ABC Indigenous doesn’t mince words

What we are seeing in Minnesota is what authoritarianism looks like in real time. Racism, dehumanization, and state-sanctioned violence are tearing at the foundation of this country.

I do not care if my login for your shitty website is hacked. Unless you are my bank, or the tax office, turn off your MFA.

For those who watched the John Clarke doco on the ABC tonight... You're welcome farnaklers!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=X454...

Being mid-forties is okay so far: rang downstairs for tea (phoned hubby cos I ran out of snacks) from the bathtub while live streaming the Wiener Phil New Year's Concert. Happy New Year, tiny humans living in my phone!

Via Daniel Sinnott on X: “Shout out to the #bondi beach life guard who, while there was shots being fired and we were all ducking for cover behind their buggy, noticed someone in the water struggling so grabbed a board and went to rescue them.”

Voting is open in the #LanceFranklinMedal. The list below contains 100 albums released in 2008. Give us your 3-2-1.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... "On Monday, after inquiries from Guardian Australia and ..an emergency meeting between the NDIA, hospital staff and Livingstone, she received a new NDIS plan including enough support worker hours to allow her to move back into the apartment and out of hospital."

Voting is open in the #SimonMaddenMedal. The list below contains 100 albums released in 1984. Give us your 3-2-1.

This happens a lot in SIL and respite: NDIS plan funding doesn’t meet the complex care needs, but to fail to care for the client based on their needs is a failure of duty of care aboutregional.com.au/cobargo-char...

Voting is open in the #TimWatsonMedal. The list below contains 100 albums released in 1985. Give us your 3-2-1.

I have blocked this person, but I keep seeing people say things like this, and I’m begging people to understand two things. (1) Just because peaceful protest may not be sufficient to win this moment does not mean that it is not necessary. It is.

They’re calling it the closest and most comprehensive poll of albums released in 1986 ever conducted. Voting closes tomorrow morning.

Voting is open in the #KenHunterMedal. The list below contains 100 albums released in 1981. Give us your 3-2-1.

Hello friends! I know you don't want to think about this yet, but my friends at lovely independent booksellers Chorleywood Bookshop are standing by to deliver your signed and dedicated copies of my books for your Christmas presents. They can deliver worldwide! chilternbookshops.co.uk/product-cate...

It all comes down to this. Voting closes tomorrow afternoon.

Victorian Lady cyclist detectives... why is this not a tv series yet? I can see it now, foggy London, ladies on bicycles through the narrow streets, swords hidden in walking sticks, Henry Cavill with a top hat, stolen diamonds, opium dens... www.newspapers.com/article/the-...

Voting is open in the #BenAllanMedal. The list below contains 100 albums released in 1991. Give us your 3-2-1.

This is the best thing I've read in ages

Well I've just seen @gregjenner.bsky.social is reading his own book on a train so think you are in good company.

Tomorrow for work reasons I need to watch a draft version of a new TV programme while travelling on a plane. I hope no one spots me & thinks 'it's a bit weird that Lucy Worsley spends her flight, erm, watching Lucy Worsley documentaries.'

A good weekend should consist of one day when you do like 25,000 steps and another where you move so little that your Fitbit briefly considers triggering a welfare check.

Voting is open in the #AnthonyStevensMedal. The list below contains 100 albums released in 1999. Give us your 3-2-1.

"It's a small world after all"

truly baffling that a culture obsessed with machismo and swimming in semi-automatics would struggle with gun violence

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Voting is open in the #StephenMichaelMedal. The list below contains 100 of @Sandgroper81’s favourite songs. Give us your 3-2-1.

> it's been an intense week > need to wind down before bed > M*A*S*H is on my watchlist > play next episode > it's Abyssinia, Henry 😭😭😭

Tom, I hope you have made your way to your preferred Valhalla, directly, not passing go, not collecting two hundred dollars. 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

Stage 20 Nantua to Pontarlier - Yes, you're good enough Kaden. Welcome to the club! #letourdepoupees #couchpeloton #sbscycling #TDF2025

3 I Am Woman - Helen Reddy 2 Smoko - The Chats 1 Whatareya? - TISM

Ok now I understand. Anna Wintour took one look at this and quit.

"If you say you love freedom, but you don't love freedom for everybody, then the thing you love isn't freedom, it's privilege." Tim Waltz

Will the NSW govt regulate labour hire companies properly, and provide/require contraception & health care for these vulnerable women? #nswpol

Ah crap, apparently Mse likes the same songs I do. I'm going to have to do a shortlist and cut it down gradually today.

It's Thursday, and you deserve a nice map. So here: this is John Norden's "Civitas Londini", a panoramic view of the city from 1600. Lovely, no? "But SEH!" I hear you say. "What's this to do with eels?" Well. This is the first image of the city to show the Dutch eel ships! Can you find them? 🗃️🧪

Voting is open in the #BenPatonMedal. The list below contains 100 of @brp0108.bsky.social’s favourite songs. Give us your 3-2-1.

An Indigenous friend who gave birth in the same year and same city as me was told she was lazy and "you people have to learn to look after your own babies". She couldn't stand unassisted, was terrified of dropping her baby. It took a week for them to examine her and discover her coccyx was broken.

[“Free Bird” starts playing]

Your #NicoLarkeyMedal Top 20 Number 17 (15* votes) (He’ll Never Be an) Ol’ Man River - TISM youtu.be/RuOf3QSdjRE?...

Your #NicoLarkeyMedal Top 20 Number 18 (14 votes) Ana’s Song (Open Fire) - Silverchair youtu.be/DAy7Bc8ctT8?...

Your #NicoLarkeyMedal Top 20 Number 19 (13* votes) I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues - Elton John youtu.be/o6Rph1l14p0?...

Your #NicoLarkeyMedal Top 20 Number 20 (13* votes) *decided on countback Better Be Home Soon - Crowded House youtu.be/3dE9SR1APLA?...

This could be the closest we’ve come to an All-Australian (plus some New Zealanders) countdown, without it being a specifically All-Australian theme. Voting closes tomorrow morning.

Vote on my faves! Pick 3 songs for 3 points, 2 points, 1 point on the cleverly named #NicoLarkeyMedal

Hell yessssssss follow @musicbrownlow.bsky.social to vote Brownlow style on my Top 100 Songs I've Seen Live shortly...

We will know who the new leader of the LNP is when white smoke appears from the Prayer Room. Read more: chaser.com.au/general-news...

All revved up from recent electioneering and keen to lock in #prospol action on climate? Nannas invite 🫵 to add us to your dance card! We have a number of loops across NSW that meet, knit and plot to support local issues on environment and health. See our website address and more in 🧵

Voting is open in the #PaddyPeteSteinfortMedal. The list below contains 100 of @petestein.bsky.social’s favourite songs. Give us your 3-2-1.