The first display of my Rebellion! exhibition, exploring protest as part of our cultural identity, will be at Newcastle City Library from June to August this year. #Photography

You need a lot of confidence to rock a hairstyle like this 😆 A pink cockatoo at Kinchega National Park, New South Wales.

Equality Tasmania and Women’s Legal Service Tasmania have received funding for the state’s first dedicated legal assistance to LGBTIQA people. The State Government’s announcement is here: www.premier.tas.gov.au/latest-news/... The WLST and ET response is below.

I have now lived in the British countryside for most of my five decades on earth, within which time I have come to know it well. I thought, for newcomers to the place, I'd write a short guide to some of its more interesting aspects. You will find them in this thread. 1. EXCITING VILLAGE EVENTS.

It’s a little bit late in the day, but today of all days, you might want to read Truth Be Told. Yoorrook Justice Commission’s report, which includes the history of colonial Victoria from a First Nations perspective for the very first time. www.yoorrook.org.au/reports-and-...

Your kid has crayons in the classroom? There's food at the church potluck? The picnic goes of without a hitch? The political event has the right people invited and the speakers told the agenda? The play in the park happens in the summer?

I think @sarahjeong.bsky.social said it's because they devalue women's labor and a LOT of this Scary Logistics stuff comes from people who don't understand that basically all of the civic life they enjoy is created with the help of free labor, largely by women.

Have thoughts about queer museums, queerness in museums, or just plain being queer in museums? We'd love to hear from you. Early findings are turning out to be amazing, and we hope it helps museums do better. mqedu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... @alanaaaab.bsky.social #Queer #Museums #QueerMuseums

Banksia gardneri var. gardneri - the Prostrate Banksia Inspired by @scottzona.bsky.social, here's a fire tolerant #Proteaceae found in the southwest of Western Australia. The large flower spikes of this banksia species grow very close to the ground. #ozflora #wildoz #inaturalist #nature

I don't know if there's anyone here who has whānau in #Ōtara 🦗 or #SouthAuckland 🦗🦗 but tonight we're holding space for some local knowledge on building flood resilience, intergenerational family homestead stylee. Come through for local knowledge, local storytelling. #FloodResilience #Grassroots

Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence. '"Thank you," he says quietly.'

Publication day for #Autistic #Menopause: A Guide to the Menopausal Transition for Autistic People and those Supporting Them' by Dr Rachel Moseley and Prof Julie Turner-Cobb, illustrated by me. Knowledge is empowering! uk.jkp.com/products/aut... #autism #neurodivergence #perimenopause #postmenopause

I’ve never botanized in Australia, so I’ve never seen anything like this in the wild: Hakea victoria has magnificent, cabbage-like leaves that look like glowing embers. The small, white flowers, hidden by the leaves, are not showy. Photos are by don_vincent CCBYNC4. #Proteaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Up this week: Proteaceae. Flowers are 4-merous, stamens fused to the uniseriate perianth, 1 carpel with a long style & pollen presentation. This Gondwanaland family is found throughout the S. Hemisphere but is most diverse in Australia. 📷: Leucospermum sp/cv. #Proteaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Submission from Anne Twomey on the Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill now up - it’s a must read for journalists and policy makers Quite the burn here too 🔥 www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

Saddens me that we can build something like this in 2 days to sell shit to tennis fans, but there are people sleeping on the footpath outside my building most nights

Having lived through a Map like this As good as this app is, its not what helps/saves the most. That honour belongs to the ABC local news & community radio You live with it on - first updates, road closures & a calm voice Don't Don't let anyone defund this (further). Lives are literally at stake

New Called to the Bar episode: the full crew unpacks the US bombing of Venezuela and the abduction of Nicolás Maduro. UN Charter violations, head of state immunity, and why Washington no longer seems troubled by illegality. Bleak, sharp, and very 2026. #CalledToTheBar soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...

Another reason why I love libraries

- Helping a friend with recruitment - If anyone here knows a queer and neurodivergent TikTok user aged 16-25 who would be up for an online interview (including silent scrolling time!), would you let them know about my study? I would be so grateful 🎓🌈 linktr.ee/nqresearch.s...

I will reiterate that if you are an independent journo/hobbyist I will happily set up your ghost install and host it for a few quid above cost price. You set up your own stripe and mailgun accounts, and you get to keep ALL your revenue. And post migration from wordpress/substack is pretty easy.

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Following in @clairaturvey.bsky.social and @drspacejunk.bsky.social's #tabclosed footsteps since I perpetually have like 90 tabs open and only ever look at the last 10 but all of these seemed worth saving at one point...

Some top notch links in this thread. Anthropology and related themes.

11. How scientists are cracking the secrets of the world’s oldest tattoos Turns out, ancient body art is a lot more common than we once thought—and it's providing historians with new ways of understanding our ancestors. #TabClosed2026 #AnthroSky

2. Home-Carrying — A Repatriation Trip to Vanuatu 100 Years in the Making An anthropologist & poet reflects on a journey of return that tells a larger story about human connection, acts of Indigenous solidarity & the potential for repair within anthropology. #TabClosed2026 #AnthroSky

Black lesbian writer and activist Audre Lorde (right) and her partner and fellow activist Gloria Joseph. Audre and Gloria lived together in Gloria’s home of St Croix in the Carribean until Audre’s death in 1992. The last thing Audre wrote was a note reading “Gloria, I love you.” #queerhistory

Lots of good ideas/advice for Narrm folk here:

we wouldn't need a new year if they didn't keep making them shittier and shittier all the time

The closest thing to Rickrolling you'll ever see in a mainstream movie. I didn't recognise the location while I was watching the scene, but I am deeply amused by the coincidence.

I've got a big butt and I cannot lie Y'all know I can't meet your eye When a girl walks in with with a solemn face and some dinosaur facts to relate I infodump!

In thinking about what you can do this year, keep this in mind: showing up at protests has real impact - - www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Make the holidays extra gay if you can. Like make it uncomfortable.

Very interested to see that the parliamentary debates of New Guinea (1934-41) and Papua New Guinea under Australian rule (1952-75), as well as independent PNG (1975-99), have now been digitised by Trove. www.library.gov.au/news-media/p...

For more on the genius of Chromatovore... melbourneartcritic.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/t...

We took #CalledTotheBar on the road to the ANZSIL Gender, Sexuality & International Law workshop! @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social chats with a wide range of scholars about feminist approaches to international law in an age of authoritarian capitalism.🎙️ soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...

I took some time this morning with @abcnews Pacific Beat to reflect on the anniversary of Port Vila's massive earthquake. A year on, this town looks like a fighter with some teeth knocked out. We may be down, but we're not out. www.abc.net.au/pacific/prog...

Betoota hits the nail on the head.

The latest superlative seems to be "beyond". "Beyond tragic", "beyond excited", "beyond grateful"... Let's move beyond this one quickly. /end rant

If you're not in Aotearoa New Zealand, but would like some lil sprinkles of joy today, look at the posts tagged #secretsantaaonz. This is an entirely volunteer-run gift exchange, where hundreds of people buy / assemble / make gifts for someone they've been assigned. The gifts NEVER fail ❤️

They missed one: Check out Called to the Bar - International Law over Drinks on #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/V2xUizacbYlE...

everything is shit so here's my favourite photo of the cat

Every Christmas my brother makes ice-cream Christmas pudding: rum-soaked dried fruit, praline, and chocolate stirred through ice-cream. It’s great. For the last couple of years he’s been making DIY kits and if you’re in Canberra this weekend you can buy one and make the best Christmas pud yourself:

This is timely. I visited Northeast Health Wangaratta in Victoria yesterday and got my first ever box of state-funded vending machine tampons. NSW should get with the times

Veronica's soaps are lovely and would make a great gift.

last Sunday my aunty who's a piano teacher had her end of year recital. she fills her house with fold up chairs by the grand piano and her pupils/students and often their families come along. they play a piece or two to a generous audience who are just delighted the whole time

many things - owl things, crow things, skull things - available in my shop. last posting date for most of them is a week tomorrow 👀 #art #printmaking shop.frankduffy.co.uk

This is an important report by @kayatbarry.bsky.social & colleagues on just some of the issues faced by workers who come to Australia on the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme. Much room for improvement and government needs to take action. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

I'm getting ready to give away an 2017 iMac. It's well out of date for macOS but will run linux. Gorgeous sound and screen. I need to power it up to get the full specs of memory etc. If you're interested and can pick it up from north Brisbane (or negotiate something else), please DM

This is an important report by @kayatbarry.bsky.social & colleagues on just some of the issues faced by workers who come to Australia on the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme. Much room for improvement and government needs to take action. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...