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Growing old disgracefully. ex-journo. current pessimist.

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Yeah, in Australia politicians still use “latte sipping” as a pejorative for left wing elitist. My dude, you can buy lattes at McDonald’s. Every country town has a cafe with signs offering “real” coffee. We’re a nation of latte sippers.

09.03.2026 20:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It's not that I don't enjoy the musical stylings of Beck, but the algorithm seems to think I like Beck a lot, which is weird when I can't imagine I've ever put Beck on.

08.03.2026 22:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I try to take ads in podcasts in my stride because content creators need to earn money, but the ads for other podcasts that are about a) self-help gurus interviewing famous people about the journey or b) astrology are testing the limits of that.

08.03.2026 22:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

14yo had a sleepover last night. I also learned that apparently you can get Oporto delivered at 4:45am.

08.03.2026 09:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yeah when I commissioned work it was often “how many words does the story need?”

07.03.2026 00:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

More like Kristi No-more, amirite?

05.03.2026 21:58 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It's pretty ironic that things in the protein food group are pretty darn delicious, but protein-enriched foods (protein yoghurt, protein granola) are generally soul-destroying.
Also, it's highly unlikely you are protein deficient.

05.03.2026 21:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Difficult | 2026 Nothing like a bit of political opportunism to get the cash registers ringing. Sorry Albo. Nothing personal. We still like you. Back story HERE.

In case you were itching to own a Difficult tee remosince1988.com/collections/...

05.03.2026 02:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

At one point in my life I would have dreamed of working for The Atlantic. Now I dream of working for The Atlantic and buying myself a big ol' stamp that that says "Where is your evidence????"

04.03.2026 22:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I like when they put that they made up a scenario to get mad at right there in the subhead.

04.03.2026 21:14 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s equity that’s private, duh

03.03.2026 09:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“Can we hurry this up? I want to get on with dinner so we can watch The White Lotus”.

03.03.2026 05:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

They knew how to make them back then.

28.02.2026 04:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I was deeply into horses so I think I went more than once.

28.02.2026 00:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

19yo is buying a car from someone who lives on the land that was once El Caballo Blanco and so were explaining the concept of the shithouse and sometimes dodgy theme park to her. Kids these don’t know they’re born.

28.02.2026 00:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

I prefer Pub is a Battlefield.

27.02.2026 23:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I can’t. Already spent all my money on prunes.

26.02.2026 00:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Never forget that the primary tactic of this movement is distraction. They point to medical statements, procedural wins and tangentially related anecdotes because *they have no evidence of their core claim*

If lots of kids were transitioning without assessment they would be talking about that.

25.02.2026 21:17 👍 1961 🔁 435 💬 17 📌 3

Never let it be said I am not highly suggestible. I listened to the Decoder Ring episode on prunes and bought a packet before it even ended. Also: I haven't had them in decades, but prunes are delicious, people.

25.02.2026 23:46 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Love when you specify you don’t want the supermarket version when looking to find something locally on a Facebook Community group and the first suggestion is Coles and Woolies.

25.02.2026 03:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Kalshi page for what Trump will say during SOTU

Kalshi page for what Trump will say during SOTU

Kalshi page for what Trump will say during SOTU

Kalshi page for what Trump will say during SOTU

I don't think it's a good thing for society that everything is now gambling

24.02.2026 02:17 👍 1773 🔁 252 💬 41 📌 52

Gotta keep the romance with Word alive somehow.

23.02.2026 22:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sumo Energy's ad promotes its Australian call centres by explaining you can tell if it's Australian by asking what a snag is. I get it's a joke, but maybe Australians don't need more encouragement to kick down on overseas call centre workers, who are just trying to earn a living.

23.02.2026 21:23 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

The speed with which I have gone from never having heard of Clavicular to half the podcasts I listen to doing an analysis of Clavicular so I feel like I’m practically the foremost Clavicular scholar happened so fast I have whiplash. I also regret having to know about Clavicular

23.02.2026 21:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You just have to want it hard enough

23.02.2026 00:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Trying to get over my phobia of eating apples not cut up, which I developed more than 25 years ago when I was talking to my boss, who was eating an apple, and her tooth fell out.

23.02.2026 00:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Did you pick this venue because it’s down the road from Apizza?

22.02.2026 21:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Rice Cooker Congee (Rice Porridge) Learn how to make easy and comforting rice cooker congee (rice porridge) with just 6 simple ingredients. A perfect recipe for breakfast!

You have to change the water ratio so that it’s porridge. And I usually use chicken stock, ginger and garlic. Something like this recipe apeachyplate.com/rice-cooker-...

22.02.2026 02:52 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It just cooks it long enough to make congee.

22.02.2026 02:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I started off with the cheap $20 a few years back, eventually graduated to the decent one with a congee function and routinely say to myself “when I’m a millionaire I’m gonna splash out on a top of the line Tiger.

22.02.2026 00:59 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0