If you were to imagine the ideal resort in paradise, this would be it Likuliku was the first resort in Fiji to feature overwater bures, and it still has the only authentic bungalows on a natural lagoon.

skip through the #narcosubs - www.theage.com.au/traveller/in...

excellent journalism this. the proper stuff

what next, porpoisehead?

#TalkTalk

This 'job', for a 'Novelist' is, as I read it, making the results of AI scraping from 'novels, plays and short stories' more unlike AI and more like a real writer. The employer is #Mercor (Silicon Valley AI company) and the job is in Australia/remote.'

Interesting

www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

“I’m saving up for the other sleeve and then maybe a back piece”

Abbott said the move to oust Deeming was a "death wish", while Credlin described her as a "rare individual" capable of uniting conservatives, disaffected Labor voters, working-class and migrant communities. "I have never met a more tenacious, more resilient and more fearless person than Moira," it reads.

EXCLUSIVE Liberals must have 'death wish' if they oust Moira Deeming: Abbott By RACHEL BAXENDALE 05:00 AM MARCH 26, 2026 Listen to this article 6 min neve Australia W ERA OF WS TASTING Former PM Tony Abbott and Sky News host Peta Credlin. Picture: John Feder Tony Abbott says any preselector who does not want to keep Moira Deeming in the Victorian Liberal partyroom has a "death wish". The former prime minister, Opposition Leader Jess Wilson and Sky News commentator and former Abbott chief of staff Peta Credlin have offered glowing endorsements for the outspoken MP ahead of a preselection contest on Sunday which she may lose.

Victorians should watch today what happens with the preselection battle over Moira Deeming’s prospects. Will she go to One Nation if she’s tipped out? She’s one of the most serious anti-abortion & anti-trans Religious Right actors in our “conservative” politics. #SpringSt #Auspol

No ifs, only butties: This Melbourne chip butty is a carb-on-carb crowd-pleaser Not one to underestimate the power of simple, nostalgic food, this cafe is serving a “crispy-chewy” chip butty supercharged by house-made HP sauce.

$19 chip butty - www.theage.com.au/goodfood/mel...

This Vancouver park just had its sign stolen again The Vancouver Park Board confirmed to CTV News on Tuesday the Dude Chilling Park sign has been stolen and staff are working to replace it.

The Vancouver Park Board confirmed the sign from Dude Chilling Park has been stolen
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

had similar fuckery from UK a few times. ceased and desisted

yep. some great stuff around from them

wtafuckery

😯

100%

From when we went to Kolkata.

A store with a sign that says “ADULT NOVELTIES - BJORK ALBUMS - MAGIC POKEMON YUGIOH - AIRSOFT GUNS”

"thin places" are locations where the veil between the physical and spiritual worlds is said to be particularly thin.

wow!

Black and white photo of a Māori woman wearing a piupiu and holding a tewhatewha.

Portrait of Mere, circa 1900.
Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington, probably at Whanganui.
Ref 1/1-003087-G, National Library of New Zealand.

French authorities intercept third cocaine shipment, bringing Pacific drug haul to $2.4bn French authorities seized a 2.4-tonne drug shipment near French Polynesia during a joint operation with the United States.

3 narco subs in Solomon Islands in the past 12 months

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

REPORTER: Sir, can you tell us what happened with the elephant?
ME: (huddled in a space blanket) Of course: I was minding my business when the beast grabbed me with its trunk. My penis, exposed for unrelated reasons, functioned as a sort of axel by which I was rotated like a holiday noisemaker

here it is in English - edition.cnn.com/2026/02/13/e...

Noorse oud-premier Jagland aangeklaagd om banden met Epstein Uit recent vrijgegeven e-mails uit de zogenoemde Epstein-files blijkt dat Jagland meerdere keren contact had met Epstein en plannen maakte voor reizen naar zijn huizen in Parijs, New York en Palm Beac...

The Norwegians are arresting #Epstein people. French will be next -- nos.nl/artikel/2602...

Petag' Tabriz Carpet, Northwest Persia. ca 1920
the design based on 16th cent Safavid 'Vase' carpets, on an unusual green ground

did this at Saints park the other night whilst walking the dog. it was the Sandy Dragons u18 boys. huge units, very good at footy. except i botched the kick back and sprayed it 😅

The British Museum – which is already a permanent archive of ‘Stuff the British Stole’ (HT @marcfennell.bsky.social) has taken the word ‘PaIestine’ off its exhibits thanks to pressure from lobby group UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI)

The place has been known to history as PaIestine since Herodotus

ABC News headline: Muslim men had permission to pray before officers removed them from Sydney protest, police say

NSW Police admit the Muslim men had received police permission to pray during the Sydney protest before they were disrupted by officers!

Imagine the media outrage if this had been a Jewish group or a group of Catholic nuns! #SydneyProtest
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

The oldest-known humpback whale recording was hiding in an archive The audio, etched onto a plastic disc in 1949, predates the era when researchers could even recognize whale calls.

Amazing. (if you're into whales and/or audio recording)

www.popsci.com/environment/...

#ambient job

ooo lovely. what great pedigree. thanks!

Google sent personal and financial information of student journalist to ICE | TechCrunch The tech giant handed over the personal information of a journalist and student who attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024. This is the latest example of ICE using its controversial subpoena power...

More reports of Gmail turning over email content to ICE are coming out now.
techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...