Quicksand&Lava

Amazing. A truly great breakthrough.

With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.

If you are confident that a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, you stop it and board it. That way, you have evidence.

If you don't really care if a boat near Venezuela is carrying drugs, but you just want to kill people, you blow the boat up. That way, the irrelevant evidence is gone.

a cartoon pink panther is riding a motorcycle down a road ALT: a cartoon pink panther is riding a motorcycle down a road

Wanted following robbery at the Louvre. Last seen escaping on scooter. Seriously though, how did happen 🤷‍♂️

Print of a sitting fox facing forwards among and partly covered by a mass of orange autumn foliage

Julia Lucey, contemporary US printmaker who uses traditional etching and aquatint techniques to explore nature, wildness, wilderness #womensart

Who called it singing out loud in the car when seat belting was right there?

America! Your expats and your friends are *always* with you! Sending you love and courage and #NoKings solidarity and frog costumes from Melbourne, Australia. Make fascism history again!

I believe Barnaby Joyce is grifter with a drinking issue. He may be younger than Pauline Hanson but his liver must be twice her age. So he may not be the ideal succession plan they think. Karma suits them both. #AusPol

Australia this is not ok, do better. This mural should NOT have been removed because an officer complained.
This mural is clearly about inclusivity and celebrating our hard fought equality. It is not even remotely offensive. Removing it is offensive and a giant leap backwards.
🏳️‍🌈🇦🇺

Well, I’ve just done my first block on #Bluesky. Let’s just say… you can probably guess who. Some people evolve. Others… rebrand badly. #WhiteHouse #Maga

The trump regime is setting up official agency accounts here on BlueSky, and they’re dragging their MAGA trolls with them. Block liberally.

#top100books Such a great idea. I’m loving the program so far. AND I have some titles to add to my TBR :-) Thanks everyone involved and our ABC x Good luck to all that voted. 📚📖🤓

Grifters gonna grift — and Trump’s one of the biggest. He’s also petty, narcissistic, and not exactly bright. If a man can bankrupt a casino, there’s always a chance he’ll cook his golden goose too.

If you haven’t voted a failure to vote notice is sent. You can provide a valid reason there or pay a small fine. If you ignore that it gets escalated and penalties increase.

Let me help you here....

American friends take note. Australia’s avoided the far-right freefall we’re watching in the US. One quiet reason: compulsory voting. When everyone has to show up, the extremes don’t get to run the show. It’s the secret sauce in the democracy sausage.
#CompulsoryVoting #AusPol

Happy Humpday! Coffee tastes extra good because it’s always a good day when both Alex Jones and “Dr.” Phil both face turbulence in the grift economy. Hope the setbacks turn into complete downfalls. #karmasuitsya

It’s a rare moment of quiet but it’s fragile and temporary.
“This ceasefire, like those of the past, is a commercial break. A moment when the condemned man is allowed to smoke a cigarette before being gunned down in a fusillade of bullets.”

Dear America, do yourselves a favour and watch Australia’s Four Corners on Trump.

Chrissie Meets Rosie O’Donnell! - The Chrissie Swan Show Rosie O’Donnell is in Australia and took some time out of her schedule to pop into the studio, queue Chrissie Swan shrieks! They chat about her time in Australia so far, why McDonalds it the best rest...

I’ve long been a fan of Chrissie Swan and adored Rosie O’Donnell even longer. Stumbled across this pod ep . A nice feel good episode. They both make me 😂 #podcast #Rosie

YouTube video by Halestorm Halestorm - Break In (feat. Amy Lee) [Official Video]

A song to celebrate the birthday of Lzzy Hale from Halestorm. Break in with the beautifully talented Amy Lee 🎧 #rock

Custodianship and Country: Some Australian Aboriginal Beliefs About the Environment Recently I shared with you a “Love Letter to Mother Earth” from the Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh. I have been thinking about spiritual matters in general recently, a…

I wrote a mini-series of posts about environmental beliefs by various cultures and religions, a few years back. I need to write a few more. Here is one which is quite popular, about the beliefs of indigenous peoples in #Australia
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Electricity from renewables overtakes coal in Australia for the first time Power from solar, wind hydro and biomass totals 9.24 terawatt hours, compared with 8.8 terawatt hours from burning the fossil fuel

Some good news!

Electricity from renewables overtakes coal in Australia for the first time

a photo taken at a lake although not much of the lake is shown in it. there are grasses, bushes and trees all around small bits of water.

"The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members"

-Pearl S. Buck

I can only hope we’re not just playing nice — we’re playing smart. Like a Spooks or Diplomat kind of move. Outfoxing the Trump crowd in silence. I had an ex like Trump briefly, it’s the only way to escape unscathed. Let’s gtfo aukus. #Auspol

Rest In Peace & Power
Diane Keaton 🙏🕊️

I am one of those people who would go see it if sex pest/pedo/cult leader Jared Leto wasn’t in it. Why cast him? He’s not even a good actor. #Tron 🎥

Everyday it becomes clearer how he bankrupted four casinos. This is not a healthcare plan. It is merely bully boy boardroom tactics while in the real world US citizens suffer more each day. #USPol #healthcare

Mr. President. Stop breaking the law. 

The shutdown does not give you the right to fire thousands of hard working federal employees.

Instead of giving huge tax breaks to your billionaire friends, show some respect for the struggling working families of our country.

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.