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@paul.kidd.id.au
· Nov 14
Given the flood of new followers, an introduction:
Thank you for following me, if I haven't followed you back I probably will when we get to know each other a bit.
I'm a lawyer and activist. I post stuff about things I think are important or interesting, and sometimes make 'hilarious' jokes.
Thank you for following me, if I haven't followed you back I probably will when we get to know each other a bit.
I'm a lawyer and activist. I post stuff about things I think are important or interesting, and sometimes make 'hilarious' jokes.
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I occasionally like to share these "Mercator vs Real Country Size" animations to encourage you to buy a globe. Nothing fancy - just a basic globe. It does wonders in helping you (and your kids) to understand the world. Source: buff.ly/EGdKGR3
December 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I occasionally like to share these "Mercator vs Real Country Size" animations to encourage you to buy a globe. Nothing fancy - just a basic globe. It does wonders in helping you (and your kids) to understand the world. Source: buff.ly/EGdKGR3
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Maggot found inside dead rat that was blocking sceptic tank, causing toilet to overflow.
Pauline Hanson travelled to US on Gina Rinehart’s private jet to attend CPAC
Exclusive: One Nation senator travelled on mining magnate’s Gulfstream 700 in October and is yet to declare it on parliamentary register
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Maggot found inside dead rat that was blocking sceptic tank, causing toilet to overflow.
Surf’s up!
Between 1985 and 2018, wave heights in the Southern Ocean increased by 30cm, or about a centimetre a year. 🔗👉 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
December 29, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Surf’s up!
Hockey Sluts: the Musical
December 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Hockey Sluts: the Musical
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BREAKING: sparked by a mass exodus of X users in protest of a new function that feeds images to Generative AI for other users to edit, for the first time since April 8th, Bluesky gained more than 55,000 new users in a day.
There are still 6.5 hours to go before the @bskycheck.com counter resets.
There are still 6.5 hours to go before the @bskycheck.com counter resets.
Bluesky Growth Tracker - Live User Activity Dashboard
Track Bluesky growth as it happens with our real-time dashboard. See live user sign-ups, monitor current growth rate, and explore verified domain handles across government, education, commercial and o...
bskycheck.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
BREAKING: sparked by a mass exodus of X users in protest of a new function that feeds images to Generative AI for other users to edit, for the first time since April 8th, Bluesky gained more than 55,000 new users in a day.
There are still 6.5 hours to go before the @bskycheck.com counter resets.
There are still 6.5 hours to go before the @bskycheck.com counter resets.
Alright. 9am. Presents done, let’s get that tree down.
December 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Alright. 9am. Presents done, let’s get that tree down.
Sluts.
Ötzi and a 45,000-year-old Siberian were both infected with a cancer-causing strain of HPV.
This is fascinating, and a reminder that we have a vaccine that *prevents cancer* and everyone eligible should get it.
This is fascinating, and a reminder that we have a vaccine that *prevents cancer* and everyone eligible should get it.
Two ancient humans, including famed ‘Iceman,’ had cancer-causing virus
Findings from ancient DNA may shed light on HPV’s history in our species
www.science.org
December 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Sluts.
So this is Christmas. And what have we done?
December 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
So this is Christmas. And what have we done?
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This is the 15th year of #DuvetKnowItsChristmas, which is preposterous. Rules: if you find yourself dealing with unusual / claustrophobic / gaudy sleeping arrangements this Christmas Eve, share a picture with the world. Use the hashtag (with capitalisation) and cc me if you can be bothered.
December 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is the 15th year of #DuvetKnowItsChristmas, which is preposterous. Rules: if you find yourself dealing with unusual / claustrophobic / gaudy sleeping arrangements this Christmas Eve, share a picture with the world. Use the hashtag (with capitalisation) and cc me if you can be bothered.
Watching a Christmas movie.
December 24, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Watching a Christmas movie.
Tomorrow will be the coldest Christmas Day in 20 years. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Santa set to deliver Melbourne's coldest Christmas in 20 years
Temperatures in the Victorian capital are unlikely to climb past 17 degrees on Christmas Day, but the state will swing back to some warm to hot days ahead of the new year.
www.abc.net.au
December 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Tomorrow will be the coldest Christmas Day in 20 years. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
A sad day today with the loss of one of Australia’s iconic LGBTQIA+ businesses. This little shop was instrumental to my coming out and growing into my queer identity. Gay bookstores are more than shops, they are community hubs. A real loss.
Sydney’s queer bookstore ‘haven’ to close after 43 years: ‘This has never been about just selling books’
The Bookshop Darlinghurst has stood firm through the decades as laws and attitudes towards LGBTQI people have changed dramatically. Today it shuts its doors for good
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A sad day today with the loss of one of Australia’s iconic LGBTQIA+ businesses. This little shop was instrumental to my coming out and growing into my queer identity. Gay bookstores are more than shops, they are community hubs. A real loss.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Bari Weiss is killing stories the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
December 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Bari Weiss is killing stories the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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This is brilliantly done
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8_...
TCM Remembers 2025 | TCM
YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:10 AM
This is brilliantly done
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8_...
Pink Platypus
I’m gonna keep on dancing with the Pink Platypus
Pink Platypus
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I’m gonna keep on dancing with the Pink Platypus
Pink Platypus
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Pink platypus spotted in Gippsland far from a monochrome monotreme
Biologist says specimen filmed by a Victorian fisher is ‘unusual’, but not a rare albino as some had wondered
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Pink Platypus
I’m gonna keep on dancing with the Pink Platypus
Pink Platypus
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I’m gonna keep on dancing with the Pink Platypus
Pink Platypus
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Australia should have just licensed the New Zealand Met Service weather app. It’s superb.
December 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Australia should have just licensed the New Zealand Met Service weather app. It’s superb.
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What a one-two punch to finish the year!
Sydney's iconic LGBT bookshop The Bookshop Darlinghurst just released their list of bestselling books for 2025.
KING OF DIRT came in at #2 ... beaten by ... me! INVISIBLE BOYS was their #1 best-seller of the year!
Thank you so much, Bookshop Darlo. 🙏🙏
Sydney's iconic LGBT bookshop The Bookshop Darlinghurst just released their list of bestselling books for 2025.
KING OF DIRT came in at #2 ... beaten by ... me! INVISIBLE BOYS was their #1 best-seller of the year!
Thank you so much, Bookshop Darlo. 🙏🙏
December 21, 2025 at 2:17 AM
What a one-two punch to finish the year!
Sydney's iconic LGBT bookshop The Bookshop Darlinghurst just released their list of bestselling books for 2025.
KING OF DIRT came in at #2 ... beaten by ... me! INVISIBLE BOYS was their #1 best-seller of the year!
Thank you so much, Bookshop Darlo. 🙏🙏
Sydney's iconic LGBT bookshop The Bookshop Darlinghurst just released their list of bestselling books for 2025.
KING OF DIRT came in at #2 ... beaten by ... me! INVISIBLE BOYS was their #1 best-seller of the year!
Thank you so much, Bookshop Darlo. 🙏🙏
I'm coming to the cottage.
December 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I'm coming to the cottage.
Stocking fillers for the friend who has everything.
December 20, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Stocking fillers for the friend who has everything.
A Victorian supreme court judge has strongly criticised police for the “idiotic” and “cruel” practice of unnecessarily waking up people in custody during the night under the guise of welfare checks. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Idiotic’ and ‘cruel’ Victoria police welfare policy leaves detainees too tired for a fair trial, judge says
Hourly night-time welfare checks left detainees so sleep deprived that it risked their right to a fair trial, supreme court judge found
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:20 AM
A Victorian supreme court judge has strongly criticised police for the “idiotic” and “cruel” practice of unnecessarily waking up people in custody during the night under the guise of welfare checks. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
In fairness, he might have had a few other things on his mind in 1968.
RFK Jr. should have paid more attention to the comics in 1968.
December 20, 2025 at 4:15 AM
In fairness, he might have had a few other things on his mind in 1968.
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Linking the march across the bridge to the massacre is disgusting and everyone doing so should be deeply ashamed of their giving tacit support for genocide
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW to effectively ban protests for up to three months as premier links Gaza rallies to Bondi terror attack
Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Linking the march across the bridge to the massacre is disgusting and everyone doing so should be deeply ashamed of their giving tacit support for genocide
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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“The NSW Council for Civil Liberties has opposed the proposed changes to protest laws.
Timothy Roberts, the council’s president, said: “We cannot have a ‘summer of calm’ and ‘togetherness’ with a government eroding our democratic freedoms.”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Timothy Roberts, the council’s president, said: “We cannot have a ‘summer of calm’ and ‘togetherness’ with a government eroding our democratic freedoms.”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Protests had nothing to do with the attacks’: activists condemn premier’s plan to restrict rallies after Bondi shooting
Pro-Palestine activists, some Jewish groups and civil liberty campaigners criticise NSW Labor for ‘eroding our democratic freedoms’
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
“The NSW Council for Civil Liberties has opposed the proposed changes to protest laws.
Timothy Roberts, the council’s president, said: “We cannot have a ‘summer of calm’ and ‘togetherness’ with a government eroding our democratic freedoms.”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Timothy Roberts, the council’s president, said: “We cannot have a ‘summer of calm’ and ‘togetherness’ with a government eroding our democratic freedoms.”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...