Oh no I missed the anniversary yesterday

Often you get the same news alert 20 times, but then sometimes…

Oh to know what the owner of multiple enormous palaces and actual castles thought of Trump's Ballroom for Ants

Schrödinger’s wife: Have you seen the cat? Schrödinger: I have good news and bad news

FYI tomorrow the president and the king are going to be looking at bees.

We are no longer commenting or even liking. Just watching. Likes, shares, comments — "active" signals — are being displaced by watch time, dwell time, scroll hesitation. Preference is inferred from micro-reactions. The 'prod-user' has become the user-spectator.

The list of shops exempt from the new all-day retail ban for Anzac Day in NSW is very odd. Tl;dr - you can't buy cat food, but you can buy a cat.

2+2=5

Did you see the 4k remastered Rothkos

I'm not sure my French is good enough to understand the full subtleties of Libé's review of the Michael Jackson biopic

Hi this joke is for me

Surely the big issue here is why we're giving driving licences to feral pigs, and what they're up to at night in Moree.

i have no idea who tim bowden at the Advertiser is, but I like him already

Legit question in the Australian today, how can Simon Benson kill the 30-50 feral hogs that run into his yard within 3-5 mins while small kids play?

these graphs are not only interesting for the ICE v EV comparison but they really expose how much more gas-guzzling the nation's five most popular ICE cars are, 50% more expensive to run than the rest of the top ten. elitre.com.au/models

Devastating one here from the Guardian - it's really something www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

"We have always believed in the power of imagination. In discovery. In the joy of a child pressing a button and hearing a satisfying sound. Today, we are proud to announce that we are taking that same spirit of wonder and pointing it at our geo-political adversaries."

All About Eve, but it’s a writer and an LLM trained on the writer’s work.

Major 'the food here is terrible, and such small portions' vibe from the Aus's faux-royal tour coverage

There was literally a pangolin that flew combat sorties with the CIA in a dirty war in Laos that then died after drinking too much gin, so there’s at least one pangolin whose record is morally ambiguous

Just noting the gentle irony that these are the Australian values we require all immigrants to uphold.

EXCELLENT Hyde today www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It's nice to hear yet another generation is discovering 'being a hipster' but I do wonder what a 'physical media' influencer is. Do they just come up to you on the street and explain how cool their lifestyle is to you?

I misread the headline as one movie and got very excited for a moment…

Car fuel tanks are designed to prevent fuel evaporation. Also, the overflow pipe is at the top of the filler neck, so there will be no overflow unless it's blocked. The 'fuel saving tip' is rubbish, imo. If people want to save fuel they can begin with not driving their kids around in trucks.

everyone's being snarky about the government's fuel saving tips but thanks to them TIL that when the petrol pump thingo goes click you shouldn't try to squeeze a little more into the tank because it'll spill or evaporate. For decades I thought I was being efficient by ignoring the first click. GAH!

It's only now really hitting me that last week my family met Hephner, the alpaca who sneezed on King Charles.

Not just art. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

One of my proudest achievements as a parent is convincing the kids that the singular of Weetabix is Weetabik.

World’s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Surely I’m not the only one who thinks this whenever they see a map of The Strait Of Hormuz on the news?

Ha ha April Fool. You've actually been having a bizarre dream and it is in fact 1996 right now. We are all going to go watch the new Coen Brothers movie 'Fargo' later. I will call you on your phone that is attached to a wall and can't make you insane later.

Extra point for it not being a postcard from Paris

Cf its unholy cousin, 'Politician said a thing!' journalism

Over at the newsletter I wrote about the unholy scourge that is "CEO said a thing!" journalism:

A long-in-the-works look at what happens when a company that functions more like Hollywood tries to enter the world of YouTube fan creators, especially one as prolific as Skibidi Toilet

cripes

Reposted with ALT cos its funny . How using an algorithim to select photos for your news article is going:

This is an excellent read from start to finish. When I met Goodwin years ago he was a fairly nerdy expert on the politics of Brexit. Who would have imagined he’d end up a living metaphor for the end of literacy.

Oh god no here we go again. If this question is asked even once at a press conference then the entire Canberra gallery can get in the sea.

Ugh the SMH is getting confused too. *Taps the sign* - Fuel excise does NOT pay for roads. It goes to general revenue! - All EV users pay tax! So they DO pay for roads! - If a road use tax is a good thing, all road users should pay it yeah? - Fairness is complicated cf www.abc.net.au/religion/tax...

WA premier just now, on public transport fares: "Rick Astley was on top of the charts when fares were this low in Western Australia back in the day... and I dare say looking at the demographic of young journalists in front of me, you probably don't even know who Rick Astley is. He was awesome."

I am particularly delighted by the idea that this one is somehow an ugly Christmas sweater.

Amid a grudging story that concedes EVs might be better value than petrol cars now, the Oz sticks in this canard. Fuel excise goes to general revenue, it is not hypothecated to road maintenance and it hasn't been for ages. Anyone who pays tax pays for road building/maintenance.

TIL Meta has a spokesperson, so if there is a spokeperson for spokespeople it would be too confusing to call them a meta-spokesperson.

Reality has never been so simultaneously utterly awful and amazing. edition.cnn.com/2026/03/25/p...

Cyclone Narelle tracking on a direct hit for Shark Bay. Just saying.

OMG Triple J are playing Express Yourself during the strike that's so sweet, a callback to the iconic Triple J strike music www.smh.com.au/entertainmen...

Fond memories of the time Triple J went on strike in the 90s and they played Fight the Power on a loop. Wonder if they’ll do that again?