Caroline Williamson
@caromw.bsky.social
Poet, political tragic, keyboard warrior. Melbourne Australia. PhD from Monash University: 'The coalfield and the apocalypse: poetry and the politics of time'. My collection Time Machines published by Vagabond Press, Sydney. Balcony garden.
I go to the Brunswick Baths gym, plenty of older people, people with disabilities etc, but also usually some bloke trying to wreck his shoulders, or other body parts. Or, of course, working towards heart attack or stroke. It's not good to watch.
January 27, 2026 at 3:44 AM
I go to the Brunswick Baths gym, plenty of older people, people with disabilities etc, but also usually some bloke trying to wreck his shoulders, or other body parts. Or, of course, working towards heart attack or stroke. It's not good to watch.
Brilliant, thank you Robyn. Good to have my body's experiences validated by someone who actually understands what's going on. I said to the trainer who was setting up my routine, one thing I don't want is getting injured!
January 27, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Brilliant, thank you Robyn. Good to have my body's experiences validated by someone who actually understands what's going on. I said to the trainer who was setting up my routine, one thing I don't want is getting injured!
Also, I am massively unimpressed by the blokes in the gym who seem to spend their time trying to break some personal record while pushing their weights beyond the limits of safety. I assume they just turn up from time to time in between injuries?
January 27, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Also, I am massively unimpressed by the blokes in the gym who seem to spend their time trying to break some personal record while pushing their weights beyond the limits of safety. I assume they just turn up from time to time in between injuries?
I've started working out at the gym (again) while continuing a less demanding short workout at home most mornings. Have discovered that if I start with very very light dumbbells, and then double the weight, the later exercises feel more effective, and more tiring. I don't understand this.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
I've started working out at the gym (again) while continuing a less demanding short workout at home most mornings. Have discovered that if I start with very very light dumbbells, and then double the weight, the later exercises feel more effective, and more tiring. I don't understand this.
Totally agree. However, watching all this from Australia I think splitting prominent Republicans away from Trump is magnificent. Congratulations to the people of Minnesota.
January 27, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Totally agree. However, watching all this from Australia I think splitting prominent Republicans away from Trump is magnificent. Congratulations to the people of Minnesota.
There are unknown people whose boats were shot up, who may or may not have been drug smugglers, who also didn't deserve to be killed. How many people have died since USAID was destroyed? Alex Pretti's death is not less outrageous because there are other deaths. Remember them all.
January 25, 2026 at 12:09 AM
There are unknown people whose boats were shot up, who may or may not have been drug smugglers, who also didn't deserve to be killed. How many people have died since USAID was destroyed? Alex Pretti's death is not less outrageous because there are other deaths. Remember them all.
Really appreciate your work. You are making it possible for future prosecutors to do a thorough job.
January 24, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Really appreciate your work. You are making it possible for future prosecutors to do a thorough job.
What would the odds be for Adler taking over the whole Festival in order to sort out the crisis?
January 11, 2026 at 1:50 PM
What would the odds be for Adler taking over the whole Festival in order to sort out the crisis?
On the other hand, I wasn't planning to buy Randa Abdel-Fattah's new novel, but now I'm off to my local bookshop, where I'm expecting it will have sold out, to order a copy.
January 8, 2026 at 11:17 PM
On the other hand, I wasn't planning to buy Randa Abdel-Fattah's new novel, but now I'm off to my local bookshop, where I'm expecting it will have sold out, to order a copy.
Probably not. Check her record on this kind of thing.
January 8, 2026 at 6:53 AM
Probably not. Check her record on this kind of thing.
The shopping trolley is essential in a walkable neighbourhood. Never, ever drive to the supermarket.
January 7, 2026 at 9:24 AM
The shopping trolley is essential in a walkable neighbourhood. Never, ever drive to the supermarket.
FWIW I do wonder if the Murdoch press is applying lessons learnt from the destabilising of the UK Labour Party using anti-semitism as the catalyst. I'm told they've been working on this for years in Australia.
January 4, 2026 at 12:44 AM
FWIW I do wonder if the Murdoch press is applying lessons learnt from the destabilising of the UK Labour Party using anti-semitism as the catalyst. I'm told they've been working on this for years in Australia.
Maybe we could have a Royal Commission that also investigated other bad actors like the Christchurch murderer (white Australian), focussing on the difficulty of identifying lone nutters before they do anything, and including the role of the media in whipping up irrational anger?
January 4, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Maybe we could have a Royal Commission that also investigated other bad actors like the Christchurch murderer (white Australian), focussing on the difficulty of identifying lone nutters before they do anything, and including the role of the media in whipping up irrational anger?
Also Australia could use some sartorial advice.
January 3, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Also Australia could use some sartorial advice.
Derek Guy you need to change countries. I don't want to sound smug but my walkable neighbourhood in Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia, has trains, trams, library, shops, pool and gym within 15 min walk. And as of last week a CINEMA! Also some beautiful apartments.
January 3, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Derek Guy you need to change countries. I don't want to sound smug but my walkable neighbourhood in Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia, has trains, trams, library, shops, pool and gym within 15 min walk. And as of last week a CINEMA! Also some beautiful apartments.
On the contrary: I think the silence about Christchurch is crucial to a lot of the Murdoch-inspired anger out there.
December 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
On the contrary: I think the silence about Christchurch is crucial to a lot of the Murdoch-inspired anger out there.
Fabulous work. Thanks to you and your collaborators for doing this. Please keep going.
December 30, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Fabulous work. Thanks to you and your collaborators for doing this. Please keep going.
Fair enough. But there is also the howling silence about Christchurch.
December 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Fair enough. But there is also the howling silence about Christchurch.
Also: biggest massacre committed by an Australian in this century would be Christchurch. 51 Muslim worshippers killed.
December 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Also: biggest massacre committed by an Australian in this century would be Christchurch. 51 Muslim worshippers killed.
Google told me I'd used my 15gb of free storage. 10.34gb of emails, 3.76gb of photos. So I deleted approx 40,000 emails from my Promotions folder and got the emails down to 7.24gb. Three days later my photos have gone up to 6.95gb, so I've still got no free storage left. Fortunately I made notes.
December 28, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Google told me I'd used my 15gb of free storage. 10.34gb of emails, 3.76gb of photos. So I deleted approx 40,000 emails from my Promotions folder and got the emails down to 7.24gb. Three days later my photos have gone up to 6.95gb, so I've still got no free storage left. Fortunately I made notes.
It depends on the socks. Tight round the ankles? No way. But I have a pair of very solid merino socks knitted in Tasmania which are glorious to wear in winter. Like having a foot massage. Mongrel socks. Currently in need of darning (moth) but worth the effort.
December 27, 2025 at 5:16 AM
It depends on the socks. Tight round the ankles? No way. But I have a pair of very solid merino socks knitted in Tasmania which are glorious to wear in winter. Like having a foot massage. Mongrel socks. Currently in need of darning (moth) but worth the effort.
Came out of Nuremberg thinking (1) Russell Crowe was brilliant as Goering, and (2) how come Hitler's no. 1 henchman was so much more substantial than Trump's toxic little sidekicks? And by substantial, I mean very seriously evil. These blokes - Vance etc - are school playground bullies.
December 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Came out of Nuremberg thinking (1) Russell Crowe was brilliant as Goering, and (2) how come Hitler's no. 1 henchman was so much more substantial than Trump's toxic little sidekicks? And by substantial, I mean very seriously evil. These blokes - Vance etc - are school playground bullies.
Biggest massacre committed by an Australian over the last century, as far as I know, was Christchurch. 51 Muslim worshippers. Was there an enquiry in Australia?
December 18, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Biggest massacre committed by an Australian over the last century, as far as I know, was Christchurch. 51 Muslim worshippers. Was there an enquiry in Australia?