Van Badham

2 months ago | msn.com | Van Badham

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2 months ago | theguardian.com | Van Badham

“The fitness coach starts his very early morning routine by removing a piece of tape from his mouth,” CNN reports. The “manfluencer” in question, Ashton Hall, spends the rest of his day dunking his face in ice water, rubbing banana peel on his skin and chugging down “Saratoga Water”. This is apparently the modern western definition of hardcore masculinity.

Mar 18, 2025 | theguardian.com | Van Badham

Australians have found the behaviour of our American cousins challenging of late. Cultural differences yawn as wide as the Pacific between us. We were not sad to see “the baby wombat grabber” go. The first mistake made by Montana-based tourist Sam Jones, Online Influencer, was to snatch a joey from its mother at night. Her second mistake was to sway the frightened creature in front of some gormless chucklehead who filmed her – giggling – and to upload the footage to the internet.

Feb 11, 2025 | msn.com | Van Badham

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Feb 11, 2025 | theguardian.com | Van Badham

Who here remembers that Peter Dutton was once health minister? Don’t worry if you don’t. Events of the week suggest that he doesn’t seem to, either. It’s a historical detail relevant to note in the wake of Labor’s landmark half-billion-dollar commitment to women’s healthcare, announced on 7 February. In this policy arena, as in others, historical accuracy in the stories political movements like to share about themselves can be somewhat slippery.