My 16yo was caught singing “I drank the slab that Bon Scott drank’ at school today. Fortunately the same teacher had commented on his Rage Against the Machine t-shirt at a free dress day so knew of his 90s parental music influences and simply said “TISM”, nodded and kept walking.

Just spent days in dread of the MyGov inbox message. Account was locked (thanks attempted hackers) and I’d just left it like that to deter any future attempts. Finally went and unlocked today. It was just an organ donor registration letter. Groan. We need some kind of importance rating here.

Looks like my home seat, blue my whole voting life has swung ALP. Local Facebook community group should be interesting reading tonight 🍿

Lots of chatter about the impact of tariffs on the US consumer. Crashing USD could be quite the double whammy. Winning yet?

Zelensky has an opportunity to do something that will cause Trump to blow a head gasket now. Rare earth minerals deal with China. China is the only country with the actual power to call Russia off. Despite what Trump wants the rest of the world to think.

I remember thinking my mother needed help because she insisted on cleaning before the cleaner came. Today I insisted on brush cutting a clump of blackberries and weeds before the bushfire and native vegetation report writers came to our rural property for a planning application. Apple. Tree.

My 15yo just played 30 minutes of tennis with his coach, completely fine. Then he got into the car, sneezed and screeched that he’d torn a muscle. I’m reminded of the night he told me his mitochondria hurt.

Prior life profiles - catherinemorris6478 on Threads and @catheri47943670 on bird site. Looking for the Auspol crowd.

Elon sent me running from Twitter, now Zuck has hit my last nerve so decamping from Threads too. Coffee loving, news obsessed Melbourne native with kids, dogs and occasional bouts of sarcasm.