Michael J
@michaeljongen.bsky.social
books and schnauzers
Emeritus Librarian 🌈
Emeritus Librarian 🌈
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Northern Lights dancing above the Kelpies.
📸 Linda fae Falkirk
📸 Linda fae Falkirk
January 21, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Northern Lights dancing above the Kelpies.
📸 Linda fae Falkirk
📸 Linda fae Falkirk
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I think we’ve got better and more culturally-varied street food than I could have imagined, cool jackets galore, and drugs that make us think we’re really fast and strong before they kill us.
we're getting all the downsides of cyberpunk (social alienation, ruthless hyper capitalism, digital mass surveillance state) but none of the promised upsides (cheap street food, cool jackets, super drugs that make you really fast and strong before they kill you)
January 20, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I think we’ve got better and more culturally-varied street food than I could have imagined, cool jackets galore, and drugs that make us think we’re really fast and strong before they kill us.
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Where’s Albanese, ALP Govt now on hate speech and abuse of cultural groups?
This fucker gets employed as the King’s Rep.
Fuck him and fuck the Chief Minister for shit and racism.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
This fucker gets employed as the King’s Rep.
Fuck him and fuck the Chief Minister for shit and racism.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Incoming NT administrator insulted PM and claimed First Nations people ‘main group’ behind crime
Exclusive: David Connolly says he won’t publicly express political opinions after he was announced for a role similar to that of a state governor
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Where’s Albanese, ALP Govt now on hate speech and abuse of cultural groups?
This fucker gets employed as the King’s Rep.
Fuck him and fuck the Chief Minister for shit and racism.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
This fucker gets employed as the King’s Rep.
Fuck him and fuck the Chief Minister for shit and racism.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
January 20, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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From the archive for Patricia Highsmith, #BornOnThisDay in 1921, thoughts on THE CRY OF THE OWL.
An excellent novel that begins in traditional psychological thriller territory only to shift towards something a little more existential by the end. #BookSky 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2018/09/11/t...
An excellent novel that begins in traditional psychological thriller territory only to shift towards something a little more existential by the end. #BookSky 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2018/09/11/t...
The Cry of the Owl by Patricia Highsmith
Regular readers may be aware of my fondness for Patricia Highsmith’s particular brand of domestic noir. Last year I read and loved Deep Water (1957), a novel which plays with readers’ responses tow…
jacquiwine.wordpress.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:40 AM
From the archive for Patricia Highsmith, #BornOnThisDay in 1921, thoughts on THE CRY OF THE OWL.
An excellent novel that begins in traditional psychological thriller territory only to shift towards something a little more existential by the end. #BookSky 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2018/09/11/t...
An excellent novel that begins in traditional psychological thriller territory only to shift towards something a little more existential by the end. #BookSky 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2018/09/11/t...
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I'm perfectly aware this is by far not the worst thing he's done, but Trump's constant presence - day after day after day - in the lives and headspaces of hundreds of millions of people (billions?), in the US and outside, is so taxing. Every morning, we wake up and have to think about this asshole.
January 19, 2026 at 8:10 AM
I'm perfectly aware this is by far not the worst thing he's done, but Trump's constant presence - day after day after day - in the lives and headspaces of hundreds of millions of people (billions?), in the US and outside, is so taxing. Every morning, we wake up and have to think about this asshole.
It's Monday and @bigbeardybooks.bsky.social is taking a break but imma still going to tell him, and you, what I'm reading
The imagined life by Andrew Porter which is sad and engrossing
The imagined life by Andrew Porter which is sad and engrossing
January 19, 2026 at 10:31 AM
It's Monday and @bigbeardybooks.bsky.social is taking a break but imma still going to tell him, and you, what I'm reading
The imagined life by Andrew Porter which is sad and engrossing
The imagined life by Andrew Porter which is sad and engrossing
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“Standing with librarians means standing with the idea that democracy requires access to information. It means rejecting the notion that fear should dictate education. It means trusting young people enough to let them read, question, and think for themselves.”
The Things I Read as a Child: The Librarians and Book Censorship in America
I grew up in a house where reading was monitored. There were quiet limits. There were suggestions. There were books that never appeared in…
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January 19, 2026 at 3:09 AM
“Standing with librarians means standing with the idea that democracy requires access to information. It means rejecting the notion that fear should dictate education. It means trusting young people enough to let them read, question, and think for themselves.”
I watched the mystery horror Weapons last night. It was so good
January 19, 2026 at 4:22 AM
I watched the mystery horror Weapons last night. It was so good
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Glad to see people in Bondi have resumed their usual behaviour.
I really don't have an opinion on whether the bridge should stay or go but something about this take is hilariously bizarre.
January 18, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Glad to see people in Bondi have resumed their usual behaviour.
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The Advertiser has the letter Malinauskas wrote to the board of Adelaide Festival. It is very hard to see how this is not a direction to remove Abdel-Fattah, despite a line saying board decisions are independent. drive.google.com/file/d/169Pi...
Letter from the Hon Peter Malinauskas MP, Premier of South Australia - Whiting, Tracey - fB526314 (B2460669).pdf
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January 17, 2026 at 11:13 PM
The Advertiser has the letter Malinauskas wrote to the board of Adelaide Festival. It is very hard to see how this is not a direction to remove Abdel-Fattah, despite a line saying board decisions are independent. drive.google.com/file/d/169Pi...
Frida enjoying some sun
January 18, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Frida enjoying some sun
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Review of David Byrne at Brisbane Entertainment Centre last night (first show of Oz tour). As good a piece of performance art as you're likely to get www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
David Byrne review – hope, humanity and dancing in a superbly paced and choreographed show
Solo songs and Talking Heads classics mingle in a spectacular performance that doesn’t pull any punches
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Review of David Byrne at Brisbane Entertainment Centre last night (first show of Oz tour). As good a piece of performance art as you're likely to get www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
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Why is it that whenever The Australian has it out for someone, they get all of their columnists to write the same frothing-at-the-mouth articles? Does anyone really have the stomach to read like 16 screeds on Louise Adler every day for a week? Who subscribes to this? What for?
January 18, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Why is it that whenever The Australian has it out for someone, they get all of their columnists to write the same frothing-at-the-mouth articles? Does anyone really have the stomach to read like 16 screeds on Louise Adler every day for a week? Who subscribes to this? What for?
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Incarcerated First Nations people remain politically invisible in WA – and that invisibility is driving the state’s incarceration crisis. Real reform demands lived-experience voices. #AusPol #WApolitics #ClosingTheGap #FirstNations #Justice #HumanRights
Best of 2025 - Making First Nations prisoners visible in Labor politics
Despite Western Australian Labor’s rhetoric on equality and Closing the Gap, incarcerated First Nations people remain politically invisible. Without formal representation and lived-experience voices in party deliberations, meaningful reform is impossible. The 2027 State Labor Conference is the moment to change that.
johnmenadue.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Incarcerated First Nations people remain politically invisible in WA – and that invisibility is driving the state’s incarceration crisis. Real reform demands lived-experience voices. #AusPol #WApolitics #ClosingTheGap #FirstNations #Justice #HumanRights
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"Australia, in its own pissant, toytown way... In the wake of Bondi, we’re embarking on a full-scale assault on free speech." @keanebernard.bsky.social www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/14/a...
In Australia's tinpot civil society, 'power speech' is on the cusp of defeating free speech
Free speech in Australia is under attack from multiple directions. And its assailant is power speech: the right of the powerful to dictate terms to and attack those with less power.
www.crikey.com.au
January 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
"Australia, in its own pissant, toytown way... In the wake of Bondi, we’re embarking on a full-scale assault on free speech." @keanebernard.bsky.social www.crikey.com.au/2026/01/14/a...
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Sinners
franksfilmreview.com/2025/04/24/s...
Sinners is a fusion of genres, blending music and supernatural tension into a compelling story. This cinematic experience is not to be missed, and its standout performances will surely resonate come awards season...
franksfilmreview.com/2025/04/24/s...
Sinners is a fusion of genres, blending music and supernatural tension into a compelling story. This cinematic experience is not to be missed, and its standout performances will surely resonate come awards season...
January 15, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Sinners
franksfilmreview.com/2025/04/24/s...
Sinners is a fusion of genres, blending music and supernatural tension into a compelling story. This cinematic experience is not to be missed, and its standout performances will surely resonate come awards season...
franksfilmreview.com/2025/04/24/s...
Sinners is a fusion of genres, blending music and supernatural tension into a compelling story. This cinematic experience is not to be missed, and its standout performances will surely resonate come awards season...
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solidarity of light
January 15, 2026 at 2:10 PM
solidarity of light
Love this album
Air released their debut album ‘Moon Safari’ 28 years ago on January 16, 1998
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Rediscover Air’s Debut Album ‘Moon Safari’ (1998) | Tribute
Air’s creativity is the hook throughout ‘Moon Safari’ but the duo’s reverence of a wide array of genres and generations is what sets them apart.
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January 17, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Love this album