Nick Miller
@nickdmiller.bsky.social
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OMG what's happening in Wyndham, Victoria, people would say if they read this graph. Crime out of control! Aaaaaaaargh!
What is happening is that, between 2016 and 2024, the population of the area increased by 50%, and the amount of crime increased by 50%
What is happening is that, between 2016 and 2024, the population of the area increased by 50%, and the amount of crime increased by 50%
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
OMG what's happening in Wyndham, Victoria, people would say if they read this graph. Crime out of control! Aaaaaaaargh!
What is happening is that, between 2016 and 2024, the population of the area increased by 50%, and the amount of crime increased by 50%
What is happening is that, between 2016 and 2024, the population of the area increased by 50%, and the amount of crime increased by 50%
A Liberal senator was on a plane this morning en route to help her party dump their carbon emissions policy and the cabin literally filled with smoke.
A spokesperson from Air Metaphor was not immediately available for comment.
A spokesperson from Air Metaphor was not immediately available for comment.
November 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
A Liberal senator was on a plane this morning en route to help her party dump their carbon emissions policy and the cabin literally filled with smoke.
A spokesperson from Air Metaphor was not immediately available for comment.
A spokesperson from Air Metaphor was not immediately available for comment.
"Look over there, Sancho Panza, my friend, where there are thirty or more monstrous giants with whom I plan to do battle and take all their lives, and with their spoils we’ll start to get rich. This is righteous warfare, and it’s a great service to God to rid the earth of such a wicked seed.”
November 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"Look over there, Sancho Panza, my friend, where there are thirty or more monstrous giants with whom I plan to do battle and take all their lives, and with their spoils we’ll start to get rich. This is righteous warfare, and it’s a great service to God to rid the earth of such a wicked seed.”
People, people, by making it slower to run a bath you are saving NO WATER and using MORE ENERGY. AAAAAARGH!
GAAAAAH!
GAAAAAH!
November 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
People, people, by making it slower to run a bath you are saving NO WATER and using MORE ENERGY. AAAAAARGH!
GAAAAAH!
GAAAAAH!
Sure it's a blow in the fight against illicit tobacco sales, but it doesn't speak well of NSW government grammar checking processes.
November 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Sure it's a blow in the fight against illicit tobacco sales, but it doesn't speak well of NSW government grammar checking processes.
More one-eyed Victoria bashing, though at least in this one, the story eventually (TWELVE paragraphs down) admits that NSW is almost exactly the same.
November 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
More one-eyed Victoria bashing, though at least in this one, the story eventually (TWELVE paragraphs down) admits that NSW is almost exactly the same.
in every quarter since 2020, more people left NSW than left Victoria. But that doesn't fit the narrative... so ignore...
November 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM
in every quarter since 2020, more people left NSW than left Victoria. But that doesn't fit the narrative... so ignore...
If you want to keep running a Victoria-bashing narrative about a 'crime crisis', it's important to omit inconvenient context. For example, that in the last year ten times as many people left NSW despite the mysterious absence of a 'crime crisis'.
November 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
If you want to keep running a Victoria-bashing narrative about a 'crime crisis', it's important to omit inconvenient context. For example, that in the last year ten times as many people left NSW despite the mysterious absence of a 'crime crisis'.
Company... uh, country...
November 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Company... uh, country...
Gonna be some damp trick or treaters.
October 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Gonna be some damp trick or treaters.
Nevertheless they made a whole story out of it.
October 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Nevertheless they made a whole story out of it.
Curious! I am very intelligent.
October 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Curious! I am very intelligent.
Loving the newly-launched-today website of our national gatherer of weather station data
October 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Loving the newly-launched-today website of our national gatherer of weather station data
Wouldn't it be wild if it was for the SAME REASON
October 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Wouldn't it be wild if it was for the SAME REASON
Fun fact: when Albanese met Trump today, our actual prime minister wasn't there.
October 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Fun fact: when Albanese met Trump today, our actual prime minister wasn't there.
The phrase, apparently, is "climate change cannot be stopped". Being seriously proposed as an argument against trying to mitigate it. ffs.
October 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The phrase, apparently, is "climate change cannot be stopped". Being seriously proposed as an argument against trying to mitigate it. ffs.
OMG:
He lashed out. Punched, scratched and slapped at the snarling mystery with teeth.
“After a while, it dropped off,” Dempsey said. “I still don’t know what it was, but I reckon it was like a wombat or an oversized rat because I reckon a dog would have finished me. I can tell you, I shit myself.”
He lashed out. Punched, scratched and slapped at the snarling mystery with teeth.
“After a while, it dropped off,” Dempsey said. “I still don’t know what it was, but I reckon it was like a wombat or an oversized rat because I reckon a dog would have finished me. I can tell you, I shit myself.”
October 17, 2025 at 1:39 AM
OMG:
He lashed out. Punched, scratched and slapped at the snarling mystery with teeth.
“After a while, it dropped off,” Dempsey said. “I still don’t know what it was, but I reckon it was like a wombat or an oversized rat because I reckon a dog would have finished me. I can tell you, I shit myself.”
He lashed out. Punched, scratched and slapped at the snarling mystery with teeth.
“After a while, it dropped off,” Dempsey said. “I still don’t know what it was, but I reckon it was like a wombat or an oversized rat because I reckon a dog would have finished me. I can tell you, I shit myself.”
Injecting some facts into the 'Victoria is the crime capital of Australia' debate - these are the latest (2023-24) offenders per 100,000 ppl figures from the ABS. Even if they've gone up by 16% in the last year, as reported, they're still the lowest of any state.
October 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Injecting some facts into the 'Victoria is the crime capital of Australia' debate - these are the latest (2023-24) offenders per 100,000 ppl figures from the ABS. Even if they've gone up by 16% in the last year, as reported, they're still the lowest of any state.
This is why architects get paid the big bucks.
October 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This is why architects get paid the big bucks.
Back in September there was a similar anomaly and no galactic beast hatched to wreak terrible interstellar havoc so we're all clear, carry on.
October 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Back in September there was a similar anomaly and no galactic beast hatched to wreak terrible interstellar havoc so we're all clear, carry on.
Currently solar imagery shows a great big hole in the sun leading to ominous nether hell, however this is apparently normal.
October 15, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Currently solar imagery shows a great big hole in the sun leading to ominous nether hell, however this is apparently normal.
Australian music export markets, ranked by royalties.
October 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Australian music export markets, ranked by royalties.