The Stone Seeker: A Myth of the Wandering Soul A departure from my usual posts — this one takes the form of myth, an inner journey written as an allegory. I offer it as a companion to my ongoing stories. He was called Stavros, which means Cross, and that was his burden — and his path. One day, in…

Near Shore, Far Out I keep reading about experienced sailors dying close to shore. Not in the middle of the Pacific, not after months at sea — but within sight of land. And each time, something stirs uneasily inside me. Because I once sailed four thousand kilometres there and back to Nauru. And I…

Star Gazing: Trump’s Hot Zones (Oct 2025 – Apr 2026) In continuing my Star Gazing reflections, I turn again to the sky — not for prediction, but for pattern. As I’ve written before, Star Gazing lives in the space between astronomy and astrology. I look up at the stars, at the old light from Alpha…

I’m sorry, but Brian Kilmeade can still go fuck himself.

Yes, @albomp.bsky.social , there were some “good people who went along.” They were at the counter rallies. How about offering them encouragement instead of the Nazis supporters. #auspol #politas

It would be a massive mistake for progressive folk to convince themselves the March for Australia was a bust, or can safely be ridiculed. It was an alarming escalation of far-right action, and we need to reckon with it. More thoughts (un-paywalled) here: www.lamestream.com.au/how-mainstre...

💧 Scottish Water now holds the highest customer satisfaction rating in the UK.   🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 With water in public hands, the SNP is delivering clean drinking water, and cheaper water bills for families across the country. #ScottishWater #PublicOwnership #AffordableBills

Man, I feel this. 🙏🏽😭

Troops deployed in DC

A parting gift from students in the very first pilot Tertiary Preparation Certificate (TPC) for Aboriginal students in TAFE NSW. I taught in & coordinated this course in 1989 on Wiradjuri Country, Narrandera. They all burnt - inscribed their names on the back. Never forget them.

⚖️ Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook sues to block Trump’s unprecedented bid to remove her, igniting a historic legal fight over the Fed’s independence and the future of U.S. economic policy. apnews.com/article/fede...

DC RESIDENTS YELL AT FEDERAL, LOCAL GOONS DURING ARREST NEAR SCHOOL DROP OFF

i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.

The rules have changed — and so must we. Vote YES on Prop 50. @gavinnewsom.bsky.social

Guess who? With a kaffiyeh scarf on his head? Me in Palmyra, Syria in 2000.

So true

Our boat about to leave Sydney to go to Nauru in 2004. All those years ago! dodona777.com/2022/10/23/p...

So true >>

Something personal...

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Some keep going until they're 79 but they smell ....you know... that special #trump diaper smell.

Along riverbank & 2 kids on electric scooters pass me silently. No bell or honk. They remind me of when we were kids & we'd make our billycarts with offcuts & old fruit boxes with ball bearings for wheels. Our steering was old rope attached to the front axle where our feet were.

Media outlets have been called out by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for inflating their data ahead of anti-immigration 'March for Australia' rallies. ~ Dr Abul Rizvi Media misuses migration statistics to promote anti-immigration rallies independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...

"Days later in Geneva, the Trump administration joined Saudi Arabia and other oil-producing countries to oppose limits on the production of petroleum-based plastics, which have exploded in use in recent years and are polluting waterways, harming wildlife and have been detected in the human brain."

This is it in a nutshell: firing at a hospital to take out a camera is a war crime, no question and no defence, but the media don't even recognise what they're normalising anymore.

Susan Monarez, the CDC director, was fired just shy of a month into her role. At least four other top CDC officials have also submitted their resignations, with one of them writing, “I am not able to serve in this role any longer because of the ongoing weaponizing of public health.”

My current favorite bit of right-wing Christian hypocrisy is Ken Paxton, a man whose wife is divorcing him for adultery, forcing Texas schools to unconstitutionally post "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery." www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

AMERICA: “It’s a mental health issue.” REST OF THE WORLD: “We have those. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA: “It’s video games.” WORLD: “We have those too. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA B: “It’s cause they took Jesus out of the classroom.” WORLD: “God, you’re stupid.”

A tree along the river bank giving off light - life - love vibes that shimmer.

#Statehoodnow #Stoparmssalesnow The U.S. providing bombs to do this #genocide is disgusting. It's land theft, #apartheid & time to for hefty sanctions & military action against #Israel www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...

The Australian announcement that Iran has been behind at least 2 of the recent attacks on Jewish entities in Australia is important. It puts to rest Netanyahu's idiotic claim of a tide of antisemitism in Australia. It raises questions re the envoy for antisemitism & her outrageous grab for power.

Proof the world is flat.

If the Buddha saw the universe in a single grain of rice, image what he would have seen in this dandelion.

Sure are some pretty weeds around!

Hello water dragon. Just saw your mates, the goats! Just kidding.

What a beautiful geometric weed!

Hello goats!

While individuals in Europe can own multiple #homes, policies are structured to make it less profitable than in Australia. That’s why Europe doesn’t have same scale of “mum and dad investors with 10 properties” locking first-home buyers out. Maybe we should look at negative gearing & increasing CGT?

Yeah I reckon maybe a possum of some sort

Small marsupial?

Today's pic from Figtree Hill of Hunter River

Dry mud along the way

Today's pic of the floodplain Hunter Valley

Walking along, and I see this. No, I didn't scratch the cannabis leaf on sand. Bird?