In the first Trump Administration it took 3 years before we got to the "insane off-the-cuff medical advice from Dr Don" phase. This time it only took like 8 months.

Dear Americans, please stop sending your complaints about the axing of Jimmy Kimmel to ABC Australia. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

When you want clarity without chaos, Matt Bevan delivers. No shouting, no clickbait—just clean journalism with an accent that makes it all go down easier. Great video to share with those that don’t follow day-to-day politics about Charlie Kirk. @mattbevan.bsky.social youtu.be/uiUPis_XDTA?...

at one point Albania was on the brink of civil war after the collapse of pyramid schemes that had sucked up roughly half of GDP, and now that is only the *second* stupidest thing the country has done.

Tomorrow on If You're Listening, the danger of the "they are coming to get us" narrative that is now spreading in America.

Jon Stewart: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GXN...

UX designer: "How many ads should people using your social media site be served while they're trying to read your posts, sir?" Trump: "Yes"

So, I'm sad that Colbert's show is being cancelled, but also he keeps saying that 200 people work on the show. I mean... I cannot fathom how they get to 200 staff on that show. I can only think of jobs for like 50 people. If someone can explain how they get to 200 that would be appreciated.

Desperate Kash Patel Asks Shooter’s Family If They Can Solve Any Other Cases

There was something weird about the anti-semitic attacks in Australia last summer. Police and security services are now saying some of them were orchestrated by Iran, while others were orchestrated by a fugitive in Turkiye. I spent a week trying to piece it together: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBTB...

How Iran uses global criminal gangs to do their dirty work | If You're Listening «Iran has spent the last few years bankrolling low level attacks all over the world, so is this a signal of Iran’s strength or a weakening regime?»

EARHARDT: We have radicals on the right as well. How do we fix this country? TRUMP: I'll tell you something that's gonna get me in trouble but I couldn't care less. The radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they don't want to see crime. The radicals on the left are the problem.

Oh damn they're never going to find Keyser Soze.

The boys rocking up in Utah

So, Trump has posted this statement on his X page, and there is clearly some kind of AI going on in this video. I dunno if it's a morph cut or what's going on, but at the 18 second mark something very weird is happening. I'll post the link to the full video below so you know I didn't fake this

I hope nobody ever has to analyse my signature cos honestly it changes wildly depending on how sleepy I am.

every birthday message to epstein is like "dear jeff, you're so rich and so handsome but probably the thing about you i love most is that you're a prolific child predator. never change <3"

I am generally really impressed by @mattbevan.bsky.social's "If You're Listening" series. This one from just now really made my jaw drop: youtu.be/3rS_IORcSX0?... It is a second of a series on the peace negotiations by Steve Witkoff. Several "this cannot be true" moments. But they are.

Yeah this is real. Mike Johnson said Trump was an FBI informant in the Epstein case.

How Vladimir Putin lured Trump and his peace envoy Steve Witkoff into the possibility of a peace deal with Ukraine, then pulled the rug out from under them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rS_...

Political party discovers that higher tax rates lead to higher tax revenues.

I miss the days when rugby league was simpler. There was no bunker, no Sportsbet ads and apparently the Balmain Tigers were sponsored by the concept of “computers”

Dearest Martha, The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover. Yours in glaze,

The fact so many gamblers are having a sook over this is a perfect example of how deeply cooked the NRL is. Oh someone did something nice and it meant you lost a bet? Maybe don’t bet on stuff like that then.

More Adam O'Brien speculation? I can't imagine why...

Can't even build death star anymore, because of ewok

About as perfect a summary of the collapse of US democracy as you can get.

Outstanding #IfYoureListening episode. @mattbevan.bsky.social explores the history of #EastTimor, the #BaliboFive, the occupation of East Timor by Indonesia, its journey to independence and statehood as #TimorLeste and the parallels of so much of this with #Palestine. youtu.be/aIDH7XbP29g?...

The Newcastle Knights back line is so pathetic that the forward pack has basically decided to do their job for them. The front rowers are chasing and contesting the bombs. Unbelievable. #nrlknightsbroncos

Can Australia really do anything to help build a Palestinian state? Well, we’ve done it before, under stunningly similar circumstances. Here’s how that went: youtu.be/aIDH7XbP29g?...

I’m sorry, that can’t possibly be where a scorpion’s anus is.

GPT-5's underwhelming performance on benchmarks suggests that the current approach of scaling LLMs is starting to reach the limits of available resources (Financial Times) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Thanks @mattbevan.bsky.social and team for breaking it down so well youtu.be/PSX8Fk6qFRw?...

The insane story of how the Israel-Palestine peace process got started, and how it was derailed by Benjamin Netanyahu | If You're Listening youtu.be/PSX8Fk6qFRw

taylor swift going on travis kelce's podcast was so damaging... girlfriends around the world coming to terms with the new reality that they can't just politely ignore their boyfriend's podcast any more.

Yo is Taylor about to predict a future murder?

Everything really is computer

Things on the ChatGPT sub-Reddit are getting grim.

ChatGPT talks to adults like it’s grooming them. Ohhhh wowwwww you’re so mature for your age. Nobody understands you.

Pretty much the History of Australia since 1788 in 4 bullet points.

New heresy just dropped

I spent two weeks looking into two key questions about Jeffrey Epstein: - Can video evidence prove he was not murdered? - Is there evidence he ever blackmailed anyone? The results surprised me. youtu.be/6zzWn4_Rrac

The dog autism question makes me think they were accepting “wait, what?” as an “unsure” response.

Honestly the Knights should play Jesse Southwell at halfback for the rest of the year. I’m not even being facetious she would single-handedly double the IQ of the team. #nrlknightspanthers

And Steve we will obviously be keeping our eye on the results from the key swing states of Mevada, Mez Mico, Wiscubjha, Misfrani and Sahe O’Midsuxa

My toxic trait is my favourite cuisines were all on the other team during WWII

THERE WAS NOTHING IN THAT BROWNIE THIS EDIBLE IS BULLSHIT - oNe hOUr laTer-

Only a few tickets left for our If You're Listening live show in Canberra on 21 August canberratheatrecentre.com.au/show/if-your...

Late to this but The Studio with Seth Rogen really is as good as everyone says. I honestly think it’s the closest America has ever got to Fawlty Towers.