The nimbys in my neighbourhood have lost their god damn minds and embraced AI for their petitions about INCREASED TRAFFIC AND FAST CARS KILLING OLD PEOPLE AND CHILDREN.

Happy May Day.

Lucky! Wordle 1,776 3/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Facebook exists for memories like this. This was me 12 years ago today. Little was still almost 3 months away. (Born at 41+ weeks). I was on a union organising road trip in some shit motel, while Little’s dad was at the baby classes. Wholly fuck.

It’s been a LONG TIME (we think 2003) since Little’s School had a team win in the first round of the Paul Kelly Cup. It was like when AJ scored the record try in the NRL. Such joy. (They all calmed down and shook hands). Little had a cracker. Sound up!

And on and on and on this sh*t show goes. www.theage.com.au/national/cfm...

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'Ahead of Essendon and Collingwood’s Anzac Day clash, a near 100,000 strong MCG crowd gave Uncle Colin Hunter Jr a hero’s welcome before cheering and clapping throughout his several minute speech.' www.news.com.au/sport/afl/in...

Threes. For those following on with my recent series of disaster: 1. Card skimmed. 2. Car rear ended. And now, 3. First major battle against (well managed) panic in years resulting in a very very very sore lower back. Urgh.

Something tells me News Corp isn't going to run a multi-year targeting campaign against the people who organised and did this. Imagine if this was done by a pro-Palestine or anti-war protestor, and what the reaction would look like, compared to this www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

When a Border Collie has no sheep to herd …and the Cat being so Catlike 😸

a lot of cis people don't get it and think stuff like this is just the odd social media post. no no all these people do all day every day is talk about trans people. all day every day. online and offline. they insert us into the narratives of everything they ever think or do ever. it is constant.

The booing during the Welcome to Country at the Sydney dawn service makes me feel sick, how these white men (and it’s largely white men) can Lest We Forget soldiers AND be so ignorant and obnoxious about the actual history of this colony is beyond me. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

I’d love to compare this with caring/household duties data. It’ll be a Venn diagram classic.

There was a huge push in the early 2020s to put a female face on nuclear advocacy but since Trump was elected many of these influencers have realised you don't need to do advocacy and win support in an authoritarian dictatorship, and you can just say and do whatever you like

Men would rather have a nuclear reactor in their garden than go to therapy.

Breaking: Men are consistently more likely to not do any of the thinking or work around major policy decisions that may the impact anyone other than themselves like families, communities, the planet.

Deadset creepiest social media that exists.

It should worry you that the One Nation candidate on track to win Farrer thinks it is "above his paygrade" whether Gina Rinehart is funding the party. www.deepcutnews.com/p/legacy-med...

Raising the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to at least 14 is a catalyst for change. Good change. For kids, communities and the budget bottom-line. Here is Rev. Bill Crews’ message to the NSW Government.

In NSW, and across most of Australia, ten-year-olds are sent to prison. That is too young. The NSW Premier, Chris Minns and our PM spent some of their Christmas Day last year volunteering with the amazing Rev. Bill Crews. Good on them.

Glory glory!

What a nice change from the usual stories of horrible hospo bosses stealing wages and abusing staff. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

That's too young

Such a cop out by all governments that do this. Youth crime is a social problem.

They make a good point.

10 years old!? Wtf. That in itself is criminal.

h/t via @emilymayo.bsky.social the Minns government passed laws to cause more incarceration of children, which are functioning exactly as designed. Criminal proceedings in children courts are literally that - criminalisation processes. No justice happens there. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

Meanwhile, in Moree, police are using drones to surveil actual children who are then more likely to plead guilty because of changes to the bail act to make it easier to lock up children than adults. www.theage.com.au/national/rob...

more than 70% of incarcerated children and young people in NSW are presumptively innocent (locked up “on remand”). More than half of all incarcerated children, on any given night, in every jurisdiction, are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

In NSW, 10-year-olds are sent to prison. That is too young. Carlie from the Cottage is one of the leaders featured in this series of videos - saying that raising the age of criminal responsibility in NSW is an opportunity to do better for kids and communities.

It’s my pleasure to work with leaders, like these. Leaders who want better for children and communities, not worse. Take a few minutes to watch this powerful collective message of hope. Now for leadership from our NSW Premier, Government and Parliament. share.raisetheagensw.org.au/public-share...

Do we all read through typos, or must I keep correcting myself? (I’m drawing attention to myself here, hey?).

Things I really need to get on to but I’m work-avoiding in my life: 1. Folding and putting away fitted sheets and, 2. Looking at NSW Labor platform in the lead up to conference.

LOL, trying to stay offline and do my work, and friends are sending me "LOOK AT THIS NEW PIC!" texts .... This one is worth it. First PoC and first woman to go around another world. Don't stop talking about this point. It's important. #ArtemisII

Wouldn’t surprise me if the Bunnies collectively decided they were too scared to go to the sheds at half time today. 😬

Watching Survivor USA and I had no idea that Brownies were a US Chinese takeout thing. You learn something new every day.

Been breaking all the rules forever. I remember saying to the pilot ‘my uncle is Clive Mayo’ and they just said, get in. My Uncle Clive lost his shit from Vietnam and is famous for leading planes under the harbour bridge, and decades later saving sinking boats of the coast of WA.

For the record, I’m 49: I had heap of privilege and went from a public school in the bush to Sydney and did work experience at A Current Affair (before the internet existed). I still have so many yarns about that. I learned a lot. I loved it.

I’ve been so incredibly busy, and haven’t been here much, but now feels like a good time to share my favourite nonsense from the Big Inner City Mums FB group of this week. It has really bothered me…

Seriously, the things (calm, anti panic, focus, distraction) I get from these things is the greatest. I love when I come across them.

Good. www.theage.com.au/national/ben...

Best life.

My parked car got hit last night. Was so relieved to see a note. It had a fake number. Annoying.

Go the Rabbitohs!

Niche NSW Labor stuff but the very excellent Linda Scott won the contested spot for the Sydney FEC to federal conference by a lot.

National cabinet needs to act immediately to prevent a crisis in Dezi Freeman true crime podcasts

I missed #Insiders and the #SundayShot this morning and will catch up because one of my lane kid kids had his rugby league debut. It was adorable! Under eights have this ‘two pass’ rule and forward passes were not a thing. It’s mixed teams and I loved it.

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But do read it for free, behind the paywall, as a treat: archive.is/nNTye