Shane Carrow
@shanecarrow.bsky.social
Writer, admirer of art, collector of useless scraps of information.
Melbourne, Australia.
Check out my adventure/horror novels here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Shane-Carrow/author/B01MY49ARP
Melbourne, Australia.
Check out my adventure/horror novels here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Shane-Carrow/author/B01MY49ARP
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Shane Carrow
@shanecarrow.bsky.social
· Mar 26
Book 4 of the Avery & Carter series, CULT OF THE KRAKEN, now available on Amazon in ebook and paperback: www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2F54SPL
Culture shock moment
November 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Culture shock moment
“Perhaps one thing AI is revealing is that a certain percentage of the population has no real interest in doing, learning, or enjoying anything at all.” countercraft.substack.com/p/short-litt...
Short Little Difficult Books
Novels that challenge with style, story, or form that you can read in a day.
countercraft.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 AM
“Perhaps one thing AI is revealing is that a certain percentage of the population has no real interest in doing, learning, or enjoying anything at all.” countercraft.substack.com/p/short-litt...
One of travelling’s small pleasures is arriving in a city you’ve never been to and immediately just walking around the local neighbourhood you’re staying in
November 19, 2025 at 7:04 AM
One of travelling’s small pleasures is arriving in a city you’ve never been to and immediately just walking around the local neighbourhood you’re staying in
Passed eight (!) marked and unmarked police cars heading north with lights and sirens as we drove into Wellington
November 19, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Passed eight (!) marked and unmarked police cars heading north with lights and sirens as we drove into Wellington
Reposted by Shane Carrow
I wonder if the journalists in the WH Press Pool have realized yet that Trump wishes he could do to them what MBS did to Khashoggi when they ask him questions he doesn’t like.
Reporter to MBS: "U.S. intelligence concluded that you orchestrated the brutal murder of a journalist..."
Trump: "Fake news...He's done a phenomenal job. You're mentioning someone who was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about…things happen."
Trump: "Fake news...He's done a phenomenal job. You're mentioning someone who was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about…things happen."
November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I wonder if the journalists in the WH Press Pool have realized yet that Trump wishes he could do to them what MBS did to Khashoggi when they ask him questions he doesn’t like.
I suppose there are plenty of professions that fellate themselves as much as journalists do, but the nature of the job means journos do it in full public view www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
Outnumbered, surrounded. The reporters you’d want in a showdown
Political reporters lead a strange existence. But consider for a moment, where we would be without them.
www.theage.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I suppose there are plenty of professions that fellate themselves as much as journalists do, but the nature of the job means journos do it in full public view www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
Pleased to report that Ice Discourse was raised as early as 1971, in a novel set in WWII
November 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Pleased to report that Ice Discourse was raised as early as 1971, in a novel set in WWII
Another beautiful day in New Zealand
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Another beautiful day in New Zealand
“Though Trump was prominently credited as writer and illustrator on every cover, in addition to appearing as a doodled version of himself in several “Molester’s Soap Box” columns… the president has vigorously disputed the series’ authenticity.” theonion.com/trump-denies...
Trump Denies Writing 36-Volume Comic Titled ‘Don And Jeff: Time Pedophiles’
WASHINGTON—Dismissing the swashbuckling sci-fi romp as “a total hoax” amid growing scrutiny over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, President Donald Trump made remarks Tuesday denying that he had ...
theonion.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“Though Trump was prominently credited as writer and illustrator on every cover, in addition to appearing as a doodled version of himself in several “Molester’s Soap Box” columns… the president has vigorously disputed the series’ authenticity.” theonion.com/trump-denies...
As a rule of thumb Victorian courts generally prefer not to remand offenders. This preference is applied apolitically and should not come as a surprise to anyone who reads the news from time to time.
So kids can be trialled and jailed like adults, but this nazi gets bail?
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell granted bail by Victorian judge
Neo Nazi Thomas Sewell had been granted bail after a Supreme Court judge found he would not pose an unacceptable risk to the community.
www.abc.net.au
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
As a rule of thumb Victorian courts generally prefer not to remand offenders. This preference is applied apolitically and should not come as a surprise to anyone who reads the news from time to time.
Now imagine what it’s like for those of us who aren’t even American
Been a real banner couple of weeks for those of us frustrated at the outsized role of New York in our politics huh
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Now imagine what it’s like for those of us who aren’t even American
It’s only “doomed” under the increasingly fanciful scenario that the Liberals are in a position to implement their policy platform any time this century
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It’s only “doomed” under the increasingly fanciful scenario that the Liberals are in a position to implement their policy platform any time this century
The notion of a civil war on an island you can basically throw a stone across is nuts
Photo of a Nauruan warrior in the Nauruan Civil War around 1880 wearing traditional battle armour.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauruan...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauruan...
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The notion of a civil war on an island you can basically throw a stone across is nuts
I’m definitely giving the Marine Traffic website a workout from this Airbnb
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I’m definitely giving the Marine Traffic website a workout from this Airbnb
I find it funny how much Brits still make convict jokes when the typical story of Australian immigration is basically them moving here in the 20th century for better wages and living standards
(My mum has unusually vivid memories of childhood deprivation because they moved back to Australia, with a considerably better standard of living for the 1950s)
November 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I find it funny how much Brits still make convict jokes when the typical story of Australian immigration is basically them moving here in the 20th century for better wages and living standards
Reposted by Shane Carrow
Harley,
‘Tes voeux sont exaucés, tu as la paix; maintenant’
(Your wishes are fulfilled, You have peace; Now),
“La Baïonnette”, Aug. 3, 1916
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
‘Tes voeux sont exaucés, tu as la paix; maintenant’
(Your wishes are fulfilled, You have peace; Now),
“La Baïonnette”, Aug. 3, 1916
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Harley,
‘Tes voeux sont exaucés, tu as la paix; maintenant’
(Your wishes are fulfilled, You have peace; Now),
“La Baïonnette”, Aug. 3, 1916
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
‘Tes voeux sont exaucés, tu as la paix; maintenant’
(Your wishes are fulfilled, You have peace; Now),
“La Baïonnette”, Aug. 3, 1916
gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...
I love the genre of tweet where Americans talk about how expensive their power/petrol/rent/grocery bill is and it’s like a fraction of the cost of anywhere else in the English-speaking world
i am a single adult living alone using an average of 19.5 kWh a day (between the electric dyer, the constant ~150w fishtank load, etc. I don't think that's bad, in fact it's pretty good) and my electric bill is $140
and politicians wonder why the pubic is mad as hell
and politicians wonder why the pubic is mad as hell
![Details of your electric charges
Your rate: Residential Service (RS)
Meter # [redacted] Usage
Actual reading Nov 6, 2025 14972
Less Actual reading Oct 8, 2025 14406
Total electric you used in 29 days 566 kWh
Delivery charges
Monthly service charge $6.00
Charges for delivering electric to you:
kWh charges 566 kWh x $0.059947 $33.93
Total electric delivery charges $39.93
Supply charges
Cost of electric:
Charges 566 kWh x $0.178074 $100.79
Total electric supply charges $100.79
Total electric charges $140.72](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j2kmiyhld5btzozgzwy3lc2m/bafkreib4t5wodkvgqtsikwmlqfmdfcxd5iteokxuzwhvspgxmuzy4zbsn4@jpeg)
November 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I love the genre of tweet where Americans talk about how expensive their power/petrol/rent/grocery bill is and it’s like a fraction of the cost of anywhere else in the English-speaking world
Reposted by Shane Carrow
“You’ll never make it work,” they said. “It’s hubris to even try it,” they said.
November 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“You’ll never make it work,” they said. “It’s hubris to even try it,” they said.
Beside the point but I am always taken aback by how the NSW Parliament resembles a modest colonial-era hotel in Singapore
A neo-Nazi rally outside the NSW parliament on Saturday morning was deemed "authorised" because police had chosen not to oppose the public assembly.
Neo-Nazi rally outside NSW parliament allowed to go ahead by police
A neo-Nazi rally outside the NSW parliament on Saturday morning was deemed "authorised" because police had chosen not to oppose the public assembly.
www.abc.net.au
November 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Beside the point but I am always taken aback by how the NSW Parliament resembles a modest colonial-era hotel in Singapore
Zero chance we see a republic referendum for another generation. The left would (rightly) refuse to countenance a fundamental constitutional change that doesn't also address the original sin of colonisation, but the broader public made clear in the last referendum they don't want to do that.
"It is not true that Australia has never experienced a revolution. Fifty years ago, the nation saw a bloodless coup where the underpinning conventions of our parliamentary democracy were overthrown."
Paul Bongiorno on the Dismissal: satpa.pe/WUSBsB1
Paul Bongiorno on the Dismissal: satpa.pe/WUSBsB1
An Australian coup: Reflecting on Whitlam’s dismissal
satpa.pe
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Zero chance we see a republic referendum for another generation. The left would (rightly) refuse to countenance a fundamental constitutional change that doesn't also address the original sin of colonisation, but the broader public made clear in the last referendum they don't want to do that.
The Short Empire flying boat, designed to service air routes across the British Empire in the 1930s and 1940s
November 8, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The Short Empire flying boat, designed to service air routes across the British Empire in the 1930s and 1940s
Was it also finger-on-the-pulse Virginia Trioli who complained about the cost of a tank of petrol, with the photo she posted while filling up revealing that she was driving a gas guzzling SUV?
Do I walk away from private insurance and trust that health challenges will have me seen promptly enough in the public system?
A trip to the dentist made me question my private health insurance
Do I walk away from private insurance and trust that health challenges will have me seen promptly enough in the public system?
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Was it also finger-on-the-pulse Virginia Trioli who complained about the cost of a tank of petrol, with the photo she posted while filling up revealing that she was driving a gas guzzling SUV?
Reposted by Shane Carrow
Artwork for the game Secret of Mana by Hiro Isono, 1993
November 7, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Artwork for the game Secret of Mana by Hiro Isono, 1993
As an aside it is so fucking depressing that he has dominated American politics for a solid 10 years now. That is more than a quarter of my life.
He is skilled, through practice alone if not talent - at performing on camera. It was his part time job for 40 year and full time job for 15. This has faded as he aged into senility, but was extremely evident in 2015 during tv appearances but especially during the GOP debates.
November 7, 2025 at 4:48 AM
As an aside it is so fucking depressing that he has dominated American politics for a solid 10 years now. That is more than a quarter of my life.
As an aside it is so fucking depressing that he has dominated American politics for a solid 10 years now. That is more than a quarter of my life.
He is skilled, through practice alone if not talent - at performing on camera. It was his part time job for 40 year and full time job for 15. This has faded as he aged into senility, but was extremely evident in 2015 during tv appearances but especially during the GOP debates.
November 7, 2025 at 4:44 AM
As an aside it is so fucking depressing that he has dominated American politics for a solid 10 years now. That is more than a quarter of my life.