Rob Hirst, Midnight Oil drummer and founding member, dies aged 70 Musician who drove much of the band’s ferocious sound and co-wrote many of its biggest hits was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2023 Rob Hirst, the drummer and founding member of Australian rock band Midnight Oil, has died aged 70. Hirst was diagnosed with stage three pancreatic cancer in 2023. In 2025 he spoke about his support for voluntary assisted dying, which he was eligible for in New South Wales. Continue reading...

Rob Hirst, Midnight Oil drummer and founding member, dies aged 70

Same! Grade 3. Way too young!

Very similar boat to Tasmanian Aboriginal design. Those are made with paperbark.

Sorta looks like a frill-necked lizard

I really enjoyed it. I thought the ptsd was particularly good.

I'm hoping for the laziest ever! Big scary but you will get through.

Pedants: actually, AI doesn't use that much water compared to farming

Wise people: literally a single drop of water spent on the Plagiarism Machine That Lies is one drop too many

Hard same.
I'd even take the drop waists on clothes (which are not my favourite) over this *gestures about*

god damn I would have liked the Roaring Twenties rather than the Screaming WTF Twenties.

Unsplash image of the Earth, mostly the nightside with a tracery of city lights on every continent.

OK, this is wild.

In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.

It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.

What the HELL?

1/

The approaching Australian Federal Election at the end of this week provides an opportunity to reflect on what the priorities of the nation should be over the next decade and beyond.

Sorry, Surry

@larbalestier.bsky.social have you seen The Secret DNA of Us on sbs with Marc Fennel? The second ep is in Surrey Hills and features a certain razor gang leader ;)

@scalzi.com just starting Kaiju Preservation Society. So did something come through at Maralinga and we just didn't notice because: Australia; or did you not know about the testing there?

I'm so sorry. I've followed nomcat for so long I felt like I knew him. Much love to you.

Somehow, the future is both going to be a dystopian techno sci-fi hellscape AND we're gonna have coal and measles and robber barons and a permanent underclass.

Philip K. Dickens

It’s the stupid, economy.

It was the Dunning of tymes. It was the Kruger of tymes.

America just did a Brexit, didn't it.

I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island

and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods

forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at The Jackson Laboratory and UConn Health have successfully discovered a molecular switch that can actually SHUT DOWN cancer growth signals and STOP tumor growth at the RNA LEVEL. The discovery could pave the way for a groundbreaking RNA-based multi-cancer treatment. 🧪🧵⬇️

It's not complicated. They're just trying to stop women from being able to vote.

Dutton today on Jews in Australia: "I’ve never seen an element of society ostracised in such a way"

Yeah, that's why they have a much lower life expectancy, earn 25% less than everyone else, and are 17 times more likely to be incarcerated...

Oh wait, no that's another group.. can't think who.

This is how you say “go fuck yourself sideways with a porcupine” in inspector general speak.

Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds

Bertie the dog sitting with his paws folded on top of each other.

I think my dog Bertie is about to tell me something serious

I hope it's a lovely day and that you treat yourself!