for workers. Whatever will become of us! Won't someone think of the poor commercial landlords and toll road operators. share.google/7QnNmgjXM8Jw...

youtu.be/VzlofSthVwc?... A little bit of Kate Bush because why not…

Polies don't help. See Matthew Guy's comment on the reopening of the Campbell Arcade - "Another place to get mugged by criminals out on bail". Source: The Conversation search.app/9ppZR

I hate these fake portentous plastic Kipling intros to sporting events on TV. It’s just a fucking football match for god’s sake. #Lions #Wallabies

Happy Bastille Day everyone!

“Whenever I see international officials empathising about Srebrenica while staying silent on Palestine – excuse me, I don’t believe a word of what you are saying. If you really mean it, then do something. The whole point of Srebrenica is never again – anywhere.” www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...

I would have liked Conclave and Oppenheimer to come out at the same time. Popenheimer.

I hear rumours that 2035 is going to beat both of them!

Grok turning nazi is proof that AI is bullshit. It's not a sentient Skynet. It's the Wizard of Oz standing behind his curtain.

#tdf #Supergrass youtu.be/OOXSZS3WOB0

Tebbit was one of the architects of Section 28 which sought to prohibit ‘the promotion of homosexuality.’ This law emboldened bigots and silenced many librarians and teachers, including some of mine. As a gay kid I was left without official support from my school. It was terrifying and cruel.

I’ll never forgive the IRA for momentarily making Norman Tebbit a sympathetic character.

"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” #NormanTebbit

The Salt Path controversy is like a small, cozy, British version of Hillbilly Elegy - one man’s heartwarming story of how he rose from poverty to being an evil wanker.

The Journey. Creative done with @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

#Melbourne - pedestrianise the hell out of the CBD. There is no need for traffic anywhere in this zone. Stop pissing around and just do it.

www.theage.com.au/property/new... They are so close to getting it. There are homeless people and an oversupply of apartments. The homeless people weren’t on the streets when the government housed them during the pandemic. So close.

Murdoch's Herald Sun - never knowingly right about anything.

My day in cycling in Melbourne. Trip into the city: Tailed and close-passed on narrow Lt Lonsdale (20kmh mixed use street). At least he got to wait at the red light for longer where he could roll down his window to verbally abuse me.

Andor Characters and Their Counterparts in ‘Allo ‘Allo 1. Dedra Meero and Private Helga Geerhart.

One minor regret in life is that I can’t make use of the hood part of a hoody. The long neck and big Irish head put paid to that. Ah well.

We could do with this in Australia. And taxing the shit out of the moronic American pickup truck that have become fashionable.

The Guardian. Could be forgetting it's a British newspaper or could be a Grauniad moment. Either way, not cool Guardian, not cool.

Der Strom am Großen Stern reißt nicht ab: Das Fahrrad gehört zu Berlin - Berlin gehört heute den Radfahrenden 🤩 #Sternfahrt25

If your industry can't survive without exploiting people, then you're in the wrong industry.

This article notes the promotion of autocratic forms of government. What it misses is the denigration of the social democratic model. Yes social democracy can be slow and messy but it’s a damn sight better than anything else out there. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

At the A-league grand final and I fucking hate the pre-match hype. Just turn it off and let the fans take it from here.

I listened to the Carole King version of (You make me feel like) A Natural Woman earlier today. It’s brilliant and if it were the only version you’d think ‘job done’. But then there’s Aretha Franklin… youtu.be/efIAM5dzuDs?...

Birth. School. Losing to Man Utd. Death. The life of an Aston Villa supporter.

Quarter time in the Bombers (2.1) -Tigers (1.2) match. When does the football start?

I told a Labor spruiker outside the polling station that I was disappointed in the tepid excuse for a government. The response? -The alternatives are worse-

That’s enough Australian election- the Villa are playing. #AVFC

Liberal senator James McGrath owning up to being part of the team that helped Cameron ‘modernise’ the UK Tories. Yeah, thanks for that.

The big question of the night is what’s up with Annabel Crabb’s necktie? Is it leather? #auspol #ausvotes #ABC

Please stop making elderly people like the queen and pope meet right wing ghouls like Truss and Vance.

Riding on a Shinkansen with plenty of room for my 1.86m frame. The speed, frequency and reliability of the 🚅 makes me want to shake everyone responsible for every miserable Birmingham to Glasgow trip I've ever taken. And don't get me started on Melbourne-Sydney. #trains

So brave, trying to snatch small children out of schools.

Cherry blossom season in Tokyo is as spectacular as promised. At Shinjuku Gyoen Park. Hard to believe the chaos of Shinjuku is minutes walk away.

With all these tariffs reappearing I'm going into the Customs House building business.

One in a series of one Places that sound like they belong in Star Wars but are real; The Deccan Traps en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deccan_...

Just found out the hard way that the St Kilda Rd bike lane is effective the stormwater gutter for St Kilda Rd. @portphillipbug.aus.social.ap.brid.gy