Mel Campbell

This will be the third year in a row that I will boycott Eurovision over its repugnant, hypocritical refusal to exclude lsraeI the way it kicked out Russia

I also boycotted in 2019, the year lsraeI hosted after its shameful, revolting, undeserved win over Cyprus’s absolute banger ‘Fuego’

The elder millennial existence consists entirely of alternating geopolitical and financial crises

White House officials believe ‘the politics are a lot better’ if Israel strikes Iran first As the administration mulls military action in Iran, officials argue it’d be best ifIsrael makes the first move.

For context, Politico reported Wednesday that the Trump regime thought it would be better optics if Israel bombed Iran first so that America could just appear to be helping an ally rather than starting a new war

To regain some faith in humanity, please check out the Google Maps reviews of Camp Sovereignty

The implications!

Just remembered a radio ad that roasted me so cruelly that I shouted “NO!” and changed the station

“If you know the difference between the Goodies and the Goonies, you need to find out whether you can access your super AND apply for an age pension!”

GP’s love to sit you in a chair and get you to watch them type ‘sick man too beefy??’ on their desktop computer. It’s easy to see why you’d pay 190 dollars for this experience.

I've never been into mochi, but a lovely friend dropped a packet of peanut butter mochi round to me last night to cheer me up because I'd had a shit day yesterday, and turns out I quite like it

Omg that sounds awful esp if you’re sick or worried about someone else who is sick

On hold at Chemist Warehouse: a voice brightly says I can listen to their instore radio via DAB+ or the iHeartRadio app “while you drive the kids to school, or even just heading to work”

Like WHY would I want to feel like I’m in Chemist Warehouse at those stressful times??

Coles Radio otoh? CHOON

I saw a femme-presenting person on the tram whose loose straight hair hung almost to the backs of her knees

Did you also get that classic bed linen from Savers? There’s a nickname for this aesthetic but I forget it

We need to take that "this situation is totally fucked up, there are no simple solutions, hot takes from uninformed random chumps are useless" energy some people are bringing to the discourse around the BAFTAs and apply it to pretty much every big social issue of the day

A.I. Isn't People How many Reddit posts does it take to learn to read?

"Is this treating things as people, or treating people as things … Either way I think it’s evil, and the evil is not the technology—it’s the dreams of the people trying to sell it to us."
—@rusty.todayintabs.com

I want to scream and rend my garments upon learning that one of the leading dingbats in the 'effective altruist' cult is employed at the Boyfriend Company as Lead Bot Fanfic Author

A.I. Isn't People How many Reddit posts does it take to learn to read?

"Does 200 lines of Python code *understand anything*?"

this by @rusty.todayintabs.com is a must-read

MARGE! MARGE!

I sorted the browser tabs on my phone into groups: so many were essays & researched pieces, dating back to 2023, warning the LLM uptake is destroying humanity

By 'AI destroys humanity', I mean it kills our inner selves. Our curiosity & musings. It turns off the light inside. It's a Disenlightenment

this story is funnier if you don't know the context and just assume it's about a campaign to fang some volunteer to mars

The Epstein files document what many women researchers have long experienced but rarely seen laid bare so starkly: exclusion operating behind closed doors, shaping who gets funded, invited, mentored, and taken seriously. How many of these networks, norms, and gatekeepers remain in place?

Just walk away from ChatGPT and all OpenAI products.

If you think your life will be less fulfilling without AI in it, you need to reassess your life and your priorities.

Screen shot of fast developing storm cells from BoM 64km radar, 12pm, Tuesday 24 February 2026 https://reg.bom.gov.au/products/IDR024.loop.shtml

As foretold by BoM prophecies, the rift in space time continuum hath commenced above Melbourne.

Serious news: reg.bom.gov.au/products/IDV...

I'm less disturbed by the spy-plane stuff than by the reminder that 'AI' products like Siri are puppets for the human intellectual & emotional labour of legions of low-paid gig workers in poor countries, subcontracted via opaque supply chains

The TV series 'Severance' is a documentary

MICHAEL JOHN KELLS FLEETWOOD!

Even as I posted that, the sunshine drained away in an instant

oh no wait, now it's back again

JOHN GRAHAM McVIE!

it just went grey again

oh shit

BY THE POWER OF FLEETWOOD MAC, I think it's about to rain even though it's somehow still sunny, because I just heard a roll of thunder

Ignatius is heaps more Catholic tho

Drives me wild when I’m trying to write ‘ill’ (ie, unwell) but it autocorrects to ‘I’ll’. It literally just did it to me now!

I hoped it was “Prince of Pegging”

How big is the MCG? 630 Olympic swimming pools to be exact It has been used as an unofficial yardstick for years, but now a group of surveyors has used laser scanning to determine the exact volume of the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

You can do some maths based on the following:

9,840 London buses will fill the MCG

Melbourne's daily water use is roughly 68% of 1 MCG

317 MCGs will fill Sydney Harbour

Software update tonite 👀
Software update tonight queen??
Software update tonite 👀