Robert Fairhead

Too Late, Lenny Between you and me, Lenny, there are more mourners at your funeral with the COVID restrictions than would have been graveside before the pandemic.

Too Late, Lenny (Episode 3, 1 Oct 2020). Listen on the Tall And True Short Reads website or your favourite podcasting app. 🎧 #storytelling #shortstory #podcast www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/too-late-len...

"We must change course: we owe it to current and future generations and the extraordinary and unique plants, animals and other life we share this world with."

Today on #WorldWildlifeDay read this opinion piece by @euanritchie.bsky.social with beautiful illustrations by @jessharwoodart.bsky.social.

The games are a lot faster, too. I guess that's handy if you play several word games (which I don't!).

Pardle again! ⛳ #WQuers #Wordle #Wordle1720 4/6

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Pardle, too (again!). ⛳ Wordle 1,720 4/6

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America first. Today’s Age cartoon

Will Donald Trump’s quest for the Nobel Peace award be strengthened if he ends the war between the US and Iran?
Bill King, Camberwell
The Age, letters

So the world’s most infamous draft dodger wants the unarmed Iranian people to rise up against one of the world’s most ruthless bunch, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
Ted Brown, Moama
The Age, letters

In a democracy, the poor have more power than the rich, because there are more of them and the will of the majority is supreme. ~ #Aristotle #quotes #democracy #poor #rich #power (Must be why the rich and powerful prefer autocracies! 🙄)

If you win most literary prizes, you pay tax. If you win The Block, you don’t. How is this fair? Australia’s laws are inconsistent when it comes to taxing winnings – and most artists and writers are the losers.

If you win most literary prizes, you pay tax. If you win The Block, you don’t. How is this fair?
theconversation.com/if-you-win-m...

#auspol #Australia

Pardle, too! 👏 Wordle 1,719 4/6

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The Sol Eight Expedition The captain noticed muttering among his crew. He shared their frustration. A faulty interstellar drive had slowed the ship's speed.

I've shared my sci-fi short story for the Australian Writers' Centre's February #FuriousFiction. The brief included that the story's theme had to be "EIGHT". 🚀 #writers #writing #scfi #shortstory www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/shor...

The United States gave Netanyahu over $24 billion in taxpayer dollars to fund his horrific war in Gaza.

That wasn't enough. Netanyahu wanted war with Iran. Trump gave him one.

The American people — not Netanyahu’s right-wing government — should determine U.S. foreign policy.

#March into #Spring 🌷

The apfel doesn't fall far from the tree, does it, President Bone Spurs!

Satisfied with today's long putt pardle! ⛳ #WQuers #Wordle #Wordle1719 4/6

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Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, sometimes I think we're not. Either case the idea is quite staggering. ~ #ArthurCClarke #quotes #universe #life

Furious Fiction — One Theme, Two Stories My friend Gav Harris and I both made the longlist for February 2026's Furious Fiction writing challenge with our widely different stories.

A blog post about how a friend and I started with the same theme for Australian Writers' Centre's February 2026 Furious Fiction, wrote two widely different stories, and both made the longlist for the month! ✍️ #writers #writing #furiousfiction #shortstory www.tallandtrue.com.au/blog/furious...

That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers.

Reminder that Congress has the power to stop this.

You couldn’t make this up.
And if you did, everyone would say it’s too much.

Operation Outlaw: Iran apologists and the assault on international law While bombs fall on Tehran, Iran apologists in Western capitals dress regime change in the language of peace and security.

While bombs fall on Tehran, Iran apologists in Western capitals dress regime change in the language of peace and security.

Operation Outlaw: Iran apologists and the assault on international law
~ Dr Binoy Kampmark

independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

A day of shifting bell curves! 😉

I'd say it's more unlikely that I'd pip you! 😂

You pipped me! 😉 Wordle 1,718 6/6

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Please please please get on this

Yes, I thought I was a gonna! 😬

Screenshot of Meta's marketing blurb for their AI agent, Manus. Australia uses Manus Island as a detention centre for asylum seekers.

Oh dear, Meta's clever marketing team hasn't thought through the name of their "go-to AI agent" for Australian customers! 🙄 #Manus #ManusIsland #AIhasn't

Phewdle! 🤏 #WQuers #Wordle #Wordle1718 6/6

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Iraq, Iran - you know, they're all the same. What does it matter ....

Sigh.