Tony
@poetfoley.bsky.social
Retired librarian, mediocre poet, amusingly poor novelist, even worse painter, likes humming and singing, left-leaning, enjoys genre pulp novels, married, living in the outer north of Melbourne. I ignore DMs unless I know you. Hello.
I haven't looked at the whole deranged address, but did the deranged mango accuse Venezuala of stealing 'American' oil, and taking 'American' land? This is hallucinatory nightmare stuff if even half true.
December 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I haven't looked at the whole deranged address, but did the deranged mango accuse Venezuala of stealing 'American' oil, and taking 'American' land? This is hallucinatory nightmare stuff if even half true.
I won a prize
a participation prize
best person according to me.
They gave it to me
because I'm me,
the best.
I'm best at...um
being best,
best best smartest most handsome
honest healthiest...um, yeah
the best.
Yawn.
a participation prize
best person according to me.
They gave it to me
because I'm me,
the best.
I'm best at...um
being best,
best best smartest most handsome
honest healthiest...um, yeah
the best.
Yawn.
December 6, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I won a prize
a participation prize
best person according to me.
They gave it to me
because I'm me,
the best.
I'm best at...um
being best,
best best smartest most handsome
honest healthiest...um, yeah
the best.
Yawn.
a participation prize
best person according to me.
They gave it to me
because I'm me,
the best.
I'm best at...um
being best,
best best smartest most handsome
honest healthiest...um, yeah
the best.
Yawn.
Oh I'm so proud, humble, pleased, but utterly deserving. I was just awarded *squeel* the Pittaway Street World Best Person Prize. The judge was unaminous (given it was only one judge), and the praise was overwhelming. I will hang the medal around my neck, and the trophy in my cabinet. Who's next?
December 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Oh I'm so proud, humble, pleased, but utterly deserving. I was just awarded *squeel* the Pittaway Street World Best Person Prize. The judge was unaminous (given it was only one judge), and the praise was overwhelming. I will hang the medal around my neck, and the trophy in my cabinet. Who's next?
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/ha...
Hands off our State Library!
Library workers deliver essential services to 2.8 million people in our community each year. They run information services, connect people online, hold free workshops, develop community connections an...
www.megaphone.org.au
December 6, 2025 at 4:13 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/ha...
Cover of Adam Browne's weird and wonderful book of the play Bladderwrack.
November 24, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Cover of Adam Browne's weird and wonderful book of the play Bladderwrack.
Why am I so absorbed with American politics? As an Australian it is significant because of our cultural ties, pretty similar countries. The USA is of course a major power, so it influences world affairs. And of course I like 'em. Americans are mostly good people, so I hope they escape from Trump.
November 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Why am I so absorbed with American politics? As an Australian it is significant because of our cultural ties, pretty similar countries. The USA is of course a major power, so it influences world affairs. And of course I like 'em. Americans are mostly good people, so I hope they escape from Trump.
The weird part is, the terrible crimes done to young girls (and perhaps boys) is the lesser of his crimes. Despicable, yes. But the horror and cruelty inflicted upon the US and around the world is an incalculable crime. Countless millions of victims.
November 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The weird part is, the terrible crimes done to young girls (and perhaps boys) is the lesser of his crimes. Despicable, yes. But the horror and cruelty inflicted upon the US and around the world is an incalculable crime. Countless millions of victims.
What happens?
What happens when it
becomes too obvious to ignore?
Cults survice long after the demise of
their guru, diminished, but active.
Cognitive dissonance
disconnect
inability to see what is
blindingly obvious.
Oh America, how could you elect
him?
What happens when it
becomes too obvious to ignore?
Cults survice long after the demise of
their guru, diminished, but active.
Cognitive dissonance
disconnect
inability to see what is
blindingly obvious.
Oh America, how could you elect
him?
November 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
What happens?
What happens when it
becomes too obvious to ignore?
Cults survice long after the demise of
their guru, diminished, but active.
Cognitive dissonance
disconnect
inability to see what is
blindingly obvious.
Oh America, how could you elect
him?
What happens when it
becomes too obvious to ignore?
Cults survice long after the demise of
their guru, diminished, but active.
Cognitive dissonance
disconnect
inability to see what is
blindingly obvious.
Oh America, how could you elect
him?
Reposted by Tony
I had a spare t-shirt cartoon.
October 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I had a spare t-shirt cartoon.
Thank whatever deity you belive in, or even if you have none to give thanks to. Prime Minister Albanese didn't have to suffer the horror of meeting the orange monster. Good diplomacy, avoid meeting the thing in the WH.
September 23, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Thank whatever deity you belive in, or even if you have none to give thanks to. Prime Minister Albanese didn't have to suffer the horror of meeting the orange monster. Good diplomacy, avoid meeting the thing in the WH.
So the muskrat reckons constitututional democracy means nothing, overthrow the UK Parliament because it's inconvenient. Canada and Australia in the anglosphere are bucking the trend. Not well, the oligarchs still have enormous power and influence, but well informed voters reject fascism.
September 14, 2025 at 9:34 AM
So the muskrat reckons constitututional democracy means nothing, overthrow the UK Parliament because it's inconvenient. Canada and Australia in the anglosphere are bucking the trend. Not well, the oligarchs still have enormous power and influence, but well informed voters reject fascism.
So let me understand this. People can be sacked for saying online or in print what another person said.
September 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
So let me understand this. People can be sacked for saying online or in print what another person said.
Reposted by Tony
The body of evidence showing that when centrist parties adopt the priorities and talking points of the far right, they torpedo themselves is vast and powerful. Yet Keir Starmer's Labour Party seems determined to ignore it.
A few examples in 🧵:
theconversation.com/how-should-l...
A few examples in 🧵:
theconversation.com/how-should-l...
How should Labour and the Tories respond to the populist right? Lessons from Europe
The evidence suggests traditional parties that ape the populist radical right’s policies risk boosting their rivals instead of reclaiming voters.
theconversation.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The body of evidence showing that when centrist parties adopt the priorities and talking points of the far right, they torpedo themselves is vast and powerful. Yet Keir Starmer's Labour Party seems determined to ignore it.
A few examples in 🧵:
theconversation.com/how-should-l...
A few examples in 🧵:
theconversation.com/how-should-l...
When we watched history unfold
it repeated,
marched hatred across our
psyche as
we endlessly doomscrolled
bleak landscapes.
When we turned our backs and
dismissed empathy,
deserts blossomed and forests withered,
but the markets flew
like an eagle with a broken wing
clutching a rabbit in its talons.
it repeated,
marched hatred across our
psyche as
we endlessly doomscrolled
bleak landscapes.
When we turned our backs and
dismissed empathy,
deserts blossomed and forests withered,
but the markets flew
like an eagle with a broken wing
clutching a rabbit in its talons.
September 2, 2025 at 7:28 AM
When we watched history unfold
it repeated,
marched hatred across our
psyche as
we endlessly doomscrolled
bleak landscapes.
When we turned our backs and
dismissed empathy,
deserts blossomed and forests withered,
but the markets flew
like an eagle with a broken wing
clutching a rabbit in its talons.
it repeated,
marched hatred across our
psyche as
we endlessly doomscrolled
bleak landscapes.
When we turned our backs and
dismissed empathy,
deserts blossomed and forests withered,
but the markets flew
like an eagle with a broken wing
clutching a rabbit in its talons.
We assume words have power
but why?
Some words describe beauty,
some describe fear,
some describe emotion,
some drip tears.
We love words that challenge us
but which?
Some words are hurtful,
some words make us cry,
some words are just too hard,
one word is genocide.
but why?
Some words describe beauty,
some describe fear,
some describe emotion,
some drip tears.
We love words that challenge us
but which?
Some words are hurtful,
some words make us cry,
some words are just too hard,
one word is genocide.
September 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
We assume words have power
but why?
Some words describe beauty,
some describe fear,
some describe emotion,
some drip tears.
We love words that challenge us
but which?
Some words are hurtful,
some words make us cry,
some words are just too hard,
one word is genocide.
but why?
Some words describe beauty,
some describe fear,
some describe emotion,
some drip tears.
We love words that challenge us
but which?
Some words are hurtful,
some words make us cry,
some words are just too hard,
one word is genocide.
I saw a bee today
outside my window,
it was feeding on Winter flowers.
I saw the sun today,
it leaped through my window,
it brought joy.
I watched children play
in the street,
they were innocence incarnate.
I read the news online,
children were killed
but the recipes were good.
outside my window,
it was feeding on Winter flowers.
I saw the sun today,
it leaped through my window,
it brought joy.
I watched children play
in the street,
they were innocence incarnate.
I read the news online,
children were killed
but the recipes were good.
August 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I saw a bee today
outside my window,
it was feeding on Winter flowers.
I saw the sun today,
it leaped through my window,
it brought joy.
I watched children play
in the street,
they were innocence incarnate.
I read the news online,
children were killed
but the recipes were good.
outside my window,
it was feeding on Winter flowers.
I saw the sun today,
it leaped through my window,
it brought joy.
I watched children play
in the street,
they were innocence incarnate.
I read the news online,
children were killed
but the recipes were good.
Tom Lehrer was the the most brilliant satirist of the 20th Century. I'm very, very sad.
July 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Tom Lehrer was the the most brilliant satirist of the 20th Century. I'm very, very sad.
Heck, anyone with half a brain can see how stuffed the USA is now. Yeah, still powerful, still rich. But the power is diminishing and the poor far out number the rich. Idiots in high positions. Decline and fall. Sad. I really like the USA, so much promise.
June 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Heck, anyone with half a brain can see how stuffed the USA is now. Yeah, still powerful, still rich. But the power is diminishing and the poor far out number the rich. Idiots in high positions. Decline and fall. Sad. I really like the USA, so much promise.
On the bright side, come on bright side, where are you? Oh there, quivering under a blanket. You knew it was coming so please, show us the bright side. There is no bright side? Next you'll tell me there's no Santa, and the Easter Bunny was stewed in the LOTR. Tooth Fairy, you OK?
June 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
On the bright side, come on bright side, where are you? Oh there, quivering under a blanket. You knew it was coming so please, show us the bright side. There is no bright side? Next you'll tell me there's no Santa, and the Easter Bunny was stewed in the LOTR. Tooth Fairy, you OK?
That many-faced God
has a lot to answer for,
not least why evil people
triumph.
When the kitchen sink is blocked
I use a plunger to flush the debris,
a Divine plug flusher is welcome,
but the cosmos is empty and
only fallible people are here.
Evil people cite Divine Will,
we don't have to.
has a lot to answer for,
not least why evil people
triumph.
When the kitchen sink is blocked
I use a plunger to flush the debris,
a Divine plug flusher is welcome,
but the cosmos is empty and
only fallible people are here.
Evil people cite Divine Will,
we don't have to.
June 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
That many-faced God
has a lot to answer for,
not least why evil people
triumph.
When the kitchen sink is blocked
I use a plunger to flush the debris,
a Divine plug flusher is welcome,
but the cosmos is empty and
only fallible people are here.
Evil people cite Divine Will,
we don't have to.
has a lot to answer for,
not least why evil people
triumph.
When the kitchen sink is blocked
I use a plunger to flush the debris,
a Divine plug flusher is welcome,
but the cosmos is empty and
only fallible people are here.
Evil people cite Divine Will,
we don't have to.
Please, please America tear up the AUKUS deal. Your president is so bigly smart he knows about bigly things. Tear it up. We'll bend the knee if you knock it over, kiss the ring, do bloody anything to get out of it.
June 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Please, please America tear up the AUKUS deal. Your president is so bigly smart he knows about bigly things. Tear it up. We'll bend the knee if you knock it over, kiss the ring, do bloody anything to get out of it.
Solidarity from Melbourne with LA. We've got open Fascists here, just not a Federal government openly supporting them. Stay strong California.
June 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Solidarity from Melbourne with LA. We've got open Fascists here, just not a Federal government openly supporting them. Stay strong California.
Oz perspective on the impending US civil war. The fascists want it. Gives their cult leader the legal go ahead to declare martial law. Chaos, killing, the dismantling of the few remaining vestiges of a democratic state. Be like Gandhi.
June 8, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Oz perspective on the impending US civil war. The fascists want it. Gives their cult leader the legal go ahead to declare martial law. Chaos, killing, the dismantling of the few remaining vestiges of a democratic state. Be like Gandhi.
Sniping koalas from helicopters: here’s what’s wrong with Victoria’s unprecedented cull
theconversation.com/sniping-koal...
theconversation.com/sniping-koal...
Sniping koalas from helicopters: here’s what’s wrong with Victoria’s unprecedented cull
The culling of 700 starving koalas in Victoria has triggered outrage. There has to be a better way to respond after bushfire.
theconversation.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Sniping koalas from helicopters: here’s what’s wrong with Victoria’s unprecedented cull
theconversation.com/sniping-koal...
theconversation.com/sniping-koal...