That Old Broadbean

Amazing how many Americans think this is somehow the fault of the Cubans.

When public servants give evidence in a public hearing, about jobs that the public pays them to do, their answers should be direct, unambiguous, and detailed. That is the contract between the public and government. Any suggestion otherwise goes against that agreement.

Home Affairs is negotiating to share Australians’ data with Trump’s US government. Did they tell the US it can’t go to Palantir? Doesn't sound like it from this!

assuming the huge emotional and financial cost of a s 122 challenge results in the High Court striking down state and territory laws that legalise shackling for inconsistency with the Commonwealth law tabled by Senator Thorpe and supported by Labor that codifies a fundamental human right…

so then, after these laborious (sic) law making processes - politicians on 6-figure publicly funded salaries “debating” and enacting laws to authorise prison employees to directly harm women - someone finds the cash and political-legal will to bring a s 122 challenge in the High Court.

the unions could also join this campaign to stop prison guards from shackling women during childbirth. If prison guards wanted to refuse, they could make some noise. Same with strip searching. And solitary confinement of children. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Also, I met a kid with the most post apocalyptic name ever. He is Rebar, the bringer of strength and integrity to the concrete of the wasteland

“Most people become an orphan eventually.” “…a sobering reminder, but thanks?” #quotes

a train can hide another train

Hey there Lonely driver Keep your Fucking hands To your Self

I've met perhaps three people named Ebony and they've all been super pale white folks. Now... I've met a boy named Onyx and guess how pale he was too :)

Back to ICE, this time in Florida!

Today I learned the movie "Contact" had an ending that was cut because the producers thought "Nah, US audiences wouldnt get it, we can't be sure they know what the number Pi is"

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I spoke to the mom of the 3-year-old soccer star who was left "thinking he did something wrong" after a league official called police "due to a disturbance between parents" The youth sports league said they launched a review and reached out to the family

a "divorcee"? oh you mean a rōnin husband

Really interesting analysis of the up coming elections in Israel - so much at stake.. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/w...

Ah crap I was about to take a nap when they called me in. If you hear a weird pounding noise that's my pulse right now

historically, this has been a profitable market segment but now it reeks of "please tell me what to do with my lower body and how to do it, live-in penis pastor"

Today, Tuesday 27 October, is World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. www.unesco.org/en/articles/... Also Black Cat Day. www.daysoftheyear.com/days/black-c... And it’s happy 68th birthday to the face of Persil washing powder himself, Simon Le Bon. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_L...

now this is cool

So here you go ... Thank you again to my friends at both BioWare and EA. To even dream in your sandbox was a privilege. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBO8...

It’s only just dawned on me, but Bioware’s impact on the culture I cover is so significant that I happened to post an advertisement for Knights of the Old Republic (2003) just hours before the studio closed.

I talked to Sakariye Abdi Mohamed, a Somali asylum seeker who was arrested at work, while he was imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay. I called him again once he was deported to Mogadishu. Here's what he had to say.

my state is ruled by the most infantile cunts

oh wow, something to upset everyone on ONE shirt?

it turns out Trump's entire life has been a nonstop cavalcade of sexual assaults and honestly, the fact that it hasnt presented the slightest impediment to any of his plans is the real ongoiong shock.

unexpected developments in the South Carolina Aisle

Having a hard time processing the idea of a voter so engaged they even think to try to talk directly to their party's apparatus but end up going so far down the list of who to call about it they land on a legislator from the other party before someone finally picked up the phone.

the hatred

This is why I'm not actually on board with the whole Save Mass Effect thing. I deeply love ME but saying "please Saudi backed EA, now that you've destroyed the studio that made these games, farm out the IP to some one else to limp on in some barely recognizable zombie version" ain't it. Let it die

Marco Rubio and his CIA plans for Cuba are fucking hilarious youtu.be/WWlNN-w_FuM?...

the complaint here is also a complaint i've made in that a lot of movies are being shot to save money. It's too expensive to choreograph a fight that interacts with the scenery and make props and foley, oh lets just make it a wide open space youtu.be/aRTdokJxUzc

My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.

My toxic trait is hope and analytics.

New details about another rape allegation against Trump, this time from a former Miss Switzerland.

Rest in peace, Walter Koenig. Of all the wessels I have encountered in my travels, his were the most... nuclear.

Galahs fighting over pole position. Amyton, South Australia.

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