I'm so sleepy but I haven't exactly had dinner. I had almost all of a big bag of chips when I got home at 5..... but that doesn't really count does it

You can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.

This is Massive Attack's response to what happened in Singapore, posted on their Instagram page. Good on them.

Kirsten Han 韩俐颖@kirstenhan.com · 5d ago

Massive Attack has been banned from Singapore after they held up a Palestinian flag during their concert here last week. www.bbc.com/news/article...

on Sophie Cunningham and a trans controversy that doesn't involve any actual trans people: defector.com/the-right-ha...

well either way I guess he's not directing it anymore, so the plan worked!!

Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · yesterday

in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...

They’re calling it the most theater kid story of all time

Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · yesterday

in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...

The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.

no cheating, post your lock screen

Horrible Goose@llama-egg.bsky.social · yesterday

No cheating post your lock screen

Chris Minns won't repeal or expand hate speech laws, because he hates trans women, and has gone to the effort of having a whole presser digging in on us specifically. #auspol #nswpol

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 2d ago

Minns government rejects expansion of hate speech laws after review recommendations made public

things going normal for the bus I see

Victoria's new premier has axed the Minister for Men & Boys, even as women continue to be killed by men on a frighteningly regular basis, and instead introduces a Minister for AI to "capitalise" on tech "opportunities." People are dead to the ALP, it's all business now baby.

it's still so dumb to me that Medicare got RID of the item numbers for a "general mental health consult" (2713) and for a "review of a mental health plan" (2712) and now literally only "doing a mhtp" is able to be billed

hope Medicare just LOVES me sending all these bulk bills that they claim have been paid back to them stating that they provide proof because we don't have any

this should’ve been the beginning of the end for infantino. the fifa/eafc game is the most popular sports franchise in the world, for a “nonprofit” whose mission statement is to ‘globalize and popularize’ football, getting $150m for the game to literally be called ‘FIFA’ is the deal of the century.

Treblig 🇺🇦@camtreblig.bsky.social · 2d ago

An underrated cause of Infantino’s problems is him playing silly buggers with EA Sports: FIFA got $150m a year just to let EA use the name on a game. Literally free money. But Gianni got greedy and wanted more, EA called his bluff and walked away. Since then he’s been trying to make up the shortfall

Jenna Nighswonger to join Bay FC

Jenna Nighswonger to join Bay FC

ESPN is reporting that Bay FC have agreed a deal to sign Jenna Nighswonger from Arsenal for a fee of around £150k. This reflects information Arseblog News had last week (minus the fee, we didn’t know that) but we didn’t feel we had the story well sourced enough to run it. Nighswonger joined the club […] The post Jenna Nighswonger to join Bay FC appeared first on Arseblog News - the Arsenal news site.

p1r.es

there are definitely downsides to the nuclear block but the reason I keep coming back to it as necessary and good is that it completely ruined the whole MAGA engagement model to the point that they prefer to mock us from the nazi bar rather than come here to troll us directly

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2d ago

Bluesky oldheads will remember that brief period of time when the conservative trolls tried to storm the place and were flummoxed by the idea they would have to organically grow an audience and that someone who didn't want to talk to them could nuke every interaction they ever had from orbit

Before everyone gets mad thinking he wants Nazis here - he’s talking about trying to get more people posting about sport.

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

this is an interesting interview and if i were clipping it for social media i would have excerpted "We're still a place where we don't downrank links. We love sending traffic to people. We send two million clicks a day to publishers" rather than the part that'll just piss people off lol

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

I noticed from my 12yo's lock screen notifications over the w/e that he is still using all of the apps, only difference now is that none of the parent filters and controls apply

Ben Schwarz@benschwarz.bsky.social · 3d ago

Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...

hi, social scientist here. assigning a label of "ADHD" to a pattern of genetic markers, behavior, and response to medication is a process of social construction. the switch from calling it ADD to ADHD? redefining the criteria to catch it more in girls? both products of social (re)construction.

Dr Dean Burnett@drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 3d ago

Only just found out about this For the record, you don't get multiple genetic markers and one of the most effective medications known to science with 'social constructs' Channel 4, this is, in scientific parlance, an absolute fu*king disgrace that will genuinely endanger lives #c4 #ADHD

www.starobserver.com.au/news/heres-h... good. excuse me, just going to prank call eric abetz and laugh at him.

Here's How Tasmanians Can Access Redress Payments For Historic Homosexuality Convictions

Tasmanians convicted under former laws criminalising homosexuality and cross-dressing can have their charges expunged and receive financial redress.

starobserver.com.au

I think it also revealed just how quickly a bunch of otherwise very hard problems can be to solve with global collective action. The fuckin Ganga was running clear water for the only time in my lifetime because for 2 weeks nobody threw garbage in it. The canals in Venice had fish.

Dave Andress@davidandress.bsky.social · 4d ago

Covid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.

Already noticed some AAA games from the last few years slipping in quality due to the attack on labourers by the wealthy class and uh... I think gamers need to know it's gonna keep deteriorating in small ways, not a big bang Games will still drop for a while, but they'll be quietly worse

whoa that’s fucking crazy maybe you should start listening to them

Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 3d ago

Canadian researchers found that 97 percent of youth who seek treatment for gender dysphoria still identify as trans years later.

fred durst was right it is just one of those days

Your regular reminder that you can't appease a bully. You show them your belly, they'll just bully you even more. Seriously, @amnestyuk.bsky.social, on behalf of all of us, stand up to this spoiled, schoolyard beehutch, will you? Give her the bloody nose she deserves. You're letting everyone down.

Holl🌞@willows-song.bsky.social · 5d ago

This is why you dont try to compromise or concede anything to these horrors

And yet, internet is still not classified as an essential service in Australia, so they can weasel out of actually providing it to people any time they want. Which is it, hmm?

Asher Wolf@asherwolf.bsky.social · 4d ago

Data centres classified as “utility installations” and can apply for permits on green wedge land

thought fishlock's injury was gonna end her season and possibly career, lmao nope she subbed in to make her return in the 84th minute and scored in the 85th

I can totally get on board with solving the biodiversity crisis by making more zombie films.

Skionar@skionar.bsky.social · 6d ago

Orchids revived, the corpse ambulant and a poetic ruined abbey. These are the news stories I want to read.

Using lists of three is not an "AI tell." It's a common trait in human writing because our brains biologically want to make sure there's always one thing to marry, one thing to fuck, and one thing to murder.