Virginia Murdoch

Legends

This is a mad situation, which is presumably the point Rooney is making www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

You know, the thing is, I had drafted this piece a month ago, and then never published it, because I thought maybe it was too mean.

@craigmod.com did they name Claude Mod after you? Or is he your son?

Adani owes Queenslanders millions in royalties from the Carmichael coalmine. Premier David Crisafulli let them off the hook in Aug 2025 by abandoning the court case initiated in 2023. Adani donated thousands to the LNP prior to the Qld election. #qldpol thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

Barbarians. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I love that every Australian election cycle has au pair discourse.

ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee #wharfietime

I want it. www.lego.com/en-au/produc...

Ad I just got served on a Sydney Morning Herald article about the spate of family violence murders we’ve had this weekend. Well done, everybody.

Please no.

RIP Gloria Steinem. The world has lost a true pioneer and force for women rights,,, my deepest condolences to her family, friends, and team. Public Enemy will be forever grateful for her blessing and support of our track SHE GOT GAME. open.spotify.com/album/0BG4L6...

JFC, this headline.

The seats at the Capitol are soooo uncomfortable. How. #miff26

Big Walk is glorious — I got a bit emotional playing a game set in Australian bushland. Kookaburras! I could almost smell the eucalyptus.

It's insane he wasn't immediately fired on January 6 after writing this.

Check out this black Kookaburra! 😍

Have you ever heard a more cursed phrase than “Spotify and Accenture are working together to reinvent the rhythm of ad sales”?

I won an award at Sundance years ago and Sam Neill, whom I did not know, tweeted to me “we’re all so proud of you, sweetheart”. I can’t even express what that meant to me. That our most beloved national treasure, a man I worshipped, would take the time to write to me!

Last weekend I sat down with an idea and, from it, made a living digital art installation. I hope you enjoy it — whatlightremains.com

Ahhh not Sam Neill.

some amazing things happening over on threads — ever since they “shut down CERN”

Even as a football know-nothing I can see that France is a special team. Far out.

Just read Christopher’s Strong Legs by @ringworm.bsky.social absolutely beautiful. I feel lucky to be able to read his stories. infinitegossip.ghost.io/christophers...

Love to see teachers standing up for themselves and for Victorian kids and schools. removepaywalls.com/https://www....

Here's a thing Claude just said to me: "The posture fork is the crisp choice and the universal floor. Is there a second day-one call genuinely worth surfacing, or does more than one fork dilute the magic beat?" What are we doing here, people.

If Uhlmann was employed by anyone other than The Oz, his boss would see this and ask him to seek medical help.

If you finish the toilet roll in a public toilet / cafe etc, do you find and install the replacement roll, or do you leave the empty roll in place? Your answer tells me everything I need to know about you.

My god, Octavia Butler, just miss ONCE

Police violence disgusts me.

#hirdmentum making me real queasy

The difference between having a cat and having a dog is staggering. Having a dog is like having child who’s disgusting. Having a cat is like having a painting that’s mad at you.

There are days when I miss being an editor. I loved writing headlines. Whoever did this, I hope they took the rest of the day off.

I am moved beyond words by this beautiful piece of writing on How To Eat by the wonderful Yasmin Khan open.substack.com/pub/risingup...

I just received my PLR/ELR statement. PLR/ELR is a way that Australian writers can receive income from their books in libraries and schools. I remind writers to do your bloody paperwork so you can get paid and I remind readers if you borrow our books from libraries we still get paid.

"I wish Kyle and Jackie O were taken off the air" *cursed monkey paw closes finger*

Truth.

Forgive me for sharing this again, but the Kyle Hudson inquest was incredibly affecting – and revealing – about the depth of harm gambling can cause to a young man with no adverse circumstances, the info betting companies have, and crucially, what they do with it. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Making slight changes to tax settings (especially half-assed tinkering by grandfathering things) is not going to resolve our housing crisis. The market will not adequately create or distribute the things we need to survive.

A lot of people in my professional circle are having a big cry about CGT. I have so many thoughts about it all, but the main one is: are you not embarrassed to respond to a change that makes our society theoretically more equitable with "wahhh, my imaginary millions"? Come on.

Good to see the robots writing recipes for us now.

God, fuck them so much.

I assumed that Scientology speed-running was seeing who could go clear the fastest 😂