Yes, Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term “dark matter” which is impressive, but he also coined the term “spherical bastard” to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and I think that should be celebrated more.

TOMORROW YOU WILL GRAB THE SUN WITH BOTH HANDS AND DEVOUR IT. FOR NOW DO YOU NEED TO CLEAN YOUR GLASSES?

I’ve had my Covid shot but waiting for my flu shot next month to get full signal strength…

Pro tip for city councils - making your public spaces as hostile as possible for homeless people does not actually get rid of homeless people.

Wheelchair rugby Australia versus Germany.

#Adelaide , the #WheelchairRugby is here! Woot!

Taking from disabled people to give to people in aged care is a cynical political exercise from Labor.

Pitting people who genuinely need care against each other while leaving $17 billion in the pockets of gas corporations they’re too cowardly to tax is shameful.

Funny how the Australian government is determined to cut waste from fraud in the NDIS but won't touch the AUKUS submarine deal, which is entirely a fraud perpetrated by the US

Bill banning people born after 2008 from buying tobacco clears UK parliament Ministers hope tobacco and vapes bill, which will become law next week, will create a ‘smoke-free generation’

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

And cancel AUKUS

Government to pay for showers for at-home aged care recipients The decision to scrap the plan to charge older Australians $50/hour for showers was made after months of sustained criticism, including warnings that people were forgoing other care to afford the serv...

So the government will take funds from one vulnerable cohort, those on the NDIS, to give to another vulnerable cohort, the elderly. We could tax gas exports, of course. Then there'd be money for both. #auspol

GetUp throwing $600,000 at Trump-themed byelection campaign to defeat Hanson Burnt by past failures, GetUp has raised $400,000 in weeks to attack One Nation’s economic record and its leader’s alignment with Donald Trump’s foreign policy.

www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

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Headline from the AFR "Time to end welfare for the wealthy, says big business"

You mean the superannuation tax breaks? No?
You mean the CGT discount? No?
You mean the fossil fuel subsidies? No?
You mean the free gas for multinationals? No?
You mean the failure of the PRRT? No?
You mean the tax dodging trusts? No?
You mean the lack of a wealth tax? No?

No you mean the NDIS FFS

Is the success in the room with us now?

Reading matters

Why does fiction matter?

Because stories can sharpen the way we understand other people.

A meta-analysis found that reading fiction has a small but positive effect on social cognition. Including our ability to interpret emotions, motives, and inner lives.

⏰📚💙📚🎧 #books #reading #fiction

Receiving a flu shot doesn’t just protect you, it protects all the people you would have passed your flu on to. Among those people may be some who are frail or old.

It takes five minutes, it may save a life and will certainly save some suffering.

Get a flu shot.

A striped cat appears to be “yelling” at a kitten with the exact same coloring. The kitten’s eyes are wide open and their ears pinned back.

you just know somebody’s being called by their full name right now

‘Oscar of science’ awarded to team behind gene therapy that restores lost vision Married couple Jean Bennett and Albert Maguire developed Luxturna, which helped a patient see their child’s face for the first time

www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.

"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."

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I do not want to create an account or open a subscription I just want to buy a thing and never hear from you again why is this so hard.

Important context for my last repost: Queensland govt has banned the phrase, "from the river to the sea" due to being absolute dickheads, so folks are gathering en masse to sing a song by Australian icon John Farnham that uses a very similar phrase in the chorus. Absolutely fantastic protest imo

My 8yo told me the other day that AI stands for ‘As if!’

YOUR ENEMIES LAMENT YOUR VERY EXISTENCE. DOES YOUR BODY NEED STRETCHING?

Because the ABC used to have the Standing Committee on Spoken English (SCOSE) and they don’t anymore due to budget cuts.

Had to happen.
As they say, “What goes Anglican must come down.”

Distracted boy friend meme. A man in a blue shirt is holding hands with a woman in blue shirt but he has turned to look at a woman in a red shirt, His face has a look of appreciation. The woman in the blue shirt is looking at man is disbelief. The people are lablelled: Woman in red - Pope Leo Man - Anglican Church Woman in blue - King Charles