Jules
@juleshosking.bsky.social
Reader, writer & editor. Cat herder & kid wrangler. Time waster & coffee lover. Kindness is a superpower.
I started today nervous as hell. I'm going to bed so relieved and happy. Australians rejected the divisive hate-mongers, the billionaires underwriting them and the media I was once proud to be part of. Thank you, Australia. #auspol
May 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I started today nervous as hell. I'm going to bed so relieved and happy. Australians rejected the divisive hate-mongers, the billionaires underwriting them and the media I was once proud to be part of. Thank you, Australia. #auspol
"Forget the right stuff. This is the wrong stuff."
Brilliant. Marina Hyde is my favourite columnist.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Brilliant. Marina Hyde is my favourite columnist.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What’s more vacuous than an endless vacuum? It’s Lauren Sánchez and Katy Perry’s party in space | Marina Hyde
The all-female Blue Origin flight on Monday broke boundaries and set records in the spouting of girlboss gibberish, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
April 16, 2025 at 4:04 AM
"Forget the right stuff. This is the wrong stuff."
Brilliant. Marina Hyde is my favourite columnist.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Brilliant. Marina Hyde is my favourite columnist.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We can only hope Temu Trump fails. We don't need that here.
#auspol
#auspol
www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/07/p...
The transformation of Dutton’s political prospects has been one of the fastest ever. From looking like the next PM in January, he’s now fighting to prop up a collapsing campaign. This is the weakest frontbench the Coalition has taken to an election since 1990.
The transformation of Dutton’s political prospects has been one of the fastest ever. From looking like the next PM in January, he’s now fighting to prop up a collapsing campaign. This is the weakest frontbench the Coalition has taken to an election since 1990.
From the edge of victory to the jaws of defeat, Dutton hits the panic button
The opposition leader has begun his election campaign in shambolic fashion. He urgently needs to fix it — otherwise, we might be doomed to a Labor majority.
www.crikey.com.au
April 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
We can only hope Temu Trump fails. We don't need that here.
#auspol
#auspol
Kind of sums up this dangerously stupid 'administration'. What have the penguins ever done to them? #trumpTariffs
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump imposes tariffs on uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands near Antarctica
Australian prime minister surprised after remote external territories – including islands home to penguins – targeted by US president
www.theguardian.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Kind of sums up this dangerously stupid 'administration'. What have the penguins ever done to them? #trumpTariffs
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Journalists are trying to understand Trump’s irrational behavior, and are generally unwilling to consider the possibility that it's not some grand strategy, but a madman with increasingly diminished mental faculties.
There Is No Method to Trump’s Madness. He’s Simply Insane.
His defenders try to apply reason to his erratic, nonsensical decisions. That’s a fool’s errand—but fools abound in this administration.
newrepublic.com
March 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Journalists are trying to understand Trump’s irrational behavior, and are generally unwilling to consider the possibility that it's not some grand strategy, but a madman with increasingly diminished mental faculties.
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Boycott Airbnb!
March 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Boycott Airbnb!
Happy International Women's Day to all the wonderful women I know and love. And to all those working hard around the world - often against ridiculous odds - to ensure we have equal rights. We are stronger together. #IWD2025
March 8, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Happy International Women's Day to all the wonderful women I know and love. And to all those working hard around the world - often against ridiculous odds - to ensure we have equal rights. We are stronger together. #IWD2025
I'm finally catching The Good Fight, set in the Orange Blob's first term and all I can think is "Diane Lockhart, you ain't seen nothing yet ... here comes a whole other level of crazy"! (Oh, and that Christine Baranski is freaking awesome.)
March 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I'm finally catching The Good Fight, set in the Orange Blob's first term and all I can think is "Diane Lockhart, you ain't seen nothing yet ... here comes a whole other level of crazy"! (Oh, and that Christine Baranski is freaking awesome.)
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French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
March 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
Brilliant, funny, eviscerating and terrifying all at the same time. Transgenic mice ... what stupidity. Dangerous stupidity.
here's today's post: "what the fuck was that?" — seriously, what?
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what the fuck was that?
seriously, what?
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March 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Brilliant, funny, eviscerating and terrifying all at the same time. Transgenic mice ... what stupidity. Dangerous stupidity.
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The overall message of the administration is clear: The law, such as it is, exists only at the pleasure of the sitting president.
Trump Is Expanding His Dangerous Cult of Impunity
The president has made it clear that he’ll bend over backward to benefit the criminal and corrupt—as long as they kiss his ring.
newrepublic.com
March 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The overall message of the administration is clear: The law, such as it is, exists only at the pleasure of the sitting president.
Amen (but not before all my friends get out 😊)
Hear me out: it’s time for America to be sealed under a giant mysterious dome
March 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Amen (but not before all my friends get out 😊)
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Zelenskyy: "When they, for example say that Ukraine is almost destroyed, that our soldiers run away, that they are not heroes, that the president is a dictator, what is the reaction? It's not about me. The reaction is, where is the friendship between Ukraine and the US?"
February 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Zelenskyy: "When they, for example say that Ukraine is almost destroyed, that our soldiers run away, that they are not heroes, that the president is a dictator, what is the reaction? It's not about me. The reaction is, where is the friendship between Ukraine and the US?"
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Has anyone done more damage to a nation in such a short amount of time?
"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States"
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
from @davidfrum.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
At Least Now We Know the Truth
It’s ugly, but necessary to face.
www.theatlantic.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Has anyone done more damage to a nation in such a short amount of time?
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The only immigrant taking our jobs is Elon Musk.
February 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The only immigrant taking our jobs is Elon Musk.
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A serial liar with a mighty propaganda machine working overtime for him has convinced half the country that up is down, that honor is venality, and that integrity is just a ruse for suckers who believe all that garbage from our schoolbooks.
Trump’s A.G. Just Did Something So Corrupt She Should Be Fired Already
Note to right-wing “media” and all you fantasists who believe them: This is what judicial sleaze actually looks like.
newrepublic.com
February 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A serial liar with a mighty propaganda machine working overtime for him has convinced half the country that up is down, that honor is venality, and that integrity is just a ruse for suckers who believe all that garbage from our schoolbooks.
Sad but increasingly accurate.
February 16, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Sad but increasingly accurate.
It's the normalisation of all his stupid moves that is the most horrifying. Once it would just be grist for parody; now it's indicative of how quickly people are falling into line. Dangerous and depressing.
When exactly did place names become “broadly up for grabs because of an election”?
You’re treating this madness as a normal part of a presidential election. It is not and it never has been.
You’re treating this madness as a normal part of a presidential election. It is not and it never has been.
I hope it's clear that I am not defending the name change. It's ridiculous! Nor do I think it's popular. My point about "values" is that once place names are broadly up for grabs depending on who wins an election, they're going to change in ways that you might not like.
February 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
It's the normalisation of all his stupid moves that is the most horrifying. Once it would just be grist for parody; now it's indicative of how quickly people are falling into line. Dangerous and depressing.
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Two coders have already infiltrated the DOGE website and left their own messages on it at the time of 404’s reporting on Thursday evening: “THis is a joke of a .gov site,” said one, and “THESE ‘EXPERTS’ LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN -roro” said another.
Elon Musk’s DOGE Website Is Already Getting Hacked
The DOGE.gov website is such a coding disaster that pretty much anyone can take over.
newrepublic.com
February 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Two coders have already infiltrated the DOGE website and left their own messages on it at the time of 404’s reporting on Thursday evening: “THis is a joke of a .gov site,” said one, and “THESE ‘EXPERTS’ LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN -roro” said another.
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I'm with Janet 🥰
if they want to go back to the 1950s, we’re bringing the cuisine back to the 1950s too. you put me in the kitchen, I will spend 100% of my time in there finding how much horseradish and shrimp I can put in Jello before God personally comes down here to stop me.
January 25, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I'm with Janet 🥰
"We keep hearing that AI can take over all the time-sucking and unpleasant tasks in life, and yet there is not even the slimmest suggestion it can endure this presidency on our behalf." If only, Marina, if only.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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So this is Trump’s ‘golden age’ – chaos, dysfunction and a coalition of creeps | Marina Hyde
Confusing and capricious, he started as he means to go on. To all the leaders pledging to work with him: good luck with that, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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January 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"We keep hearing that AI can take over all the time-sucking and unpleasant tasks in life, and yet there is not even the slimmest suggestion it can endure this presidency on our behalf." If only, Marina, if only.
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What an incredible woman, turning her pain into power ❤️
November 27, 2024 at 11:01 PM
What an incredible woman, turning her pain into power ❤️