GeoffHiggins 🍉
@geoffhiggins.bsky.social
Lefty on unceded Darumbal land in regional Qld. Wearing Crocs unironically. he/him / ally / carer / still disappointed. 🇵🇸
Elbow might have misread the room again.
Does he think the israeli president is to Jewish people what the pope is to Catholics?
#NotSocialCohesion
Does he think the israeli president is to Jewish people what the pope is to Catholics?
#NotSocialCohesion
January 29, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Elbow might have misread the room again.
Does he think the israeli president is to Jewish people what the pope is to Catholics?
#NotSocialCohesion
Does he think the israeli president is to Jewish people what the pope is to Catholics?
#NotSocialCohesion
ABC Radio talking about delays in aged care packages and forgetting to mention AUKUS.
Let's explain why the government thinks we cannot afford care for aging people.
Let's explain why the government thinks we cannot afford care for aging people.
January 29, 2026 at 8:17 PM
ABC Radio talking about delays in aged care packages and forgetting to mention AUKUS.
Let's explain why the government thinks we cannot afford care for aging people.
Let's explain why the government thinks we cannot afford care for aging people.
This morning last year at the invasion day March in Naarm. Big day.
January 25, 2026 at 9:21 PM
This morning last year at the invasion day March in Naarm. Big day.
Having driven automobiles for many decades, I propose that they should have a small yellow light in each corner that blinks when you are going to turn.
I think this would be a life changer for so many of us, as it might tell us what the person in front of us is going to do.
#TheBleedingObvious
I think this would be a life changer for so many of us, as it might tell us what the person in front of us is going to do.
#TheBleedingObvious
January 21, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Having driven automobiles for many decades, I propose that they should have a small yellow light in each corner that blinks when you are going to turn.
I think this would be a life changer for so many of us, as it might tell us what the person in front of us is going to do.
#TheBleedingObvious
I think this would be a life changer for so many of us, as it might tell us what the person in front of us is going to do.
#TheBleedingObvious
My dog recognises the phrase 'no one's there mate'. Sadly he thinks it means: someone's there, and you should bark some more.
January 16, 2026 at 5:28 AM
My dog recognises the phrase 'no one's there mate'. Sadly he thinks it means: someone's there, and you should bark some more.
Reflecting that among all this mess, we need to remember that the South Australian Premier continues to collect a paycheck while a whole lot of people already in vulnerable work won't!
January 16, 2026 at 5:19 AM
Reflecting that among all this mess, we need to remember that the South Australian Premier continues to collect a paycheck while a whole lot of people already in vulnerable work won't!
This is the horror we are living in. I wonder (a) how services aus failed to educate their staff; and (b) why they recruited someone with so little interest in the recent history and very real present of social services.
The part I came close to losing it:
Drove the client with the mail they’d received from Services Australia about the compensation settlement in the Robodebt class action to a Services Australia agent, and they said, and I quote:
“What’s Robodebt?”
Drove the client with the mail they’d received from Services Australia about the compensation settlement in the Robodebt class action to a Services Australia agent, and they said, and I quote:
“What’s Robodebt?”
January 14, 2026 at 11:34 PM
This is the horror we are living in. I wonder (a) how services aus failed to educate their staff; and (b) why they recruited someone with so little interest in the recent history and very real present of social services.
Spider lilies came out for the 12th day of Christmas...
January 5, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Spider lilies came out for the 12th day of Christmas...
Elbow wondering whether it's too soon to send ground troops to (checks notes) the Caribbean Sea.
AUKUS? ANZUS? Selfie with the President?
AUKUS? ANZUS? Selfie with the President?
January 3, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Elbow wondering whether it's too soon to send ground troops to (checks notes) the Caribbean Sea.
AUKUS? ANZUS? Selfie with the President?
AUKUS? ANZUS? Selfie with the President?
Someone said there is no antifa.
If so, where have I been sending my dues all these years?
If so, where have I been sending my dues all these years?
December 31, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Someone said there is no antifa.
If so, where have I been sending my dues all these years?
If so, where have I been sending my dues all these years?
Anyone find their finger hovering at the top of the virtual keyboard and, having typed the word, instead of going down to the space bar, they press the word on the suggestions bar to get a space?
My one finger stumbling lunges are evolving. Next state, finger sentience. I wonder what it will type?
My one finger stumbling lunges are evolving. Next state, finger sentience. I wonder what it will type?
December 31, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Anyone find their finger hovering at the top of the virtual keyboard and, having typed the word, instead of going down to the space bar, they press the word on the suggestions bar to get a space?
My one finger stumbling lunges are evolving. Next state, finger sentience. I wonder what it will type?
My one finger stumbling lunges are evolving. Next state, finger sentience. I wonder what it will type?
Shrinkflation hits paracetamol...
December 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Shrinkflation hits paracetamol...
Before I could give my age verification, I had to prove I wasn't a robot.
Where is this shit going?
Where is this shit going?
December 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Before I could give my age verification, I had to prove I wasn't a robot.
Where is this shit going?
Where is this shit going?
"It's also our duty to question: Why are institutions creating this data? Why are they using this definition? How do these categories create a specific vision of the world, and who does that vision serve?"
Important questions for all of us, esp voters and parents.
#StandUpAllies
Important questions for all of us, esp voters and parents.
#StandUpAllies
Gender — and restrictive gender roles — are core to authoritarian projects. Society uses concepts of gender to sort people. Data both reflects and imposes these social definitions.
Some notes from a speech about this last week: buttondown.com/stetdele/arc...
Some notes from a speech about this last week: buttondown.com/stetdele/arc...
what's in a data gap?
The project to redefine transgender data tells us some things about authoritarianism.
buttondown.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:33 AM
"It's also our duty to question: Why are institutions creating this data? Why are they using this definition? How do these categories create a specific vision of the world, and who does that vision serve?"
Important questions for all of us, esp voters and parents.
#StandUpAllies
Important questions for all of us, esp voters and parents.
#StandUpAllies
Reading Pip's delightful, erudite Dictionary of Lost Words, again. And enjoying my Dad's pride and joy, the second edition of the OED.
December 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Reading Pip's delightful, erudite Dictionary of Lost Words, again. And enjoying my Dad's pride and joy, the second edition of the OED.
Delighted to be reading Pip again.
-- The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
-- The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
December 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Delighted to be reading Pip again.
-- The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
-- The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
The Sunday Courier Mail, once the newspaper of record in Queensland, now parroting the right wing view -- supporting legislation that will tear young digital communities, and separated and rural living families, apart.
December 9, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The Sunday Courier Mail, once the newspaper of record in Queensland, now parroting the right wing view -- supporting legislation that will tear young digital communities, and separated and rural living families, apart.
I like to work with reluctant leaders. This is part of why I do...
December 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I like to work with reluctant leaders. This is part of why I do...
A concept I first read today. And it has taken up a significant place in my psyche.
December 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
A concept I first read today. And it has taken up a significant place in my psyche.
Everyone (that matters) is going to remember Israel in Eurovision and the Donald Trump FIFA peace prize.
Cuz I swear, I'm going to keep reminding people for the rest of my life.
Cuz I swear, I'm going to keep reminding people for the rest of my life.
December 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Everyone (that matters) is going to remember Israel in Eurovision and the Donald Trump FIFA peace prize.
Cuz I swear, I'm going to keep reminding people for the rest of my life.
Cuz I swear, I'm going to keep reminding people for the rest of my life.
Okay so I'm a bit behind on the shot podcast.
But Bob Carr sounded a bit naive on China, the US, Australia, US bases, escalation of hostilities, Trump tariffs.
But Bob Carr sounded a bit naive on China, the US, Australia, US bases, escalation of hostilities, Trump tariffs.
December 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Okay so I'm a bit behind on the shot podcast.
But Bob Carr sounded a bit naive on China, the US, Australia, US bases, escalation of hostilities, Trump tariffs.
But Bob Carr sounded a bit naive on China, the US, Australia, US bases, escalation of hostilities, Trump tariffs.
It feels so quaint to read a magazine barely a year old that speaks for anti trust progress by Biden. (Remember him?)
Tks Barry Lynn and Harper's. Such sweet memories.
Tks Barry Lynn and Harper's. Such sweet memories.
December 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
It feels so quaint to read a magazine barely a year old that speaks for anti trust progress by Biden. (Remember him?)
Tks Barry Lynn and Harper's. Such sweet memories.
Tks Barry Lynn and Harper's. Such sweet memories.
Just started watching Train Dreams on Netflix and I'm wondering how they'll pull off the redemption arc given all that is happening in the us right now.
Immigrant rights, women's rights.
Maybe that's 'the fiction'. The fiction that gains are anything but illusory.
Immigrant rights, women's rights.
Maybe that's 'the fiction'. The fiction that gains are anything but illusory.
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Just started watching Train Dreams on Netflix and I'm wondering how they'll pull off the redemption arc given all that is happening in the us right now.
Immigrant rights, women's rights.
Maybe that's 'the fiction'. The fiction that gains are anything but illusory.
Immigrant rights, women's rights.
Maybe that's 'the fiction'. The fiction that gains are anything but illusory.
I feel like “No one touches Mr. Tr@mp’s penis without a glove.” is a great slogan for the Democrats.
November 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I feel like “No one touches Mr. Tr@mp’s penis without a glove.” is a great slogan for the Democrats.
Is someone watching me?
Windows is all "I can help you write that!"
With all due respect, you can't even open the window I want open when I click on that window in Windows. I'm good.
With all due respect, you can't even open the window I want open when I click on that window in Windows. I'm good.
November 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Is someone watching me?