Part goddess, part mountain goat. Australian ex NYC. Recovering journalist, bolshie Buddhist. Happy to be here. Hi
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EMPEROR Joseph II: My dear young man, don't take it too hard. Your work is ingenious. It's quality work. And there are simply too many notes, that's all. Just cut a few and it will be perfect. WOLFGANG Amadeus Mozart: Which few did you have in mind, Majesty? #FilmSky Amadeus (1984)
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www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... The question here is not the campaign, but rather the lack of transparency
"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be." β Lao Tzu
Todayβs @theage cartoon
The Soothingly Blue Ridge Mountains
Doing business in NSW. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Hard to argue with Ross Gittins. If Albanese plans to just sit on his huge majority without doing anything useful to address climate change, generational inequity, housing, tax rorts and plenty else, he should quit and bequeath the job to someone with the bottle. www.smh.com.au/business/the...
Separation of church and state? What a quaint notion!
Also a quaint notion that such powerful institutions as organised Christian religions are in any danger of being βforgottenβ. There are many child sexual abuse survivors who only wish it was so.
Iβm sure this point has been made elsewhere but not only did they openly lie about how many recommendations were in the robodebt final report, the one they erased was to reform FOI and now theyβre heading in the opposite direction. Surprise is not a feature of my reaction.
He would be part of the little known Mountain Goat Buddhist sect. π
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Indigenous people make up < 4% of our population. There have been 12 deaths in custody this year. Jewish people make up <.5% of our population. Thankfully none have died as a result of antisemitism. Where is our Special Envoy To Combat Anti-Indigenous violence and neglect, @albomp.bsky.social?
The Little Man Who Wasn't Thereβ¦
Perhaps someone could find me one of these 'good people' who marched on the weekend to talk to. I'd like to make my own assessment.
The Epstein evidence?
A defense lawyer using the phrase "hell hath no fury like a women scorned" in court case involving a man murdering a woman should be disbarred, or shot into the sun. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
I donβt, Jan, & they donβt provide gift versions. But I will see f I can get a clear screenshot from the paper tomorrow & send it to you.
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His comment reminded me immediately of Trumpβs after that RW demo/ riot in Charlottesville (?) a few years ago where a woman died from the violence I think. Trump said something like : Well there were a lot of good people there too.
Have done similar often enough to know the feeling. Always exasperated. The head hitting really hurts. ;//
This Border Collie gently guides the ducklings into a puddle... π #dog #dogday #bluesky
βA single unsealed coal borehole in country Queensland is releasing the greenhouse gas equivalent of 10,000 cars each driving 12,000 kilometres a year β and itβs just one of 130,000 across the state.β www.smh.com.au/national/que...
Iβm not sure what comes before βspeaking out against Nazisβ in the job description of an antisemitism envoy, but apparently there are quite a few thingsβ¦
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Time wounds all heels. (π€) www.smh.com.au/national/vic...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09... How does the dimethoate taste?
This story is a few months old, but new to me, & lovely.
"more important than any particular #book or writer was the acquired habit of reading, the solace of interiority" | Geoff Dyer: βI donβt go to books for comfort; I have a memory foam pillow for thatβ www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
βMSN hosted AI-generated content that cited non-existent climate experts and institutions.β
A bunch of white men attacked a camp of blak women and put some in hospital with head wounds from being smashed with flagpoles . There were also children present.
Also fuck labour for being so far to the right.
Weather guy on radio now. He didnβt see it coming. Didnβt believe it happened. Said he had to check charts carefully this morning & realised there were indeed two hours of rain along the northern Sydney coast in the middle of the night.
May the Keffiya wearers win. Bigtime. π€ www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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This is so depressing. Environmental NGO has to pay for access to ministers bc clearly nothing else is working.
Why provide any form of tax breaks for this activity? In many cases, it removes properties from the long-term rental market and is counter-productive for the nation. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Not a peep. Utterly pathetic.
The bank app is telling me to "tap & pay like a bossπ" and "rally my crew". I am 37 years old and you are the bank. Don't talk to me this way.
'βThis is coming in 4K, on your television, all over the internet. You do not have the luxury of saying you didnβt know.β As the Global Sumud Flotilla sets sail to Gaza, Liam Cunningham told Novara Media why he believes silence on Palestine will not be forgiven.' www.youtube.com/shorts/4sqoW...
well this has got clusterfuck written all over it... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Last days of summer scenes, Kenai River Alaska.
Max Dupain, Sydney Opera House Under Construction, 1962
Happy Labor Day Wealth is not the fruit of labor but the result of organized protected robbery. --Frantz Fanon
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Trump on the cover of French magazine Le Point. Translation: βMan from Moscowβ Le Point is a major French weekly news magazine. It is considered a center-right / conservative-leaning publication.
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Samantha Maiden found to be full of shit in her defence of Lebanese Australian Bob Katter, forcing #ABCInsiders to apologise for her cock up. Hey Maiden, care to get your facts straight before defending a bully? #auspol
This week, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service broke the law when it decided not to protect gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains under the federal Endangered Species Act. www.humaneworld.org/en/blog/laws...
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Howdy Rob. Have a great day. And thanks for Cathyβs excellent cartoon. π€
Cartoon by the great Cathy Wilcox.
Sore point. My @smh @theage cartoon.
The worldβs leading genocide scholarsβ association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president says. There was no immediate response from the Israeli foreign ministry.
The Guardian has today printed the names, and where possible, images, of all the media workers killed in Gaza, as part of an international day of action involving more than 150 media organisations. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Israel murders journalists www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Suddenly Iβve woken to that familiar sound of heavy rain, wet & pooling. A surprise. Pretty sure the weather guys didnβt see it coming either.
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Judy Garland, Somewhere over the Rainbow: youtu.be/PSZxmZmBfnU?...
Yes. Itβs about hospitals & doctors & surgeons in Palestine and the ways the IDF has set out to destroy them all. Gruelling.
That #4Corners was mighty hard to watch, but mighty important. Thx ABCTV. ποΈππΌποΈοΏΌ
It would be a massive mistake for progressive folk to convince themselves the March for Australia was a bust, or can safely be ridiculed. It was an alarming escalation of far-right action, and we need to reckon with it. More thoughts (un-paywalled) here: www.lamestream.com.au/how-mainstre...
I assume our highly-paid Antisemitism Envoy has made a public statement denouncing Nazis marching in the streets & assaulting people, including First Nations peoples. I assume she'll demand police take decisive action & they're charged? I've probably just missed it, can someone send me the link?
Terrific conversation on ABCRNβs evening Current Affairs radio with Marion Wilkinson on her Quarterly Essay on Woodside Vs the Planet. Her clarity and commitment have always impressed me, & do again.
The Australian public deserve to know what the Government knows about the risks of climate change, especially when our governments are spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies. For more info on the risks of climate impacts β€΅οΈ australiainstitute.org.au/report/clima...
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Unless you're First Nations, you're a descendant of immigrants. No gatekeeping on stolen land π€πβ€οΈ
Contemporary painter Mary Pym, who was born in the Netherlands but who now lives in the UK #WomensArt
Sydney is basking in spring sunshine after a winter that might have felt colder than it really was, with regular downpours throughout August, but it probably wonβt be long until the rains return. www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Hedy Lamarr, Austrian born Hollywood actress, was also a designer/inventor who created aviation designs for Howard Hughes and co-patented a βsecret communication systemβ - the basis for modern WiFi #WomensArt
βLetβs begin by saying that we are living through a very dangerous time.β So opens βA Talk to Teachers,β which James Baldwin delivered to a group of educators in October, 1963.
Mamdaniβs most socialistic belief is in treating people more equitably. No wonder Donald Trumpβs assessment of his politics is so nuanced and measured.
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My favorite sentence in the New York Times explainer on Mamdani and socialism.
Predawn song of a Pied Butcherbird in early spring. Before sunrise at this time of year the song of butcherbirds (and Australian Magpies) is often made up of simpler, more repetitive phrases than the typical full song heard later in the morning - but it's still sublime! #wildoz
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What stage of social cohesion is βneo-Nazis fighting in the streetsβ
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Does Alexandra understand that the convicts from those fleets would be around 260 years old?
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Nazis on the streets. If only we had an antisemitism envoy.
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Chips #humansofbluesky #eastcoastkin
This is a very good move. On their regular beach cleans, Surfrider Foundation (Aus, report this as one of the most collected pieces of rubbish!
And the Rednecks were a lost tribe, until a Lebanese messiah came among them...
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Beautiful 1860s Victorian butterfly, which was used to store small packets of sewing needles on the underside of the wings. This was a collaboration between a London-based drapers company and a sewing needle manufacturer. On exhibit at Tatter Blue, a Brooklyn textile museum. IG tatterbluelibrary
The #SundayShot Is FINALLY up for your viewing pleasure and should now be more or less a smooth watch (although Wendy is mostly a disembodied voiceβ¦)! So please do watch (& subscribe) as @arielbogle.bsky.social, @wendybacon1.bsky.social & @boganintel.bsky.social are great. youtu.be/cWigtErbgfs?...
Local August 31st garden promising Spring.
It's time for poetry
