Michael Mangold
@michaelmangold.bsky.social
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The final part of Merwin's poem to poet John Berryman
Berryman
I had hardly begun to read
I asked how can you ever be sure
that what you write is really
any good at all and he said you can't
Berryman
I had hardly begun to read
I asked how can you ever be sure
that what you write is really
any good at all and he said you can't
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Max to the max! You were there @wendyharmer.bsky.social an excellent maid in the chorus!
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
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Max to the max! You were there @wendyharmer.bsky.social an excellent maid in the chorus!
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Something to read, something to watch. "The Palace Letters" by Prof Jenny Hocking @palaceletters.bsky.social and the documentary "The Search for the Palace Letters". Available to watch on ABC iview: iview.abc.net.au/show/search-... #auspol #Whitlam #Dismissal #RoyalFamily #PalaceLetters
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Something to read, something to watch. "The Palace Letters" by Prof Jenny Hocking @palaceletters.bsky.social and the documentary "The Search for the Palace Letters". Available to watch on ABC iview: iview.abc.net.au/show/search-... #auspol #Whitlam #Dismissal #RoyalFamily #PalaceLetters
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Long overdue to have. Truth telling commission on what happened in the Australian Wars, too little acknowledged wars across our continent, almost always to the cost of the Aboriginal people’s
Excellent sentiments in letter to @smh
Excellent sentiments in letter to @smh
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Long overdue to have. Truth telling commission on what happened in the Australian Wars, too little acknowledged wars across our continent, almost always to the cost of the Aboriginal people’s
Excellent sentiments in letter to @smh
Excellent sentiments in letter to @smh
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"Will you have antibiotics with that?" Tasmanian salmon industry dosing stock. Ermmm ... not for me.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-07/salmon-florfenicol-antibiotics-approved-tasmania/105983426?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
"Will you have antibiotics with that?" Tasmanian salmon industry dosing stock. Ermmm ... not for me.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-07/salmon-florfenicol-antibiotics-approved-tasmania/105983426?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
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Good to hear there is some discussion about
protecting the truth in politics and on social media. Now we just need some action.
protecting the truth in politics and on social media. Now we just need some action.
Australia’s laws are currently incapable of halting the flood of falsehoods shaping public opinion on climate and clean energy.
reneweconomy.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Good to hear there is some discussion about
protecting the truth in politics and on social media. Now we just need some action.
protecting the truth in politics and on social media. Now we just need some action.
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How was this allowed to happen?https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/what-we-just-witnessed-was-state-sanctioned-nazism-20251110-p5n905.html
What we just witnessed was state-sanctioned Nazism
What on earth did the NSW Police think a rally organised by the National Socialist Network would be about?
www.smh.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
How was this allowed to happen?https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/what-we-just-witnessed-was-state-sanctioned-nazism-20251110-p5n905.html
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Mark calendars and bookmark, fam!
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November 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Mark calendars and bookmark, fam!
cod.ckcufm.com/programs/602...
cod.ckcufm.com/programs/602...
Richo’s ‘colourful’ and ‘controversial’ character were described in depth Dec 3, 2003 ‘The fixer in a fix’. Keep an eye out (pun intended) for Peter Baldwin. www.smh.com.au/business/the...
November 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Richo’s ‘colourful’ and ‘controversial’ character were described in depth Dec 3, 2003 ‘The fixer in a fix’. Keep an eye out (pun intended) for Peter Baldwin. www.smh.com.au/business/the...
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‘Labor sources have told ABC Investigations the PM’s office has been putting pressure on advocates for gambling reform within the parliamentary Labor party to prevent them from speaking up.’
Arise, Caucus MPs! You have nothing to lose but your chains!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Arise, Caucus MPs! You have nothing to lose but your chains!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
'Broad, unspoken consensus': silent Labor MPs want action on gambling
Andrew Wilkie has asked the PM to allow a free vote on banning gambling advertising and it appears many Labor MPs would support it.
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
‘Labor sources have told ABC Investigations the PM’s office has been putting pressure on advocates for gambling reform within the parliamentary Labor party to prevent them from speaking up.’
Arise, Caucus MPs! You have nothing to lose but your chains!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Arise, Caucus MPs! You have nothing to lose but your chains!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Maybe @asherwolf.bsky.social there’s equivalent near you of ‘Revolve ReCYCLING’? revolverecycling.net
November 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Maybe @asherwolf.bsky.social there’s equivalent near you of ‘Revolve ReCYCLING’? revolverecycling.net
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Pro tip - if anyone starts proffering ‘simple’ blanket solutions to housing affordability in Australia - close the browser window and repeat the words ‘build public housing’ 5 times between deep exhales. Absolute muppets…
Simple city zoning change could lower rents, house prices, report finds
Rents and house prices would be 12 per cent lower than otherwise within a decade if all capital cities are rezoned to allow three-storey buildings, a report finds.
www.abc.net.au
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Pro tip - if anyone starts proffering ‘simple’ blanket solutions to housing affordability in Australia - close the browser window and repeat the words ‘build public housing’ 5 times between deep exhales. Absolute muppets…
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In order to protect & care for the places & wildlife we love we must have stronger environmental laws, far stronger than what @australianlabor.bsky.social has proposed.
Well done, @ausconservation.bsky.social! Proud to be joining the voices calling for the @albomp.bsky.social government to do more!
Well done, @ausconservation.bsky.social! Proud to be joining the voices calling for the @albomp.bsky.social government to do more!
November 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
In order to protect & care for the places & wildlife we love we must have stronger environmental laws, far stronger than what @australianlabor.bsky.social has proposed.
Well done, @ausconservation.bsky.social! Proud to be joining the voices calling for the @albomp.bsky.social government to do more!
Well done, @ausconservation.bsky.social! Proud to be joining the voices calling for the @albomp.bsky.social government to do more!
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All the pearl-clutching about Zohran Mamdani--by right-wingers who elected a half-senile old TV star president--is very amusing. For once the shoe is on the other foot.
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
All the pearl-clutching about Zohran Mamdani--by right-wingers who elected a half-senile old TV star president--is very amusing. For once the shoe is on the other foot.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Oh dear ... vaping promoters' most sacrosanct theological tenet: that vaping in NZ is driving down youth smoking, just got smashed in a new @thelancet.com paper theconversation.com/vaping-has-s...
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Oh dear ... vaping promoters' most sacrosanct theological tenet: that vaping in NZ is driving down youth smoking, just got smashed in a new @thelancet.com paper theconversation.com/vaping-has-s...
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In 2021, @nlanard.bsky.social came back from a hunger strike of taxi drivers and told me that a politician who had just turned 30 might be the future of politics in NYC. Here's a look back at a pivotal moment in Mamdani's rise
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The moment that made Mamdani
How a 15-day hunger strike foreshadowed his campaign.
www.motherjones.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
In 2021, @nlanard.bsky.social came back from a hunger strike of taxi drivers and told me that a politician who had just turned 30 might be the future of politics in NYC. Here's a look back at a pivotal moment in Mamdani's rise
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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So it's yet another invasive species...
"Karenia cristata has not previously been identified in Australian waters."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
"Karenia cristata has not previously been identified in Australian waters."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Scientists hopeful they have found source of SA algal bloom toxins
Scientists believe they have identified the species responsible for the toxins in South Australia's marine algal bloom that has killed millions of aquatic animals.
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
So it's yet another invasive species...
"Karenia cristata has not previously been identified in Australian waters."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
"Karenia cristata has not previously been identified in Australian waters."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Off to sweat, jet, and steam. Normally that would be describing my brain functions. Today, it’s a circuit-n-soothe at the Y to keep my mind off stuff.
November 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Off to sweat, jet, and steam. Normally that would be describing my brain functions. Today, it’s a circuit-n-soothe at the Y to keep my mind off stuff.
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Armageddon finally decends on NSW illegal tobacco & vape stores. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
First stores allegedly selling illegal tobacco shut down in Sydney as officials wield new powers
Health minister Ryan Park promises the two closures are ‘just the beginning’ as NSW tries to stem sharp rise in illicit cigarettes and vapes
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Armageddon finally decends on NSW illegal tobacco & vape stores. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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What would Whitlam think of the Albanese Government? https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/what-would-whitlam-think-of-the-albanese-government #auspol
What would Whitlam think of the Albanese Government?
Gough Whitlam’s head mandarin and Pearls & Irritations founder & editor-in-chief John Menadue shares what he sees as the lessons of the Whitlam years, one of which is that the powerful can never be trusted.
johnmenadue.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
What would Whitlam think of the Albanese Government? https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11/what-would-whitlam-think-of-the-albanese-government #auspol
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Great news! The govt will finally introduce local content rules for streaming platforms. This is a huge win for Aussie stories, jobs and our screen industry. Proud to have stood alongside actors, creators and so many others who helped push for this outcome. It’s a great day for Australian stories.
November 4, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Great news! The govt will finally introduce local content rules for streaming platforms. This is a huge win for Aussie stories, jobs and our screen industry. Proud to have stood alongside actors, creators and so many others who helped push for this outcome. It’s a great day for Australian stories.
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The govt promised local content quotas for streamers back in 2019 – but 55,000 Aussie screen industry jobs are still at risk. France, Italy and others have acted. Why hasn’t Australia? Sign the petition to #MakeItAustralian and #SaveAustralianStories
www.change.org/p/save-austr...
www.change.org/p/save-austr...
November 3, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The govt promised local content quotas for streamers back in 2019 – but 55,000 Aussie screen industry jobs are still at risk. France, Italy and others have acted. Why hasn’t Australia? Sign the petition to #MakeItAustralian and #SaveAustralianStories
www.change.org/p/save-austr...
www.change.org/p/save-austr...
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Remember Scott Morrison's secrecy around COVID-19?
This week the Senate is considering a Bill to establish an Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC). @albomp.bsky.social is proposing to exempt the CDC from #FOI. #SecrecyAddiction! 1/2 #auspol
This week the Senate is considering a Bill to establish an Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC). @albomp.bsky.social is proposing to exempt the CDC from #FOI. #SecrecyAddiction! 1/2 #auspol
November 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Remember Scott Morrison's secrecy around COVID-19?
This week the Senate is considering a Bill to establish an Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC). @albomp.bsky.social is proposing to exempt the CDC from #FOI. #SecrecyAddiction! 1/2 #auspol
This week the Senate is considering a Bill to establish an Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC). @albomp.bsky.social is proposing to exempt the CDC from #FOI. #SecrecyAddiction! 1/2 #auspol