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June 2025

The grim pinata
I remembered a favourite misremembered quote today, William Goldman's famous line about Hollywood.
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Minutes of the Four Horsemen Corporation’s Quarterly Planning Meeting
Date: June 20, 2025
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A Ponzi scheme for used periscopes.
Let us now gather to commit the body of AUKUS to the deep, and offer a solemn "bugger me" for the slow, groaning death of Scott Morrison’s last great…
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My apologies, Mr Premier
An open letter to David Crisafulli
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May 2025

The Beast
No one would have believed, in the increasingly stupid years of the 21st century, that I would open my daily scroll of doom to learn that James…
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Choosing what you want.
Sometimes these things are easy to write.
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The Decline and Fall of the House of Walmarticus
(A little programming note.
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What if they had a culture war and nobody came?
All good things must come to an end, even the Festival of Shameful Joy.
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This is why we can have nice things.
Today is the Festival of Schadenfreude.
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Take a deep breath.
I’m in transit today, and I want to wait until the election is over before writing anything, so the column will drop on Monday.
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April 2025

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