Katy Tucker
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"When did the Australian dream go from owning your own home to owning somebody else’s?"
The question speaks volumes, not least of the moral corruption of our politicians, with many of them given over so deeply to this notion of prosperity, when the price is insecurity for others.
The question speaks volumes, not least of the moral corruption of our politicians, with many of them given over so deeply to this notion of prosperity, when the price is insecurity for others.
Our documentary SOLD! is now streaming on BINGE.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Mark Humphries: ‘When did the Australian dream go from owning your own home to owning somebody else’s?’
The TV satirist on the two-tier system of housing in Australia, his journey into comedy, and being held up at knife-point while working at a video store
www.theguardian.com
July 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
"When did the Australian dream go from owning your own home to owning somebody else’s?"
The question speaks volumes, not least of the moral corruption of our politicians, with many of them given over so deeply to this notion of prosperity, when the price is insecurity for others.
The question speaks volumes, not least of the moral corruption of our politicians, with many of them given over so deeply to this notion of prosperity, when the price is insecurity for others.
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www.theguardian.com/business/202...
So let's get this straight - they pay us (taxpayers) $1bn for DECADES of oil extraction, and then we pay them back about half that amount to help clean up the sites - okey dokey
So let's get this straight - they pay us (taxpayers) $1bn for DECADES of oil extraction, and then we pay them back about half that amount to help clean up the sites - okey dokey
Australian taxpayers on the hook to pay Chevron more than $500m to clean up oil wells
Deal struck in 1980s refunds about half of what the US multinational fossil fuel company paid in royalties, documents show
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
So let's get this straight - they pay us (taxpayers) $1bn for DECADES of oil extraction, and then we pay them back about half that amount to help clean up the sites - okey dokey
So let's get this straight - they pay us (taxpayers) $1bn for DECADES of oil extraction, and then we pay them back about half that amount to help clean up the sites - okey dokey
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Incredibly important reporting by Adele Ferguson and Four Corners this week on the for-profit child "care" industry. Every bit as upsetting as the aged care and NDIS investigations: rivers of gold from the govt into the pockets of those who have no interest in providing care to the most vulnerable.
'Every parent's worst nightmare': Child care put boy in highchair six hours a day
The child and others were left in highchairs for hours at a time, force fed, pinched, yanked, and thrown to the ground.
www.abc.net.au
March 17, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Incredibly important reporting by Adele Ferguson and Four Corners this week on the for-profit child "care" industry. Every bit as upsetting as the aged care and NDIS investigations: rivers of gold from the govt into the pockets of those who have no interest in providing care to the most vulnerable.
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"The Richest Person in the World" should be a highly respected sacrificial title. You achieve it and are allowed one day to enjoy it. And then we fling you into a holy volcano and redistribute your wealth to renew the cycle of life.
February 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"The Richest Person in the World" should be a highly respected sacrificial title. You achieve it and are allowed one day to enjoy it. And then we fling you into a holy volcano and redistribute your wealth to renew the cycle of life.
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A Brief History of School Today Is Too Easy
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February 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A Brief History of School Today Is Too Easy
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Birds. Just taking a moment to be grateful for birds. And dips. Everyone loves dips. Dips and birds. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Everyone loves dunking morsels of food in dips – and it turns out so do cockatoos | First Dog on the Moon
They ate the blueberry soy yoghurt right out of the dish by itself! Mad for it
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February 14, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Birds. Just taking a moment to be grateful for birds. And dips. Everyone loves dips. Dips and birds. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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You guys have fucked up so bad you made Quebec patriotic
Saw this video and had to share.
This was at the Bell Centre, never heard it so loud, this is Canadian unity 🇨🇦
#CanadianUnity
This was at the Bell Centre, never heard it so loud, this is Canadian unity 🇨🇦
#CanadianUnity
February 15, 2025 at 5:21 AM
You guys have fucked up so bad you made Quebec patriotic
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It truly breaks my heart that after we went through COVID, the burnt out OG public health workforce *and* new grads/early career folks who went into it all bc they saw how vital it was during a pandemic, are now being fired, losing their funding, & ultimately shown how little our field is valued
February 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
It truly breaks my heart that after we went through COVID, the burnt out OG public health workforce *and* new grads/early career folks who went into it all bc they saw how vital it was during a pandemic, are now being fired, losing their funding, & ultimately shown how little our field is valued
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10 people died after welfare payments wrongly cut off due to IT bugs in employment services system, discovered then ignored for 3 years. Ombo investigating. Govt won't turn off 'penalty zone' because private job agencies would lose profit briefings reveal. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
Exclusive: Ten dead after welfare glitch ignored by government
The government was informed of a glitch that caused more than a thousand people to be cut off from welfare payments but ignored it for more than three years because halting it would harm private provi...
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February 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
10 people died after welfare payments wrongly cut off due to IT bugs in employment services system, discovered then ignored for 3 years. Ombo investigating. Govt won't turn off 'penalty zone' because private job agencies would lose profit briefings reveal. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
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Happy birthday to Charles Darwin, who wrote one of the most poetic lines ever dropped in scientific writing:
"There is grandeur in this view of life - that from so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."
"There is grandeur in this view of life - that from so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."
February 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Happy birthday to Charles Darwin, who wrote one of the most poetic lines ever dropped in scientific writing:
"There is grandeur in this view of life - that from so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."
"There is grandeur in this view of life - that from so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."
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This is zero shade to Philly fans - you go have fun.
But it's always interesting how news outlets portray social disruption in the aftermath of sporting events vs social disruption in the form of political protest.
just food for thought.
But it's always interesting how news outlets portray social disruption in the aftermath of sporting events vs social disruption in the form of political protest.
just food for thought.
February 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
This is zero shade to Philly fans - you go have fun.
But it's always interesting how news outlets portray social disruption in the aftermath of sporting events vs social disruption in the form of political protest.
just food for thought.
But it's always interesting how news outlets portray social disruption in the aftermath of sporting events vs social disruption in the form of political protest.
just food for thought.
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Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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Guys: The stuff going on at the National Archives is *nuts*. Much worse than is being reported. Full story here. (Unlocked for everyone today.) www.thebulwark.com/p/the-story-...
The Story of Us
Trump takes control of the National Archives. (Maybe.) Plus: a thank you.
www.thebulwark.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Guys: The stuff going on at the National Archives is *nuts*. Much worse than is being reported. Full story here. (Unlocked for everyone today.) www.thebulwark.com/p/the-story-...
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These tariffs could hurt guys with totally real girlfriends who live in Canada.
Trump and Elon might really be messing with their own base here.
Trump and Elon might really be messing with their own base here.
February 2, 2025 at 6:39 AM
These tariffs could hurt guys with totally real girlfriends who live in Canada.
Trump and Elon might really be messing with their own base here.
Trump and Elon might really be messing with their own base here.
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"Walmart makes the places it operates in poorer than they would be if it had never shown up at all. Sometimes consumer prices are an incomplete, even misleading, signal of economic well-being."
Fascinating studies on the broader effects of Walmart:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Fascinating studies on the broader effects of Walmart:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Walmart Effect
New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.
www.theatlantic.com
January 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"Walmart makes the places it operates in poorer than they would be if it had never shown up at all. Sometimes consumer prices are an incomplete, even misleading, signal of economic well-being."
Fascinating studies on the broader effects of Walmart:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Fascinating studies on the broader effects of Walmart:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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thinking about agnes denes' "wheatfield" today, turns out it's more complicated than I remember... like it took 4 months of constant labor to protect it from plant diseases... and the hay was donated to the NYPD news.artnet.com/art-world/ag...
January 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
thinking about agnes denes' "wheatfield" today, turns out it's more complicated than I remember... like it took 4 months of constant labor to protect it from plant diseases... and the hay was donated to the NYPD news.artnet.com/art-world/ag...
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mine will always be the sperm whale who reacted to a Roman soldier throwing a bottle at him off the Byzantine coast by sinking every ship he could off that coast for the next 60 years and had the emperor declare him an enemy of the state and name him after the Titan who attacked mount olympus
About once a week I think fondly of my personal icon, the elephant who trampled a woman and then came back later to trample her some more at her funeral.
conversation I had with a ranger at Corbett National Tiger Reserve
me: whats the most dangerous animal in the jungle? Tiger?
him: elephant
me: what about in the water
him: elephant
me: you don't understand, I mean aquatic animal
him: no you don't understand, don't fuck with elephant
me: whats the most dangerous animal in the jungle? Tiger?
him: elephant
me: what about in the water
him: elephant
me: you don't understand, I mean aquatic animal
him: no you don't understand, don't fuck with elephant
January 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
mine will always be the sperm whale who reacted to a Roman soldier throwing a bottle at him off the Byzantine coast by sinking every ship he could off that coast for the next 60 years and had the emperor declare him an enemy of the state and name him after the Titan who attacked mount olympus
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insane how covid meant loads of companies realised they could save money by having people work remotely AND it improved work-life balance AND increased productivity. but now everyone needs to Return To The Office because the real estate market relies on everyone pretending office blocks are needed
December 23, 2024 at 12:50 AM
insane how covid meant loads of companies realised they could save money by having people work remotely AND it improved work-life balance AND increased productivity. but now everyone needs to Return To The Office because the real estate market relies on everyone pretending office blocks are needed
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I’ve had two near-death experiences in my lifetime. One was when I got hit by a truck on my motor scooter and the other was when I didn’t dry myself well enough after a swim and got trapped in a sports bra.
November 24, 2024 at 7:19 AM
I’ve had two near-death experiences in my lifetime. One was when I got hit by a truck on my motor scooter and the other was when I didn’t dry myself well enough after a swim and got trapped in a sports bra.
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I checked with an editor at the NYT Magazine this week and they just… don’t publish poems anymore.
People underestimated the impact of Boyer’s refusal at the time but whew. Powerful refusal.
People underestimated the impact of Boyer’s refusal at the time but whew. Powerful refusal.
Anne Boyer has resigned as the poetry editor of the New York Times magazine: “Because our status quo is self-expression, sometimes all artists have left is to refuse. So I refuse.”
November 15, 2024 at 3:12 PM
I checked with an editor at the NYT Magazine this week and they just… don’t publish poems anymore.
People underestimated the impact of Boyer’s refusal at the time but whew. Powerful refusal.
People underestimated the impact of Boyer’s refusal at the time but whew. Powerful refusal.