There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵

The Australien Government has made an ad to announce the 2025 election, and it's surprisingly honest and informative. #auspol

Must read (sorry there is a paywall)

“The rabid public discourse of the last 15 years has left us unable to value our own dignity or even recognise when it is taken away from us.” I write on the U.S’ treatment of Indian deportees, and India’s silence. m.thewire.in/article/dipl...

Goddamn. "Musk will reinvent the US government in the way that the hyperloop reinvented trains, that the Boring company reinvented subways, that Juicero reinvented squeezing." The Juicero government. Incredible.

Cut ✂️ ✂️ ✂️ the rates

I’d come to believe that modern politics had become too small, too petty, to ever do the big vision nation-building stuff again - then @albomp.bsky.social announces FULL FUNDING OF PUBLIC EDUCATION at the National Press Club today. Hope! Ambition! OPTIMISM! Friends, I burst into tears! #auspol

In Australia, more people work in arts and recreation (254,000) than the mining industry (220,000). While there is plenty of money to subsidise fuel for mining companies, cultural institutions have suffered from funding scarcities for decades, writes @alicektg.bsky.social in the Canberra Times.

Hello @netflix.com, when will we get season 2 of The Exchange?

A very bookish welcome to all the #booktok people who seem to have arrived today. I hope you like it here. #booksky 💙📚🌎

Sold out literally everyone who ever stood by him and got nothing. It would be tragic if it wasn’t so bitterly fucking funny.

Nepal has been celebrated globally for tripling its tiger population in a decade - but its Prime Minister thinks the country may have been too successful. "In such a small country, we have >350 tigers… We can't have so many tigers and let them eat up humans." 🧪🐯 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"im not owned! im not owned!!", i continue to insist as i slowly shrink and transform into a corn cob

My own opinion is that it's good to signal (through words and/or actions) the virtues that you value; that's one of the most important parts of maintaining a healthy community.

"Big Tech’s accountability is all but zero now. Despite global subscribers the size of a big nation, social media companies have long dodged responsibility for what’s on offer on their platforms" PS: Seeing 'LOL' in an editorial for the first time.

Instead of "I apologize for the delay," write "thank you for your patience." In lieu of "sorry for the oversight," write "if you're so perfect, why don't you fu*king do it, Marsha." Follow me for more etiquette tips. 😁

Just finished and loved "It Ends With Us". It's somewhat heavy in its subject matter but is written with hope and love for its characters. Writing is accessible and engaging. A booktok sensation, now a movie, this is a book that online reviews say has turned non-readers into readers.

not weighing in on the discourse but i do think it's incredible that "burrito taxi" is just a thing everyone understands now. language is beautiful

one day the market will invent security vendors that improve security

The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ? So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky If you could, please help us regain our following Follow Retweet and Repeat ;-) Together we can change the world.

It’s genocide. It’s not even an argument. Israel will wear this stain for generations to come. It will never rub off. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

@scoremywordle.bsky.social Wordle 1,295 4/6 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Am I reading with my baby too soon? (Spoiler alert: No. Never.) A parent recently reached out with this very question, noting that her infant often seems more focused on her during reading time than on the books themselves. (Thread 🧵)

Carter has passed. An accomplished man. A brilliant legacy. Although for many of us he died years ago when he refused to condemn, gamer gate

TIL: Johannes Kepler's mum, Katharina, was on trial for "witchcraft" at the age of 73 and had to be guarded by "two strong men". But she was also cool for other reasons: For example, when her husband went to war as a mercenary in the Netherlands, she travelled there and brought him back.

The Holdovers

In Melbourne, highly recommend watching A Christmas Carol, now playing in the Comedy Theatre. The production is great, the acting perfect, they engage the audience so much, but the heart is in the timeless story that we know and love and still moves us to laughter and tears.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 20/ #booksky 📚💙

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 19/ #booksky 📚💙

The narrative that “oh no, unemployment went down, no rate cut” absolutely shits me to tears. Don’t let the RBA off the hook.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 18/ #booksky 📚💙

do you ever think about the way technology went and get so mad

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 17/ #booksky 📚💙

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 16/ #booksky 📚💙

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 15/ #booksky 📚💙

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 14/ #booksky 📚💙

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 13/ #booksky 📚💙

Friends if you’re having a tough time I suggest you get good and high and stare at yourself in the mirror and close your eyes and when you are ready open your eyes and say “I’m Captain James T Kirk of the Starship Enterprise” and completely believe it.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 12/ #booksky 📚💙

Woolworths takes $50m hit as strike leads to empty shelves

it's true — trans people built this site. leave them the fuck alone, assholes. just let them be

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 11/ #booksky 📚💙

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 10/ #booksky 📚💙

A = Madhoo/Madhubala J = Chithra L = Roja But then N doesn't work out... never mind 🫠

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 9/ #booksky 📚💙

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 8/ #booksky 📚💙

This is one I struggle with. They argue with my boundary setting by saying "this is a democracy. We have free speech". Anyway, I've gotten angry with most such people and told them "the country has free speech and is a democracy. I don't allow such speech. I'm not a democracy." 😡

" ...the bigger and even more consequential story: the human doom loop, a cycle in which people stop connecting in real life, reducing the quality of in-person activities and the physical realm itself, further discouraging IRL activities, and so on." slate.com/business/202... via @slate

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 7/ #booksky 📚💙