rustyalex (thank you for your interest itm)

@JebraFaushay Holy shit! I suppose you can take the kid outta Long Island but you can't...

At first I was like, why is Billy Joel allowing a Make a Wish kid up on stage with him? Then I realized it was his daughter. So I’m not going to say anything at all. Sometimes that’s best. (BillyJoel)

@Peter_Fitz You are entirely correct about the 'personalising' which happens all the time in Australian media. To paraphrase from many: 'He was a great bloke... kids footy coach... salt of the earth... until he wasn't' is the way murderers are framed.

To unload a personal bug-bear on this, I don't like headlines that designate him just "Dezi", as if he is a mate, a simple Aussie bloke. Too familiar and friendly, somehow. It jars. Thoughts?

@StuddertNatalie @luiscalleo two out of two. agree

@luiscalleo Red hot chilli peppers and Pearl Jam.

What’s a band everyone seems to love, but you just never got into?

@ellensandell Fantastic and lovely and it's got a proper basket on it and I don't think you need to paint 'THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS' on it.

BREAKING NEWS – I’ve got a bike. Yes, I've had it for a while. Yes I’m super happy. No a billionaire didn't pay for it. Yes it’s amazing. Yes it annoys the Herald Sun. Yes it’s an anti-fascist machine. Yes it’s sexy. No I don't have a pilot, but I can give you a dink if you need.

@ronsterd89 Oooh, I know. Ralph Babet

@GreenTyler27 Tyler Green, do you have deep, lived experience as a failed political candidate?

We keep putting people in charge of highly technical portfolios without deep, lived experience in those systems. We have an energy minister who doesn’t understand energy and a treasurer who doesn’t understand finance… and now this.

@BoylanRoger Not sure about that, but James Coburn would not have got the accent in a thousand years (or the lifespan of the 3rd Reich, whichever came first).

Aussie Flying Officer Sedgwick (James Coburn) awaiting an appointment with the Resistance in "The Great Escape." A critic wrote that "if he didn’t crack the accent, Coburn nails the attitude of an Australian."

@WarMonitor3 Nice Lancaster. My father also flew in Lancasters, 55 ops with PFF 1944-45, shot down twice and won the DFC in a VC crew. Yes, they were heroes, all of them.

What was your relatives role in WW2? I will go first my great grandad fought as an RAF pilot flying anti submarine machines hunting German U-Boats near Malta.

@blakandblack Without hate they are nothing. With hate they are alone. It's ignorant and pathetic.

I’m not sure how “fuck off you retarded race communist” could be considered a reasonable response, or even a comment that adds value to a discussion. And the RWNJ wonder why normal people, ignore, block, move on…

@sszinglehead I put some words together to describe my feelings and this is what I came up with. 'Milktoast sphincter'...

Andrew Probyn introduces James Paterson to the #NPC audience as "eloquent" and a "fixer". Rightio.

@buttsa_twinkle @strangerous10 Aha!! It's funny what happens when the mind tries to block things out for you... I was quite literally blank for a few moments there... 🥺

@rustyalex2 @strangerous10 TBH I’d rather Georgia on my mind

Sarah Ferguson stumps Susan McDonald revealing a pathetic $9M in tax for gas giants despite a huge $40B jump in receipts from the Ukraine war💥 McDonald says it’s complex but fair.🙄 In what world is $9M on $40B fair? One where gas corps write the rules, & the donation checks.💰

@buttsa_twinkle @strangerous10 Errm, I've got Georgia On My Mind...

@rustyalex2 @strangerous10 Starts with a G and ends with an A

@jimaxon66 You know what they say, Jim... when in the Himalayas do what the locals do

I weren't goin' anyway, this seals the deal.....

@fundandtechy @Jason_R_Burt Some, but shrapnel is not lead. No, not 4%

@rustyalex2 @Jason_R_Burt Lead...it's lead...

The fighting on D-Day was so intense that up to 4% of the sand on Omaha beach is now made up of shrapnel. 🪖 The shrapnel, broken down into tiny pieces, remains in the sand due to the hardness of the metal and its resistance to erosion. 🔬

@SeaSpitfires Ah, le char Tigre at Vimoutiers, on the D979 direction Gace.

Fancy a gate guardian anyone?

@bakes47516205 A$300m to arrest one man?? Wow. Can you give me a source for this arresting claim, please? Waiting.

Got this book at the library this morning there is currently 35000 Australian soldiers and airmen still missing in action from the wars of the 20th century yet we spend $300 million of arresting our most decorated soldier farking disgraceful 🤬

Send it to the TOP. This is cool for so many reasons.

@gomichild I hope it was delivered to the homeless shelters of DC that very evening

Looks like a pretty decent menu was on offer at the WHCD - a rare thing so it explains why some were reluctant to leave any.