Sheepie

This is hilarious.

Also, completely enraging.

Hasbro’s CEO on J.K. Rowling. We just published our new Decoder interview with Chris Cocks, the head of Hasbro. I asked him directly about how he thinks about author J.K. Rowling’s politics and what it’s done to the Harry Potter f...

cannot stress enough that "separate the art from the artist" was meant for private individuals reconciling the art they love with its flawed creators and not meant for the ceo of a company driving a dump truck of money up to a bigot's front porch

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Mojtaba Khamenei ascends to the role of supreme leader.

Oh god what have you done.

Do doo do do do do.

‘Vicious cycle’: panic buying is biggest risk to Australia’s petrol supplies as demand surges, experts say Government and motoring groups say there is no shortage of fuel supplies but stockpiling has left country service stations running dry, as Iran war sparks oil price fears

My fuel light came on today so I didn’t really have any choice.

But since late last week EVERY servo I’ve driven past has been choc-a-block.

Not just the particularly low priced ones. All of them.

And you’re still smoking that pack to this day? 😛

i'm looking to talk to any australian pokemon fans for a piece i'm writing for guardian aus, especially anyone with memories of the first wave of Pokemania in Australia.

hmu!

-chef kissy fingers-

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I’m not going to overreact until we see what actually happens. But it’s possible this dawns the enshittification of bsky.

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky’s board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.

CEO of BlueSky stepping down.

Interim CEO is a venture capitalist. 🙄 While they look for the right replacement.

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-Everything- happening in the US since Trump v2 makes absolute sense if you look at it from a white nationalism angle.

This fits in perfectly with that.

Seems relevant - all news organisations, including public broadcasters, don't care what you think about their programs. They only care about your eyeballs. Hatewatching a program is identical to being a fanboi of it. They die when eyeballs stop.

Back when I watched it, one of the main reasons was to learn the various ways Australian media had screwed up in the last week on Australian issues.

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VPN apps rocket up download charts in Australia as porn websites begin blocking users Proton VPN moves from 174th to 19th place as NordVPN goes from 189th to 13th, as porn websites in Australia start requiring age verification for users

I was wondering the other day (on a discord server) if porn sites would be enough to cause a noticable spike or not.

Question answered.

It’s very orange outside.

Dust orange, not sunset orange.

And moist. Pouring rain. #SydneyWeather

A picture of a crow wiht the following text: “Little known fact: Before the crowbar was invented. Crows simply drank at home.”

@crowbar.wtf Is there any truth to this?

Cars have spread out and it’s getting more like traditional follow-the-leader #F1 procession now.

There is some stuff happening further back in the pack but the main cameras are sticking on the front two.

When did F1 actually get overtaking in it? Is that a new thing for this year?

Full disclosure: I wear a hat a lot. I follow hat etiquette, including removing it for anthems.

I still consider it basic courtesy, basic etiquette.

But most people DGAF.

I used to care about others following it but I’ve given up. Hat etiquette is dead. It’s not worth getting upset about in 2026.

If Trump boasting on hot mic about walking in on naked underage girls getting changed wasn’t enough for you to say “too far”, or boasting on hot mic about grabbing women by the groin wasn’t enough for you to say “too far”, don’t give me faux outrage about hat etiquette in 2026. #USPol #Trump

“Oh but I’m not the President at a funeral for deceased soldiers”.

It’s still hat etiquette. You’re cherrypicking.

Trump has lowered the bar so very very much. There is SO much more to get upset about. #USPol #Trump

I’m going to subpost. I’m sorry.

SO many people getting outraged about a hat.

Hat etiquette is dead. Just look at a sporting match when an anthem is played. Even AFTER prompting from the MC / announcer, 95% of people if not more do not flinch, do not remove hats / beanies. #USPol #Trump

Holy crap! THREE rugby upsets overnight.

Reds beat Brumbies, Scotland beat France, and Italy of all teams beat England!!! #SuperRugbyPacific #6Nations #M6N

I’m pretty sure there’s rules in the geneva convention against that.

Sick of waiting for the rugby. I’m just going to put on some movies. Starting with this. #FilmSky #CineMastodon #NowWatching trakt.tv/movies/28-y...

Oh, warmups don’t even start until 19:50 AEDT apparently. Must have been lightning around. #BRUvRED #SuperRugbyPacific