Shaun Hardy

Going to work on umpire certification, because I’m some sort of idiot that can’t stay away from

I was recently voted to captain my cricket team, but now I have to have a surgery that rules me out for the season before a single ball is bowled

No one is more disappointed than @meganmaurice.bsky.social that Woakes didn’t face a ball

Gang of Youths are The National that we have at home

Every woman I knew growing up in the 90s-00s had an ADFA guy story

You won’t catch me waiting around to be a part of a Scott Boland hat trick either

My blueprint for withstanding a Mitch Starc onslaught is simply to stay off strike and have Hazelwood completely rearrange my stumps almost immediately

I’ve woken up to the news that trailing by 600 and getting 6 ducks in their first innings is the more mature and nuanced version of Bazball. Exciting times

The English commentators have now mentioned Ben Duckett’s commitment to his dog and his daughter, in that order, 3 times

Somebody stole the bike rack off my bike while it was locked up outside the station. It wasn’t even a good one but I guess they had Allen keys and specific needs

Pia and I had our first net sesh of the preseason. Her first season with the hard ball and longer pitch. She nicked me off twice and beat my outside edge 3 times, so I think she’s going to do just fine

Dismayed at @meganmaurice.bsky.social’s lack of faith in right arm off spin this morning. Best way to clean up the tail when they’re going the tonk

Sydney is First Slip
Melbourne is Midwicket
Brisbane Point
Adelaide is Mid-on
Perth is Deep Fine Leg

Megan just told me what a grub Billy Slater’s been and I’m so damn fired up in time for origin

he's the guy who oversaw the AFL getting knee deep into sports betting and then took a plumb job as the head of one of the gambling companies. this is what one of australia's misery barons looks like

groimes you haeve to come get me at Geetmo

Reggie Watts statement, 1 of 2: “I was disappointed to see that Thom's statement centers his hurt feelings and frames his fans' demands for him to speak up as a "social media witch hunt," instead of recognizing the urgency of their call for him to speak out against the world-historical humanitarian crisis in Palestine. I hope Thom will reflect and decenter himself from the public outcry against the genocide, because if he and his artistic legacy stand for love and humanity as he asserts, he can come to see his fans' actions as an act of loving solidarity with suffering people-a needed affirmation of our humanity in these dark times.”

Reggie Watts statement 2 of 2: “I also want to address Thom's repetition of a common rhetorical tactic of those who are devoted to maintaining the status quo, that one cannot speak up or demand an end to the genocide unless they fully understand the deep "complexity" of this historical conflict. I urge Thom's fans to reject this conviction-neutralizing, demobilizing sentiment and trust their hearts. You don't need to be a geopolitics scholar to know that starving children and slaughtering families is wrong. Your membership in the human family gives you authority and, indeed, responsibility to speak up. All positive change starts with conscious and loving people raising their voices and working together to bring a better world into existence. Please keep fighting until our sisters and brothers in Palestine are free.”

Reggie Watts addresses Thom Yorke’s statement on Palestine and it’s good

There’s a feeding frenzy of figbirds in the camphor laurels next door

This is one of the stupidest things in sport that I’ve ever seen and yet I’m not surprised to see James Magnussen involved

weird how it's always cops and the church, never the people running drag queen story time.

Tamika Upton has just been sidestepped into a corncob

Tamika “turnstile” Upton

Orson Krennic: You haven’t been talkin to Luthen Rael have ya?

If Andor and Rogue One were the original material to work with, and then they came up with every subsequent Star Wars movie I would lose my mind

A wheatear bird in the field

Something they don’t tell you about Ireland is that they have some subtly beautiful birds like this Wheatear

In a nutshell. #LouisTheroux #Israel #IDF #IOF

Happy 80th anniversary of Hitler killing himself in his bunker to all who celebrate, which, as I now understand it, is not everybody

Palestinians are not “facing” starvation.

They are being starved to death by Israel.

Yet our government still refuses to end all arms sales and implement sanctions, granting endless impunity for Israel's crimes against humanity.

End the blockade — and stop the genocide.

My daughter needs another child to say odd shit to. 3 weeks of off the wall nonsense

Puffins and razorbills perched above a cliff

Me standing in front of puffins in the distance

I’m now a guy who can say, “yes, I’ve seen a puffin”