Cheryl

my friend was at a noisy bar and was talking to someone who asked him about his job, and he said (shouted) that he’s a professor and he chairs his university’s Center for Health Humanities, and his interlocutor looked puzzled and asked (shouted), “center for healthy manatees?”

They make roughly the same amount in a day as the Amazon worker makes in a year.

West End used to be great, but loads of them are run by the same organisation now (goodwillprojects.com.au) so have same vendors and no real character.

Also so deeply refreshing to get detailed, informed, complex commentary from a former USGer who actually understands and cares about the Middle East.

One might, say, ask her to go on news or Colbert or NPR.

Hey Melbourne my sister Melanie’s poetry collection is launching at @readingsbooks.bsky.social Carlton in May! Shall we? #MelbLit

www.readings.com.au/events/doubl...

Frank, a white nonbinary person wearing a black woolly hat, is smiling at the camera and holding a small square linoprint of a stylised tree in their hand

here's another limited-edition lino print I created the other day - "both" - signed, numbered, stamped, v cute deckled edges. World tree vibes

shop.frankduffy.co.uk/product/both... #art #printmaking #pagan #witchsky

7/ The reason a lot of us are so much more nervous about Iran is that Trump doesn't just get to turn all this off whenever he wants.

Even if the US never launched another air strike, Israel likely would, and anyway the Iranian ant-hill has been well and truly kicked.

A top notch combo.

An ICU doctor turned her hand to writing poems. Readers can’t stop crying Dr Melanie Jansen meets parents on the worst day of their lives. She has found an unusual way of coping with the stress.

@sarahjansencom.bsky.social This is a lovely article about your sister. She sounds like an amazing person

www.smh.com.au/national/que...

Congrats to you both, Kim. I hope you have a joyful celebration!

Newcastle pubs ban AI art from breweries to protect local creatives As two pubs in Newcastle ban AI art, artists discuss the impact it can have on creatives.

"If I was to use ChatGPT for my designs rather than our designer Sean, that's taking money out of the local area into the hands of a multibillionaire ... removing value from the local community and local artists [and] into the hands of some of the richest people in the world."

#AIslop #refuseresist

My love for Newcastle only increases when I read about people and places I know taking a stand like this.

'Newcastle pubs ban AI art from breweries to protect local creatives'

my belief that the state should only record and never dictate or constrain a person’s identity is why i see #adoptee rights and trans rights as connected at the very root.

Australian folks - where should I try looking for glasses frames that have a choice of interesting colours & shapes, but are value for money?

I can only seem to find eye-wateringly expensive funky frames or dull as dishwater budget ones.

(I need the ones with nose pads, not molded plastic)

Also, if you’re American and mad you can’t buy from my store, this is for sale IN AMERICA and in USD! And you can buy it!!

'They didn't choose their beds', says UN independent commissioner on PM comments - ABC listen The Federal Government has ruled out providing assistance to a group of Australian families — with links to Islamic State fighters — who are trying to leave the Al-Roj camp in north-eastern Syria. Th...

This was an excellent short interview I heard this morning with Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin KC, member of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, re the families looking to return to Australia.

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

'They didn't choose their beds', says UN independent commissioner on PM comments - ABC listen The Federal Government has ruled out providing assistance to a group of Australian families — with links to Islamic State fighters — who are trying to leave the Al-Roj camp in north-eastern Syria. Th...

This was an excellent short interview I heard this morning with Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin KC, member of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, re the families looking to return to Australia.

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

My cartoon about my friend Jon YouTube video by firstdog onthemoon

Here is the spoken cartoon version of my tribute to Jon Kudelka www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cv9...

It's such a nice change. Only bummer is it's the right temp to do lots of stuff outside, but too wet.

A very good evening to whoever organised this billboard outside of Old Trafford.

We all need to see this today.

What a dream lineup. All four of you.

64. Feminist Careers in International Law In the Season 3 opener of Called to the Bar, Tamsin Phillipa Paige (Deakin Law School) is joined by an extraordinary panel to reflect on what a feminist career in international law can look like in pr

So I recently sat down with Sainted Judge Hilary Charlesworth (blessed be her name), Prof Di Otto, and Prof Christine Chinkin to record the Season 3 opener of #CalledToTheBar

Go have a listen: on.soundcloud.com/Vaq9CC1yiokQ...

Much of my youth revolved around the website ZineLibrary. It went down around Occupy in a massive loss for a movement whose ideas and knowledge mostly doesn't circulate online but in person.

Anyway I've put it back online with a *thousand* anarchist zines:

zinelibrary.org

A painting of the death of Captain James Cook which has been edited with a bunch of heart and heart eye emojis.

247 years ago today, the people of Hawai’i said “Live, Love, Land Back” by executing Captain James Cook for his crimes.

Mahalo i ke kānaka maoli! Happy Captain Cooked Day 🥰💕

My friend Jon has died | First Dog on the Moon Jon Kudelka loved his beautiful family and was fiercely intolerant of greed and hypocrisy

A lovely tribute to Jon Kudelka by First Dog.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I was sure the t-shirt said "Poocast"

a red linoprint of a winged lion with a raven sat on its tail

took me a little fiddling but I worked out how to get all the prints that are on sale on the front page of my website 👹 check em out >>> shop.frankduffy.co.uk