Lee Tulloch
@leetulloch.bsky.social
Novelist (Fabulous Nobodies, The Woman in the Lobby and a few more), weekly columnist for Nine Traveller, often away, rarely disconnected. Glass half full.
Thousands of delegates can take the train to Turkiye. Not a good look to have them expend all that carbon to come down here to talk about... reducing CO2.
Fighting to host the next COP as though it’s hosting the Olympics is offputting. 50 000 people fly here to be part of the 31st demonstration of failure to prevent runaway climate change.
“The cost of hosting the summit could reach $2 billion, according to govt estimates”
www.afr.com/policy/energ...
“The cost of hosting the summit could reach $2 billion, according to govt estimates”
www.afr.com/policy/energ...
Game of chicken fires up as Turkey rejects Australia’s deal
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected the federal government’s offer to split hosting duties for next year’s UN climate summit.
www.afr.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Thousands of delegates can take the train to Turkiye. Not a good look to have them expend all that carbon to come down here to talk about... reducing CO2.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
Another reason not to visit this wretched country, despite the gazillions it is throwing at tourism.
www.smh.com.au/world/middle...
www.smh.com.au/world/middle...
Born to an unwed mother far from home, this baby cannot leave
Caressing her son Abudy’s tiny hands, Esther says she cannot understand why her newborn has to face the consequences for a situation not of his making.
www.smh.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Another reason not to visit this wretched country, despite the gazillions it is throwing at tourism.
www.smh.com.au/world/middle...
www.smh.com.au/world/middle...
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Never forget this most extraordinary rendition of the Whitlam Dismissal from the "Gillies Report" ABC TV
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
The Gillies Report Il Dismissale
YouTube video by NockturneSA
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November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Never forget this most extraordinary rendition of the Whitlam Dismissal from the "Gillies Report" ABC TV
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
Today was my wordle in one day! I've been using the same starter for years. Now I can retire it. Hooray.
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Today was my wordle in one day! I've been using the same starter for years. Now I can retire it. Hooray.
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The concern with AI is the inability of evolved apes to stop when it is not in their best interest to keep going.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
AI is creeping into every part of life — work, therapy, art — and Australians are divided between fascination and fear
We asked people if they were concerned about the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. What they told us revealed a deep unease about what the technology means for our future.
www.abc.net.au
November 5, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The concern with AI is the inability of evolved apes to stop when it is not in their best interest to keep going.
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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21 years ago we had stillborn twins. It still hurts. I cannot express in words the loathing I feel about these men. To suggest people would cash in on such excruciating loss says everything you need to know about these “moral conservatives.” Arseholes. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Hastie, Joyce ignite late-term abortion fight over paid leave for stillbirth law
Four Coalition MPs have renewed a debate over “late-term abortions” in federal parliament, raising concern that laws guaranteeing paid leave for parents of stillborn children will be used by mothers w...
www.smh.com.au
November 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
21 years ago we had stillborn twins. It still hurts. I cannot express in words the loathing I feel about these men. To suggest people would cash in on such excruciating loss says everything you need to know about these “moral conservatives.” Arseholes. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct
How many horses will die unnecessarily today? (176 in Australia these past 12 months from training and racing injuries.) Most people are waking up to the cruelty and don't want to be associated with it.
The Cup is still Australia’s biggest one-day race gambling event. But there are signs it’s no longer stopping the nation like it used to.
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/is-the-...
👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/is-the-...
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
How many horses will die unnecessarily today? (176 in Australia these past 12 months from training and racing injuries.) Most people are waking up to the cruelty and don't want to be associated with it.
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Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Energy retailers to be directed to offer free power three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Absolutely amazing: they've got so much solar in Australia that they need more people to use more of it, so the gov't has instructed energy retailers to offer *at least three hours of free power* during the middle of the day.
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
Meanwhile fossil-addled US struggles with an energy-price crisis ...
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The ecological impacts of "AI" are bad but if people only used it intentionally, they'd stay there. But with every provider, every search engine, every website firing up some chatbot or summarizer even when not asked it quickly turns from bad to monstrous.
November 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The ecological impacts of "AI" are bad but if people only used it intentionally, they'd stay there. But with every provider, every search engine, every website firing up some chatbot or summarizer even when not asked it quickly turns from bad to monstrous.
Happy 100th birthday to the truly awesome Lee Grant. people.com/lee-grant-tu...
As Shampoo Oscar Winner Lee Grant Turns 100, She Gets Candid About Being Blacklisted for 12 Years (Exclusive)
In the Nov. 9 episode of the Life Stories' YouTube docuseries 'The Thread', Oscar-winning actress Lee Grant, 100, discusses being blacklisted from Hollywood for more than a decade at the start of her ...
people.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Happy 100th birthday to the truly awesome Lee Grant. people.com/lee-grant-tu...
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Extraordinary violence unfolding in Darfur
What is unfolding in Sudan, where the armed group RSF has taken control of the key city of El Fasher, is "the sum of all our fears," says human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond. "RSF is killing at a scale and a velocity that I haven’t seen since Rwanda."
Mass Killings Reported in Sudan as RSF Seizes El Fasher; 460 Killed at Hospital
Sudan’s military is accusing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of killing at least 2,000 people since seizing control of El Fasher in the Darfur region, including some 460 at the Saudi Maternity H...
www.democracynow.org
November 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Extraordinary violence unfolding in Darfur
A is for assholes. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
‘So simple a six-year-old could do it’: The 22-year-old cashing in on Airbnb loophole
Aussies are making serious cash scooping up long-term rental homes and turning them into Airbnbs, and critics say it’s putting pressure on Sydney’s already dire housing crisis.
www.smh.com.au
October 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
A is for assholes. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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The oligarchy wants full control of what we watch and read.
October 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The oligarchy wants full control of what we watch and read.
Support your local bookstore.
Censorship Alert: I published a book about Ghislaine Maxwell trial, and another on Kevin Spacey's trial- this evening I got an email from Amazon's KDP saying they are inappropriate and there all of my books are being taken down, including on Sudan, SBF, Eric Adams
October 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Support your local bookstore.
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
I'm boiling...mad.
Dunno if youse are across this... but it's forecast that in Sydney on Wednesday the temp will be 38C. (100 F)
It's OCTOBER! That's FIFTEEN DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE!
Our Government and fossil fuel companies are determined to cook us alive! Boil the oceans. Kill our forests. Turn habitat to ash.🥺😩
It's OCTOBER! That's FIFTEEN DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE!
Our Government and fossil fuel companies are determined to cook us alive! Boil the oceans. Kill our forests. Turn habitat to ash.🥺😩
October 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I'm boiling...mad.
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My good God, reading about USA politics is both exhausting and scary.
Here in Australia, we should be both alert and alarmed.
Protect our precious and fragile democracy - with its checks and balances- to stop the contagion.
Here in Australia, we should be both alert and alarmed.
Protect our precious and fragile democracy - with its checks and balances- to stop the contagion.
October 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
My good God, reading about USA politics is both exhausting and scary.
Here in Australia, we should be both alert and alarmed.
Protect our precious and fragile democracy - with its checks and balances- to stop the contagion.
Here in Australia, we should be both alert and alarmed.
Protect our precious and fragile democracy - with its checks and balances- to stop the contagion.
It's like the planet is turning against us. #greensky www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australian tropical rainforest trees switch in world first from carbon sink to emissions source
Researchers say carbon emissions change in Queensland tropical rainforests may have global climate implications
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
It's like the planet is turning against us. #greensky www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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really looking forward to this conversation next week with @lancerichardson.bsky.social about his exceptionally fine new biography (published today) of the exceptionally fraught Peter Matthiessen
www.gc.cuny.edu/events/lance...
www.gc.cuny.edu/events/lance...
Lance Richardson on Peter Matthiessen
Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014), a towering figure of twentieth-century American letters, achieved so much during his lifetime, in so many different areas, that people have struggled to pin him down.
www.gc.cuny.edu
October 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
really looking forward to this conversation next week with @lancerichardson.bsky.social about his exceptionally fine new biography (published today) of the exceptionally fraught Peter Matthiessen
www.gc.cuny.edu/events/lance...
www.gc.cuny.edu/events/lance...
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I feel sure that every animal species that becomes extinct under our watch also takes a part of our humanity with it.
Heartbreaking.
Vale.
Heartbreaking.
Vale.
Sad news for Australian mammals..Australia's only shrew officially declared #extinct.
theconversation.com/and-then-the...
theconversation.com/and-then-the...
And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct
Australia’s only known shrew has been declared extinct. Its loss emphasises the need for national protection of Australia’s rare and unique wildlife.
theconversation.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I feel sure that every animal species that becomes extinct under our watch also takes a part of our humanity with it.
Heartbreaking.
Vale.
Heartbreaking.
Vale.
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The beloved Saleh Al-Jafarawi has been murdered. We are absolutely devastated. For 2 years he reported on the genocide of his people, just for him to be murdered during the ‘ceasefire’
October 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The beloved Saleh Al-Jafarawi has been murdered. We are absolutely devastated. For 2 years he reported on the genocide of his people, just for him to be murdered during the ‘ceasefire’
Vale, lovely one.
I always go back to this scene. Not because Diane Keaton portrays her fear so vividly but because her understated reaction to seeing Warren Beatty is able to say more about love and closeness, about feeling relaxed and secure in somone's presence, than probably any other in movie history
October 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Vale, lovely one.