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| My travelling companion, Stampy. |
I blame The Strokes.
Sikamikanico in America - Intro
27 December 2022
Transport,
Travel,
United States
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Anti drugs or Anti-Semitic? Exposing Drug Free Australia
22 December 2022
Drug reform,
Media,
Moral Panic,
Racism
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Drug Free Australia sound like a stand up bunch of people on the face of it. Keeping kids from trying drugs until they're no longer so child like is a noble aim, I think we could all agree, even if in one's most exhausted, stressed out moments of parenthood the desire to sedate your kids has briefly flashed across your mind.
The GOP wants to take away young people's rights too
20 December 2022
Children,
Parenting,
sexuality,
US Politics,
young people,
young people's rights
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Not content with taking away women's rights to decide what happens to their own bodies, the GOP are determined to strip the rights of children and young people as well.
Karma will get you
14 December 2022
Debunking Facebook Statuses,
Rants,
War on Terror
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You can't go a day on the internet without seeing someone invoke Karma. Someone will post on a neighbourhood Facebook group that their bicycle was stolen from their front yard, and the police don't seem all that bothered about tracking down the perpetrators. And there it will be in the replies: "Don't worry. Karma will get them eventually".
Ann Coulter, cry-me
21 November 2022
Ah, Ann Coulter, what can I say? ("Preferably nothing", you reply, "she's a washed up has been who used her shit takes to ascend to the top of shit mountain during the Clinton impeachment, and, unable to compete with the new breed of Republican hate mongers, has been slowly sliding down shit mountain ever since".)
Everything Old Is New Again (Except Me)
18 November 2022
Blogging
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I'll keep this concise (there's a first time for everything). It looks like the demise of Twitter is imminent, as Twitter employees across the world are reporting being locked out of, or even in, their own offices; and Elon Musk is shitposting, which I suppose is helping him pass the time given that he has been locked out himself.
Driving Ms Hazy
I've just gotten over a bout of Covid. After two years of being careful, and being triple vaccinated, here we are. And whilst the world is suffering a dire dearth of hot takes from special snowflakes on their views of the epidemiological management, sociopolitical implications, and personal experiences of the pandemic, Covid isn't the story I'm telling today.
Forget princess. I want to be a housewife
Fish oil, zinc and chronic fatigue
11 April 2022
2022 Federal election,
Disability,
Morrison Government
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When you have a chronic illness - especially an illness like Chronic Fatigue Sydnrome that can't be diagnosed through testing (though we're constantly hearing doctors are on the verge of a breakthrough), or treated - lay people are continually coming up with alternative remedies. Try rubbing lavender oil on your pulse points. My neighbour had this, and they started going for a walk each day at sunrise, and they felt much better. Bury the third finger of the left hand of an Amazon delivery driver under a full moon, and it will re-align your chakras for long term relief.
Exclusive extract from Go By Ninky Nonk: The Uncensored Oral History of In The Night Garden...
25 January 2022
Comedy,
Parenting,
Television
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The genre-shifting children's show In The Night Garden... which originally aired on the BBC between 2007 and 2009, was a hit with toddlers and parents alike. But behind the colourful dreamworld and its cast of trippy yet delightful characters lay a much darker reality; a tale of clashing egos, forbidden attractions, heavy work schedules and even heavier partying, and a creator with an artistic vision many believed was impossible to film. We find a show threatening to fall apart behind the scenes even as, on camera, they drew together to create paradigm-shifting art that laid the groundwork for such future television as Twin Peaks: The Return and Squid Game. In this exclusive extract from the upcoming book Go By Ninky Nonk: the Uncensored Oral History of In The Night Garden... the cast and crew reflect on returning from hiatus to shoot the Second Season Premiere, "Slow Down Everybody!"
