A gentle ramp spirals into the pool that lies curled in the floor of the light-filled, tepee-shaped pavilion. It’s wheelchair access but it feels symbolic and vaguely yin-yang, like some ultra-pale azure catseye catching the light.... Read on: elizabethfarrelly.substack.com/p/aged-care-...
AGED-CARE FACILITY? SPARE ME
There must be better ways to age disgracefully than the soulless dettol-flavoured institutions we offer
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Isn’t it high time to bring all the craven politicians, rabid media & profiteering big environmental exploiters to account - better still to trial with punitive damages, for all the destruction they are reaping on our planet? Over time people vote for survival www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘No one wants to be right about this’: climate scientists’ horror and exasperation as global predictions play out
As the northern hemisphere burns, experts feel deep sadness – and resentment – while dreading what lies ahead this Australian summer
theguardian.com
Forced myself to watch Annabel Crabb's Kitchen Cabinet with the PM. Nothing new, no interesting questions, not even "Are you going to have the gas stove replaced with an induction cooktop?" @albomp.bsky.social @annabelcrabb.bsky.social
Electricity bill today $37.54 for the last 3 months, Canberra winter. Solar panels, smallish battery, EV. Pay to charge car only when away.
The fight to end the US military occupation of Australia (and the entire world) theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
The fight to end the US military occupation of Australia (and the entire world) - The Shot
For 64 years – an insignificant speck of time under a sky this large – from a stolen, sacred site...
theshot.net.au
www.sydneyoperahouse.com/sydney-symph... Enjoyed this concert on Thursday.
The Music of The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings films feature some of the greatest scores ever composed and in this concert you will hear them like never before – led by conductor Nicholas Buc and unpacked by popular podcaster...
sydneyoperahouse.com
organicinvestmentcooperative.com.au/food-as-thy-... Interesting article if you don't want a dose of paraquat in your dinner.
For a palate cleanser, watch My Neighbor Totoro on SBS On Demand.
"Memo to ABC management: Senator Hanson has reiterated that your journalists are banned from her media conferences. ... oblige the Senator by banning on ABC radio or TV any coverage at all of what she says & does. ... your journalists ... should cease reporting anything she says..." Ban her ...
Please explain: Hanson blasts away
Pauline Hanson’s National Press Club appearance cannot be judged by normal standards of evidence or logic, because her appeal lies in grievance, demagoguery and a direct rejection of the journalists a...
pearlsandirritations.com
“Racism is not simply immoral and abhorrent, it is absurd. The notion that some of us are in some way different to the rest of us – in some way born differently, of some alien biology.”- PJK #auspol Full transcript here: www.paulkeating.net.au/persistent/c...
Drove the new EV for the first time today. Lovely. Pre warmed seats and air filtered by app before I left the house. Powered mostly by the sun. Google says the G-clean air purification system will even eliminate fart smells.
All the bells and whistles in our new EV make me think of my first car in about 1964, a no frills Morris Mini. Aircon/heating was windows open/closed. The good ole days.
My current earworm is "But man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he’s most assur'd, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep."
At last! Bloke picked up the EV. I'm away for a couple of weeks but look forward to driving it when I return.
I recommend the doco on Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister, on Netflix.
I'm not usually interested in reruns of old British shows on TV but am loving UK Portrait Artist of the Year on iview. The first season was a bit chaotic but then settled down. Such a lot of talent, so interesting to watch. 🎨
Fertiliser from the Middle East? No thanks. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
'Plate to paddock': How a festival's waste became a farmer's treasure
Tonnes of organic waste from the National Folk Festival are being turned into fertiliser on a farm outside Canberra in a circular economy project delivering more benefits than just waste reduction.
abc.net.au
Dogsitting for Easter and the (other) old girl is kidding me that 2.15pm is her dinner time.
Time to pension off our 2012 Camry hybrid. Signed up today for a Geely EX5, to be delivered in a couple of weeks. Timing is to do with our finances, not the daft war and surging petrol prices.
A real pleasure to meet George Clarke and hear about his experiences growing up on a council estate. We both know the positive impact social housing can have on families’ lives. That’s why I’m determined to continue delivering more council homes as we build a fairer London for everyone.
Ronnie Salt tells it like it is. Essential reading for Aussies! Don't let the casual language fool you.
David Milner@davemilbo.bsky.social · 7mo agoHere's @ronnisalt.bsky.social. "The dark arts"
@albo
Jac@cultofjack.bsky.social · 7mo agoToday we will see the clamouring of politicians, all desperate to appease the lobbyists of a foreign govt, blaming the “cultural left” for the human toll of hatred. So I’m posting this to demonstrate what an Australian leader looks like (cc @albomp.bsky.social - watch & learn) #auspol
Editorial: Three and a half years ago, then environment minister Tanya Plibersek thanked activists who had protected the country’s wilderness. She was replaced by a man who immediately began extending the life of fossil fuel projects. satpa.pe/eXQ6XoU
Dead parrot sketch
It is difficult to know which numbers are the more appalling, the very large ones or the ones that are tragically small. Is it the scale of the destruction of threatened species habitat approved by the Albanese government, or is it the fact that the surviving population of night parrots could be counted by most children under 10?
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www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22402/...
Cities aren’t safe from the next firestorm
As we face these fires in Victoria, there is deep apprehension among my colleagues in emergency services. We are not just worried about today. Victoria’s most savage fire weather often arrives later i...
thesaturdaypaper.com.au
"Harcourt fires show need for disaster levy Those responsible for the climate crisis must be made to pay for the mess they have made." Alex Kelly #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
Harcourt fires show need for disaster levy
Those responsible for the climate crisis must be made to pay for the mess they have made.
thepoint.com.au
Technology gains mean that one ship load of solar #PV panels is now worth more to the grid than 120 #coal carriers, or 57 #LNG tankers.
One ship loaded with solar PV is now worth more to the grid than 120 coal-carriers
Technology gains mean that one ship load of solar PV panels is now worth more to the grid than 120 coal carriers, or 57 LNG tankers.
reneweconomy.com.au
