Jen Webb
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@bsky.app Max Porter's first novel has been adapted for stage, and opens in Sydney this weekend. Here's my view of the novel.
Mythical, slippery, shapeshifting: Grief is the Thing With Feathers transforms tragedy into literature
Max Porter’s stories of people on the margins are told in fragments, flickering images, surprising swirls of language and wit.
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July 25, 2025 at 3:46 AM
@bsky.app Max Porter's first novel has been adapted for stage, and opens in Sydney this weekend. Here's my view of the novel.
Journalism, be better! BBC headline makes the assertion: 'Democrats have effectively shut down the House of Representatives until September by repeatedly forcing Republicans to vote against – or dodge – measures to release the "Epstein files".' Really?
US House speaker shuts down chamber to block Epstein vote
The decision to bring forward the summer recess means Republican leaders can delay a politically fraught vote on the disclosures.
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July 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Journalism, be better! BBC headline makes the assertion: 'Democrats have effectively shut down the House of Representatives until September by repeatedly forcing Republicans to vote against – or dodge – measures to release the "Epstein files".' Really?
“We bear the brunt of the climate crisis. A Pacific Cop could help shape the global response” | Surangel Whipps Jr www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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May 23, 2025 at 3:48 AM
“We bear the brunt of the climate crisis. A Pacific Cop could help shape the global response” | Surangel Whipps Jr www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There are so many take-always from this weekend’s election, but one I particularly like is the term “bunyip Trumpism” (viz, what was repudiated and rejected by voters)
May 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
There are so many take-always from this weekend’s election, but one I particularly like is the term “bunyip Trumpism” (viz, what was repudiated and rejected by voters)
When my smart watch is on the the charger instead of on my wrist, I resent taking any steps or even any breaths because if they aren’t being recorded, what’s the point? (I know I’m being stupid; but still I feel those are wasted steps/breaths 😂)
April 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
When my smart watch is on the the charger instead of on my wrist, I resent taking any steps or even any breaths because if they aren’t being recorded, what’s the point? (I know I’m being stupid; but still I feel those are wasted steps/breaths 😂)
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adobe deleted their post so this one's for posterity
April 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
adobe deleted their post so this one's for posterity
1. Sydney cranes; notice how often cranes are found in monogamous pairs.
2. A verandah in which I would NEVER set foot. Oh Sydney, you crazy darling.
2. A verandah in which I would NEVER set foot. Oh Sydney, you crazy darling.
April 4, 2025 at 10:35 AM
1. Sydney cranes; notice how often cranes are found in monogamous pairs.
2. A verandah in which I would NEVER set foot. Oh Sydney, you crazy darling.
2. A verandah in which I would NEVER set foot. Oh Sydney, you crazy darling.
From the unsinkable John Birmingham, speaking of …?
“A collapsing orange supergiant of mental illness and morbid spite who self-detonates the US economy to, what, take out a bunch of fentanyl penguins on Heard Island?”
“A collapsing orange supergiant of mental illness and morbid spite who self-detonates the US economy to, what, take out a bunch of fentanyl penguins on Heard Island?”
April 4, 2025 at 4:33 AM
From the unsinkable John Birmingham, speaking of …?
“A collapsing orange supergiant of mental illness and morbid spite who self-detonates the US economy to, what, take out a bunch of fentanyl penguins on Heard Island?”
“A collapsing orange supergiant of mental illness and morbid spite who self-detonates the US economy to, what, take out a bunch of fentanyl penguins on Heard Island?”
A new crane, from Aotearoa; followed by a crane and a plane
March 25, 2025 at 4:01 AM
A new crane, from Aotearoa; followed by a crane and a plane
I have (some) respect for the Washington Post but this tin-eared attitude to abuse of a native animal really misses the mark. Dude, this is not performative ire; it’s protection of local wildlife from some attention-seeking “influencer”
March 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I have (some) respect for the Washington Post but this tin-eared attitude to abuse of a native animal really misses the mark. Dude, this is not performative ire; it’s protection of local wildlife from some attention-seeking “influencer”
Tonight I attended a brilliant lecture by Dist.Prof Phil Morgan of Cardiff U, specialist in autonomous vehicles; and came home to be shown the cartoon in this week’s New Scientist. Serendipity.
Shout out to my glorious colleagues in the Collaborative Robotics Lab at the University of Canberra.
Shout out to my glorious colleagues in the Collaborative Robotics Lab at the University of Canberra.
March 13, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Tonight I attended a brilliant lecture by Dist.Prof Phil Morgan of Cardiff U, specialist in autonomous vehicles; and came home to be shown the cartoon in this week’s New Scientist. Serendipity.
Shout out to my glorious colleagues in the Collaborative Robotics Lab at the University of Canberra.
Shout out to my glorious colleagues in the Collaborative Robotics Lab at the University of Canberra.
Cobargo Folk Festival under a shimmering blue sky (no pun intended).
I must look incompetent because yesterday the good folk on the registration desk strapped my band to my wrist, but today I see everyone is having to wrangle the bands themselves.
I must look incompetent because yesterday the good folk on the registration desk strapped my band to my wrist, but today I see everyone is having to wrangle the bands themselves.
February 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Cobargo Folk Festival under a shimmering blue sky (no pun intended).
I must look incompetent because yesterday the good folk on the registration desk strapped my band to my wrist, but today I see everyone is having to wrangle the bands themselves.
I must look incompetent because yesterday the good folk on the registration desk strapped my band to my wrist, but today I see everyone is having to wrangle the bands themselves.
@ampersandduck.bsky.social hi dear Duckie! See you soon, I hope
January 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
@ampersandduck.bsky.social hi dear Duckie! See you soon, I hope
Tonight’s ABC news was all about (a) tennis and (b) the American clown car. I’m not interested in tennis or in American clown cars. Can we have a new news broadcaster that is all about poetry and Staffies? Please?
January 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Tonight’s ABC news was all about (a) tennis and (b) the American clown car. I’m not interested in tennis or in American clown cars. Can we have a new news broadcaster that is all about poetry and Staffies? Please?
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Newly Discovered Cave Paintings Suggest Early Man Was Battling A Lot Of Inner Demons
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January 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Newly Discovered Cave Paintings Suggest Early Man Was Battling A Lot Of Inner Demons
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The Hotel Morrison, which predates a prime minister who shares the name, and nonetheless includes a fiasco
January 16, 2025 at 4:35 AM
The Hotel Morrison, which predates a prime minister who shares the name, and nonetheless includes a fiasco
Me: logging into website
Website: confirming you are human. This could take a few seconds.
Me: ummmm; can I phone a friend?
Website: confirming you are human. This could take a few seconds.
Me: ummmm; can I phone a friend?
January 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Me: logging into website
Website: confirming you are human. This could take a few seconds.
Me: ummmm; can I phone a friend?
Website: confirming you are human. This could take a few seconds.
Me: ummmm; can I phone a friend?
At Canberra airport, where it seems Julie Nolke is working at the cafe. “Oh sorry no, we don’t have any ice cream right now”. “Yeah, no, I don’t think I can do that”. “Are you in a hurry? Because the machine just shit itself”. All in a soft Canadian accent, with charmingly self-deprecating smile.
January 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
At Canberra airport, where it seems Julie Nolke is working at the cafe. “Oh sorry no, we don’t have any ice cream right now”. “Yeah, no, I don’t think I can do that”. “Are you in a hurry? Because the machine just shit itself”. All in a soft Canadian accent, with charmingly self-deprecating smile.
I’m out for a twilight walk accompanied by the not-very-melodious song — shouts — shrieks — of the local sulphur-created cockatoos organising their mobs into going home and getting to bed. Squarck! Aarkkk! 🦜🦅
January 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I’m out for a twilight walk accompanied by the not-very-melodious song — shouts — shrieks — of the local sulphur-created cockatoos organising their mobs into going home and getting to bed. Squarck! Aarkkk! 🦜🦅
The things you see when walking around the ‘burbs
January 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The things you see when walking around the ‘burbs
Willow organises the ducks into a welcome party for her cousins
December 26, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Willow organises the ducks into a welcome party for her cousins
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Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.
December 21, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.
Just three of the remarkable works of art (and two of the artists) at Raghurajpur, the heritage artist village in Ofisha
December 15, 2024 at 3:10 AM
Just three of the remarkable works of art (and two of the artists) at Raghurajpur, the heritage artist village in Ofisha