OldSchoolJourno 🦘🏏🎶

@psclazzac.bsky.social

Retired Aus ex-Brit newspaper journo/writer/editor/language teacher ❤️ Left-leaning, love music, Test cricket, art, animals, German/French language/culture. Reverse Brexit! ⛔ All racists blocked on sight (far right & far left—you know who you are 👀)

Think of your trauma recovery as investing in things no one can ever take away from you: your beliefs, your self-esteem, your skillset. Abusers & bullies have tried to control what you say to yourself, what you focus on, & how you use & care for your body for years. No more.

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 3974: Pacing matters. A fast pace of storytelling throughout may sound exciting, but sometimes leaves the reader behind. On a journey, you need to give your passengers time to view the scenery.

King Charles does not pay income tax, capital gains tax, inheritance tax Duchy of Lancaster trades, doesn't pay corporation tax, capital gains tax. Its competitors do. The King voluntarily paid £30m since Accession. No way of knowing what it could/should be. Would you like to pay tax voluntarily?

Royal financial privileges show that we are not in it together

This week, after perfunctory scrutiny, the UK parliament approved a core Sovereign Grant of £99.9m (from 2027/28) for the King, a 93% increase from the £51.8m for 2024/25 and 65% higher in real terms ...

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Lawfare works because lawfare impoverishes the targets and renders them unable to speak. It's the whole point. And our system is set up such that the victims NEVER recoup the costs. Particularly when it's a government funded assault. Because one can't usually sue for malicious prosecution.

In the middle of a global fuel crisis, instead of encouraging car companies to send us more fuel-efficient cars, they want Aussie drivers to spend more of their money at the bowser. A move that would cost Aussie tax payers $600 million in taxes! Well done Angus.

Came across this on LBC News. Apparently hundreds of migrant rubber boats have been seized on the Bulgarian border. What's the odds the Russian FSB are involved in supplying them?

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Denmark’s PM Mette Frederiksen: “If Russia wanted peace, they could simply stop. “They are the ones attacking. Nobody else is attacking in Europe right now except Russia.”

“For girls and young women, access to books can mean access to language for autonomy, abuse, desire, resistance and lives that fall outside traditional expectations. That is what makes censorship more than a literary issue; it is a feminist one.” #Feminism #RightToRead #BanBookBans

That Librarian: Amanda Jones@librarianjones.com · 2w ago

“For Louisiana librarian Amanda Jones, speaking against censorship at a public library board meeting turned her into a target...” msmagazine.com/2026/10/09/t...