Paul Wappett
@paulwappett.bsky.social
Sport and music enthusiast. Trying to do my part to dismantle structural disadvantage. A proud product of regional Australia.
Make that offer to subscribers, perhaps. I have cancelled mine, although (as I paid annually) it still has a couple of months to go. I tried to comment on one of their stories today (the first time I have done so), and it was rejected as contravening their community guidelines, although it did not.
July 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Make that offer to subscribers, perhaps. I have cancelled mine, although (as I paid annually) it still has a couple of months to go. I tried to comment on one of their stories today (the first time I have done so), and it was rejected as contravening their community guidelines, although it did not.
🎵 Do You Hear The Dodgers Swing 🎶
July 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
🎵 Do You Hear The Dodgers Swing 🎶
a safe, educationally innovative, and prosperous country in which to spend their education investment, and in an age where the world is shifting to a knowledge economy, is just so palpably dumb, populist and self-defeating, and on that platform alone they deserve to be blown away at the polls. 2/2
April 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
a safe, educationally innovative, and prosperous country in which to spend their education investment, and in an age where the world is shifting to a knowledge economy, is just so palpably dumb, populist and self-defeating, and on that platform alone they deserve to be blown away at the polls. 2/2
Both of those articles are excellent (and beautifully written), @meganmaurice.bsky.social … I have Gideon on something of a pedestal, so my reflexive reaction was to defend his choice of language. But that’s the point, isn’t it. I like that you provoked reflection in me. Thank you.
February 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Both of those articles are excellent (and beautifully written), @meganmaurice.bsky.social … I have Gideon on something of a pedestal, so my reflexive reaction was to defend his choice of language. But that’s the point, isn’t it. I like that you provoked reflection in me. Thank you.
So, still technically a two-state solution ... force Palestinians out, and let the US and Israel share the spoils of developing waterfront properties?
February 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
So, still technically a two-state solution ... force Palestinians out, and let the US and Israel share the spoils of developing waterfront properties?
Just looked up the set list. It was “Wichita Lineman” and there were three false starts (I remember that bit vividly), sandwiched between “Everybody Hurts” and “Bang and Blame” in the encore. Unreal.
January 14, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Just looked up the set list. It was “Wichita Lineman” and there were three false starts (I remember that bit vividly), sandwiched between “Everybody Hurts” and “Bang and Blame” in the encore. Unreal.
Should also have mentioned that Jim Courier, fresh from winning the Australian Open tennis tournament earlier that day, wandered across the river to where the concert was and joined the band onstage, even playing the drums for a song (can’t remember which one, sorry). A surreal and memorable moment.
January 14, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Should also have mentioned that Jim Courier, fresh from winning the Australian Open tennis tournament earlier that day, wandered across the river to where the concert was and joined the band onstage, even playing the drums for a song (can’t remember which one, sorry). A surreal and memorable moment.
Melbourne. One of the best shows I’ve ever been to.
January 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Melbourne. One of the best shows I’ve ever been to.