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The Cathy Wilcox

@cathywilcox.bsky.social

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Editorial cartoons, dog walks, languages, bleeding heart, existential malaise. Latest book Hoary Chestnuts, shop at cathywilcox.com.au

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 12h

Sorry pal, no room for your “ethics” in this club. Cramps our style.

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Rachel Withers @rachelwithers.bsky.social · 15h

Imagine kicking the former national rugby captain out of your sports club instead of the gambling lobby.

To paraphrase Groucho Marx, who'd want to belong to a club that would accept Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its sponsors?

Bill Browne @browne90.bsky.social · 16h

Making his point for him -- just asking about the power of the gambling lobby gets Senator David Pocock booted from sports club the Prime Minister heads. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Former Wallabies star David Pocock booted from parliamentary sports club

Exclusive: Senator accused of bringing social club into disrepute after raising concerns about its association with betting lobby

www.theguardian.com

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@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 15h

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 20h

But Trump gets what he wants, and the world is not just.

The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 20h

I think I worked out early that what they could imagine for me was not as interesting to me as that which I imagined.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lCI...

One day, lad, all this will be yours...

YouTube video by FILMYOLK

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 21h

Dime a dozen in France (and for a time in Aust).

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 21h

The wanderer.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Single frame. Scene: a school building (marked “ÉCOLE PRIMAIRE”) facade flanked by sandstone walls, behind which bare winter trees, grey skies. Front right, wandering figure of Emmanuel Macron in overcoat (as seen in media).
Top left, speech bubbles from an upper window of building: “Un jour je serai premier ministre!” “Et moi!” “Moi aussi!”
Translation: “One day, I’ll be prime minister!” “And me!” “Me too!”

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love | Sarah Schwartz

Not speaking would go against everything I was taught to honour: the righteous among the nations – those who refused to be bystanders to injustice

www.theguardian.com

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 1d

I know I can still hear my year 3 teacher telling us that was a mortal sin.

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 1d

But also

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 1d

Astute work by @fionakatauskas.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Has finding an affordable home in Australia just gotten harder? | Fiona Katauskas

Thanks climate change

www.theguardian.com

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 1d

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 3d

More detail here on the NPC cancellation of a journalist who was booked to speak about Gaza.
Incredible how badly our cultural institutions have failed us.

Exclusive: National Press Club cancelled Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for being “in favour” of Palestine

Correspondence obtained by Lamestream shows the NPC confirmed Chris Hedges as a speaker, before cancelling him due to "balance".

www.lamestream.com.au

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 1d

Cool with me.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 1d

Your comment suggested that you did not.

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 1d

You have missed the point.

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 1d

That’s my problem with Alt text. I would rather not spell some things out, and leave them to interpretation, but people have asked for Alt text.
Perhaps the point is a rare dense material given weight/value versus an abundant material that doesn’t count for much.

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 1d

Scale.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Single frame. Scale. On one side of scale, weighing heavily, a small gold weight marked “OCT 7 2023”. On the other side, much lighter, a huge bag (of sand?) marked “EVERY DAY SINCE.”

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 2d

That’s Wilcox 🤓

The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 2d

I suppose they don’t need a reason.

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 2d

Canaries.
My @smh cartoon.

Two scenes. 1: advisor to Albo at his desk: “Sir, I must inform you that our canaries-in-the-coal-mines of climate change, transparency, accountability and social equity are all looking sickly…” PM: “Hmm…”
Scene 2: Albo at a lectern with press around: “…and that’s why my government is proud to announce the development of a new SUPER BREED of canaries…”

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 3d

Watched the Surviving Malka Leifer story on Stan. Absolutely heart-rending, what those sisters went through. And just for a change (not), an insular community that closes ranks to protect the perpetrator not the victim. 🙄

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 3d

My late mum too!

The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 3d

I always heard it from my mother as a fooffoo valve but either way, it does the job. 🤓

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