Sophie

The obsession with creating Olympians is an Australian feature.

Very glad to hear it! I spent a week barely sleeping in hospital. I had to cry noisily in a public space to get sleeping tablets. So I'l am glad you slept. Hope it all went well.

The Sword in the Sand?

🫂

A little sea bathing would set me up for life.

I want to go to Brighton!

So many things wrong with this label.

Google releases new tool to enable Australians to find their personal information and request removal Exclusive: ‘Results about you’ allows users to see how they show up in search results and then request removal of details such as phone number or address

Worth doing. Relatively quick and simple.

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Sign the Petition Govt. enquiry into Clive Palmer political advertising.

Please sign to ask the Government to hold an inquiry into the legality of Palmer's anti-trans rhetoric and ad campaigns.

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New phenomenon where my Aussie friends now have answerphones that speak in British regional accents...

YouTube video by HDclassical Gustav Holst - Mars

Day 5, a song that needs to be played loud.
These headphones are insufficient.
One of my favourite tunes ever.

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Is it meant to look like a Bunnings logo?

YouTube video by Grace Petrie - Topic Make America Hate Again

Day 4, a song that reminds you of someone you'd rather forget. Easy. Can you guess who?
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YouTube video by Hey Geronimo Hey Geronimo - Carbon Affair

Day 3, a song that reminds you of summertime. Had to resist just lumping with Summertime! Instead: Hey Geronimo having some awesome dystopian beach vibes!
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Mostly the cats out-cute Pongo. But here he is being super cute.

That was a really interesting read...

YouTube video by Apollo440VEVO Apollo 440 - 1, 2, 3, 4 (Official Audio)

Day 2, a song with a number in the title. And in the band name in this case. Great party song!
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YouTube video by Tom Paxton - Topic Mr. Blue

Day 1, a song with a colour in the title.
Mr Blue by Tom Paxton. Just an excellent musician. I used to listen to this as a kid. Had no idea what it was about, but it was very memorable!
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In an attempt to rescue my sanity, I'm going to have fun thinking about music for a few days.

We can call Elon Musk Twitler…..

Last year Musk was earning $537 every second.

You cannot both believe billionaires should exists and say you believe in fairness.

I lived the Australian 2019/20 mega-fires and I really did think it was going to change everything - I was wrong. Australia, five years later, is the second largest exporter of climate pollution in the world.

YouTube video by CivicLeicester Grace Petrie - They Shall Not Pass

"They shall not pass" is a slogan linked to a century of resistance to fascism.
One example is the 1936 Battle of Cable Street where 300k diverse people prevented a fascist march into a Jewish neighbourhood, resisting mounted police and the fascist marchers.

Look it up!

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I would guess a predilection for punishment and control. Also strong zero sum game beliefs combined with a lack of nuance.

These are amazing 😻

Just FYI you can also just type "-AI" in your search. Less fun, but effective.

This is my favorite picture of Stonewall.

They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.

Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.

I think about it a lot in moments like this.

I won't normalise insane fascist hate-mongers by calling them just "right wing". There are people on the right that are not insane fascist hate-mongers, and we need THEM to denounce said hate-mongers as not "right wing" or "conservative" but rather dangerous megalomaniacs.

Amazing!!! My parents have solar but the storm took out their fusebox, so they are running off an extension lead over the fence from a neighbour...