This is a great video. I’ve followed Luke for years for tips to get the best out of/upgrade Apple products over the years (helped me get a few more years out of an old MacBook Pro, and restore an iMac I found in a skip), he’s informative and fun. Here’s a serious video from him. Just as good.

They‘re taking the kids like they took them before“

Mark Carney’s speech writer is having a hell of a week, definitely deserves a raise.

That’s public broadcasting.

ABC Indigenous doesn’t mince words

I don’t care about anybody says about the rest of the movie, Batman Forever’s theme music is fantastic!

“Letter”

Op-shop bargains!

Tanswell’s hotel in Beechworth know what’s up.

Remember when variety downplayed Sinners' opening weekend box office, implying it might not make back its money? It has made $370 million since, and now has garnered more Oscar nominations than any movie, ever

The ol’ “I have black friends” to try and win an argument.

Yeah, it isn’t great. But also not surprising.

MGM+’s Robin Hood is brilliant so far! I wasn’t expecting it from the trailer, although that did manage to convey how visually good it looks, but the writing, characterisations and political/royal drama are fantastic. Historical fiction done deliciously. Sean Bean delivered a wonderful monologue.

People living in countries with colonial pasts and a history of genocide, missions/reservations, slavery and stolen children shocked when the state does exactly the same things again, only they’re being recorded by smartphones these days.

It's the week for listening to this banger.

I for one welcome our new Canadian overlords.

The Coalition every day since the Bondi shooting: Anthony Albanese and Labor have not shown enough care for the Australian Jewish community! The Coalition on the National Day of Mourning the Albanese government called: we’re splitting up! Look at us, media, today is all about us!

Dear Australian Government, To hold a national day of mourning for one demographic of people four days before you will systematically ignore another demographic, the Indigenous demographic, asking for a day of celebration not to take place on their day of mourning, as they have decades, is tacky.

9:00am, Nationals are officially out of the conservative coalition (again). Liberal party leadership spill by 3:00pm?

Coalition: call back parliament early so we can pass new hate crime laws. Labor: okay come to parliament and vote for this. Coalition: not like that. Labor: propose changes. Liberals: change this. Labor: okay. Nationals: we can’t decide to vote for that as a team, we’re out. Coalition: *dead*

I mean, come on! I will delete soon, but I love my little niece so much, and wanted to share. Beautiful little Wiradjuri migay (Wiradjuri girl)

Typical Queensland…

New Zealand Labour appear to be taking the best of Australian Labor's policies ("A future made in New Zealand"), and the social media design aesthetics of Zohran Mamdani's campaign. Go for it team, hopefully you and the Greens and Te Pāti Māori can get rid of the current destructive mob.

Tasmania’s hospitals are about to be entirely run by this catholic private healthcare provider who very explicitly will not provide IVF, abortions, vasectomies, or gender affirming care. Access to healthcare is a human right and it should be provided - freely, and to all - by the government.

Odd framing, to hype up fourth place, but sure, celebrate Reform support dropping. That’s good across the board.

I’m so over Australia’s media. Not even a year ago Peter Dutton’s coalition were polling better than Anthony Albanese and Labor. We were flooded with headlines, podcasts, and panels on news commentary shows saying “are we about to see the first one term government since the ‘30s?” 1/3

I wish Anthony Albanese, Keir Starmer, and Christopher Luxon were communicating and acting more like Mark Carney in regards to the United States. The man’s country shares a border with the USA across its southern end and he has much more backbone declaring that it’s time to move on than the others.

“Always endeavour to be nice, never fail to be kind.”

No shit Fuckface - because you are from Brisbane not New York. Wanker.

“What is happening here is very ugly and evil. Greenland is not for sale.” (From @channel5bluesky.bsky.social )

I’ve seen a few more episodes, great stuff! The first was truely excellent, episode two a little heavy-handed and rushed a few story beats to get characters closer to where they are in the common legends, but three really found its stride. Great acting, music, locations, and cinematography.

The only Herzog I want to visit the country is Werner Herzog.

This. It’s actually totally ruined Star Wars fandom for me, at least how I used to engage with it. YouTube reactions are a good place now, but not much beyond. I like the movie, a lot. Some people don’t, a lot. There was a day where that was fine, but it devolves into personal attacks these days.

Three years since Jacinda Ardern announced her resignation as Prime Minister and that she wouldn’t contest the following election. Politics really wears the good ones down, hey? I still greatly admire her, and I wish there were more like her across the global today. Be more like Jacinda!

I respect people’s right to believe what they want, but religion is weird. All of them. Especially believing in and preying to deities. Power, and the real reason for change in this world, good or bad, comes from people. As individuals or communities. People. Not fictional beings.

I once heard a bit from a comedian where he talked about social embarrassments like only really listening beyond the greatest hits of incredibly popular singers/bands later in life. Like: “The Beastles were really good, hey?” I fully agree with him! Anyway, David Bowie was really good, hey?

Oh yeah, forgot to add. It was cooool. Town Hall Station.

Victorian public transport is great. I can go from regional Vic, to the city, around the metro area with so much ease. I get the odd frustration with pricing and faults, but overall I think it’s a good service and we’re pretty bloody lucky. And the staff are always good (in my experience).

Grabbing a bite to eat at Southern Cross before boarding the train to Wangaratta, from where I’ll drive home. Another great weekend in Melbourne/Naarm with some of my favourite people.

Time to experience the Melbourne metro tunnel.

Native Americans protested in Minneapolis today after the ICE abducted four Oglala Sioux Tribal Members. Three of them are still missing. (1/17|26)

🖤💛❤️

Melbourne/Naarm, I am in you.

A cool change and rain! Flash flooding in some parts, worryingly, but it changed the conditions when it comes to fire danger (except for where lightning has started a few).

Farage wants DOGE and ICE equivalents for the UK. Gina Rinehar funds Australia’s conservative political party campaigns and has repeatedly called for a DOGE here. Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce are pushing the same anti-immigration rhetoric that laid the ground for the current ICE operations.

MAGA: free Iran from their dictator! Also MAGA: step on me harder, Daddy Trump!

Really want to stress that this crowd formed in a matter of minutes.

Statement from our client Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah. It is a tragedy that Adelaide Writers' Week has been destroyed, for nothing. However, this is a massive win for artistic freedom and hopefully a turning point in this time of unhinged McCarthyist witch-hunting. Randa is a hero and we love her.

Free Iran. Free Gaza. Free Sudan. Free Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who keep getting removed from their families.

guess this explains why seppos can't mentally process aerial photos of the mcg