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Writer. Reader. Gamer. Parent. Instructor. Drinker. Ya, whatever.

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FIFA Peace Prize Recipient Peacefully Starts New War β€” The Shovel Proving to the world that he does peace better than anyone in the history of peace, FIFA Peace Prize recipient Donald Trump has calmly, respectfully and very peacefully started a harmonious new war wi...

theshovel.com.au/2026/03/01/f...

01.03.2026 23:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is it? There's not a version I could read which would take ten minutes and deliver the same information? I absolutely have to sit in front of a screen and watch YouTube and its fucking advertisements to get this information?

I have doubts.

01.03.2026 03:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Really? We’re Fucking Doing This Again? β€” The Shovel The US entered yet another war in the Middle East without any clear motive, strategy, objectives, popular support, succession plan or exit arrangement, leading to claims it has no fucking idea what it...

When Satire Is The Most Accurate News

theshovel.com.au/2025/06/23/r...

01.03.2026 03:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Demands Tariff Case Be Appealed to Even More Supremeliest Court β€” The Shovel After the Supreme Court outlawed his tariffs, President Trump has declared the case will be appealed to the Even More Supremeliest Court, or until he gets the result he wants.Β  In a historic 6-3 judge...

theshovel.com.au/2026/02/24/t...

24.02.2026 01:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sure. But the problem is, the lunatics have taken over.

31.01.2026 10:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Middle East Tensions Rise as US Threatens to Drop Melania Movie On Iran β€” The Shovel "If they continue to defy us, then I’ll authorise a full cinematic release across the country”

Shots fired! The Shovel wins The Internet today.

theshovel.com.au/2026/01/30/m...

30.01.2026 00:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It remaineth as ever!

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A Third of Kids Can't Use Books When Starting School. They "Swipe Them Like Smartphones" A "readiness recession" is hitting classrooms.

www.zmescience.com/science/uk-s...

27.01.2026 23:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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New $A22,000 EV takes 88 seconds to have a fully charged battery New EV with latest CATL-supplied battery swapping tech sees charged swappable battery installed in just 88 seconds.

Quick-swap battery in a vehicle with 400-500km range, and a price tag of $22,000 Ozbucks. If there's a option to add some charge to those batteries by hooking into the home solar or whatever, this is the car I want.

thedriven.io/2025/11/10/n...

16.11.2025 01:42 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Good to see Far North Queensland hasn't drifted any closer to sanity since I left it decades ago...

16.11.2025 01:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, but T Swift ain't in her mid-seventies. She gets there, can pull the same crowds and bring the same energy, she gets the same respect from me. Until then? She's her own thing, and honestly doesn't much interest me.

16.11.2025 01:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Ridiculously bad watercolour entitled 'Rainy Day'. Depicts a blue quilt on a bed, with two feet sticking out from under it. A red book lies open on the bed. On a near table is a glass of red wine. A tabby cat is curled up asleep on the floor at the foot of the bed.

Ridiculously bad watercolour entitled 'Rainy Day'. Depicts a blue quilt on a bed, with two feet sticking out from under it. A red book lies open on the bed. On a near table is a glass of red wine. A tabby cat is curled up asleep on the floor at the foot of the bed.

13.11.2025 11:25 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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AC/DC Just Rocked Melbourne So Hard, They Literally Showed Up On the Richter Scale Thunderstruck

Absolute. Fucking. Respect.

musicfeeds.com.au/news/ac-dc-j...

13.11.2025 11:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Police Break Up Lego Theft Ring, Recovering Hundreds of Beheaded Figurines

I'm sure this is creepy. I'm just trying to figure out how creepy it is, and why...

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

19.10.2025 10:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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US drops out of world’s most powerful passport top 10 list for the first time | CNN Once a ticket to visa-free travel across the world, the US passport’s potency has dwindled in recent times. And now, for the first time, it’s completely fallen off the leaderboard of nationalities ran...

Ooof.

THIS is telling.

edition.cnn.com/2025/10/14/t...

19.10.2025 00:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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White House Announce Panadol Rapid is Linked to Stronger, Faster Acting Autism β€” The Shovel A new finding unveiled by the Secretary of Health and the US President has informed Americans that taking Panadol Rapid during a pregnancy can lead to faster, stronger, and longer-lasting autismΒ  β€œPan...

The sad thing about this? Kennedy will never know, nor comprehend, just how thoroughly and savagely he just got burned.

theshovel.com.au/2025/09/23/w...

23.09.2025 03:28 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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SIM cards in downed drones expose Russia’s months-long plan to target Poland and Lithuania - Euromaidan Press Russia prepared drone strikes on Poland and Lithuania for months, using local SIM cards to test network connectivity.

Uh-oh...

euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/12/s...

13.09.2025 03:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So. Right knee joint completely replaced, Tuesday last week. Recovery and rehab going fine. Pain is tedious, though.

10.09.2025 06:12 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Bugger.

Did you get your jabs this year?

02.09.2025 09:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Great Cthulhu!

01.09.2025 09:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œTrump is a Soviet asset - and my presidency hasn’t gone the way I’d hoped” β€œTrump is a Soviet asset - and my presidency hasn’t gone the way I’d hoped”; president drops protocol in speech to PSD summer university

Anybody seen Trump's responses yet? I'm curious as to what mangled rhetoric missile he launches after this...

www.portugalresident.com/trump-is-a-s...

29.08.2025 03:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Robert F Kennedy Jr wrong about mRNA vaccines’ effectiveness – Full Fact The US health secretary has cancelled research into mRNA vaccines, but his reasons seem to be based on bad information about their effectiveness.

fullfact.org/health/rober...

20.08.2025 05:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Trump and Putin shaking hands in front of flags. Caption says "Putin grabbing America by the pussy."

Trump and Putin shaking hands in front of flags. Caption says "Putin grabbing America by the pussy."

17.08.2025 08:52 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of a turtle, with a Popular Mechanics article headline above. The headline states "Scientists Just Found 41,000 Turtles Hiding In Plain Sight."

Picture of a turtle, with a Popular Mechanics article headline above. The headline states "Scientists Just Found 41,000 Turtles Hiding In Plain Sight."

Ninja Turtles! It was only a matter of time...

15.08.2025 01:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(Glances sideways at Texas.)

Have to admit: if I was a federal, elected Democrat watching Trump fill DC with troops and assuming control of the police, I'd be considering an extended trip to Chicago.

You know. Before I got an involuntary trip to a cage in a Florida swamp.

12.08.2025 23:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Image of a black van with I.C.E written on the side. Two men in black body armour and black balaclava masks get out, each carrying an automatic rifle. In the foreground is a person wearing hundreds of sheets of paper with what looks like print on it, like the pages of a book. The person is entirely covered by the paper. 

One of the men in black says "I don't see anything."

Caption below says Clever Migrant wears the Epstein Files to Hide from Trump Administration.

Image of a black van with I.C.E written on the side. Two men in black body armour and black balaclava masks get out, each carrying an automatic rifle. In the foreground is a person wearing hundreds of sheets of paper with what looks like print on it, like the pages of a book. The person is entirely covered by the paper. One of the men in black says "I don't see anything." Caption below says Clever Migrant wears the Epstein Files to Hide from Trump Administration.

12.08.2025 23:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Diabetic Man With Gene-Edited Cells Produces His Own Insulinβ€”No Transplant Drugs Required A proof-of-concept study finds that donated insulin-producing cells can be genetically modified to avoid provoking the recipient's immune system.

Cool! This is really interesting!

gizmodo.com/diabetic-man...

12.08.2025 00:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Russia-US Relationship Back on Track After Putin Gifts Trump Invisible Stealth Jet β€” The Shovel From far and wide, Trump’s supporters came and applauded him on the extraordinary vehicle, exclaiming: β€œHow beautiful is our emperor’s new plane!”

theshovel.com.au/2025/08/07/r...

10.08.2025 01:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Uncensored version with Samuel L. Jackson - A taste of fossil freedom
Uncensored version with Samuel L. Jackson - A taste of fossil freedom YouTube video by Vattenfall

Love it!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uEp...

06.08.2025 05:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Spider's record-breaking "love arm" ensures safe sex from afar Forget flowers and chocolate – in the spider world, courtship survival is the ultimate gift. Scientists have now discovered a new genus of tarantula and the species' defining feature is a supersized s...

Okay, yeah. Sometimes size does matter.

newatlas.com/biology/spid...

06.08.2025 02:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0