Do tou think the AUKUS submarine deal is dead, now that Australia has started buying 3 frigates from Japan?

Food banks are not part of a safety net. they are proof we do not have a safety net.

Welcome to working class England in the 70s

I've had longer car journeys

Japan, Australia sign deal for production of first three frigates Defence Minister Richard Marles and his Japanese counterpart, Koizumi Shinjirō, signed the deal aboard one of the warships docked in Melbourne.

Dealing with Japan, at least we will get these ships. Now, whether it is a waste of money, that's a different story

Is there a song about a peanut colada?

Peace, but only during trading hours

I have your apocalypse book. It was funny

An egg salad sandwiche ys the perfecte foode for when you are feelinge downe. An egg salad sandwiche wil not make you feele bettir, but synce it ys a sandwiche that doth looke a litel depressed itself it wil be goode companye and be able to sympathyze.

A political cartoon by Megan Herbert showing an assembly of renewable energy solutions - solar panels, battery storage, high speed rail, electrified truck freight, EVs and charging infrastructure, wind turbines, and bicycles - put together in a shape that resembles a military tank. A different approach to a massive increase in military spending that would increase Australia's security and sovereignty in times of global unrest.

Best defence.
My cartoon in today's @theageaustralia.bsky.social and @sydmorningherald.bsky.social

I have a NFT of a tiny violin, if anyone is interested

Ben Roberts-Smith granted bail after being charged with five counts of war crime murder Former SAS soldier to be released from Silverwater prison ahead of possible trial on charges relating to alleged killing of civilians in Afghanistan

more than 70% of incarcerated children and young people in NSW are presumptively innocent (locked up “on remand”). More than half of all incarcerated children, on any given night, in every jurisdiction, are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.

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Why would you call yourself "D for venerial disease", is that what D4vd is?

Sorry. Alledged trained killer

Breaking: Ben Roberts-Smith granted bail over alleged war crime murder offences Ben Roberts-Smith is granted bail after spending a week in custody over alleged war crime offences.

Apparently trained killers charged with warcrimes and murder aren't a danger to society.

Polymarket says societal collapse will get you 40:1

My teenage son really wants to study quantum computing, but he cannot view the website

Unless you are a vulnerable minor and want to use a website for support that is

I think someone at bluesky just randomised their live database indexes

I could cope with 57% more smeg but you just had to push it!

France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces.

Equals 10 nuclear reactors
Reduces heat island, shades cars

The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight.

Why aren't we doing this?

The Ways in Which Donald Trump is Like Jesus Christ Except Better

From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

The High Court’s decision to strike down Victoria’s campaign funding laws is a win for democracy & a reminder that political finance reform must strengthen fairness, transparency & integrity. It also sends a message nationally as federal electoral reform laws are being challenged in the High Court.

Wow. Your growing season is short! I get about two or three days of ground frost, if at all

I really feel sorry for the plants that are messed around though. I have spring bulbs coming up

We really messed up. Globally

Australia, reminder that Coles uses Palantir in its supermarkets. Look up at the ceiling some time. Like those theft gates now?

As an Aussie who lives in an abundance of avian oddities, I love the idea of a hairy bird

Hairy woodpecker. Shouldn't laugh but what an adorable bird

Any sufficiently advanced society is indistinguishable from lunacy when looksmqxxing with AI hammers

This is the dumbest and most unnecessary timeline