Difficult & Problematic

My friend doesn’t want presents for her birthday (which I completely understand) but it’s another opportunity to make a donation to PANZMA, in lieu of a gift. If you’d like to help people in Palestine but don’t know who to help or how, here’s an option.

There’s this ad on SBS - it’s on at EVERY ad break. But here’s the thing, I giggle every fucking time. “Did you get the paper towels?”

me: so is it called that because it has BOOKS, or because they’re FREE? librarian: how do you keep getting in my house

The Danish Woman, on SBS…I love the opening and closing credits. I also like the story lines and the setting. Give it a crack!

My boy (ok, he’s an adult) has decided he needs to either brick his phone or buy a Light phone. How sensible is he? Looking after himself, since he says the time he spends on his phone is detrimental to his life. Of course, he needs the $ to do this, so I asked him what he wants for his birthday.

“You have until 8 pm on Tuesday 3 November to apply to be a general postal voter for the 2026 state election.” For both the Victorian election and for future federal elections. #VicVotes2026 #SpringSt #AusPol

“You have until 8 pm on Tuesday 3 November to apply to be a general postal voter for the 2026 state election.“ #VicVotes2026 #SpringSt #AusPol

Just realising that Victorians may actually hand the reins over to those stomach-churning despots. The denial runs deep inside me. #VicVotes2026 #SpringSt

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Wombat antics! 🥰

As bills and fuel prices rise, it should be free and easy to catch public transport. In Melbourne and regional Victoria, the Greens will run trains, trams and buses more often - slashing wait times and helping you get where you need to go, faster.

🥂The Victorian town of Rutherglen is collecting sparkling wine bottle “cages” to turn into Christmas wreaths in the main street.🍾 Send to:

Cool terms and/or writing prompts from the latest issue of Advances in Space Research: space sailing planetary sunshade large-membrane reflectors rendezvous in the Earth Moon neighborhood Sundivers performance analysis photo-gravitational hydrogen blistering 🧪 🔭 @cospar.bsky.social

”Vegemite was banned in Victorian prisons in 2006, due to concerns it interfered with narcotic detection dogs, according to Corrections Victoria’s list of contraband items. Its yeast properties also gave it the potential to be used to brew alcohol.” Only in Victoria? #LetThemEatVegemite

Aisling: is it pronounced Ashley or Ashling?

The new house spider is certainly getting around. First she was above the second toilet, then she spent a day or so in my bedroom, now she’s hanging around the inside wall of the front of the house. As long as she doesn’t walk on my face at night, she’ll be fine.

I want to know when the political blackout begins! 😆 #VicVotes2026 #SpringSt

Dear aspiring PhD student A lengthy, off-topic, AI-generated email which assumes I’m a man is never going to get me to agree to supervise you. Four today.

Once upon a time in the west

And Australia is “historical Indigenous”, like North America and other colonised places.

He looks like he’s having so much fun! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I hope Australians can also hold a grudge, & vote both major parties to minority positions, state & federal. We have been betrayed in so many ways - only a few pollies have demonstrated their stance for justice and some kind of sustainable future. You know who they are. #AusPol #VicVotes2026

Should have used Spiderbait

Jealous. However, it’s raining hard enough that just being in bed will provide a calming soundtrack. So off I go! 👏🏻👏🏻

Nit-picking here: why is our team identified by their name and the English team is…England?

@sometimesanderson.bsky.social How’s the radio training going?

The effort! The machines! The lengthy process! Did not turn out to be the product I expected.

We were going to AirBnB our place out over the summer and have the guests put in double glazed windows before they checked out. Now what?

If #airbnb went out of business it would probably double the amount of properties available for long-term rentals. How can that be a bad thing? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...

@margaretmorgan.bsky.social Margaret, what’s with the abbreviation and full stop with this Dutch artist’s name - Willem Claesz. Heda? No biggie if you don’t know.

😂😂 Alt text: it looks like a cyber truck that has been built using repurposed, rusty, corrugated iron sheets, in an outdoors parking lot, maybe in Kamchatka…? #wankpanzer

The river in Christchurch is so clear. Amazing a river in a city is so crystal clear. It is so beautiful and calming.

There’s a new Becky Chambers book out! #BookSky 📚💙

Time has flown and Tytan has grown! In the year since he arrived at our Nursery, our orphaned black rhino has grown from a 300-kilogramme rescue into an impressive youngster weighing close to 450 kilogrammes! Yet he remains very much a baby at heart, enjoying naps with best friend Notty.

Fantastic lichens of Finse, Norway

National Geographic names Melbourne as the best place in the entire solar system. One for the cookers to chew on. www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/best-...

Party registration news Vic (state): the following have all failed membership testing and thankfully will not be wasting space on your ballot Reform Australia Unity Law Order - Jail NOT Bail People First Party Victoria #springst

Alt text: I’m going to start telling men they’re dressed like rapists and when they get offended I’ll tell them they need to learn how to take a joke.