Centuries ago, when I did 3-unit economics, we'd get a printout of Ross Gittins' columns for study. I gave his photo a Warhol-esque makeover with fluorescent highlighters, a practice that caught on, to the point where we made Gittins masks for the end of the year. Nice that he's still the king.

I’m sick of immigration being blamed for problems it doesn’t cause

But the resurrection of Pauline Hanson and her ratbag One Nation has changed all that, and now it’s on for young and old.

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As a comedy fan, I think I was more offended by how hack it was than the misogyny.

Elizabeth Spiers@espiers.bsky.social · yesterday

The thing about Gillis's monologue isn't just that it's misogynistic; it's that it's misogynistic in the most unoriginal, dated, cringe-ily 1982 would-be Andrew Dice Clay way. Like, wow slut shaming women in workout clothes, where'd you dig that fossil up

Can’t believe it’s 2026 and we’re still discussing whether it’s ok to describe random women going about their business as whores.

I hate that when you set an alarm on the iPhone it stays there in case you ever need it again. I needed an alarm at 3:57am one time, I don’t intend to make a habit of it.

I don’t remember where I heard that you should keep your garlic powder and onion powder in the fridge and then it won’t harden, but folks, it’s life changing.

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Her AI-Generated Video Swayed the Judge. The Court Said it Carried 'Undue Emotional Weight'

"Chris’ sentiment does not change," said the sister who created an AI avatar of her slain brother Christopher Pelkey to speak in court.

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When did you last make the effort to tell someone that they were cruising for a bruising?

Hi, I'm looking to speak to people who have left games journalism in the last few years and have gone onto do something else. DMs are open, or luke@aftermath.site, thanks!

I cannot tell you how much it delights me that the only reason my 19-year-old knows who Michael Bolton is from watching Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping and Teen Titans Go! to the Movies.

Saw that the VMAs are on and wondered if they were still relevant, and then read that Madonna is opening and Snoop Dogg is hosting, which I guess answers that question.

Rewatching the Double Take movie Hercules Returns on Prime and I am not sure if the subtitles are AI-generated but they really struggle with 1990s Australian vernacular. Thus a chant of “she wants to root him” becomes “she wants the red imp”.

There should be a toggle on music streaming services that is “I don’t ever want to hear a radio-friendly edit of a song”.

I take out a note with the heading “three wishes in case I meet a genie”, cross out “live financially comfortable” and add “watch Abdul el Sayed hand Bill Maher his arse”.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3w ago

🔥 DR. @abdulelsayed.bsky.social : “Do you know how many terrible things @billmaher has said about people like me? But I WOULD go on his show — because I want to give people the image of watching him get his ass whooped on his own show by a guy who prays like I do.”

I’ve been obsessed with this apartment ever since I watched The Long Goodbye.

Bands I do not like as much as my music algorithm seems to think I do: REM, Wolfmother, Skrillex. To be clear, I think they're fine. I would just never proactively put them on, and yet, they pop up on every other playlist.

This is an under appreciated example of enshittification I tend not to bother watching anything other than certain greyhounds’ accounts that I am already familiar with because trust is at an all time low.

Shaily Patel@vox-magica.bsky.social · 3w ago

i hate that i can’t enjoy cute animal videos without wondering if they’re AI. i’m getting better at checking, but damn, way to ruin one of the few good things on the internet.

I am inordinately irritated that a character in the book I'm reading goes for a doctor role at a secure psychiatric facility and is offered the position on the spot. On-the-spot offers in this scenario would be remarkably unusual at best. Tell me you have a similar nitpick.

When did you last take time out of your busy schedule to jazz for blue jeans?

a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever

Inaugural first wearing of the Birkenstocks of the season

For fuck’s sake can we stop with protein granola? It is horrible. If want protein, I will eat Not Granola.

find me the sasquatch you cowards

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

RFK Jr: "We are also looking at chemtrails"

I feel like I should have a standing order with the Loop earplugs people where they hit me up every six months and say "which kind have you lost now?" and send me replacements

I used to commission TV reviews, I started suspect one person wasn't watching the shows when their documentary review talked a lot about tigers and nothing about Tamil Tigers, which was the actual topic.

Jacob Oller@jacoboller.bsky.social · 4w ago

people think it's SO easy to be a film critic but so few seem to know that it's an extremely complicated process that often involves watching at least one movie

Some of you have never had to scrape a soul off the ceiling because you didn’t rope it down first and it shows

Neuroskeptic@neuroskeptic.bsky.social · 4w ago

The soul is real and can be tied with a rope according to this graphical abstract. The paper is even weirder! "Quantum evidence of nonlocal consciousness during clinical death" www.cell.com/the-innovati... This is a Cell Press journal... via @pubpeer.com @forbetterscience.bsky.social

I just wrote Duper Fund by mistake, and now I am picturing a superannuation fund built on Zooper Doopers. Make sure you're not going to be stuck with only bubblegum flavour in retirement.

Ed Sheeran has the opportunity to do the funniest thing: Bring in Kneecap.

His dad is Irish? Buddy, all our dads are Irish. Dads are Irish.

regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸@ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 4w ago

on top of everything else turns out ed sheeran is also not irish???

Not sure what it says about my personality that I signed up for ticket presales for Ministry and An Evening with Macaulay Culkin within an hour of each other.

I would very much enjoy it if @josholson.bsky.social went on @oldmanweldon.bsky.social 's I Hate Bill Maher podcast. I'd say I'd tell several friends to listen, but sadly my Maher hatred is mine to carry alone.