Michael J

I’m glad he understood the gesture

Of course you are Mr B 🤩

oh no, audiences will be devastated.
they love KPMG's logo

Image of cover of book Righting My World: Essays from the past half-century by Dennis Altman, reviewed by Braham Dabscheck in the Newtown Review of Books.

"Usually in a book of essays there are some that don’t work...This is not the case with this splendid volume. All are interesting and raise important issues across a wide spectrum."
Braham Dabscheck reviews Dennis Altman's Righting My World:
newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/dennis-altma...
#BookSky 💙 📚

Very good dog invades course but falls short of medal glory at Winter Olympics A local dog has missed out on a historic medal at the Winter Olympics despite a lung-bursting stretch in the homestretch

www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...

A very good dog

Easier to say 55 million sorry’s than to ask permission in the first place. #AusPol #DiversityLoss #Mining #CapitalismSucks

Say what you like about Taylor - I think he comes off as a bit dim but he does have that patrician look that the ‘modern’ Liberals like in their leaders

I really don’t like Tim Wilson

Perth court lifts suppression order on identity of man accused of attempted Invasion Day bombing Liam Alexander Hall is the first person to have been charged with terrorism offences in Western Australia

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

‘Unintentionally among the queerest releases of its time’: why Calamity Jane is my feelgood movie The latest in our ongoing series of writers picking their comfort watches is an appreciation of Doris Day’s rule-defying heroine

www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

Such a fun movie

Good to know

a man in a suit and tie sitting in a chair ALT: a man in a suit and tie sitting in a chair

Kong Sorrow -

A man in a blue sweater speaking in a room filled with bookshelves during The Info Pro Podcast episode on library advocacy.

🎧New episode of the Info Pro Podcast!
Bodleian librarian Richard Ovenden joins Rob Green to talk Libraries Alliance, advocacy and need for a workforce with the skills to navigate the digital landscape.
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Listen now on your favourite platform or at: https://ow.ly/FbzY50YcJA3

Argh forgot the alt description ☝🏻it’s the cover of Joe Hill’s Kong Sorrow - and it’s red and orange like dragon’s breath

I’m finally reading King Sorrow by Joe Hill and I’m enjoying the ride

Deep reading can boost your critical thinking and help you resist misinformation – here’s how to build the skill Reading comprehension scores are tanking, and fewer Americans are picking up books. But practicing deep reading can help you process content more carefully and keep you from falling for misinformation...

Deep reading can boost your critical thinking and help you resist misinformation – here’s how to build the skill theconversation.com/deep-reading...

The Liberals should just call themselves the Anglo Saxon party. It signifies centuries of tradition and lets multicultural Australians know exactly what values they stand for

Boz Scaggs’ ‘Silk Degrees’ Turns 50 | Album Anniversary Fifty years on, Scaggs’ seventh studio album is still the gold standard for anyone trying to make music that’s slick and soulful, that connects with a crowd but still feels personal.

Boz Scaggs released his seventh studio album ‘Silk Degrees’ (1976) 50 years ago this week | Listen to the album + read our tribute by @tenelson65.bsky.social here: album.ink/BSSilkDegrees

I thought my powerlifter father was the strongest man in the world. But a secret steroid addiction took him – and us – to the brink He didn’t look like a stereotypical ‘drug addict’, but when he fled to South Africa with all our savings it was obvious that is what he had become

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Quite the story about body building and steroids

Australia to design its first National Media Literacy Strategy to help Australians build the skills needed to navigate the challenges and opportunities of the digital world

When politicans fail, police go rogue, justice fails to protect - Michael West Herzog has departed, leaving behind anger and less social cohesion, while politicians, justices and NSW police have many questions to answer.

on the NSW SC decision to not overturn Major Event declaration by NSW Tourism Minister. As Wendy Bacon shows, the decision turns on judicial deference to police (assumed officers act reasonably) and judicial interpretation of a political event as “cultural”.

michaelwest.com.au/when-politic...

Lest we forget

Forget it, Stanley, it's Chinatown In praise of Michael Cimino's Year of the Dragon

open.substack.com/pub/andrewne...

I enjoyed this from @pulpcurry.bsky.social on Year of the Dragon which I loved when I first saw it and watched again recently

NSW police watchdog to investigate alleged police brutality at Sydney protest against Isaac Herzog Despite premier Chris Minns’s objection to an inquiry, Law Enforcement Conduct Commission says it is in public interest to investigate ‘alleged misconduct’

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

How embarrassing for Minns as he continues to defend the indefensible

Officer allowed men to pray before they were removed from rally, police say A group of Muslim men had already received police permission to worship during a Sydney protest before they were disrupted mid-prayer by officers, NSW Police Force confirms.

new police version of what police did to Muslims praying at Town Hall just dropped. This is why we never believe what police say, and why the dominant media culture of Police Say reporting is both grotesquely irresponsible and intentionally spreads disinformation.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Frida and Flora on the sofa with me

Two articles from the Sydney Morning Herald One on History teachers and their concerns about new legislation and Waleed Ali on Islam prayers

There is something rotten in the state of NSW under Premier Minns and both these articles from the SMH are worth a read

As a first generation Australian whose parents migrated here, this doesn’t sit well with me.
However it is also financial sense that immigration provides a net positive economic impact over the medium to long term to Australia

I noted that 🙄

Mischievous me wishes that Susan Ley would step aside and Dan Tehan step up to deny Angus his chance for the poisoned chalice