I'm not sure my French is good enough to understand the full subtleties of Libé's review of the Michael Jackson biopic

Comic of the beetle from the cover of Massive Attack's "Mezzanine" meeting the crab from the cover of The Prodigy's "Fat of the Land".

Hi this joke is for me

Surely the big issue here is why we're giving driving licences to feral pigs, and what they're up to at night in Moree.

who watches over you....?

They Might Be Giants vibes

I blame PJ O'Rourke

i have no idea who tim bowden at the Advertiser is, but I like him already

It's getting real out there

Legit question in the Australian today, how can Simon Benson kill the 30-50 feral hogs that run into his yard within 3-5 mins while small kids play?

Cost per Kilometre — 20 April 2026 Live comparison of the energy cost per kilometre for Australia's top 10 petrol cars vs top 10 EVs, using real-time Melbourne fuel prices and Amber Electric rates.

these graphs are not only interesting for the ICE v EV comparison but they really expose how much more gas-guzzling the nation's five most popular ICE cars are, 50% more expensive to run than the rest of the top ten.
elitre.com.au/models

First step towards Grok running our home power supply what could possibly go wrong

When ‘the birdman’ of St James tunnel died, Sydney commuters streamed past his body for days Exclusive: The strange and lonely death of Bikram Lama exposes a glaring gap in homelessness services. What hopes and dreams brought him to Australia, and what went wrong?

Devastating one here from the Guardian - it's really something

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Fisher-Price Is Pivoting to AI-Powered Autonomous Weapons Manufacturing “We at Fisher-Price have always believed in the power of imagination. In discovery. In the joy of a child pressing a button and hearing a satisfying sound. T...

"We have always believed in the power of imagination. In discovery. In the joy of a child pressing a button and hearing a satisfying sound. Today, we are proud to announce that we are taking that same spirit of wonder and pointing it at our geo-political adversaries."

All About Eve, but it’s a writer and an LLM trained on the writer’s work.

Major 'the food here is terrible, and such small portions' vibe from the Aus's faux-royal tour coverage

There was literally a pangolin that flew combat sorties with the CIA in a dirty war in Laos that then died after drinking too much gin, so there’s at least one pangolin whose record is morally ambiguous

Just noting the gentle irony that these are the Australian values we require all immigrants to uphold.

EXCELLENT Hyde today www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It's nice to hear yet another generation is discovering 'being a hipster' but I do wonder what a 'physical media' influencer is. Do they just come up to you on the street and explain how cool their lifestyle is to you?

Headline on Hollywood Reporter that reads ”Paddington 4, Escape From New York' Reboot in the Works”

I misread the headline as one movie and got very excited for a moment…

Monkeys reject unequal pay - Nature Nature - Monkeys reject unequal pay

Everyone has always been like this since we lived in trees... www.nature.com/articles/nat...

Car fuel tanks are designed to prevent fuel evaporation. Also, the overflow pipe is at the top of the filler neck, so there will be no overflow unless it's blocked. The 'fuel saving tip' is rubbish, imo. If people want to save fuel they can begin with not driving their kids around in trucks.

everyone's being snarky about the government's fuel saving tips but thanks to them TIL that when the petrol pump thingo goes click you shouldn't try to squeeze a little more into the tank because it'll spill or evaporate. For decades I thought I was being efficient by ignoring the first click. GAH!

It's only now really hitting me that last week my family met Hephner, the alpaca who sneezed on King Charles.

Is AI the greatest art heist in history? New technologies of reproduction are plundering the art world – and getting away with it

Not just art.

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

One of my proudest achievements as a parent is convincing the kids that the singular of Weetabix is Weetabik.

World’s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam Fake X account posing as his vet sparked global false reports of Jonathan’s death while soliciting crypto donations

World’s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Surely I’m not the only one who thinks this whenever they see a map of The Strait Of Hormuz on the news?

As far as I can tell is his view is like the joke from Annie Hall - government is terrible, and in such small portions

I have no idea what he’s actually arguing for, or against, but I gather that covid was bad and Victoria is going to be worse than Mad Max.