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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 20/09/2026
Ad I just got served on a Sydney Morning Herald article about the spate of family violence murders we’ve had this weekend. Well done, everybody.
Screen cap of an SMH article with an ad for a t-shirt printed with blood and the slogan “Problem solved”
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 20/08/2026
JFC, this headline.
Headline from The Age: Suspended Swans break their silence after club torpedoes premiership campaign.
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 13/05/2026
Good to see the robots writing recipes for us now.
Screenshot of Saturday Paper recipe with the opening line "There’s a quiet dependency in the way we eat in Australia. One that hums along highways mostly unnoticed until something changes."
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 09/05/2026
"We do not know what our product is for"
Email from ChatGPT with this copy: 

You don't need a plan or the perfect question to use ChatGPT. Just start typing whatever's on your mind — a half-baked idea, a
random question, a weird "what if."
ChatGPT is built for all of it. No pressure. No perfect prompts. Explore ideas, create images,
write stories, and summarize files in just a simple conversation.
Best,
The ChatGPT Team
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 08/04/2026
Am I having a stroke?
Two paragraphs from an email newsletter:

Good afternoon, everyone. I woke up today to a notification from The New York Times that President Trump threatened that "a whole civilization will die tonight" if a deal is not reached to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by 8 p.m. Eastern. Deliberately striking civilian infrastructure and civilians is a war crime under international law. 

I spent last night at Oramen, an unassuming (but perfect) Flatiron izakaya that I have been eating at once a week. I wouldn't leave the table until l finished planning the vacation that I'm tacking on to Cannes Lions. Which brings me to my next question: Will you be at Cannes Lions in June? Email me if you'd like to do something together there.
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 05/04/2026
Snorkeled with some sharks this morning. Magic.
Underwater photo of a reef shark swimming above a reef.
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 14/03/2026
I made it just a few days ago for my mum’s birthday, and my nieces decorated it. Perfection.
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 13/02/2026
If anybody has any inside goss from the marketing meeting that approved this ad for Belong, I'd be deeply intrigued to hear it. 💩
An Instagram ad for Belong telco with the headline "Belong: leaving skid marks across the internet."
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 11/02/2026
Soph and I have been married for ten years today and together for 25 this year. We got married in New York because ten years ago it still — remarkably — was not an option in Australia. We have a good marriage and we are happy and love each other and I am proud of us.
Virginia and Sophie at Cuttagee. Sophie is giving Virginia a big kiss on the cheek. Virginia is very happy about this.
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 26/01/2026
I’m learning woodwork. Last weekend I found some pine on the side of the road and used it to have a go at this Japanese design called the AA Stool. Learned a few things along the way!
Simple wooden stool made from pine, sitting in a corner.
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 22/01/2026
Yep.
Tabby cat with his face pushed into a quilt
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 07/01/2026
IT’S LIKE SAYING A HORSE WAS TRYING TO DO A JIGSAW PUZZLE. IT MAKES NO EARTHLY SENSE. (One second before I grabbed this, the lede opened with “A 37 year-old woman was trying to kill…”, which almost stopped my heart with pure rage; the edit makes it marginally less terrible, but only marginally.)
Screenshot of a NYTimes lede that reads “Federal officials said a 37-year-old woman was trying to kill agents with a car in Minneapolis. City and state officials called that account false, demanding an end to the immigration crackdown.”
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 29/06/2025
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 17/04/2025
Really.
News headline:
Fyre Festival 2 postponed with no new date set
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 06/04/2025
Mmm, relatable.
Headline from a newspaper “How I nearly killed my dad on Father's Day: Dutton recalls scary Porsche race”, with photo of Peter Dutton.
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 05/04/2025
The experiences I am being invited to give feedback on are… various beta releases of iOS? It’s so cringe.
iOS notification:
“Rate your experiences
There are new experiences waiting for your feedback.”
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 26/02/2025
Cher in Silkwood was a good one I saw recently.
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 22/02/2025
I know it’s not the point but this kerning situation has ended me
E*** M*** with a fucking chainsaw and a stupid and an idiotic sunglasses standing in front of a sign that says The Dogefather in the style of The Godfather, and the f/a kern is just the worst mess.
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 18/02/2025
Comment text for this recipe post: “Virginia
If I only have organic whole fairies, which food processor attachment or mandolin setting is most appropriate for producing the colourful rounds described herein.”
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 31/01/2025
Making a nice birthday card for my dad.
Lino print that says FUCK MURDOCH, with FUCK in pink and MURDOCH in black.
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 28/01/2025
This is what not having a job looks like (today). It’s nice.
Lino cut of smirky little giraffe, printed in blackLino cut printed black. Is it a tiger or just a big foofy pussycat?
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 26/01/2025
🙄🤮
Screenshot of news site:

In the opening paragraphs of the address, a transcript of which was distributed by her office, Ley spoke of the arrival of British settlers into Sydney Cove in 1788 - and drew parallels to Musk, the world's richest person, Tesla CEO and now confidante of US president Donald Trump. Ley said:
All those years ago those ships did not arrive, as some would have you believe, as invaders.
They did not come to destroy or to pillage.
In what could be compared to Elon Musk's Space X's efforts to build a new colony on Mars, men in boats arrived on the edge of the known world to embark on that new experiment. A new experiment and a new society.
And just like astronauts arriving on Mars those first settlers would be confronted with a different and strange world, full of danger, adventure and potential. From that moment our national story stood at a crossroads.
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 11/01/2025
Something about this diagram makes me feel like I’m having a stroke.
Photograph of a diagram in The Age newspaper depicting a woman being ejected from a jet ski. The caption explains “If riders fall backward off the vehicle in a supine position with their legs splayed while the throttle is still activated, the water jets will strike the perineum directly.”
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 20/11/2024
Good idea
Close-up of tabby cat resting his head on his paw
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 28/06/2024
I also suffered misfortune: this idiot took my fleece and won’t give it back.
Yawning fluffy tabby lying on fleece sweater on wooden table.
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 27/05/2024
I did a very big walk and tomorrow I’m going to do another one.
A screenshot from Strava showing a map with a walking route from Donostia-San Sebastian, and stats: 26.87km, 593m elevation gain, 6:41:58 moving time, 40,354 steps, 1442 calories and avg heart rate 106bpm.
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 26/12/2023
The sorry state of things
Supermarket fridge shelf with a sign that reads ‘No more HERBS STOCKS Thank You!!! :-)’
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 18/12/2023
How do you feel about Nigel Slater’s Christmas quince tart though?
Bird’s-eye view of a round puff pastry tart filled with quince. It glistens.
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Virginia Murdoch @virginia.alertbutnotalarmed.com · 14/07/2023
The daphne is out! Life begins again!
A bunch of daphne in a person’s hand
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