"The assumption underpinning employment services – that unemployed people need to be monitored, impoverished and coerced – is in direct contradiction to an interest rate policy framework that requires a certain level of unemployment to control inflation"
theconversation.com/the-rbas-pol...
In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.
We were there too !
Agh nooo
😆
Important to be bad at things and get better slowly. Too many montages and time lapses in modern media fuck up our idea of how long getting good at anything takes.
will you make the youtube available for Australia?
that's be cause they no longer have a seperate ticket booth as well, so it's another down size , but i guess most people buy online now
hope this storm finishes before i have to go out, I don't want to be outside in the lightning and thunder ⛈️
It's always tricky, when talking about these conflicts, to determine who are the bad guys. Well let me tell you, Israel are fucking evil
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
To be clear: any outlet that reports "Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz" without reporting "because they explicitly said the ceasefire must include Lebanon and Israel is continuing to bomb Lebanon" is an outlet you cannot trust.
Caterpillar bulldozers killed Rachel Corrie in Gaza in 2003. They've been demolishing Palestinian homes for decades. This week, her home state of Washington divested $62 million from the company, & her hometown voted unanimously to block all investment in apartheid. mondoweiss.net/2026/04/bds-...
😳
Of course Kitson investigated when some one was un wrapping lollies in his show, though he’s a lot more curious than angry these days.
At the Paris Paloma gig, (in seating) someone had a large bag of chips, nut mix & a block of chocolate like it was a movie theatre 😅
not sure if I approve or not
Is it getting more common for people to eat snacks at theatre /comedy shows? Happens at most shows now.
I think It’s bad enough sitting squished up next to people with alcoholic drinks, as it stinks but crinkly wrappers are distracting
At what did you do yesterday pod today
David O Doherty : In Ireland you can take you own passport photo as long as you have a white background
Sam Campbell : that’s racist!
There was a makeup artist on IG talking about how, when she would tell clients "so the makeup chatgpt gave you doesn't exist," they would get visibly upset and anxious and demand the not real makeup be shown
How does this not violate our hate speech laws? I thought inciting violence was illegal in this country.
This is what I reckon!
Happy International Transgender Day Of Visibility. 🩷
He should enter raw comedy next year
This should be a big thing.
If it's not a big thing from any parties perspective, you need to make it a big thing.
So who is seeing what at comedy festival?
So far I’ve got Josie long, Cassie Workman, Helen Bauer, Daniel Kitson, Sammy J, Sophie Duker, Elf Lyons and what did you do yesterday podcast booked in
#MICF
International Transgender Day of Visibility. 31st May. We stand in solidarity. Because recognition matters. Every day. #TDOV #TDOV2026 #TransDayOfVisibility
Don't buy into the culture war. There always have been and always will be trans people. They just want to exist in peace like everyone else. Their existence is not the cause of anyone else's problems. The only way they affect your life is by making it better.
#TDOV #TDOV2026 #TransDayOfVisibility
Outrageous that an artist in Australia, who makes a living from his creative output, can be threatened with arrest and imprisonment for using a phrase with - at best - contested meaning.
This is normal under authoritarian regimes.
Congratulations to the National Press Club for giving a voice to this murderous regime. The entire board should be forced to resign.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
A photo of Ali and Fatima in their press vests and hats, smiling at the camera with Lebanon in the background
Two of the journalists assassinated in South Lebanon this morning by Israel were Lebanese correspondents Ali Shoeib and Fatima Ftouni.
They become the 252nd and 253rd journalists killed by Israel in the last two years.
Unprecedented.
(📸 Cradle Media)
😳 Were you working for Sugar Ape 😆
screenshot of a weather map from ABC news that shows a tropical cyclone at one end and very cold air mass at the other
australia having a Very Normal Weather Day
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
Just like my socks as a small child
