Leni
@heradescends.bsky.social
Recently divorced from my idealism, ex public servant facing the absurdity but still willing to serve; on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung & Bunurong Boon Wurrung country
‘The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men’ Plato (allegedly)🇦🇺🇬🇷✊🏽⚖️
‘The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men’ Plato (allegedly)🇦🇺🇬🇷✊🏽⚖️
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Leni
@heradescends.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Look I’m not sure if I’m ready to re-engage with the world but I’m certain that I yearn to breathe free under a blue sky… with some nice kind folk
Going out to all my Greek Australian comrades who follow Greek politics/news… possibly the funniest Greek post of the day if not week, it’s not just money this shambolic Greek government steals… Tsipras right about now
December 2, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Going out to all my Greek Australian comrades who follow Greek politics/news… possibly the funniest Greek post of the day if not week, it’s not just money this shambolic Greek government steals… Tsipras right about now
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New regulations mandating employers in Victoria to take practical steps to prevent and reduce psychosocial risks in workplaces are now in effect www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/news/2025-12...
New regulations make psychological health a priority | WorkSafe Victoria
Victorian employers must now take specific steps to identify psychosocial hazards and control work-related risks to mental health.
www.worksafe.vic.gov.au
December 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
New regulations mandating employers in Victoria to take practical steps to prevent and reduce psychosocial risks in workplaces are now in effect www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/news/2025-12...
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Read the piece by Ishika Chatterjee and Marika Sosnowski of the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness at Melbourne Law School, discussing the importance of legal anthropology, on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
December 2, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Read the piece by Ishika Chatterjee and Marika Sosnowski of the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness at Melbourne Law School, discussing the importance of legal anthropology, on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
This is a great read and a reminder of our Eurocentric bias
December 2, 2025 at 4:33 AM
This is a great read and a reminder of our Eurocentric bias
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I never do this, but I really want to be involved. @elliottkalan.bsky.social should write on it. I'll laugh and unroll maps.
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deadline.com/2025/12/matt...
Matthew Rhys Is In Talks With Netflix Over Adaptation Of Robert Caro’s ‘The Power Broker’
Matthew Rhys is in talks with the streamer over the adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book.
deadline.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I never do this, but I really want to be involved. @elliottkalan.bsky.social should write on it. I'll laugh and unroll maps.
deadline.com/2025/12/matt...
deadline.com/2025/12/matt...
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Israel has murdered 312 Palestinian journalists and other media workers in occupied Palestine's Gaza since October 7th 2023:
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December 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Israel has murdered 312 Palestinian journalists and other media workers in occupied Palestine's Gaza since October 7th 2023:
stopmurderingjournalists.com?location=gaz...
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stopmurderingjournalists.com?location=gaz...
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Scathing ‘jobs for mates’ review finds appointments to government boards routinely abused
Scathing ‘jobs for mates’ review finds appointments to government boards routinely abused
A report by Lynelle Briggs says placements ‘look like nepotism’ and are undermining confidence in government
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The major parties have abused appointments to government boards so routinely that the public fears being lumped with “overpaid political hacks” who cannot do important jobs properly, a scathing report to the Albanese government has found.
But Labor is set to eschew a series of recommendations from former public service commissioner Lynelle Briggs’ long-anticipated jobs for mates review – finally set to be released on Tuesday, 18 months after it was completed. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Scathing ‘jobs for mates’ review finds appointments to government boards routinely abused
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🇪🇺 Wishlist 2026 and expectation management...
"European collaboration and integration as a source and amplifier of power for Europe's democracies.
Yet, it seems likely that 2026 will instead be a sobering year." @almutm.bsky.social @epc-official.bsky.social
#EUsky
www.epc.eu/publication/...
"European collaboration and integration as a source and amplifier of power for Europe's democracies.
Yet, it seems likely that 2026 will instead be a sobering year." @almutm.bsky.social @epc-official.bsky.social
#EUsky
www.epc.eu/publication/...
Two Tales in a City: The European Union in 2026
Almut Möller is Director for European and Global Affairs and head of the Europe in the World programme at the European Policy Centre.
www.epc.eu
December 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
🇪🇺 Wishlist 2026 and expectation management...
"European collaboration and integration as a source and amplifier of power for Europe's democracies.
Yet, it seems likely that 2026 will instead be a sobering year." @almutm.bsky.social @epc-official.bsky.social
#EUsky
www.epc.eu/publication/...
"European collaboration and integration as a source and amplifier of power for Europe's democracies.
Yet, it seems likely that 2026 will instead be a sobering year." @almutm.bsky.social @epc-official.bsky.social
#EUsky
www.epc.eu/publication/...
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🤓 GRATTAN’S 2025 WONKS’ LIST 🤓
In addition to our Prime Minister’s Summer Reading List, our Wonks’ List highlights some of the year’s best technical policy reads.
Here are our picks for 2025. buff.ly/YcFqGwm #auspol #ausecon
In addition to our Prime Minister’s Summer Reading List, our Wonks’ List highlights some of the year’s best technical policy reads.
Here are our picks for 2025. buff.ly/YcFqGwm #auspol #ausecon
buff.ly
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM
🤓 GRATTAN’S 2025 WONKS’ LIST 🤓
In addition to our Prime Minister’s Summer Reading List, our Wonks’ List highlights some of the year’s best technical policy reads.
Here are our picks for 2025. buff.ly/YcFqGwm #auspol #ausecon
In addition to our Prime Minister’s Summer Reading List, our Wonks’ List highlights some of the year’s best technical policy reads.
Here are our picks for 2025. buff.ly/YcFqGwm #auspol #ausecon
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Uncertainties trail behind Japanese PM's strong start
Uncertainties trail behind Japanese PM's strong start
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s early popularity rests on speculative public expectations, a fragile LDP–Ishin arrangement and her dependence on party heavyweight Taro Aso, leaving her authority vulnerable despite high initial approval ratings.
johnmenadue.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Uncertainties trail behind Japanese PM's strong start
Short and to the point… loved reference to China’s diplomacy often being ‘ham fisted’ but capable of great subtlety as on this occasion, of course lost on Trump and possibly other leaders… even the ham fisted China foreign policy becomes subtle when stacked next to the current US ‘diplomacy’
December 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Short and to the point… loved reference to China’s diplomacy often being ‘ham fisted’ but capable of great subtlety as on this occasion, of course lost on Trump and possibly other leaders… even the ham fisted China foreign policy becomes subtle when stacked next to the current US ‘diplomacy’
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What is Jared Kushner's job in the administration?
I’d rather question why is Kushner there and why is he laying out a vision? We did not vote him into any gov position nor the senate we voted for has approved his candidacy.
This isn’t a grey zone anymore, it’s 50 shades of grey.
This isn’t a grey zone anymore, it’s 50 shades of grey.
November 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
What is Jared Kushner's job in the administration?
The NYT posting this… 😂
Oxford University Press has chosen “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year. The open-compound word, which beat out “biohack” and “aura farming,” goes back at least to 2002. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/a...
November 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The NYT posting this… 😂
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Trump’s return has shattered the illusion of a rules-based order. As great powers cut deals, Australia risks strategic irrelevance by clinging to outdated assumptions, writes Geoff Raby.
#Trump #ForeignPolicy #Australia #China #GreatPowerPolitics #AUKUS
#Trump #ForeignPolicy #Australia #China #GreatPowerPolitics #AUKUS
Australia's strategic choices in a fragmenting global order
With Trump 2.0, the global order is changing and changing rapidly.
johnmenadue.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Trump’s return has shattered the illusion of a rules-based order. As great powers cut deals, Australia risks strategic irrelevance by clinging to outdated assumptions, writes Geoff Raby.
#Trump #ForeignPolicy #Australia #China #GreatPowerPolitics #AUKUS
#Trump #ForeignPolicy #Australia #China #GreatPowerPolitics #AUKUS
Madness
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Madness
Yes, very cool, some of my relatives refuse to see any pros (debt, cost blowout etc), infrastructure needed for a growing Vic, not perfect, big stuff not easy to do always contentious, it’s like being mean spirited about PM getting married, we can be positive about human achievements big & personal
Went for a sticky at the new Metro rail tunnel today. This is the new State Library station. Very cool
November 30, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Yes, very cool, some of my relatives refuse to see any pros (debt, cost blowout etc), infrastructure needed for a growing Vic, not perfect, big stuff not easy to do always contentious, it’s like being mean spirited about PM getting married, we can be positive about human achievements big & personal
Learning to enjoy an extended period of failure right now in fact
Our culture treats success as virtue and failure as a personal flaw – a sharp break from older traditions that saw failure as meaningful and transformative. We need to recover that wisdom in an age of burnout.
#Culture #Philosophy #MentalHealth #Burnout #Neoliberalism #Arts #Society
#Culture #Philosophy #MentalHealth #Burnout #Neoliberalism #Arts #Society
Led Zeppelin, my band that never ‘made it’, and the lost art of failure
Our culture treats success as virtue and failure as personal flaw. Older traditions – from Greek tragedy to Christian thought – saw failure as meaningful. Recovering that wisdom may be essential to living with dignity in an age of burnout.
johnmenadue.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Learning to enjoy an extended period of failure right now in fact
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Australian taxpayers subsidise rising specialist fees as spending on Abbott-era Medicare safety net ‘explodes’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian taxpayers subsidise rising specialist fees as spending on Abbott-era Medicare safety net ‘explodes’
Exclusive: Health department data shows spending on the 2004 extended safety net has nearly tripled, from $324.9m in 2010 to $850.4m in 2024
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Australian taxpayers subsidise rising specialist fees as spending on Abbott-era Medicare safety net ‘explodes’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I have been caught just this morning smiling goofily and lingering a touch too long over the mangoes at the supermarket
Growing up in Brisbane, we never bought mangoes. I don’t think shops sold any. But we ate them all the time in season. From local trees. And in those days, parents popped their kids in the bath to eat their #mangoes. Juice everywhere. Sweet, tangy, stringy. The best. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Fancy a sweet, juicy mango? Here's all you need to know about them
What's the difference between a big R2E2, a delicate Honey Gold, and an iconic Kensington Pride? Find out before biting into a mango this season.
www.abc.net.au
November 29, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I have been caught just this morning smiling goofily and lingering a touch too long over the mangoes at the supermarket
Politicians invariably let you down (we let them down too hello apathy, ignorance & purity) but we need some Oz Mamdani energy, daughter of retired migrant small business owner, my Dad still gets stopped in shopping centres by old customers, small business is the lifeblood & character of communities
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Politicians invariably let you down (we let them down too hello apathy, ignorance & purity) but we need some Oz Mamdani energy, daughter of retired migrant small business owner, my Dad still gets stopped in shopping centres by old customers, small business is the lifeblood & character of communities
Here’s an image for our times and Sunday mornings… I’ve also managed to like enough cat and dog posts to influence my feed such that I have many delightful pet posts interspersing the doom thank you cat and dog owners you are also doing the lords work
November 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Here’s an image for our times and Sunday mornings… I’ve also managed to like enough cat and dog posts to influence my feed such that I have many delightful pet posts interspersing the doom thank you cat and dog owners you are also doing the lords work
Laws, what are they good for…
November 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Laws, what are they good for…
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November 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Expert commentary on the new BBC Civilisations series - together with further reading!
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Does BBC Civilisations get its four stories of collapse correct? Experts weigh in
The new series attempts to chart the fall of four major empires but doesn’t always get it right.
theconversation.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Expert commentary on the new BBC Civilisations series - together with further reading!
theconversation.com/does-bbc-civ...
theconversation.com/does-bbc-civ...
So how’s the sham peace going you cowardly world leaders, atrocities against Palestinians continue, incursions into Syria escalate, Israeli-US bombs fall in Lebanon again, more sham peace to be forced in Ukraine & fake War on Drugs in Venezuela aka Nicaraguan Iraq 2.0, no condemnation of the US yet?
Major Israeli offensive has also destroyed roads, water networks and private property.
Israeli forces injure hundreds of Palestinians in raids on Tubas, West Bank
Major Israeli offensive has also destroyed roads, water networks and private property.
bit.ly
November 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
So how’s the sham peace going you cowardly world leaders, atrocities against Palestinians continue, incursions into Syria escalate, Israeli-US bombs fall in Lebanon again, more sham peace to be forced in Ukraine & fake War on Drugs in Venezuela aka Nicaraguan Iraq 2.0, no condemnation of the US yet?