Evelyn Araluen wins $125,000 for ‘politically uncompromising’ poetry at Victorian premier’s literary awards
25.02.2026 09:04
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Evelyn Araluen wins $125,000 for ‘politically uncompromising’ poetry at Victorian premier’s literary awards
After all that and there’s not one bare buttock in Wuthering Heights (2026)
AFR website headline: This exec wakes up at 4.15 every morning to ‘do better’ Felix Sekulla, a NAB executive for proprietary home loans and a 2025 BOSS Young Executive, lives half a day before most of us wake up.
Clearly a skill issue, i get up around 7 and do just fine
Lantana is famously not set in Melbourne. And it's not funny, or full of punks from the Tote. But where in this trilogy viewing would you place Lantana?
Cumquat: nature's Warhead lolly
Ideal triple feature for someone who has just moved to Australia from like, Canada. In the following order:
1. Dogs in Space
2. Crackerjack
3. The Castle
This will guarantee the viewer optimal tonal viewing journey
We needed to normalise wearing name tags in the office
Big year for horse girls starting week after next!
Just been made aware of Haiti's winter Olympics get-up.
That skirt looks warm, has good pockets, and has a massive horse on it. DING DING DING.
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It's February, so here's a lil catch up. Fringe World Perth was a good time. Adelaide Fringe and Melbourne Comedy Festival next, and some other appearances too!
https://lucybest.com/2026/02/04/its-february/
NEW SHOW - ADELAIDE FRINGE 2026:
Where do you see yourself in five years' time? I hate that question, but it's a good question.
An existential monologue about feeling stuck, performed entirely in a hot tub.
FEB 20 - MAR 8
ARTHUR ARTBAR
photo by Kate Cameron
adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/on...
Every day I go to work, talk about Mamdani's hot wife's hair cut, bring up pictures of her on google, point out how chic both her hair and she is, do my work, and go home.
Ohh oh no!!
Brilliant! Thank you!
I think of this tweet often
Hey someone the other day at work said there's a new social media site like tiktok and insta, but was created by a Palestinian Australian. I wanna join it. Anyone know it?
Lickin my chops like my cat licks her chops after she has just licked the inside of her own butthole
God gives his toughest battles (the summertime) to his bravest soldiers (bras)
“We’ve invented a magic computer. It uses all of the earth’s resources, we’ve spent trillions on it and it’s the sole growth area of the US economy.”
“What does it do?”
“We were hoping you could tell us.”
The important thing is that, instead of tightening gun restrictions after the Bondi massacre, we made it illegal to talk about genocide.
Oh! Okay Playboy just published an article about this very subreddit and how awesome it is!
The post in question that inspired this www.reddit.com/r/bald/s/Rki...
Also, all the support that these men give each other! It's so nice! Just lifting each other up, telling each other when to wait and when it's time and just being so nice! Love that wholesome spot of the internet!
One of my favourite reddit pages is r/bald because of the glow ups! It's filled with poor dweeby men who have terrible thinning hair and then they shave it off its like when a girl takes off her glasses in a 90s high school film. Instantly hot
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When people post before and afters of their apartment renovation and the photos aren't from the exact same angle is MADDENING! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU! ILLEGAL INTERNET BEHAVIOUR!
Today’s comic in @australia.theguardian.com
It’s only mid January and we’ve had destructive cyclones, deadly heatwaves, bushfires followed by flash floods and the cherry on top, a coal approval!
My neighbours are always talking at their dog like she's an idiot. Justice for Lulu!!