5 menopausal women form a punk band. Its English, you might get it on Britbox

Haven’t watched English language television except for Riot Women and Resident Alien in about 12 months- and I currently watch about 4-5 hours a day.

The Point Live: Gas, politics and the coming budget. All the day's events, live Welcome to a special edition of The Point Live, as we cover off the first day of the Senate’s Select Committee on the Taxation of Gas Resources, as well as take a look at what is shaping up in the bud...

. @amyremeikis.bsky.social pointing out Ken Henry said much the same thing as @punterspolitics.bsky.social and yet some journos were all a bit sniffy about Konrad because "not an economist, just a tiktok guy blah blah"
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Picture of the Canal Saint Martin in Paris at sunset on a warm day, the banks are filled with people sitting outside in groups talking and drinking.

A run of sun and warm days sent everyone mad, myself included. It was a collective psychosis the likes of which I've never experienced. Plus my advice on making friends in Paris: just stay still. rick-morton.ghost.io/thirst-du-so...

To quote Cpl Hicks from 'Aliens'; 'We're on an express elevator to hell...going down!"

A pic from my 2019 collection.

#Access #Disability #UrbanPlanning #Uh,Don'tDoThis

Having a stoush with a director of a disability provider who claims that many participants / families rort the NDIS. When challenged to provide evidence, he replies with “Facebook is not the place to report these things”.

Oh do fuck off and when you get there, fuck off some more.

It really should have been a public system, designing it as a taxpayer funded private run system baked in extra costs.

My favourite line so far from the Gas Tax committee is Susan McDonald "I probably know more than 20,000 people who work directly and fairly closely directly with the gas industry."

C'mon Susan, the Santos corporate box for the Wallabies vs Argentina Rugby Test Match wasn't that big

Labor: “We can’t be bothered meeting our citizen’s needs in regards to disability dignity and inclusion.”

The question should be, not whether the NDIS is growing too fast, but whether its growth reflects genuine unmet need, and whether Australia is prepared to fund the level of inclusion it has already committed to in principle.

“The NDIS is growing too fast for Australians to afford,” the treasurer said on Monday. 1/2

“Means-testing the NDIS is like telling someone their house insurance won’t pay out after a fire because they earn too much. You didn’t insure the person—you insured the risk. Once the house burns down, the payout isn’t based on income, it’s based on need.”

Single frame. Prayer session in the Oval Office. Trump’s team laying hands on Trump, as his pastor says, “O Lord, cast out those misguided religious leaders who would dare to meddle in our politics…”

Let us pray.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

We will undoubtedly hear more about NDIS integrity this week. Less likely: Discussion of the historical debt review findings, or further detail which deserves public scrutiny. Friendly reminder:… | ... We will undoubtedly hear more about NDIS integrity this week. Less likely: Discussion of the historical debt review findings, or further detail which deserves public scrutiny. Friendly reminder: •...

Probably missing from #NDIS integrity talk this week as Labor justifies harsh cuts: Any mention of that historical debt review or further details on the 24% of participant debts revoked.

Friendly reminder: The lists don't solve this and participants have no review rights to dispute a debt. #Auspol

Take a look at @lucyham.bsky.social ‘s work, includes crossover of far right Christian nationalism and fossil fuels

NDIS changes put lives at risk

"NDIS reform can kill people. I say that with a deep certainty, and I am saying it because the system’s own figures already show the pattern…"

Georgia Cranko on the human cost of cuts to the NDIS: satpa.pe/ZSoGjZ5

Gotta love the eugenics by balance sheet approach of the Labor Government #NDIS

Just appalling to be cutting #NDIS & refusing to raise JobSeeker levels & at same giving out tax cuts & corporate welfare: Guardian News: States on edge about NDIS cuts as Chalmers flags they will be ‘easily the most important’ part of budget savings […]

It absolutely infuriates me reading about NDIS cuts etc especially when the ABC brings up "Mild Autism"

FYI being autistic doesnt revolve around using terms you would find at a Nandos restaurant.

"How would you like your autism? Mild or lemon and herb?"

Labor willing to sacrifice the health and lives of disabled Australians to make a budget look good.

Why Do Australians Pay for the NBN After Funding It? By Denis Hay   Description Why do Australians pay for the NBN if it was publicly funded? Discover where your money goes and why the internet still costs so much. Introduction: The Question Millions Ar...

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More than 20 arrested re Queensland’s controversial ‘from the river to the sea’ laws during weekend of protests
Activists vow to challenge laws in the high court after a weekend of mass protests across Brisbane #Zionists control #Australia #AtlasNetwork #Genocide
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Just a reminder that Angus Taylor slipped the term “genocidal protesters” into his anti-immigration racist rant last week.

Does anyone here know anyone who is protesting FOR genocide?

Iran aside, don’t ignore Trump’s war crimes in the Caribbean, Venezuela and Somalia By Walt Zlotow   As Trump was cooling his massive, murderous bombing of Iran, he was ramping up his murderous bombing of small civilian boats in the Caribbean. In the last 5 days he obliterated 5 [......

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So the police can gather to hassle anti-genocide protesters anywhere we go, but Neo Nazis set up a *booth* outside this football game to distribute material, recruit without confrontation from the police. 🤬
#auspol

fingertips –
checking a lucky
pebble in his pocket

#haiku #senryu

Congrats

Quite unbelievably my poem has *won* the 2025 Touchstone Award for Individual Haibun - I’m stunned. Huge thank you to editor Roberta Beary of Modern Haiku and the panel of judges

(how cool is that x 3)