Jon Eaves

The catch that Starc took was incredible, and he's 35. That's some seriously good staying power for a fast bowler.

Current bowling unit is as good, if not arguably better than the Windies, and the Warne McGrath era. They are absolutely "all time great" levels.

The deck wasn't that spicy. It was a pretty typical Perth wicket. Early seam and good consistent bounce. Archer bowled really well, Boland in the second. Starc was obviously good. England just threw the match. They bat sensibly for 20 overs and they make 400.

Some owner-occupiers just bought the mirror version of our townhouse for an amount that (adjusted for inflation) is about what we paid 8 years ago.

Victoria gets shit done.

An apartment similar to mine just sold in my building for the exact same price i paid 2.5 years ago.

Dont let grifters convince you that lmi waivers for 1st homeowners are pushing prices up.

5 apartments have sold in my 10 apartment building in the last 2.5 years - all of them are now owner occs

Religious extremists working at religious extremist institution doing religious extremism shock!

That was, something very special.

I had a second beer. That's how good that was.

A really good thing about this is that it's the sort of defeat that the touring side carry around with them for the rest of the series like a bucket of cold sick in the corner of the dressing room.

I wonder if England might consider actually pitching the ball up. Seems like the short stuff is being carted.

After school events should be banned when the cricket is played in Perth

At the school bush dance. If you thought school music concerts were some punishment for a former life mistake. This here is descending into the layers of hell.

I'm sure they're people who get joy from such activities. I am not one of them.

People who make money based on how much a property sells for in shock complaining about property that might not sell for as much.

The weight of expectations is very real. Good luck boys, enjoy the game. May there be victory in your afternoon.

Good news everyone, I survived my first trip to the Melbourne CBD for a while. It was very uneventful and safe. I was led to believe that the Premier herself was going to jump out from somewhere and do a crime on me

There's going to be a lot of "may you live in interesting times" and "be careful of what you wish for, you just might get it".

I eagerly await a bunch of "both sides" on this stuff, but I'm gonna be long dead before that ever happens.

Yeah, exactly. I was trying to convey that ALL media are complicit in this shit, but it's only pushing the right-wing narratives. Progressive (lol, but whatever) narratives like "maybe we shouldn't poison the earth" or "maybe we should have a fairer taxation system" are still universally derided.

"Just normal, concerned mums and dads." I'll never fucking forget that shit until the day I die.
The media is complicit in all of this. For the normalisation of right-wing radicalisation. They're still incredibly critical and othering of any remotely progressive causes, which is telling.

I wish to complain about AI, and Trump, not the normal complaints, but specifically because my shitposting is now mostly copying memes and other content from discords and various social media to my friends. It's literally destroying bespoke, artisinal shitposting and I feel like that's a shame.

Melbourne has been named the world’s best destination for ‘big city thrills’ in 2026 The experts at Travel + Leisure just dropped their guide to the top 50 destinations for 2026, and our city claimed a coveted title.

Melbourne is a booming city for people who love a good time.

Not train nerds and ageing property investors who obsess about water views.

www.timeout.com/melbourne/ne...

Eagerly awaiting the chorus of people decrying Dan Andrews' socialist government being soft on crime with these absolutely terrifying scenes. Oh wait, I'm being handed a note...

And no Melburnian hates Sydney, we just get shitty with Sydneycentric crap.

But they haaaaate us, as COVID proved.

Since it apparently needs to be said: budget papers currently have Victoria reaching a debt to GSP level of 25.2 in the 2026 budget, and debt levels declining after that. So less debt than most developed nations carry. An absolute whoopi doo who gives a shit number. And Keane should know it.

Racism is a helluva drug.

This idea reversed Scotland’s rising youth crime rate. Jacinta Allan wants to bring it to Victoria One aspect of the policy aimed at early intervention would see at-risk children paired with reformed offenders to guide them away from crime.

Good. Thank God. About time.

www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...

The perpetually divided rabble of racists, cookers, and transphobes, known as the Victorian Opposition, has another new leader.

Exactly this. Add in that the entire front bench appears to have rented their spines out for the duration of their careers.

I wonder how much of this inaction is due to Albanese being a creature of Sydney, where everything has to be run through the “what will the racist fathead on 2GB think about this” filter, which is obviously no way to run a country.
#Auspol

It's a great cosmic joke that neurodivergence both runs in families and gets diagnosed based on parent reports. I was diagnosed at 30 because a man who has eaten potatoes every day for 57 years and a woman who collects loose buttons decided I was a perfectly normal child.