AI is a sin against writing because it makes writing fast and immediate. Not writing (staring at the page, cleaning the house, going for a walk) is the most important part of writing. With AI, you can press a few buttons to instantly have TEXT but it will never be WRITING.
Sorry, what? Since when does the LotO get to do addresses on the national broadcaster? Does the Crossbench get a slot after this too?
ahhhh looks like the old Pretend To Be A Famous 193-Year-Old Tortoise's Veterinarian And Say He Died And Then Solicit Crypto Donations Through Social Media scam
i've seen it a million times
And more than half of it is mountains or uplands
[actual guffaw here]
In what world is it okay for the Defense Secretary to make multi-million dollar investments in defense companies:
a) Ever;
b) In the run-up to starting a war in the Middle East
FT has the scoop: www.ft.com/content/744e...
In a functional democracy, he would offer his resignation tonight.
In the fight against forest fires, Smokey the Bear is finally being freed from restrictive rules of engagement
The US Forest Service should have been more focused on lethality
“This will be the first time a toilet has left low earth orbit!”
Poor Starman, he must be desperate by now
“Mad Fucking Witches,” an activist group that, to their credit, has been very active for quite a while now.
Starting to believe he genuinely timed it to fit Instagram length requirements, which is the most depressing thing ever.
Either the PM had a huge announcement to make but it got pulled and so he did a little one, or a famously low-stakes, anticlimactic PM made a low-stakes and anticlimactic address. Gosh this is a conundrum, William of Occam would be stumped.
Just saw a screenshot of a post in which MFW are claiming Albanese clearly had a bigger announcement to make but it got pulled at the last minute. If they can find an emoji for that they can all put in their bios we’re screwed.
Tell me I’m wrong tho
Apparently there’s some discussion of doing that, but it hasn’t been deployed yet (and would take 17 years to halve the rabbit population):
🚨NEW: Gregg Phillips, who holds one of the most consequential jobs at FEMA overseeing disaster response, is doubling down on claims he teleported to a Waffle House and a church — writing "haters gonna hate" on Truth Social and citing biblical accounts on teleportation.
www.cnn.com/2026/04/01/p...
And look, uncharismatic PMs are the rule rather than the exception in this country, but that was just painful from a man who has done this for a living for longer than Google has existed.
Albanese absolutely cannot rise to the seriousness of the moment because his entire schtick is basically Relaxed And Comfortable (Rage Guest Programmer Edition)
The Carney thing was one thing, but when you are being out-substanced by *Keir Starmer* it is time to retire.
STARMER: In a dangerous world, we need deep strategic realignment on security and the economy.
ALBANESE: Gosh, petrol eh? Don’t let it ruin your Easter though! DJ Albo out!
Anyone got a sourdiesel starter?
[At the first sign of trouble] bye Cairns
Brevity *and* the content, at least by some! Nobody expected it to be so short; given the cumbersome setup needed for wet plate collodion cameras, the photographer didn’t get a chance to photograph Lincoln until he’d finished speaking:
You know who else didn’t have fun at Easter.
The Gettysburg Address only lasted two minutes but at least Lincoln didn’t tell the entire nation to stop what they’re doing just so he could say “try to have fun at Easter”
As a couple of people have already said: it could have been an email.
Give it time.
Albanese had the exact tone of a GP trying to reassure a nervy patient that their cholesterol is a bit high but nothing to worry about
Seriously what the hell was that? You address the nation to say “Godzilla has the upper hand, while it will be hard to live without Cairns we must take heart,” not “don’t worry just maybe think about using petrol less, or not, anyway see ya”
