F**k off. Victorians hate you. We will never forgive you. First I was to scared to go to restaurant’s. Now you’re telling me I’m too scared to go to Bunnings too. You are such an absolute tosser. Never speak for Victorians. Only thing we’re scared of is you as our next PM.

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I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday.

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‘Free world needs a new leader’, says EU foreign chief after Trump Zelenskyy row The EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said ‘the free world needs a new leader’ and that it was up to Europeans to take this challenge

Agree. Macron at the moment, but Keir Starmer and/or Freidrich Merz once they get established. ‘Free world needs a new leader’, says EU foreign chief after Trump Zelenskyy row www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

I thought I understood my late father. Then I was forced to spend lockdown in his home www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Opinion | Hank Azaria’s ‘Simpsons’ Voices Won’t Be Fully Replicated by A.I. Soon enough, artificial intelligence may be able to recreate the sounds — but there will be something missing.

A.I. Is Coming for Hank Azaria’s ‘Simpsons’ Voices www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Oh, I’m sorry, tech bros – did DeepSeek copy your work? I can hardly imagine your distress | Marina Hyde If China has done to Sam Altman what his OpenAI has been accused of doing to creatives, it would take a heart of stone not to laugh, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Funny and true! #broarchy
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Avalon temperature fell 7 degrees in 1 minute. #melbweather

Salacious gossip, a photo scandal and death threats have dogged Victorian MP Georgie Purcell – but she won’t stop fighting Exclusive: Her social media presence resonates with younger voters but it comes with a ‘horrific’ dark side that has made her consider quitting

Interesting profile

Salacious gossip, a photo scandal and death threats have dogged Victorian MP Georgie Purcell – but she won’t stop fighting www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Overlooked No More: Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien’s Middle-earth She was a novice cartographer who landed a dream assignment: to create an atlas of the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”

Overlooked No More: Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien’s Middle-earth www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/o...

Rail union’s industrial bastardry must stop. Take the pay offer and get back to work Militant union leaders must immediately drop the gun they have been holding to the head of every Sydney commuter for many months now.

Totally agree with SMH editorial. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Are Australian traffic controllers really earning $200k per year? Politicians and news outlets claim Australian traffic controllers are earning $200,000 per year. The ABC has crunched the numbers to see how credible these claims are.

A great fact check by @abcnewsbot.bsky.social
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My #instagram feed being totally swamped by fake investment impersonation scams using Andrew Forrest, Gina Rinehart, Melissa Leong, Anthony Albanese. I have just reported about twelve of them. Not sure how Insta can attract real advertisers given how little they do to stop this. #factcheck #meta

To start to put the LA fires in scale from an Australian perspective...

538 buildings in this area...

The 2003 Canberra bushfires took out 488 structures.

2009 Black Saturday took out 2,029 houses

Liberals will choose a new leader. Who are the possible candidates to replace Trudeau? | CBC News Top Liberals will soon be lining up for the party's — and country's — top job after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that he will be resigning. Here are some of the potential candidates to succ...

Great exploration of all the potential replacements for Trudeau as PM of Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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X2O trofee Baal / Grote prijs Sven Nys 2025 course recon YouTube video by Puck Pieterse

Watch @puckpieterse get beaten by a 10 year old (?) riding up the Baal course hills! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XZb...

Ten people injured after Lego display collapses on to crowd in Massachusetts Eight hospitalized after attempted balloon drop at Peabody family fun center knocked over display, which fell about 12ft

When Lego attacks....
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At Climate Summit, presenter has long list of advantages to making more sustainable choices and addressing #ClimateChange. Audience member asks “what if it’s a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?”

15 years old, but still completely relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we could be creating today would be a LOT better and easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Heed it now. #ClimateCrisis

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Yarra Valley Trail December Update Yarra Valley Trail Construction Continues The Yarra Valley Trail continues its progress with construction underway along multiple sections of the trail. Yarra Valley Trail Stage 1B - Yering to Yarra ...

New update on the Yering- Yarra Glen bike trail- www.rideyarraranges.com.au/yarra-valley...

BACK TO REICHENBACH - In Sherlock Holmes' footsteps across Europe YouTube video by Travelling Turtle

Follow @travellingturtle follow Holmes and Dr Watson on Sherlock's last journey to Reichenbach using public transport at this wonderful Youtube movie: youtu.be/r-RCjUpalD4?...

Time Person of the Year - Wikipedia

Anyway here’s a chronological list. In hindsight some of this is... amusing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Pe...

In the Year of Our Lord 2024 there are still people who don’t understand that TIME’s Person of the Year is not a stamp of approval but the selection of someone or something who “for better or for worse ... has done the most to influence the events of the year”. Also the frothing is hilarious lol.

Mount Rushmore from the Canadian side.

#BREAKING 🚨 The United Workers Union says workers have accepted a revised offer from Woolworths after more than 2 weeks of strikes

The UWU says workers’ wages will ‘increase with above-inflation increases across all sites’ and full supermarket shelves will return for Christmas

Cycling Talk Podcast - The Lucinda Brand Episode - Cycling Talk Podcast 16 year old Georgia talks all things bike with a different guest every episode from the world of cycling. Hear life stories and season reviews from professional riders.

Well worth a listen! Georgia Mahoney, herself a rising 16yo, interviews Cyclocross legend, Dutch national champion, Lucinda Brand. pca.st/episode/da90...

How people power, John Clarke and Julian Assange saved Fitzroy Pool Thirty years ago, a Herculean community effort led by an unlikely band of campaigners stopped the site from being turned into a block of flats.

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