Sunil Badami

So thrilled and honoured to be chatting to these brilliant authors @gleebooks.bsky.social next week, thanks to @copyright.com.au and Perpetual! Hope to see you there! #booksky #auslit #MFLA #MilesFranklin

a man is sitting in a car and giving the middle finger . ALT: a man is sitting in a car and giving the middle finger .

Good carma!

My petty gripe: I graciously let your car in, now where’s my bloody thank you wave? I’m a considerate driver. I don’t hog the right lane. I never tailgate. And I let people in ahead of me. But woe betide you if I don’t get acknowledgement

Is it really so hard to give a little wave after I let you in? I'll be chatting to @Brigitte Duclos on ABC Melbourne at 12:30pm today about my petty road gripes in @australia.theguardian.com. Call on 1300 222 774 & share your road rage!

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Who else is watching #Conclave tonight? Boss move by Pope Francis to not only die after rebuking #MascaraMan JD Vance but on Easter. Still, a more interesting election than #auspol, that’s for sure. #AustraliaVotes25 #VaticanVotes25

did jd vance kill the pope?

In a difficult year being unemployed, I learned what success really means | Sunil Badami For most of that year, I didn’t tell anyone. I didn’t want to burden them with my troubles. And, to be honest, I felt ashamed From finance to academia, on radio and TV and even in a Kings Cross sex shop, I’ve had a diverse range of jobs, most largely freelance, casual or contract. I loved doing new things, learning new skills and meeting new people. I was so busy for so long, with so many contracts overlapping each other, that I often didn’t have much time for anything else. By August 2023, I was burnt out. Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...

In a difficult year being unemployed, I learned what success really means | Sunil Badami

Thank you too to all my wonderful friends, family and allies who supported me, encouraged me, advised me and loved me that difficult year. I couldn’t have done it without you, and I’m here for you if it happens to you. S x

In a difficult year being unemployed, I learned what success really means | Sunil Badami For most of that year, I didn’t tell anyone. I didn’t want to burden them with my troubles. And, to be honest, I felt ashamed

I came out as unemployed today. Luckily I didn’t have to “survive” on #Jobseeker or bear the pointless cruelties of “mutual obligation” but it was still hard. We talk about mental illness. So why is it still so hard to talk about being unemployed? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Kiss my Hass: Why Shepards are the superior avocado I’m not usually one for patriotism, but preferring Shepards over Hass is basically a civic duty.

I fully endorse this. I gorge on Shepards March to May. Hasses are terrible. Always rot fast, mushy, bitter. Sheps are sweet, creamy, last forever. Love them. I’ll die on this green hill. I shall never want.

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‘Everybody seemed thrilled they’d made it inside’: sizzling images from Studio 54 – in pictures The disco mecca was arguably the most famous nightclub of all time – and certainly the most decadent. Between 1978 and 1980, Tod Papageorge captured its glamorous dancers and drinkers

Funny and sad to think any of these ragers still alive are in their 70s and 80s. And they look like they’re having the kind of times you had when you didn’t have to worry about “virality” #goodtimes #studio54 #yolo

I went searching for the grandmother I never met. Under a tree where she once sat with Leonard Cohen, I broke | Gina Chick When adoption laws changed in Australia, we discovered her name: Charmian Clift. I felt instant recognition. This explained everything

When @ginachick.bsky.social discovered her grandmother's identity, she went in search of her. She'll be talking to her mum Suzanne in a special event @gleebooks.bsky.social this Friday about their Search for Charmian. Selling fast! gleebooks.com.au/event/suzann... @simonandschuster.bsky.social

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I’ve been reading Walton Goggins’ Indian travel blog. It’s a magic carpet ride. With lotuses. Some white. hindutoyoutoo.blogspot.com/2009/03/peop...

Moment octopus STRANGLES  diver after spraying blinding ink in his face THIS is the horrific moment an aggressive octopus latches onto a snorkeler and nearly strangles him after its home was disturbed. Viral footage showed the eight-limbed creature in a nightmare scena…

I'm #TeamOctopus. 🐙

Octopus latches onto a snorkeller, sprays blinding ink in his face and tries to choke him after after he pokes at its home.

Police in India stop Ed Sheeran busking on street before concert Local channels show police officer walking up to star as he sings Shape of You and unplugging microphone

Never thought I’d say “thank you Indian police”

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You do too! And yes, would LOVE to! x

Gleetalks Ronni Salt Gunnawah The 1970s. The era of flares, treads, Gough… and the founding of Gleebooks – but that’s another story! It was also the age of the advent of feminism, rampant police and political corruption, and the

I've had a busy past few weeks chatting to some fabulously intelligent & entertaining people - none more so than sunilbadami.bsky.social the events manager+podcast host at @gleebooks.bsky.social

Sunil is a human encyclopedia & so warm & funny

Please enjoy our chat👇🏽

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Shucks, you made my day Ronni! I loved chatting to you as much as I adore #Gunnewah – and can’t wait to return for more adventures with Ads, Val & Wayne. Thank you for inaugurating @gleebooks.bsky.social #Gleetalks podcast! Hope we can have a natter again soon! ❤️📚

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Image of Ronni Salt's new novel Gunnawah published by Hachette – cover shows a bird on a rock in the middle of the Murray River with trees on the riverbank in the background under a slightly cloudy sky

We’ve hosted some of the world’s best authors over the years, and now, we’d like to share some of them with you in our new podcast #Gleetalks! Check out our first yarn with the inimitable @ronnisalt.bsky.social 🧂about her ripper new novel #Gunnewah hot off the presses!

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COVID-19 is a leading cause of death in children and young people in A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford’s Department of Computer Science has found that, between 2021 and 2022, COVID-19 was a leading cause of death in children and young people

It still astonishes me that more people in politics and our media pretend to be concerned about kids having missed school than kids having been killed or sickened by Covid.

Australia is leading the way by banning access to the covid vaccine for kids under 18.

Only exception is if they have risk factors/severely immunocompromised - and in that case, good luck finding it because almost everywhere stopped stocking kids’ doses years ago due to lack of eligibility.

Matt Goss on love, loss and his brother Luke: ‘I don’t want to lie any more. We’re completely estranged’ The Bros frontman is back touring the UK after an 11-year Vegas residency. He discusses mega-fame, political correctness, loneliness and the joy of long-term success

I never cared for Bros when they were famous but this interview is wild. The last three quotes alone worth the price of admission. Like Spinal Tap swallowed too much Crème Brûlée. Surely subs must have considered the headline “When he was, he was once famous.” 🎶 www.theguardian.com/music/2024/d...

Actually not the worst chip flavour ever, promise! #tryityoumightlikeit

Cross-stitch embroidery ring, with a few flowers, a knife a skull, and the words: "Warning This is proof I have the patience to stab something 1,000 times."

The coffee Doritos were not as bad as they sound. And they actually tasted like coffee with one sugar! Not sure if they woke me up, though, and I can’t work out what they’d go with other than chocolate flavoured Doritos.

What happened when a Canadian city stopped evicting homeless camps Faced with a housing and homelessness crisis, Halifax has set aside city sites for people to live in tents. Not everyone is behind the plan.

What happened when a Canadian city stopped evicting homeless camps

Love this.

Weirdly, I was talking about her last Thursday, the day she died, only 10 days after her 110th birthday.

Vale #WalkaboutDancer!

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She inspired all of us who met her and knew her to dance to our own tune and walk our own path, and to keep living, loving and dancing!

Our chat was the first interview she did in Australia on her return – and she did many more after that well into her centenary!

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Her articles for the Women's Weekly were witty and exciting – especially the one where she landed in Paris and had to find woollen underwear while wearing a sari. Plus her work with Ruby Rich, Jean Garling & other giants of Australian dance, especially Madame Gertrude Bodenweiser.

An amazing life – sharing a cottage in Philip Street with Rosaleen Norton, the Witch of Kings Cross; having a fling with Chico Marx; dancing for bed and board in the Taj Hotel in Bombay; making 400 clay figurines for an animated film and more.