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We all know that January is a tough month, so here's a big old Cow having a big old hug.
January 19, 2026 at 8:21 AM
We all know that January is a tough month, so here's a big old Cow having a big old hug.
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We couldn’t possibly change the date. It’s just not something we do.
January 19, 2026 at 7:35 AM
We couldn’t possibly change the date. It’s just not something we do.
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Check out this BEAUTIFUL full-halo CME which has now cleared the CCOR-1 field of view. It is fast with a transit time of ~1.5 days. Preliminary models indicate an impact sometime Monday night (tomorrow!!!) and my guess is G2-G3 conditions are possible pending arrival at Earth.
January 18, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Check out this BEAUTIFUL full-halo CME which has now cleared the CCOR-1 field of view. It is fast with a transit time of ~1.5 days. Preliminary models indicate an impact sometime Monday night (tomorrow!!!) and my guess is G2-G3 conditions are possible pending arrival at Earth.
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The Sun just produced a truly spectacular #SolarFlare! Although its flare classification (defined by its peak brightness at X-ray wavelengths) is not huge (X1.95), the physical volume of the flare is the biggest I’ve seen in a long time. Earth-directed too. What an event – wow!
January 18, 2026 at 11:32 PM
The Sun just produced a truly spectacular #SolarFlare! Although its flare classification (defined by its peak brightness at X-ray wavelengths) is not huge (X1.95), the physical volume of the flare is the biggest I’ve seen in a long time. Earth-directed too. What an event – wow!
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New year, new website, and a new place for me to pop occasional writing that's too big for a tweet but too short or niche for an ABC article.
Feel free to subscribe for email updates: caseybriggs.com
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Casey Briggs
Elections analyst and data journalist
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January 18, 2026 at 11:23 PM
New year, new website, and a new place for me to pop occasional writing that's too big for a tweet but too short or niche for an ABC article.
Feel free to subscribe for email updates: caseybriggs.com
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Out of all the images circulating, this was the one that I think nails it.
January 18, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Out of all the images circulating, this was the one that I think nails it.
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Feels like something cracked today in the transatlantic alliance. Europeans have been swallowing their pride, bitting their tongues, and bending the knee. That strategy may have bought them time but it has now clearly failed. It also had a major cost - it has made the WH think Europe will cave. 1/
January 18, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Feels like something cracked today in the transatlantic alliance. Europeans have been swallowing their pride, bitting their tongues, and bending the knee. That strategy may have bought them time but it has now clearly failed. It also had a major cost - it has made the WH think Europe will cave. 1/
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When this was broadcast over forty years ago, it was satire. It wasn't intended to be a roadmap today's politicians. 😬🤣
Whoops Apocalypse (1982).
youtu.be/aA8P-BxT1C0?...
Whoops Apocalypse (1982).
youtu.be/aA8P-BxT1C0?...
Whoops Apocalypse - Labour Government - ITV, 1982
YouTube video by Bill Matthews - Quizzes, Comedy and Drama
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January 17, 2026 at 11:45 PM
When this was broadcast over forty years ago, it was satire. It wasn't intended to be a roadmap today's politicians. 😬🤣
Whoops Apocalypse (1982).
youtu.be/aA8P-BxT1C0?...
Whoops Apocalypse (1982).
youtu.be/aA8P-BxT1C0?...
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This may be the funniest thing that ever happened ever.
The big man, the tough guy, his feelings are hurt, to the point that he’s threatening to sue his own party.
And the rest of the party, who chose him as leader and campaigned on his policies, did not come here to praise Caesar . . .
#AusPol
The big man, the tough guy, his feelings are hurt, to the point that he’s threatening to sue his own party.
And the rest of the party, who chose him as leader and campaigned on his policies, did not come here to praise Caesar . . .
#AusPol
Liberal election autopsy delayed after Dutton suggests report defamatory
The report, co-authored by Liberal grandees Pru Goward and Nick Minchin, has now been sent to a legal team to ensure it is watertight while the party decides what step to take next.
www.abc.net.au
January 17, 2026 at 11:57 PM
This may be the funniest thing that ever happened ever.
The big man, the tough guy, his feelings are hurt, to the point that he’s threatening to sue his own party.
And the rest of the party, who chose him as leader and campaigned on his policies, did not come here to praise Caesar . . .
#AusPol
The big man, the tough guy, his feelings are hurt, to the point that he’s threatening to sue his own party.
And the rest of the party, who chose him as leader and campaigned on his policies, did not come here to praise Caesar . . .
#AusPol
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Pannonica de Koenigswarter, the “Baroness of Jazz”, by Lisette Model, c. 1956
“I always likened her to the great royal patrons of Mozart or Wagner’s day. Yet she never put the spotlight on herself. She really loved our music.”
- Sonny Rollins
“I always likened her to the great royal patrons of Mozart or Wagner’s day. Yet she never put the spotlight on herself. She really loved our music.”
- Sonny Rollins
January 17, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Pannonica de Koenigswarter, the “Baroness of Jazz”, by Lisette Model, c. 1956
“I always likened her to the great royal patrons of Mozart or Wagner’s day. Yet she never put the spotlight on herself. She really loved our music.”
- Sonny Rollins
“I always likened her to the great royal patrons of Mozart or Wagner’s day. Yet she never put the spotlight on herself. She really loved our music.”
- Sonny Rollins
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Signing off with a sleeping cat, drawn by Federico Barocci. Italy c. 1600. Today has been his day.
January 17, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Signing off with a sleeping cat, drawn by Federico Barocci. Italy c. 1600. Today has been his day.
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This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
January 16, 2026 at 4:14 AM
This is your reminder that Hungarian-Jewish scientist George de Hevesy dissolved two Nobel Prizes in aqua regia to keep them out of the hands of the Nazis.
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
He then left the dissolved solution on his shelf and fled to Sweden.
(After the war he un-dissolved the gold and the prizes were re-cast.)
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
January 16, 2026 at 10:03 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
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In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
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“Excuse me, but the others sent me up here to ask you to please not roll around so much.”
January 14, 2026 at 8:04 PM
“Excuse me, but the others sent me up here to ask you to please not roll around so much.”
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📺 OMG—who made this?! Noah Wyle has a message for all you—vaccine skeptics…
Share with a friend who needs to hear it.
Share with a friend who needs to hear it.
January 15, 2026 at 8:06 PM
📺 OMG—who made this?! Noah Wyle has a message for all you—vaccine skeptics…
Share with a friend who needs to hear it.
Share with a friend who needs to hear it.
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ngl I knew the media would be useless standing up to Trump, but I really did underestimate just how complicit they would be.
These pricks would do a hit piece on Oscar Schindler.
These pricks would do a hit piece on Oscar Schindler.
January 16, 2026 at 2:31 AM
ngl I knew the media would be useless standing up to Trump, but I really did underestimate just how complicit they would be.
These pricks would do a hit piece on Oscar Schindler.
These pricks would do a hit piece on Oscar Schindler.
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![Comic. Standard 16-Part Epoxy. [Epoxy applicator with multiple labeled chambers in different colors: resin; hardener; filler, softener; rosin; stuff that bonds permanently to skin and nothing else; stuff that will turn white and crack over a few days, for decorative appearance; placebo; minced duct tape; acetone Fragrance; powdered bar magnets; polyethylvinylesteracetate; 2-polyethylvinylesteracetate; salt and pepper to taste; blood sample from the Gorilla Glue gorillas; stuff that bonds to every known material except yours]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiamknds4yiai44hrtq3eiau3fqxjfzufclkb64uaxdnnig5klsck4@jpeg)
January 15, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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Greedy Smith would have been celebrating his 70th birthday today if he was still alive. We lost him in 2019 aged 63 after he suffered a heart attack 😘
#RipLegend
#RipLegend
January 15, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Greedy Smith would have been celebrating his 70th birthday today if he was still alive. We lost him in 2019 aged 63 after he suffered a heart attack 😘
#RipLegend
#RipLegend
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🎉 Can you believe Wikipedia is 25 years old? 🎂
A quarter-century of free knowledge—built on a simple but powerful idea: show your sources. That commitment to citations is one of our favorite things about Wikipedia. ℹ️📚🔍
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#Wikipedia25 #WikipediaDay @wikipedia.org
A quarter-century of free knowledge—built on a simple but powerful idea: show your sources. That commitment to citations is one of our favorite things about Wikipedia. ℹ️📚🔍
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#Wikipedia25 #WikipediaDay @wikipedia.org
January 15, 2026 at 11:00 PM
🎉 Can you believe Wikipedia is 25 years old? 🎂
A quarter-century of free knowledge—built on a simple but powerful idea: show your sources. That commitment to citations is one of our favorite things about Wikipedia. ℹ️📚🔍
🧵⬇️ (1/5)
#Wikipedia25 #WikipediaDay @wikipedia.org
A quarter-century of free knowledge—built on a simple but powerful idea: show your sources. That commitment to citations is one of our favorite things about Wikipedia. ℹ️📚🔍
🧵⬇️ (1/5)
#Wikipedia25 #WikipediaDay @wikipedia.org
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Lord Zagrok here in the missing Tom Baker Doctor Who story 'The Claudia of the WInkleman' by Terrance Dicks and A Lady.
#thetraitors
#thetraitors
#TraitorsUK
To add unity amongst the remaining faithful and traitors... Tomorrows outfits for all to wear the random challenge revealed 🙏
To add unity amongst the remaining faithful and traitors... Tomorrows outfits for all to wear the random challenge revealed 🙏
January 15, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Lord Zagrok here in the missing Tom Baker Doctor Who story 'The Claudia of the WInkleman' by Terrance Dicks and A Lady.
#thetraitors
#thetraitors
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This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Settle-Carlisle railway. The Ribblehead Viaduct is one of the most iconic pieces of Victorian railway engineering in the UK, carrying the Settle–Carlisle line across Batty Moss.
📸 Wendy McDonnell | #ThursdayThoughts #YorkshireDales
📸 Wendy McDonnell | #ThursdayThoughts #YorkshireDales
January 15, 2026 at 5:00 AM
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Settle-Carlisle railway. The Ribblehead Viaduct is one of the most iconic pieces of Victorian railway engineering in the UK, carrying the Settle–Carlisle line across Batty Moss.
📸 Wendy McDonnell | #ThursdayThoughts #YorkshireDales
📸 Wendy McDonnell | #ThursdayThoughts #YorkshireDales