Recent posts by Public Intellectuals on Bluesky

"Apparently California has the highest rate of adultrey and depression." "That's a sad state of affairs."

My mate Simon has moved to Ho Chi Minh City." "That's Si gone."

I have not the slightest notion of how @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social hoovered up all my brain thoughts, emptied out the dust bag, and then sorted through the detritus for the makings of a magnificent 'toon... BUT HE DID!! x

I’ll try and make the most of this weekend. Getting out and about. Need something to pep me up!!

I’ll try and make the most of this weekend. Getting out and about. Need something to pep me up!!

It's First Dog's handy hints on how to live your best life! (firstly try not to die) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"Someone just called me, sneezed, then hung up." "I hate cold callers."

My Uber ride yesterday - his hands off the wheel, us chatting, on screen, with his AI friend on the merits or (otherwise) of Meta glasses... she (it) agreed it could be a violation of privacy - all the while I was being filmed in the back seat. Still weirded out - but cost less than a taxi...so?

"I got sacked from my job as a masseuse." "Apparently I was rubbing people up the wrong way."

Mrs. Ilic scored a great room

In some U.S. states you can open carry an AK47, but you can’t see a gambling ad. Americans look at our gambling advertising the way we look at their gun control – as a damaging risk to the country. Co-CEO Richard Denniss lays out these risks in the latest episode of “What’s the Point?”. #auspol

In some U.S. states you can open carry an AK47, but you can’t see a gambling ad. Americans look at our gambling advertising the way we look at their gun control – as a damaging risk to the country. Co-CEO Richard Denniss lays out these risks in the latest episode of “What’s the Point?”. #auspol

Just a note ... if you're feeling bit "down" playing Clannard is not going to cheer you up. The fekkin' Irish!

Tea will help, won’t it? Would you like one? 🫖

The entire thing is a death cult.

Holy dog. She even calls herself the Human Printer.

🎵"When you saw me at the Cash Register I don't know why but I had to start it somewhere So it started there"🎵

Thank you so much to sweet Kerrie O’Brien from @theageaustralia.bsky.social for the swordfish, the meatballs, the craic and this piece about my book Shellybanks and my life. Which has an inadvertent compliment that made me chuckle. www.theage.com.au/culture/book...

Old mate phone wiper

What. The. Utter. Fuck.

I wonder if Jillian Segal will denounce Penny Wong's "outraged" criticism of Israel over the Zomi Frankcom investigation as antisemitic. 🤔 #auspol #WorldCentralKitchen #Israel #Palestine

Imagine being so bereft of credibility that you decide to give Barnaby Joyce a puff piece on Australian Story

Wage earners are falling behind as major corporations rake it in. @grogsgamut.bsky.social & @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social discuss another quarter without a “wage-price spiral”, plus the passage of massive NDIS cuts and gambling legislation through parliament. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/4zN77RJ

I have ADHD and can vouch that this scare campaign against the diagnosis is dangerous - and embarrassing.

I caught up with Ollie Peterson on ABC Perth Radio yesterday, to talk about #cannabis and THC driving reform here in WA, and the Cook Labor Govt's inability to get its policies into gear. The audio is too long to post here, but you can listen via my FB page: www.facebook.com/share/v/1964...

Why was I programmed to feel pain!

Very happy to have a new fortnightly gig with @crikey.com.au ! Subscribe to support independent media

Good morning from Westmead Hospital, where at 9.30 am on Friday, August 21 it is a lovely 16°C. Waiting for my last Radiation Therapy. Sorry about lack of jokes yesterday, I was really unwell, and had to lie down. Must have been the beer. Have a great day, keep smiling, talk later. 😀

The cuts to the NDIS will destroy lives. My guess is a Royal Commission into abuse and neglect of people with disabilities in... ohh 2032 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Young women are taught to dread getting older. I am here to tell you it brings with it great gifts. Not least no longer giving a fuck. www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/li...

🎵All the spreadsheet people, Where do they all come from? 🎵

Well that looks utterly terrifying

SARAH FERGUSON: Prime Minister, thank you very much indeed for joining me. ANTHONY ALBANESE: Thank you. SARAH FERGUSON: And Jacob Greber, our political correspondent, joins me now. Jacob, you were watching that interview. Your immediate response? Yeah tell us what we all just saw! 🙄

SARAH FERGUSON: If you're a child sitting on the sofa with their parents watching the NRL grand final, you're going to see all of those ads. You're not protecting that child with a restriction that ends at 8:30. ANTHONY ALBANESE: Well, we think we've got the balance right, Sarah. O_o

Israel has reportedly destroyed the public water reservoir in Mansouri, South Lebanon, cutting off a vital source of water for the people living there. Families are left without a basic necessity. Children, elderly residents, & ordinary civilians are the ones forced to suffer the immediate impact.

975 days after she was killed in an Israeli airstrike, the body of Palestinian bride Lolo Heriz was recovered from beneath the rubble of her family home in Gaza. Lolo was killed on Dec 18, 2023, alongside members of her family, as an airstrike and cut short their life. 💔 #IsraeliWarCrimes

Dear PM @albomp.bsky.social cc @senatorwong.bsky.social "deeply concerned"?! "outraged"?! And STILL your Govt will take absolutely NO action against the terrorist state of Israel. STILL no expulsion of the Israeli Ambassador! STILL no sanctions! And you're STILL selling arms to Israel! 🤬 #auspol

Dear PM @albomp.bsky.social cc @senatorwong.bsky.social "deeply concerned" "outraged" Yet STILL your Govt will take absolutely NO action against the terrorist state of Israel. Still no expulsion of the Israeli Ambassador?! Still no sanctions?! You're STILL selling arms to Israel! Liars! #auspol

It was a privilege to stand on the steps of WA's Parliament today, addressing a gathering of medicinal cannabis patients, and reinforcing one simple message - we're tired of waiting for the rights enjoyed by other Western Australian citizens, and we want action NOW. Time's up, Roger! #WAPol #AusPol

I attacked the Liberal Party constantly when they were in government. That's the job, genius!! Think I'm an asshole all you want, I don't think about you

"We hope restricting extra slices will make our position on Israel killing our aid workers clear," said a concerned Senator Wong chaser.com.au/national/won...