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As a loving parent you must ensure your child knows about the Musk-Trump breakup.

How to talk to your child about global chaos (while they’re watching Bluey)

You must acknowledge their emotions and validate their feelings, but most importantly, never, ever speak when Bingo speaks.

  • Thomas Mitchell

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Nicknames are often a sign of affection and intimacy, or because you’re really tall.

The one thing I really want is the one thing I can’t give myself

Some men are born with nicknames, some achieve nicknames, and some have nicknames thrust upon them. Sadly, I am still waiting for mine.

  • Thomas Mitchell
John Clarke pictured in 2007.

‘I didn’t want to’: How John Clarke’s daughter surprised herself with a doco about her dad

Lorin Clarke had no desire to make a movie about her father – until she heard that a bunch of other filmmakers did, and they had it all wrong.

  • Karl Quinn
Rob DenBleyker (left), Kris Wilson (centre) and Adam Nusrallah. Cyanide & Happiness are coming to Oz Comic-Con for the first time.

Edgy or offensive? How these early-2000s internet creators kept webcomics alive

Webcomics are well past their peak, but Cyanide & Happiness is still deep in the game. Here’s how it has managed to keep up with the non-stop beast that is the internet.

  • Nell Geraets
London-born US comic Demi Adejuyigbe.

‘I was strange’: How this comedian’s defence mechanism became a lucrative career

London-born Demi Adejuyigbe moved to Texas with his parents when he was just five years old. What happened next forged a path he still walks.

  • Daniel Herborn
Life in the suburbs brings with it a constant pressure to come up with things to do, including, befriending a possum.

From friend to foe: The possum in my driveway has become a problem

What started as a friendly game with a charming marsupial has evolved into a waking nightmare.

  • Thomas Mitchell
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British comedian Jen Brister is touring Australia.

She was told women weren’t funny. Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French showed her otherwise

Jen Brister’s comedy career began amid sexism and misogyny – now she sells out theatres.

  • Rod Yates
The sooner we ban canapés, the better off we’ll all be.

Canapes are a bite-sized stress we could all do without

Awkward, unsatisfying and stressful, canapes are a bite-sized burden to us all.

  • Thomas Mitchell
Recent research found that adults make an average of 122 informed choices daily. That is far too many.

Suffering from decision fatigue? Why not take tips from a toddler and live life on repeat

Every day, my two-year-old son rewatches the same movie and then reads the same books before bed. In a world of endless choices, he has chosen to disregard decisions altogether.

  • Thomas Mitchell
Benito Skinner in Overcompensating.

How this TikTok star enlisted Charli XCX for his debut TV show

This raucous A24 comedy features White Lotus alumni Connie Britton and Adam DiMarco, Kyle MacLachlan, Megan Fox and the queen of ‘brat summer’. It’s all testament to the pull of Benito Skinner.

  • Jared Richards

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