Leni
@heradescends.bsky.social
Recently divorced from my idealism, ex public servant facing the absurdity but still willing to serve; on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung & Bunurong Boon Wurrung country
‘The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men’ Plato (allegedly)🇦🇺🇬🇷✊🏽⚖️
‘The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men’ Plato (allegedly)🇦🇺🇬🇷✊🏽⚖️
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Leni
@heradescends.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Look I’m not sure if I’m ready to re-engage with the world but I’m certain that I yearn to breathe free under a blue sky… with some nice kind folk
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J.S. Bach: Prelude in C Minor "pour le luth" BWV 999 | David Tayler
youtu.be/FnpaMm_2QYc?...
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J.S. Bach: Prelude in C Minor "pour le luth" BWV 999; David Tayler, archlute UHD video
YouTube video by Voices of Music
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November 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
J.S. Bach: Prelude in C Minor "pour le luth" BWV 999 | David Tayler
youtu.be/FnpaMm_2QYc?...
youtu.be/FnpaMm_2QYc?...
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I get a union is hard to run but the current EU leadership failings, even in the orange furnace of the US chaos agent and Putin’s madness, are exasperating and too many to enumerate in a post, not just on Ukraine which is complex, but in big tech, climate, defence… stuff of nightmares for Gaullists
Did we derail the EU’s €140 billion Ukraine loan?
Did we derail the EU’s €140 billion Ukraine loan?
EU leaders – and my fellow journalists – should probably ask themselves this question
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November 15, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I get a union is hard to run but the current EU leadership failings, even in the orange furnace of the US chaos agent and Putin’s madness, are exasperating and too many to enumerate in a post, not just on Ukraine which is complex, but in big tech, climate, defence… stuff of nightmares for Gaullists
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The latest Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR) national poll, conducted October 22-252025 with a representative sample of 1,200 Palestinians (760 in the West Bank, 440 in Gaza) — shows a political landscape completely out of sync with Mahmoud Abbas’ planned succession...
November 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The latest Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR) national poll, conducted October 22-252025 with a representative sample of 1,200 Palestinians (760 in the West Bank, 440 in Gaza) — shows a political landscape completely out of sync with Mahmoud Abbas’ planned succession...
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BREAKING: Twenty-four survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes have issued an emotional and urgent appeal to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, demanding that Congress vote to release the long-awaited Epstein files. meidasnews.com/news/survivo...
meidasnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
BREAKING: Twenty-four survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes have issued an emotional and urgent appeal to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, demanding that Congress vote to release the long-awaited Epstein files. meidasnews.com/news/survivo...
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Everyone is paying attention to the toddlers having a meltdown, we really should be looking at what the supposed ‘adults’ in the room are actually doing. That’s what actually matters.
Come and have a chat to Sean Kelly and I about it at ANU Meet the Author
www.anu.edu.au/events/meet-...
Come and have a chat to Sean Kelly and I about it at ANU Meet the Author
www.anu.edu.au/events/meet-...
Meet the author - Sean Kelly
Sean Kelly will be in conversation with Amy Remeikis on his new Quarterly Essay, The Good Fight. What Does Labor Stand For? In this subtle and brilliant essay, Kelly explores whether Labor is still up...
www.anu.edu.au
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Everyone is paying attention to the toddlers having a meltdown, we really should be looking at what the supposed ‘adults’ in the room are actually doing. That’s what actually matters.
Come and have a chat to Sean Kelly and I about it at ANU Meet the Author
www.anu.edu.au/events/meet-...
Come and have a chat to Sean Kelly and I about it at ANU Meet the Author
www.anu.edu.au/events/meet-...
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China hosts Thai king on first-ever state visit by a Thai monarch
Video. China hosts Thai king on first-ever state visit by a Thai monarch
Video. Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn in Beijing for the first official visit by a Thai monarch.
www.euronews.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM
China hosts Thai king on first-ever state visit by a Thai monarch
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November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I’m not going to be able to resist, whispering to myself don’t be a cliche… out loud ‘shook me all night long’ yeah
Way to go, AC/DC!! 👏👏
Wednesday night's AC/DC concert in Melbourne registered on earthquake detection equipment as the rock icons played their first concert in Australia in a decade.
Wednesday night's AC/DC concert in Melbourne registered on earthquake detection equipment as the rock icons played their first concert in Australia in a decade.
Melbourne thunderstruck as AC/DC rocks earthquake monitors
Rock royalty AC/DC power up the earthshaking riffs at the MCG, rattling Melbourne with low-level seismic recordings.
www.abc.net.au
November 14, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’m not going to be able to resist, whispering to myself don’t be a cliche… out loud ‘shook me all night long’ yeah
The misogyny count is very high today
“prof. Kim Toffoletti said Henderson's experience mirrored findings from research she coauthored “..there is..online backlash, that desire to bring women down..to challenge that they potentially can succeed in these spaces, & in some instances..do better than men””
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Gold Coast cop's pull-up world record marred by online abuse
Jade Henderson says she's been the victim of online abuse since breaking the Guinness World Record for the most pull-ups in an hour.
www.abc.net.au
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The misogyny count is very high today
Special places in hell, at this rate a whole new wing will need to be built for these women
in case you're wondering how the cope is going www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/...
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Special places in hell, at this rate a whole new wing will need to be built for these women
Rubio out there trying to out do his warmongering predecessors both Democrat and Republican, not to mention the utter disrespect for allies and the international order
🧵 Rubio Press Gaggle After G7 — Key Takeaways
Here’s a quick rundown of what Secretary Rubio told reporters after the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting. We’ll post clips soon — this thread covers the main points:
⭕️ On US Operations in the Caribbean/ Venezuela
Rubio rejects a European official’s...
Here’s a quick rundown of what Secretary Rubio told reporters after the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting. We’ll post clips soon — this thread covers the main points:
⭕️ On US Operations in the Caribbean/ Venezuela
Rubio rejects a European official’s...
November 13, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Rubio out there trying to out do his warmongering predecessors both Democrat and Republican, not to mention the utter disrespect for allies and the international order
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“Australians are waiting more than 6 years to see some medical specialists in parts of the country. The AMA says the waiting times are having a devastating impact on people. Experts have called on the govt to significantly boost funding to public specialist clinics”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
The 'devastating impact' of Australia's six-year wait for specialists
Some Australians are waiting more than six years to see health specialists, prompting doctors to warn that people are risking death while languishing on public waiting lists.
www.abc.net.au
November 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
“Australians are waiting more than 6 years to see some medical specialists in parts of the country. The AMA says the waiting times are having a devastating impact on people. Experts have called on the govt to significantly boost funding to public specialist clinics”
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
When correlation starts marching towards causation
Just did a live TV hit on the potential for US military intervention in Venezuela.
One of the questions:
"Do these additional Epstein revelations increase the likelihood of a US attack on Venezuela?"
What a time to be alive.
One of the questions:
"Do these additional Epstein revelations increase the likelihood of a US attack on Venezuela?"
What a time to be alive.
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
When correlation starts marching towards causation
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OFCOM using a unnamed third-party tool to monitor VPN use in the UK 😒
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
OFCOM using a unnamed third-party tool to monitor VPN use in the UK 😒
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#Afghanistan faces one of the most profound #HumanRights, humanitarian, environmental, and political crises of our time, writes Hanifa Girowal.
She outlines a growing understanding of the spillover risks:
www.justsecurity.org/124501/afgha...
She outlines a growing understanding of the spillover risks:
www.justsecurity.org/124501/afgha...
Walls of Silence, Crumbling Futures: Why the World Must Act on Afghanistan
The credibility of the U.N.'s human rights framework depends on whether it can confront systematic gender oppression in Afghanistan.
www.justsecurity.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
#Afghanistan faces one of the most profound #HumanRights, humanitarian, environmental, and political crises of our time, writes Hanifa Girowal.
She outlines a growing understanding of the spillover risks:
www.justsecurity.org/124501/afgha...
She outlines a growing understanding of the spillover risks:
www.justsecurity.org/124501/afgha...
Now this is a headline, ‘spectacular nonsense’ sets the right tone for nearly all news presently everywhere, also very apt about the imploding coalition
Detailed analysis
“Since getting thumped in May, it dropped its election stance. But the Coalition’s shadow energy minister, Dan Tehan, has signalled that its replacement policy could include subsidies to introduce not only nuclear energy but boost coal & gas”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“Since getting thumped in May, it dropped its election stance. But the Coalition’s shadow energy minister, Dan Tehan, has signalled that its replacement policy could include subsidies to introduce not only nuclear energy but boost coal & gas”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The spectacular nonsense of the Coalition’s internal brawl over the 2050 net zero emissions target | Clear air
The public stoush is really about whether the party will drop the charade or maintain it while shuffling some words
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Now this is a headline, ‘spectacular nonsense’ sets the right tone for nearly all news presently everywhere, also very apt about the imploding coalition
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Australia's High Court says government acted within its rights when it passed a law revoking 99-year lease for site.
Russia loses legal battle to build embassy near Australia’s Parliament
Australia's High Court says government acted within its rights when it passed a law revoking 99-year lease for site.
bit.ly
November 12, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Australia's High Court says government acted within its rights when it passed a law revoking 99-year lease for site.
Yes we all see it, except those who need to do something about it are enthusiastic co-offenders, wilfully blind, complicit, scared, owned… whatever the reason he’s pretty much doing whatever he wants to the detriment of his country and the world given his equally corrupt foreign policy and trade
“Trump’s unprecedented pardoning spree for political and business friends since returning to the White House has prompted warnings from ex-prosecutors and legal scholars of “corrupt” pay-to-play schemes, conflicts of interest and blatant partisanship”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘A classic authoritarian tactic’: outrage over Trump’s pardons for friends and allies
Ex-prosecutors and legal scholars say US president ‘meting out pardons for blatantly corrupt and self-serving ends’
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Yes we all see it, except those who need to do something about it are enthusiastic co-offenders, wilfully blind, complicit, scared, owned… whatever the reason he’s pretty much doing whatever he wants to the detriment of his country and the world given his equally corrupt foreign policy and trade
Looking forward to reading this article in December relevant to a few things going on in Europe and elsewhere involving these three themes…
🚨🚨 I am very delighted to peer over my proofs to a new quite comprehensive article analysing the European Public Prosecutor's Office ( #EPPO) to be published in the December issue of #europeanlawreview. 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Looking forward to reading this article in December relevant to a few things going on in Europe and elsewhere involving these three themes…
Well this explains a great many fn weird experiences about certain lacunae in my scrolling that had me wondering why I suddenly felt left out of my own curated blue fever dream
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November 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Well this explains a great many fn weird experiences about certain lacunae in my scrolling that had me wondering why I suddenly felt left out of my own curated blue fever dream
Highly recommend this show, I found it cold without knowing anything about it and it is brilliant, makes you think, feel (mostly discomfort for me in the best way possible), laugh and contemplate a great many themes, well everything… underrated show, loved reading below, on my rewatch list (again)
wrote about PATRIOT, a double great show, over at @rollingstone.com for its anniversary, with thoughts from Steven Conrad, Terry O’Quinn, and Kurtwood Smith: www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
Inside 'Patriot,' the Cult-Favorite Spy Caper You Should Be Watching
'Patriot' creator Steven Conrad and stars Kurtwood Smith and Terry O'Quinn reflect on the short-lived Amazon spy series, which debuted 10 years ago.
www.rollingstone.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Highly recommend this show, I found it cold without knowing anything about it and it is brilliant, makes you think, feel (mostly discomfort for me in the best way possible), laugh and contemplate a great many themes, well everything… underrated show, loved reading below, on my rewatch list (again)
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I’ve got Kerry nostalgia and my crush persists, my life clearly enthralling
Kerry O’Brien says the fact the Teals are around shows that “more people are thinking about their vote”
“I mean, that didn’t happen by accident. That’s people actually stopping to think” #auspol
“I mean, that didn’t happen by accident. That’s people actually stopping to think” #auspol
November 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I’ve got Kerry nostalgia and my crush persists, my life clearly enthralling