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Today I learnt about salary caps in sport: www.instagram.com/reel/DQ7SNO-...
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January 4, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Today I learnt about salary caps in sport: www.instagram.com/reel/DQ7SNO-...
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Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
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More and more AUKUS as a defence policy is essentially “our best way to stop being invaded is to keep bribing the USA”
January 4, 2026 at 1:52 AM
More and more AUKUS as a defence policy is essentially “our best way to stop being invaded is to keep bribing the USA”
Politicians wringing their hands: “Trump lied to us! How could we possibly have expected that?”
Utter fools or disingenuous at best. But more likely just arse covering as they realise whatever benefit they got for not challenging the regime was not worth this.
Utter fools or disingenuous at best. But more likely just arse covering as they realise whatever benefit they got for not challenging the regime was not worth this.
Democratic lawmakers say they were misled on Venezuela reut.rs/3NrI56B
Democratic lawmakers say they were misled on Venezuela
Democratic members of the U.S. Congress said on Saturday that senior officials of President Donald Trump's administration had misled them during recent briefings about plans for Venezuela by insisting they were not planning regime change in Caracas.
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January 3, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Politicians wringing their hands: “Trump lied to us! How could we possibly have expected that?”
Utter fools or disingenuous at best. But more likely just arse covering as they realise whatever benefit they got for not challenging the regime was not worth this.
Utter fools or disingenuous at best. But more likely just arse covering as they realise whatever benefit they got for not challenging the regime was not worth this.
I imagine the Denmark and the EU will be looking at Greenland and wondering if they might soon have aggressors to both the East and the West.
January 3, 2026 at 12:08 PM
I imagine the Denmark and the EU will be looking at Greenland and wondering if they might soon have aggressors to both the East and the West.
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Just imagining a world where the ALP had dumped AUKUS and the LNP alone were still clinging to the view that the US was the great protector.
“Small target” oppositions lead to bad government policies.
“Small target” oppositions lead to bad government policies.
January 3, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Just imagining a world where the ALP had dumped AUKUS and the LNP alone were still clinging to the view that the US was the great protector.
“Small target” oppositions lead to bad government policies.
“Small target” oppositions lead to bad government policies.
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“In Australia, we subsidize the fossil fuel industry, and we charge our kids a fortune to go to uni.” - Australia Institute co-CEO Richard Denniss.
Add your name to the call and demand the gas industry pays its fair share: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/increase_the_prrt
Add your name to the call and demand the gas industry pays its fair share: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/increase_the_prrt
January 2, 2026 at 8:43 PM
“In Australia, we subsidize the fossil fuel industry, and we charge our kids a fortune to go to uni.” - Australia Institute co-CEO Richard Denniss.
Add your name to the call and demand the gas industry pays its fair share: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/increase_the_prrt
Add your name to the call and demand the gas industry pays its fair share: https://nb.australiainstitute.org.au/increase_the_prrt
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A storm chaser says he "screamed" when he captured an elusive natural phenomenon, known as red sprites, on video.
'See it to believe it': Storm chaser captures rare red sprites across WA sky
A storm chaser says he "screamed" when he captured an elusive natural phenomenon, known as red sprites, on video.
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January 2, 2026 at 11:08 PM
A storm chaser says he "screamed" when he captured an elusive natural phenomenon, known as red sprites, on video.
Modern augury, like turning cards or reading the flight of birds at dawn: read the comments of the first YT videos that catch my eye. If they are unrelentingly petty and negative, as they have been today, it bodes ill for the day. I’m seriously considering going back to bed and starting again.
January 2, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Modern augury, like turning cards or reading the flight of birds at dawn: read the comments of the first YT videos that catch my eye. If they are unrelentingly petty and negative, as they have been today, it bodes ill for the day. I’m seriously considering going back to bed and starting again.
For insight into Australia’s constitution and law Professor Emerita Anne Towmey is a remarkable educator and expert. Her insights into proposals to prohibit political chants and slogans should be understood and also speak to the way that Australia is neither the USA nor the UK: youtu.be/WK8ZluRFxNw
Prohibiting political chants and slogans
YouTube video by Constitutional Clarion
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January 1, 2026 at 10:10 AM
For insight into Australia’s constitution and law Professor Emerita Anne Towmey is a remarkable educator and expert. Her insights into proposals to prohibit political chants and slogans should be understood and also speak to the way that Australia is neither the USA nor the UK: youtu.be/WK8ZluRFxNw
I keep making errors by spell-checking myself in handwriting: intending to write “improv” (as in musical improvisation) I keep writing “improve”.
Thank goodness for erasable ink.
Thank goodness for erasable ink.
December 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I keep making errors by spell-checking myself in handwriting: intending to write “improv” (as in musical improvisation) I keep writing “improve”.
Thank goodness for erasable ink.
Thank goodness for erasable ink.
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If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
You shouldn’t be able to get your name on a public building until after you’re dead.
Living for the day when that vile gargoyle's name is crowbarred off the building.
December 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
You shouldn’t be able to get your name on a public building until after you’re dead.
I’m on a long train trip. There was a long safety and services announcement. I can tell who was listening because when the guy slipped in a genuinely funny joke, up and down the carriage a bunch of us started laughing, then another bunch started looking about to figure out what had happened.
December 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I’m on a long train trip. There was a long safety and services announcement. I can tell who was listening because when the guy slipped in a genuinely funny joke, up and down the carriage a bunch of us started laughing, then another bunch started looking about to figure out what had happened.
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Toad woke up. “Drat!” he said. “This house is a mess. I have so much work to do.”
Frog looked through the window. “Toad, you are right,” said Frog. “It is a mess.”
Toad pulled the covers over his head.
Frog looked through the window. “Toad, you are right,” said Frog. “It is a mess.”
Toad pulled the covers over his head.
December 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Toad woke up. “Drat!” he said. “This house is a mess. I have so much work to do.”
Frog looked through the window. “Toad, you are right,” said Frog. “It is a mess.”
Toad pulled the covers over his head.
Frog looked through the window. “Toad, you are right,” said Frog. “It is a mess.”
Toad pulled the covers over his head.
Thinking about the Edward Crabtree AI poisoning, it was executed in about 3 hours. Whoever did it had the technology sorted out already: they knew AI could be manipulated that way and were waiting for their opportunity. The bad guys are actively waiting for the opportunity to manipulate and deceive.
December 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Thinking about the Edward Crabtree AI poisoning, it was executed in about 3 hours. Whoever did it had the technology sorted out already: they knew AI could be manipulated that way and were waiting for their opportunity. The bad guys are actively waiting for the opportunity to manipulate and deceive.
The worst UI fail is that the YouTube automatic progression to the next video happens, even if you are in the middle of typing a comment at the end of the video, and it loses whatever you've typed if you try to go back.
December 16, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The worst UI fail is that the YouTube automatic progression to the next video happens, even if you are in the middle of typing a comment at the end of the video, and it loses whatever you've typed if you try to go back.
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Ever wonder how some billionaires can get away with paying such low tax rates compared to working class Americans? Here’s their secret playbook and what we can do about it.
December 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Ever wonder how some billionaires can get away with paying such low tax rates compared to working class Americans? Here’s their secret playbook and what we can do about it.
Rebuilding my reading routines, and thinking a good way to approach note take on books I've read (non-fiction particularly) is make quiz questions as I go. Rather than taking notes, so that at the end I can reflect on the questions.
December 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Rebuilding my reading routines, and thinking a good way to approach note take on books I've read (non-fiction particularly) is make quiz questions as I go. Rather than taking notes, so that at the end I can reflect on the questions.
AI could track how disruptive ads are compared to the shows or music etc that you are watching. If volume levels etc are jarring and out of keeping, you get compensated (maybe with fewer ads), and then advertisers could also make ads that could be picked to fit with a general volume level etc...
December 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
AI could track how disruptive ads are compared to the shows or music etc that you are watching. If volume levels etc are jarring and out of keeping, you get compensated (maybe with fewer ads), and then advertisers could also make ads that could be picked to fit with a general volume level etc...
One of the great acts of rebellion and most powerful tools of freedom is to delight in and support other people leading their lives differently to you: their expression of freedom can be proof of your own freedom; defence of their freedom is defence of your own freedom.
Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
December 14, 2025 at 12:46 AM
One of the great acts of rebellion and most powerful tools of freedom is to delight in and support other people leading their lives differently to you: their expression of freedom can be proof of your own freedom; defence of their freedom is defence of your own freedom.
I visited Brunetti Oro before my grocery shopping and got a lemon meringue as a treat which I carried carefully around the supermarket and the journey home. As I brought it to the table, having carefully protected the pillowy meringue so far, I dropped the box and smeared it all over. Life is cruel.
December 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I visited Brunetti Oro before my grocery shopping and got a lemon meringue as a treat which I carried carefully around the supermarket and the journey home. As I brought it to the table, having carefully protected the pillowy meringue so far, I dropped the box and smeared it all over. Life is cruel.
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Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.