Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
So, even in his own field of work, he can't hire the best people?
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So, even in his own field of work, he can't hire the best people?
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
Clever strategy to bribe countries to stop fighting temporarily so Trump can get a Peace prize, then resume hostilities.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
It would be nice if whatever drug they pumped in when cannulating those veins worked... Oh, what if this is it working?
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
Didn't Jim Carrey do that already.?
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
Wouldn't it be so much easier without the assault rifles?
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
(* German accent *) Pandemic vaccines? Oh, you're American... that'll be 200% extra.
Paul Byrne (@theplanetaryguy.bsky.social) reposted
This is the most intense tsunami footage I've ever seen. It purportedly shows the tsunami from the 29 July Mw 8.8 quake in Kamchatka, Russia, filmed in that same region. Source: seismic.kiwi on TikTok, although I've seen this video all over the internet and may originally be from VK or Telegram.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
Strange coincidence... that's also where Trump caught Epstein humping Ivanka.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
A guest's daughter? Was the guest's name Ivana?
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
Maxwell will be getting a pardon and compensation out of this, won't she? Maybe a Medal of Freedom.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
Pardon Ghislaine Maxwell! #MakeAmericaGroomersAgain #FreeGhislaine
Paul Krugman (@pkrugman.bsky.social) reposted
With everything else going on, I'm not sure people realize that Trump's latest tariff on Brazil took things to a new (lower) level paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trumps-dic...
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social)
Ayr #Golf Club in Northern Queensland with rows of mango trees, trimmed to easy picking height, bordering the fairway.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social)
You know you're visiting a small town in regional Australia when TripAdvisor tells you the best pizza in town is Eagle Boys.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social)
Introducing the innovative urban planning solution: the car-centric pedestrian zone... youtu.be/YZXzgIhFAXk?...
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social)
Pepsi apparently decided to make a bad tasting version of Gatorade, add bubbles, and call it Pepsi Max Electric. 𤮠#No
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
Rumours are Nancy Pelosi voted an enthusiastic "Yes" while rubbing her hands together then making cash register noises, before realising that it was a Senate vote and her vote was premature.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
And now you know he's not a passing novelty, he's herpes.
Ronniš§Salt (@ronnisalt.bsky.social) reposted
This is both extremely embarrassing and extremely hilarious Allegedly USD$70 million for a military parade and they couldn't even afford a can of WD40 š
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
So LOL Surprise is Kinder Surprise without chocolate?
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social)
Watching @pepchasdrdave.bsky.social and YouTube tells me the video has 0 views! š® youtu.be/1jemDT1F8i8?...
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
No pretense of finding a Corporal Robert E. Lee who fought in WW2?
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
In totally unrelated news, Stephen Miller is reportedly asking the White House doctor about the long-term effects of priapism.
Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social) reposted
Itās not just that itās clearly intentional, itās that itās clearly intentional knowing that heās being recorded. They know they can do whatever they want with complete impunity.
Flint Dibble (@flintdibble.bsky.social) reposted
I have stage 4 cancer Joe Rogan recently mocked my physical appearance to millions, calling me a āweird kind of bitchy weak manā Iām ripping out the IV and clapping back at this troll in this video: youtu.be/V0tMcWeOuFY?... /1
dr. caitlin m. green (@caitlinmoriah.bsky.social) reposted
in so many videos out of LA i am seeing officers aiming rubber bullets right into crowds, this is filling me with a deep and anxious rage knowing what happens when they do that www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Guardian Australia (@australia.theguardian.com) reposted
Bemused Scots flock to dock for a āwry chuckleā at stranded Tasmanian ferry that helped sink a premier
Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) reposted
A recent study found that for every $1 invested in the National Weather Service, it produces $73 in value to Americans. Not only is the NWS a life-saving government resource, it's actually quite efficient.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
Just do it.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm wondering if Chas fought to do four and a half hours and then have it played back at 1.5x speed as default.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social)
It's tough starting a new job... So many new things to learn about your role... like when you're appointed as the new #FEMA chief and find out there's a hurricane season. #DearSweetFSM www.mediaite.com/media/news/f...
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social)
The view from St Crispins Cafe in Port Douglas, with views across Mirage Country Club to the hills. #Golf #Queensland
pepchasdrdave.bsky.social (@pepchasdrdave.bsky.social) reposted
Hey Lookee Here, it's an ABC-approved PEP! And it's 3 hours on the dot! (I wasn't going to leave a single second on the table.) PEP 214 coming atcha! www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6Xh...
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
So, should we expect three or four a week?
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
New York has a higher per-capita income, a lower crime rate and a functional insurance system.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social)
Clowns are people too. youtu.be/k6g_9xZNdRI?...
Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
An Australian cop married to an American member of the military is pretty much a recipe for right wing politics over there. So this one is especially going to resonate in Australian media as ānobody is safe to travel in the U.S. anymore.ā
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
How would Trump react if Apple announced his threat worked and they have chosen a site to build a US factory? camarapr.org
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
Hmmm.... Hey #Apple camarapr.org
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe Apple should open a factory in Puerto Rico.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm Australian... I was embarrassed when Australia's PM bit into a raw onion. How do Americans cope with that arsehole in office?
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
Relatedly, did Tyrannosaurus rex have arms long enough to reach said penis and give itself a good time? #Dinowank
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
Weird that Jesus is shown as whiter than Duffy.
A.R. Moxon (@juliusgoat.bsky.social) reposted
If you don't want to be compared to the Gestapo, one neat trick is to not engage in a campaign of terror around the country wherein you kidnap people off the streets to slave dungeons in accommodation of an autocratic fascist and his nationalist movement's desire for racial purity.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
The first paragraph was deliberately vague as bait. The second should give away the fact I meant the first Queenslander. Sheesh. The hash tag and the reference to southern bigotry should have been enough.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
How many Greens leaders have been from the Sunshine State? I thought the last paragraph was obvious enough.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
No, I didn't mean that. Try reading it again.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
Glass ceiling finally broken. Well past time the Greens joined the 21st century and elected one leader. Labour and the Coalition were way ahead. Congratulations #Queenslander! The southern bigotry takes a backwards step.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
Looks flammable.
Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan.bsky.social) reposted
I literally made this joke throughout Trumpās first term: that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi could have avoided being killed by the US if heād offered to build a Trump Tower in Raqqa. I was joking. And yet:
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
No, he said eekwalyze. It means the same thing but it's totally new.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
What if the smoke is rainbow coloured?
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
Cost of crackers crisis hitting hard in the UK.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
I thought the kill switch was being installed on foreign sales, but instead they've installed a suicide switch on US ones
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
Big arseholes who are sad about having fewer golf courses should just have it explained to them that they will have a better life for it. Tax the rich.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
From one chat: "Hey Steve, I'll be at there at 1800 so have some gin ready for me because I'll need it after we send those FA18s into Sanaa from the south at 1700. Thanks! You're the best bartender ever!"
Al Jazeera English (@aljazeera.com) reposted
Israeli soldiers have filmed themselves blowing up a building in Gaza for a āgender revealā, having rigged it with explosives that give off blue smoke to indicate a fetus is male.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
I seem to have lost count of the hiatuses over the years. So many...
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
It is hard to settle on a suitable bribe to get rid of a bribery case, isn't it?
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
Do they not realise that Obi Wan's lsaber is light blue, Darth Vader's is red, and Trump's is off-white, short, and mushroom-shaped?
Adam Parkhomenko (@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social) reposted
This is one of the best ads I have ever seen and I canāt believe I missed it
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
But Sharri Markson had "internal" polling that assured us the Libs were at least going to make it close? Will she admit she pulled it out of her arse? #SkyNews #Election2025 #AusVotes www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
A nice enough result to be tempted to switch over to Sky for a bit of a laugh, but it seems I previously deleted the channel.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social)
Tonight was so obvious even I saw the signs two weeks out. #AustraliaVotes #Election2025
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social)
So, what time will @antonygreenelec.bsky.social call it tonight? Before 19:00? #AusVotes #Ekection2025
Sean Carroll (@seanmcarroll.bsky.social) reposted
Short of literally launching a war, itās hard to imagine how a foreign adversary could do more lasting damage to the US than the Trump administration is doing.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
If you're in Brisbane, maybe you should drop in to his office at Level 7 420 George St and make sure he's okay.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
OMG! Are you telling me Sharri Markson and Sky News shouldn't be considered credible? www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm sure it's only temporary. Mobile phone numbers aren't given up easily, especially for lawyers. Mr Fong may need to be reminded of his role for a while.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
They forgot to include the numbers you should reply to:
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
If only there was someone you could forward a reply to...
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
There are ways to reply. Those ways will be available long after the election too.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
How do they feel about a nickel licence fee?
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
May he be tormented long after the election.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social)
The President of the United States is a colosally stupid dipshit. @pepchasdrdave.bsky.social
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
Alright (sigh). We are getting ever so close to a journalist saying "I know that seems very real to you" to the President of the United States.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social)
I really didn't expect to say "I don't give a shit who Tiger King Joe Exotic endorses in the Australian election", but News.com.au
Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) reposted
Every day, a new reason to despise this asshole. Every. Day.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
If we change name from "Welcome to Country" to "Welcome from Traditional Owners", would a lot of the kerfuffle subside?
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
Miller Like?
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social)
If Trumpet of "Patriots" weren't a pack of arseholes they would only SMS from a consistent number so people could block them. Instead, they spam, delete the number, and ready a new one. Don't vote for arseholes. #Criminal #FattyMcFuckface #ClivePalmer #auspol #ausvotes
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
They can't just put it in a really big Tupperware container with some rice in it?
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social)
I was thinking I would put the Libs last on my vote, but Trumpet of "Patriots" just had to spam me with SMS messages from numbers they then delete to avoid relies/blocking. So today, when I voted early, the Libs did marginally better than expected. #auspol #AusVotes #ClivePalmer #FattyMcFuckhead
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
Some had gang tattoos, sneakily designed to be temporary, bearing the date, the name of the club, and the ominous text "ADMIT ONE".
Constantine (@ajaxsinger.bsky.social) reposted
The Autism "study" will be led by a guy who pretended to be a doctor even though he only has a BA in bio and who attempted a small-scale genocide of autistic people through chemical castration, so you know it'll be legit.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social)
Should I put Clive Palmer and his "Trumpet of Patriots" above the the Libs/Nats? What's this? A spam SMS? F*** it, they go last.
Elad Nehorai (@eladn.bsky.social) reposted
A mob of Hasidic men in Brooklyn chase down a woman who came to protest Ben-Gvir. This sort of reaction has become normalized in NYC and LA, where violence against protestors has spiked enormously since October 7th. This largely isn't covered or addressed by media, despite how widespread it is.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
I hope she washed her hands after retrieving that "inside" information.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
I think you underestimate how important housing fast trains is to people. #TrainsNeedHomesToo
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
Donald Trump's way to make the market surge:
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
He's hoping to provoke someone into, um, removing Powell by other means.
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
How long until Musk-induced deaths outpace Tesla sales?
Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social) reposted
Really need journalists to push back on this bullshit. When they say this, just ask them point blank: "Are you saying that because one Latino man committed a murder, another Latino man deserves a life sentence? Do you think all Latino men interchangeable?"
Not a fish (@verticalpig.bsky.social) reply parent
Mention made of Australia's Peter Dutton, but not his nickname of Temu Trump.