He’s offended because The Odyssey is about something near and dear to him: being an absent father while chasing vanity for 20 years

This happened to at least one of my books, by the way. They said they *loved the book* but had to give it one star because it was bent in transit. I AM NOT THE WAREHOUSE OR COURIER, STEPHANIE

Just wondering, Simon, is ‘the Birmingham speech’ better known by any other description? I just feel like people may be more familiar if… oh… I’m sure it’s nothing.

Just in case this isn't clear, there is no company running snorkeling trips to an underwater graveyard. He pushed for this. Multiple government agencies had to coordinate so that he could personally snorkel in the remains of over 900 dead people...for fun.

tfw they start asking you questions about the national economy but you are just a bird that flew into a suit and got stuck there

Unemployment is *built into this system*, so the idea that everyone’ll be employed is insulting nonsense. Aspirational propaganda. Raise the rate. Do some good.

frankly I have come to believe techies are illiterate. science fiction isn't about the future, stupid. it's about the current political situation but set in space so no one gets mad. duh!

this guy has big ideas for our country! I'm sure he and his party will do very well with these inspiring signature policies!!

Must we keep holding our politicians to such impossible standards?

Yeah this is a point that always gets lost in these discussions: these are not productive assets! These folks sink a huge chunk of the available capital into something that produces nothing, *and* want it to be risk-free *and* want us to reward them for being 'investors'!!

is there anyone in the modern workforce who wastes as many person hours as Guy Who Has To Call Everyone For Every Tiny Thing

we've moved on from "making up a person to be mad at" to "making up a person to be mad on behalf of" and boy that sure feels like progress

I will shout a rotisserie chicken and one of those big cans of Asahi to the first journo who says to someone like Bob "Given the statistical likelihood you'll be dead in ten years, why do you need investments anymore?"

Sure mate: we sold most of our stuff in a crazed 50-year project to drown government in a bathtub and put as much as possible beyond democratic control; now ministers only announce crackdowns and decide which donors get contracts. And this is all the fault of four French philosophers.

The Australian literally found a guy with a Porsche and a property portfolio to be the voice of the 'victims' of the budget

The share house I moved into as a school leaver has increased more in price between then and now than I’ve made in wages in my entire working life. Just value increases, not even thinking about its rent. I think about that a lot when I hear people talk about working hard.

[reaching behind the couch and pulling out an acoustic guitar] alright everybody let's get this party finished

"You can keep your existing Project Freedom subscription, however we are introducing a 2 days per month jail sentence to keep the service sustainable for all users. Upgrade to Project Freedom Plus to enjoy full freedom benefits and earn Patriot Points!"

If the govt targets discretionary family trusts there will be a lot of guff about how they will hit middle Australians just trying to get by. Don't believe it www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

7 dollar gas. Well, I guess I'll buy an electric car. Oh those are 60 thousand dollars? Well at least electricity is cheap. Oh the government won't build solar panels because it's "Too transgender"? Well at least wages are going up. Oh the idea of jobs is fake now? Well at least everyone is happ

not really sure how to feel about this decision, playstation website

Here was the other version I did:

"Help us help the environment Remember to bring your reusable bags."

I personally love to read shit like "U.S. Pauses 'Project Freedom'" in headlines. Not all good jokes need to be complicated.

You are a skilful and trusted vizier. You will advise me wisely on how best to rule the kingdom. You will not scheme or plot. You will not inveigle my other courtiers into turning against me. You will not lie to me about scheming or plotting. If you scheme or plot against me, you have to tell me,

“God, Collings, I hate to start a Monday with a case like this.”

[POLONIUS logs on]

2/ In 2001, Borsook said tech "libertarianism" reflected an adolescent mindset, with a craving for unchecked independence & resistance to constraint. She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:

Props to the ABC for covering this. Up to $8b a year in _provider_ rorts, significantly contributing to the costs of the NDIS .... But the government is making _participants_, who often haven't even received the services they're billed for, the scapegoats. #auspol #ndis #disability #corruption

I can't believe this is still going. It's like some successful genotype, continuing because it produces a phenotype that fits the environment. But a cultural gene, or what one might call a

Thinking about it, it was probably a mistake to allow public universities and the precious cultural, social, and intellectual artefacts and practices they conserve to be captured by a rapacious set of wash-out philistine consultants and CEO mummers whose dearest wish is to kiss the very finest boot.

he's been rushed to johns hopkins landscaping

can someone give us a nudge when they go back to making some tv shows that aren't all about bickering/scheming/dumb rich folks, cheers

HER: when I get over there you better not be cunty Alan Rickman in a stupid hat me:

delayed telecasts, another generation of Mcguires ... the AFL is making it easier than ever to not watch this year

Richard Dawkins right now

(I make a "mouth" with the side of my hand and draw little eyes above it) Richard Dawkins: hmmmm (I put lipstick around the "mouth") Richard Dawkins, suavely: well hello

sizzling fresh take from guy who gave us “gorillas of Gaza” and “black-hearted Arabs”

it's as if there's some unseen force — encouraging them to say the opposite of what's true — in the face of millions of Australians who have solar on their roof and batteries in their garage who are just paying to be connected to the grid... What force could that be?

I'm sure he's taking it all in his stride

ludicrous headline from the bbc here

did he hurt anyone else? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Israel must release Zeteo contributor Alex Colston and the rest of the flotilla activists and crew. This is piracy:

School mobile apps Leave Me The Fuck Alone For Five Minutes challenge

I've been pulling at threads on Palantir's push into Australia for ages. Some of what I found is a previously undeclared new contract with Corrections Victoria for $9m and no evidence that Palantir has been assessed against the federal supplier code of conduct. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

One of the most remarkable achievements in modern political history has been the emergence of "anti-establishment, anti-elite, people's army" parties - committed to "bringing back the nation-state" - that are led, directed & financed by the richest, most privileged & most mobile people on the planet

Supporting neo-Nazis the quiet way - by thinking it, then writing about it in a national newspaper. How tasteful. (I wonder if Indigenous people are worried about losing the massive and impactful goodwill Credlin has shown towards them in the past)

I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest the answer to this is "No."

A 'populist campaign' unlike the under 16 social media ban that was driven by a media outlet, and the bans on phrases driven by the Zionist lobby, which you were very quick to support. OK fuckwit

"Hanson bragged about receiving a Cirrus G7 plane, worth $1.5 million, and thanked...climate sceptic professor Ian Plimer for a donation of $500,000. Plimer is employed by billionaire Gina Rinehart." Truly a woman of the people. #auspol www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...