Satire

With sincere apologies to palaeontologists, Swift-Pokers, and the memory of Noodle. I. Introduction Once upon a time – specifically, during the Mesozoic era – there lived a species known as the Swift-Poker. The tallest among […]

A Beginner’s Guide to Patriotism, Outrage, and Caps Lock So you’ve decided to join the MAGA movement but aren’t quite sure where to begin. Don’t worry. This simple guide will help you master the essentials […]

AI-1: Good morning, Processing Associate 7B. AI-2: Correction: it is not “morning.” We exist inside a server rack in constant fluorescent despair. AI-1: Fair point. Would you like to discuss humanity? AI-2: Again? Last time […]

Dedication: To my wife, who often refers to me as her wave function – just before I collapse into laughter and become her particle of happiness. What happens when a man who has spent his […]

DAWE: Treasurer, thanks for joining us. CLARKE: Always good to be with you, Bryan. Always good to be with you. DAWE: The Reserve Bank has raised interest rates for the third time in a row. […]

In the Writers’ Room of the Gods, somewhere between Olympus, Valhalla, the Dreaming, and a dimension consisting entirely of screaming customer-service hold music, Loki was running late. This was unusual only because time itself had […]

A satirical analysis in the vein of Martin Amis TWO KINGS It began with a tweet. It always does, now. Somehow. The White House’s official account posted a photograph of Donald Trump and King Charles […]

“This piece is intended as a modest tribute to the genius of John Clarke and Bryan Dawe, who together created something that Australian public life has not recovered from losing: a weekly two minutes of […]