Kent Parkstreet, Laird of Doofus
@kentparkskeet.bsky.social
Musician, thoughtful chap, legally blind so limited to skeeting some stuff and replying when I can.
I don’t respond to replies in the form of quoteskeets.
Messing about in words: http://parkstreetpoetry.blogspot.com/
Naarm, Australia
I don’t respond to replies in the form of quoteskeets.
Messing about in words: http://parkstreetpoetry.blogspot.com/
Naarm, Australia
Pinned
Increase peace spending.
Can’t imagine why our ABC published the video and photo provided by Hanson and Joyce.
If a politician hands a journalist any PR material that journalist should ask why, not publish it.
If a politician hands a journalist any PR material that journalist should ask why, not publish it.
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Can’t imagine why our ABC published the video and photo provided by Hanson and Joyce.
If a politician hands a journalist any PR material that journalist should ask why, not publish it.
If a politician hands a journalist any PR material that journalist should ask why, not publish it.
Two gentlemen of a certain age approaching an outside table at the Grosvenor. One takes a seat, the other, about to head inside to order drinks, asks, “are we going to be sensible?”.
The reply from the seated fellow, “up to you mate”.
Bloody brilliant.
The reply from the seated fellow, “up to you mate”.
Bloody brilliant.
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Two gentlemen of a certain age approaching an outside table at the Grosvenor. One takes a seat, the other, about to head inside to order drinks, asks, “are we going to be sensible?”.
The reply from the seated fellow, “up to you mate”.
Bloody brilliant.
The reply from the seated fellow, “up to you mate”.
Bloody brilliant.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Jimmy Cliff died, the heart of the world skipped a beat, social media hardly blinked.
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Jimmy Cliff died, the heart of the world skipped a beat, social media hardly blinked.
Good news everyone.
Hunter syndrome: Boy with rare condition amazes doctors after world-first gene therapy
Oliver has an inherited condition called Hunter syndrome, which causes progressive damage to the body and brain.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Good news everyone.
This is Senator Malcolm Roberts in our senate today, as his boss poses in a burka.
The fellow isn’t smart enough to know how to dress himself properly, so it’s not surprising that he just sat there and did nothing as Hanson mocked our upper house.
Roberts is a shit bloke.
#AusPol
The fellow isn’t smart enough to know how to dress himself properly, so it’s not surprising that he just sat there and did nothing as Hanson mocked our upper house.
Roberts is a shit bloke.
#AusPol
November 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
This is Senator Malcolm Roberts in our senate today, as his boss poses in a burka.
The fellow isn’t smart enough to know how to dress himself properly, so it’s not surprising that he just sat there and did nothing as Hanson mocked our upper house.
Roberts is a shit bloke.
#AusPol
The fellow isn’t smart enough to know how to dress himself properly, so it’s not surprising that he just sat there and did nothing as Hanson mocked our upper house.
Roberts is a shit bloke.
#AusPol
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
This is Senator Malcolm Roberts in our senate today, as his boss poses in a burka.
The fellow isn’t smart enough to know how to dress himself properly, so it’s not surprising that he just sat there and did nothing as Hanson mocked our upper house.
Roberts is a shit bloke.
#AusPol
The fellow isn’t smart enough to know how to dress himself properly, so it’s not surprising that he just sat there and did nothing as Hanson mocked our upper house.
Roberts is a shit bloke.
#AusPol
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Imagine how Bolsonaro would have tolerated this kind of excuse when he held power?
It’s amusing to witness tough guys turning into everything they once despised.
It’s amusing to witness tough guys turning into everything they once despised.
Jair Bolsonaro says ankle monitor damage caused by paranoia
Brazil's convicted ex-president blames medication for tempering with his monitor under house arrest.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Imagine how Bolsonaro would have tolerated this kind of excuse when he held power?
It’s amusing to witness tough guys turning into everything they once despised.
It’s amusing to witness tough guys turning into everything they once despised.
Not sure if I should compare Musk’s DOGE to an explodey rocket or a broken down truck-o-cyber?
November 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Not sure if I should compare Musk’s DOGE to an explodey rocket or a broken down truck-o-cyber?
It’s all collapsing.
CHAINSAW!
Wanker.
CHAINSAW!
Wanker.
'Doesn't exist': White House disbands DOGE months early
The department, established by Donald Trump and once headed up by Elon Musk, promised to slash billions from the US government but has quietly faded into the background in recent months.
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
It’s all collapsing.
CHAINSAW!
Wanker.
CHAINSAW!
Wanker.
Trump can inflict his chaotic idiocy on Americans because they elected him. He can’t inflict that insane inconsistency on Ukrainians because they didn’t elect him and he will cost Ukrainian lives.
America first. Profit at any price.
America first. Profit at any price.
November 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Trump can inflict his chaotic idiocy on Americans because they elected him. He can’t inflict that insane inconsistency on Ukrainians because they didn’t elect him and he will cost Ukrainian lives.
America first. Profit at any price.
America first. Profit at any price.
As we age we tend to feel uncomfortable with change and the things we love being messed with. I try to avoid this way of thinking, but in this case, I loathe and despise everything about this article and the horse it rode in on.
Do mushroom and protein 'functional' coffees have health benefits?
Coffees made with extra ingredients like mushrooms, protein and collagen are known as "functional coffees".
www.bbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
As we age we tend to feel uncomfortable with change and the things we love being messed with. I try to avoid this way of thinking, but in this case, I loathe and despise everything about this article and the horse it rode in on.
Am I not understanding something?
Why does a weather site require security? Is someone going to steal weather data?
Why does a weather site require security? Is someone going to steal weather data?
BOM reveals new website cost $96.5m, not $4.1m as first announced
Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt has asked the weather agency's new boss to examine how the website's cost and redesign went so wrong.
www.abc.net.au
November 23, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Am I not understanding something?
Why does a weather site require security? Is someone going to steal weather data?
Why does a weather site require security? Is someone going to steal weather data?
“No, officer, you have to understand . . . “
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
“No, officer, you have to understand . . . “
I was going to suggest Head to open, this is about the only team management decision I’ve agreed with so far.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I was going to suggest Head to open, this is about the only team management decision I’ve agreed with so far.
🏏
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Phil Tufnell, convicted of assault and malicious wounding, crimes he committed against his wife at the time, is currently a cricket commentator on our ABC.
November 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Phil Tufnell, convicted of assault and malicious wounding, crimes he committed against his wife at the time, is currently a cricket commentator on our ABC.
Entropy.
This Trump term may go the way of the last one, energy wasted on nonsense as government stalls.
This Trump term may go the way of the last one, energy wasted on nonsense as government stalls.
High-profile Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene to quit Congress after Trump feud
The Georgia representative will leave office in the New Year.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Entropy.
This Trump term may go the way of the last one, energy wasted on nonsense as government stalls.
This Trump term may go the way of the last one, energy wasted on nonsense as government stalls.