Ben

assuming a Nadeshiko win tomorrow, both semi finals are gonna be fire

Ji Soyun is truly a delight of a player. #KORvUZB

Bonus football! Great work, Taiwan.

obsessed with the Taiwanese fans chanting “TEAM TAIWAN! TEAM TAIWAN!” so loudly you can hear them on the broadcast in their match against China right now. the best possible response to the incident I reported on a few days ago 👇

This is monstrously fucked up and should be Streisand Effected to the greatest degree possible

He risked his life at Bondi. But this Iranian refugee failed our character test AB ran into danger during Bondi's terrorist attacks to save lives. Four months on, he faces deportation after failing Australia's refugee character test. His family is urging the Albanese government t...

There are hundreds of Iranian people, people just like you and me, in Australia seeking asylum but who are refused any hope of permanent protection because of the cooked policies of Labor, the Coalition and their mates One Nation. Let them stay www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

never (willingly) joined

Kerr absolutely pounced on that. Get innnn!

Most teens on social media pre-ban are still on those platforms, new data suggests Data provided to Crikey by parental monitoring company Qustodio shows usage among under-16s during the first three months of Australia's teen social media ban dropped only marginally more than the…

Exclusive: Teen social media use barely budged after Australia's ban, new data shows.

www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/13/t...

this whole piece is blistering!

Trump Removes Sanctions on Russia to Help Oil Flow Amid Iran Conflict

AAAAAAAAAAAnd there it is www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/u...

Opinion | Grace Tame writes on the nuances of Anthony Albanese's choice of language in describing her as "difficult", the media storm following her pro-Palestine chant, and which social causes do and don’t ignite public support.

Seems like the sort of guy we should give some big Defence contracts to. Someone tell Richard Marles

Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.

Palantir CEO promises that his technology will reduce educated women's economic and political power newrepublic.com/post/207693/...

“Nowadays, a drowning man on a raft is the occasion for all shipping to be diverted to try to save him; this new feeling for the sanctity of human life is the best element in the modern world. It is the true distinction of the West.”

Ah, if only.

the stink of gender resentment coming off Silicon Valley has been obvious for a while. these men hate women because they hate being told no.

Scoop: After Australia ruled out an AI copyright exception, the business lobby had a new plan: bypass the copyright system.

A leaked Business Council of Australia doc shows it considered, then ditched, a push to let AI companies train on Australia data without paying.

www.crikey.com.au/20...

The War Parties: Labor, One Nation and the Liberals just voted together to pass a Bill that will slam the door on Iranians fleeing a war they have cheered on.

Robodebt was the great test of Australia’s accountability mechanisms – and they failed The final report into the Centrelink debt recovery process that wreaked havoc on the vulnerable is not the full-stop many wanted. It has not restored the trust that was so fundamentally broken

Robodebt was the great test of Australia’s accountability mechanisms – and they failed

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Labor trumpets that they’re rescuing the soccer players for the headlines, while ramming through laws which racially profile and punish everyone else in the same boat.
Cunning stunts.

You can tell how much the Albanese govt cares about the poor victims of the Iranian regime by the way they ... change visa laws to stop them seeking protection here.

US responsible for deadly missile strike on Iran school, preliminary inquiry says Strike that killed at least 175 people, most of them children, reportedly the result of a targeting mistake by US military planners

We’ll continue to trust US intelligence though.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

So the inquiry seems to have found that the Girls School in Iran was previously part of the IRGC compound, and US intelligence thought it still was.
Looking at freely available satellite images, you can see that there's been a wall separating the school from the IRGC base since at least 2016.

Trump is blasting The Undertaker's entrance theme to pump up the crowd ahead of his rally in Kentucky

Two robodebt officials engaged in serious corrupt conduct, Nacc finds, but Scott Morrison cleared Anti-corruption watchdog makes adverse findings against two former public servants but clears four other individuals

Robodebt was the worst failure of public administration in Australian history. It raised est. $1.73 bn of illegitimate debts from over 430,000 vulnerable Australians and plunged thousands of families into distress and grief. And still no real consequences.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Headline: Matt Canavan elected Nationals leader and call for more Australian babies more Australian everything”

When introducing yourself to voters, it’s good to make sure you don’t get off to a creepy start

Russian oil now selling at a premium! Great job everyone!

Labor MPs quietly alarmed by Albanese government’s response to US-Israel strikes on Iran Several MPs question why the party rushed to endorse strikes that were likely in breach of international law

In a democratic government, Labor MPs would be loudly alarmed at their party’s response to the illegal war on Iran… and Gaza

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Similarly, we should think about the arm twisting which parts of the US administration are trying to do to the Gulf states to make them actively participate in a war which they didn’t start, don’t want and weren’t even warned about in advance.

Australia to send aircraft and air-to-air missiles to Gulf to ‘protect and defend’ civilians, PM says Anthony Albanese announces surveillance aircraft, air-to-air missiles and supporting personnel will be deployed to the UAE after request from their president

Gulf countries welcomed US military bases because they thought it would make them safer. In fact it's put them directly in harm's way due to the US's actions and the US has not adequately defended them.

We should think about this precedent in the AUKUS context. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...