David Dale
@thetribalmind.bsky.social
Journalist, teacher of journalism, author, broadcaster.
This was supposed to be my dinner last night — lamb kofta rissoles. I think the hospital needs to learn something about presentation.
July 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This was supposed to be my dinner last night — lamb kofta rissoles. I think the hospital needs to learn something about presentation.
Chicken sausage with scrambled egg, aka Mother and Child Reunion.
July 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Chicken sausage with scrambled egg, aka Mother and Child Reunion.
Islands in the Stream. A fortnightly guide to what’s watching and subscribing. How about The Bear season 4? A comeback?
June 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Islands in the Stream. A fortnightly guide to what’s watching and subscribing. How about The Bear season 4? A comeback?
This poll result is kind of astonishing — a 12 point swing towards Labor. What is Malinauskas doing that other premiers need to know? Thankyou @pollbludger.bsky.social
June 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This poll result is kind of astonishing — a 12 point swing towards Labor. What is Malinauskas doing that other premiers need to know? Thankyou @pollbludger.bsky.social
Love savage review. The Guardian on Rebel Wilson’s latest “comedy” …
June 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Love savage review. The Guardian on Rebel Wilson’s latest “comedy” …
An alphabet of everything ever invented, illuminated by Matthew Martin, explicated by David Dale. Today: The Wonderbra.
June 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
An alphabet of everything ever invented, illuminated by Matthew Martin, explicated by David Dale. Today: The Wonderbra.
Yay, okra is back in the greengrocer. And don’t worry — it’s not the kind that makes you fart. This is a new genetically modified version they call “Okrah Wind-free”.
June 9, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Yay, okra is back in the greengrocer. And don’t worry — it’s not the kind that makes you fart. This is a new genetically modified version they call “Okrah Wind-free”.
Lesley Gore is praised for being ahead of her time in the song ‘You Don’t Own Me’. She was somewhat less enlightened in ‘Judy’s Turn To Cry’.
June 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Lesley Gore is praised for being ahead of her time in the song ‘You Don’t Own Me’. She was somewhat less enlightened in ‘Judy’s Turn To Cry’.
An alphabet of everything ever invented. Today: The Y-Front part two
June 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
An alphabet of everything ever invented. Today: The Y-Front part two
An alphabet of everything ever invented. Today: The Y-Front
June 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
An alphabet of everything ever invented. Today: The Y-Front
Graydon Carter’s style guide for making Vanity Fair less pretentious
June 1, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Graydon Carter’s style guide for making Vanity Fair less pretentious
ABC Insiders has an imaginative approach to the spelling of its graphics
June 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
ABC Insiders has an imaginative approach to the spelling of its graphics
I am greatly enjoying this memoir by the former editor of Vanity Fair. I commend it to anyone who loved magazines in the last two decades of the 20th century.
May 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I am greatly enjoying this memoir by the former editor of Vanity Fair. I commend it to anyone who loved magazines in the last two decades of the 20th century.
An alphabet of everything ever invented, from the zither to the abacus. We’re going in reverse order, so this is The Week of Z
May 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
An alphabet of everything ever invented, from the zither to the abacus. We’re going in reverse order, so this is The Week of Z
The Tribal Mind reveals how Australians are amusing themselves. Are you like everybody else? Today: how hot is Tom Cruise, relative to David Attenborough?
May 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The Tribal Mind reveals how Australians are amusing themselves. Are you like everybody else? Today: how hot is Tom Cruise, relative to David Attenborough?
In the latest season of ‘Dark Winds’, there is this totally irrelevant scene. Can you identify these chess players?
May 24, 2025 at 4:36 AM
In the latest season of ‘Dark Winds’, there is this totally irrelevant scene. Can you identify these chess players?
These are the words Julie Andrews sang for her 79th birthday
May 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
These are the words Julie Andrews sang for her 79th birthday
We helped our favourite cafe make a few small corrections to its menu. Can you spot the differences?
May 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
We helped our favourite cafe make a few small corrections to its menu. Can you spot the differences?
ISLANDS IN THE STREAM. What’s worth watching and who’s worth a subscription.
May 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
ISLANDS IN THE STREAM. What’s worth watching and who’s worth a subscription.
Media outside US (left) can report more freely than media inside a repressive dictatorship (right)
May 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Media outside US (left) can report more freely than media inside a repressive dictatorship (right)
At first glance, my brain registered this as “… drinking from dead prostitute’s leg”. (No doubt that’s coming next.)
May 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
At first glance, my brain registered this as “… drinking from dead prostitute’s leg”. (No doubt that’s coming next.)