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OK, that #F1 movie is just a good old-fashioned thrillride - lots of fun. How do I nominate Günther Steiner for a best supporting actor Oscar, though ? 👋

we ship everywhere! booksmith.com xoxo

Singing "trans sharia" to the tune of "My Sharona"

Each time a remotely progressive candidate wins office in the US, the rich declare they're going to leave town. What do they actually do? Nothing. A 2016 study found only 0.04% of millionaires move in a given year due to tax increases. Rich people talk to feel important. Please properly tax them.

91 millionaires paid no tax in 2022-23.

Chef's kiss

As Meta backs off from fact-checking, Google is following suit. The new message to users? You're on your own.

I, er, what ? 😳 theconversation.com/...

I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.

Trump says he gave Iran permission to bomb US airbase. Any other president would have been impeached before sunset www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/ju...

Since May: Federal district courts have ruled against Trump admin 94% of the time. Supreme Court has sided with the Trump admin 94% of the time. A judiciary at war with itself.

a political consultancy that does what now?

Clearly the US is in excellent hands, run by folks who must’ve slept through every history class they ever had.

Our verification plugin v0.86 (@InVID_EU @WeVerify @vera-ai.bsky.social) is published! It is now available in Português (do Brasil) and Hungarian! It includes UI improvements on archiving and deepfake detection (face swapping). #globalfact12

Youth pastor voice: You know who else took on a globally important leadership role at the age of 33?

Congrats to Prof Axel Bruns on being elected a Fellow of the International Communication Association - an honour recognising his influential work in media & communication & his impact on how we understand social media, technology, & society @snurb.info @qutdmrc.bsky.social admscentre.org/3I09sCo

I had a REALLY lovely time talking to @milesklee.bsky.social at Rolling Stone about why The Onion is thriving. It's because we're one of the only legacy outlets unafraid to accurately reflect the mood of this country. That mood? Everyone fucking hates this. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

The anger will never fade as long as he keeps being Elon Musk. There is no redemption arc.

"A Morning Consult survey released in April found that the 72-year-old Collins is the second most unpopular Senator in the U.S. behind only Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell."

"This being on TV I consider a victory for the shitposter community"

Always loved the people who are like, "But my ancestors came here the legal way!" and by that they mean they arrived via ratship to an island, a man asked them their name, they were like, "Uh, Jeff... Smith?" another guy said "sure?" and then they became permanent residents of the United States.

Probably need to clarify with Barnaby Joyce what David Littleproud means by 'swinging'

Are you curious about who is buying Facebook and Instagram ads regarding politics, elections and social issues in your country? We have data for millions of ads for 30+ countries with more to come, PoliDashboard.org

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has specified that all guests will have an allocation of two minutes to use the bathroom facilities, across the three-day event, in order to maximise efficiencies.

Extract from Lattouf judgement "ABC managers...extraordinarily sensitive to the risk of criticism by The Australian." Shocking, as the Murdoch media now has near zero influence on the Aus public, see recent research from @australiainstitute.org.au 1/3 www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Ju...

What the fuuuuuuuuuck www.wired.com/story/cbp-dn...

When I was a newborn I saved up and bought my own basket. We all did. This generation just wants a handout

hey quick question: is anyone in the government's leadership going to say anything about the ABC? surely a high profile unfair dismissal linked to managing cowing to a lobby group, and involving board meddling, is worth saying something? maybe even an investigation? some consequences for the board?

My column - the reason you don’t have free dental in Medicare is because the govt subsidises the inheritance of the wealthy

One of the clearest readings of Netanyahu’s self-centred motives for creating human suffering, unchecked by a series of historically weak US presidents, that I’ve seen so far. theconversation.com/...

Jeff is from Mars. Heroes are from Venice.

OK, so we're now at a point in world history where Iran is massaging Donald Trump's increasingly fragile ego so he keeps Netanyahu's craven warmongering in check. I feel nostalgic for the Cold War.

Hmm. Just for how it was _handled_ or also for the fact that the decision was _made_ in the first place ? There's a very key difference between the two.

next up: can you primary the times ed board

You guys are all so happy about the New York election that I'm feeling good by proxy and I don't even know who any of these people are

Meanwhile in Tasmania:

don't threaten me with a good time

It feels ... odd ... to see Americans cheer on a genuinely positive political development in their country. Not sure we've seen such a thing in this decade. Well done youse.

Barbra Streisand pours herself a cocktail, chuckling to herself.

CUOMO CONCEDED 😭

New from me: Israel's government is running a big ad campaign on Google targeting five European countries with its justification for military intervention in Iran. indicator.media/p/how-israel...

crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their consultants

These New York City mayoral results, so far, are both incredibly inspiring and a middle finger spectacularly extended at a bunch of people who could not deserve it more.

DMRC Associate Professor Timothy Graham provided his expertise in this recent Canberra Times piece on the accuracy of AI summaries at the top of search engines; how often are they correct? www.canberratimes.co...

Australians watching New Yorkers getting excited about first preference results in a ranked choice voting system:

Reposting a Human Rights Watch report should not be seen as "controversial". Journalists rely on HRW and other major human rights bodies all the time to document human rights abuses by many many countries