Marcus Kelson
@marcuskelson.bsky.social
Retired journalist, at the ABC for three decades, madly in love with Virginia, 37 years married, swimmer and swim teacher, has reviewed film, music and more for 40 years off and on. No DMs unless l know you.
Pinned
Poured V and l a glass of the red stuff back in our hotel room, and we are going to give Goodbye June (Netflix) a spin - Kate ‘l can do no wrong’ Winslet’s directorial debut…also if you haven’t seen her last movie, Lee, fix that :)
December 29, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Poured V and l a glass of the red stuff back in our hotel room, and we are going to give Goodbye June (Netflix) a spin - Kate ‘l can do no wrong’ Winslet’s directorial debut…also if you haven’t seen her last movie, Lee, fix that :)
Eating out in Newcastle - this Chinese (Cantonese?) place is sensational!
December 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Eating out in Newcastle - this Chinese (Cantonese?) place is sensational!
Mate’s Facebook review - so there’s a thing..
December 29, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Mate’s Facebook review - so there’s a thing..
FYI been listening to The Smartless podcast on the drive - the one with Bradley Cooper is sensational…
December 29, 2025 at 6:24 AM
FYI been listening to The Smartless podcast on the drive - the one with Bradley Cooper is sensational…
So we have arrived in Newcastle and we will be staying inside this concrete Dalek for the night - well there you go 😻
December 29, 2025 at 5:49 AM
So we have arrived in Newcastle and we will be staying inside this concrete Dalek for the night - well there you go 😻
Connections
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Didn’t fail miserably - and how is it l never get yellow first….
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December 29, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Connections
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Didn’t fail miserably - and how is it l never get yellow first….
More than a quarter of Australians face the risk of death by drowning …
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Why getting more migrants to swim has benefits for all of Australian society
Despite wanting to learn how to swim, many from culturally and linguistically diverse communities — particularly adults — face three key barriers to participating.
www.abc.net.au
December 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
More than a quarter of Australians face the risk of death by drowning …
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
if anyone said the French in the 1960's made a pop tribute to ill fated lovers and gangsters Bonnie and Clyde, people may have thought, well that sounds a bit odd, and it was but it also worked brilliantly...RIP B Bardot...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa7w...
Serge Gainsbourg et Brigitte Bardot "Bonnie and Clyde" | Archive INA
YouTube video by Ina Chansons
www.youtube.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
if anyone said the French in the 1960's made a pop tribute to ill fated lovers and gangsters Bonnie and Clyde, people may have thought, well that sounds a bit odd, and it was but it also worked brilliantly...RIP B Bardot...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa7w...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa7w...
bit of doom scrolling to start the week...think I'm just going to focus this coming year on the things I can do and not the things that give me existential grief...
December 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
bit of doom scrolling to start the week...think I'm just going to focus this coming year on the things I can do and not the things that give me existential grief...
notwithstanding the global hell hole of mass murders and political, well, mass murders, it seems for almost everyone I know 2025 has been a shit of a year, losing friends, relatives, beloved pets and so much more - let's hope 2026 is a bit less shit, maybe even a bit of fun fingers crossed xoxo
December 28, 2025 at 7:35 AM
notwithstanding the global hell hole of mass murders and political, well, mass murders, it seems for almost everyone I know 2025 has been a shit of a year, losing friends, relatives, beloved pets and so much more - let's hope 2026 is a bit less shit, maybe even a bit of fun fingers crossed xoxo
Reposted by Marcus Kelson
Our Kookaburras still have three chicks! We were so worried it was too much but number 3 is still going. Good job Boy and Doofus. Maybe that brown snake and the baby snake got them through. So pleased. The legacy of our long term tame Schnookums the one eyed survivor.
December 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Our Kookaburras still have three chicks! We were so worried it was too much but number 3 is still going. Good job Boy and Doofus. Maybe that brown snake and the baby snake got them through. So pleased. The legacy of our long term tame Schnookums the one eyed survivor.
Reposted by Marcus Kelson
“We know... less people are buying Murdoch’s newspapers,” says one Labor source. “But when you see some of their front pages – this week’s ‘Blood on Your Hands’ headline on the Tele comes to mind – it’s very hard to dismiss the psychological impact of that." satpa.pe/zC59aqV
How Anthony Albanese approaches the Murdoch press
The prime minister has taken a more nuanced approach to his relationship with the Murdoch press, proving the company no longer has a veto over policy.
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December 28, 2025 at 6:51 AM
“We know... less people are buying Murdoch’s newspapers,” says one Labor source. “But when you see some of their front pages – this week’s ‘Blood on Your Hands’ headline on the Tele comes to mind – it’s very hard to dismiss the psychological impact of that." satpa.pe/zC59aqV
On our way from Brisbane to the Gold Coast we passed the Hinze bridge - named after this fine specimen…
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December 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
On our way from Brisbane to the Gold Coast we passed the Hinze bridge - named after this fine specimen…
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An unmissable classic…
Marlene Dietrich seen here in her iconic role as the accused wife Christine Vole in Billy Wilder’s multi Academy Award nominated courtroom drama “WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION” (1957) with co-stars Charles Laughton, Tyrone Power and Elsa Lanchester
🎬 United Artists
🎬 United Artists
December 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
An unmissable classic…
OK so Charles Webb did write a sequel to The Graduate, which l googled and the reviews were not good - the sort of sequel but not film l was thinking about was called Rumour has it and was directed by the late great Rob Reiner with Costner, Jennifer Anniston and others and was fun :)
December 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
OK so Charles Webb did write a sequel to The Graduate, which l googled and the reviews were not good - the sort of sequel but not film l was thinking about was called Rumour has it and was directed by the late great Rob Reiner with Costner, Jennifer Anniston and others and was fun :)
But first coffee, we visit her mum in the nursing home and then her dad and sister in the cemetery … important things 💕
So today we start our trip from Brisbane to Mollymook on the NSW south coast - staying with relatives tonight and then just going to take things easy and before heading home will have a couple where we more or less started this journey six odd weeks ago :)
December 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
But first coffee, we visit her mum in the nursing home and then her dad and sister in the cemetery … important things 💕
So today we start our trip from Brisbane to Mollymook on the NSW south coast - staying with relatives tonight and then just going to take things easy and before heading home will have a couple where we more or less started this journey six odd weeks ago :)
December 27, 2025 at 11:35 PM
So today we start our trip from Brisbane to Mollymook on the NSW south coast - staying with relatives tonight and then just going to take things easy and before heading home will have a couple where we more or less started this journey six odd weeks ago :)
December 27, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Well whatever happens from here it will be the second two day Test of the series - and the conversations around the five day game and the lack of decent batting will come into sharp relief again, as it should… #ashes
December 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Well whatever happens from here it will be the second two day Test of the series - and the conversations around the five day game and the lack of decent batting will come into sharp relief again, as it should… #ashes
This is what happens in an autocracy…
"I don't have an additional $900 lying around…”
Millions of middle-class Americans who have ACA health plans are facing soaring premiums in 2026 — and tough coverage choices after the new rates kick in Jan. 1. And it often falls to women to figure out a family's insurance puzzle.”
Millions of middle-class Americans who have ACA health plans are facing soaring premiums in 2026 — and tough coverage choices after the new rates kick in Jan. 1. And it often falls to women to figure out a family's insurance puzzle.”
As insurance prices rise, women puzzle through coverage options for their families
Figuring out the insurance options for families often falls to women. Some say they're delaying marriage, taking side jobs, and putting their kids on Medicaid as premium prices shoot up in 2026.
www.npr.org
December 27, 2025 at 3:01 AM
This is what happens in an autocracy…
Well that’s just great.
December 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Well that’s just great.
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Motion to call that billionaire’s whining about civility on here “The Cuban Facile Crisis”.
Ring the bells.
Ring the bells.
December 27, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Motion to call that billionaire’s whining about civility on here “The Cuban Facile Crisis”.
Ring the bells.
Ring the bells.