Great piece, @robbieb.bsky.social
He's SO right.
What a legacy for Uni bosses... to lay waste to our cultural landscape? Silence the voices of the next generation?.
Is this what you signed on for??
WRONG WAY!
GO BACK!
Age headline on opinion piece: 'Love her or hate her, Melbourne in needs outspoken icons like Bec Judd' by Stephen Brook. The first par tells us that opinions vary about this woman and the second paragraph tells us she wore a red dress to the Brownlow Medal count in 2004. The rest of the article is similarly insightful.
Breathtaking bollocky bilge in The Age. 'Love it or hate it' is the first refuge of a dull headline writer to sit atop a collection of commentator-extruded paragraphs unburdened by insight.
A must-read for Australians from Melissa Lucashenko on the definition of 'social cohesion' & more. www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
“UNICEF outraged after 2 drivers delivering clean water to families in Gaza killed by 🇮🇱”: www.reuters.com/world/middle...
“UN: 38,000 women & girls killed (by 🇮🇱) in Gaza” www.unwomen.org/en/news-stor...
'How do you know you don't need AI to write unless you try it?' Haven't tried writing with a spatula or a lawnmower, either, but I'm pretty confident I can go on without them.
Channel 9 papers repeating totes dodgy, anonymous BS 'quotes' from rabidly vicious Meghan-obsessed UK Telegraph: 'Another insider said: “Grifting is one thing, but carrying out a faux royal visit to a children’s hospital while flogging your outfits online appears to have crossed a line.”'.
Child has invented a kind of soccer where you can pick up the ball if you feel like it. She calls it Yes Hands, and I cannot explain to her why this is funny.
Could this be my finest moment?
'"Your average space billionaire probably doesn't give a rat's arse about future generations," she said'.
I'm not sure I was expecting this to be quoted!
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I have been totally räskoggled. Put together a little cart on sale from Ikea and I have three metal parts, 5 weeny screws and two swears left over. I'm going to pretend it's fine. The valiant motto for the end of a long day: 'that'll have to do'. I might get it on a coat of arms ...
Celebratory dance in Hungary
Ludicrous that Australia doesn't have thousands of these. We are now years and years behind other countries who have the infrastructure to run everything on renewable energy, & we're still polluting & not taxing the billionaire fossil fuel companies. Clowns to the left of us, jokers to the right.
That seems odd. Disposable & reusable nappies are sold in supermarkets, same aisle. It's water & chemical use versus landfill: neither is eco friendly. Most people use disposables. In my books for parents I say if washing nappies causes drudgery & depression or is a lone chore, permission to switch.
You can do it!
Whatever skills I have as a translator came from the million+ words I translated down the translation mines. If all the unglamorous grunt work disappears there won't be anywhere to learn
Then please don't say of parents, 'have they never heard of cloth nappies?' You probably wouldn't say to somebody 'why don't you use a period cup?' or 'do you compost your own poo?'. (If you do, can I watch?)
People who suggest everyone should use cloth nappies should butt out. Factors include time, if you can afford a washer/clothes dryer, space in your (upstairs, no lift?) flat/house, running water, gendered chore division, drought restrictions, climate, number of kids, storage, smell tolerance ...
Good morning!
This tiny “snow fairy” is actually one of the most magical little birds on the planet - the long-tailed tit!
In winter, they puff up so much they look like floating snowballs with wings. Photography by @y.odamon
Seven countries now generate 100% of their electricity from renewable sources, proving the transition is not theoretical but already operational. The barrier is no longer technology, but political will, investment priorities, and the courage to move faster.
Also, can media stop saying that a man 'vehemently' or 'strenuously' denies an 'accusation' - unless it's also accompanied by equal-weight wording that a woman has 'steadfastly' or 'bravely' made a 'report'?
Surely we couldn't not squeeze another double-negative in there?
Shout-out to whoever designs the NASA splash-down parachutes with orange stripes to contrast with a blue sky & create a Slim Aarons-photo 1970s Beverley Hills poolside umbrellas vibe. I half expected the astronauts to come out in emerald green palazzo-pant jumpsuits & big shades holding mimosas.
Don't waste our time and insult us with bullshit AI sludge videos. Blockity blockity.
It's rather sparkly so I may be stretching the elastic a teensy bit on the definition.
B and W photo. A young woman, Myrtle Roberts, with dark hair, strong features and early 1930s style dark lippy and rouge, sitting on a photographic studio prop at Luna Park - a stylised early 20th Century smiling crescent moon in front of a back-drop with scattered stars. Her feet are dangling above the floor. One lock of slicked hair is carefully arranged over her right eye on her pale forehead. Myrtle is wearing (I'm guessing) a light coloured shot-silk or satin leisure-wear suit with wrap-style tunic top, puffed short sleeves and gathered at the ankles clown-style, and a couple of Nellie Stewart bangles are visible on her right arm. One hand is steading the prop seat and the other is touching her necklace.
Here's the eccentric dancer & magician Myrtle Roberts very early in her career at Luna Park, Melbourne. More details and a performance pic of her in a costume merkin with some doves will appear in my next book. Photo courtesy Pete Smith via Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne.
Australian officialdom continues to cavort around shamelessly saying nerny nerny ner instead of doing the right thing when it comes to Aboriginal people. It capers away, shameful & brains-bereft, mistaking cruelty & disrespect for efficiency.
An intriguing piece of architecture people can see in real life, with stories of creating & cultural use, or just an automatic throwaway image?No time to investigate every amazing image. Another side effect of AI ubiquity. We're literally losing touch with reality. (This one's real.)
Sometimes on the Isle of May the wildlife comes to us…I caught this Puffin yesterday in one of our buildings and released unharmed :) stunning but powerful wee birds.
Did anyone who's seen this doco notice that when the Beatles start some shop-girls & secretaries rush to the roof to their left but by the time it's in full swing, bloke bosses have sent them all packing downstairs, & taken the good viewing spots? Or did I have a feminist confirmation bias delusion?
He doesn't seem to have a predictable schedule and his security detail looks very on the ball, which is great.
