Jim Woulfe
@woulfe.bsky.social
I knit, cycle, read, cook, and try to listen more than I talk. Proudly married to Andreas.
Winter solstice at midday in Sydney. The sun is low and the shadows are long. #solstice #winter #silentsunday #sydney
Why don’t AI-generated songs on Apple Music have a big fat “AI Generated” sticker on them?
And just like that, it’s open! www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
‘Much more than a ramp’: Newest addition to Sydney Harbour Bridge opens to cyclists
The opening on Tuesday of the 170-metre-long ramp at the Coathanger’s northern end means cyclists no longer have to lug their bikes up and down 55 stairs.
smh.com.au
Jim Woulfe@woulfe.bsky.social · 8mo agoNow that the Milsons Point bike ramp is nearing completion, it’s even harder to understand why people objected. It’s such a simple, elegant piece of construction. #cycling #sydney #sydneyharbourbridge
24 December, 1980 I was one of the fifth floor fire wardens. I got out of the building about fifteen seconds before the bomb went off. Miraculously, all the injuries were minor. #woolworths #bombing www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
Bomber's target: the toy department on Christmas Eve; Police pin hopes on $¼m reward
Clipping found in The Sydney Morning Herald published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 12/26/1980. Bomber's target: the toy department on Christmas Eve; Police pin hopes on $¼m reward
newspapers.com
Today's not the day for checking if Santa will be arriving on time.
In many languages, there's little or no distinction between "earn" and "deserve". Just sayin'
Happy "a-shark-stole-my-prime-minister" day to all who celebrate
We are wearily tolerated in our garden by its actual owners, a pair of magpies. They also manage to studiously ignore the Rainbow lorikeets that keep drenching themselves in the birdbath, to the point that they can't fly.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Good to see a state following the ACT’s 2023 protections for intersex infants, bad that it’s taking so long. Hoping that this move is rapidly taken up by other states.
Victoria could become first Australian state to ban unnecessary surgery on intersex children
Exclusive: Legislation would prohibit deferrable, irreversible procedures until child can give informed consent, bringing state in line with ACT
theguardian.com
Now that the Milsons Point bike ramp is nearing completion, it’s even harder to understand why people objected. It’s such a simple, elegant piece of construction. #cycling #sydney #sydneyharbourbridge
RFK Jr is not really the subject of this truly devastating account of a woman and mother who is dying of leukemia. But Tatiana Schlossberg is using the platform she has in the moments she has left to call him out. She follows in the footsteps of her mother. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
newyorker.com
Today I stumbled into this remarkable exhibition: boomalli.com.au/events/i-am-...
I am Gurgun | Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative
Boomalli is proud to present “I am Gurgun” a major retrospective of renowned Bundjalung artist Dr. Bronwyn Bancroft AM, curated by Kyra Kum-Sing. Spanning over five decades of Bancroft’s career, this ...
boomalli.com.au
This is so important - looking at the intersection of religious and sexual minorities: theconversation.com/school-exemp...
School exemptions to discrimination law leave religious LGBTQIA+ teens unprotected
Federal laws allow religious schools to discriminate against LGBTQIA+ people. New research shows religious and sexuality diverse teens fall through the cracks.
theconversation.com
Another year, another - for me at least - unanswerable HSC question: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My essay about childhood heroes was in this year’s HSC English exam – it made me rethink who mine really were | Deirdre Fidge
Everyone warned me against choosing humanities-heavy subjects – but these classes opened my mind and excited me in ways that still affect me today
theguardian.com
ourworldindata.org/grapher/taxe... Thirty countries tax cigarettes at a higher rate than Australia.
Taxes as a share of cigarette price
An interactive visualization from Our World in Data.
ourworldindata.org
New Zealand has lifted its gay blood ban. Australia should follow. Sign the petition: www.change.org/p/let-us-giv... More here: ymlp.com/zDd0rL
