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Saturday, May 24, 2025

I'm Glad I'm Not a Proud American

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My city of ruins, Bruce Springsteen

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'Eucalyptus Road', a song by the Aerial Maps

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  • The Conversation
    France is set to recognise the state of Palestine and the UK may follow – but what does it really mean? - Recognising Palestinian statehood is an important step, but without a formal political process, remains largely a symbolic gesture.
    2 hours ago
  • Global Voices in English
    China has an insatiable appetite for durian. Is it a boon or a curse for Indonesia? - China's growing appetite for durian has mobilized investors in southeast Asia, and Indonesia is looking to get in on the action. But the move doesn't come ...
    3 hours ago
  • Cheeseburger Gothic
    Phones are basically useless now - We had some minor damage to the roof from the cyclone earlier this year, and I put a claim in to our insurers, who’ve been outstanding, including telling u...
    6 hours ago
  • Cairns My Police
    Cassowary Coast Police honoured at awards ceremony - 28 police officers, Police Liaison Officers (PLOs) and Queensland Police Service (QPS) staff members were recognised for their bravery, dedication and serv...
    7 hours ago
  • Crikey
    Sportsbet’s Kane Cornes AI chatbot trained to ‘subtly’ promote online gambling company - The former AFL player and current broadcaster promoted 'CornesGPT' on the air, but an article, video and social media posts promoting the AI chatbot were...
    9 hours ago
  • On Line Opinion - Latest Articles
    Western powers are complicit in crimes against humanity in Gaza - The West, led by the Trump administration, has enabled the Netanyahu government to commit crimes against humanity and became complicit in the unfathomably ...
    14 hours ago
  • Skeptical Science: Examining Global Warming Skepticism
    Have renewables decreased electricity prices: European edition - This is a re-post from the Climate Brink by Andrew Dessler We’ve been posting a lot recently about how renewables lower electricity costs. Last week, Zek...
    16 hours ago
  • DeSmogBlog
    Reform Splurged £1.3m on Right-Wing Newspaper Adverts During Election - Nigel Farage’s Reform UK paid almost £1.3 million to conservative publications during the 2024 general election campaign. The right-wing populist party, ...
    21 hours ago
  • Open Mind
    The Air they Breathe - Dr. Debra Hendrikson, M.D., recounts the moment she decided to say it out loud while on the job. Like most good pediatricians, she avoided topics with risk...
    1 week ago
  • Green Bites
    Footsteps in the forest - The sound of steady footsteps through the forest adjacent to our little timber cottage alerts me and I can just pick out the form of a cassowary making its...
    2 weeks ago
  • Club Troppo
    Some collected observations on the Middle East crisis. - I posted something similar on Facebook a few days back, and thought I might get some useful feedback here. Iran is criticised for violating their obligatio...
    4 weeks ago
  • tyto tony
    Lament for southern Black-throated Finches - Hollow logs for at risk birdies? Nature's nest boxes if you please Oh, such a clever wheeze So gather in twos and threes? Hundreds you would seize? B...
    1 month ago
  • BunyipCo
    Those Pesky Little Beetles - For the past couple of moths a small black beetle has been present in "plague" proportions. It is a Predaceous Ground Beetle, family Carabidae. Not want...
    4 months ago
  • The Australian Independent Media Network
    Boxing Day Tsunami 20 years on: Plan International Australia remembers global solidarity - Plan International Australia Media Release December 26 marks 20 years since the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which claimed the lives of 230,000 p...
    7 months ago
  • An imaginatively titled blog
    You're a bunch of useless bloody loonies -
    8 months ago
  • Garden Guests
    A Big Little Post - Due to lifey things happening in, to and around me and mine - I simply don't have the time that I'd like to dedicate to this; my favourite blog, and thus, ...
    1 year ago
  • No Place For Sheep
    Morrison attempts to derail rape trial under guise of apology - Yet again many of us are asking ourselves, is Prime Minister Scott Morrison thoroughly ill-intentioned, or merely driven by blindly arrogant stupidity and ...
    3 years ago
  • Art in Tropical Australia Blog
    Aug 30, Inkmasters Printmaking Workshop Program - something for everyone! - It is with much delight that InkMasters eases back into doing what we do best - offering opportunities to learn new skills or refresh skills acquired some
    4 years ago
  • Hoyden About Town
    Lengthy closures of schools and childcare centres will end mothers’ careers - The second-order effects of massively disrupting the global and local movement of people are coming for us all, but they're coming for mothers pretty early...
    5 years ago
  • A Snail's Eye View
    Sparring pademelons - Red-legged pademelons (*Thylogale stigmatica*) are not sociable animals, but they put up with each other. But every now and then, especially towards the en...
    7 years ago
  • rdontheroad
    TONY COHEN – A TRIBUTE TO AN AUSTRALIAN ROCK MUSIC LEGEND - Record producer and sound engineer Tony Cohen has been remembered as a national treasure, a genius, and as the brain, ears and fingers behind some of Austr...
    7 years ago
  • Have Camera Will Travel
    What is the role of a travel photographer? And how should that inform your photography? - Let's get a definition out of the way first. When I say travel photographer I mean anybody who travels, and takes photos. Amateur, pro, beginner, veteran....
    10 years ago
  • Cairns Connect: Caring For Cairns
    Rob Pyne Bio and Links - Born in Gordonvale and raised in Edmonton, Rob is certainly a local. He worked in various professions after leaving school, including the Public Trustee, w...
    10 years ago
  • Denis in Africa
    Rwandan wrap up - Nearly a year has gone by in a blink. The Rwandan adventure is drawing to a close. On Monday I sat in an austere mud home in a remote part of Ngoma distric...
    13 years ago
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  • Life in Cairns 1964
    The Australian National Film and Sound Archives recently released this snapshot of Cairns in the 1960's. Locals will easily pick out the...
  • From a tweet via Ross Noble: Keston Cobblers Club
    Music from Ross Noble's Sit Down Bike Tour of UK by Keston Cobblers Club. A beautiful video called "For,Words" Our music is fo...
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    Abbott's Australia ranked dead last on climate, green investment
  • 'HEARTfelt' Opening Night
    (Click to enlarge) Info from Cell Art Space: HEART FELT – 5 Feb – 5 March 2011 Please join us at Cell Art Space, 109 Lake St at 5.30pm sharp...
  • A Message from GetUp - UNESCO visit to Cairns
    On Sunday a team from UNESCO will be arriving in Cairns on Sunday March 11 as part of their investigation into threats to the Great Barrier...
  • The Higgs Boson explained
    Animation of a Higgs Field from The Conversation (with comments from the experts ).  As mind stretching as the concept may seem to b...
  • Mark and Carlie's Excellent Adventure
    Mark and Carlie Schmitt, former owners of El Mundo Tapas in Edge Hill are now embarking on a round the world bike adventure: You can fo...

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