Which is why she’s the one that needs to run. Fuck them all!

JFC

Reduced stress to sharpened jawlines: Are ear seeds the ultimate wellness hack? Ear seeds are all over TikTok right now, and Mecca just opened a clinic dedicated to the practice, but they’re still often met with scepticism. So, I put them to the test to see if the hype is justifi...

Unbelievable piffle in The Age. www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/he...

The Press Gallery addiction to asking Tony Abbott and John Howard what they think meets Abbott and Howard's addiction to 'backgrounding' & being quoted. How about ask them why they've stuffed up housing for two generations and then leave them alone to mow their lawn(s)?

I love how Elon Musk complains constantly that buildings aren't built in the "european style" anymore but builds absolutely nothing for the public good. A library when he could embellish those eurocentric preoccupations he has

What Happens Next at the State Library of Victoria? GH has an update

Absolute pearler report from Gideon Haigh about the new, staggering situation at the #StateLibrary of Victoria: appointment of a person who was on the interview panel that rejected all applicants for the role?! FOI-redacted Board minutes of a PUBLIC institution?! www.cricketetal.com/p/what-happe...

I appreciate Haines and Pocock’s activism, but the existing scheme needs reform first

This is nice but the “paid placement” offered to social work students isn’t a liveable amount

The Commonwealth Prac Payment (CPP) for *eligible social work students* is $338.60 per week

A masters of social work requires 1000 hours of placement. 26 weeks full time. At $338.60 p/week?

The rise of AI relationships is a crisis of human connection. People who feel safe and valued and cherished in their human relationships don’t seek intimacy in algorithms

It's the household experience too. If you're not exposed to healthy role models you will never learn a better way. I don't believe it starts with the worst of sexual violence, but it sows the seeds of indifference and implicit support. If the attitudes go unchallenged, they are being endorsed.

The #StateLibrary of Victoria has appointed a retired university librarian to 2 positions at once - one that wasn't advertised (Chief Librarian) + Head of Collections, a role she was acting in part-time; she was on the interview panel that failed to make the permanent appointment: now given to her.

By 2030 “About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”

Removing aid to impoverished countries.

Two-month-old baby 'choking on his own vomit' while detained in Dilley 'His life is in danger,' U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility...

‘His life is in danger,’ U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility.

The drunk uncle theory.

You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there

Joyce Carol Oates @JoyceCarolOates how is it possible to cram so much ignorance--"English-Scott-Irish origin" -- into such a small space? miracle of a person said to be "world's richest man" has no more grasp of US history than a crumpled paper tissue underfoot in a men's restroom not recently cleaned.

joyce is going after elon again

For Whom The Bell Tolls Bells & Whistles

Richard Ackland on the delicate path Justice Virginia Bell must hew to avoid prejudicing criminal process and exposing secret security matters in the Bondi massacre royal commission.

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And the Brits look to do the same.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Solidarity with Vanessa Turnbull Roberts. An old, shitty story that keeps happening. The real 'cancel culture' is women's careers being cut short or derailed when they need to choose safety. Because apparently we're not always entitled to both.

They need to remind people that Farage was behind that bin fire.

Australia 'must allow' IS-linked families to return, UN expert says Australian families with links to Islamic State fighters should be returned to Australia to prevent harm and potential radicalisation of innocent children, according to United Nations special rapporte...

Labor is being cowardly.
"If you leave people without any kind of long-term immigration solution in a foreign country … you do potentially expose people to being vulnerable to radicalisation by some armed group," he said.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Image of Noam Chomsky talking to Jeffery Epstein. Headline: Chomsky advised Epstein about manufacturing consent

"Trust me, I literally wrote the book on it" said Noam Chomsky chaser.com.au/general-news...

I appreciate the sentiment, but even if a woman reaches the presidency it won’t be the end of the feminist fight. Please read why the 4th person was left unfinished...

Ummm
“Meanwhile, the pardon attorney in the Department of Justice has had his role significantly limited. Ed Martin, a longtime Trump loyalist, was caught leaking grand jury information, which is illegal.”
*blinks*

Elon Musk, who I do not support, is right that English-Scots-Irish culture, which I do not support, has always been the basis for life in the United Stats, which I also do not support.

by Glenn Greenwald

Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.

It’s so hard to have a reasonable conversation about AI, because people refuse to see the massive upsides of job elimination, higher electrical bills, hard drive shortages, poisoning black people in Memphis, and an economy where a handful of pedos with bad hair control your life

My father did not have a birth certificate. The U.S. Navy accepted his baptismal certificate as proof of age, and allowed him to serve honorably for 34 years. Would he now not be allowed to vote?

Everybody knows that poors don't buy things!

Colbert accuses Trump administration of censorship after CBS pulls interview Host says lawyers barred him from discussing decision to drop Texas Democrat segment amid FCC rules scrutiny

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...