I recognise the strength, courage and resilience of our First Nations peoples. I commit to actions that engender reconciliation and healing.

On National Sorry Day, I acknowledge this land on which I live is unceded. That our First Nations people continue to live with the burden of colonial policies that sought to strip them of their culture, families, language and land.

Phew

Do not kick or punch the art object. This is a space for contemplative reflection and meditation #enlightencanberra #artistintent does not equal #howartexperienced

Another snippet from the deadly animation at the Australian Portrait Gallery #enlightencanberra

Red and yellow and pink and green, orange and purple and blue. I can see a rainbow! Archway lights celebrate colour at #enlightencanberra

Flashing lights #enlightencanberra

Here’s a pice of that deadly animation I posted about. One more night to see it at #enlightencanberra

Red lights form and arrow travelling along

Fantastic lighted archway with many different configurations #enlightencanberra

Deadly animation on the side of the portrait gallery, fire breathing rainbow serpent expels colonising forces.

Really interesting animation at #enlightencanberra

More lights and installations at #enlightencanberra

Tendrils of light cascade from the tree trunk and into the ground, mushrooms wave above the light tendrils

Mycelium represented by light tendrils falling down the tree and onto the ground, a network of communication

Mycelium represented through fibre optics #enlightencanberra

A cricket shape is illuminated in the grass

A glowing sphere near the insect shapes in the grass

Another insect in the grass

Themes of the natural world seem to abound at #enlightencanberra

On the right-hand half of the image, a photo of Jan Fran wearing a black and white pattern dress and red lipstick, standing in front of a blue-grey background. On the left hand side, in bold lettering, a quote by Fran, which reads: "Accord to the ABC, I'm raceless. Or white. Thank goodness!"

Opinion | "My Asian, African and Aboriginal ABC colleagues are now on notice: complain about something to do with your race and it’s not beyond the realm of possibility the ABC will ask you to prove you have a race in the first place." @janfran.bsky.social

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After 16 weeks, January 2025 finally comes to an end.

What shit will February bring?

Now I’m considering whether I get the cats we have now added to the arm. They aren’t dead yet though and it seems tempting fate. But then again I do love them so.

A human arm with a colour tattoo of a beloved dog. The tattoo is fresh. The dog depicted has crossed the rainbow bridge.

I have a few tattoos. This one is my memento mori for a beloved companion. I’m not that into skulls and death symbology but this felt right.

That’s still too many but FOMO got me faltering.
I need to spend a bit more time here before any more culls.

I think I’m going to shrink who I am following here, I am so stuck between wanting to know nothing and everything. Overwhelm is very much on the cards.

I’m so out of practice with spaces that allow you to interact with your chosen friends. Current mood: despondent about the world but happy about my own life.

Affordable to buy but what about affordable to live in? What is their current energy efficiency rating? Do they have structural water ingress, expensive and difficult to fix? Renovation to address these issues is passed on to owners through high strata levies. There’s no easy answers.

More likely this is her defence mechanism, he does it to her all the time too, I am sure.

His name wasn’t Warwick, was it? What a mean and unnecessary thing to do.

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Shocking news. So very sorry to hear this.

Is it though? It’s just a different/non-anglo name. Do you even know how it is pronounced? Are you allowing your white Anglo bias to colour your judgement of this name?

Outrageous! And wtaf! Write a sternly worded google review on that dude.

20 November every year is #transgenderdayofremembrance. It’s a day to reflect on the hurt & violence experienced by trans & gender diverse people & recommit to preventing such violence. We remember those who have been targeted for presenting as who they are & not who the world demands they be. 🏳️‍⚧️