Except he isn’t wearing his pants!

This is quite something from Singapore's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vivian Balakrishnan, in an interview with Reuters. The end of the post-war order, diagnosed in technocratic language. www.mfa.gov.sg/newsroom/pre...

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Scenes from a personalist regime www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

'AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying'. Without a doubt, a smart decision by the Guardian to publish this brilliantly-written #HistSTM piece. #HistTech #MilHist #HistWar 🗃️

Flashback to the brief period when my wife was a Tupperware demonstrator and had an entire spiel about deformed, cracked, or broken seals.

Regional woomba intensity across Australia

Dreams DO come true: my photo of the ICE teens spread so far divorced of context or credit that Snopes dot com had to write a whole story confirming that I didn't make it with AI. 🥲

THERE ARE FOUR SOUPS

Adam Becker is my favorite interplanetary colonization hater

Numbat. This marsupial is known for its reddish coat, white stripes and bushy tail. Unlike most marsupials, numbats are active by day, using their long sticky tongues to feast on thousands of termites daily🐜 Numbats are now endangered, remaining one of Australia’s most unique and charming creatures.

Once again, a whole bunch of people seem shocked! shocked, I tell you! at the idea that just because an author wrote about a thing, or even came up with an idea, does not mean they like or endorse that thing.

Incredible given that Charles died on February 6th, 1685.

Perth to Melbourne (2000 miles) in a mini van. There were two rows of seats and a double mattress in the back. We took turns to drive and keep the driver awake. Think we took 24 hours in shifts to get to Adelaide, then spent a night in a motel before completing the journey.

After almost a decade of work – we can say: we did it. We have concluded the EU-Australia Free Trade Agreement. And it is such a win for both sides ↓ link.europa.eu/x33M9C

Read @juliettekayyem.bsky.social on the perils of "an approach to governance that neglects the work of governing." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Australian news asking drivers about the gasoline shortage in Australia: "Who are you holding responsible for the situation we're all in? "The orange man, unfortunately. He has a lot to answer for." www.instagram.com/reels/DWDBDu...

One day, the old witch will return and lift the curse placed upon you. Your human form will crack open and some frazzled cats will emerge, hiss at her angrily, then slink off into the darkness.

I know this has circulated with alacrity recently, so you may have already seen it, but if you haven't... WOW BOY HOWDY it's the most useful thing. Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service: cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...

I have some things to say about people who blow up ambulances and none of them are polite

Just had a message on LinkedIn saying that the Western Australia Police Force is 'looking for people like me'. One: that's quite a wide net they're throwing. Tough Aussie: 'yeah, we need authors from the Cotswolds'. Two: I hope they mean for a job.

Is it a bad sign when the dentist repeatedly squints at the screen displaying an x-ray of your tooth and then peers into your mouth while frowning?

Portland pothole artists are seriously my favorite people. If you know one or are one and would be willing to talk about your craft, please DM

A question you could ask every day and it always be pertinent:

Australia to datacenter operators: BYO energy, pay your way, build green, or stay home

This is an excellent summary of the US War on Iran current situation. I’m an existentialist and borderline absurdist and even I struggle with the current moment. This summary is just fantastic.

[sadly turns off onion machine]

It is the Vernal Equinox at the 𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙮. Join us for punch and a discussion of gin, Ostara, and a song from The Magnetic Fields. 🍸 #Cocktail #CocktailCulture #Appalachia

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte... “There are moments when one must come near the edge to remember why one must not go over it. We may be at one of those moments.”

Our (@mahliann.bsky.social, @marcuscarter.com, and I) book GAME STUDIES: A CRITICAL INTRODUCTION TO THE FIELD is officially OUT everywhere in the world except the US for some reason. So here is an actual thread about why we wrote it and what we were trying to achieve with it.

One of my very most favorite Star Trek episodes, summarized in gif form... The Trouble With Tribbles...

The War Meant to Save Israel May Destroy It The war on Iran may accelerate the transformations it was meant to prevent: a declining U.S. strategic role and a weakened Israeli deterrent posture, writes Ramzy Baroud. consortiumnews.com/2026/03/19/t...

Let em know I sent ya! www.kickstarter.com/projects/fow...

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Emma Rowe, associate professor in education Deakin University, says this largely the consequence of govts not meeting funding targets for public schools over a long period of time, while simultaneously funnelling large amounts of money to private schools

Gee, that sounds like a great welcome for the FIFA World Cup overseas visitors.

Pray for us now and in the hour when we really should have gone to bed ages ago

“The heavily topped tubers…”

New, from me.

this is so incredibly adorable & also funny

Dune Not Go Gentil ynto That Goode Nighte

Happy election eve, South Australia! We know what's on offer at nearly 1/3 of polling places, but that still leaves many mysteries to solve. If you visit a booth with a grey '?' on the democracysausage.org map, click on it to send a tip-off. Does it have bbq, cake, or nothing at all?

SO YOU’VE DECIDED TO LOSE A WAR. So here’s @johnbirmingham.bsky.social with some pertinent observation and advice… as always. open.substack.com/pub/aliensid...

Pope Leo is the first Pope to have ever experienced the US healthcare system, so there's that

I am politely asking the Russell Sage Foundation to reissue my book with this cover

We as Americans cannot fathom how profoundly destabilizing Trump’s insane Greenland saber-rattling was to European allies. It was a rupture that will never be fully repaired — and yet America has already forgotten it.

A friend just sent me this perfect piece by Karel Čapek, trans. Dora Round, ‘From the Point of View of a Cat’.

The word ‘investigation’ in this headline is doing an awful lot of heavy lifting.