I don't think he needs defence. A major part of his job is ensuring the integrity of the public service and he is undermining that function with these public attacks. If the govt wants him to do something that undermines his role, he should resign. He is fully complicit
23.10.2025 01:55 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
is fiction a superstimulus?
03.10.2025 03:04 โ ๐ 343 ๐ 50 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 2
Shout out to me for finishing the last 200 pages of a book in the 2 days before it was due.
02.09.2025 10:18 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I donโt know who needs to hear this but this whole renters donโt pay rates โat allโ thing is just silly. We make this weekly payment called โrentโ to our landlords, who then pay rates on the homes we live in. These people โฌ๏ธ and about half the city.
26.07.2025 03:07 โ ๐ 347 ๐ 83 ๐ฌ 23 ๐ 11
There are holes in all undies, that's how the legs get in - Leonard Cohen
24.07.2025 10:26 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The term content creator gives me the ick real bad.
22.07.2025 02:12 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Councillor Chungโs email represents a new low for local politics in this country. I have supported the Mayor through this type of nonsense since she was elected and will continue to do so. Please donโt vote for behaviour like this or anyone associated with it. Itโs disgusting.
10.07.2025 21:27 โ ๐ 187 ๐ 38 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 3
Amazing article! I've read a bunch on enshittification before, but this takes it a step further.
06.07.2025 02:09 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Every app is bad. Everything takes forever to load or just doesn't load at all. There is no social media around which the point is to see my friends lives. You can't find information online anymore. The only thing that the internet is still good for is piracy.
05.07.2025 11:28 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Did a factory reset on my phone because every app was breaking and not loading, backing up data failed even though it was meant to be auto, now every app is still breaking and I have to turn off all the annoying invasive settings. Maybe my 10 month old $600 phone is out of date.
05.07.2025 04:05 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Keir Starmer is such a little baby coward. He is scared of everyone except the most marginalised groups which he likes to bully to feel like a big man
04.07.2025 01:17 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
MONSTERS OF TAKING IT EASY (myself and the novelist @yourjokesarebad.bsky.social) return to the Sprig and Fern, Berhampore TODAY 3-6pm to play rekkids old and new
28.06.2025 22:41 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
But I do really like her vocal delivery on this, I like that the songs move forward at a steady rate. I never feel like I'm waiting for a drop or one part of the song is bursting through, every part feels important
27.06.2025 08:23 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Saying this as someone who generally likes Lorde's lyrics, you get the feeling that she really likes her own lyrics and sometimes they feel emphasised at the expense of the song.
27.06.2025 08:06 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
I like that there's no 10 second snippet of a song that could work without the rest of the song. It wasn't written to be optimised for social media.
27.06.2025 08:04 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Thoughts on Lorde's Virgin on second listen
It sounds like music from the 2010s that I didn't realise music no longer sounded like and didn't realise that I missed
27.06.2025 08:03 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Do you intentionally write these so if people start the song when they start reading they will get to the part of the song you're quoting at the exact time it's playing? It has happened too often now to feel unintentional.
20.06.2025 10:10 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Wonder how good the PR company is...
17.06.2025 03:21 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
09.06.2025 21:24 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
The best make up for a band is husband guitarist, wife drummer and a series of bassists until they find one to last a long time.
03.06.2025 20:26 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I still have an MP3 collection, waiting for the right player
02.06.2025 20:48 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Stealing almost all your music but buying one cd a month is probably a more ethical way to listen to music than what we do now.
02.06.2025 10:35 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
New Alex g single sounds like he is backed by the bats and that's a great thing
29.05.2025 19:47 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
This will be one of the most remembered images of the Gaza genocide, and there have been so many images and stories of #IsraeliCrimes
27.05.2025 14:08 โ ๐ 48 ๐ 31 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 2
Watched all the final destination films this month. Ranked from worst to best
The final destination
Final destination 3
Final destination
Final destination 5
Final destination 2
Final destination bloodlines.
24.05.2025 11:15 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
New sir chloe song is real good
23.05.2025 06:28 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I'm just glad every single one of them is going to fix, save and repair the things rich people care about while saving money somehow.
18.05.2025 23:28 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Can't wait to be able to choose between 6 candidates for mayor who oppose the golden mile and 1 who has no opinion whatsoever. Such a variety of options available.
18.05.2025 23:27 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Men, calling women cunts now really gives the vibe that you've been waiting for an opportunity to call women cunts and are leaping at the first opportunity.
15.05.2025 04:27 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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