Gandalf and a hobbit

Happy Easter!

When I was growing up we kept the computer in the cyclone shelter under the house, which was also the only room that had air conditioning. This probably explains a few things

“You cannot kill me in a way that matters” rightfully gets the glory, but let’s not ignore “Tell me the name of God you fungal piece of shit” and “Can you feel your heart burning? Can you feel the struggle within?”

I legit thought the Prime Minister’s DJ name was “DJ Ablo” but I did a quick fact check and sadly the world has a little less colour in it for me now

Standard Christian to gay pipeli– Still Christian actually but just very, very gay

Oh hell yeah

Dragging myself to the city to buy all the things I’ve been putting off buying because I don’t want to go to the city it’s too busy

Forever misreading this word as “Pope yes”

I have an idea for a theology podcast where I ask serious theologians goofy questions like “Would you baptise Baby Yoda” and they have to unpack all the controversies it provokes

Side note: Insofar as there are any normative beliefs about aliens, the idea that aliens are actually demons isn't a typical Christian belief, even among Catholics: the Vatican's astronomer maintains alien life is plausible, and doesn't contradict faith. religionnews.com/2014/12/03/m...

Also, great example of a meme that can’t be hijacked by corporations. Therefore, it has no kill switch

Is this the end

In a bad mood because it’s windy 🌬️😡

Me and who

Extremely frustrating that many of the best producers I know have been bouncing from contract to contract for a decade, never knowing if they’ll find more work

“Are video games art?” If the answer didn’t affect access to arts funding I’d say this is irrelevant. Even if they aren’t “art”, they’re clearly culture and having a thriving games industry is a good thing

It’s… cold?? Fuck off

“Unions have warned of further industrial action if the ABC can't find a resolution with striking workers.”

“Staff urge managing director to retract comments after he describes industrial action as ‘playing games’”

Thank you to everyone who had showed up, shared messages of support and stood with ABC staff today. Your solidarity makes a real difference. #QualityNewsQualityJobs

Amazing. How dare ABC staff be conspicuously not working on a day they aren’t being paid

Similarly, Soul Search would normally be online-first Thursday 3pm. It will be delayed at least 24 hours

The If You're Listening team is striking today, calling for fair pay and conditions, particularly for casual and fixed term staff. I'm lucky enough to have an ongoing role - many of my colleagues don't. As a result, this week's Thursday episode will be released on Friday.

ABC switches to BBC programming as staff walk off the job for 24-hour strike www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...

Strike time

Waking up every morning sore from working out and thinking “This is what a healthy body feels like”

“I have a few spare hours I’m going to write something for fun!” but then it’s been so long since I’ve done that it feels impossible to start

Saw a man with pink hair and now I want pink hair

I forgive Australians for doing this because we are way less religious than the United States and “being Christian” means something different here, but it’s still amusing when I see “This CATHOLIC is on the side of WORKERS??”

man I think about this all the damn time. It’s why all these weird Bluesky people are like “what is this EPISCOPALIAN doing saying LEFTIST things, they must be LYING”

Ok I actually worked out five days this week and I can confirm it’s already over for you hoes

Anyone got reccies for Japan? I’m headed there in June. Starting with four nights in Shinjuku and it’s open from there! Will head to Osaka for a weekend too though

I’m a daily user of a little-used social media platform that’s been limping along for ten years, but it’s been down for a few days now and I’m real worried I’ll lose it forever

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Americans carry on about “naur” and “saur gud” but here they are making puns out of the word “dune”. Unserious accent

I haven’t been following Talarico’s candidacy terribly closely but I became aware of it because I saw some otherwise sensible people completely losing their minds about it in my feed

“Here’s my top five items in my every day carry” and one of them is a KNIFE

Newspoll wow

Maybe it’s just my mainline Protestantism showing, but I don’t care what flavours the hot cross buns are. Have fun everyone

It’s completely legal to make a big batch of pesto and then freeze it into big ice cubes before it goes brown and then you have pesto whenever you want. Few know this

An express train GOD she’s good

Clem’s remains undefeated

God damn it

Hugh Grant’s slutty little glasses in Four Weddings and a Funeral

Me and who

The wheels kind of fell off Modern Relics the email newsletter, but I’ve wanted to do a one-off physical zine version for years. A paper zine about ephemeral religious memes from the internet? In this economy?

Very pleased to back Continue magazine on Kickstarter. A physical magazine about Australian video games? That I can hold in my hands and read??

Oh you want me to watch the Devil Wears Prada sequel do you? You want me to gobble up the millennial nostalgiaslop yum yum. You’ll have to pander harder than that