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Warwick Holt
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Screenwriter / etcwriter. Once wrote 60,000 or so jokes for TV shows. Chaos mathematician by training. Cricket tragic. Wurundjeri land. He/him. https://media-empire.net
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Must be the first time ever that the two lead candidates both had surnames ending in triple-L @cnn.com #NJGov
A screenshot from CNN's results page for New Jersey Governor, which appears to read: Mlkle Sherrlll Democratic Jack Clattarelll Republican
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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It's the 10th anniversary edition of Melbourne WebFest this weekend. I'm looking forward to seeing loads of great web series and I'm extra-chuffed that Bruce has been selected as one of the highlights of the decade for Sunday's Legacy Screenings. Tickets and full program at melbournewebfest.com
Two First Fleet convicts (plated by Angus Sampson and Dave Lawson) stand outside a tent in the Australian bush, looking at each other. A caption reads "D'ya hear? BRUCE is back on the big screen at Melbourne WebFest." At the bottom are the logos of BRUCE THE SERIES and Melbourne WebFest.
October 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Today's #Connections really going hard on seminal power pop
A screen capture of a screen of Connections reading: THIRD SISTER LOVERS MAGIC BIG STAR SERIOUS WONDER NAKED DEVIL EVIL MAJOR MAGICIAN CONTINENT IMPORTANT DEADLY SIN
October 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Wow, America is now selling entire cities in Australian supermarkets
A supermarket label reading "MINI APPLES"
August 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Just finished Until the Red Leaves Fall by the brilliant @alliparkerwriter.bsky.social, a moving story about storytelling, authenticity, secrets, of Australia's hideous WWII internment camps wrapped in a ripping yarn of the 1950s theatre scene. Bravo! #booksky #AussieAuthor
Cover for Until the Red Leaves Fall by Alli Parker
August 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Went to shoot a toast to The Project in my favourite cup. Knocked it over and broke the handle off. In tribute, I guess.
Me, standing in a kitchen in a grey jumper, holding a large white coffee cup and a broken handle. Black text on the cup reads PROJECT 2020, with the O being replaced by a red coronavirus.
June 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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We have 1 lonely but very principled vote for the Stop Pedophiles! Protect Kiddies! party #WAvotes
Progress results of the WA election showing that of 20,991 formal votes, 1 has been cast for the party Stop Pedophiles!
March 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Fingers crossed this isn't as bad as it looks...
Me, wearing cricket whites, in a hospital emergency department. My right hand middle and ring fingers are bent completely the wrong way. My right hand, with middle and ring fingers bent completely the wrong way. An X-ray of my right hand, with middle and ring fingers bent completely the wrong way.
March 1, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Are you a person? Then you get a choice!
Because Squishbook was Highly Commended for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, it is eligible for the People’s Choice Award.
People’s! That’s youse!
And you could win a bundle of ten books too!
Vote Squishbook!
wheelercentre.wufoo.com/forms/people...
A dark blue graphic by Squishbook editor David Blumenstein. Handwritten text reading: VOT*! * vote for People's Choice The word "People's" has been struck out and the word "ibis" (with the 's' backwards) has been written beneath it. To the right of the text is a ibis, cartooned in white, saying "AHK GLUG". To the left of the ibis is the front cover of "Squishbook: Make comics with Squishface Studio and friends", including a sticker with a cartoon version of the Victorian Premier's Literary Award logo with "Highly Commended" written beneath.
February 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Victorian MP for Ringwood Nick McGowan compares a military uprising in Congo with the VEC asking for How to Vote hander-outers to register.

The Liberal Party: tried to introduce voter ID laws, now says that an independent body fighting intimidation and misinfo is akin to a coup. #vicpol #auspol
Excerpt from an email to constituents from Nick McGowan, MP for Ringwood. It reads: In Congo, it has brought decades of political instability and armed conflict – as different groups vie to control the resource sector, leading to the plight of the people. Though far from home for us – this conflict reminds me of the fragility of peace. Our place in the world as an island makes these events seem all the more remote, though we would be well served to reflect upon them. Any group of people – including those in government – who exploit their authority over a population are destined to have a limited shelf-life. By some dint of fate, we have ended up with conventions that allow us Australians – government, community, business and ordinary citizens – to negotiate power peacefully. We mustn’t mess around with them callously. In a small way, I saw that right here in our own state this week. The brazen attempts by the Victorian Electoral Commission to force volunteers handing out How-to-Vote cards to register and wear a wristband was an atrocious attack on our political freedom, our personal privacy, and ultimately, our democracy. We must oppose such attempts vociferously – for the good of all Australians.
February 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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I thought I'd turned you off Gemini, but good to know you're listening in to pop up unprompted and tell me that you don't know how to cook Chilli-Pump Banjo. #AIfail
A screenshot reading: Banjo Recipe Inquiry I am not able to find a recipe for banjo that uses either a pump or chiles. However, there are many other delicious and unique recipes out there that you may enjoy. Would you like me to find a recipe for you based on your other preferences? Gemini can make mistakes, so double-check it
January 29, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Wowzers! Squishbook has been commended! Highly! By the Premier of Victoria!

Congrats David Blumenstein (@nakedfella.bsky.social), Squishface Studio, and the whole crew. Quite an achievement for a micropublished book. I'm so proud to have been a part of it.

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The cover of a comic book - Squishbook - surrounded by cartoon celebratory icons and exclamations: "Oh!", "Wow!", "Wot?" and "That's Cool!" written in light blue on navy. The Squishbook cover has, stamped in the centre, a cartoon version of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards logo, with "Highly Commended" written beneath. The cover beneath is black and features a yellow outline of a person's head and shoulders, teeming with little bug-like creatures writing, drawing and assembling comics. The cover reads: SQUISHBOOK EDITED BY DAVID BLUMENSTEIN MAKE COMICS with Squishface Studio and friends! Five white bubbles at the bottom of the cover are empty apart from a single word each, reading in total "YOU COULD DRAW COMICS HERE".
January 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Mitch Owen builds a hell of a Win Probability slide #BBL14
A graph of Cricinfo's Win Probability reading HH 97.8% HH 109/0 HH need 74 runs from 80 balls
January 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Only my dear dear friend & closest collaborator over the years, Mat Blackwell, would mark his 50th by holding a festival, mostly of his own musical acts, and finally get to realise a long-held dream by conducting all those assembled as the Choir of the Spoken Word. ❤️
January 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Arthur Phillip claims Australia for King George and Great Britain through his momentous historical speech on... um, February 7. #AustraliaDay #InvasionDay #ChangeTheDate

Check out #BruceTheSeries in full and free at brucetheseries.com

Winner of 23 awards worldwide and Best Web Series of 1788.
January 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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El Diablo de Duolingo 🤘
A Duolingo icon reading "666 Day streak"
January 21, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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Still catching up with all these new terms we have for "Nazi"
Clips from three headlines, reading: controversial inauguration salute 'odd-looking salute' 'Roman salute'
January 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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"Let them eat rocks" #auspol
A still from a TVC featuring a white-haired man in a blue shirt against a neutral office door background, captioned: Clive Palmer Chairman - Minealogy Pty Ltd
January 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Boland, King of Bowlers: the lowest average of any player to take more than 50 wickets in tests in the last 110 years.
#AUSvIND
"Best career bowling average in Tests" chart from cricinfo showing Scott Boland at number 8, behind a lot of players from over 100 years ago
January 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Ok, so Nat Bartsch's Peggy Glenville Hicks address a couple of weeks back was very enlightening, but anyone have any idea how I wound up apparently wearing a tiara of light?
An Instagram post from @natbartsch featuring Nat Bartsch addressing a crowd of around 100 people in a lecture theatre. The caption reads "The 2024 Peggy Glanville Hicks address, which I delivered recently for... more" A zoomed in version of the previous picture, focusing on people in the second row closest to camera. A middle-aged man (me) has a white sparkling illusion, a little like an exploding drop of milk, on the top of his head.
December 17, 2024 at 10:45 AM
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Spotify Wrapped? Or I could just post my top 10 played albums from the year (inc. digital and physical). Pleased to see that 9 of them are 2024 releases, and if pre-release singles were included with their parent albums, Love Heart Cheat Code by Hiatus Kaiyote would be at #8. #2024music #2024albums
A list of top 10 albums from last.fm. It reads: "Albums Scrobbled 2,637 1. All Born Screaming - St. Vincent - 121 scrobbles 2. Wall of Eyes - The Smile - 82 3. Imaginal Disk - Magdalena Bay - 65 4. Lives Outgrown - Beth Gibbons - 60 5. Invader - Regurgitator - 56 6. Live on Boston Harbor - Fleet Foxes - 51 7. My Method Actor - Nilüfer Yanya - 51 8. Music Has the Right to Children - Boards of Canada - 50 9. Three Bells - Ty Segall - 48 10. Luck and Strange - David Gilmour - 47"
December 5, 2024 at 3:49 AM
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I personally like "blurt", but I get the feeling that debate has already been had and lost.
Rachel McAdams as Regina George in Mean Girls, wearing a Santa hat, captioned "STOP TRYING TO MAKE BLURT HAPPEN".
November 28, 2024 at 8:47 PM
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Thanks St. Vincent for a killer gig and for almost falling on my family
November 25, 2024 at 10:59 PM
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Ooh, count me in...
Ben Stokes somehow manages to throw his bat and wicket away at the same time
November 14, 2024 at 12:16 PM
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The most brutal mashed media musical of the early 2000s - New Horizons In Violence! Finally available to stream now: youtu.be/wAwAaxYgJ4o
October 27, 2024 at 8:41 AM