If Mat Caravan the first non-Akubra-wearing Nats leader this century? Hi-vis and trucker cap cosplay is a new direction.

Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

The NACC held *35 days* of private hearings in its investigation into Robodebt corruption, but decided that these hearings didn't need to be public. I, for one, would have liked to have watched the corruption hearing of Scott Morrison

“Reading Is Fun!” The great Maurice Sendak’s poster for 1979’s International Year Of The Child.

Will she ask for a blanket pardon?

Ah yes this has the real flavor of Orwell via brainyquote - also attributed to Churchill but actually from a Washington Times film critic in a column titled ‘The Perils of Passive Sex’

Blood moon taken with my phone camera (Sydney)

Julie is finding some really horrifying stuff in her thoughtful threads about the Epstein files

Years ago in another life I gave a guest lecture at The Hague warning “AI weapons” could be invoked to remove accountability for war crimes from the chain of command. I said “there are no autonomous weapons, only unsupervised ones,” and sadly it seems I was cooking with that one

“Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital did not share how much Parton donated as part of the naming announcement. But Matt Schaefer, its president and CEO, said her support would ensure ‘every child who walks through our doors receives the treatment they deserve.’” GOD BLESS DOLLY PARTON

So Anthropic, not known for its ethical boundaries, said no to automated killing and secret military mass surveillance, which was too much for Trump. Can we agree now that the US is not sharing our values and we should decouple from the mass surveillance automated killing team?

Apropos of nothing I found the image I remembered. Photograph by Evy Mages of photographers around a small trash fire, following a largely uneventful protest march the day Trump was sworn in, in 2017. Article by Benjamin Freed titled "Grasping for Metaphor, Reporters Flock to Burning DC Garbage Can"

Was going to escape the news by doing some woodwork in the shed, but an unwelcome visitor is having a meal there.

Down it goes

Does FIFA have a prize for wars of aggression?

www.theguardian.com/technology/2... I bet this is because it is trained on the US system where the principle guidance is that going to emergency might save your life, but the bills and insurance interactions afterwards will make you wish you had died

Very much not the point but listing sex at birth on a document meant to identify you right now is utterly useless from a security standpoint. but of course this is about cruelty and forced outing of queer private lives.

AppleTV is recreating The Expanse from first principles. (Also, for once: read the comments!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=zojw...

Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF

"Love comes quickly", one of Neil and Chris's personal favourite PSB songs, was released as a single 40 years ago today. #OnThisDay #PetShopBoys

Mayor Brandon Johnson announced “Abolish ICE” as the winner of a citywide snow plow name contest. He had earlier given it a “full and complete” endorsement.

Does this work? egoismband.bandcamp.com/track/lonely...

Bluesky is #melancholy +9.1% sentiment 1. @conorsen.bsky.social + 2. @adamkinzinger.substack.com x 3. @acyn.bsky.social x 4. @tobyfox.undertale.com + 5. @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social +

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DOGE Bro’s Grant Review Process Was Literally Just Asking ChatGPT ‘Is This DEI?’ Federal grants that had been approved after a full application and review process were terminated by some random inexperienced DOGE bros based on whether ChatGPT could explain—in under 120 characters—that they were…

This GOOD BOY ran onto the course during the Women’s Cross-Country Skiing Team Sprint event, crossing the finish line and being automatically recorded by OMEGA’s photofinish camera 😆

So after Trump pardoned Honduras's narco-president, the admin didn't just let him out--they canceled an immigration hold and sent a specialized team to **chauffeur him to the $1k/night Waldorf Astoria.** “It's "absolutely fucking nuts,” said one official www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Death Sentences // Updated for Linda Davis

Wow "Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children."

He wasn't initially called to religion, but then he saw the light.

Angus Taylor is an anagram of Nasal Yoghurt #spill

Wednesday's cartoon in The Mercury Newspaper: Jon Kudelka helped me get my first cartooning job at The Mercury. He also showed me how to be quick-witted and fearless. I was in a constant state of joke-envy over his cartoons. I'm gonna miss that feeling, but more than that, I'm gonna miss my friend.

Here's a threat of Kudelka Gold

Macbeth: SHIT

Lawful Good Bunny

In the worst news, the great, the amazing, the wonderful @kudelka.bsky.social has died. A great friend, and an amazing man. This is shattering.

Polymarket founder Shayne Coplan once said Polymarket "predictions" are second in accuracy only to a crystal ball

The number of trans youth suicides in the UK quadrupled in 2021 following significant restrictions in access to care. The NHS tried to cover this up with a fake report that tried to hide the truth. goodlawproject.org/new-data-sho...

I'm sure they wanted nothing in return www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Charles Manson.

I think a lot about how one of the things that the cultural upheaval of the 1960s produced in the United States was a HUGE decline in compulsory homosociality, with tremendous beneficial results.

Herman Leonard, Billie Holiday’s Glasses and Music, New York City, 1955.

Github Actions are having a bad day www.githubstatus.com

Saw Bluesky described as where elder millennials go to retire from the internet, and immediately felt the peace that passes all understanding wash over me. None of have to struggle any longer. We completed our time.

My 24-hour Bluesky Following feed analysis by https://xop.co/bsky-feed-analytics/ ⬆️ 1309 positive (38.0%) ➡️ 996 neutral (28.9%) ⬇️ 1138 negative (33.1%) Analyzed 3443 posts across 24 hours. 📊 via @hourstats.bsky.social

I am well, but your email has not found me. Your email will never find me. Your emails are no match for my cunning. Ha ha, oh yes, I am well.