Another Aussie here. We have elections coming up and looking at the US as a cautionary tale for reactionary politics. Hoping it does not translate to success for our Trump-lite candidate here.

Trumps just gonna keep him hanging hoping he’s in the inner circle and bleeding him dry in the process.

Both are brilliant!

I didn’t like Prophet Song either. The mother character’s inability to do anything kinda bogged the whole story down for me.

Same for me

I mean games, tv, movies all have some sort of rating system so you don’t really have to spend a lot of time reviewing the content for your kids. Seems like a gap that this doesn’t exist for books.

Credit to the Australian members of parliament who haven’t let this go:

[Prime Minister Anthony] Albanese has said he raised the matter directly with the US, including with the president, Joe Biden, during his visit to Washington in October 2023.

In February this year, Albanese and cabinet members supported a motion put forward by independent MP Andrew Wilkie urging the UK and US to allow Assange to return home to Australia.

The attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, said he also raised the matter with his US counterpart, Merrick Garland, during a meeting in January this year.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jun/25/julian-assange-australia-reaction-wikileaks-founder-plea-deal

Beach Read by Emily Henry. Both protagonists are authors.

That is amazing.

Does not look happy! Hope she’s a keeper :)

Their faces say “but we haven’t had any food in like… hours!”

That’s why my shoes all wear out so soon now!

This is how Silo started. Just saying.

Great drive from Norris

“Before going into beta” is HIGHLY optimistic lol

Good to hear!

Microwave Watt?? Converts cooking instructions to whatever your actual microwave is (mine’s a shitty 700w beast so I have to add about 50% cooking time to most things). http://www.microwavewatt.com/

For sure, good luck!

The kindle fee is 13.99 aud/month for me which is pricy by my standards. The library however is totally free but it doesn’t have every book I want. So it’s either wait for a physical copy at the library, just buy it outright, or take it off the reading list.

I tried KU for a month or two but I couldn’t find enough good books to read to justify the cost. Instead I just got a digital library subscription and read on my phone/tablet.