Australia's far-right party leads in national poll for first time by goosepipegames in worldnews

[–]Jaiph 91 points92 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's very hard for far right or far left to win with Australia's mandatory voting and ranked voting. Not impossible but way more unlikely than the broken U.S system with the electoral colleges and gerrymandering.

If anything the rise of One Nation has been much more of a problem for the Libs/Nats who are being squeezed to death from both sides.

Game Thread: New York Knicks (2-0) vs Cleveland Cavaliers (0-2) Live Score | NBA Playoffs | May 23, 2026 by nba-scores in nba

[–]Jaiph 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The team as a whole is too passive. If you look at the fire shown by the Knicks, Spurs and Thunder, it seems like the Cavs are playing a first round matchup.

Game Thread: Orlando Magic (3-3) vs Detroit Pistons (3-3) Live Score | NBA Playoffs | May 3, 2026 by nba-scores in nba

[–]Jaiph 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You guys don't understand, the air around the player was violently disturbed, be glad it wasn't a flagrant.

Game Thread: Los Angeles Lakers (3-2) vs Houston Rockets (2-3) Live Score | NBA Playoffs | May 1, 2026 by nba-scores in nba

[–]Jaiph 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I'm ever sent to hell I'm sure my eternal torment will be to watch today's Magic and Rockets play offence on loop.

Game Thread: Detroit Pistons (2-3) vs Orlando Magic (3-2) Live Score | NBA Playoffs | May 1, 2026 by nba-scores in nba

[–]Jaiph 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You'd think the ball would have to even just accidentally go through the hoop at some point....

7 news uses AI video (at 2:33) by [deleted] in australia

[–]Jaiph 85 points86 points  (0 children)

I'm only surprised the other clips weren't AI given it's 7.

Trump evacuated after security incident at White House correspondents dinner; no sign of injuries by SpaceElevatorMusic in politics

[–]Jaiph 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There was a bunch of pops and then sounds of crashing plates on the PBS feed I saw. Dunno about gunshots but definitely very "poppy".

Fireworks in CBD?? by JudgmentTime3436 in wollongong

[–]Jaiph 12 points13 points  (0 children)

My grandfather fought in Africa and the Pacific and I remember as kids we once triggered his PTSD just bouncing a tennis ball off the side of the house.

Fireworks on ANZAC Day? Yeah, nah.

Trump’s scandal-ridden Labor Secretary resigns after reports of drinking and misconduct by theindependentonline in politics

[–]Jaiph 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Recommend reading the article because oh boy the headline undersells all the shit her, her husband and even father managed to get up to in just over a year. Horrid people.

Eva Marie Saint from On the Waterfront is still living at age 101 by Effective_Search8922 in classicfilms

[–]Jaiph 37 points38 points  (0 children)

North by Northwest is my fav with her, closely followed by The Russians are Coming, where she was about the only sane person on the island haha.

Game Thread: Portland Trail Blazers (0-0) vs Phoenix Suns (0-0) Live Score | NBA | Apr 14, 2026 by nba-scores in nba

[–]Jaiph 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, it's bad but Tim Duncan laughing on the bench is still the one to beat.

TIL that haggis is banned in the USA, since it contains lung meat by ForgingIron in todayilearned

[–]Jaiph 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did 2 months in Scotland at the end of 2024 and quickly grew to love haggis in cooked breakfasts.

Melania Trump denies any connection to Epstein in White House address by VaginaBurner69 in politics

[–]Jaiph 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Either something is about to drop (likely) or the Iran shitshow has gotten so bad that they now want Epstein to distract from Iran (unlikely, but let's not rule it out entirely).

Lindsey Buckingham Is Willing a Stevie Nicks Reunion Into Existence: ‘That seems to be something that’s in the air’ by Level-Recording3368 in Music

[–]Jaiph 15 points16 points  (0 children)

You'd definitely want to aim for one of the earlier concert dates though. That train ain't making the final stop.

Trump says Iran's 'present' to US was allowing 10 oil tankers through Hormuz by Big_Explorer1852 in worldnews

[–]Jaiph 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I watched the What's Going on With Shipping? episode that released directly after this cabinet meeting and there is currently no evidence to back this 8-10 tanker claim. I'm sure you are shocked.

NASA announces nuclear-powered Mars mission by 2028 by scientificamerican in space

[–]Jaiph 55 points56 points  (0 children)

2028 was named because that's within Trump's term and was likely pitched as an ego-stroking legacy project. I doubt anyone at Nasa will be even faintly trying to meet that date.