Robert Cox
@runciblecat.bsky.social
Friend of bats. Occasional scribbler. Cranky crip.
His eye make-up inspired by Witchy Poo.
December 13, 2025 at 7:22 AM
His eye make-up inspired by Witchy Poo.
Part of genocide is destroying history.
December 13, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Part of genocide is destroying history.
In a functioning democracy, things would never have got this far.
December 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
In a functioning democracy, things would never have got this far.
It's worked well in Australia for more than 100 years.
December 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
It's worked well in Australia for more than 100 years.
Because you had a revolution.
December 10, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Because you had a revolution.
They go into the job knowing that. My Dad missed countless birthdays due to his job.
December 10, 2025 at 3:14 AM
They go into the job knowing that. My Dad missed countless birthdays due to his job.
We need to be proactive about this.
December 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
We need to be proactive about this.
She really has terrible instincts.
December 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
She really has terrible instincts.
Earlier if you lived in the Ottoman empire.
theconversation.com/lady-mary-wo...
theconversation.com/lady-mary-wo...
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu – the forgotten immunisation pioneer
Wortley Montagu popularised the Turkish practice of ‘variolation’, kickstarting the global battle against smallpox.
theconversation.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Earlier if you lived in the Ottoman empire.
theconversation.com/lady-mary-wo...
theconversation.com/lady-mary-wo...
No party is interested in changing entitlements.
December 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
No party is interested in changing entitlements.
When I first jumped on the internet I mostly used IRC and useNET. Nothing of note on the web and I hardly knew anyone with email. In those amusingly ancient days I paid for my connection by cheque.
December 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
When I first jumped on the internet I mostly used IRC and useNET. Nothing of note on the web and I hardly knew anyone with email. In those amusingly ancient days I paid for my connection by cheque.
Meanwhile, let's gut the NDIS.
December 8, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Meanwhile, let's gut the NDIS.
She has always been vile in the sphere of foreign affairs.
December 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
She has always been vile in the sphere of foreign affairs.
LIver's on my never list, but I will eat kidneys if disguised as steak and kidney.
December 7, 2025 at 7:15 AM
LIver's on my never list, but I will eat kidneys if disguised as steak and kidney.
They share a similar view of female journalists.
"And as for the broads who work for the press, they’re the hookers of the press. I might offer them a buck and a half. I’m not sure."
prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2016/04/18/r...
"And as for the broads who work for the press, they’re the hookers of the press. I might offer them a buck and a half. I’m not sure."
prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2016/04/18/r...
Regrets, he had a few . . .
This post comes to us from Miriam Kleiman, Program Director for Public Affairs. After 20 years at the National Archives (first as a researcher, then employee), I’m still delighted to discover new …
prologue.blogs.archives.gov
December 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
They share a similar view of female journalists.
"And as for the broads who work for the press, they’re the hookers of the press. I might offer them a buck and a half. I’m not sure."
prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2016/04/18/r...
"And as for the broads who work for the press, they’re the hookers of the press. I might offer them a buck and a half. I’m not sure."
prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2016/04/18/r...
I'd eat kidneys and black pudding. Dad and Mum had eaten most of them but I think that was more about being born in the thirties than culinary value. But in my memory Dad was the only person I knew who'd eat liver.
December 7, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I'd eat kidneys and black pudding. Dad and Mum had eaten most of them but I think that was more about being born in the thirties than culinary value. But in my memory Dad was the only person I knew who'd eat liver.
Spam, sheep tongue in aspic
December 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Spam, sheep tongue in aspic
Been that way since Gough.
December 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Been that way since Gough.
Do stuff even if it hasn't been focus-grouped to death. Have courage to be unpopular. No one wanted the Sydney Opera House.
December 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Do stuff even if it hasn't been focus-grouped to death. Have courage to be unpopular. No one wanted the Sydney Opera House.
Normally FIFA are taking bribes from dictators and autocrats who want to hold the games in their countries
December 6, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Normally FIFA are taking bribes from dictators and autocrats who want to hold the games in their countries