Robert Cox
@runciblecat.bsky.social
Friend of bats. Occasional scribbler. Cranky crip.
Of course it's jobs for the mates. Both sides do it, but it doesn't make it right.
We spend tens of thousands training diplomats but send ex-politicians who are at a loose end.
If they have a buring desire to join the diplomatic corps, send them to a challenging post like Nepal.
We spend tens of thousands training diplomats but send ex-politicians who are at a loose end.
If they have a buring desire to join the diplomatic corps, send them to a challenging post like Nepal.
PM brushes away 'jobs for mates' question while announcing next UK high commissioner
PM says pick is 'an entirely appropriate appointment.'
www.canberratimes.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Of course it's jobs for the mates. Both sides do it, but it doesn't make it right.
We spend tens of thousands training diplomats but send ex-politicians who are at a loose end.
If they have a buring desire to join the diplomatic corps, send them to a challenging post like Nepal.
We spend tens of thousands training diplomats but send ex-politicians who are at a loose end.
If they have a buring desire to join the diplomatic corps, send them to a challenging post like Nepal.
OFFS can we not do this. Analysis paralysis. If IA existed in the early 20th century we'd still have vehicular ferries across the Harbour and a tram shed on Bennelong Point.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Should Newcastle to Sydney bullet train really be first link built of Melbourne to Brisbane route?
Infrastructure Australia wants to know why NSW connection should be prioritised over Victorian, ACT and Queensland sections of high-speed rail
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:04 AM
OFFS can we not do this. Analysis paralysis. If IA existed in the early 20th century we'd still have vehicular ferries across the Harbour and a tram shed on Bennelong Point.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Officialy old. My doctor is 30 years younger than me.
November 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Officialy old. My doctor is 30 years younger than me.
Late to the party, but have started watching The Crown. A good show but everyone (with the possible exception of the Queen and Magaret) is ghastly. Even the old Nazi King Edward does fare to badly by comparison.
November 3, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Late to the party, but have started watching The Crown. A good show but everyone (with the possible exception of the Queen and Magaret) is ghastly. Even the old Nazi King Edward does fare to badly by comparison.
Every year, like clockwork, November lillies start blooming on November 1.
November 1, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Every year, like clockwork, November lillies start blooming on November 1.
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The clearest sign Trump wants to run in '28: the ballroom won't be finished by then.
October 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The clearest sign Trump wants to run in '28: the ballroom won't be finished by then.
Has @albomp.bsky.social condemned India for buying Russian oil?
Just wondering, because he was pretty quick off the mark when it came to condemning China's silence over the invasion.
Or is he too much of a Modi fanboy?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Just wondering, because he was pretty quick off the mark when it came to condemning China's silence over the invasion.
Or is he too much of a Modi fanboy?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
India casts doubt on Trump’s claims that it has agreed to stop buying Russian oil
The US president claimed Modi had assured him of deal, but Indian officials insist no such conversation took place
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Has @albomp.bsky.social condemned India for buying Russian oil?
Just wondering, because he was pretty quick off the mark when it came to condemning China's silence over the invasion.
Or is he too much of a Modi fanboy?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Just wondering, because he was pretty quick off the mark when it came to condemning China's silence over the invasion.
Or is he too much of a Modi fanboy?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Bloody noisy miners. I know they are natives and needed for pollination, but this year they're driven off everything including magpies and currawongs.
October 25, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Bloody noisy miners. I know they are natives and needed for pollination, but this year they're driven off everything including magpies and currawongs.
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It costs more to have less money. The Terry Pratchett argument for UBI.
October 22, 2025 at 6:54 AM
It costs more to have less money. The Terry Pratchett argument for UBI.
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How do we know the guys who knocked off the Louvre weren't taking it to train their algorithm? It's not theft then, is it? Democratise art!
October 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM
How do we know the guys who knocked off the Louvre weren't taking it to train their algorithm? It's not theft then, is it? Democratise art!
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💡We have taken back OUR flag & froggy from maga, in path for our freedom, fortitude, faith, family, fairness, future & fellowship of American youth🇺🇸
October 20, 2025 at 4:37 AM
💡We have taken back OUR flag & froggy from maga, in path for our freedom, fortitude, faith, family, fairness, future & fellowship of American youth🇺🇸
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[13] Your egotistical & hackneyed rant cannot compare with some 40,000 kids raped by religious or the tens of thousands of women locked up & treated as slaves for being unmarried mothers or the fact that some of their kids were stolen & sold. There is much more. So your hot take is offensive. Stop!
October 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
[13] Your egotistical & hackneyed rant cannot compare with some 40,000 kids raped by religious or the tens of thousands of women locked up & treated as slaves for being unmarried mothers or the fact that some of their kids were stolen & sold. There is much more. So your hot take is offensive. Stop!
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[12] Since saying [11] three Americans came in with juvenile rants about Catholicism. The ignorance is mind blowing. Being culturally Jewish or Catholic is a thing. Respect that. And seriously adolescent arguments like ‘religions cause wars’ is so offensive to people who have lived thru a theocracy
October 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
[12] Since saying [11] three Americans came in with juvenile rants about Catholicism. The ignorance is mind blowing. Being culturally Jewish or Catholic is a thing. Respect that. And seriously adolescent arguments like ‘religions cause wars’ is so offensive to people who have lived thru a theocracy
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🧵 I like that we are no longer in a theocracy anymore. If you want to go to church, you can; if you don’t want to, you don’t have to - something unacceptable as late as the 1980s. I think it’s helped the Catholic Church return to its mission & certainly that impacts on the ground [1]
October 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🧵 I like that we are no longer in a theocracy anymore. If you want to go to church, you can; if you don’t want to, you don’t have to - something unacceptable as late as the 1980s. I think it’s helped the Catholic Church return to its mission & certainly that impacts on the ground [1]
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..,is meaningless & offensive.
If I, who was assaulted by a priest, at my grandfather’s funeral can see that there’s more to faith than bad actors then you should too.
So spare us your adolescent hot takes & listen to people who survived a cruel & evil theocracy. I block these idiots.
If I, who was assaulted by a priest, at my grandfather’s funeral can see that there’s more to faith than bad actors then you should too.
So spare us your adolescent hot takes & listen to people who survived a cruel & evil theocracy. I block these idiots.
October 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
..,is meaningless & offensive.
If I, who was assaulted by a priest, at my grandfather’s funeral can see that there’s more to faith than bad actors then you should too.
So spare us your adolescent hot takes & listen to people who survived a cruel & evil theocracy. I block these idiots.
If I, who was assaulted by a priest, at my grandfather’s funeral can see that there’s more to faith than bad actors then you should too.
So spare us your adolescent hot takes & listen to people who survived a cruel & evil theocracy. I block these idiots.
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…homosexuality & where gay men were jailed for being gay up to 1994 can see the good [as well as the bad] you should learn from that. If the survivors of the institutions that enslaved women & stole their babies find comfort in their Catholic faith you should be able to see your hot takes,,,
October 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
…homosexuality & where gay men were jailed for being gay up to 1994 can see the good [as well as the bad] you should learn from that. If the survivors of the institutions that enslaved women & stole their babies find comfort in their Catholic faith you should be able to see your hot takes,,,
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🧵 stop with the hot takes on Catholicism. It’s a cultural part of being Irish & many Catholics are v spiritual & kind ppl. Many priests are decent skins.
If I, a gay man who the Church calls ‘intrinsically disordered’ & who lived thru a theocracy where Church & State actually criminalised…
If I, a gay man who the Church calls ‘intrinsically disordered’ & who lived thru a theocracy where Church & State actually criminalised…
October 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🧵 stop with the hot takes on Catholicism. It’s a cultural part of being Irish & many Catholics are v spiritual & kind ppl. Many priests are decent skins.
If I, a gay man who the Church calls ‘intrinsically disordered’ & who lived thru a theocracy where Church & State actually criminalised…
If I, a gay man who the Church calls ‘intrinsically disordered’ & who lived thru a theocracy where Church & State actually criminalised…
Absolutely gob-smacked to discover John Candy died 31 years ago.
October 19, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Absolutely gob-smacked to discover John Candy died 31 years ago.
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It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
New Work by Gary Larson | TheFarSide.com
Get an exclusive look at brand new cartoons and artwork from cartoonist Gary Larson, creator of the iconic comic strip The Far Side®.
www.thefarside.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
Call me crazy, but a huge majority and an opposition becoming more shambolic every seems like the perfect time for @albomp.bsky.social to show some ticker unstead of being Tory lite.
October 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Call me crazy, but a huge majority and an opposition becoming more shambolic every seems like the perfect time for @albomp.bsky.social to show some ticker unstead of being Tory lite.
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Pretty on form for Barnaby Joyce to leave his long term party for a younger one
October 17, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Pretty on form for Barnaby Joyce to leave his long term party for a younger one
Just discovered a Sydney suburb where the streets are named after Dickens characters.
October 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Just discovered a Sydney suburb where the streets are named after Dickens characters.