Perimeters, not parameters. An excursion, not an incursion. Six genders, not cisgender. Insane asylums, not asylum. Transgender mice, not transgenic mice. The IQ of a potato.
This is awful. I really hope the Coorong (and other sensitive areas) can come out of this in one piece.
Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · 3d agoSuspected mass bird flu deaths found in second state as Murray Watt warns ‘this is the beginning’
This whole stupid booing victim blaming thing has to stop.
Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · last wk.From the Pocket: No surprise as booing of Isaac Quaynor is met with the usual equivocation
It's bad enough in birds, but I really really hope it doesn't spead to the seal population on KI
Local transmission of H5 bird flu 'very, very likely', SA government says
A further 11 suspected cases of H5 bird flu have been detected in South Australia’s south-east and Kangaroo Island.
abc.net.au
Having heard the entire musical, I keep coming back to this song. It’s a gorgeous arrangement @actualbenfolds.bsky.social - STRINGS!!
Beautiful Pain by Lindsey Kraft & Produced by Ben Folds
YouTube video by benfoldsTV
youtu.be
Apparently Barnaby Joyce has an errant dog - fancy a reprise @actualbenfolds.bsky.social 🤣
Animal experts divided about Barnaby Joyce's TV dog discipline
One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce is back in the spotlight after some harsh words to his dog during a live TV interview, but experts are divided about what works when it comes to pulling a canine into line.
abc.net.au
Great article in The Australian (not often that I say that). The cost of not living: Our dark theatre crisis www.theaustralian.com.au/culture/we-a...
Musicians deserve super too. But the industry as a whole deserves more support from the government.
Three decades unpaid. 82% of musicians have never seen a cent of their super - Michael West
Musicians have been entitled to superannuation since 1992. Almost none of them ever got it.
michaelwest.com.au
“It’s an insult to everyone’s intelligence to have a guy standing on stage playing dress-ups. He is just a walking publicity stunt – not serious at all. At least we’ll have a candidate wearing a bin on his head to provide a more serious alternative." Read more: theshovel.com.au/2026/07/09/j...
Ummmmm. Holy crap. Dare I ask you to not forget us down under PRETTY PLEASE @actualbenfolds.bsky.social
Damn my Aussie dollar - YOLO right 🤷🏻♀️ (and I have definitely not been obsessively listening alternatively to the shelved and original release of Underground today @actualbenfolds.bsky.social 🤣)
If it helps, I’d pay a venue subscription.
Adapt or die: the Australian live music lovers trying to reinvent an ‘ancient’ and ‘unviable’ industry
With punters drinking less, running costs rising and one-third of the sector wiped out by Covid, venues and promoters are turning the business model on its head
theguardian.com
Perhaps a little crass - but does anyone on the right pull up other leaders (of unamed countries) for being "un-presidential" on a regular basis?...
Anthony Albanese apologises ‘unequivocally’ for podcast comment about Kylie Minogue
Prime minister picked pop singer in game of ‘shag, marry, date’ on comedy podcast
theguardian.com