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Kent Parkstreet, Laird of Doofus @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 20h

When a massive percentage of the civilian population is dead, when barely one brick still stands on another, when a nation has been traumatised, starved, impoverished for generations, when you both armed and defended this barbarity, then you don’t get to take credit for anything, let alone peace.

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StaffyMama @leftankle.bsky.social · 4d

"So, how do you turn a $90 million surplus into a $142.5 million deficit?

Easy. You just exclude nearly a quarter of a billion dollars of revenue that the auditor thought should be included."

tinyurl.com/5b4ruecb

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Full text on r/anu on Reddit

A closer look at the ANU books reveals a hard truth about these job cuts

The phantom deficit and a series of cuts by choice, not necessity.

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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 3d

Hilarious - someone actually unfollowed you.
Ah, the doomers.

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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you Robin. That actually helps a lot.

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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 3d

I’m going down a sadness filled hole, finding it hard to motivate for anything.
If only I could siphon some of your panic energy in exchange for some depressive calm!
Even the trees I painted this week are blue.
Sending deep breaths and other pointless advice.

Small watercolour of blue trees against a pale orange background.

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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 4d

As if Jimmy Carr needs the money.

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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 4d

“evil, amoral, grifting bastards”

‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival

Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punishment amputation, jail for satirists … these are the Saudi human rights abuses fuelling the fury being directed at the likes of Louis CK, Dave Chapp...

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Vanessa Smith @normalness.bsky.social · 4d

I miss working in unis some days, then stuff like this comes up

Audited numbers matter. They are signed off by professionals bound by law. These audited numbers don’t suggest the ANU is experiencing any crisis.These numbers shouldn’t be dismissed lightly.

australiainstitute.org.au/post/a-close...

A closer look at the ANU books reveals a hard truth about these job cuts

The leadership of the Australian National University (ANU) has been claiming it is in financial crisis, with the former vice-chancellor declaring the institution was living beyond its means.

australiainstitute.org.au

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Jack Ashby @jackdashby.bsky.social · 6d

Because their legs are so short, young #wombats just seem to flow over the land when they walk.
#WombatWednesday #Tasmania #MammalWatching #WildOz #wombat

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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 5d

I think my security pass is currently stuck in a 90 minute washing machine cycle.
Stuff it, I’ll have a holiday.

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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 5d

My work messed up my pay and short-changed me by one day.
I guess it will all work out eventually but it detracted from the fortnightly thrill of a bump to the bank account.
Oh well.
Off now to ride in the rain to get back there.

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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 6d

A devastating day.
Having spent time in that part of the world must have made it terribly real for you.
The shock and horror: it would never completely leave.

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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 6d

Holy weather-chaos, Batman.

I Was Actually There: S2 Episode 6 Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race Tragedy

The 1998 Sydney to Hobart race was a moment when nature asserted its dominance with terrifying force. Six lives were lost, five yachts sank and hundreds of sailors were pulled into a brutal fight for ...

iview.abc.net.au

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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 6d

Every time I hear about this woman I think of a crowded beach.
It’s disconcerting.
Anyway: she sounds well sus.

Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 6d

All these headlines saying “Bondi Goes on the Attack.” Really? She wasn’t in the octagon, she’s a public servant who was at an oversight hearing. Her job was to answer questions. She refused to do her job. Stop glamorizing and whitewashing this moronic, performative bullshit.

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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 6d

As they drove to safety down a fire trail already alight, animals followed them; deer, koala, birds, an echidna.

Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 6d

Watching first hand accounts of the Black Saturday fires of 2009.
Fascinating to see how people’s demeanours change as they describe the passing of the hours on that day. How eyes hollow and throats clench.

I Was Actually There: S2 Episode 1 Black Saturday Bushfires

Black Saturday Bushfires. Saturday 7 February 2009. I Was Actually There collects personal stories from survivors, first responders and community members who faced the catastrophe.

iview.abc.net.au

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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 6d

Watching first hand accounts of the Black Saturday fires of 2009.
Fascinating to see how people’s demeanours change as they describe the passing of the hours on that day. How eyes hollow and throats clench.

I Was Actually There: S2 Episode 1 Black Saturday Bushfires

Black Saturday Bushfires. Saturday 7 February 2009. I Was Actually There collects personal stories from survivors, first responders and community members who faced the catastrophe.

iview.abc.net.au