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Growing old disgracefully. ex-journo. current pessimist.

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As a Gen X woman over 55 can I say shut the fuck up Debra, no one has time for your nonsense?

14.03.2026 05:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And that’s before your consider that it stars two actors who are rumored to have killed their partner or ex partner. And Steve McQueen was no picnic either.

13.03.2026 20:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The crowd swarming the field after Alex Johnston being the highest try scorer was a sight to behold.

13.03.2026 10:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The could cover John Farnham’s Two Strong Hearts: We've got two strong hearts
Reaching out forever like a river to the sea

13.03.2026 06:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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'Fake family': Woman overturns 'cruel' adoption as inquiry launched A Korean-born Australian who was sexually assaulted growing up is calling for changes to adoption laws after struggling to remove her adoptive parents from her birth certificate.

20 years ago, at the paper, I reviewed a doco about a white Australian couple adopting (I think) a South Korean baby and mildly questioned a few things. I copped a critical email from the couple's friends. I don't know what type of parents they were, but history has proven my discomfort valid.

11.03.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The two tone shirts of the 1990s were a really stressful time. Thank god grunge came along with flannelette shirts when it did.

11.03.2026 10:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It will solve that global novel shortage.

11.03.2026 03:34 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Makes me laugh out loud every single time I see this post

11.03.2026 03:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I spend an inordinate amount of time stressing about the correct hue cut-off point between light and dark laundry

11.03.2026 03:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

He is my local member. When Westconnex took my friends houses in a compulsory acquisition, many couldn’t afford to stay in the area. They asked for help. He implied that because they hadn’t lived in the area for decades they weren’t real members of the community, and that they were a Greens front

10.03.2026 23:24 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Daughter mentioned she'd lost the back of her earring, and I said she could buy packs of backs. She said it's ok because she has spares upstairs.
So apparently we're both suffering from Dr Seuss Syndrome.

10.03.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The staff uniforms at the HOTA on the Gold Coast is denim. If anyone could do it, it would be those artistic geniuses.

10.03.2026 09:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, in Australia politicians still use β€œlatte sipping” as a pejorative for left wing elitist. My dude, you can buy lattes at McDonald’s. Every country town has a cafe with signs offering β€œreal” coffee. We’re a nation of latte sippers.

09.03.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's not that I don't enjoy the musical stylings of Beck, but the algorithm seems to think I like Beck a lot, which is weird when I can't imagine I've ever put Beck on.

08.03.2026 22:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I try to take ads in podcasts in my stride because content creators need to earn money, but the ads for other podcasts that are about a) self-help gurus interviewing famous people about the journey or b) astrology are testing the limits of that.

08.03.2026 22:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

14yo had a sleepover last night. I also learned that apparently you can get Oporto delivered at 4:45am.

08.03.2026 09:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah when I commissioned work it was often β€œhow many words does the story need?”

07.03.2026 00:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

More like Kristi No-more, amirite?

05.03.2026 21:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's pretty ironic that things in the protein food group are pretty darn delicious, but protein-enriched foods (protein yoghurt, protein granola) are generally soul-destroying.
Also, it's highly unlikely you are protein deficient.

05.03.2026 21:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Difficult | 2026 Nothing like a bit of political opportunism to get the cash registers ringing. Sorry Albo. Nothing personal. We still like you. Back story HERE.

In case you were itching to own a Difficult tee remosince1988.com/collections/...

05.03.2026 02:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

At one point in my life I would have dreamed of working for The Atlantic. Now I dream of working for The Atlantic and buying myself a big ol' stamp that that says "Where is your evidence????"

04.03.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I like when they put that they made up a scenario to get mad at right there in the subhead.

04.03.2026 21:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s equity that’s private, duh

03.03.2026 09:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œCan we hurry this up? I want to get on with dinner so we can watch The White Lotus”.

03.03.2026 05:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They knew how to make them back then.

28.02.2026 04:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was deeply into horses so I think I went more than once.

28.02.2026 00:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

19yo is buying a car from someone who lives on the land that was once El Caballo Blanco and so were explaining the concept of the shithouse and sometimes dodgy theme park to her. Kids these don’t know they’re born.

28.02.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I prefer Pub is a Battlefield.

27.02.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can’t. Already spent all my money on prunes.

26.02.2026 00:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Never forget that the primary tactic of this movement is distraction. They point to medical statements, procedural wins and tangentially related anecdotes because *they have no evidence of their core claim*

If lots of kids were transitioning without assessment they would be talking about that.

25.02.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 1959 πŸ” 434 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 3