John Dillane

Utterly unsurprising. What on earth does the NACC do? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

Journalist pivot seamlessly from "Housing affordability crisis" to "House prices PLUNGE". And the median price table in this article is comedy gold. For a laugh compare O'Connor (ACT) to Lineham (ACT). www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I'll give albanese one thing. He finds new ways to disappoint. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I already have a robot that does my dishes. Its called the Bosch Series 6.

"In a jurisdiction the size of Canberra, is it really sensible to have two separate post-school organisations?" I'm pretty certain there is another tertiary institution in Canberra, but what would I know?

My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and— I said look. Look with your eyes! Oh now you’ve gone and touched it. The paint is peeling. My beautiful paint! I’ll have to call my pool guy back. Vandal! Antifa! I said look And despair Nothing but the algae remains.

My proposal for AUKUS

Quote with a great self-titled album that isn't by The Beatles or Metallica

Introduce yourself with five great musicals you’ve seen Company (kookaburra prod 2007) Fiddler on the roof (with Topol 2005) Amelie (watermill prod 2021) Jesus Christ Superstar (Watermill prod 2025 - also saw the original Oz cast, but choosing this version) Hadestown (Sydney 2025)

Frankly, I'll opt for the diphtheria.

I feel like she spends half the film sensing she's f*cked, but this is where its definite.

Bill Hunter

www.theguardian.com/culture/2026... My take is that the whole film is not Beatty discovering Parallax, but Parallax intentionally leading Beatty to the climactic scene. Too paranoid?

The PM said he will also be banning the use of 'hateful slurs' including 'spineless prick' and 'class traitor'. chaser.com.au/national/alb...

“In the criminal justice system, some offences are considered especially heinous" chaser.com.au/world/man-li...

This is a bit Australia specific, but Bob Santamaria and Arthur Calwell. (And a bunch of footballers)

Eraserhead (1977) went to a screening of Scorpio RIsing (1963), and the cinema announced " we have a special pre release screening, please stay around" Needless to say Eraserhead pretty much overwhelmed any memories I had of Scorpio Rising.

Having grown up in Northern Ireland and reported from there for 30 years, reporting the United States now triggers déjà vu | David Blevins, Sky News #Minnesota

The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.

On the seventh anniversary of THIS image, here's a funny story about the elephants, Naomi Wolf and the absurdity of online nostalgia.

Town hall blood bank a bit overwhelmed with walk-ins. quite a queue even for the booked appointments

Name a film containing a memorable elevator scene.

What does it mean to be a "Secret wedding" if they have photos of it??? region.com.au/prime-minist...

Having just been through the desert carrying a guy with no name, it felt good to get out of the rain.

My new piece is on the deeply worrying problem of fraud in the obstetric and gynaecological space and what's being done about it. gidmk.substack.com/p/the-terrif...

had to go to the strata managers office to pick up a new key. Looks like they have some pretty brutal meetings.

Updating my LEGO White House

Sign the petition to sanction Israel now: www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/09/peti...

Never will I tire of newspaper headlines that show there's nothing funnier than a human being extra-human.

I mean.

"Immunologists tell me that the average person’s immune system looks different than it did in 2019. That we’re walking around with more inflammation, and with immune systems that don’t work quite as well as they did in the beforetimes (on average)." Source: canadahealthwatch.ca/newsletter/2...

NEW: Incredible scenes in Sydney, Australia today as tens of thousands march for Gaza, demanding an end to the genocide. #MarchForHumanity (🎥 Ema Franklin)

Age verification? I remember boot loading a mainframe with mag tape and toggle switches.

The latest round of cuts at ANU include an outrageous plan to close the Australian National Dictionary Centre (ANDC). ANU has forgotten its vital function as the national university. Please sign this petition urging ANU to reconsider and protect the ANDC: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

They’re off to Bovine University on the Beef Bus

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... The mushroom case got all the attention, but this is much more important to understand.

"We've shown that when we want to, we can have entire teams dedicated to covering when people are killed." chaser.com.au/general-news...

"They're really missing out, the recipe is to die for." Read more: chaser.com.au/general-news...

Please sign, if you haven't already. getup.to/w77738f5eEcZ...

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An Mháirt i ndiaidh an deireadh seachtaine saoire bainc 👀

Those of us who have lived in share houses know the dangers of eating what others leave in the fridge. But the three day old beef Wellington with possible death cap mushrooms left in Dr Truong’s fridge takes this up a step. www.9news.com.au/national/dea...

Who the hell are the ALP and Greens voters who preferenced Wilson above Zoe Daniel?? FFS

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.

Albo is getting more annoying than Rudd, and that is a high bar. yeah, its all good mate, how are you going to do that?