Autocorrect just made the word Goosewhimper and now that needs to be the name of a character in a story. #writing

I’ve never seen anything like this before. Stay safe. #climatechange #heatwave

That’s going in my running play list for when you hit the wall and you need something to lift you.

Totally due my singular vote, of course. #hottest100

ONE OF THE SONGS I VOTED FOR GOT IN #hottest100 #playlunch

Happy #Hottest100 to those who celebrate. Looking forward to not recognising about 90 songs, and bitching when the few I do know aren’t high enough on the list

Pardon me, madam, are you finishing that? #magpie #straya

A grift, you say? 🤔

Wow, it’s still true.

No way I’m old enough to remember this coming out. open.spotify.com/album/0MWrKa...

Nope - just drowning out open office chaos so i can get some work done while also avoiding the risk of bursting into song.

#aurora last night - observed under a hot summer sky, eaten by mossies, looking for shooting stars but only seeing the Starlink parade.

Next week. That’s Celsius. 🔥🔥🔥 #summer #climate #heatwave #australia

sigh.

In the country with the highest rate of skin cancer and broad swathes of free beach, I do not get the cabana hate. #australia

If #TheArchers is going to continue the pantomimish antics with George and Clive et al, I might have to give it a rest. The world is enough of a predictable train wreck of people knowing what’s wrong and doing it anyway.

Hey listeners… Something I keep coming back to is this — we’re not always meant to fix what’s heavy. Sometimes it’s enough to just stay present, keep listening, and let something beautiful sit beside what hurts. Music helps with that. It gives our feels a resting place for a while.

“I need a scotch - anyone else?” Seriously, Brine? Alice is right there. #TheArchers

Hurt my hamstring going too deep into Humble Warrior which is either karma or irony #yoga #hypermobile

#nytimesgames editorial team sending coded messages through their puzzles? #strands felt positively subversive today.

So this is what the state looks like today. Stay safe Victorians - get the Vic Emergency app, have a safety plan and take care of yourself and your loved ones 💖

I wanted to like it, really I did. But #Babel is such a good and probably unintended example of the value of the “show, don’t tell” rule of #fixtion . #booksky www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

🇦🇺 is walking a tightrope. 🇺🇸 has been our strongest military ally for a century. We’ve the smallest military with one of the largest lands to protect. We’re an island, vulnerable on all sides with China closely monitoring our maritime routes since 2017. People are confusing his diplomacy for support.

Better stay off Billy Joel’s shit list, I guess.

They’re all winding Joy up, aren’t they? #TheArchers Also that bit with Pat and Clarrie was certainly a foreshadowing, yes?

Sinister Adam is much more appealing. #TheArchers

@thecidershedpod.bsky.social That opening Archlife song this week was unhinged genius 😂😂😂 #TheArchers

Grossly irresponsible and triggering reporting about eating disorders on #australianstory last night. Go talk to the Butterfly Foundation @abcaustralia.bsky.social and do better.

@abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social provides a mealy mouthed, hur hur obit to Hulk Hogan, with a tiny mention that he “used a racial slur”. Perhaps Auntie is too delicate to go into the abhorrent detail of what the man represented.

I feel that #spellingbee is just not tapping the rich vein of the English language in all its vernacular glory. @nytgames.bsky.social

Anyone else waiting for Clarrie to hit the fan, using her new assertiveness skills, when she hears Joy has the job at the bull? #TheArchers 🤔

The Emma Grundy Paradox - the kind of girl who writes to men in prison isn’t good enough for her son. Also, her son is the man in prison. 🤷🏼‍♀️ #TheArchers

“But Kate, I’m a vet.” 🤣🤣 #TheArchers

Oh come on! 🙄🙄🙄 #spellingbee @nytgames.bsky.social

Also this #spellingbee @nytgames.bsky.social grumble grumble cultural hegemony grumble

Ralph Vaughan Williams would like a word, #spellingbee (yes, yes, via Bianco da Siena and I have no idea of the proper translation, I’m just making a point). @nytgames.bsky.social

Couldn’t stomach Tim Wilson so turned to Radio Melbourne morning show and what the heck? Remember when #abc radio was worth listening to?

I’m still struggling to recover from this latest (third) bout - lungs fine but fevers, headache and nausea persist into week three.

I’m always wary of people who coat themselves in too much certainty.

I love watching people who follow pretentious high profile “experts” on this and that rush to be witty in the comments. #ihatepeople

On what planet are 1. people left in a lift for two hours waiting on engineers to respond rather than emergency services 2. no senior staff available for emergencies in a high end hotel 3. unstuck people entirely unruffled on disembarking said lift? ?????? #TheArchers

Am I alone thinking the characterisation of the coalition split as “divorce” and “end of the affair” would likely not be used if there were two male leaders? (Imagine how it would be characterised with two women.) I’m recalling the framing of Julia Gillard in the media - do better. #auspol

I’m so frustrated - had flu and RSV in Dec 24 and it has taken months to get my fitness back. Now felled by COVID. Lungs don’t seem too bad this time but experience says it’s a bit of a slog back. I just want to run! 🏃 #running #runningismytherapy

And a collective “holy shit!” Was exhaled across the national and the entire emotional spectrum #auspol

One of my favourite #grammar nerds on one of my least favourite grammar mistakes. It’s definitely common in Australia - and grates on me anywhere.

@grammargirl.bsky.social I realised I have been using epitome somewhat incorrectly and it has humbled me - thank you! I wonder if you might at some point soothe my ego by doing a segment on people misusing “versus” - where they will say eg: “In last night’s match, tigers versed cubs”.

I need to write a story with a character called Hypheny Double-Barrel. #WritingCommunity #WritingSky

So now the ABC has moved from obsessing over the Coalition under Dutton to obsessing over it under Ley. You could be forgiven for not realising there’s a Labor govt with a 93 seat presence in the Parliament, full of talented women in positions of influence. #auspol

Are we sure that it wasn’t just Angus voting for himself 25 times? Well done, Angus! #auspol

This is not true at any level of Australian government at least. In most cases rules around gifts are strictly controlled to avoid a conflict of interest being created, even if there is no immediate quid pro quo. But we all already know this, right? #auspol