Luke Herring
@lhjh.bsky.social
Two daughters, two dogs, two cats, I read a lot but don't do my own research.
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RIP Toni Lamond
Not only the first woman in the world to host her own Tonight Show (sitting in for Graham Kennedy) but also the first actress in the world to play a lesbian on TV (Number 96 where she was going to sacrifice Abigail to the devil)
What a career
tvtonight.com.au/2025/11/vale...
Not only the first woman in the world to host her own Tonight Show (sitting in for Graham Kennedy) but also the first actress in the world to play a lesbian on TV (Number 96 where she was going to sacrifice Abigail to the devil)
What a career
tvtonight.com.au/2025/11/vale...
Vale: Toni Lamond | TV Tonight
Pioneering Australian entertainer Toni Lamond, whose stage and screen career spans 8 decades, has died.
tvtonight.com.au
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
RIP Toni Lamond
Not only the first woman in the world to host her own Tonight Show (sitting in for Graham Kennedy) but also the first actress in the world to play a lesbian on TV (Number 96 where she was going to sacrifice Abigail to the devil)
What a career
tvtonight.com.au/2025/11/vale...
Not only the first woman in the world to host her own Tonight Show (sitting in for Graham Kennedy) but also the first actress in the world to play a lesbian on TV (Number 96 where she was going to sacrifice Abigail to the devil)
What a career
tvtonight.com.au/2025/11/vale...
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Assuming every boat Trump and Hegseth blew up contained the amount of drugs they claim, Hernandez was responsible for bringing more drugs into the US than every one of them had combined. By far. And yet, Trump murders 80+ people and counting while pardoning the narco kingpin.
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Assuming every boat Trump and Hegseth blew up contained the amount of drugs they claim, Hernandez was responsible for bringing more drugs into the US than every one of them had combined. By far. And yet, Trump murders 80+ people and counting while pardoning the narco kingpin.
Elijah Woods' house in I Love LA is to die for, but also his role in playing himself is sweet and hilarious and a little disturbing.
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Elijah Woods' house in I Love LA is to die for, but also his role in playing himself is sweet and hilarious and a little disturbing.
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I did a little bit of this, others did a lot, often working weekends/nights - satisfying to see this done!
I worked on the original version of the #EPBC Act, now gearing up to help realise this new vision for our national environment laws - an exciting time!
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I worked on the original version of the #EPBC Act, now gearing up to help realise this new vision for our national environment laws - an exciting time!
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Seven ways Australia’s nature laws are changing after Labor’s deal with the Greens
Legislation to reform the EPBC Act runs to hundreds of pages – here are the main changes
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I did a little bit of this, others did a lot, often working weekends/nights - satisfying to see this done!
I worked on the original version of the #EPBC Act, now gearing up to help realise this new vision for our national environment laws - an exciting time!
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I worked on the original version of the #EPBC Act, now gearing up to help realise this new vision for our national environment laws - an exciting time!
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Let's hope so
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
The power dynamic between Labor and mining has shifted
There has been a shift in the power dynamic between Labor and the mining industry. This week's environmental law reform is its embodiment.
www.abc.net.au
November 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Let's hope so
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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This rhetoric is indistinguishable from the stuff you hear coming out of white nationalists. Completely identical language.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This rhetoric is indistinguishable from the stuff you hear coming out of white nationalists. Completely identical language.
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Good riddance to bad rubbish.
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
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Australian diet set to worsen as national food policy is drawn up by profit-driven industry, experts warn
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian diet set to worsen as national food policy is drawn up by profit-driven industry, experts warn
Many industries on new council are ‘associated with significant health harms’, one academic says
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Australian diet set to worsen as national food policy is drawn up by profit-driven industry, experts warn
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#strangerthings is giving Buffy S04 The Initiative vibes.
The latest season of #strangerthings begins in Nov 1987 so I've just finished high school.
November 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
#strangerthings is giving Buffy S04 The Initiative vibes.
The latest season of #strangerthings begins in Nov 1987 so I've just finished high school.
November 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The latest season of #strangerthings begins in Nov 1987 so I've just finished high school.
I'm sure there's a deleted scene in Zero Dark 30 featuring a suspected terrorist and a physiotherapist.
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I'm sure there's a deleted scene in Zero Dark 30 featuring a suspected terrorist and a physiotherapist.
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i’m so happy for him
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
i’m so happy for him
Last night I dreamt I was working in a library and I opened a door and a white snake slithered in, reared, and bit me on the hand.
November 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Last night I dreamt I was working in a library and I opened a door and a white snake slithered in, reared, and bit me on the hand.
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JFC. Three gigawatts of fossil-fuelled power for a new Amazon data centre
@beninskeep.bsky.social points out the new gas plant could produce 4x the harmful climate pollution as the coal plant it's replacing 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
www.utilitydive.com/news/nisourc...
@beninskeep.bsky.social points out the new gas plant could produce 4x the harmful climate pollution as the coal plant it's replacing 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
www.utilitydive.com/news/nisourc...
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
JFC. Three gigawatts of fossil-fuelled power for a new Amazon data centre
@beninskeep.bsky.social points out the new gas plant could produce 4x the harmful climate pollution as the coal plant it's replacing 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
www.utilitydive.com/news/nisourc...
@beninskeep.bsky.social points out the new gas plant could produce 4x the harmful climate pollution as the coal plant it's replacing 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
www.utilitydive.com/news/nisourc...
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Vaccinating boys and girls. It works bitches.
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Vaccinating boys and girls. It works bitches.
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Australia's top universities have aligned themselves with oil and gas producers, miners and developers on a a key piece of environment legislation, drawing the ire of dozens of academics.
Australia's leading universities sign letter opposing environment legislation
Australia's top universities have aligned themselves with oil and gas producers, miners and developers on a a key piece of environment legislation, drawing the ire of dozens of academics.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Australia's top universities have aligned themselves with oil and gas producers, miners and developers on a a key piece of environment legislation, drawing the ire of dozens of academics.
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"I was going about my duties representing the good folk of Joondalup, in Adelaide, when I tripped and accidentally fell through the door of a strip club and found a glass of beer in my hand whilst a young woman in a bikini gyrated around a pole in front of me..."
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"I was going about my duties representing the good folk of Joondalup, in Adelaide, when I tripped and accidentally fell through the door of a strip club and found a glass of beer in my hand whilst a young woman in a bikini gyrated around a pole in front of me..."
I imagine that tech bros will be dismayed that this is the first idiom to really catch on from the AI revolution.
Macquarie Dictionary announces ‘AI slop’ as its word of the year, beating out Ozempic face
Macquarie Dictionary announces ‘AI slop’ as its word of the year, beating out Ozempic face
Term was up against a shortlist including Ozempic face, blind box, ate (and left no crumbs) and Roman Empire
AI slop is here, it’s ubiquitous, it’s being used by US president Donald Trump and now, it’s the word of the year.
The Macquarie Dictionary dubbed the term the epitome of 2025 linguistics, with a committee of word experts saying the outcome embodies the word of the year’s general theme of reflecting “a major aspect of society or societal change throughout the year”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I imagine that tech bros will be dismayed that this is the first idiom to really catch on from the AI revolution.
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"only MDs are allowed to go by doctor" discourse is negatively polarizing me into being one of those "actually they STOLE the title from academics cranks"
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"only MDs are allowed to go by doctor" discourse is negatively polarizing me into being one of those "actually they STOLE the title from academics cranks"
Does Maduro just ask for the Saddam look from his barber?
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Does Maduro just ask for the Saddam look from his barber?
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“.. This is X in 2025: Potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are — a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.”
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
“.. This is X in 2025: Potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are — a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.”
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
@cwarzel.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...