Margaret Morgan 🇳🇱🇦🇺🇪🇺
@margaretmorgan.bsky.social
Dutch resident, Australian writer (fiction, TV, film, librettos) with earlier careers in law & biology.
Plantenliefhebber, GL-PvdA
[🚫DM unless we know each other]
https://www.penguin.com.au/authors/margaret-morgan
https://www.margaretmorgan.info/
Plantenliefhebber, GL-PvdA
[🚫DM unless we know each other]
https://www.penguin.com.au/authors/margaret-morgan
https://www.margaretmorgan.info/
November 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
November 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Google Home's current weather display is frequently rubbish.
Like right now. Yes, that is indeed a cloudless blue sky and sunshine in the background. 😆
#Rotterdam
#Sneeuw
Like right now. Yes, that is indeed a cloudless blue sky and sunshine in the background. 😆
#Rotterdam
#Sneeuw
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Google Home's current weather display is frequently rubbish.
Like right now. Yes, that is indeed a cloudless blue sky and sunshine in the background. 😆
#Rotterdam
#Sneeuw
Like right now. Yes, that is indeed a cloudless blue sky and sunshine in the background. 😆
#Rotterdam
#Sneeuw
I envy you your snow. We have so little in the Netherlands, and less each year.
This was from a couple of years ago, near Rotterdam. ❤️
This was from a couple of years ago, near Rotterdam. ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I envy you your snow. We have so little in the Netherlands, and less each year.
This was from a couple of years ago, near Rotterdam. ❤️
This was from a couple of years ago, near Rotterdam. ❤️
No one knows or writes about Labor Party history quite like Guy Rundle. Here he is on Graham Richardson.
Great read, covering his early life, his criminality and his role in Labor's factional machinations.
#Auspol
open.substack.com/pub/guyrundl...
Great read, covering his early life, his criminality and his role in Labor's factional machinations.
#Auspol
open.substack.com/pub/guyrundl...
November 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
No one knows or writes about Labor Party history quite like Guy Rundle. Here he is on Graham Richardson.
Great read, covering his early life, his criminality and his role in Labor's factional machinations.
#Auspol
open.substack.com/pub/guyrundl...
Great read, covering his early life, his criminality and his role in Labor's factional machinations.
#Auspol
open.substack.com/pub/guyrundl...
The Continuing Adventures of the Guardian's Disjointed Widget
November 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The Continuing Adventures of the Guardian's Disjointed Widget
Our Huy hotel, the renovated farmhouse of a castle
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Our Huy hotel, the renovated farmhouse of a castle
Dawn this morning in Huy, in the Belgian Ardennes.
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Dawn this morning in Huy, in the Belgian Ardennes.
Herfst in België
November 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Herfst in België
Look, going out on a limb here, but I don't believe that Mike Johnson actually exists.
People who look and behave like him only occur in fiction. Surely that face is a latex mask. Surely.
People who look and behave like him only occur in fiction. Surely that face is a latex mask. Surely.
November 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Look, going out on a limb here, but I don't believe that Mike Johnson actually exists.
People who look and behave like him only occur in fiction. Surely that face is a latex mask. Surely.
People who look and behave like him only occur in fiction. Surely that face is a latex mask. Surely.
What a public service. S Peter Davies @speterdavis.com has delved into Grokipedia on our behalves.
"Grokipedia: The Farce Awakens: A deep dive into Elon Musk's knockoff AI encyclopedia"
/...
"Grokipedia: The Farce Awakens: A deep dive into Elon Musk's knockoff AI encyclopedia"
/...
October 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
What a public service. S Peter Davies @speterdavis.com has delved into Grokipedia on our behalves.
"Grokipedia: The Farce Awakens: A deep dive into Elon Musk's knockoff AI encyclopedia"
/...
"Grokipedia: The Farce Awakens: A deep dive into Elon Musk's knockoff AI encyclopedia"
/...
Care for a castle in France's magnificent Bourgogne?
It'll cost you half a million $AU *less* than the median Sydney house price.
www.leboncoin.fr/vi/304965509...
It'll cost you half a million $AU *less* than the median Sydney house price.
www.leboncoin.fr/vi/304965509...
October 31, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Care for a castle in France's magnificent Bourgogne?
It'll cost you half a million $AU *less* than the median Sydney house price.
www.leboncoin.fr/vi/304965509...
It'll cost you half a million $AU *less* than the median Sydney house price.
www.leboncoin.fr/vi/304965509...
While Rob Jetten, the Netherlands' likely new PM, is too centrist for my liking, I applaud the way he stood up to Geert Wilders, condemning him for what he's done to the nation.
Here he addressed Wilders, in one of the pre-election debates.
(English translation in ALT text)
Here he addressed Wilders, in one of the pre-election debates.
(English translation in ALT text)
October 31, 2025 at 8:37 AM
While Rob Jetten, the Netherlands' likely new PM, is too centrist for my liking, I applaud the way he stood up to Geert Wilders, condemning him for what he's done to the nation.
Here he addressed Wilders, in one of the pre-election debates.
(English translation in ALT text)
Here he addressed Wilders, in one of the pre-election debates.
(English translation in ALT text)
Ouch. It's hard enough to be a Lesser Hemsworth. This is verging on cruelty.
October 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Ouch. It's hard enough to be a Lesser Hemsworth. This is verging on cruelty.
Not good news. According to the exit polling, the Green-Labour coalition has lost support. Wilders' party (PVV) has lost votes since last election, but might still be the largest single party (but won't be in government because the other main parties have refused to work with them).
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October 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Not good news. According to the exit polling, the Green-Labour coalition has lost support. Wilders' party (PVV) has lost votes since last election, but might still be the largest single party (but won't be in government because the other main parties have refused to work with them).
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De Maassilo, venue in Rotterdam, where the Groenlinks-PvdA membership is gathering for the election results. Lit up in the party's green and red. 💚❤️
🤞
#Verkiezingen
🤞
#Verkiezingen
October 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
De Maassilo, venue in Rotterdam, where the Groenlinks-PvdA membership is gathering for the election results. Lit up in the party's green and red. 💚❤️
🤞
#Verkiezingen
🤞
#Verkiezingen
The Netherlands used to use its town squares as car parks. Fortunately, things have improved a lot!
Delft.
Delft.
October 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The Netherlands used to use its town squares as car parks. Fortunately, things have improved a lot!
Delft.
Delft.
Yes!
This one always made me giggle.
This one always made me giggle.
October 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Yes!
This one always made me giggle.
This one always made me giggle.
Architect Catherine Slessor, on Trump's dictator-for-live taste in bling.
"Nero would doubtless approve."
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
"Nero would doubtless approve."
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
October 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Architect Catherine Slessor, on Trump's dictator-for-live taste in bling.
"Nero would doubtless approve."
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
"Nero would doubtless approve."
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Guess who's been to the neurologist for her migraines. 😬
I've now been formally diagnosed with "status migrainosus", a condition where symptoms last more than 72 hours. Next time it happens, the neurologist is sending me to the ER to have IV anticonvulsive drugs. Feck.
I've now been formally diagnosed with "status migrainosus", a condition where symptoms last more than 72 hours. Next time it happens, the neurologist is sending me to the ER to have IV anticonvulsive drugs. Feck.
October 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Guess who's been to the neurologist for her migraines. 😬
I've now been formally diagnosed with "status migrainosus", a condition where symptoms last more than 72 hours. Next time it happens, the neurologist is sending me to the ER to have IV anticonvulsive drugs. Feck.
I've now been formally diagnosed with "status migrainosus", a condition where symptoms last more than 72 hours. Next time it happens, the neurologist is sending me to the ER to have IV anticonvulsive drugs. Feck.
As PM Albanese joins his US counterpart to “sup from Trump’s lukewarm cranial soup”, John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social considers the long term threat of the Trumpist regime to Australia.
#auspol
#auspol
October 20, 2025 at 7:04 AM
As PM Albanese joins his US counterpart to “sup from Trump’s lukewarm cranial soup”, John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social considers the long term threat of the Trumpist regime to Australia.
#auspol
#auspol
I know that Charles has been unsuccessfully trying to get him out of the Royal Lodge at Windsor, and it seems he's fighting to stay put. No idea about revenues, but living rent free here is nice work if you can get it. (He's there with ex-wife Sarah, in "separate wings" 🙄)
October 18, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I know that Charles has been unsuccessfully trying to get him out of the Royal Lodge at Windsor, and it seems he's fighting to stay put. No idea about revenues, but living rent free here is nice work if you can get it. (He's there with ex-wife Sarah, in "separate wings" 🙄)
@theguardian.com's Android widget continues to be broken, with its random combination of images with headlines.
I'm particularly taken by King Charles' new look.
I'm particularly taken by King Charles' new look.
October 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
@theguardian.com's Android widget continues to be broken, with its random combination of images with headlines.
I'm particularly taken by King Charles' new look.
I'm particularly taken by King Charles' new look.
It's not a "king" that Trump is trying to emulate, with his autocracy and embarrassing pseudo-European Temu tat.
It's an emperor.
"Le pouvoir est ma maîtresse. J'ai travaillé trop dur à sa conquête pour permettre à quiconque de l'emmener loin de moi." -- Napoléon
It's an emperor.
"Le pouvoir est ma maîtresse. J'ai travaillé trop dur à sa conquête pour permettre à quiconque de l'emmener loin de moi." -- Napoléon
October 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
It's not a "king" that Trump is trying to emulate, with his autocracy and embarrassing pseudo-European Temu tat.
It's an emperor.
"Le pouvoir est ma maîtresse. J'ai travaillé trop dur à sa conquête pour permettre à quiconque de l'emmener loin de moi." -- Napoléon
It's an emperor.
"Le pouvoir est ma maîtresse. J'ai travaillé trop dur à sa conquête pour permettre à quiconque de l'emmener loin de moi." -- Napoléon