Sunil Badami
@sunilbadami.bsky.social
bon vivant raconteur flâneur. All views my ownsome. Glad to be here and out of Parler (the app formerly known as Twitter).
So thrilled and honoured to be chatting to these brilliant authors @gleebooks.bsky.social next week, thanks to @copyright.com.au and Perpetual! Hope to see you there! #booksky #auslit #MFLA #MilesFranklin
👏 Congrats to the shortlisted authors of #auslit premier prize 2025 #MilesFranklin Literary Award! Meet shortlisted authors Winnie Dunn, Justine Janson & Siang Lu in an exclusive showcase presented by @copyright.com.au & Perpetual next Wednesday 2 July! #booksky 📚
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June 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
So thrilled and honoured to be chatting to these brilliant authors @gleebooks.bsky.social next week, thanks to @copyright.com.au and Perpetual! Hope to see you there! #booksky #auslit #MFLA #MilesFranklin
Is it really so hard to give a little wave after I let you in? I'll be chatting to @Brigitte Duclos on ABC Melbourne at 12:30pm today about my petty road gripes in @australia.theguardian.com. Call on 1300 222 774 & share your road rage!
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
My petty gripe: I graciously let your car in, now where’s my bloody thank you wave?
I’m a considerate driver. I don’t hog the right lane. I never tailgate. And I let people in ahead of me. But woe betide you if I don’t get acknowledgement
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Is it really so hard to give a little wave after I let you in? I'll be chatting to @Brigitte Duclos on ABC Melbourne at 12:30pm today about my petty road gripes in @australia.theguardian.com. Call on 1300 222 774 & share your road rage!
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Who else is watching #Conclave tonight? Boss move by Pope Francis to not only die after rebuking #MascaraMan JD Vance but on Easter. Still, a more interesting election than #auspol, that’s for sure. #AustraliaVotes25 #VaticanVotes25
a bald man wearing glasses and a red cape
Alt: a bald cardinal wearing glasses and a red cape laughing
media.tenor.com
April 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Who else is watching #Conclave tonight? Boss move by Pope Francis to not only die after rebuking #MascaraMan JD Vance but on Easter. Still, a more interesting election than #auspol, that’s for sure. #AustraliaVotes25 #VaticanVotes25
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did jd vance kill the pope?
April 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
did jd vance kill the pope?
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In a difficult year being unemployed, I learned what success really means | Sunil Badami
In a difficult year being unemployed, I learned what success really means | Sunil Badami
For most of that year, I didn’t tell anyone. I didn’t want to burden them with my troubles. And, to be honest, I felt ashamed
From finance to academia, on radio and TV and even in a Kings Cross sex shop, I’ve had a diverse range of jobs, most largely freelance, casual or contract.
I loved doing new things, learning new skills and meeting new people. I was so busy for so long, with so many contracts overlapping each other, that I often didn’t have much time for anything else. By August 2023, I was burnt out.
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April 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
In a difficult year being unemployed, I learned what success really means | Sunil Badami
I came out as unemployed today. Luckily I didn’t have to “survive” on #Jobseeker or bear the pointless cruelties of “mutual obligation” but it was still hard. We talk about mental illness. So why is it still so hard to talk about being unemployed? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In a difficult year being unemployed, I learned what success really means | Sunil Badami
For most of that year, I didn’t tell anyone. I didn’t want to burden them with my troubles. And, to be honest, I felt ashamed
www.theguardian.com
April 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I came out as unemployed today. Luckily I didn’t have to “survive” on #Jobseeker or bear the pointless cruelties of “mutual obligation” but it was still hard. We talk about mental illness. So why is it still so hard to talk about being unemployed? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I fully endorse this. I gorge on Shepards March to May. Hasses are terrible. Always rot fast, mushy, bitter. Sheps are sweet, creamy, last forever. Love them. I’ll die on this green hill. I shall never want.
www.smh.com.au/culture/come...
www.smh.com.au/culture/come...
Kiss my Hass: Why Shepards are the superior avocado
I’m not usually one for patriotism, but preferring Shepards over Hass is basically a civic duty.
www.smh.com.au
April 19, 2025 at 9:44 AM
I fully endorse this. I gorge on Shepards March to May. Hasses are terrible. Always rot fast, mushy, bitter. Sheps are sweet, creamy, last forever. Love them. I’ll die on this green hill. I shall never want.
www.smh.com.au/culture/come...
www.smh.com.au/culture/come...
Funny and sad to think any of these ragers still alive are in their 70s and 80s. And they look like they’re having the kind of times you had when you didn’t have to worry about “virality” #goodtimes #studio54 #yolo
‘Everybody seemed thrilled they’d made it inside’: sizzling images from Studio 54 – in pictures
The disco mecca was arguably the most famous nightclub of all time – and certainly the most decadent. Between 1978 and 1980, Tod Papageorge captured its glamorous dancers and drinkers
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Funny and sad to think any of these ragers still alive are in their 70s and 80s. And they look like they’re having the kind of times you had when you didn’t have to worry about “virality” #goodtimes #studio54 #yolo
When @ginachick.bsky.social discovered her grandmother's identity, she went in search of her. She'll be talking to her mum Suzanne in a special event @gleebooks.bsky.social this Friday about their Search for Charmian. Selling fast! gleebooks.com.au/event/suzann... @simonandschuster.bsky.social
I went searching for the grandmother I never met. Under a tree where she once sat with Leonard Cohen, I broke | Gina Chick
When adoption laws changed in Australia, we discovered her name: Charmian Clift. I felt instant recognition. This explained everything
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:01 AM
When @ginachick.bsky.social discovered her grandmother's identity, she went in search of her. She'll be talking to her mum Suzanne in a special event @gleebooks.bsky.social this Friday about their Search for Charmian. Selling fast! gleebooks.com.au/event/suzann... @simonandschuster.bsky.social
I’ve been reading Walton Goggins’ Indian travel blog. It’s a magic carpet ride. With lotuses. Some white. hindutoyoutoo.blogspot.com/2009/03/peop...
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hindutoyoutoo.blogspot.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I’ve been reading Walton Goggins’ Indian travel blog. It’s a magic carpet ride. With lotuses. Some white. hindutoyoutoo.blogspot.com/2009/03/peop...
I'm #TeamOctopus. 🐙
Octopus latches onto a snorkeller, sprays blinding ink in his face and tries to choke him after after he pokes at its home.
Octopus latches onto a snorkeller, sprays blinding ink in his face and tries to choke him after after he pokes at its home.
Moment octopus STRANGLES diver after spraying blinding ink in his face
THIS is the horrific moment an aggressive octopus latches onto a snorkeler and nearly strangles him after its home was disturbed. Viral footage showed the eight-limbed creature in a nightmare scena…
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March 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I'm #TeamOctopus. 🐙
Octopus latches onto a snorkeller, sprays blinding ink in his face and tries to choke him after after he pokes at its home.
Octopus latches onto a snorkeller, sprays blinding ink in his face and tries to choke him after after he pokes at its home.
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We’ve hosted some of the world’s best authors over the years, and now, we’d like to share some of them with you in our new podcast #Gleetalks! Check out our first yarn with the inimitable @ronnisalt.bsky.social 🧂about her ripper new novel #Gunnewah hot off the presses!
gleebooks.com.au/gleetalks/
gleebooks.com.au/gleetalks/
January 8, 2025 at 3:35 AM
We’ve hosted some of the world’s best authors over the years, and now, we’d like to share some of them with you in our new podcast #Gleetalks! Check out our first yarn with the inimitable @ronnisalt.bsky.social 🧂about her ripper new novel #Gunnewah hot off the presses!
gleebooks.com.au/gleetalks/
gleebooks.com.au/gleetalks/
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It still astonishes me that more people in politics and our media pretend to be concerned about kids having missed school than kids having been killed or sickened by Covid.
COVID-19 is a leading cause of death in children and young people in
A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford’s Department of Computer Science has found that, between 2021 and 2022, COVID-19 was a leading cause of death in children and young people
www.ox.ac.uk
December 17, 2024 at 4:38 PM
It still astonishes me that more people in politics and our media pretend to be concerned about kids having missed school than kids having been killed or sickened by Covid.
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Australia is leading the way by banning access to the covid vaccine for kids under 18.
Only exception is if they have risk factors/severely immunocompromised - and in that case, good luck finding it because almost everywhere stopped stocking kids’ doses years ago due to lack of eligibility.
Only exception is if they have risk factors/severely immunocompromised - and in that case, good luck finding it because almost everywhere stopped stocking kids’ doses years ago due to lack of eligibility.
December 17, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Australia is leading the way by banning access to the covid vaccine for kids under 18.
Only exception is if they have risk factors/severely immunocompromised - and in that case, good luck finding it because almost everywhere stopped stocking kids’ doses years ago due to lack of eligibility.
Only exception is if they have risk factors/severely immunocompromised - and in that case, good luck finding it because almost everywhere stopped stocking kids’ doses years ago due to lack of eligibility.
I never cared for Bros when they were famous but this interview is wild. The last three quotes alone worth the price of admission. Like Spinal Tap swallowed too much Crème Brûlée. Surely subs must have considered the headline “When he was, he was once famous.” 🎶 www.theguardian.com/music/2024/d...
Matt Goss on love, loss and his brother Luke: ‘I don’t want to lie any more. We’re completely estranged’
The Bros frontman is back touring the UK after an 11-year Vegas residency. He discusses mega-fame, political correctness, loneliness and the joy of long-term success
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2024 at 12:31 PM
I never cared for Bros when they were famous but this interview is wild. The last three quotes alone worth the price of admission. Like Spinal Tap swallowed too much Crème Brûlée. Surely subs must have considered the headline “When he was, he was once famous.” 🎶 www.theguardian.com/music/2024/d...
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The coffee Doritos were not as bad as they sound. And they actually tasted like coffee with one sugar! Not sure if they woke me up, though, and I can’t work out what they’d go with other than chocolate flavoured Doritos.
November 25, 2024 at 5:43 AM
The coffee Doritos were not as bad as they sound. And they actually tasted like coffee with one sugar! Not sure if they woke me up, though, and I can’t work out what they’d go with other than chocolate flavoured Doritos.
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What happened when a Canadian city stopped evicting homeless camps
What happened when a Canadian city stopped evicting homeless camps
Faced with a housing and homelessness crisis, Halifax has set aside city sites for people to live in tents. Not everyone is behind the plan.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2024 at 5:40 AM
What happened when a Canadian city stopped evicting homeless camps
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Love this.
November 19, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Love this.
I first met the irrepressible Eileen Kramer in 2014, just after she'd returned to Australia after 60 years dancing across the globe. She hadn't yet turned 100, and I hadn't yet started broadcasting my show Sunday Takeaway on ABC Radio.
November 18, 2024 at 4:43 AM
I first met the irrepressible Eileen Kramer in 2014, just after she'd returned to Australia after 60 years dancing across the globe. She hadn't yet turned 100, and I hadn't yet started broadcasting my show Sunday Takeaway on ABC Radio.
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The gap between the promise of the planning application … & the dismal disappointment of delivery (view in same position)
Aust we have huge problems on the design, construction, environmental performance & cost of our housing.
Beyond planning, just not building well or enough
Aust we have huge problems on the design, construction, environmental performance & cost of our housing.
Beyond planning, just not building well or enough
November 16, 2024 at 6:07 AM
The gap between the promise of the planning application … & the dismal disappointment of delivery (view in same position)
Aust we have huge problems on the design, construction, environmental performance & cost of our housing.
Beyond planning, just not building well or enough
Aust we have huge problems on the design, construction, environmental performance & cost of our housing.
Beyond planning, just not building well or enough
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Jake Paul fight RFK Jr. next
November 16, 2024 at 5:41 AM
Jake Paul fight RFK Jr. next