Katie Purvis

The march for Australia on August 31 is a Nazi rally, organised by Nazis. If you’re planning on going to this, you’re planning on going to a Nazi rally.

Amyl and the Sniffers for the AFL GF or nobody imo

Relaxation tips:
- put down your phone
- breathe deeply
- craft effigies of your enemies out of bones & hair
- bury these effigies deep in the misty woods
- summon forgotten gods and listen to stories of the old days, when moss & magic ruled the earth
- have some tea

This is Percy. He's experiencing his first rainfall. Wants to know if you're seeing what he's seeing. 12/10 (TT: percy.boy.jackson)

Great to see @joblarney.bsky.social Blarney Books & Art on ABC-TV News tonight!

Yea verily, blargle 🙌

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH

Just drove past a stables in Bedfordshire with a hand written sign outside saying “TO BE OR NOT TO BE A HORSE THAT IS EQUESTRIAN” and I had a burning urge to press “Mute Account” but of course it was a hand written sign in Bedfordshire so I couldn’t

Turning online archives into resources for training data not only exploits and devalues the archived works, but also renders these archives literally unusable. Like all extractivist business models, #genAI ultimately threatens to destroy its own foundations. It's not generative, but destructive

Cartoon of one agitated man saying to another "Help! I can't get my jogging trousers off!” The other replies “We're going to have to perform an emergency trackybottomy."

Trackybottomy

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Told my wife about today's Supreme Court decision to punish my child for being who they are and she flashed a smile of defiance that could shatter glass. They haven't made us sad, they've made us angry, and we are ready to fight

A reminder that this is YOUR social media experience. You don't owe anyone shit. Not your attention, your ideas, your debate, your brainspace.

You can curate your Bluesky experience however you want and there is no intellectual inferiority to do so. This is not a public square; its a fucking app.

Fabulous! I see five months filled with good books, good sleeps, and good times with your beloved x

A high recommendation indeed from a great editor. Thanks Katie! @katiemelb.bsky.social

Nuked, Andrew Fowler Like all military acquisition programs worth billions of dollars, Australia's decision to buy a new submarine fleet was expected to be a torturous process. But no one could have predicted the trail of...

If you want to know why the #AUKUS deal is bad or want to follow up after watching #4corners, I highly recommend reading @andrewjfowler.bsky.social’s Walkley Award winning book NUKED www.mup.com.au/books/nuked-...

The mighty Dan Sultan alone with his guitar on the MCG singing ‘Kingdom’ for Sir Doug Nicholls Round before #AFLDeesSwans ⚫️🟡🔴

Lovely design. It would make a nice office coffee mug. Now tilt the image 90⁰ to the right. 😁

This year there are Finnish men singing in Swedish about saunas, an Estonian singing about espresso macchiatos, and a buxom Finnish woman singing a song called Ich Komme (yes it means “I’m coming” in German) while riding a giant gold microphone that shoots fire from one end. Of course!

Yes! The final happens in about 4 hours in Switzerland

Happy and relieved to see you’re still with us. In Australia it’s Christmastime for fans of camp theatrical pop music - that is, Eurovision Song Contest time. Hooray!

Big love to @triana.bsky.social and Brian Nankervis for joining me for my @joy949.bsky.social Radiothon show today - so much fun! Support JOY at joy.org.au/radiothon #StrongerTogether

Tomorrow morning (Sunday 9-11am), our great friend @katiemelb.bsky.social is gonna play the new song by The Night Parrots 'Velveteen' on JOY 94.9 in Melbourne. Tune in, if you can, 'Miss Chatelaine' is a top show! Thanks, Katie!

As someone who helped run/ worked on democracy sausage sizzles for many years, I'd just like to say that even if you've already pre polled, PLEASE drop by your local public school tomorrow and treat yourself to something from the BBQ or cake stall. Your money goes to a good cause.

Canadian flag stands beside US flag. But instead of maple leaf, Canada’s flag has a middle finger gesture.

Oh Canada!
My @smh cartoon.
#canada

Tucson, Arizonia

We’re getting to that weird time of the #auspol election cycle where Australians start posting “fuck the Liberals!” and a bunch of Trumpist jerks applaud.

CHEAT SHEET:

USA: the liberals are good and wear blue
CANADA: the liberals are good and wear red
AUSTRALIA: the liberals are bad and wear blue

I check the little screen, I check the big screen, I check the watch screen, I check the tablet screen. I check the screen that reminds me of the good times, I check the screen that reminds me of the better times.

Enjoy!