I pay for @nytimes.com access and yet they’ve still taken the mini crossword away. Maybe it’s a tariff for foreign access. Sigh.
August 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I pay for @nytimes.com access and yet they’ve still taken the mini crossword away. Maybe it’s a tariff for foreign access. Sigh.
The Trump Musk thing (in addition to the whole Trump debacle from the start) is funny-scary — like being on a wild rollercoaster. You think you're going to die but keep telling yourself it'll end at some point and you'll probably be ok and it’s nothing a set of clean undies won't fix.
June 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The Trump Musk thing (in addition to the whole Trump debacle from the start) is funny-scary — like being on a wild rollercoaster. You think you're going to die but keep telling yourself it'll end at some point and you'll probably be ok and it’s nothing a set of clean undies won't fix.
“A vote for the Liberals is a vote for One Nation...” — this is according to the text I just got. I tend to agree. One Nation can go f*ck themselves. #auspol
May 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
“A vote for the Liberals is a vote for One Nation...” — this is according to the text I just got. I tend to agree. One Nation can go f*ck themselves. #auspol
New independent candidate in Mackellar at the last minute - the voting card on her website suggests she might be funded by people who don’t like Sophie Scamps… Showing your colours, Lisa Cotton. #auspol
April 25, 2025 at 5:55 AM
New independent candidate in Mackellar at the last minute - the voting card on her website suggests she might be funded by people who don’t like Sophie Scamps… Showing your colours, Lisa Cotton. #auspol
Australian festival goers need to stop wearing cowboy/ wide brimmed hats. Blocks the view. I imagine this is also a problem in Texas.
April 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Australian festival goers need to stop wearing cowboy/ wide brimmed hats. Blocks the view. I imagine this is also a problem in Texas.
Simple explanation of how the Libs and Murdoch media are misleading 'punters' about how voting works. youtu.be/Nr3mipPL6Jw?...
Sky News is spreading LIES about how your vote works, and I'm sick of it.
YouTube video by Punter's Politics
youtu.be
April 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Simple explanation of how the Libs and Murdoch media are misleading 'punters' about how voting works. youtu.be/Nr3mipPL6Jw?...
“… a minority government would be supervised by human adults. It would need to work with sane, independent people possessing empathy that haven’t totally sold out their souls and your future.” #auspol
By @davemilbo.bsky.social at @theshot.net.au
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
By @davemilbo.bsky.social at @theshot.net.au
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
On doing the same inadequate shit over and over again until the end of democracy - The Shot
The consequence of not good enough, as evidenced in the United States right now, is that you inevitably get much, much worse.
theshot.net.au
April 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
“… a minority government would be supervised by human adults. It would need to work with sane, independent people possessing empathy that haven’t totally sold out their souls and your future.” #auspol
By @davemilbo.bsky.social at @theshot.net.au
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
By @davemilbo.bsky.social at @theshot.net.au
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
'According to Bill, “this is not what we voted for”. Oh dear. Always read the big print, Bill!'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Spare a thought for the poor billionaires who backed Trump — and hate tariffs | Marina Hyde
As the great American self-own rages on, the super-rich are beginning to break rank. Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s gone suspiciously quiet, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:39 AM
'According to Bill, “this is not what we voted for”. Oh dear. Always read the big print, Bill!'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The lives of American troops - and every American life - depends on the people in charge of our government taking their responsibilities seriously. But again and again, including with the incompetence that came to light today, they are demonstrating the opposite.
My full interview here:
My full interview here:
Pete Responds Live to Trump Admin’s Major Security Failure
YouTube video by Pete Buttigieg
www.youtube.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The lives of American troops - and every American life - depends on the people in charge of our government taking their responsibilities seriously. But again and again, including with the incompetence that came to light today, they are demonstrating the opposite.
My full interview here:
My full interview here:
Reposted by Jim Ninety
What do the Trump officials discussing a military operation on a Signal chat think should happen to people who don’t handle classified information properly? Let’s roll the tape.
Signal Chat Disaster: Trump Admin Hypocrites Crushed by Their Own Past Words
YouTube video by The Bulwark
youtube.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
What do the Trump officials discussing a military operation on a Signal chat think should happen to people who don’t handle classified information properly? Let’s roll the tape.
Lock them up! Lock them up!
Fuck me - if this was the dems, Fox News would literally burst into flames in outrage.
Bunch of fuckwits. Fox News will make nothing of this. It’s not like someone was wearing a tan suit, after all…
Fuck me - if this was the dems, Fox News would literally burst into flames in outrage.
Bunch of fuckwits. Fox News will make nothing of this. It’s not like someone was wearing a tan suit, after all…
March 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Lock them up! Lock them up!
Fuck me - if this was the dems, Fox News would literally burst into flames in outrage.
Bunch of fuckwits. Fox News will make nothing of this. It’s not like someone was wearing a tan suit, after all…
Fuck me - if this was the dems, Fox News would literally burst into flames in outrage.
Bunch of fuckwits. Fox News will make nothing of this. It’s not like someone was wearing a tan suit, after all…
"There is nothing in [Dutton's] political history that indicates either ministerial competence or policy nous..."
www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/09/p...
www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/09/p...
Policy bum Dutton has two big ideas. They're both in bad trouble
Peter Dutton has two big ideas: cut migration and build nuclear power plants. He's now abandoned one, and we know the other will be a disaster.
www.crikey.com.au
March 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"There is nothing in [Dutton's] political history that indicates either ministerial competence or policy nous..."
www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/09/p...
www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/09/p...
He'll just say anything he wants without giving two shits and stumble into office anyway. How is this man electable?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Peter Dutton says public service cuts will fund his election promises. But he can’t say how they’ll be made
Spending plans remain murky with the Coalition leader having suggested at least three different ways that the ‘savings’ could be used
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
He'll just say anything he wants without giving two shits and stumble into office anyway. How is this man electable?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Reposted by Jim Ninety
Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
February 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Reposted by Jim Ninety
Democracies stand with Ukraine.
March 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Democracies stand with Ukraine.
Reposted by Jim Ninety
MAGA are mad at Zelenskyy for not wearing a suit for an official White House meeting.
Meanwhile:
Meanwhile:
February 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
MAGA are mad at Zelenskyy for not wearing a suit for an official White House meeting.
Meanwhile:
Meanwhile:
Tommy and Ben - we need an emergency Worldo pod like never before… Wtf just happened?! @podsaveamerica.crooked.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Tommy and Ben - we need an emergency Worldo pod like never before… Wtf just happened?! @podsaveamerica.crooked.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Reposted by Jim Ninety
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
WASHINGTON—Addressing the ongoing outbreak in Texas that has infected at least 124 state residents and killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed Thursday to mak...
theonion.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
A nice story with a twinkle (sitting in amongst all the depressing train wreck news from America).
Planetary parade: Mercury falls into line for rare seven-planet alignment
Planetary parade: Mercury falls into line for rare seven-planet alignment
The seven will appear to form a straight line in the night sky in display that won’t be seen again until 2040
Seven planets will appear to align in the night sky on the last day of February in what is known as a planetary parade.
These planetary…
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:39 AM
A nice story with a twinkle (sitting in amongst all the depressing train wreck news from America).
Reposted by Jim Ninety
The Trump administration terminates funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world.
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The Trump administration terminates funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world.
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”
Yup.
#NowPlaying
🕓 4:14 pm
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🧑🎤 Digable Planets
💿 Reachin' (A New Refutation Of Time And Space)
🎧 Apple Music / Spotify / YouTube Music
🕓 4:14 pm
🎵 Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
🧑🎤 Digable Planets
💿 Reachin' (A New Refutation Of Time And Space)
🎧 Apple Music / Spotify / YouTube Music
February 28, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Yup.