We talk a lot in the studio about escaping to a sprawling property in a beautiful landscape to commune and make art. We then list all the artists we love who did this in another time, and follow the hidden thread to the privilege that enabled their experience.

Folks, I’m not feeling the cohesion so much today. Some of you people need to lift your cohesion game. I’m not going to name names, you know who you are. #AusPol

The Helen of Troy controversy is ridiculous. It’s not history, it’s fiction. How many real historical figures get whitewashed by Hollywood? Why’s that’s ok? Also, in Xena: Warrior Princess, Helen was portrayed by a Black woman, and that was in the 90s! How is inclusive casting a scandal in 2026?

This New Yorker cartoon is accurate but a gut punch.

After I took this I turned around to see no less than six others getting the same shot. Just a group of commuters hoping off the bus in an industrial area, a few of them decked out on hi-viz and steel caps, taking a moment to appreciate something beautiful before the workday begins

Maybe they can learn how quality journalism is done by them following @davemilbo.bsky.social & @ronnisalt.bsky.social @rachelwithers.bsky.social & @grogsgamut.bsky.social

Not now volcano. Not now.

"The result is not history with errors. It is anti-history.” neoskosmos.com/en/2026/05/1...

It’s weird that Helen of Troy being played by a black actress is a problem, but most of the rest of the Mediterranean, Greek and Turkish characters being played by incredibly fair and blond haired people of British, Irish and Scandinavian descent isn’t. And by weird, I mean entirely predictable.

TFW I realised I had to not only add The Blues Brothers to my list, but put in on the top, above,say, La Dolce Vita. (CW: Greek language) www.lifo.gr/arxeio/oi-10...

The next James Bond should be Gary Oldman in his Jackson Lamb persona.

Knox County TN is banning Roots! Alex Hailey's book's are world-renowned. Both the book and author can't be erased by the same sick beliefs and hatred that Hailey revealed to the world. Their upcoming plan for a sequel of racism and blind hatred will turn the world against them for generations.

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Drawn by Dr Seuss over 50 years ago.

If you are not anti billionaire you are anti thinking

latest NDIS quarterly report is out, and while the headlines are right - growth is higher than expected at 11.3% - digging into the details shows that much of the justification for the cuts and changes doesn't hold up 🧵 www.ndis.gov.au/publications...

Stephen Colbert and David Letterman throwing things off the Ed Sullivan Theater. Colbert: “Anything you’d like to say, Dave?” Letterman: “In the words of the great Edward R. Murrow to CBS: ‘Good night and good luck, motherfuckers.’”

One qualitative value of posting and reading posts over here versus other platforms for me is that when women are victimized and killed in horrific ways I can see human beings responding with grief and respect instead of the most vile misogynistic rhetoric that makes my soul curdle

It’s always so weird when people get upset about diverse casting in Ancient Greek stuff. It’s Mediterranean! What countries make up the eastern and southern borders of the Mediterranean?? I’ll give you a hint: it’s not Scandinavia!

If only Dr. Fauci had talked about heroin helping him get through school and boasted about snorting cocaine off toilet seats, then MAGA could have accepted him to look after the health of their children.

Dear Bluesky, Power Tool Girls is live. There’s still work to be done but I’ve started accepting applications from women interested in participating on the platform or learning how to use tool. Please let me know what you think! Much gratitude for your kindness & support 🥹 🕊️💙🦋 #auspol #naarm

At the beginning of this century, I first saw the term "Totalitarian Capitalism" used by George Monbiot. Today, Australians have a choice between Totalitarian Capitalism and Slightly-Less-Totalitarian Capitalism. We need better politics — or a revolution. #AusPol #egalitarianism

A headline with amazing meme possibilities has been released

Students, every year, in evaluations: We liked that he had us take handwritten notes in lecture. I could focus better. College administrators: You kids want some AI? How about a second computer? What if the walls were also screens?

“I throw my passport into the sea, And name you my country, I throw all my dictionaries in the fire, And name you my language.” ~ Nizar Qabbani

No, it’s not ‘normal’ for humans to be in competition all the time. It’s not normal to work for most of your waking hours of the day. It’s not normal to be stressed 24/7. Stop taking a few hundred years of capitalism and pretending that’s just how being human is. It’s not.

America didn’t turn ugly because he became President. No. He became President because America was already this ugly. That’s the uncomfortable truth nobody wants to admit.

The promoters of greed, neo liberalism and division are out in force. Labor takes a modest step to egalitarianism, fair taxation and building a good society and the Murdoch press hyperventilates. Jim Chalmers can do much more but this is a start. Labor must stand firm.

John Oliver on the Supreme Court: "It was a 6-3 decision in the case of White People vs. Everybody — and you’ll never guess who they ruled in favor of”

Sorry

"My dad has a pencil that was once owned by Shakespeare." "It's so chewed up, we can't tell if it's 2B or not 2B"

Any Australian Jazz historian out there? I have questions. #australianjazz #australia #jazz #jazzsky #homophobia #lgbtq

This week’s highlight arrived by post. #jazz #jazzsky

Everyone I know #jazzsky

'Most people facing a gruelling federal court trial, hostile press & the glare of the public spotlight would hesitate to add more challenges to their load But journalist Lattouf, became"match fit” by taking on tough physical challenges & writing a book' www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...

Check out my list of excellent accounts to follow Especially for #auspol

Yes, Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term “dark matter” which is impressive, but he also coined the term “spherical bastard” to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and I think that should be celebrated more.

Values. Today’s Age and SMH cartoon

To say the quiet part out loud - NO country should have nuclear weapons. NONE.

I'm one of those trans women. I worked ground ops for Artemis I. I am torn between celebrating the success of my friends and peers and grieving how my dream of working for NASA was shattered by hateful assholes in Tallahassee

There can no longer be quiet acceptance of racism. We have warped back in time to The Jim Crow era at the hands of the 100% KKK Republican Party. Everyone has to call out this crap whenever they see it, and that includes every one of you White people that choose to follow this account. Enough.

Killing unarmed civilians too confusing for you Gina? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

oh thank you, if you wouldn't mind

Yes, I'm an economist. And yes, I'll talk about oil and gas prices. But still, I wonder whether (and why) we're avoiding talking about the bigger costs of war.

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