Yeah, I had to delete TikTok. I was losing time quite dramatically.

Israel's illegal invasion and ethnic cleansing of Lebanon. Not "contributing to" it is the literal sole cause of it. @SenatorWong The conflict in Lebanon is contributing to a humanitarian crisis. As UN Security Council members meet today to discuss the protection of UN and Humanitarian Personnel, Australia and partners call for international humanitarian law to be respected, and aid workers to be protected. 9:09 AM • Apr 9, 2026 • 10.7K Views Years of this passive language has desensitised us. Is the law being "disrespected"? No. It's being criminally breached by Israel, over and over again, which in turn, obligates states to react, to punish, to sanction. When someone is murdered, you do not "call for" the murderer to respect the law, you arrest them.

Years now of calling for these murderers to stop killing everyone and start "respecting" the law - this would be evil and absurd by itself, but to do this while also arming the murderers and funding them and calling them your "friend" makes this a uniquely ghoulish exercise of propaganda.

Ugh 😩

Do horses want cake? We conducted an investigation into statements published by @bencollins.bsky.social in the print edition of @theonion.com.

Absolutely

These are my therapists

Dead things that I’ll have to clean up later

I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake By A Horse Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food. I am thinking I would like to try cake. Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape. Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy. Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much. I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on." Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me.

It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

I don’t know why I keep trying to leave the spoon in the empty tub. Slow learner/eternal optimist 🤷🏻‍♀️

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

Two kids with cancer died at Westmead Children’s Hospital due to mould in the wards. This is unacceptable and unbearable. Sorry is nowhere near enough

Happened to my dad years ago (I’ve lost track, 10, maybe 15) and he did end up with kidney damage. Was able to nurse them along until now when, at 80 years old, he’s looking at starting dialysis in a few months time.

Ergh. I was not kind or polite to the KFC drive through person when she told me it would be a 7 minute wait and pointed me at a very full car park and said “park there”. I feel bad and can’t apologise because I am in my car in the spot I did manage to find and she is inside. Been a long week 😩

Groan

First work shift today was taking a client to the movies. We saw Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC. I am not really an Elvis fan. There was a lot of Elvis. It was interesting, if slightly repetitive in spots. It made me like Elvis as a person rather more than I would have thought I might.

I have failure to buy a ticket remorse over this tour. Have a fabulous time!

I am drinking hot chocolate with butterscotch schnapps.

Erk! Best wishes for a speedy recovery 💜

Super easy and quick too 😁

A big bowl of wontons, prawns and veggies in a clear broth with fresh red chilli.

Prawn and wonton soup for a late dinner. Got home from work at 8:30pm and then managed to cook. Yay me!

This was very fun and a great exercise

Heh, yeah, I fumbled around quite a bit after the most recent rearrangement of the furniture there.

The Power of Giving Your Disabled Characters a Happily-Ever-After The day I limped into a seven-month chronic pain rehab program, the first thing they told me was: we don’t talk about pain here. We were not allowed to exhibit “pain behaviors” either, which were p…

This is a really powerful piece from @thatsabrina.bsky.social that also makes me really want to read her new novel: lithub.com/the-power-of...

#romancelandia

A spotted-tail quoll, alert and facing the camera. It is standing on a cut log.

Our local quoll showed up again and this time I actually managed to get a decent picture. This might be the best thing that has ever happened to me. #auswildlife #wildoz #marsupial #mammal

The world is so much poorer for not having Jon Kudelka in it

Work commitments and a bung knee here, so sharing it is.

I am very, very tired and finding it very hard to be kind to the people who live with me. Who are all struggling and need kindness. And it’s not like they don’t know or care that I’m barely coping, they do but there’s not much any of us can do about the situation. Anyway. I cooked dinner! Yay me.

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It’s about covering the costs of moving and extracting stuff from storage after 15 years and surviving during a lull in freelance work, plus the usuals.

Two frames. 1. Customs and Border Protection agent with suitcase open holding two pieces of paper, says to man opposite, “President Herzog, we note there’s a photo of you here signing a bomb meant for Gazans, as well as a UN accusation of incitement to genocide…” 2. Same scene but agent is handing closed suitcase to the man saying “Welcome to Australia and enjoy your stay.”

Here we are.
My @smh @theage cartoon.