John Kerrison
@johnkerrison.me
Former Journalist. Now posting about public affairs, marketing and emerging channels. Advocate for a healthy, independent media.
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"We grow on the edge of our window of tolerance."
📍 Sydney Australia
jkerrison on Twitter.
"We grow on the edge of our window of tolerance."
📍 Sydney Australia
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Omg
The homes on fire!!!
Central Coast
So sorry for you all
The homes on fire!!!
Central Coast
So sorry for you all
December 6, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Omg
The homes on fire!!!
Central Coast
So sorry for you all
The homes on fire!!!
Central Coast
So sorry for you all
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So Cloudflare has really shit the bed then, eh?
December 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
So Cloudflare has really shit the bed then, eh?
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Here murmurs that something is wrong on the interwebs, go to down detector au and get this...
500 Internal Server Error
cloudflare
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500 Internal Server Error
cloudflare
bwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha breathe ahahahahahahaha snort ahahhdhadfhashfdhfasdjfkahsdkjghag
December 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Here murmurs that something is wrong on the interwebs, go to down detector au and get this...
500 Internal Server Error
cloudflare
bwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha breathe ahahahahahahaha snort ahahhdhadfhashfdhfasdjfkahsdkjghag
500 Internal Server Error
cloudflare
bwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha breathe ahahahahahahaha snort ahahhdhadfhashfdhfasdjfkahsdkjghag
What are we seeing re #cloudflare outage right now? Seems many websites in Australia are now down and showing CloudFlare errors.
December 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
What are we seeing re #cloudflare outage right now? Seems many websites in Australia are now down and showing CloudFlare errors.
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Another day, another CloudFlare outage...
December 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Another day, another CloudFlare outage...
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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"I am a huge fan of the classic TV series 'Law & Order.' And yet I cannot think of a single episode — among hundreds — in which a journalist is depicted as honorable." www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
Why I’m begging TV showrunners to stop writing journalists as villains - Poynter
I will stop shouting at the TV screen when journalists are portrayed with all their virtues and vices — not as caricatures
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November 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"I am a huge fan of the classic TV series 'Law & Order.' And yet I cannot think of a single episode — among hundreds — in which a journalist is depicted as honorable." www.poynter.org/commentary/2...
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Rage bait Word of the Year.
Rage bait is a feature of political communication. Some politicians are skilled at it.
Given that Meta and Google/ YouTube have banned political ads online (in the EU), rage baiting is likely to 📈
Organic content needs to create attention.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Rage bait is a feature of political communication. Some politicians are skilled at it.
Given that Meta and Google/ YouTube have banned political ads online (in the EU), rage baiting is likely to 📈
Organic content needs to create attention.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Rage bait named word of the year 2025 by Oxford University Press
The phrase - meaning to get angry scrolling through social media - beats aura farming and biohack to the title.
www.bbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Rage bait Word of the Year.
Rage bait is a feature of political communication. Some politicians are skilled at it.
Given that Meta and Google/ YouTube have banned political ads online (in the EU), rage baiting is likely to 📈
Organic content needs to create attention.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Rage bait is a feature of political communication. Some politicians are skilled at it.
Given that Meta and Google/ YouTube have banned political ads online (in the EU), rage baiting is likely to 📈
Organic content needs to create attention.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
This sounds interesting!
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November 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
This sounds interesting!
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RIP — Ruth Thorne-Thomsen, Photographer of Dreamlike Tableaux, Dies at 82: Using a pinhole camera, she captured miniature landscapes that she had fashioned to resemble surreal versions of 19th-century travel photos.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...
Ruth Thorne-Thomsen, Photographer of Dreamlike Tableaux, Dies at 82
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
RIP — Ruth Thorne-Thomsen, Photographer of Dreamlike Tableaux, Dies at 82: Using a pinhole camera, she captured miniature landscapes that she had fashioned to resemble surreal versions of 19th-century travel photos.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/a...
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I almost forgot to have a little brag 🙂
This photo of mine (entitled 'Risky business') achieved a 'Commended' award in the 2025 BirdLife Australia Photography Awards in the Human Impact category.
This photo of mine (entitled 'Risky business') achieved a 'Commended' award in the 2025 BirdLife Australia Photography Awards in the Human Impact category.
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I almost forgot to have a little brag 🙂
This photo of mine (entitled 'Risky business') achieved a 'Commended' award in the 2025 BirdLife Australia Photography Awards in the Human Impact category.
This photo of mine (entitled 'Risky business') achieved a 'Commended' award in the 2025 BirdLife Australia Photography Awards in the Human Impact category.
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Snapchat to tell 440k Australians to prove they’re 16 or accounts will be locked in social media ban
Snapchat to tell 440k Australians to prove they’re 16 or accounts will be locked in social media ban
In-app notifications go out this week to users believed to be aged under 16 ahead of 10 December social media ban
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Snapchat is about to begin alerting some users that their accounts will be deactivated when Australia’s under-16s social media ban takes effect from 10 December.
Users that the platform assesses are likely to be aged under 16 were due to begin getting notifications about the ban this week in-app, via email or SMS. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Snapchat to tell 440k Australians to prove they’re 16 or accounts will be locked in social media ban
⚠️ #SpoilerAlert #Wicked
That movie was way too long and the filler was painfully obvious... but I was ready to cheer and cry and forgive all if at the end, Glynda, who was never magic, rose and flew because she proved she was good.... AAANNNNDD she didn't. 🤣
That movie was way too long and the filler was painfully obvious... but I was ready to cheer and cry and forgive all if at the end, Glynda, who was never magic, rose and flew because she proved she was good.... AAANNNNDD she didn't. 🤣
November 22, 2025 at 2:37 AM
⚠️ #SpoilerAlert #Wicked
That movie was way too long and the filler was painfully obvious... but I was ready to cheer and cry and forgive all if at the end, Glynda, who was never magic, rose and flew because she proved she was good.... AAANNNNDD she didn't. 🤣
That movie was way too long and the filler was painfully obvious... but I was ready to cheer and cry and forgive all if at the end, Glynda, who was never magic, rose and flew because she proved she was good.... AAANNNNDD she didn't. 🤣
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A warm welcome to our mates from @ACTFireRescue joining us at the Emergency Services Academy today.
Firefighters are on the ground completing drills, including fire attack, door entry, search and rescue, and gaining fire control at our live-fire facility. Great to have you with us!
Firefighters are on the ground completing drills, including fire attack, door entry, search and rescue, and gaining fire control at our live-fire facility. Great to have you with us!
November 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
A warm welcome to our mates from @ACTFireRescue joining us at the Emergency Services Academy today.
Firefighters are on the ground completing drills, including fire attack, door entry, search and rescue, and gaining fire control at our live-fire facility. Great to have you with us!
Firefighters are on the ground completing drills, including fire attack, door entry, search and rescue, and gaining fire control at our live-fire facility. Great to have you with us!
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#Coral #Australia #ningaloo
"Almost two out of three corals across popular tourism spots at the world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef died after an unprecedented marine heatwave hit the Western Australia region, scientists have said."
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"Almost two out of three corals across popular tourism spots at the world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef died after an unprecedented marine heatwave hit the Western Australia region, scientists have said."
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‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
One expert says she is ‘starting to visualise the point where all we have left of corals and reefs is memories’
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November 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
#Coral #Australia #ningaloo
"Almost two out of three corals across popular tourism spots at the world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef died after an unprecedented marine heatwave hit the Western Australia region, scientists have said."
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"Almost two out of three corals across popular tourism spots at the world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef died after an unprecedented marine heatwave hit the Western Australia region, scientists have said."
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Some more botany.
More beautiful peas ...
More beautiful peas ...
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Some more botany.
More beautiful peas ...
More beautiful peas ...
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I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
I'm hearing there's a fire in Newtown NSW. Has anyone seen or confirmed it?
November 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I'm hearing there's a fire in Newtown NSW. Has anyone seen or confirmed it?
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Luxury cruise cancelled after 80-year-old left behind on Lizard Island dies alone
Luxury cruise cancelled after 80-year-old left behind on Lizard Island dies alone
The Coral Adventurer will return to Cairns, as investigations into Suzanne Rees’ death continue
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The luxury Coral Adventurer cruise has been cancelled in the wake of the death of passenger Suzanne Rees, who was left on the Great Barrier Reef’s Lizard Island and wasn’t found until the next day.
It will now return to Cairns, as investigations into Rees’ death continue. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Luxury cruise cancelled after 80-year-old left behind on Lizard Island dies alone
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"As a cardiologist, there are nine American foods you couldn’t pay me to eat," says Dr. Sanjay Bhojraj.
After years of treating heart disease, here are the common American foods that Dr. Bhojraj won't touch, and what he recommends instead.
After years of treating heart disease, here are the common American foods that Dr. Bhojraj won't touch, and what he recommends instead.
Cardiologist: 9 American foods you 'couldn't pay me to eat'—after 20 years of treating heart attacks
Want to protect your heart and live longer? Cardiologist Dr. Sanjay Bhojraj has been treating heart disease for 20 years. Here are the American "junk" foods he says he'll never eat — and what he recommends instead.
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November 1, 2025 at 6:00 AM
"As a cardiologist, there are nine American foods you couldn’t pay me to eat," says Dr. Sanjay Bhojraj.
After years of treating heart disease, here are the common American foods that Dr. Bhojraj won't touch, and what he recommends instead.
After years of treating heart disease, here are the common American foods that Dr. Bhojraj won't touch, and what he recommends instead.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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More than 47 million Americans — including one in five children — don’t have reliable, affordable access to nutritious food. And as the cost of living skyrockets, more families are depending on SNAP benefits, or food stamps, to put food on the table.
October 31, 2025 at 6:49 PM
More than 47 million Americans — including one in five children — don’t have reliable, affordable access to nutritious food. And as the cost of living skyrockets, more families are depending on SNAP benefits, or food stamps, to put food on the table.