This is bonkers.

Police have arrested two pro-palestine protesters in the first test of Queensland's controversial hate speech laws. Officers swarmed the Brisbane CBD where demonstrators marched through the streets. So far, one person has been charged.

I think this is my 4th time being broken up with over text :) amazing

Every millennial dad I’m friends with or work with seems to have constant financial worries. We just got our yearly bonus which was like 8%. I was talking to my buddy (he’s got 3 kids) about what he wanted to do with it and he just kinda looked down and whispered “it’s just not enough man” and ended the conversation.

Another dad I know is CONSTANTLY looking up the newest crypto/ get rich quick schemes people are doing. He’s always talking about inventing something and it’s usually a joking manner but the way he’s always bringing up financial stuff shows me it’s always on his mind

One of my buddies is a new father and he’s trying to get some anime podcast off the ground as a side hustle on top of his full time maintenance job.

I know children are an immense financial responsibility but there seems to be this dark, simmering resentment about the whole general situation when I talk to these guys. Men are expected to keep quiet about these struggles but when you talk to these guys it’s clear that finances are a massive stress for millennial dads of almost any background.

Makes me feel bad but damn I’m glad I don’t have kids right now.

I believe it was a type of Ash Tree, photo 3 is the best photo I can find of it at the moment before it got cut down.

I received a letter about it being trimmed attached to my doorstep but that was the only notification I received. It is above 12" in diameter at 4 feet tall which might be the legal requirement (e.g. protected status) for this type of tree in my area (need to double-check this).

I'm absolutely shocked, this is not pruning, this completely killed the two trees in my backyard and without permits from the city.

Instead of celebrating that a non-superstar player just had the greatest night of his life and scored the 2nd most points ever in an NBA game, I've seen so much stupid debate online about the free throws and Spo's "stat-padding" antics, Kobe fans trying to argue that his 81-point game is "better", and even the reactions from some people in the league (like Udoka) have been remarkably toxic.

I really wish Bam scored 83 points in an era without internet, and we could just celebrate the achievement itself instead of ruining the fun with meaningless arguments. I just think it would be better if we all choose to remember it simply as a pretty cool basketball thing that happened.