Syd McGraw

The Prince and the Dismissal Anthony Albanese recently told us with bated breath from Balmoral Castle that Charles is someone who is very interested in Australia”. “Interested “would be an understatement.

John Menadue:

“Charles was a very active participant in the dismissal of Gough Whitlam 50 years ago. Don’t make any mistake about that. Charles was up to his royal ears in it. He was not politically neutral. He sided with privilege and aristocracy.”

johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11....

Sumo wrestlers enjoying Stonehenge

Sumo wrestlers having fun posing with Stonehenge

Sumo wrestlers having fun posing with Stonehenge

Sumo wrestlers posing like The Beatles on Abbey Road

I am living for the sumo wrestlers having fun playing tourists while preparing for the sumo tournament in London

Gillian Anderson reclined extremely confidently and dare I say sapphically on a black armchair, wearing black trousers and a red turtleneck. I'm sweating, I can't breathe, someone kill me.

Stop whatever you're doing and look at this new picture of Gillian Anderson

I really hate that there are people in my life whomst I love (both online and irl) that I have been unintentionally neglecting because of other people in my life whomst I also love (for better and worse)

I have 3 axioms that help me decide when to talk to people I disagree with:

1. To debate a subject is to concede that the subject is debatable.

2. To reason with a person is to concede that the person is reasonable.

3. To ask for evidence of a claim is to concede that the claim might be true.

i would again like to remind everyone that NEGATING A FRAME REINFORCES IT

"he's not really targeting criminals" makes it an argument about criminality

"this is a fascist attack" states what is actually happening

START WITH WHAT IT IS
not what it isn't

If you actually look at how Cuba elects people and the amount of participation people have in those elections it’s a lot more than people in the US have

Elizabeth Taylor in an 80s press conference speaking on the stigma of AIDS “…And it so angered me that I finally thought to myself, Bitch, do something yourself.” from the documentary “Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes.”

there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything

“Get Smart” premieres 60 years ago tonight, on NBC.

“I was sick of looking at all those nice, sensible situation comedies,” Mel Brooks said. “They were such distortions of life. .. No one had ever done a show about an idiot before. I decided to be the first.”

Only Five People Have Seen This New Impossible Color Researchers discover a new color outside the range of human color vision, but you have to laser your retinas to see it

This is wild! Worth the read 👇

"Olo is not a shade of blue, red, or green — not even a mix of colors we already know. Olo exists completely outside the visible spectrum as we experience it."

www.scientificamerican.com/article/rese...

STUDY DATE, a short little comic about a werewolf and her crush (1/2)

Poorer and rural Australians are sicker, yet they get less healthcare. It’s a broken system | Peter Breadon and Elizabeth Baldwin The unfair gaps in access to healthcare in Australia are deep and longstanding, but they’re not inevitable When it comes to health, Australia is an unfair country. Poorer Australians die about 7.5 years earlier than the wealthiest, and spend more years living with chronic disease. People from some communities, such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, face an even higher risk of illness. Continue reading...

Poorer and rural Australians are sicker, yet they get less healthcare. It’s a broken system | Peter Breadon and Elizabeth Baldwin

When a Christian quotes the Bible at me, I’m not sure what its supposed to do. Thats not my religion.

Like congrats the book you like says a thing you like. Happy for you ig

It Took Me 4 Years to Finish The Last of Us Part II. It was a hard and gruelling process that dug up so many feelings and traumas I thought were well-buried and settled. It was uncomfortable and I had to drag myself kicking and screaming m...

Far be it from me to be topical, here's my love letter to The Last of Us Part 2 (2 weeks after the second season ended but shush, for me that's quick lol)

write.as/surreallamb/...

Bix’s entire character is reduced to getting pregnant off-screen, embodying this idyllic image of femininity—standing in an Elysian field that Cassian is denied because he followed his “destiny.” It frames his death in Rogue One as even more tragic, as if his sacrifice meant forfeiting the supposed reward of a heterosexual family in a pastoral paradise—the kind of idealized life that patriarchal culture so often glorifies. Thus, Bix’s pregnancy isn’t portrayed as a symbol of her survival or agency; it’s reduced to a vehicle for continuing Cassian’s biological lineage—a consolation prize meant to reassure the audience with, well, at least his legacy lives on through a child. It reinforces the idea that worth and legacy are only truly meaningful when tied to heterosexual, biological reproduction. And the fandom latched onto it, already eagerly theorizing about how Cassian’s kid might show up in the upcoming Star Wars: Starfighter movie or whatever spin-off Disney drums up next. It’s emblematic of how deeply Star Wars—and broader culture—fetishizes biological legacy as the ultimate measure of someone’s impact. It’s the same mentality that drives Star Trek: Picard Season 3, with its obsession over legacy through children, and the demand for Star Trek: Legacy to be about the next generation of TNG’s offspring. We just broke free of the Skywalker saga, only to rush right back into venerating bloodlines. I hate that Cassian has a kid—I hate it so much. Not because parenthood is inherently problematic, but because it feels like the show is saying, Hey, it’s okay. He had a kid. His legacy lives on. As if the only way to matter in this universe is through biological reproduction, not through collective action, not through the community he helped build, not through the revolution he inspired. His defiance, his struggle—those things get overshadowed by the comfort of a bloodline. MORE BELOW

I really loved Star Wars Andor's finale, but I really have an issue with its final treatment of Bix, and I've been trying to articulate it for my video essay - but I'm curious about people's thoughts.

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"Now", of course, being 25 years ago

Now the art-lovers of Baltimore can water their johns in peace

John Waters standing beside a wall with a sign that says: The John Waters Restrooms. All Gender. Not my photo.

In 2000, John Waters donated 372 pieces of his art collection to the Baltimore Museum of Art. They named a rotunda after him in their gallery. He requested an all-gender restroom be named for him instead. #BOTD

SUCK SHIT, COLEMAN!!!

I am sick of seeing the rich and powerful on my screen. Where are all the TV shows about normal people? | Rebecca Shaw I personally don’t really want to watch another movie about a billionaire – unless he is in some sort of trap

I wrote about being sick of rich people tv www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Man I hope Gina Rinehart is really hurting tonight.

Barnaby Joyce MP (Nationals–New England), former deputy prime minister, coming up with novel developments in facial expressions

"'I have smelt my own fart and I am upset with it'" —gf

Nobody has said “also a factor was how incredibly fucked Dutton’s head is and how evil his vibe and aura is”

Dutton losing his seat 😀
Coalition losing 😀
ALP winning 😐 but not a hang parliament 😩
Progressive Indies & parties didn't pick up more seat 😢

Now, can we get back to pressuring ALP to stop supporting a violent genocidal apartheid regime. Free Palestine!

Liberal dickhead James McGrath on ABC Australia

Picture of Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh

If I lost not only the election but my own safe seat because I was the most unlikeable man on the planet there would simply be only one thing left for me to do

Hopefully Coleman also sucks shit

It looks like he will, but time will tell...

Update: Peter Dutton has blown his brains out. Liberal staffers are desperately trying to stomp the pieces down the drain but it's making a huge mess and now building services are involved.