allyann
@allyann.bsky.social
Living with & advocating for ME, POTS & FM, ex-IT. Homebound & at times bedridden. News and Recipe junkie.
Living in Millowl, home of the Bunurong people, Victoria, Australia
Living in Millowl, home of the Bunurong people, Victoria, Australia
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allyann
@allyann.bsky.social
· Jan 5
"This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time."
#hg2g
#hg2g
Here is the spoken cartoon version of First Dog on The Moon's tribute to Jon Kudelka
youtu.be/3cv9MuTVjZs
youtu.be/3cv9MuTVjZs
My cartoon about my friend Jon
YouTube video by firstdog onthemoon
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Here is the spoken cartoon version of First Dog on The Moon's tribute to Jon Kudelka
youtu.be/3cv9MuTVjZs
youtu.be/3cv9MuTVjZs
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If at first you don’t succeed, look in the trash for the instructions.
February 15, 2026 at 5:42 PM
If at first you don’t succeed, look in the trash for the instructions.
I ordered the book "The Colossal Book of Incredible Facts for Curious Minds" from Booktopia last October for my son as part of his Christmas present. It arrived today. It also missed his birthday in January!
I used to order books from Booktopia all the time. Never again.
I used to order books from Booktopia all the time. Never again.
February 16, 2026 at 2:45 AM
I ordered the book "The Colossal Book of Incredible Facts for Curious Minds" from Booktopia last October for my son as part of his Christmas present. It arrived today. It also missed his birthday in January!
I used to order books from Booktopia all the time. Never again.
I used to order books from Booktopia all the time. Never again.
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That’s not how it works. We didn’t elect his party. We flat out rejected it twice in a row largely because of its appalling ability to understand how to add and subtract. Tell him he’s dreaming.
February 15, 2026 at 8:45 PM
That’s not how it works. We didn’t elect his party. We flat out rejected it twice in a row largely because of its appalling ability to understand how to add and subtract. Tell him he’s dreaming.
So this 👇
February 15, 2026 at 12:50 PM
So this 👇
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The British Museum is one of these places to to go to see what the British stole from the rest of the world and displaying it rather shamelessly. Now they're stealing history.
This is truly terrifying, like the Nazis we are simply erasing people from existence, and it is happening without anyone questioning it.
February 15, 2026 at 12:38 PM
The British Museum is one of these places to to go to see what the British stole from the rest of the world and displaying it rather shamelessly. Now they're stealing history.
What is the end game for companies implementing AI?
If you end up with most white-collar jobs redundant and mass layoffs, who will buy the end product?
If you end up with most white-collar jobs redundant and mass layoffs, who will buy the end product?
February 15, 2026 at 11:26 AM
What is the end game for companies implementing AI?
If you end up with most white-collar jobs redundant and mass layoffs, who will buy the end product?
If you end up with most white-collar jobs redundant and mass layoffs, who will buy the end product?
Dozens of Australians diagnosed with rare tattoo-related vision loss
"When chef Nelize Pretorius felt her vision blurring — first one eye and then the other — it was initially brushed off as conjunctivitis."
"When chef Nelize Pretorius felt her vision blurring — first one eye and then the other — it was initially brushed off as conjunctivitis."
Dozens of Australians diagnosed with tattoo-related vision loss
Eye doctors have documented 40 cases of a rare tattoo-related eye inflammation that is hard to treat and can lead to vision loss.
www.abc.net.au
February 14, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Dozens of Australians diagnosed with rare tattoo-related vision loss
"When chef Nelize Pretorius felt her vision blurring — first one eye and then the other — it was initially brushed off as conjunctivitis."
"When chef Nelize Pretorius felt her vision blurring — first one eye and then the other — it was initially brushed off as conjunctivitis."
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All you need to know about Australia in one screenshot. The woman in the much smaller article below actually won a gold medal.
February 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
All you need to know about Australia in one screenshot. The woman in the much smaller article below actually won a gold medal.
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Same happened in Germany 90 years ago.
February 13, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Same happened in Germany 90 years ago.
Exclusive: Robodebt Six served NACC findings
"Almost three years after referrals were made in the robodebt royal commission’s so-called ‘sealed section’, the NACC is finally preparing to name the Robodebt Six."
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-cri... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
"Almost three years after referrals were made in the robodebt royal commission’s so-called ‘sealed section’, the NACC is finally preparing to name the Robodebt Six."
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-cri... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Exclusive: Robodebt Six served NACC findings
Almost three years after referrals were made in the robodebt royal commission’s so-called ‘sealed section’, the NACC is finally preparing to name the Robodebt Six.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
February 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Exclusive: Robodebt Six served NACC findings
"Almost three years after referrals were made in the robodebt royal commission’s so-called ‘sealed section’, the NACC is finally preparing to name the Robodebt Six."
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-cri... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
"Almost three years after referrals were made in the robodebt royal commission’s so-called ‘sealed section’, the NACC is finally preparing to name the Robodebt Six."
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-cri... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Jon Kudelka (1972-2026) www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2026/02/14/j... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Jon Kudelka (1972-2026)
The last picture Jon Kudelka drew for The Saturday Paper was of a man sitting on the edge of a small cliff. Possibly it was the edge of a hole. The man was Jon, waiting for an idea. He was as scruffy ...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
February 13, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Jon Kudelka (1972-2026) www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2026/02/14/j... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
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Yep. True to form
Let’s see how the
bi-election goes
That’ll speak volumes
And there’s what’s his names’ bi-election too
Oh yeh. Sam Groth
February 13, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Yep. True to form
Let’s see how the
bi-election goes
That’ll speak volumes
And there’s what’s his names’ bi-election too
Oh yeh. Sam Groth
A beautiful and funny tribute for Jon Kudelka from First Dog on the Moon.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My friend Jon has died | First Dog on the Moon
Jon Kudelka loved his beautiful family and was fiercely intolerant of greed and hypocrisy
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:22 AM
A beautiful and funny tribute for Jon Kudelka from First Dog on the Moon.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"Albo’s Waterloo has arrived. It smells of horse shit, capsicum spray and moral bankruptcy."
This article encapsulates all that is wrong with Australian politics and explains who controls the Government.
Albo, the Clayton's PM. Indeed he is.
Albo has been totally Farrellised. "The Godfather".
This article encapsulates all that is wrong with Australian politics and explains who controls the Government.
Albo, the Clayton's PM. Indeed he is.
Albo has been totally Farrellised. "The Godfather".
"Hollowed out by factional warlords, but plushly upholstered with lobby money, Labor under Albanese has flubbed the pub test with a ring-in; not some spectacular policy dud, ... but in outsourcing a nation’s compassion to the figurehead of a disgraced US-proxy state accused of war crimes."
#ausnews
#ausnews
Albo’s Waterloo: The Clayton’s PM and the Farrellisation of Labor
Bernard Keane says Albanese is a manager, not a leader. Urban Wronski says the rot runs deeper — into the Farrellised machinery of a captured Clayton’s Labor.
urbanwronski.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:41 PM
"Albo’s Waterloo has arrived. It smells of horse shit, capsicum spray and moral bankruptcy."
This article encapsulates all that is wrong with Australian politics and explains who controls the Government.
Albo, the Clayton's PM. Indeed he is.
Albo has been totally Farrellised. "The Godfather".
This article encapsulates all that is wrong with Australian politics and explains who controls the Government.
Albo, the Clayton's PM. Indeed he is.
Albo has been totally Farrellised. "The Godfather".
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At least Australians can be proud of Grace Tame. #auspol #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust #HerzogNotWelcome
February 11, 2026 at 10:21 PM
At least Australians can be proud of Grace Tame. #auspol #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust #HerzogNotWelcome
Concerns ‘AI slop’ used by University of Sydney-based institute to lobby for $20m gambling education funding
"‘Evidence review’ sent by OurFutures Institute to David Pocock and other politicians references studies that do not exist or make opposing findings"
#auspol #ausnews
"‘Evidence review’ sent by OurFutures Institute to David Pocock and other politicians references studies that do not exist or make opposing findings"
#auspol #ausnews
Concerns ‘AI slop’ used by University of Sydney-based institute to lobby for $20m gambling education funding
‘Evidence review’ sent by OurFutures Institute to David Pocock and other politicians references studies that do not exist or make opposing findings
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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Your best yet @UrbanWronski
Albo’s Waterloo: The Clayton’s PM and the Farrellisation of Labor urbanwronski.com/2026/02/11/a...
Albo’s Waterloo: The Clayton’s PM and the Farrellisation of Labor urbanwronski.com/2026/02/11/a...
Albo’s Waterloo: The Clayton’s PM and the Farrellisation of Labor
Bernard Keane says Albanese is a manager, not a leader. Urban Wronski says the rot runs deeper — into the Farrellised machinery of a captured Clayton’s Labor.
urbanwronski.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Your best yet @UrbanWronski
Albo’s Waterloo: The Clayton’s PM and the Farrellisation of Labor urbanwronski.com/2026/02/11/a...
Albo’s Waterloo: The Clayton’s PM and the Farrellisation of Labor urbanwronski.com/2026/02/11/a...
"Hollowed out by factional warlords, but plushly upholstered with lobby money, Labor under Albanese has flubbed the pub test with a ring-in; not some spectacular policy dud, ... but in outsourcing a nation’s compassion to the figurehead of a disgraced US-proxy state accused of war crimes."
#ausnews
#ausnews
Albo’s Waterloo: The Clayton’s PM and the Farrellisation of Labor
Bernard Keane says Albanese is a manager, not a leader. Urban Wronski says the rot runs deeper — into the Farrellised machinery of a captured Clayton’s Labor.
urbanwronski.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:15 PM
"Hollowed out by factional warlords, but plushly upholstered with lobby money, Labor under Albanese has flubbed the pub test with a ring-in; not some spectacular policy dud, ... but in outsourcing a nation’s compassion to the figurehead of a disgraced US-proxy state accused of war crimes."
#ausnews
#ausnews
I am a Sydney Jew who witnessed police brutalise protesters in my name
By Bart Shteinman
#ausnews #auspol
cheekmedia.substack.com/p/i-am-a-syd...
By Bart Shteinman
#ausnews #auspol
cheekmedia.substack.com/p/i-am-a-syd...
I am a Sydney Jew who witnessed police brutalise protesters in my name
By Bart Shteinman
cheekmedia.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:22 AM
I am a Sydney Jew who witnessed police brutalise protesters in my name
By Bart Shteinman
#ausnews #auspol
cheekmedia.substack.com/p/i-am-a-syd...
By Bart Shteinman
#ausnews #auspol
cheekmedia.substack.com/p/i-am-a-syd...
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Putting Mandelson to one side, so much of what Jonathan Pie says about UK Labour applies equally to @australianlabor.bsky.social.
It's enough to make one weep if only you weren't so angry. #auspol #ukpoli
It's enough to make one weep if only you weren't so angry. #auspol #ukpoli
February 10, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Putting Mandelson to one side, so much of what Jonathan Pie says about UK Labour applies equally to @australianlabor.bsky.social.
It's enough to make one weep if only you weren't so angry. #auspol #ukpoli
It's enough to make one weep if only you weren't so angry. #auspol #ukpoli
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