@MookyTroubadour

I've been thinking about all this for a while now, and my current thesis is that these people are not so much stupid as desperate to believe a horribly bigoted thing, and the Murdochs et al., are very good at telling them the thing they want to hear.

@TrueBloodNet

That they will never, ever, ever get.

It's performative nonsense.

That said, they still get quite a lot of tradeable currency from the people who quietly buy their oil and gas. Too many of those...

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😂

"$20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000: Russia fines Google more than world’s GDP"

https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/20-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-russia-fines-google-more-than-world-s-gdp-20241101-p5kn69.html

The cat's switched to summer mode too.

#CatsOfCoSo

The Murdoch propaganda operations are nothing if not consistent:

https://www.theguardian.com/media/commentisfree/2024/nov/01/news-corp-the-australian-pitches-itself-firmly-in-trump-tent-at-madison-square-garden-rally-ntwnfb

@daveolake

Exactly. Preferences/Ranked Choice gives voters a better chance to make themselves heard. 👍

You know it's finally proper summer in Australia when there's #Cricket on a Friday arvo.

It's Women's Big Bash League today, but any kind of cricket is my happy place 😊

@th3j35t3r

Sometimes, I give the phishers points for novel efforts, but I almost feel insulted by this one.

It's not so much that, unlike this nonsense, the Australian Taxation Office typically tends to avoid using exclamation points in their missives, so it's something of a clue when there is one.

It's the laziness about the sender's address and the idiotic filename that "WillieHansonxx" wants me to click.

0/5, no stars, 👎👎.

@t_heislen

Yeah, the mini humbuckers have a real bark to them.

Mine's a delight to play too, and has the special bonus feature of staying in tune that even the expensive 3-a-side tuner Gibsons sometimes don't always come with 😉

@stueytheround

Ah! Now there's a band I haven't thought about in a while. Very cool!

Yes, Gibsons turned up loud and playing blues in G can't be wrong 😉

Gibson Firebird > Marshall JTM Studio 20 with the volume up to 9 or so, with just a touch of plate reverb because I can't not 🤷‍♂️

It makes me think about the Beano album tone every time...

#CoSoGuitar

Tracking with these this arvo.

The cat behind them is utterly, utterly unconcerned.

#CoSoGuitar #CosoMusician #CatsOfCoSo

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Sometimes they just say the quiet part out loud.

Regular reminder that inflation is not caused by the government, it's caused by corporations price-gouging so that they can redistribute your money to their shareholders.

It’s not about food. It’s about controlling the routine and she does it well.

#CatsOfCoso

@Museek

Things are very bad.