Peter Hanlon

Rhetorical question, I assume?

New Zealand: magical

Apparently, Adolf Hitler cooked a mean vegetarian pasta (probably field mushrooms). There's no evidence he cooked anything else but surely, Bill Maher, AH should get credit for at least cooking one good meal. I mean sure, he did some nasty things, but you can't deny a good pasta. FMD Bill!

Tweet of the year!!!!!

@aarondodd.bsky.social

Alternative Treasurer? To @jimchalmers.bsky.social? Give me a break!

Agreed!

A brilliant book. I can’t say it was enjoyable (quite sad really), just amazingly informative. I learned so much. I wish I had have read it before the US election, then I would have put $10,000 on Trump winning rather than hoping Harris would.

So true

With Trump in the White House we don't want Dutton in our house. Throw the Dick out of Dickson. Black letters on yellow background.

#auspol

Countries I choose not to visit:

North Korea
Russia*
DR Congo
USA*
Myanmar*
Haiti
Israel
Syria
Iraq
Iran……the list goes on

Greenland* (if it becomes part of the USA)

May go to Canada* to join the resistance if “you know what” happens

*countries to which I’ve been

I’ve never seen one IRL, and I still think DORK!

My wife outsourced dealing with Telstra to me as the last time she spent hours with them, they stole her soul. I still have mine. Just…

There is a better way…

Absolutely worth a visit

Looks like? 🤷‍♂️

There’s going to a lot of “piss and wind” for a while in US politics (including some terrible realities), but the Dems need to keep a laser-like focus on winning as much as they can in the mid-terms: 43 and a bit weeks and counting

I know it’s just a wild conspiracy theory that #tRump is a Russian asset, but he’s sure making it believable by his very actions. Even @scaramucci.bsky.social thinks it may be true

Fantastic, prescient read. Thank you @nickbryantoz.bsky.social

It’s ⏰ (to eat the billionaires)

A long time ago, The Age and the SMH used to be great papers. Even longer ago, the AFR was also reputable. Now just mini-Murdochs. Sad….

Opinion | With Trump’s Prostration to Putin, Expect a More Dangerous World This is a humiliating month to be an American.

Goodbye America, it's you, not us. Land of the captive, home of the weak...

Britain must see being ditched by Donald Trump for what it really is: a great opportunity | Clive Lewis A line has been crossed. There is a bold way to think again about our defence, social spending and foreign policy, says Labour MP Clive Lewis

A lesson for #Australia

Yes, there are complications given we're not part of Europe, heavily dependent on the US (more so than the UK), a resistance to being a part of Asia etc. However, while we could hold our breath for four years with TrumpOne, this TrumpTwo stuff is batshit crazy. Let's think

Definition of GO TO THE DOGS to become ruined : to change to a much worse condition… See the full definition

If Musk’s and VP Trump’s DOGE is now known as the DOGE Service (i.e. DOGES), then the USA really has “gone to the DOGES”

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/g....

I’d always assumed that with Trump’s election in 2016 we were witnessing the end of the American empire. I also assumed that Biden’s election just slowed it down. These first four weeks of Trump’s new “reign” suggests it’s game-on again for the end, just faster than expected. Vale USA (hello China)

Evening over Granite Island

Had a fall off my bike. I don’t remember my shoulder hitting the ground, but I do remember hitting my head. Shoulder: surgery for a grade 5 shoulder separation, 6 weeks in a sling, 3 months rehab. Head: passed concussion test, no headaches. When I can ride again, will buy a new helmet.

The case for bravery and frankness in politics “Your affections are a sick man’s appetite ... a strange [petition] to break the heart of generosity.” – Coriolanus, Act I, by William Shakespeare   Australia is one of a handful of nations where the ...

The case for bravery and frankness in politics via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

Thanks!

The AUS equivalent of “don’t worry, we’ll do that in our second term”

…..and congrats on Pig City. Cracking read (down memory lane)