Everlong, followed by Big Me.

The BOM understating things a tad.

The same place they’ve been putting it since the late 90s: real estate in nice global cities.

Well, I’m reading Jane Austen. No one has jobs. That’s the point. “Trying to sort out my feelings about Frederick Wentworth” isn’t a job.

I still don’t understand why other countries’ intelligence agencies are not doing this. If you’re a democracy, the current US Administration is your enemy. You should be trying to weaken and remove it.

How I’m walking out of 2025.

This is the greatest semi-related section of a Wikipedia article I've ever seen. On the page for the black neon tetra, a type of fish en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_n...

On a much broader timescale: one can treat the basic elite problem (since the invention of agriculture) as the need to control a labour force. All subsequent history can be read this way (and other ways too - don’t be reductive). Contemporary elites don’t understand their position.

Involvement of Japanese submarines is as yet unconfirmed. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Remember: it was European governments that wanted American troops on their soil during the Cold War. Because a Soviet attack necessarily meant dead Americans which made it much more likely the US would defend them. (Actually: is this true? I read it. Perhaps Cols War experts could weigh in.)

It’s also comically self-serving to pretend that the path of least resistance is somehow the most if not the only mature response to a massively disruptive and destructive marketing campaign, or that job-market rhetoric constitutes an intelligent, even philosophical stance on technology in society.

Like economics

Andor Season 2.

It’s a few short and obvious steps from this to the creation of the Generalgouvernement. You can also imagine the incentives leading there (profit incentive among private providers, lack of oversight in these countries etc).

If there had ever been any doubt that David Warner is a complete idiot: “I liked the way Harry Brook batted yesterday”. #Ashes

It turns out corruption pays. Who knew?

It's a crime we never got Muppet Hunt for Red October where the only humans are Connery and Tim Curry.

We need a worm for tests now. #Ashes

When decimalisation occurred in 1966, the Australian government compiled an 81 page file on dangers of using decimal coins in Christmas puddings. There was a media campaign warning people not to use the new coins in their cooking. The file is now digitised. recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetri...

"You there, boy! [slurpy inhale sound] What day is it?"

Imagine the Grinch, but without the ability to tie knots or slither and slink.

Odysseus, getting a perfect 180 on the dartboard hanging in his home and throwing off his disguise: right, which of you c**ts have been cracking onto my missus? Suitors: fackin 'ell, it's the guvnor

Jesus, can you hear me? Good, the comms are working. Now, you're gonna need to run if you want to evade those Roman soldiers. Hold down A to sprint. Go ahead and try it. ... Good work! You just might be the savior yet. Now pick up that AR-15 and let's do some target practice.

I really liked the running joke about this in Ted Lasso: How can you tell if a woman likes you or is just being nice? You can’t.

I will watch the hell out of this www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXTA...

My favorite Christmas thing of all time are the cats who take one look at the holiest scene in Christendom and say "That baby's in my spot."

You know that thing where you come up with the title and then try to figure out what it could be? Anyway, we need a reality TV show on mental illness in the gay community called Bipolar Bears.

they didn't need AI to make Silksong, it just needed some deeply insane guys to have a blank check for living expenses until their next thing was done, I think we should try doing more of that instead

Here's a 🧵 on how I came to write the article I'm working on right now, and you can decide for yourself whether AI was ever going to go in this direction:

Almost: the hybrid spawn tear down Isengard.

Look, if you cite literature that doesn't exist, that is made up by AI, it's as bad as fraud. You're pretending to have read something, you haven't read. I cannot see why I should believe you on antyhing else.

Your #KevinBartlett73Medal Top 20 Number ONE (143 votes) The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd youtu.be/MTovRtERP5U?...

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Benoit Blanc and Philomena Cunk independently investigate the same murder and come to the same correct conclusion for vastly different reasons

Time to get settled with a cup of tea & watch this

Bob Semple: “Well it’s not such a stupid idea now, is it.”

I read this thread last year, and it has lived rent-free in my head ever since. Required reading.

The English cricket team spent this morning visiting the Adelaide Children's Hospital. "It's heartbreaking to see their sad little faces with absolutely no hope" said Timmy aged 7 #Ashes #AusVsEng

This Australian attack has been superb. #Ashes

Ooh. That was nice. #Ashes

Showing off my latest wearable art diy

This is called ‘Twenty Modern-Day Proverbs’.

It's out!🍾 I am delighted to announce the publication of our "Germany's History Wars. Contesting Memory and Identity Today" It is Open Access! 👇 You can download it here for free. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

grimch

Equal political power is a necessary component of human dignity.

Ah. Large Adult Son is in. How long will he last? #Ashes