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Earlie Girl
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Australian. American. San Franciscan, Sydney-sider turned farm girl learning to garden and care for sheep and guinea pigs. Would-be chicken mamma.
@nytimes has killed its audio app. Now there’s no way to download stories for offline listening (a huge issue if you live rural like me, where service drops out), and you also can’t queue up pieces to hear later. Big step backward.
October 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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September 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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The FBI came to my house to intimidate me because I’m critical of Trump.

And they wouldn’t let my girlfriend take a picture of their badges.

They had printouts of my posts.
August 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
After moving back to Australia after 21 years in the US, the political climate here feels more optimistic, in part because there are younger representatives in politics.
May 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
“Fail Caesar” - Maureen Dowd NYT
February 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“Rwanda chose its moment wisely to push farther into Congo … While the world and media are fixated on the first days of the Trump administration, Rwanda apparently saw an opportunity to act without consequence.”
Opinion | Congo Is Bleeding. Where Is the Outrage?
This is not the first time the world has overlooked violence in Congo.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Meanwhile, in Australia
February 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Here is my Federal Employment Termination story:
February 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Step two in gutting criminal justice. I can’t even contemplate what might be next.
Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace
Ross Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the internet to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances.
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM