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Just occurred to me that ‘Killing An Arab’ is older now than its inspiration, Camus’s ‘The Outsider’, was when The Cure recorded it. #time

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Today’s AFR doing the cringey Australian media thing of pissing its pant whenever an Australian is seen in vague proximity to “the world stage”. It’s like some backwater local paper getting all hyped because some TV personality is coming to the village to open the new library. Only with fascists.

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Today’s my birthday, and my absolute-legend, way-more-talented-than-me wife made me a mosaic based on my novel. Four months work in secret. Surprised me with it this morning. Completely blown away. What’s that -sniff- ..? No I’m fine -sniff- ... Just got something in my eye -sniff- .

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Douglas Coupland was onto the boomers 30 years ago.

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Can we please fast-forward to the bit where Musk becomes a germ-phobic recluse who hoards his pee in Mason jars?

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Wish I was a serious person but I just can’t keep it up.

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I was sad this week and my birthday’s coming up so I bought myself an expensive bag that I don’t need. I’m turning into my mother.

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Oil execs really learning the importance of making their beds.

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Slanderous. I am an exquisitely lovely liar.

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Interesting fact: 94.2% of Insiders viewers are also longtime LinkedIn Premium subscribers.

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If there’s one thing I find unattractive in someone it’s when they’re constantly taking photos of themselves in the mirror like they think they’re god’s gift or something.

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Feels like I’m still processing how desolately sad this picture is. Not sure which is worse: Junior holding up a fries carton that appears to be empty; or that Mike Johnson must have got up from a seat elsewhere, possibly where there was food for him, to be in the shot.

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This year’s New Year’s resolution has been the easiest to keep ever. Can you guess what it is? Please reshare with your guesses. First to guess correctly wins great glory.

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Anyone else hate the Superbowl?

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“I respect a man of action, regardless of what that action is and whether or not it’s going to make things better or worse.”

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Just laughed out loud in bed after thinking the phrase “Peter Dutton means well.”

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Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid in space… No, The Man Who Would Be King in space… No, Withnail & I in space. Maybe a bit of all three. What’s not to like? www.amazon.com.au/Brothers-Wen...

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I know money doesn't buy happiness, but I just bought a new fridge that represents a significant upgrade on the old one, and whenever I look at it I feel validated.

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Wait. This Musk fellow appears to be… an arsehole.

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Don’t know if the food in this pub is much good, but right now there’s a smell like when you’re in the office and someone microwaves leftover fish pie that they brought in.

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Does anyone know if there’s a way to stop seeing reels in Instagram? I mean, I rather dislike Instagram anyway, but Reels are just rancid.

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Ugh. Another shite "think" "piece" about US politics and sycophantic tech bros... 👏... 👏... 👏... 👏. williambayfield.medium.com/i-know-writi...

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Have a good weekend everyone. Take care of yourselves.

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I must admit I feel a little sorry for Tesla owners, many of whom probably bought them for really good reasons, and now can’t go for a drive without looking like… er, Vichy France? The resale on those things must be in freefall.

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Meanwhile, some good news. thedriven.io/2025/02/05/t...

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Rupert Murdoch looking at what Musk is doing and thinking “Jesus. I knew I could be a bit of a pox on humanity sometimes, but this guy…?”

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Sorry. Meant to say please repost.

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An Open Letter to All European Politicians and Leaders to Abandon X/Twitter leavex.eu Share and sign, if you agree: openpetition.eu/leavex #LeaveX #HelloQuitX #ByeByeElon #QuitX #Juntas #eXist

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Ahhhhh, just finally deleted my X account. Haven't felt this good since about six weeks after the haemorrhoidectomy.

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His go-to always used to be the sirloin, cooked medium well. But he's being a bit more careful about what he eats these days.

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Went on an overseas work trip recently, and there was one colleague who, for dinner every night, always ordered salmon. We went to some amazing restaurants, and no matter the options, no matter the cuisine: salmon, cooked and served as blandly as possible. I suspect Peter Dutton also does this.

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Pitching the studios my idea for a fourth film in the Quiet Place franchise: turns out the monsters are a bioweapon unleashed on the US by the rest of the world to get Americans to shut the fuck up for once because everyone’s just sick of their shite. It’s got a cameo from Hugh Grant at the end 👍

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“What did you do during the Necro-techno-capitalist Collapse, grandma?” “I made excuses for billionaires.”

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Sorry, just accidentally went on LinkedIn and… ugh. A handful of people criticising Musk’s audition piece for The Producer. And thousands of Musk tragics bedwetting over “context”. And… millions more saddos saying politics doesn’t belong on LinkedIn. What would a “free speech absolutist” say?

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Imagine making LinkedIn unusable through sheer shitposting. Imagine how an achievement like that would feel.

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Want to become a billionaire so that I can spend the rest of my life shitposting on LinkedIn without worrying my employer might be offended.

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I feel like a real walking cliché because I’m typically at my most productive on Tuesdays.

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Just wondering, does anyone remember Dutton being this passionate about fighting antisemitism before October 7? You know, before it became such a potent wedge issue? Any cuttings from back then? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...

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Why are these billionaires so pathetically needy? www.afr.com/world/north-...

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Woah. I just got up and watched half an hour of inauguration coverage and they never once thought to mention this. Just revolving footage of Trump handshakes and the Bushes and Clintons arriving, but not… Fuck.

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Yeah I know I know I know: he never said it. But we all know he thinks it. Deep down we all know. Even the MAGA nuts. Especially the MAGA nuts.

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I didn’t go to the trouble of writing a book just so it could get buried underneath the book store. I wrote a thing. #writing #writerscommunity #selfpublishing #sciencefiction #ohgodthepainthepainthepain open.substack.com/pub/oksoso/p...

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