Wendy Harmer

25 years ago now - Eric Bana is fantastic.

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Making good trouble!

Watched "Chopper" again last night.
In the same vein as " Mr Inbetween", our distinctly Australian contribution to crime drama. Darkly comic.
You scold yourself for laughing and feeling sympathy... but when it turns... it's even more horrifying for that.
Both brilliant.

Single frame. Man at table with Netanyahu, Israel flag behind. Man says “How’s the ceasefire holding.?” Netanyahu replies, “Well… it’s keeping the ongoing genocide off the front pages…which was a distraction from my judicial crackdown, which drew attention away from our brutal settlement expansion, which kept my corruption charges out of the public eye…”

Nesting offences.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Hard to find this disaster on the front pages of the nation's online news ... our nearest neighbours.

Good o - friend of mine subscribes to "Bacon Busters" magazine. Pretty gruesome :(

Done!

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Are there any bounties in place? Surely that could help - and plenty of keen shooters I'd imagine.

Clever #nativebees

Had our native bee hives divided - now we have three.
And a haul about 1kg of honey... unlike honey you've ever tasted. Almost sweet and sour, delish!
Do so recommend native bees, they're tiny, lovely and lazy. Lovely things. Child and pet friendly :) #nativebees

The comforts and conundrums of ageing As the average life span extends ever closer to 100 years, and possibly more in the not too distant future, what are we to do with this extra time on Earth?

"Even if it were possible, there’s not an age I’d choose to relive,” writes Wendy Harmer. “Every decade comes with its own singular, immutable character. Its achievements, joys, trials and tribulations.”
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Thank you, Geoff wx

Husband being unkind about my fringe - says looks like it was done with either a breadknife or a rusty tin lid.
TBH - both are possible!

The comforts and conundrums of ageing As the average life span extends ever closer to 100 years, and possibly more in the not too distant future, what are we to do with this extra time on Earth?

A little something from me @thesaturdaypaper.com.au on ageing.

(Guaranteed zero advice)

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/life/2025/11...

Well, up to you, but you want to leave plenty of time to have a go at Australia Day not being respected... so factor that in.

Happy Days!

Phew - only three days until I can stop railing about Christmas decorations being up in November.
And I've got about four weeks until I start whingeing about Easter Eggs.

Honestly, the great thing about AI is it’s going to free up so much spare time for us to be misinformed and out of work.

Not to mention using up all our pesky, excess water to cool those data centres!

Prohibiting the public interest The new New South Wales Environmental Planning and Assessment (Planning System Reforms) Bill 2025, which slid through parliament in November with bipartisan support and little press coverage, is “trus...

This is a very, strong column about recent planning changes in NSW by Elizabeth Farrelly. Strange that this legislation has not had more discussion…

FYI: I was offered the same deal by Telecom - cash under the table in return for favourable on-air comment - when I was on breakfast radio at 2DayFM. Immediately turned it down.
It's called "integrity".

(Wrote about it in my memoir, BTW)

Who deserves a state funeral less? Lawsie or Richo? It’s nice for John Laws that so many people remembered him when he finally shuffled off his golden coil, even if they were lining up to piss on his grave, and it’s nice too that he died so close to Gr...

Every word of this, thanks Birmo! @birmo.bsky.social

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"...by 2050, Darwin residents can expect to swelter for over a third of the year with temperatures above 35°C, an increase of 92 days...Current climate and environmental policy in Australia is sacrificing the safety and survival of communities for corporate profits..."

If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?

Don't have to tell us here in OZ what bastards Equinor are.
It was all hands on deck to kick them out of plans to drill in the Great Australian Bight. Tens of thousands of us told them to piss off!
No way, Norway!

The best!

Yet another political crony-boy cannons into a funds-starved public cultural institution. Weapons lobbyist & previously-not-notably-arts-adjacent political pensioner Christopher Pyne appointed to our National Library Council.

Watching Harry Enfield at the Sydney Opera House (with ex-pats who knew every catchphrase... Loadsamoney!) was a great reminder of how fun and insightful sketch comedy can be.
Hope she goes...she goes... she just goes!