people go bananas for delivery food in every society in which it is readily available idk what to tell you

when people want me to remove my gorilla even though it's not hurting anyone

I was asked during a radio interview this morning what my reaction was to the treatment of Australian citizens by Israel following the capture and detention of 11 of our own who had joined the global sumud flotilla.

🧵”We were tortured. 180 people were systematically bashed and beaten. People had broken ribs, were sexually assaulted, tased in the face, and injected with unknown sedatives.” Global Sumud Flotilla activist Juliet Lamont described severe abuse by Israeli occupation forces after

is it a coincidence that Australian farms resemble abattoirs which resemble hotels which resemble aged care facilities, all of which resemble prisons?

is anyone in the world of business familiar with the concept of “bringing coals to Newcastle”

"The scheme generates almost $1bn annually for the Australian economy, while just $184m is sent back to the 10 countries providing workers for Australian farms, abattoirs, hotels and aged care facilities."

Activist Juliet Lamont faced systematic violence in Israeli custody. Australian activist & 180 aboard one detention vessel were bashed & beaten. Many suffering, broken ribs, faced sexual assault, tasers, beatings, & injections with unknown sedatives. Campaign of Israeli violence.

Distracting Bluesky's greatest political and economic thinkers from their day to day duties by claiming the Deep Space Nine episode "Profit and Lace" is one of the show's best

Incredible stuff

As trans genocide progresses, more and more trans people will be forced out of formal economies and into survival sex work. You cannot support trans liberation without also supporting sex workers.

@andrekosvarnava.bsky.social and I are happy to announce that our article, 'Promoting smoking and fighting cancer in Australian migrant newspapers, 1930–60', has been published open access in @medicalhistory.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1017/mdh.... @universitypress.cambridge.org

Could be a good time for the media to mention that the system unemployed people are getting funnelled into is operating unlawfully Two damning ombudsman reports, a sacked secretary, & hundreds of thousands of illegal payment cancellations. I cover the scandal here: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

lads it’s that time of year again (suddenly really hard to get an appointment with a GP). book in advance + get your cold and flu shots

lads it’s that time of year again (suddenly really hard to get an appointment with a GP). book in advance + get your cold and flu shots

this reminds me about how the scam email trainings I have to do like every month at this job always highlight "scammers add in a message of urgency to get you to click the link without thinking about it" as a key element.

this is what happened in the 70s when they extended your house

Just shameful and so, so terrifying — this failure is indicative of a state that can't and/or won't relieve its citizens in the face of worsening disasters driven by climate change. Lismore is a test case for the whole country. Anywhere can be a sacrifice zone now.

when you tell someone to “mind their own business” you are essentially saying they are a small business owner which is a very grave insult

terrible. 20 years ago, the internet was full of hobbyist blogs and forums. over time, these have been replaced by paywalled substacks and private discord channels, each a walled garden. google's decision to prioritize AI just makes it less likely people will create free, public info

The Australian National Audit Office has released its report on the handling of FOI requests by several Departments, including Prime Minister and Cabinet. It's found two-in-three decisions were set aside by the Information Commissioner on appeal. Nearly six in ten applications returned nothing.

The claim that police will now be targeting supply, not posession is bizarre. When the Police Powers (Drug Detection Dogs) Act 2001 was introduced, the government claimed it was about targeting supply.

I'm looking for pound notes, loose change, bad cheques, anything [Chorus repeat to fade] www.patreon.com/slackbastard

We can all try to switch browsers to maintain something like standard searching, but does anyone know of an alternative to Google Scholar? It’s been getting worse for ages 🤷‍♀️

like... all the problems with writing and communication that you might think LLMs might help with? they don't, they make things much worse by hiding the issues that cause actual commuication issues under a thick layer of grammatical marzipan.

Happy PLR/ELR notification day to all who celebrate!

ELR/PLR, I love you. (Australian authors, if you haven't done so, do check out this federal scheme. They pay for your books in libraries: www.arts.gov.au/funding-and-...)

If you want to know more about the government's legislation to enable cruel NDIS cuts, there is an event on tomorrow evening for those who are interested in getting involved in trying to stop it. You can register for the emergency community meeting here:

In the process of demolishing every single public housing tower, Homes Victoria evicted a family, offered them a home that was boarded up, and another home that was infested with mice and cockroaches, then said oh you’re no longer public housing tenants now coz u said no so fuck you I guess

I just received my PLR/ELR statement. PLR/ELR is a way that Australian writers can receive income from their books in libraries and schools. I remind writers to do your bloody paperwork so you can get paid and I remind readers if you borrow our books from libraries we still get paid.

Have you identified a pervasive societal problem or was one person weird to you

“Australia mentioned” meme but it’s in the manifesto of racist mass murderers. Believe Anders Breivik also praised John Howard and Cardinal George Pell

the thing is that you can’t actually tell if something was written by gen AI by looking at the form. LLMs are perfectly designed to generate plausibly-human sentences, it’s the main thing they’re good at. you have to look at the content, you have to look at the soul

you can't even have moa anymore because of yolk

you cannot sit motionless in the heart of these perils

imagine trying to evade the yolk problem, in 2026

Accidentally typing "yourube.com" and crying because it's true, that's exactly what I am.

we are postponing the environment. don’t worry about it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

this has already happened to me with a different specialist www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

being unable to tolerate people’s AI nonsense feels like i have developed a new and debilitating disability. social model of disability real

they are, but you can ease the transition by giving them a few days to adjust before repotting

this is good news actually

oft I will see a dumb post and consider slaying the poster with my rapier wit, then see that they follow me and realise they are not entirely beyond hope given their impeccable taste and clear desire for self-improvement, thus I quietly allow them to live another day

Actual life hack: you’ve gotta be the person who’s bringing two people to almost everything you’re invited to unless it’s, like, a seated dinner reservation. Combine the social circles. You don’t need to make an individual catchup date with everyone you know. *That* is what is holding you back.

Top 10 flavors of water: 1. Silver 2. Nothing 3. Cold 4. Deep 5. Television Hum 6. Mouth 7. Hot 8. Orb 9. Hello Kitty Pencil Case Interior 10. Horizontal