Kent Parkstreet, Laird of Doofus
@kentparkskeet.bsky.social
Musician, thoughtful chap, legally blind so limited to skeeting some stuff and replying when I can.
I don’t respond to replies in the form of quoteskeets.
Messing about in words: http://parkstreetpoetry.blogspot.com/
Naarm, Australia
I don’t respond to replies in the form of quoteskeets.
Messing about in words: http://parkstreetpoetry.blogspot.com/
Naarm, Australia
Pinned
Increase peace spending.
Our ABC called High Street Northcote “trendy”.
Is that site being edited by my dad?
I hate it.
Is that site being edited by my dad?
I hate it.
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Our ABC called High Street Northcote “trendy”.
Is that site being edited by my dad?
I hate it.
Is that site being edited by my dad?
I hate it.
Giving police more powers to curb the violence mostly caused by police seems a less than satisfactory policy.
Just as well we have a viable opposition to vote for in Victoria . . . oh, no we don’t.
We’re going to need some state independents.
#VicPol
#AusPol
Just as well we have a viable opposition to vote for in Victoria . . . oh, no we don’t.
We’re going to need some state independents.
#VicPol
#AusPol
Victoria unveils new laws in crackdown on 'violent' protest behaviour
Stronger police powers tackling masks and face coverings, a ban on attachment devices and bans on certain flags and symbols are part of a suite of government reforms to be taken to parliament on Wedne...
www.abc.net.au
November 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I was a kid when Whitlam was sacked.
My folks were among the middle class who believed the propaganda and voted Fraser.
As a kid it felt wrong. As an adult I know it was wrong.
This incident, fifty years ago today, should continue to inform us on how Australian politics really works.
#AusPol
My folks were among the middle class who believed the propaganda and voted Fraser.
As a kid it felt wrong. As an adult I know it was wrong.
This incident, fifty years ago today, should continue to inform us on how Australian politics really works.
#AusPol
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I was a kid when Whitlam was sacked.
My folks were among the middle class who believed the propaganda and voted Fraser.
As a kid it felt wrong. As an adult I know it was wrong.
This incident, fifty years ago today, should continue to inform us on how Australian politics really works.
#AusPol
My folks were among the middle class who believed the propaganda and voted Fraser.
As a kid it felt wrong. As an adult I know it was wrong.
This incident, fifty years ago today, should continue to inform us on how Australian politics really works.
#AusPol
If everyone would read a handful of novels each year most of our problems would be solved.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
If everyone would read a handful of novels each year most of our problems would be solved.
Don’t they have interpreters to blame?
Two Major League Baseball pitchers charged in sports gambling scheme
Cleveland Guardians players Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been accused of intentionally fumbling pitches in exchange for bribes.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Don’t they have interpreters to blame?
I hope the owner retraced their steps.
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I hope the owner retraced their steps.
The era of shit takes, cash for comment, nasty, small minded Sydney radio shock jocks won’t end with Laws.
It won’t end until Sydney listeners turn that crud off.
#AusPol
It won’t end until Sydney listeners turn that crud off.
#AusPol
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The era of shit takes, cash for comment, nasty, small minded Sydney radio shock jocks won’t end with Laws.
It won’t end until Sydney listeners turn that crud off.
#AusPol
It won’t end until Sydney listeners turn that crud off.
#AusPol
One thing very young people and very old people have in common is having a favourite type of band-aid.
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 AM
One thing very young people and very old people have in common is having a favourite type of band-aid.
Posted without comment.
'Spewed out all over the place': Sewage leak closes police watch house
The police union calls for Canberra's city watch house to be condemned and a new one built after faulty sewerage forced the site to be temporarily closed.
www.abc.net.au
November 9, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Posted without comment.
When you get home hungry, open the fridge and spot the cooked vermicelli rice noodles, then the tub of home made chicken stock, you know everything is going to be ok.
November 9, 2025 at 7:11 AM
When you get home hungry, open the fridge and spot the cooked vermicelli rice noodles, then the tub of home made chicken stock, you know everything is going to be ok.
With my experimental spectacles I’ve knocked over six coffee and tea mugs, each time before I’d poured the boiling water in.
They say one key to happiness is having something to look forward to.
They say one key to happiness is having something to look forward to.
November 9, 2025 at 4:30 AM
With my experimental spectacles I’ve knocked over six coffee and tea mugs, each time before I’d poured the boiling water in.
They say one key to happiness is having something to look forward to.
They say one key to happiness is having something to look forward to.
Normal country.
US cleaning woman shot and killed after arriving at wrong home
Police say they found Maria Florinda Rios Perez, 32, dead after she was shot on the front porch of a home in an Indianapolis suburb.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Normal country.
Reposted by Kent Parkstreet, Laird of Doofus
National Socialist Network rallied with police permission at NSW Parliament. The state remains ineffective in responding to the advancement of neo-Nazi groups. Here are their faces sent to us by community members - help us ID them!
write.as/thewhiterose...
write.as/thewhiterose...
Do you know these nazis?
Today, Saturday November 8 2025, NSW National Socialist Network (NSN) members held an antisemitic rally outside NSW Parliament House un...
write.as
November 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
National Socialist Network rallied with police permission at NSW Parliament. The state remains ineffective in responding to the advancement of neo-Nazi groups. Here are their faces sent to us by community members - help us ID them!
write.as/thewhiterose...
write.as/thewhiterose...
Out of nine million people in NSW these sad racists managed to find sixty supporters. Some probably travelled from Victoria.
Then they went home to tell their wives how cool they were.
Pathetic.
#AusPol
Then they went home to tell their wives how cool they were.
Pathetic.
#AusPol
Neo-Nazi rally outside NSW parliament allowed to go ahead by police
A neo-Nazi rally outside the NSW parliament on Saturday morning was deemed "authorised" because police had chosen not to oppose the public assembly.
www.abc.net.au
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Out of nine million people in NSW these sad racists managed to find sixty supporters. Some probably travelled from Victoria.
Then they went home to tell their wives how cool they were.
Pathetic.
#AusPol
Then they went home to tell their wives how cool they were.
Pathetic.
#AusPol
Reckon I’ll begin blocking anyone who calls politics they don’t like a mental health condition.
Stop it.
Stop it.
November 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Reckon I’ll begin blocking anyone who calls politics they don’t like a mental health condition.
Stop it.
Stop it.
November 8, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Every time I start feeling I’m possibly being too harsh on Albanese he does something like singing the praises of Graham Richardson and I realise he’s worse than any of us suspected.
#AusPol
#AusPol
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Every time I start feeling I’m possibly being too harsh on Albanese he does something like singing the praises of Graham Richardson and I realise he’s worse than any of us suspected.
#AusPol
#AusPol
Time traveller from 1890 commits crime.
Man charged with fleecing nearly 900 sheep in 'significant' stock theft
A 69-year-old man has been charged after allegedly stealing 880 sheep and selling them through a saleyard.
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Time traveller from 1890 commits crime.
The shareholders who chanted the name Elon in unison are proof that not all rich people are smart.
November 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
The shareholders who chanted the name Elon in unison are proof that not all rich people are smart.