Congratulations to the shocking redesign of the #BoM website for doing the impossible and uniting the entire country.

If Australia asked to have an army base on US soil, they'd be laughed out of the room. This isn't an alliance; it's subservience. #AusPol #AUKUS

Tearing down the White House is just a distraction. -- James Carville, probably.

What a deal. My @smh @theage cartoon.

If you're at an intersection planning to turn across traffic and there are cars behind you but you don't put on your indicator until after the light turns green, you're an asshole of the highest order.

Traded To Brisbane #AFL

Woolloomooloo.

A quick note to every bank in the world. I'm taking all your money unless you opt out. Cool? Cool.

The word 'crackdown' sure is getting misused a lot in headlines recently.

Threads like this are where i find my people.

Everything in the USA that ever carried an aura of importance or gravity -- the presidency, the white house, the supreme court, the medal of honour, the FBI -- it's all now been cheapened beyond recovery.

See this one crazy trick the rest of the world swears by!

Occam is rolling over in its razor at this latest mental gymnastics about trump.

As massively disappointing as the #ALP and Albanese have been, it's still a huge relief that these people and Dutton got smacked down so comprehensively. #AusPol

It's weird that in the USA they're not called jellofish.

Real "where is Kate Middleton" energy in here this week.

I can

Whoa, was that an earthquake in Queensland just now??

A murder of crows? You mean caws of death??

Albanese has been given one of the biggest opportunities in Aus political history to be brave, do big things, make an impact, and instead he's still quivering in the corner hoping no one notices him. 👏 Ffs 👏 do 👏 something 👏 bold 👏 for 👏 once 👏 #AusPol

Paramour is a reader recommended book on Netgalley 💃💃💃 people are screaming for this banshee book!!! Eh? Eh?? Request it now!!! #paramour #newrelease #banshees #netgalley #arcreaderswanted

"AI" is proof that the "Hurry, hurry! Act now or you'll miss out! Don't be left behind!" pressure-sell scam technique still works like a charm, even on people who should damn well know better. #AusPol

I think the use of chatbots for stuff like this is intended to train people to use it to avoid everything that’s painful or hard. It can write the obituary, the breakup text, the complaint letter. It’s meant to separate humans from their difficult feelings. Seems bad.

If you're using AI to write essays, eulogies, a text to your wife, I do think less of you as a person. Ceding your mental and creative abilities to a machine is an embarrassing thing and people should be ashamed to admit doing it in public.

Onya Melbourne.

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It's like there's this whole cohort of people who believe the world is a giant episode of L&O: SVU, and they somehow convinced themselves Dear Leader is Elliot Stabler when he's actually the incredibly obvious arrogant rich guy perp.

Worth a watch: Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

My heart goes out to every USian who voted against this shit but was defeated by ignorance, racism, misogyny, and apathy.

Death, taxes, SpaceX exploding.

Australian pollies seem so bloody sure the good ol' US of A will come running to our military rescue if we ever need them, but their 'leader' won't even make the time to meet with ours. Absolute chumps, the lot of them. #auspol #AUKUS #dumpAUKUS

You just know we’ll be screwed. My @smh @theage cartoon.

Sadie is a banshee on the from the terrifying truth that she's killed before. As an empath, she's learned to shut down her emotions or risk turning lethal. But when hunters close in, Sadie must decide to let herself lose control to protect those she was never meant to love. #paranormalromance

Once again, MS Word, when I write "soothed like a balm," no I didn't mean to write "bomb."

Counterpoint: if not for air con, a whole lot of Too Comfortable people might be taking climate change more seriously.

Never realised Clarkson had antlers. #AFL #AFLNorthEagles

Fuck whoever turned on the Large Hadron Collider and knocked us into this alternate timeline.

It's oddly disconcerting watching the #Matildas play right after finishing #Yellowjackets. ⚽ #AUSvARG

Quite aside from the outrageously awful content it contains, "The One, Big, Beautiful Bill" also contains two completely unnecessary commas, and it pisses me off.

I'm no expert and i don't know the guy, but Richard Marles seems utterly besotted with everything USA, and that just cannot be a good thing for Australia's sovereign interests. #AusPol

They're outsourcing space exploration to the same kind of galaxy brains who decided submersibles made of carbon fiber were a genius idea. Cool. #Starship #SpaceX

In other news, the chop-shop industry would be harmed if we stopped people stealing cars & the extortion industry would be wiped out if we stopped violent standover tactics. AI is a sexist, damaging, organised criminal outfit that wants their criminality legalised in the UK and elsewhere.

Apparently the "AI" industry deserves all the help, support, protection, and financial backing it can get, despite being built on hype and theft. But creative artists deserve nothing.

If Sheryl Crow, Cameron Crow and Russell Crowe suddenly go missing, it automatically becomes a murder mystery.

Every so often when editing a book, I'm surprised to learn a term is purely Aussie. This year's list so far includes: spruik, bailed up, frypan, cruisy, and rort.

i haven’t seen technology this forced on all of us in my life time. they’re trying to make it so we have no choice to use this shit

I haven't watched #AfternoonBriefing in several years, but gosh I'm tempted to today. And very much wishing The Drum was still around. #AusPol

The number of Labor women in the HoR is actually monumental. Like, listing the names of women in each party and... just, wow. #AusPol #AusVotes

Since the Nationals have more seats than the Libs, does this mean Susssan's tenure as oppo leader is already over? Does Littleproud get the mantle now? #AusPol