Marita

Oh no, I’m so sorry. ❤️

I actually don’t have an opinion on whether listening to an audiobook counts as reading or not, AMA

say the line bart meme, Angus Taylor edition. "Fantastic. Great move. Well done, Angus"

Ooh

Scene is Julia Gillard and Chris Bowen (then Min for Immigration) in a lighthouse with "Light on the Hill: written under the bulb. Gillard is turning the light off, saying 'It was attracting the boats"

I have many, many favourite Kudelka cartoons but this, from 2011, is possibly one of the best Aus pol cartoons ever drawn.

Not fully confident in his political commentary tbh

Senator Walker going hard on the dixers at Estimates with some fun responses to the answers.

“Wow. Right on track then.”

“That’s awesome.”

I can’t handle anything like that. Glad you’re feeling better now.

-.-

:/ you ok?

As tomorrow beckons in all its heat, anger and frustration. Remember we are charge of the course we chart. We know where we’re going, because we know where we’ve been. This from the Yoorrook Justice Commission.

🖤💛❤️

Submission from Anne Twomey on the Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill now up - it’s a must read for journalists and policy makers

Quite the burn here too 🔥

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Two green man made pools in the middle of bushland. Photo taken from a distance from the track down a steep hill to the pools.

Took a slight* detour home to Canberra from Jindabyne to visit the thermal pool at Yarrangobilly Caves. 100% worth the extra 3ish hours in the car.

Screenshot from the Australian Guardian live blog: Three people reported missing after house destroyed in bushfire have been found safe Three people who were reported as missing have been found and are safe, the Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, says. • We are grateful for everyone for supporting those people, to keep them safe. The premier is also providing an update on the man in his 60s who died near a fire ground after he was found in his vehicle. • While his death is not directly related to the fires, the fact this death occurred in such close proximity to the fire ground means this is a community that is grieving and my thoughts are with his family and the broader community. Allan, who says her own community has been told to evacuate, thanks those who have followed advice by emergency authorities saying that, as emergency warnings are issued, "communities did respond". I know how hard it is to leave your home, not knowing when or what you will return to. It has saved lives. Again, I thank Victorians for following that advice.

Thank goodness, the three missing people have been found safe.
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writers not on lists in screenshots below who have withdrawn from AWW:

Angie Faye Martin
Tasma Walton
Molly Murn
Eoin McNamee
Kenneth Roth
Drusilla Modjeska
Danny Nour
Peter Fitzsimmons

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i wanna hear more people on the streets saying shit like 'bush walk' and 'op shop' and less 'hike' and 'thrift' please

Liking something ironically either makes fun of people who genuinely like that thing or permits you to shame yourself for liking it.

Hell yeah

Love this. We only watch Play School or Bluey because everything else seems too stimulating. Good to have some other options. ☺️

Laura Tingle with a bit of Australian understatement:
“It’s not really legal to nick someone else’s head of state.”

If I could save time in a photo Meduza interviews photographer Sergey Maximishin about his two-volume farewell to Russia and a century of history captured in his work and amateur images — Meduza In December 2025, the Russian photographer Sergey Maximishin released a two-volume album titled “Rodina” (Motherland). The first volume consists of amateur photographs from different years — images…

What does “motherland” mean after exile, war, and decades behind the camera? In an interview with Meduza, photographer Sergey Maximishin reflects on leaving Russia and guessing at what from his work will endure. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

I sure showed him

The Subway guy asked if I was ok with jalapenos so of course I said ‘hundo, extra chillis and hot sauce please’ and now I’m bright red and my nose is running

@joshuajfriedman.com waxmonkey has correctly gauged my playing level

lol. If it were slightly more realistic (ie if a teacher existed where I live) I would’ve gone a cor anglais

so I bought an oboe

2025: Hegemonic Suicide and Other Innovations Every generation, on reaching middle age, begins to see the world around them in decline in order to habituate themselves to their own decay.

2025 in review: hegemonic suicide, medieval peasant brain, and other highlights from a very long year
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This presser was foul. Politicisation and personal attacks.

Not helpful but cool