Felix Gedye
@felixgedye.bsky.social
Can't dance. Can't sing. Can write a little.
Views are my own.
Views are my own.
Bummed to learn today that @percivaleverett.bsky.social has cancelled his Australian tour. Hope it wasnt connected to the Adelaide Writers Week fiasco.
January 21, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Bummed to learn today that @percivaleverett.bsky.social has cancelled his Australian tour. Hope it wasnt connected to the Adelaide Writers Week fiasco.
The Bastard from the Bush (Henry Lawson*, circa 1900) except it's about Barnaby Joyce and the National Party.
(*attribution disputed)
(*attribution disputed)
January 10, 2026 at 6:32 AM
The Bastard from the Bush (Henry Lawson*, circa 1900) except it's about Barnaby Joyce and the National Party.
(*attribution disputed)
(*attribution disputed)
Can somebody tell me what I have to do to finally get invited to join the left wing network of paid agitators?
January 10, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Can somebody tell me what I have to do to finally get invited to join the left wing network of paid agitators?
Vale Chris. A wonderful poet and teacher as well as a kind and considerate man.
Chris Wallace-Crabbe was a poet of international renown, a beloved teacher and a generous man
Chris Wallace-Crabbe was one of Australia’s best-known poets. Generations of students and colleagues benefited from his wisdom and generosity.
theconversation.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Vale Chris. A wonderful poet and teacher as well as a kind and considerate man.
Flame tree out in force today in Naarm.
December 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Flame tree out in force today in Naarm.
November 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I need Patrick Marlborough @cormacmccafe.bsky.social to tell me what "the Melbourne voice" is, and what those afflicted with it can do to get rid of it.
June 18, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I need Patrick Marlborough @cormacmccafe.bsky.social to tell me what "the Melbourne voice" is, and what those afflicted with it can do to get rid of it.
Excellent and timely editorial in @science.org by #URI President Marc Parlange on the damage already being caused by attacks on American universities to local communities and regional innovation.
June 18, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Excellent and timely editorial in @science.org by #URI President Marc Parlange on the damage already being caused by attacks on American universities to local communities and regional innovation.
All right, people. I want a good, clean election leading to a minority government controlled by the Greens in the House and Senate.
May 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
All right, people. I want a good, clean election leading to a minority government controlled by the Greens in the House and Senate.
Reposted by Felix Gedye
"The one thing that can stop the rise of the far right is the one thing mainstream parties are currently not prepared to deliver: greater equality. The rich should be taxed more and the revenue used to improve the lives of the poor."
Great piece by George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Great piece by George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature | George Monbiot
Economic inequality breeds resentment and a desire to get even. That’s what fuels support for even incompetent regimes, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"The one thing that can stop the rise of the far right is the one thing mainstream parties are currently not prepared to deliver: greater equality. The rich should be taxed more and the revenue used to improve the lives of the poor."
Great piece by George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Great piece by George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Did @jessetylerferguson.bsky.social just sit down next to me at Starbucks in Melbourne? That would be very unlikely, surely?
April 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Did @jessetylerferguson.bsky.social just sit down next to me at Starbucks in Melbourne? That would be very unlikely, surely?
To the Melbourne tram driver who stopped to spare the life of the injured bird on Bourke Street today: Thank you for being an excellent human.
March 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
To the Melbourne tram driver who stopped to spare the life of the injured bird on Bourke Street today: Thank you for being an excellent human.
After tonight's 4 Corners episode, might we hope for @abcaustralia.bsky.social to find a way to stream or provide a channel for Australians to watch the proceedings of the Yoorook Commission?
These crimes were hidden for generations. Now Australia's having a moment of truth
Australia has a painful past. For the first time, the country has been grappling with recording the stories of that history in a truth-telling commission.
www.abc.net.au
March 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
After tonight's 4 Corners episode, might we hope for @abcaustralia.bsky.social to find a way to stream or provide a channel for Australians to watch the proceedings of the Yoorook Commission?
What are Australian universities doing to court US scientists keen to leave Trump's America?
March 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
What are Australian universities doing to court US scientists keen to leave Trump's America?
BMX Bandits is insane.
February 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
BMX Bandits is insane.
I worked the graveyard shift together with Ken at Media Monitors' Canberra office for years. He was always excellent company with unrivalled insight into the politics of the time. Saddened to hear of his passing. Vale Ken.
Veteran political journalist and ABC host Ken Randall dies aged 88
The highly respected journalist was also, at 22 years, the longest-serving president of the National Press Club (NPC) in Canberra, where he was patron from 2016 until his death on Monday evening.
www.abc.net.au
January 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I worked the graveyard shift together with Ken at Media Monitors' Canberra office for years. He was always excellent company with unrivalled insight into the politics of the time. Saddened to hear of his passing. Vale Ken.
Perplexed by the lack of coverage the multinational tax reform passed by the Senate yesterday is receiving from Australian media. Can't find a single article, even by #abc. No doubt @jechalmers.bsky.social comms team is remedying this situation.
If you paid any tax in 2022-23, you paid more than all of these multinational gas corporations did on $36 BILLION income, exporting Australian gas from QLD.
Really makes you think. #auspol
Really makes you think. #auspol
November 27, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Perplexed by the lack of coverage the multinational tax reform passed by the Senate yesterday is receiving from Australian media. Can't find a single article, even by #abc. No doubt @jechalmers.bsky.social comms team is remedying this situation.
Amazing move by #MIT. Free tuition for students from families with income <$200K starting next year. Further underscores how vast the endowments of prestigious US universities must be.
news.mit.edu/2024/mit-tui...
news.mit.edu/2024/mit-tui...
Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting in 2025
Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting next fall, thanks to newly expanded financial aid. Eighty percent of American households meet this incom...
news.mit.edu
November 22, 2024 at 2:08 AM
Amazing move by #MIT. Free tuition for students from families with income <$200K starting next year. Further underscores how vast the endowments of prestigious US universities must be.
news.mit.edu/2024/mit-tui...
news.mit.edu/2024/mit-tui...
Reposted by Felix Gedye
Many commentators say that vigilante groups are never the answer. But they clearly don't know about the masked Ecuadorian trio named “Acción Ortográfica Quito,” who roam the streets at night with a singular purpose: to correct all the spelling and grammar mistakes they find in graffiti.
November 15, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Many commentators say that vigilante groups are never the answer. But they clearly don't know about the masked Ecuadorian trio named “Acción Ortográfica Quito,” who roam the streets at night with a singular purpose: to correct all the spelling and grammar mistakes they find in graffiti.
...and just like that, BlueSky was massive.
November 14, 2024 at 6:46 AM
...and just like that, BlueSky was massive.
@garthnix.bsky.social am I the only person left in the world to have these little masterpieces?
October 19, 2024 at 10:42 AM
@garthnix.bsky.social am I the only person left in the world to have these little masterpieces?
Reposted by Felix Gedye
We should start naming hurricanes after fossil fuel companies.
September 29, 2024 at 12:28 AM
We should start naming hurricanes after fossil fuel companies.