Reminder to all fellow parents that we have two jobs: keep our kids safe and give them a future The climate crisis is a parenting crisis. Among other things. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Reminder to all fellow parents that we have two jobs: keep our kids safe and give them a future The climate crisis is a parenting crisis. Among other things. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I think I need a derpy demon tiger tattoo, tbh. With a demon magpie in tiny hat on top.
I have now seen kpop demon hunters and my main takeaway is: more derpy demon tiger, please
Found some new adorable plant pot friends at the #HandmadeMarket (and I wonder why my kids swear quite a bit 🤔)
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Americans, you simply do not have to live like this. People in countries you consider your 'peer' nations do not live like this. Their children don't do shooting drills in school. They don't have industries around bulletproof backpacks or school lockdown systems. This is a choice this country makes.
The stories about the suicidal teenagers being encouraged by LLMs are incredibly triggering and heartbreaking. The internet was a fucked up place when I was a teen, but it also probably saved a lot of lives of hurt kids who needed community and found other *humans* who helped them through it.
Thinking about my 9yo, his impossibly long legs, his one crooked tooth, his obsession with butt jokes, the way he apologizes for things he doesn't have to apologize for, the way he walked his baby brother to the door this morning for his first day in kindergarten. My heart breaks for these parents.
Does JD know!?
And who will be reviewing this CCTV? On what devices? With what storage procedures and data protection?
The very latest On Campus and staff update email show quite a drastic, and very interesting, change of tone.
"Enough is enough. The leadership crisis at the ANU has gone on far too long, and staff, students and the wider community are paying the price. Chancellor Bishop and Vice-Chancellor Bell must go." Senator @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social thank you for standing up for ANU! greens.org.au/act/news/med...
years ago, an outlet used this image (or something very close to it) on an article I wrote on steel decarbonisation, and someone replied "THE FORBIDDEN HALOUMI" and weirdly my brain hasn't let me ever forget it
Man that took AWHILE
Happy Anniversary to my favourite Twitter interaction
I remember the ‘No obits’ headline as a time of hope, not of relief. I had lost more friends than I can count to AIDS. Just months earlier I had received my own diagnosis. I was told I should live another 20 years. That was 27+ years ago! HIV treatment is more effective than we guessed. 🙏 science.
In the car after pick up. The 8yo: "I'm getting married, I'm getting a husband" The 4yo: "I'm getting a bin chicken, I'm getting a tree" Such a great snapshot of their personalities. Tbh, a bin chicken and a tree sounds like a great idea rn.
Cannot stop laughing at this
There is always a real risk to become the blast of the past or known for the wrong Kodak moment. Changes to ANU governance are essential to avoid the downward spiral especially in central portfolios.
A great part of being union is the community of support we provide for one another in difficult times. All are welcome to show appreciation for Liz & others standing up for #ANU staff & students. If you're not yet an @nteunion.bsky.social member, join at www.nteu.au/join. ✊
That focused face is the best! Our youngest sleeps with a very focused, serious face and it melts my heart every time. Must be very interesting dreams!
It's behind a pay wall 😞 but please tell me that his kids also go "nope, not touching that" on their favourite meals and complain that he always makes pizza/any dish they said they loved.
"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people
Western Australia's ‘longest and most intense’ marine heatwave killed coral across 1,500km stretch - Scientists shocked by bleaching event that hit reefs from the world heritage-listed Ningaloo to the remote Ashmore Reef #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I feel like our climate world hasn't really absorbed a message that has sunk in, in other areas: progress isn't permanent, and whatever's been gained the past decade is vulnerable to being lost with surprising speed
Completely untenable. No leadership just inexcusable behaviour www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Standing in solidarity with brave colleagues and @nteuact.bsky.social reps giving evidence at the Senate Inquiry into uni governance. Grateful to @davidpocock.bsky.social & @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social for the tough questions. Disheartened by what’s come to light at ANU. Reform is needed urgently!
I used to be proud to work at ANU, for ANU. I feel nothing but shame now. There is no coming back from such terrible, scandalous behaviour from the university's executives. @drdemography.com I wept listening to you. We're with you.
Dr Millan Pintos Lopez told the Senate … of a “careful curation and manipulation of information presented to council”. “… there were issues [around] mounting communications presented to the ANU community or the media and they were, I believe, factually incorrect.” www.afr.com/work-and-car...
“Those excuses, to me, are exactly that, excuses. It is my opinion that that motion wasn’t voted on because, at the time, it would have passed … there was a deliberate attempt by the Chancellor to obfuscate, to distract and to deflect from that motion.” Will Burfoot region.com.au/chancellor-j...
Senator @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social describes what she’s heard as “unbearable” and calls for Chancellor and VC to resign. In the Senator’s words, their resignations or sacking is “the only path”.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Solidarity with Millan (our branch President). I have been so impressed by his union leadership and community engagement. This is terrible.
ANU community members, please help complete this governance survey. The organizers are seeking high volume of responses before the Senate hearing next Tuesday. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
For nearly 40 years, the Australian National Dictionary Centre has been chronicling Aussie words and phrases. Now, the ANU wants to kill it off.
📢 Millions of Australians are still struggling to afford everyday basics, research shows.
At home within the kids as we all feel under the weather. The 8yo decided I needed a "relaxing session". I now have to bathe my feet in a too small tray of freezing water with a few dead leaves in it. Said 8yo gives me the hard stare of death every time I dare to move a toe #relaxing
It feels like we should be making a bigger deal of “we actually did in fact find a cure for AIDS”
The Père Lachaise cemetery, so worth spending a day there finding famous graves and just walking around. Go to farmers markets, buy what you need for an impromptu picnic; spend an afternoon in a nice cafe for some people watching; go to the Musée de Cluny; catch a train to nearby cute, old cities.
Step up, @albomp.bsky.social. Words from politicians are cheap & disappear with the news cycle. Your actions now could save lives. "The NT government is acting from a criminal mindset — like an illegal occupying foreign power" - Warlpiri elder Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Such a gorgeous photo of Little and you. I think I'll always miss that stage. I love having bigger kids now, they're a lot of fun but that early stages were so special. Thanks for sharing!
Moar birthday party presents #crochet 🧶 Crochet fish, bunny and mouse, with their own fleece mattress and rag rug doona for three 4yos. Magic wand for a 9yo made using scraps of yarn, beads and an old knitting needle.
EVERYTHING women's health is political.
I'm looking for good starting-point / entry-level resources on LGBTQ+ world history. If you've got recommendations, especially ones online or that are printable with minimal hassle, please let me know!
I think a lot these days about how our expectations for the fruits of previously-domestic labors have risen so dramatically, along these sorts of liens. The amount of prep work required for healthy grocery store meals for a family is wild. Attention expectations for childrearing are wild.
A deep dive into what we know about menopause hormone therapy and heart disease vajenda.substack.com/p/estrogen-t...
Good thing the GOP is now in control & climate change has been outlawed. Otherwise this could have been worse! www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
“It’s the lack of transparency … We need to know more about how [ANU exec have] decided to propose these changes. This is our national university and they should be setting the standard.” Senator @davidpocock.bsky.social www.canberratimes.com.au/story/903003...
“The Renew ANU process has caused enormous harm and distress to a much loved institution and the people who have built it,” Mr @davidpocock.bsky.social said. “A reset is needed before the damage becomes irreparable.” region.com.au/call-for-sen...
When the exec claim a lower number of job losses they: * Don’t count casuals * They count FTE roles not people We are people not roles and we all count!
move over, moths
I’m an anxious flier so I get to my gate pretty early, but obviously not as early as this guy, who appears to have been waiting a while.
Is ANU playing silly buggers with the finances? Wouldn’t be the first time Australia has seen a big institution get creative with accounting (a la Qantas). www.canberratimes.com.au/story/902659...
This seal peeking out of the water in Cheticamp Harbour sees that you’re trying your best and thinks you’re doing great. It is, in fact, a seal of approval
Hint: almost every thing you see advertised and you go “wow, that’s so lazy” is used meaningfully in a disabled person’s life. Brought to you by my in laws snorting at the tennis shoes you can step into without tying
Congratulations! The carrier was a lifesaver for me when my kiddos were babies. I loved having them so close... and having free hands too!
The Wiggles, duh.
When the enormity of the world's horrors makes you feel helpless, narrow your focus. Find one stranger and scold them for posting a recipe while kids are dying. Call out a new mom for not adding alt text to a baby photo. Critique a selfie. Correct a joke. Show people you care more than them.
The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.
I mean, I get that it's a great and iconic song but yeah, nah. Not for #1 #Hottest100 #AusHottest100 Well, at least I can go eat now! Thanks everyone, it's been a fantastic day with you all
🥁 Hottest 100 of Australian songs: #4 #Hottest100 #AusHottest100 #NowPlaying 🕢 7:34 pm 🎵 Scar 🧑🎤 Missy Higgins 💿 The Sound Of White 🎧 Apple Music / Spotify / YouTube Music 📝 Lyrics
Sillily hoping for another Missy Higgins in the top 5...
Same. It feels so good.
Westknits' brioche explanation was a game changer when I started.
OK, looks like we need to make sure you don't name potential #1 until #2 has played: your songs get splayed the moment you mention them!
When Bluesky started a large % of users were trans people and sex workers. They kept the site going, made it fun, risqué, silly, serious, generous, open minded and bloody marvellous. No one gets to sanitise Bluesky. It’s for adults. If you don’t like something on here, don’t look at it. #BeFree
It's that or Fruit Salad 😬
Love, love, love Dr Ann!
Khe Sahn at number eight - if anyone wondered about Cold Chisel, wonder no more, this is an anti-Vietnam war song, much like Springsteen's Born in the USA, both songs have been skewed over the years for political purposes but listen to the lyrics, there is nothing ambiguous #hottest100
That tracks, I'm not yet Australian and can't understand why it's such a massive song. I'll report after becoming an Australian citizen!
They do!
Oh and I was listening to Triplej, which seems to be slightly behind Double J.
It me (or not). Now sending SfK vibes for at least one song in the top 10!
Thanks goodness, Sweet Disposition made it to the #hottest100!
I'm wondering whether we'll see any Temper Trap or SfK song 🤞🏼
NO WAY GET FUCKED FUCK OFF
Thunderstruck!! This survived all but the last cut to my shortlist. A worthy high finisher. Whatta choon #hottest100
Emmett Till would be 84 today. Not 114. Not 104. 84. He would be my uncle. Not great-great or great uncle. One of my parents' siblings. This is why we remember.
One of my absolute favourites.
It’s meant to be “Hottest” Songs, not something you’d play at a Yoga Session 🙄 #Hottest100
Gravy is the one Australian music phenomenon I don't get. Never have, probably never will 🤷🏼♀️
Suddenly freaking out that the Wriggles could be #1 again #hottest100
I scrolled too fast!
No Something for Kate or Missy Higgins yet.
Making small rag rug blankets for upcoming #crochet bunnies while listening to the #hottest100 🧶🐰 It would be perfect if the kids stopped bickering but hey, it ain't bad.
Torn was played in France so much when I was a teen! I loooooove that song.
Maybe the 18-29 yo voted on behalf of their parents 🤔
Another last minute birthday present, this time a #crochet magic wand and fairy-ish crown for a 5yo. The wand was made using bits of and pieces of yarn, a rhinestone, an old balloon stick, pipe cleaners, beads and quite a bit of clear glue. Hopefully, it doesn't look too much like a fried egg 🍳🪄🧶👑
I miss you (still!) when I drive home but I listen to the news religiously in the morning now 😅 She has a very fertile imagination, it's so much fun seeing how she brings things together in stories.
‘Boiling 🐸' effect makes people oblivious to threat of climate crisis, shows study ...people grasp climate change better through simple yes/no visuals. A frozen lake that no longer freezes hits harder than a temperature graph. Same data, clearer impact. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...
"In my 35 years with the ANU, I have not seen such a lack of vision, such a vacuum of ideas, such general disorganisation, nor such cavalier decision-making about institutions and programs built up through hard work over decades." When consultants 'fix' universities. johnmenadue.com/post/2025/07...
Stunning!
ICYMI, our full Four Corners story, God Complex, is here. Using YouTube as it can be internationally viewed. But also on ABC iView and our dedicated Four Corners website. #surgeon #medicine #4corners m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd5i...
That would make a fantastic Halloween costume!
Same pedestrian. I'm afraid they're now flat as a crepe 😬
@annavidot.bsky.social the 8yo is pretending to host the Drive Show on ABC Canberra. She's covering traffic (a pedestrian has been run over by a truck, a car, a horse, a plane and a boat 🤕) and elections ("Should we destroy the Gungahlin mall, yes or no?") It's intense but rather fun.
Take a break from The Horrors and read about BABY SLOTH FARTS!!!
In Dubbo for a couple of nights, to visit the zoo with the kiddos. According to a friend, this is tomorrow's program. Sounds like a great plan 🧶 Fun for the entire family!
On this day 48 years ago (July 15, 1977) the New York Times article ran a front page story "Scientists fear heavy use of coal may bring adverse shift in climate" allouryesterdays.info/2023/07/14/j...
