Mel Campbell

Idea for a space-age themed café called The Lunch Pad

War is hell, but there is a special eternal hell reserved for people who would double tap a girls’ school, and it is our job to have scrupulously fair trials and then usher the people responsible for it there

seems legit

I've just learned that its official name is WD-40 Multi-Use Product

as if an alien named it

what makes this such a second-guess nightmare is that frankie is generally very hyphen-friendly

That colour washes her out; I agree she needs brighter colours. IMO the dress is a design misfire more than a poor fit: the skirt volume is fighting the 1920s-esque vertical lines of the sequins & loose tunic bodice

It reminds me of those 'flapper dresses' sold online that never get the cut right

I have been proofreading frankie magazine since 2019 (issue 90); now I'm proofing issue 131

and I STILL have to check the style guide EVERY DAMN TIME about whether it's "no-one" or "no one" (it's "no one")

It is ableist of my cat to spew somewhere in my room at 5:45am, forcing me to get out of bed and gingerly navigate my booby-trapped room barefoot without my glasses on

I sometimes boldly aver that my cat is the softest and prettiest in the world

but I’ve gotta say there are other softer and prettier cats

He’s just, like, medium soft, and pretty enough to be a part-time model but he’d probably have to keep his normal job

Cancel LLMs! Cancel chat-based prompt interfaces! Cancel generative AI!

All of them are just as bad as ChatGPT, but ChatGPT is close to becoming the generic term for this pernicious outsourcing of human reasoning & ideation to planet-killing capitalist error engines

Polymarket Pulls Bet on Nuclear Detonation in 2026 ‘How ghoulish.’ The depravity economy moves into the nuclear war business.

Update: they *were* letting people bet on a nuclear attack. It's been removed after backlash!

Don Draper meme, shouting That's what the goose is for

strange expression, saying someone's goose is cooked. Often that's why the got a goose in the first place

If the jelly is large enough for you to eat with a spoon it’s okay. The mini cups are the problem as people are tempted to slurp them in one go, and they can form a solid plug in your throat that chokes you

So yesterday, randomly, I was looking at this site, and then today I was at Cheaper Buy Miles & noticed they are selling “konnyac jelly pouches”, which are banned in AU as konjac doesn’t dissolve in the mouth & can cause a choking hazard if it gets stuck in the throat)

Told the cashier about it

RIP Kyle and Jackie O, 2000-2026

'There will be other places': The catastrophe stalking Swiss Alps towns The Swiss Alps are a natural wonder and a key part of the national identity, but life in the mountains is under threat from climate change.

Villagers in the Swiss Alps are now climate-change refugees after avalanches caused by melting glaciers & thawing permafrost destroy entire towns

Search consumer product recalls Search for the recall of a specific consumer product or types of products. There are steps suppliers should follow to run a recall and actions consumers should take when a product is recalled.

You can also browse and search product recalls. Many list where the product was sold so you can use that as a search keyword; Kmart has put out some risky Anko merch while Aldi has had way fewer recalls than I expected

Find banned products Bans can be placed on products and product-related services if there is a risk that they may cause serious injury, illness or death.

FYI here's a list of product categories that are banned from sale in Australia for safety reasons, but may still be sold online

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