Michele Playfair (she/her)

The rise of Whatever This was originally titled “I miss when computers were fun”. But in the course of writing it, I discovered that there is a reason computers became less fun, a dark thread woven through a number of eve...

down with Whatever eev.ee/blog/2025/07...

Let's start with replacing some of the politicians

Agree. What a disgrace and devaluation of this award.

wild how he immediately raises his weapon as soon as she turns and he sees the microphone

they're shooting to maim the press on purpose y'all

Leopards eating faces hold waiting time

This cruelty and insanity has personally honestly cost me so much - I'm gonna just enjoy this.

It's like these people have never read Catch-22

We have both for some reason

Illustrated portrait of Darryl Kerrigan from The Castle, mid-sentence with a wide-eyed expression and thumb raised. Behind him is his iconic red-roofed suburban house, a greyhound dog, trees, and an airport control tower. The background is pale blue with red-and-cream retro stripes. Bold yellow text reads: “Tell him he’s dreamin’!” in a vintage-style font.

$450 for jousting sticks!? Tell him he's DREAMIN'!! *new* Daryl Kerrigan fresh from '97 🏡 | prints/tees: tinyurl.com/bd8xvv7u ✈️

The Quality Coach's Handbook The book explains the quality coach role, provides quality coach workshops with instructions and templates, and offers ideas on how to think about quality in modern engineering companies. While many a...

My book, The Quality Coach's Handbook, will be available for purchase on the 31st of May. Pre-register here (you'll be in good company 🙃)

leanpub.com/qc

They're gorgeous and they know it

fat kitty

WHAT IS THE CHARGE? EATING A MEAL?! A SUCCULENT CHINESE MEAL?!

Reading coverage of the Victorian Budget and seriously, we give far too much credence to the wrecked and corrupt ratings agencies that helped cause the GFC and suffered absolutely zero consequences.

Oh no, they're spending extra GST revenue on health instead of paying down debt.

Yeah f*ck off.

Humanity hates people. We could have made our environment welcoming to cyclists and pedestrians, but we didn't. A car centric environment is the norm in many parts of the world, making it dangerous to be outside if you cann...

I've written this straight from the heart:

Humanity hates people.

www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/humanity-hat...

The year is 2025. Researches have discovered women have central nervous systems. Can feel pain!

I love this idea so much

This was my exact reaction.
What the fuck

It's a very good sign

Heh I upgraded from the 4 a few months back 😁

Who's out there squeezing birds

Came for the comments on East vs West NC bbq and was not disappointed
Takes me back to the time a bunch of colleagues all brought their regional bbq to Chicago and we had a taste-off. The best way to resolve these issues 😁

Adelaide peeps - During this terrible drought, we are seeing a lot of dead trees. Flinders Uni is collecting reports of tree dieback. So, if you spot a dead or dying street tree, take a photo and report it here ...
qualtrics.flinders.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...

Meanwhile in Australia you cannot use cheques. There's one remaining bank here that will accept bank cheques from countries like US, UK and Canada where they still insist on producing them

Yup driving from Melbourne to Canberra I was surprised how dry it is. Would have expected to hear more about the very obvious drought. Heard about the floods in Qld

This is quite an extraordinary table from Streem showing how many seats each party would have won if their share of seats matched their share of media coverage during the campaign.

You're not imagining it. The Murdoch press et al didn't shut up about Dutton. Lucky no-one was listening. #auspol

Not only is this true, there are 33 whole-ass mentions of this in the script and each one is freaking hilarious

whills.nu/4/sw4.html#h...

Cheers! and welcome to sunny Melbourne 😎👋

Apparently lasted 20 minutes before LinkedIn yanked Elmo's account. Poor Elmo, what a day

My Brain Finally Broke Much of what we see now is fake, and the reality we face is full of horrors. More and more of the world is slipping beyond my comprehension.

Jia Tolentino on what it's like for our brains to live through AI and fascism, although I think the COVID-induced cognitive impairment we're experiencing at large is understated

www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...