Am I only the only one who can’t be bothered with On The Couch? Used to be a thoughtful watch.
That in 2026 there are still so many "become the first woman to..." things that can still occur is a pretty easy retort to anyone who thinks systemic sexism is not a thing .
A bit of consistency might help
Life expectancy shrinks as zoomers opt to live at 1.5x.
The algorithm in a nutshell. Now, how much of that 4% of content was divisive, hateful, misogynistic and racist?
The pro-Israel lobby congratulates itself for wrecking the livelihood of Australia’s most prominent campaigner against child sexual abuse.
In which Waleed and I talk Ramadan, dates and the inner life.
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I have no idea what is going on
Angus Taylor let FOUR refineries close and sent our oil reserves to TEXAS
I talked about this with @vanbadham.bsky.social on our podcast The Week on Wednesday back in 2022
The Coalition trashed our energy security & One Nation would have us use dung fired camp stoves
There's no goodies vs baddies in Israel/Us vs Iran. Just because you despise the actions of the US/Israel (a perfectly valid view) doesn't make Iran the good guys. The Iranian regime executed 30,000 people *this year*, mostly young people, who just wanted civil rights. What is wrong with some of you
It’s time.
Nice vibe Dees.
The umpiring in this game has been pretty rubbish. How unusual.
The Liberals have selected community lawyer and Albury Councillor Raissa Butkowski as their candidate for #Farrer.
AFR article reporting this mentions the Nat, ON and even Greens candidates but fails to mention Milthorpe, so I aint spending any time linking to it.
A fair summary …
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One of these sharks was found to have breached their duties 13 times, was not referred to the NACC, and is now a university VC. I can’t see any difference between disgracing yourself in the APS vs in a public university. We need huge change.
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Can’t agree with Guy here re the greens. As abjectly cynical as any other party imho. But he makes a solid case for Labor’s moral absence. The abyss looms.
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When they finally go full AI newscorp will be more credible
Great piece by @squigglyrick.bsky.social on #BasicIncome as an antidote to the austerity of our brutal conditionality
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She is rather. I hope she brings you a little pleasure even at a distance.
Anyone want some honey?
More fun than an artichoke tbh
Hey ho. Let’s go.
Tom Lynch wins the game for Carlton.
Doesn’t really feel like a win Carlton. Ffs.
