Coming back in here for a look see and to recommend this marvellous YouTube channel

Mariana Colín@themorbidzoo.bsky.social · last wk.

Thoughts about You Can See Everything youtu.be/3fP2vBQ2Y48

Yowsers at the bowsers

Oh and I passed my PhD, so there’s that. Some minor corrections needed which I hope to process over Easter. If anyone’s interested the archive website is here: https://splintersarchive.anu.edu.au

Non-HP MG/YA series that are rich in magic & exploration & coming-of-age, & are actually really really good, to share with kids in your life: - Lioness Rampant, Pierce - Chrestomanci, Jones - Percy Jackson - A Wrinkle In Time!!!!! - URSULA LE GUIN’S EARTHSEA BOOKS - Akata Witch / Akata Warrior!!!!

Helen Rosner@hels.bsky.social · last yr.

Every single thing you like and admire and find illuminating or thrilling about HP exists in other books, movies, & series EXCEPT the birth-to-death-scale entertainment-industrial infrastructure of merch and licensing

"Populists now use devotion to the Australian flag as a test of patriotism. They accuse those who raise questions about Australian symbols as being elites with contempt for the values of ordinary people." Patriotic tropes are also used to enforce unity and suppress dissent - "love it or leave it".

Pearls and Irritations@johnmenadue.com · 7mo ago

The Australian flag is back at the centre of politics – used to define patriotism and draw lines around who belongs. From Malinauskas to the Coalition and One Nation, the battle over national symbols is intensifying, Marian Sawer writes. #auspol #AustralianPolitics #Populism #NationalIdentity

Australia must brace for clusters of natural disasters, not just isolated fires and floods theconversation.com/australia-mu...

Australia must brace for clusters of natural disasters, not just isolated fires and floods

Extreme weather events are increasingly coming in waves, giving communities just days or hours to recover before the next disaster hits.

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Get your fix of 2026 - new moving I’m loving youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Get a Fix of 2026 - YouTube

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Hi everyone, back from a little hiatus while on the road in flood ravaged far North Queensland. Who wants to hear bout it lol

I made a Substack substack.com/@gavfin/note...

Gavin Findlay (@gavfin)

Life in the Deep North, January 2026 For those who don’t know, we live in Kaba Kada (settler name Cow Bay) on the Daintree Coast in Far North Queensland. The last week has been dominated by the impen...

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I find it incredibly difficult to write about my Jewishness. I didn't want to write this, but I did. We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.

Holding complexity amidst catastrophe

I didn't want to write this. I don't want to write this. I feel like I need to write something. I am writing this. I am not good at writing about my Jewish experience. I am still writing this, ei...

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This is just amazing and powerful from @tomtanuki.bsky.social and I urge you all to watch and share

Tom Tanuki@tomtanuki.bsky.social · 11mo ago

THE CLOWN SHOW: GRIFTING, LIES & AI AFTER THE BONDI MASSACRE [video] watch: youtu.be/3nF3j3bK35M Everyone wants a piece of the Bondi massacre. Here I take a look at some of the factions vying to make the best use of the dead for their own ends, and how they've done it.

After the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, rather than political point scoring, Labor Oppn Leader Kim Beazley & Democrats Leader Cheryl Kernot supported Liberal PM John Howard, incl. his gun reforms. In 2025, after the #BondiBeachAttack, Oppn Leader Sussan Ley is attacking PM Anthony Albanese. 😔 #auspol

So minute organisms on the ocean floor are between us climate destruction and filthy capitalist fuckers want to mine it flip.it/wl82le

A Deep-Sea Creature Is Pulling Carbon From the Atmosphere. Scientists Didn’t Know It Was There.

Scientists could never square theory with data on how certain organisms fixed carbon. Turns out they were asking the wrong question.

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Urgh It seems Peta Credlin has joined us here. That was a very easy “blocked “ decision

Josh Frydenburg climbing over a pile of bodies to launch his political comeback is genuinely one of the most repulsive things I've witnessed in Australian politics. Have some shame.

lol flip.it/0SEABx

X was spooked enough by new Twitter to change its terms of service

X has updated its terms of service and filed a petition to seemingly counter an attempt to remove its control of old Twitter trademarks.

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What would you do? #auspol flip.it/q9Dk.E

Just legalise it already #auspol #ausecon flip.it/BS3IxR

Australia's medicinal cannabis bind is a political hot potato

There doesn't seem to be much political mileage for the government to do anything at all — whether that is cracking down and forcing cannabis users back onto the black market or fully legalising the s...

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Now the sensible thing to do would be to mandate that all data centres for AI have to be powered by renewable energy #auspol #ausecon

THAT’S WHEN SHIT STARTED TO GO SERIOUSLY WRONG

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11mo ago

25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.

This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.

Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.gov · 11mo ago

Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans. Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills. Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.

Strong argument at @alhr.bsky.social that a key missing element in protecting a healthy environment would be a Human Rights Act in Australia - this is core work for us and we will be pushing for meaningful progress on it in 2026. This can’t wait.

What’s the point of a human rights charter then? #auspol

The Saturday Paper@thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 11mo ago

The Victorian government has passed youth crime laws that will see children face adult courts and sentencing – reforms that the attorney-general admits are incompatible with the human rights charter. satpa.pe/4ELMyLA

So, Queensland ditches the Human Rights Commissioner who called out detention of children in watch houses and… appoints a cop #auspol www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/que...

Former senior cop appointed Queensland human rights tsar

Deborah Platz AM will replace outgoing commissioner Scott McDougall, with her five-year term to begin at the end of January.

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Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway

A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.

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First post, bit of a travel diary ramble

Gavin Findlay (@gavfin)

Hey Substack. Working out how I will use this platform. Is it time to tell my stories, is the world really ready for that? Or focus on my projects? Or just post interesting articles? Experiences with ...

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This remains one of the most disturbing stories of the year. A 1st trimester fetus incubated in a dead woman's body against the will of her family until a very early term birth when the corpse could no longer sustain life. www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...

Baby boy born to brain-dead Georgia mother remains hospitalized nearly 6 months later, family says

Adriana Smith's pregnancy made national headlines when she was declared brain dead but placed on life support to let her fetus grow. Now her family is sharing an update on the condition of her infant ...

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