Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life. The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
I like naps, cake and gin. Free Palestine. š
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Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life. The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
I just skimmed through 3 news articles on āwho was Charlie Kirk?ā and not one mentioned any of his abhorrent views. Martyrdom for āholding Christian valuesā coming right up. š
Enjoying a quiet coffee at home before I gird my loins & head over to the chaos that is my sonās house. Thursday arvos with an almost 3yo & a 3 month old are fun, but exhausting.
šāāļø Absolutely.
I was probably in my 20s when I realised people donāt like having their grammar or pronunciation corrected. It baffled me, because surely they want to know the correct way to say that? š
And so say all sane people.
Are they going for a world record for the most countries they can bomb in the shortest period of time?
These people are evil and dangerous.
The victim was aged between 6 and 9. The reporting seems to miss the point that a child cannot consent to sex, so "sexual experience" should be accurately described as "previous rapes". The whole thing is disgusting.
Can't remember who complained that my cartoon back in February was antisemitic.
.... another drone attack on the #flotillaglobalsumud?! David Adler: ' ... a second drone attack on the flotilla. The upper deck of āAlmaā has been targeted with an explosive device. The crew has been rescued safely ā but the campaign of violent intimidation must be stopped.'
Storm-outs now scheduled for 7.15 and 8.45 daily.
US Weekly COVID update: Sep 8, 2025 šø1 in 49 Actively Infectious šø998,000 New Daily Infections šø6,970,000 Infections In The Past Week šø161,000,000 Infections in 2025 šø349,000 to 1,390,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases šø2,000 to 3,300 Weekly Deaths pmc19.com/data/
After going out for several hours yesterday, I had a late nap & then still slept for almost 10 hours last night. š³ Today Iāve started to catch up on a mountain of washing & also weeded about 10m of path + garden bed. Iām wrecked now š but itās nice to be getting back to normal.
Ya think?
Why We Keep Getting Sick. A chat shows how people are constantly unwell. Itās not about ācatching upā on bugs from lockdownsāCovid infections themselves weaken immunity, making people more likely to pick up illness again and again. Source: x.com/1goodtern/st...
These humans are standing in front of a barrier that is in front of a Banksy piece that depicts a judge beating a protester with a gavel. These humans are being paid to stand there and make sure no one can see some graffiti. I wonder how these humans feel about standing there?
Inevitable, as is the large financial settlement she'll be justly receiving. Not inevitable are the sacking and criminal prosecution of the cop who punched her in the face.
#Banksy has just paid a visit to the Royal Courts of Justice in London. šÆ
There were a lot of Monets & Renoirs, but most were new to me. I also enjoyed seeing Victorine Meurant, both as subject and artist. I recently read a novel she featured in, so that was interesting to me.
Saw the NGV French Impressionists exhibition from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston today. It was beautifully presented & I really enjoyed seeing a large number of works Iāve never seen before. Some I hadnāt even seen in books or online, and there were quite a few artists I didnāt know.
i.. donāt think thatās how the saying goes
Actually their settlement date is the day before we head to Sydney for a couple of nights. So theyāll have the house to themselves. Iāve already told them NO PARTIES, just like the old days. š
Theyāll be moving closer to us & to DILās family, so very happy about that. Meanwhile, theyāll move in with us in just over a month while they house-hunt. I canāt wait!
Had 2/3 of the kids over for Fathers Day lunch (caught up with the other one yesterday) & it was lovely. So nice that they & their wives all get along so well. ā¤ļø A 6-hour brisket, coleslaw, fresh rolls & some Mexican street corn. Plus some š„ to celebrate the youngest ones selling their house.
i hope the cops all quit to get real jobs after this
Yeah, Iām sorry. š
'Reclaim Australia attempted to paper over its fascist elements, but at the March for Australia members of the neo-Nazi group the National Socialist Network removed their masks, figuratively and literally.' www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Oh no. Donāt do it. š
Just watched Ethan Coenās Drive Away Dolls & it was not terrible. Lots of cameos to watch out for too.
Plus it was taken straight to the house & probs drunk the same day, not transported to a processing plant for bottling & then onto retail outlets where consumers were drinking it days later, after the bacteria had multiplied by millions.
As a pale person with a family history of skin cancer, Iāve been sharing this info for months. Check the Choice sunscreen ratings, people.
lol, thanks a lot. Given that fkn golden staph infection didnāt kill me last year, I reckon I can beat the bloody flu. š¬
Hmmm, wait a minute. Let me check my blog. We're missing something... "The battery factory is part of Hyundaiās $12.6bn investments in Georgia, including the automakerās just-opened car factory, in what would be āthe largest economic development project in the stateās history...ā #Hyundai #ARPA
Oh wait, tram. š
Absolutely not. š« Move carriages.
Today marks day 36 of being unwell, but I can see improvement, huzzah! The self-prescribed steroids are doing their thing (my GP actually prescribes them, but trusts me to know when to deploy them). Respiratory infections are shite when youāre old & have asthma. š„²
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Went and had a lie down this afternoon & got up just now to find husband has not only smoked a brisket for tomorrowās FD lunch, heās cleaned his outdoor bbq kitchen/bar area, pressure washed the pavers AND made good inroads on weeding my sadly neglected garden. I guess I better cook dinner then.
Whispers *that's the French flag mate*
Showing proof of age to bsky
David Pope in Canberra Times
Absolutely. We need to deal with our own problems (which we usually have created ourselves š) & not ship them off, dust our hands and say āfixed thatā
As an Irish man living in England, I've loved seeing the roundabouts near me painted with a George's cross. It gives me a few seconds of pure joy driving straight over the top of it.
Will the absence of reliable automatic metro service in the United States mark the moment its citizens notice how far behind their country has fallen?
And yet everyone is clutching pearls over a former premier being in a photo in China www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
A refreshing way to hide Hamas. www.deepcutnews.com/p/watermelon...
Woohoo! Congratulations. š„
Anyway, my grumpiness at shit online shop designs aside, I have lodged a withdrawal request for my super from my recently ended casual work, bought those tix for my bestieās birthday treat, done a bottle-o run & the sunās shining. Not a terrible Friday at all.
Why make people create an account for what could be a once in a lifetime purchase for people just visiting Melbourne? Even for me itās only 1-2 x a year. Offer a guest checkout option, FFS. Do better, NGV.
Every time I buy NGV tickets online, their terrible site refuses to recognise my login, so I attempt a password reset, which never works & eventually I just have to create a new account. A transaction that should take 2-3 minutes takes me half an hour. š”
My āonly a little bit weirdā fun travel obsession is finding & riding every funicular I can. Might be finding a new obsession now. š„ŗ
Scrolling while resting on the couch feet-up with a warm 12 week old snuggled fast asleep on my chest. This is the ultimate grandparenting goal.
Okay the Earl of Grantham I wasnāt familiar with your game
Fingers crossed for you!
You canāt make this shit up. Deport men of colour, refugees to Nauru on the claim they are not of good character while giving tens of millions to a notorious outlaw motorcycle gang to provide the security there, in a secret deal. The corruption stinks. www.theage.com.au/national/lea...
Related to my last rant: Iām on a train to the city (dentist appointment) and there is actually one other person in this carriage wearing a mask. First time in years Iāve not been the only one.
See also Influeza A last month which led to a chest infection & now my asthma has spiralled out of control, so itās been a 5 week interruption to MY life. Fuck you, whoever infected me.
Unfortunately, this is true, based on things people have said to me. Pretty sure itās how I & a dozen others got COVID at my sonās wedding. š¤¬
He swears this is the LAST TIME, but he said that last year. And the year before. Just retire already, mate. š
The headline was a bit misleading, I thought the same thing at first.
Itās a year since husband did an overseas contract for work & I have not missed the hubbub leading up to his departure. Rummaging through wardrobes & suitcases, running around to the dry cleaner, pharmacy, etc. Not to mention the ridiculous calls & zoom meetings at 11:00pm because of time zones. š
Itās not a street car, or as I would say, a tram. Itās a funicular. The hill it traverses is very steep.
Coming home is always much worse. Nothing works for me except sleeping when my brain says I need to & just waiting it out. I donāt know how anyone can fly home on Sunday & be at work Monday morning.
Not allowed on Twitter as a bail condition.
They banned plastic straws to save the turtles, and then quietly approved seven major coal mine expansions in just 90 days, locking in enough carbon to double Australiaās annual emissions. Thatās like quitting heroinā¦ and replacing it with a full-blown meth habit. #auspol #ClimateCrisis
Oh no. š
ope, better make sure I rinse out my milk bottles for the recycling!
The first story I did for Crikey back in 2021 was reporting on a leaked neo-nazi manual showing how "media baiting" ā aka tricking journalists into writing about them ā was a major strategy for them. www.crikey.com.au/20...
Hey I think we have found some of Albo's Good Peopleā¢, also awesome having white journos cheerfully fan the flames against colleagues like Nabil
![Nabil Al-Nashar (ABC News Journalist and TV Reporter) on LinkedIn: Just a sample of the abuse Iāve copped online since covering the āMarch for Australiaā yesterday. Literally over a 1,000 messages. Neo-Naziās and/or their sympathisers have called me a āratā ,ādogā, āpoisonā, āgrubā, āinvaderā and way more colourful and creative descriptions. (Hatās off to those who put in a bit more effort) While privately, Iāve had support from my colleagues and bosses at the ABC, itās been eye-opening to learn some fellow Australians only accept you if youāre the right skin colour. It doesnāt matter if youāre law-abiding, pay your taxes, watch the footy and love a bbq, just as much as the next Aussie, or how much you love this countryā¦to them if youāre not white, youāll never be Australian. [Multiple screenshots of racist abuse]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xdnipexki6uc22sii2tb56zt/bafkreicgkstgsmqnjfhzyt5rq33sezksoqy6xzmi62rnuf2t6tudzp74mm@jpeg "Click to view full size")
I just thought we had some very hefty birds. š Anyway, itās now safely perched at the top of another tree, only mildly traumatised.
Just had a tree removal guy come & get rid of the mulberry in the front yard - the birds eat all the fruit & shit purple over our pale stone pavers, so it had to go. Turns out there was a brushtail possum living in it! That explains the loud thumps on the roof at night. š
The police are hugely at fault here & not just this week. Escorting & protecting these blokes for years on their fashy parades around the city seems like maybe it was a bad idea now?
Australia: "The federal government will start charging for freedom of information requests, in a major change to the fundamental accountability and transparency tool used widely by politicians and journalists." #auspol Source: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
It does feel like several years of police escorts for this clown & his goons every time they decided to parade their hate around was maybe not the best approach?
Oop, my bad. Thomas Sewell was apparently defending himself when he and his boyfriends stormed up a hill and bashed women begging them to leave. Thanks for clarifying, Herald Sun. Very responsible reporting. Good to see that providing cover for Nazis is how youāre choosing to play this one
Thereās been 3 updates to the ādangerous personā warning from Vic Emergency in the past 3 hours. I canāt see anything new in the wording, so what is happening? š
One of the organisers of the March for Australia defending their choice to allow neo Nazis to give speeches at the event Meanwhile this same individual hurled abuse at mums who brought their kids to Drag Story Timeā¦
Itās such a lazy argument.š© They all made a choice to attend, and assuming some of them are so stupid they didnāt know Nazis would be there, the fact that they fucking stayed says everything we need to know.
I saw someone trying to excuse it because āpeople are unhappyā. Mate, Iām furiously unhappy about underfunded Medicare & state schools, the NDIS being systematically fucked, nothing being done to elevate the socio-economic status of Indigenous ppl & much more. But Iām still not joining a Nazi rally.
Whereās all the hysterical media coverage on the violent Neo Nazi hate crime against First Nations people at Camp Sovereignty? Gone quiet now. Is that because itās not at a synagogue?
Just saw someone describe yesterdayās racist March as the most embarrassing thing to happen to Australia since Raygun. š
Note about the racist marches yesterday (with actual Nazis!) and the conspicuous silence from the antisemitism alarmists: if the enemy of your enemy is a racist, and you have somehow concluded that that makes the racist your friend, congratulations you are a racist too.
Oh no, heās found some very early AC/DC. Heās obviously forgotten I saw them at Festival Hall in 1975 supporting Sherbet š I was deaf for a week afterwards.
Husband has dredged up a video of a very young @jimmybarnes.com doing Flame Trees & weāre both getting teary & probs should go to bed.
Husband used to come over on Friday nights & weād watch Night Moves with Lee Simon. Iād fall asleep on the couch within the first hour. š Music was our thing. 45 years ago, WTF, howwww?
So I was probably 14 or so when my older sister brought home her boyfriend who was super into Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple & so on. I was obviously influenced. Luckily husband is a guitar tragic & we bonded over music.
Of course Smoke on the Water.
Oh, husband is playing āSurprise musicā. Deep Purple, Woman From Tokyo. I feel old, but whatever. So fucking good. š
Oh, gosh, weāve run through a LOT of Queen (dreadful video quality but Freddie š„¹) and now onto T-Rex. As long as we donāt segue to Gary Glitter, Iām good.
Current situation: two bottles of red demolished with husband & now airplaying old music videos. Rickie Lee Jones up now. She was so bloody talented, shame that dickhead Tom Waits messed her up.
Two schoolgirls from Melbourne in outback Qld & we were like WHAT IS HAPPENING?
I wish more people my age had studied Themes in Australian History in high school. The White Australia Policy was a whole term. Fucking eye-opening. It didnāt hurt that we went to visit rellos in Cloncurry that Sept. My sis & I kept looking at each other like š³ every time they mentioned aboriginals.
Shane turned up to Aunty Lynnās funeral back in 2010, along with many other celebs & I kept nudging Mum & asking āDo we know that person, or are they just famous?ā Lynnie would have chuckled.
Today I learned that Shane Withington & Anne Tenney have been married forever. I had two aunties who worked on A Country Practice, WTF? How did I not know this? š
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The Trump plan for Gaza includes genocide.
Iām seeing so many photos of anti-immigration protesters unironically eating lunch post-hate rally at Chinese, Malaysian, Vietnamese restaurants. Theyāre so ridiculous.