Jenny Pyke
@ekypjenny.bsky.social
I’m a retired teacher. I love my grandchildren, my garden, travel, music, the theatre, thrifted fashion, politics and myriad other interests.
I’m a ‘woke’ ‘elite’, apparently. 😁
Australian on Yidinji country.
I’m a ‘woke’ ‘elite’, apparently. 😁
Australian on Yidinji country.
Celebrate, sensible Aussies! ❤️❤️❤️
May 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Celebrate, sensible Aussies! ❤️❤️❤️
Just me in an already great country wondering what naughty mischief the gang of 14-year-old men hangin’ in the Oval Office with a dodgy calculator and handy Google are up to today.
If they get on Signal, here are a few more potentially useful emojis. 🚼🤡. 🤪🦍. 🦶🔫.
And a few for Pete … 🥃🥃🥃🥃
If they get on Signal, here are a few more potentially useful emojis. 🚼🤡. 🤪🦍. 🦶🔫.
And a few for Pete … 🥃🥃🥃🥃
April 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Just me in an already great country wondering what naughty mischief the gang of 14-year-old men hangin’ in the Oval Office with a dodgy calculator and handy Google are up to today.
If they get on Signal, here are a few more potentially useful emojis. 🚼🤡. 🤪🦍. 🦶🔫.
And a few for Pete … 🥃🥃🥃🥃
If they get on Signal, here are a few more potentially useful emojis. 🚼🤡. 🤪🦍. 🦶🔫.
And a few for Pete … 🥃🥃🥃🥃
They’re a bunch of bully schoolboys playing video games with real consequences in the real world.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What the accidentally leaked war group chat reveals about the Trump administration | Moira Donegan
Thanks to the Signal leaks, we can see how the administration acts when they think they are in private. It’s not a pretty sight
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
They’re a bunch of bully schoolboys playing video games with real consequences in the real world.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Your rights are being eroded so Israel can commit genocide without criticism theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Thank you Dave Milner.
You can dress up genocide any way you like.
It’s still genocide.
Thank you Dave Milner.
You can dress up genocide any way you like.
It’s still genocide.
Your rights are being eroded so Israel can commit genocide without criticism - The Shot
Across the Western world, criticising Israel's genocide in Palestine is being stamped down. News laws and a culture of fear make it hard.
theshot.net.au
March 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Your rights are being eroded so Israel can commit genocide without criticism theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Thank you Dave Milner.
You can dress up genocide any way you like.
It’s still genocide.
Thank you Dave Milner.
You can dress up genocide any way you like.
It’s still genocide.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Add to that $19 billion spent on tobacco and 5+ $billion on alcohol. People who criticise the welfare budget or NDIS spending need to have a good think.
Add to that $19 billion spent on tobacco and 5+ $billion on alcohol. People who criticise the welfare budget or NDIS spending need to have a good think.
Australians lose more money to gambling in a year than government spends on aged care, report finds
The $31.5bn lost each year likened to a ‘hidden, unspoken black hole’ that cost-of-living policies have not addressed
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Add to that $19 billion spent on tobacco and 5+ $billion on alcohol. People who criticise the welfare budget or NDIS spending need to have a good think.
Add to that $19 billion spent on tobacco and 5+ $billion on alcohol. People who criticise the welfare budget or NDIS spending need to have a good think.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
And I also wonder if the tens of millions of less wealthy MAGAts are unaffected by all this because the Tesla sales downturn will never reach or bother them.
Becoming even poorer might.
And I also wonder if the tens of millions of less wealthy MAGAts are unaffected by all this because the Tesla sales downturn will never reach or bother them.
Becoming even poorer might.
It might be a small consolation, but Elon Musk is getting poorer by the day | John Naughton
As his goons root through the innards of the US government, Tesla sales are plummeting, the cars are being defaced and owners are ashamed
www.theguardian.com
March 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
And I also wonder if the tens of millions of less wealthy MAGAts are unaffected by all this because the Tesla sales downturn will never reach or bother them.
Becoming even poorer might.
And I also wonder if the tens of millions of less wealthy MAGAts are unaffected by all this because the Tesla sales downturn will never reach or bother them.
Becoming even poorer might.
Starmer plays royal card as he tiptoes around the madness of King Donald
February 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Starmer plays royal card as he tiptoes around the madness of King Donald
Dutton’s dangerous dance: decrying one form of racism while stoking all the others theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Bravo Jo Dyer.
Bravo Jo Dyer.
Dutton’s dangerous dance: decrying one form of racism while stoking all the others - The Shot
Race-baiting and dog-whistling while pretending to care about hate crimes is a precarious dance for Peter Dutton.
theshot.net.au
February 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Dutton’s dangerous dance: decrying one form of racism while stoking all the others theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Bravo Jo Dyer.
Bravo Jo Dyer.
Trump wants to turn Gaza into a casino resort. Ita Buttrose thinks only an ‘activist’ could object theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Brave Dave Milner. Thank you.
Brave Dave Milner. Thank you.
Trump wants to turn Gaza into a casino resort. Ita Buttrose thinks only an ‘activist’ could object - The Shot
Media doesn't need to normalise all this heinous Nazi shit, but it will anyway. It is structurally incapable of protecting us from barbarity.
theshot.net.au
February 15, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Trump wants to turn Gaza into a casino resort. Ita Buttrose thinks only an ‘activist’ could object theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Brave Dave Milner. Thank you.
Brave Dave Milner. Thank you.
Don’t bother with a follow request if you’re a bloke who only posts pics of yourself, only repost other people’s stuff or if you’re selling stuff.
January 14, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Don’t bother with a follow request if you’re a bloke who only posts pics of yourself, only repost other people’s stuff or if you’re selling stuff.
So proud of two of my granddaughters fishing from a kayak. 😍
January 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM
So proud of two of my granddaughters fishing from a kayak. 😍
Far North Queensland is a treasure trove of beauty, especially on the Atherton Tablelands where I live.
(At Mt Hypipamee, one of many crater lakes up this way.)
(At Mt Hypipamee, one of many crater lakes up this way.)
January 2, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Far North Queensland is a treasure trove of beauty, especially on the Atherton Tablelands where I live.
(At Mt Hypipamee, one of many crater lakes up this way.)
(At Mt Hypipamee, one of many crater lakes up this way.)
That’s it for me for 2025.
December 29, 2024 at 4:51 AM
That’s it for me for 2025.
My iPhone attempt at the stunning orange moon and its reflection on Lake Tinaroo last week.
December 26, 2024 at 11:01 PM
My iPhone attempt at the stunning orange moon and its reflection on Lake Tinaroo last week.