Kaz Cooke
@kazcooke.bsky.social
Author & cartoonist kazcooke.com.au
Books: Up The Duff; Girl Stuffs 8-12 & 13+; Ada; You’re Doing It Wrong: a History of Bad & Bonkers Advice to Women; ‘It’s The Menopause’. Further palaver as it comes to hand.
Books: Up The Duff; Girl Stuffs 8-12 & 13+; Ada; You’re Doing It Wrong: a History of Bad & Bonkers Advice to Women; ‘It’s The Menopause’. Further palaver as it comes to hand.
Well, clever doctors and researchers (and babies' activated immune systems) never cease to amaze me - and thanks for kind words about Up The Duff!
and we used a mortar and pestle to grind up all the nuts to feed our babies - monkeys chew food and feed their young ...so saliva / IgA / T Cell traffic / the transfer of baby germ info into the breast for mums milk to respond AMAZING ...and we still recommend Duff as the only truthful guide 💜
November 8, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Well, clever doctors and researchers (and babies' activated immune systems) never cease to amaze me - and thanks for kind words about Up The Duff!
Some good news. Incredible results of what seems a high quality study. Very sick babies in ICU - in areas where tuberculosis & polio are big threats - who were vaccinated as newborns, gained a huge boost in survival rates from those & other infections. A change in protocols might be revolutionary.
BCG TRIAL DEMONSTRATES LIVE SAVING EFFECTS IN NEONATES
This is BIG ! I could work my whole life in PICU and not “save” as many lives as this intervention in a day
This is BIG ! I could work my whole life in PICU and not “save” as many lives as this intervention in a day
November 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Some good news. Incredible results of what seems a high quality study. Very sick babies in ICU - in areas where tuberculosis & polio are big threats - who were vaccinated as newborns, gained a huge boost in survival rates from those & other infections. A change in protocols might be revolutionary.
Reposted by Kaz Cooke
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
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"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself.... According to an MIT study, 95% of businesses that have deployed generative AI have gotten no value from it." www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
How Catastrophic Is It If the AI Bubble Bursts? An FAQ.
The AI industry's most important product is not a chatbot or a video generator; it's the story the AI industry is telling about itself
www.theringer.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself.... According to an MIT study, 95% of businesses that have deployed generative AI have gotten no value from it." www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
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Moderate Liberals breeding program.
The Age
The Age
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Moderate Liberals breeding program.
The Age
The Age
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Blaqademics/Indigiqueers
We made this for us to celebrate queer Indigenous scholarship lies, but it also counters the many non-Indigenous queer and gender studies scholars that tell us that they can’t find the work of any IndigiQueers. Here's a few hundred citations.
queer-as.org/blaqademics/
We made this for us to celebrate queer Indigenous scholarship lies, but it also counters the many non-Indigenous queer and gender studies scholars that tell us that they can’t find the work of any IndigiQueers. Here's a few hundred citations.
queer-as.org/blaqademics/
BlaQademics
A randomly ordered list of Indigiqueer scholars and thinkers that explore queerness, Indigineity, and creative artmaking Across our program we have learned from the powerful work of Indigenous scho…
queer-as.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Blaqademics/Indigiqueers
We made this for us to celebrate queer Indigenous scholarship lies, but it also counters the many non-Indigenous queer and gender studies scholars that tell us that they can’t find the work of any IndigiQueers. Here's a few hundred citations.
queer-as.org/blaqademics/
We made this for us to celebrate queer Indigenous scholarship lies, but it also counters the many non-Indigenous queer and gender studies scholars that tell us that they can’t find the work of any IndigiQueers. Here's a few hundred citations.
queer-as.org/blaqademics/
Behold, as obituaries jet-wash a reputation. One of the luckiest men ever to profit from power & 'business'. www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
Labor powerbroker Graham Richardson dies aged 76
2GB Breakfast host Ben Fordham announced the news on Saturday morning, saying he had spoken with Richardson’s family.
www.theage.com.au
November 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Behold, as obituaries jet-wash a reputation. One of the luckiest men ever to profit from power & 'business'. www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
Not enough power. Not enough water. Probably about 1.5 ongoing jobs for locals. And the Department of Defence giving away Australian territory with an incredibly sensitive ecology, both land and marine, to billionaires, without transparency? What could possibly go wrong?
Google plans to build a large artificial intelligence data centre on Australia’s remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island after signing a cloud deal with the Department of Defence this year, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and interviews with officials www.afr.com/technology/g...
Google to build data centre on Christmas Island
The search engine giant signed a cloud deal with the Department of Defence this year to build the facility, whose details remain secret, on Christmas Island.
www.afr.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Not enough power. Not enough water. Probably about 1.5 ongoing jobs for locals. And the Department of Defence giving away Australian territory with an incredibly sensitive ecology, both land and marine, to billionaires, without transparency? What could possibly go wrong?
Mr On the Moon makes me laugh although I would happily fight a duel with him (combatants to be issued with one lilo and one stick) about 'irregardless', or indeed for no reason at all.
...and the 2025 word of the year is www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Word of the year already? Huzzah! Here’s what the latest crop of 'young people' words mean | First Dog on the Moon
The main thing you need to know about ‘six seven’ is that you do not in fact need to know what it means
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Mr On the Moon makes me laugh although I would happily fight a duel with him (combatants to be issued with one lilo and one stick) about 'irregardless', or indeed for no reason at all.
For those who will bear witness. For everyone who pretends there was benevolence from 'employers' & governments, and no slavery in Australia; who believes Tony Abbott's version of history. Debra Dank writes with beauty and anger of the truth we cannot dodge.
theconversation.com/friday-essay...
theconversation.com/friday-essay...
Friday essay: Debra Dank’s grandmother was a ‘drover’s boy’. Her stolen wages can’t be recovered
Stella Prize shortlisted author Debra Dank reflects on how her family’s lives were scarred by stolen wages and colonial violence – and on the complexities of apologies.
theconversation.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
For those who will bear witness. For everyone who pretends there was benevolence from 'employers' & governments, and no slavery in Australia; who believes Tony Abbott's version of history. Debra Dank writes with beauty and anger of the truth we cannot dodge.
theconversation.com/friday-essay...
theconversation.com/friday-essay...
No.
Jumping spiders are one of the few spiders that I can tolerate near me. They're small, furry, and the weird little dances they do that make them cuter, even if they teleport
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
No.
This times a bersquillion. People need other people to hear them, understand them, believe them. Otherwise we may as well all be fridges connected intermittently to the internet for no apparent reason.
While I appreciate the aim of these efforts to use AI to simplify reporting of human rights breaches, I think it fundamentally misses the fact there is a psychological component to seeking justice: most victims want to be heard *by other people* www.justice.org.au/national-jus...
National Justice Project leads global discussion on AI and justice at the United Nations | National Justice Project
The National Justice Project presented at a United Nations conference, showcasing its proposal for an AI-powered platform to improve justice.
www.justice.org.au
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
This times a bersquillion. People need other people to hear them, understand them, believe them. Otherwise we may as well all be fridges connected intermittently to the internet for no apparent reason.
No.
“The jumping spider”. (1914) by David Fairchild, Marian Fairchild, from Book of Monsters.
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/5578a992-0b59-4b76-8250-dd04f94caa93
#insects #spiders #macrophotography #art #publicdomain
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/5578a992-0b59-4b76-8250-dd04f94caa93
#insects #spiders #macrophotography #art #publicdomain
November 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
No.
Libraries are just the most magnificent things.
We've just added 2 DeWalt Combi Drill sets to our NEW loanable tool collection along with Drill and Bit sets which can be loaned with the drills or borrowed separately.
And we'll be adding more soon! 🔨🔧
Find more information below or on our website at: orkneylibrary.org.uk/tools/
And we'll be adding more soon! 🔨🔧
Find more information below or on our website at: orkneylibrary.org.uk/tools/
November 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Libraries are just the most magnificent things.
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These are the campest, most bonkity amateur theatricals I've seen for absolutely ages. And if you think bonkity is not a word, wait till you see this specimen of slapstick racism and sartorial singularity.
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
These are the campest, most bonkity amateur theatricals I've seen for absolutely ages. And if you think bonkity is not a word, wait till you see this specimen of slapstick racism and sartorial singularity.
The % of sympathy we have for bastards overseas who have Australian wildlife as 'pets' is in negative figures. Rosetti, even if already dead, can get in the bin along with the idiot influencer with a sick, manic emu in bloody Florida & people with lonely sugar gliders hurtling off their fridges.
It’s 6 November, and you know what that means, don’t you? YES, THAT’S RIGHT. It’s the 156th anniversary of the death of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s pet wombat
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The % of sympathy we have for bastards overseas who have Australian wildlife as 'pets' is in negative figures. Rosetti, even if already dead, can get in the bin along with the idiot influencer with a sick, manic emu in bloody Florida & people with lonely sugar gliders hurtling off their fridges.
What does that mean, 'skips parliament'? In any other job she didn't turn up to she'd be sacked. Did she get paid for this speech as well as by Australian taxpayers while being AWOL? This makes me so harrumphy.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Pauline Hanson skips parliament to speak at conservative conference at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
One Nation leader also seen with Gina Rinehart – and many of her talking points align with mining magnate
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 AM
What does that mean, 'skips parliament'? In any other job she didn't turn up to she'd be sacked. Did she get paid for this speech as well as by Australian taxpayers while being AWOL? This makes me so harrumphy.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I got one of my two royalty payments for 2025 recently & was thrilled to buy one of these. It's such a fabulous idea and fun to open and rummage through. I LOVE that people don't have to, but choose to create things that are beautiful & interesting. Real people, with real ideas and skills.
An elaborately constructed book in a box filled with stories and ephemera? In this economy? Fear not. @tinyowlworkshop.bsky.social has discounted the boxed edition of Ephemeral City to A$45 (pp) for a limited time. If you’ve been on the fence, now's your chance. www.simongroth.com/shop/ephemer...
November 6, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I got one of my two royalty payments for 2025 recently & was thrilled to buy one of these. It's such a fabulous idea and fun to open and rummage through. I LOVE that people don't have to, but choose to create things that are beautiful & interesting. Real people, with real ideas and skills.
Reposted by Kaz Cooke
Congratulations to the 2025 Mid-Career Fellowship recipient Jeanine Leane! We look forward to the journey of your exciting work 🖤
Read more: bit.ly/4nMf0zr
Magabala Books acknowledges Serp Hills Foundation for their generous support of this award.
Read more: bit.ly/4nMf0zr
Magabala Books acknowledges Serp Hills Foundation for their generous support of this award.
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Congratulations to the 2025 Mid-Career Fellowship recipient Jeanine Leane! We look forward to the journey of your exciting work 🖤
Read more: bit.ly/4nMf0zr
Magabala Books acknowledges Serp Hills Foundation for their generous support of this award.
Read more: bit.ly/4nMf0zr
Magabala Books acknowledges Serp Hills Foundation for their generous support of this award.
Imagine being a non-white and/or young woman student at Campion Catholic College. Or somebody who believes in the words of Jesus, and wants to live by them, for that matter. May the nearest deity smite those who could do with a thorough smiting.
1/ Stephen McInerney -- ex-Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation Guy & current Dean of Studies & Associate Professor of Literature at Catholic tertiary institution Campion College in Sydney -- urges support for Tom Sewell's incipient neo-Nazi political party.
!['I'm not in the NSN but believe, for strategic reasons, people should become 'political supporters' of the White Australia Party. The creation of such parties is the only safeguard against White erasure. Other pro-White parties will follow in time. Sieze [sic] the day.'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o2ggsnr4ihu4pjka6zd7rv27/bafkreihocgeelqxtafrohy5geget2tdo4iximk4v6gvh5qx732wylht7dy@jpeg)
November 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Imagine being a non-white and/or young woman student at Campion Catholic College. Or somebody who believes in the words of Jesus, and wants to live by them, for that matter. May the nearest deity smite those who could do with a thorough smiting.
Trump: 'I order you not to vote for Mamdani for mayor: you have to vote for the handsy asshole.'
New York: 'Yo, schmuck! We're walking' here! Fuggedaboutit! (etc)' (fingers crossed...)
New York: 'Yo, schmuck! We're walking' here! Fuggedaboutit! (etc)' (fingers crossed...)
Trump threw his support behind Cuomo and threatened to cut funding to the city if Mamdani won the mayoral election.
Can Trump legally stop federal funding to New York City if Mamdani wins?
Trump threw his support behind Cuomo and threatened to cut funding to the city if Mamdani won the mayoral election.
bit.ly
November 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Trump: 'I order you not to vote for Mamdani for mayor: you have to vote for the handsy asshole.'
New York: 'Yo, schmuck! We're walking' here! Fuggedaboutit! (etc)' (fingers crossed...)
New York: 'Yo, schmuck! We're walking' here! Fuggedaboutit! (etc)' (fingers crossed...)
Would Gina Rinehart and Pauline Hanson like to give us an account of their appearance & behaviour at Trump's awful, super-rich people & henchfolk, missed-the-point, Gatsby-themed party in Florida, with all the un-drained Swamp Thing People?
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Would Gina Rinehart and Pauline Hanson like to give us an account of their appearance & behaviour at Trump's awful, super-rich people & henchfolk, missed-the-point, Gatsby-themed party in Florida, with all the un-drained Swamp Thing People?
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Elaine Welteroth, former editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue and youngest editor of Condé Nast ever, and the 2nd African American to hold this position, changed Teen Vogue to be more politically conscious.
Traffic to TeenVogue.com: 2.7M to 9.2M visitors a year, print subscriptions jumped 535%
Traffic to TeenVogue.com: 2.7M to 9.2M visitors a year, print subscriptions jumped 535%
Ex-Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth: ‘The headlines implied I was a token black hire’
Welteroth was just 29 when Anna Wintour made her editor-in-chief. Months later, the magazine shut down. What did she do next?
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Elaine Welteroth, former editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue and youngest editor of Condé Nast ever, and the 2nd African American to hold this position, changed Teen Vogue to be more politically conscious.
Traffic to TeenVogue.com: 2.7M to 9.2M visitors a year, print subscriptions jumped 535%
Traffic to TeenVogue.com: 2.7M to 9.2M visitors a year, print subscriptions jumped 535%
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In the wake of several recent tragedies linked to freebirth, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) and the Australian College of Midwives (ACM) are calling for policy change.
womensagenda.com.au/life/womens-...
womensagenda.com.au/life/womens-...
Recent freebirth tragedies lead RANZCOG and ACM to call for legislation to prevent harm
In the wake of several recent tragedies linked to freebirth, RANZCOG and the ACM are calling for policy change.
womensagenda.com.au
November 4, 2025 at 2:41 AM
In the wake of several recent tragedies linked to freebirth, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) and the Australian College of Midwives (ACM) are calling for policy change.
womensagenda.com.au/life/womens-...
womensagenda.com.au/life/womens-...