Trish Fraser
@trishf42.bsky.social
Living on stolen land, Wotjobaluk/Wergaia country. (Oz, in case it wasn't clear.) Green leftie. Elderly geek. Braillophile. Ailurophile. she/her
Oh yes. Exactly.
Incredibly moving interview with Sydney philosophy professor Peter Slezak, son of Holocaust survivors.
“Recognising Palestine was the right thing to do - in fact it was long overdue. How on earth can that be connected to two mass murders who commit an atrocity?”
“Recognising Palestine was the right thing to do - in fact it was long overdue. How on earth can that be connected to two mass murders who commit an atrocity?”
December 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Oh yes. Exactly.
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We may not get a white christmas here on the East Coast of Australia, but we struggle through 😉
December 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
We may not get a white christmas here on the East Coast of Australia, but we struggle through 😉
Here's wishing everyone who celebrates a happy, safe Christmas, and a peaceful and prosperous 2026.
For the rest of us, it'll all be over soon...
For the rest of us, it'll all be over soon...
December 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Here's wishing everyone who celebrates a happy, safe Christmas, and a peaceful and prosperous 2026.
For the rest of us, it'll all be over soon...
For the rest of us, it'll all be over soon...
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Just in case anyone needs a "Christmas" themed Larson. You're welcome.
December 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Just in case anyone needs a "Christmas" themed Larson. You're welcome.
Alexander, saying it like it is.
From Franco's Spain to Trump's America: When Journalists Kill Their Own Stories
Trump targets even the BBC over content Americans couldn't watch
theplanet.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Alexander, saying it like it is.
Let it only not end because all the Palestinians are *dead*. Heaven knows, Netty and his lot are trying hard enough.
Francesca Albanese—
"It is becoming more and more intense—personal threats, physical threats, the sanctions—it has not silenced me because you cannot silence the truth in the face of a genocide.
"It's just a matter of time before this injustice ends, sooner or later, it will not last forever."
"It is becoming more and more intense—personal threats, physical threats, the sanctions—it has not silenced me because you cannot silence the truth in the face of a genocide.
"It's just a matter of time before this injustice ends, sooner or later, it will not last forever."
December 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Let it only not end because all the Palestinians are *dead*. Heaven knows, Netty and his lot are trying hard enough.
While our MSM seem to have sidelined Gaza's suffering, these folks haven't.
One Palestinian killed by Israeli army in Gaza while two Palestinians, including a child, are shot dead in West Bank.
Israel continues ceasefire violations; more Palestinians killed in Gaza, WB
One Palestinian killed by Israeli army in Gaza while two Palestinians, including a child, are shot dead in West Bank.
www.aljazeera.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:46 AM
While our MSM seem to have sidelined Gaza's suffering, these folks haven't.
Just squelched out to the rain gauge: 20 ml! Dang! And there were even puddles for a bit. (Cat is out from under the bed, so I guess it's all passed off.)
December 21, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Just squelched out to the rain gauge: 20 ml! Dang! And there were even puddles for a bit. (Cat is out from under the bed, so I guess it's all passed off.)
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Broken. Not broken. Today’s Sunday Age cartoon
December 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Broken. Not broken. Today’s Sunday Age cartoon
I miss Roland Harvey Christmas cards.
December 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I miss Roland Harvey Christmas cards.
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I'm a bit believer in treating fraud like fraud. If someone submits *anything*, *anywhere* and it contains stuff that's fabricated, you should treat it the same whether they sat down and consciously made up lies with their own keyboard or if they outsourced it to a text generation program
December 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I'm a bit believer in treating fraud like fraud. If someone submits *anything*, *anywhere* and it contains stuff that's fabricated, you should treat it the same whether they sat down and consciously made up lies with their own keyboard or if they outsourced it to a text generation program
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Strain-deer (Balmain)
December 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Strain-deer (Balmain)
Bit of thunder; my poor catto is rigid with fear. Under the bed, poor creature. It's started raining, so hopefully he'll feel better soon.
December 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Bit of thunder; my poor catto is rigid with fear. Under the bed, poor creature. It's started raining, so hopefully he'll feel better soon.
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Nice rain dump happening in this corner of the Mallee. Now if we could just have the temperature drop to go with...
December 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Nice rain dump happening in this corner of the Mallee. Now if we could just have the temperature drop to go with...
Only a little bit for us - but we aren't on fire, so that's okay.
December 19, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Only a little bit for us - but we aren't on fire, so that's okay.
While we're showing off about how hot it is:
December 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
While we're showing off about how hot it is:
This is a good resource. You'll need to move the map to your location, but if you're keeping cookies in your browser, it will know the next time you open it. Has fire authority info, aircraft, wind, all sorts. Not the fastest, but can't have it all!
Bushfire.io — Live Disaster Map
Track bushfires, wildfires, lightning, and severe weather in real time across Australia and the world. Built by Disaster Science.
bushfire.io
December 18, 2025 at 5:30 AM
This is a good resource. You'll need to move the map to your location, but if you're keeping cookies in your browser, it will know the next time you open it. Has fire authority info, aircraft, wind, all sorts. Not the fastest, but can't have it all!
Something a little bit different in this season of schmalz:
An Australian Christmas - Carol of the Birds
YouTube video by Pumpkin Music
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Something a little bit different in this season of schmalz:
Seems to me (listening blissfully in nice cool house) that so long as Classic Radio Ukraine is online, playing the Ukrainian Anthem every now and then, and having a memorial for the fallen each day, Putin is losing.
December 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Seems to me (listening blissfully in nice cool house) that so long as Classic Radio Ukraine is online, playing the Ukrainian Anthem every now and then, and having a memorial for the fallen each day, Putin is losing.
Worth bookmarking even if you don't live in NSW, more states' data are coming.
Every wondered how many guns are in your suburb? We have built a tool that shows registered firearms by postcode across NSW.
www.toomanyguns.org
Having access to data can help us all understand how our gun laws are actually working (or failing to work!)
www.toomanyguns.org
Having access to data can help us all understand how our gun laws are actually working (or failing to work!)
Too Many Guns
www.toomanyguns.org
December 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Worth bookmarking even if you don't live in NSW, more states' data are coming.
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"We have known since the calculations of Nobel prize-winning physical chemist Svante Arrhenius in the 1890s of the impact increasing CO2 would have on temperature," Hayhoe said, citing scientific literature from 1896.
YES - 1896. That's how long we've known.
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
YES - 1896. That's how long we've known.
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
December 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"We have known since the calculations of Nobel prize-winning physical chemist Svante Arrhenius in the 1890s of the impact increasing CO2 would have on temperature," Hayhoe said, citing scientific literature from 1896.
YES - 1896. That's how long we've known.
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
YES - 1896. That's how long we've known.
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
December 16, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Thread.
1. This short thread is about what I see as a serious breach of journalistic ethics, in the making of Sofia Pineda Ochoa’s online documentary Greenwashed. She interviewed me for the film, but neither before, during or after was I given any idea I would be its target. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjWU...
GREENWASHED | Full Documentary [Official]
YouTube video by Dr. Sofia Pineda Ochoa
www.youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Thread.