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The front fell off...

This is a car ad from 1985. There's a shot of a petrol pump in it... sigh. www.facebook.com/share/v/1BxF... #auspol

lol while I'm suspended for "inauthentic behaviors" from the musk hellsite, watching the cookers go off because Robert Irwin made fun of Karl Stefanovic and Dave Hughes. They really are snowflakes. He made a joke about Karl being drunk at the Logies when that was a well known event.

So after being suspended last week from the Musk site for "Inauthentic Behaviors" and submitting an appeal, at 7:44 this morning (Melbourne time) I was told my account had been "restored". Then at 14:17, my account was re-suspended for the same reasons. It's nuts.

So the Musk site has decided I need to be "permanently suspended" for "inauthentic behaviors" which apparently meant me calling people idiots for conspiracy theories about the religion question in the census. I appealed, but I guess that will be subject to the same "careful review" as my suspension

Trump asking whether he (President Zelenskyy) would go to Moscow, who then responds: „It is difficult to go to Moscow thanks to the many Ukrainian drones. (…) It is too dangerous.“ I almost fell from my chair laughing.

On March 26, 2026, during a debate on violence against women in Germany’s Bundestag, left-wing MP Kathrin Gebel was repeatedly interrupted by AfD MP Martin Reichardt. She responded: “Mr. Reichardt, the clitoris has 3,000 nerve endings, and you’re still more sensitive. That’s quite an achievement.”

Alternet: Sen. John Hickenlooper demanded Trump personally reimburse taxpayers for the $16 million spent on the Reflecting Pool failed presidential vanity project. Hickenlooper argued the no-bid contracts & rushed timeline caused the fiasco & urged Congress to investigate. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed

Bloody hell, the wailing & gnashing of teeth by the so-called "investors" about the impact of the CGT change is painful. None of the changes affect assets before FY2027. CG before then are grandfathered under old rules. It was always going to require consults and tweaks. Which was announced. #auspol

The getup stunt today was misguided. The press were obsequious in allowing Hanson to get away with her bullshit. Their questions were mostly "gotchas" instead of serious policy questions that would expose PHON's shallow, incomplete & lying approach. Need to take PHON seriously. #auspol

Mamdani on the viral "my mayor's Muslim" Knicks fan: "Thanks to him, there are a lot of people who have just been running up to me over the last few weeks just shouting, 'My Mayor's Muslim!' I said, 'It's true. I am.'"

Hey @vicgovernment.bsky.social it's been 48 hours and your Service Victoria app can't display my licence or ID. System unattended because it's a public holiday? Yes, it worked before the weekend, yes, I've restarted my phone, it's your end, fix it. Unacceptable that a basic form of ID is broken.

Merge two movies: The Good, The Bad & The Revenant

There's a lot of talk about "heroes" in AFL, but Neale Daniher definitely qualifies. #auspol #afl #mnd

If you see this post your getaway vehicle:

This is the sort of website that I love, it's different and it makes me think and it's well designed and brings pleasure from a longer read. The other "volumes" on this page are just as interesting. We need people making more of this.

Beautiful, especially the sheep grazing as the sun is harvested. No emissions, no pollution.

No! Just... no!

Watermelon Shoulders

For everyone wondering why here was borked yesterday... bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Have you seen Peter Theil? If ever there was an alien billionaire hiding in plain sight...

This makes Idi Amin sound sane. This is not powerful, it's the weakest statement by a US President I've ever read. It's bluster, it's defeatist. He's gone from regime change, to obliterating their military, to stopping their missiles, to openly begging them to open the Strait of Hormuz. Pathetic.

Everyone bitched in 2020 that we didn't have proper planning for bushfires and then for a pandemic. Now everyone is bitching that we DO have a plan for a fuel emergency? #auspol

Slept in my Pink Floyd t-shirt, Woke up comfortably numb.

If the ALP government is smart (debatable) they will use this crisis to do two things: * Use our gas to negotiate diesel/jet/petrol supplies to where we export that gas. * Apply a 25% flat profits tax on the export gas industry, discounted to a flat 15% when selling to the markets in step 1. #auspol

Has anyone asked Jackie O whether astrology predicted Kyle getting them cancelled?

Which is more likely in the next few weeks, garage on fire because of runaway EV battery, or garage on fire because jerry cans leak?

Which is more likely this week? An EV or petrol improperly stored catches fire in someone's garage? #auspol

Hey JD Vance, say "thank you".

With all the blather about fuel, the govt set up Minimum Stockholding Obligations in 2023. www.dcceew.gov.au/energy/secur... The current stockholding is reported weekly here: www.dcceew.gov.au/energy/secur... As of last week we had: 36 days of petrol, 29 jet fuel, 32 diesel. #auspol

For everyone worrying about fuel: 1. The ALP government set up the "Minimum Stockholding Obligations" in 2023. They increased it last year. It's a requirement for fuel storage *on-shore*. 2. The current holdings are reported here: www.dcceew.gov.au/energy/secur...

Former Middle East adviser at the US Department of Defense, Jasmine El-Gamal, has it exactly right.

Anyone trying to get to or from Europe from Australia, it's going to really suck. Dubai, Abu Dhabi alone had 128 million passengers last year. Are we really supporting a total Middle Eastern war? Iran has dragged in all of the ME by attacking them. #auspol

Oh, the grand old Duke of York, He paid 12 million quid, To someone he never met, For something he never did...

From the latest episode of Mad As Hell: ‘Angus Taylor’s Brain’ #libspill #auspol

Angus Taylor is going to be the Brendan Nelson of Alexander Downers for what's left of the Liberal Party. #libspill #auspol

I think this interview needs to be run again over the next 24-48 hours. This is Angus trying to explain why wages going up is bad because you pay more in income tax. #auspol youtu.be/Sruq3eWt38g?... thedailyaus.com.au/author/billi...

Dog park on #abciview is off to a great start.

Seeing this from Melbourne when we can smell the smoke from bushfires right next to the coast, after a day of 45C, this really does feel like the mood.

I wonder whether Petter Dutton is sitting in one of his investments thinking "Maybe I'll have another chance!?" #auspol

Happy "seditious attack on the Capitol paid for and arranged by Trump" day for those who celebrate. #Jan6 #Itwassedition

finally, we're living through precedented times

Loving all the "ends justifies the means" people talking about trump's actions in Venezuela. Oh, and the "we're going to run Venezeula for now" and "they have a lot of money coming out of the ground" and "that woman that won the Peace Prize, not good enough". Thugs and criminals.