I want to write the rebuttal piece (to the original ABC story) because it is *such* a bad take. Like, hysterically bad and just wrong. I mean, electronic parking brakes are not exclusive to EVs, regen braking is different, but shouldn't feel jerky... so much bad. This is some remedy for it.

People willing calling people by their chosen names of Clavicular or Sneako but complain about trans people pronouns. Get fucked

I didn’t know this, did you? Amazing!

*coughs* Neon Genesis Evangelicals

Very Asleep.

I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.

Saw someone say that Stephen Miller is what happens when you bury a dildo in the Pet Sematary. 10/10 No notes.

I really enjoyed this whole book - but Nevermind was an absolute standout. All were great to read but Nevermind was my highlight too.

Donald Trump is unfit to serve as the leader of the free world. That's why I have cosponsored H. Res. 939 Articles of Impeachment to remove him from office.

It was David McBride who blew the whistle, triggering the Brereton report & laying the groundwork for Ben Roberts‑Smith’s charges. The thanks he got was jail, while war criminals roamed free. It’s about time Roberts-Smith is put away for good, but McBride must be released.

Belly is not always a trap

Ich see trees of grene Redde roses too Ich see them bloome For me and you And Ich thynke to myselfe What a wondirful worlde Ich see welkin blue And cloudes of whyte The brighte blessid daye The darke sacred nighte And Ich thynke to myselfe What a wondirful worlde www.nasa.gov/image-articl...

Annual reminder that virtually every 'Easter was a pagan festival' claim online is bullshit. historyforatheists.com/2017/04/east...

Sales doesn't write much - generally only when some global event happens like John Laws dying. She wrote 2 last year so writing 2 on the day the ABC staff were on strike was a real choice... Also one was on Kyle Sandlilands. I did not read that one because why would you debase yourself so? 2/13

It is very easy to read statements like this as a joke. This is not a joke. We have proven with AI, completely by accident, what knowledgeable people have been saying for decades: the environment that rich people live in gives them a very specific personality disorder.

Today's practice esketch

Practice vs talent in a nutshell: one picture is from where I was in high school and drawing every day. The other is from last night when I picked up a pencil for the first time in years to do more than a doodle.

Stoic Kristi Noem Bears Firing With Stiff Upper Lip, Chin, Cheeks, Forehead

Amy I feel like I ought to know, and will appreciate, that many years ago when my family dedicated a rose in the Old Parliament House rose garden to my grandmother, there was also a rose in there dedicated to John Howard and it was the most miserable, miserly, shittiest plant in the whole garden.

can’t spell Dale Earnhardt International without DEI 🙌🏻

A rare outtake.

Dogs with Sticks

New release from the Windsor Mint. Get yours now! 😜

long bunny

If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Doctor Who?” or “Transformers.”

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

Just watched the new Star Trek Academy episode, Vox in Exelsio, and man there are gonna be fanfic episodes outta that one scene...

I don't know how many times I've watched this, but it never fails to bring joy.

So 2025 was the #pratchettproject, which is ongoing, I still have a couple of Wizards/UU books, & then onto witches and Tiffany Aching; but 2026 is the year I finally conquer Mt TBR. rotheche.neocities.org/2026 has my list of queued books, and my goal for the year is to get it under 20 or so.

Phew, 2025 is done. The books summary: rotheche.neocities.org/books/2025. 83 reviews, stats courtesy of @thestorygraph.com (if you haven't heard of it, it's a really nifty alternative to Goodreads. I'm rotheche on there as well if you want to add me.)

"Clarify" may have some meanings I wasn't aware of. I thought it means to clear things up, not to furiously backpedal like backpedalling became an Olympic event.

I think Jake Paul should try returning serves from Venus Williams next

This is the way

Read more: theshovel.com.au/2025/08/14/s...

I go off bluesky for a few days and suddenly the rapture is nearly here what the hell people?

Slo-mo waves in evening light, off the Sussex coast.

For those who may have missed the news, the Australian 2025 Peregrine Falcon breeding season has commenced and the mating pair at 367 Collins Street, Melbourne have three eggs (laid 23, 26 and 29 August). Mum and Dad just did a changeover for brooding duty.

The #MarchForWhiteAustralia is the dog that caught the swasticar. Boo-fucking-hoo.

Fun fact: Thomas Sewell of the National Socialist Network was born in New Zealand. #themoreyouknow #fcknzs #auspol

Pic from a trip to Melbourne the other day. #blackandwhite #photography

Hi @catsofyore.bsky.social, can you boost a fundraiser? For Loddon Mallee Lifeline, crisis helpline in Aus. Enter a cat for Cat of the Year, or donate to an existing campaign. Little, our cat, is currently running 2nd! 2025-lifeline-loddon-mallee-hello-for-hope-cat-of-the-year.raiselysite.com.

I was just in a room full of Monet paintings and ::swoon::

Look what they did to Notepad. Shut the fuck up. This is Notepad. You are not welcome here. Oh yeah "Let me use Copilot for Notepad". "I'm going to sign into my account for Notepad". What the fuck are you talking about. It's Notepad.

Science is goddamn amazing.

Well, gee, if there had only been some way of preventing this...

Ooh, this one's available in Australia! Huge deal, and World Central Kitchen does good work.