Yearly reminder: UN International Women’s Day theme is Balance the Scales. www.iwd.net.au (The somewhat performative business led IWD theme is Give to Gain - urgh) Choose wisely

Howard Jones demonstrates the mighty Jupiter 8. ...and sneaks in a little "What Is Love?"

Canadian men’s curling team swearing like they are Aussies after being confronted about some questionable technique was not on my bingo card. But here we are.

New books from me from Tor UK - this starts with Children of Strife next year and will continue with some standalone books after that.

Last few days to make use of this special discount! Still some tentacle pots and cups available www.roseschmits.com

So … thumping the table is a thing now for our politicians?

Not surprised #couchpeloton

Bye bye Spotify.

“Clarity with an empty road ahead” … thought Matt was going to give away the empty nature of the coffee cup there for a second #couchpeloton

#tourcats are continuing their rest day … #couchpeloton

Matt … it’s TourS de France - not Tour de Frances #couchpeloton #howmanyyears?

If I got a $10,000 Harvey Norman gift card I’d get the SBS tour tracker app back #sbstdf #couchpeloton

Speak for yourself Matt, I didn’t miss Harv3y Norm4n anything yesterday #couchpeloton

Oh sure #sbstdf now you notice @lesvachesdutour.bsky.social #couchpeloton

@lesvachesdutour.bsky.social he’s watching!

@lesvachesdutour.bsky.social they need more training (as do I!) might be a daytime tour this year.

@dejafoodie.bsky.social that’s Bloody sacrilege that is!

#couchpeloton - Breaking in some new #tourcats … they’ve got a lot to learn before July.

Day for it

I keep seeing people say that Murderbot refers to itself as "she/her" in the books (you know, the ones I wrote). Could someone comment with a quote (from the books I wrote) or point me (the writer) to where that is? Maybe I can clear up the confusion. In the books. Which I wrote.

Five years since the WHO marked COVID as a pandemic, our new report finds undiagnosed cases and long-term health impacts of the pandemic have driven an enduring decline in life expectancy. Report co-author A/Prof Suman Majumdar spoke to The Australian: www.theaustralian.com.au/health/covid...

I don’t know what I was going to tell them, but it was going to involve the words “I can’t do my job if none of you fucking listen to me”

Australian journalism focuses almost entirely on political drama rather than political information. Journalists talk about public perception, but that's the only information they present to the public. Journalists are not doing their jobs and it damages our democracy.

@anggrrr.bsky.social oh my god Ang! There’s no resolution for the ear guy!!!! How could you do that to me!

Reading EBAs is an actual skill, as is knowing how people qualify for various allowances and loadings, who knew. (Good article, great ground work done by Kenji Sato)

🧪 Perfect weekend to learn about the house of slime, bogong moths and indigenous emojis!!!! The Best Australian Science Writing anthology is available here: unsw.press/books/the-be... Also if you love it leave a Goodreads review because it's SO HELPFUL (www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...)

Rum! Bananas! Flame! what more do you want? Tomorrow we're burning com65160.wordpress.com/2024/12/19/2...

That lift is still pretty exciting some days.

A rare and delicate survival from Bronze Age Denmark! A 3,400 year-old woollen bonnet made using the ancient ‘språng’ technique which produces a textile with natural elasticity. From Bredmose bog, Jutland. National Museum, Copenhagen 📷 by me #Archaeology #AncientBluesky🏺

Pot drop Sunday 17 November 3pm uk www.roseschmits.com

Hear ye! Hear ye! The most excellent @andrewstafford.bsky.social has arrived on the platform. One of Australia's best music journalists. Follow him here, and subscribe to his absolutely-worth-it Patreon.

Melbourne, Australia. Fewer than two per cent of close to 600 statues in Melbourne’s public spaces currently represent woman. Have your say on which women’s stories should be told next. engage.vic.gov.au/womens-publi...

Hah! Guitar legend Shane O’Mara on Spicks and Specks just now with like 84 effects pedals for 1:30 of song. Amazing

British cheeses miss out at the World Cheese Awards in Portugal - not because they weren’t worthy of prizes, but because they got stuck in customs. What a metaphor for Brexit www.theguardian.com/food/2024/no... nho

I know we are going through repost hell at the moment (it will settle down) but I am grateful to the folks who reposted Chip Le Grand so I can block him before I even get angry … he’s here as “melbchief” etc

Officially official home of the #couchpeloton now! Huzzah Belinda!

OK, maybe I did this correct, maybe not. Here's a feed that you can pin that should display any skeet with couchpeloton (case insensitive). So I think that it should behave as if you had clicked the #couchpeloton on the old bad site bsky.app/profile/did:...

@rhondafg.bsky.social you’re here! #couchpeloton

Thanks @sharperstill.bsky.social Let them know others to add! Starting with @lesvachesdutour.bsky.social please

We can do this #couchpeloton! Let’s us know you’re here!

Will just add this here for the newbie Aussies at the post above is still circulating. Starter packs are lists ofbpeople you may want to follow. Thanks to @kcar.me for this one! go.bsky.app/HmE2SDu

They’re here!

Ok here’s a random grab bag of Aussies on blue sky Lmk if anyone else should be on here go.bsky.app/HmE2SDu

Hi fliers. My @smh cartoon.