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Call the Nightingale

@oldlights.bsky.social

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Aspiring author, reluctant world traveller, and astonishingly cynical occasional analyst of international politics. Some things I just do for me. The best hope for all humanity is respect for the law. A law men don't respect is no law at all.

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Call the Nightingale @oldlights.bsky.social · Feb 15

Call the nightingale
There is heartache on your lips
And your heart's a foreign house
And your soul is full of rips
But don't be scared of the dark
It's been less bite and more bark
Don't be scared of the end
Life always begins again

Call the Nightingale @oldlights.bsky.social · Aug 2

Honestly, I thought this whole move was supposed to make me less depressed.
I guess I'm out of bed and facing the ruins of the world head on, so...

Call the Nightingale @oldlights.bsky.social · Aug 2

Best idea I've heard for ending this nonsense was giving Netanyahu immunity so he'll step down and go away.

Who said that? Oh.
www.jpost.com/israel-news/...

Donald Trump’s call for Benjamin Netanyahu pardon ignites debate | The Jerusalem Post

Trump's comments sparked a public storm in Israel on Thursday, with Likud echoing the call. Other figures defended sovereign immunity, saying the US shouldn't interfere,

www.jpost.com

Call the Nightingale @oldlights.bsky.social · Aug 2

Must be nice to believe in fairy tales.

Call the Nightingale @oldlights.bsky.social · Aug 2

But hey. Power to the people, right?

Call the Nightingale @oldlights.bsky.social · Aug 2

Anyone who's not convinced by ongoing video coverage isn't going to be convinced by Lees and his merry men.
And as much as people like to dress it up, the protests didn't move the needle one bit. Actual people with power in the halls of power reached their own conclusions without reference.

Call the Nightingale @oldlights.bsky.social · Aug 2

The right to protest is upheld.
The protest itself will, of course, be much sound and fury, signifying nothing.
But if we banned things for being inconvenient and largely useless, we'd have to ban the New South Wales parliament.
Godspeed, Palestinian Action Group.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

NSW supreme court rules in favour of pro-Palestine march across Sydney Harbour Bridge

Palestine Action Group claims up to 50,000 people will take part in the march which is scheduled to take place on Sunday

www.theguardian.com

Call the Nightingale @oldlights.bsky.social · Jul 23

I have been, at a minimum, sick for 60% of my time here, and most of the remainder has been me being injured.
I'm not sure my luck will be better in Melbourne, but at least the infrastructure will be there.

Call the Nightingale @oldlights.bsky.social · Jul 23

Really not sure why this Calvinist work ethic is a thing here.

Call the Nightingale @oldlights.bsky.social · Jul 23

Make Australia Denmark again!
I mean, I'm not sure I see the problem with becoming a European welfare state. The Liberals should support it. We're already at European welfare state immigration rhetoric.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Australia risks becoming a ‘welfare state’ without spending, productivity fixes

The Reserve Bank was split on a rate cut at its last meeting – now the minutes reveal why six board members voted against change.

www.smh.com.au

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Call the Nightingale @oldlights.bsky.social · Jul 12

98% finished on the novel!
The knowledge this has probably been a terrible waste of time and money and my life is omnipresent, but I'm trying to take steps forward to finish anyway.
Lose 100% of the swings you don't take and so on.

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Call the Nightingale @oldlights.bsky.social · Jul 12

I hate dmming people, so I'd rather ask you. Sorry if it's out of line. Does she work independently or only through publishers?

Call the Nightingale @oldlights.bsky.social · Jul 9

I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired, and moving to Melbourne because I literally nearly died in Armidale twice and need better medical care both sucks the joy out of it and is as harsh an indictment of New South Wales' treatment of its regions as I can imagine.

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Jordan Shiveley (Dread Singles) @jordanshiveley.bsky.social · Jul 9

The thing that sucks about the Unbound/Boundless scandal is not just that they stole a life changing amount of money from me ($15k+) They did do that. But what hurts the most is that they’ve derailed any momentum my debut novel was achieving (you only have one of those in your entire career)

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Call the Nightingale @oldlights.bsky.social · Jul 9

I'm sure lots of people imagine some noble moment where piracy and blackmail inspires the Israelis to alter their calculus, but it won't and, frankly, shouldn't.

Call the Nightingale @oldlights.bsky.social · Jul 9

I'm actually impressed by how ineffective Ansar Allah is. It's difficult to fail more than a drumming circle, but here we are.
I genuinely don't see the point.

Call the Nightingale @oldlights.bsky.social · Jul 9

the net effect of Houthi efforts on Israeli treatment of the Palestinians? somehow LESS than the nothing of protests, die ins, and attempts to burn down synagogues.
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Yemen Houthis sink second Red Sea cargo ship in a week

At least three of the 25 people on board the Eternity C were killed after it was attacked by the Iran-backed group.

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Call the Nightingale @oldlights.bsky.social · Jul 8

It's the sort of thing that if it didn't involve zombies would probably cost five times as much.

Call the Nightingale @oldlights.bsky.social · Jul 8

No one told me there was a new edition of International Politics and Zombies, the best book on international politics that people will dismiss because it involves zombies.

Call the Nightingale @oldlights.bsky.social · Jul 7

Donald Trump is rrrrrrrrrrr...
Trump is rrrrrrriiiiii
The President is r...
The orange man is not entirely incorrect.
There. Oy, my head.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump says Musk is ‘off the rails’ and calls his new political party ‘ridiculous’

US president railed against his former adviser online after tech billionaire said he will start and bankroll America party

www.theguardian.com

Call the Nightingale @oldlights.bsky.social · Jul 7

Look, this girl is having a bad day and shall take my wins where I may find them.

Call the Nightingale @oldlights.bsky.social · Jul 7

Hahaha seven dollars! I bet it's actually worth much less because of the yellowish pages but look at some of these names!

Call the Nightingale @oldlights.bsky.social · Jul 7

I WIN.

Robert Bloch, L Sprague de Camp, Theodore Sturgeon, and some other names.

Call the Nightingale @oldlights.bsky.social · Jul 7

But, again, buy book 2 new if you can afford it, to support her... And then just never read it. That's better for everyone.

Call the Nightingale @oldlights.bsky.social · Jul 7

I've already sung the song of waiting almost my entire life for book three of this series, but I do want to reiterate that people complaining about Martin really need their perspective checked.
Anyway, last I heard she's doing better personally, which is good.

Call the Nightingale @oldlights.bsky.social · Jul 7

Not seen: books up to date with modern scientific thought or wrong in interesting ways, at least to me. Used popular science books, unless you're plundering them for references for similarly out of date science books, are always a problem.