Creative Catjk
@creativecatjk.bsky.social
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Creative, artistic, theatrey, engaged in the world people are my tribe. Reformed analyst.
Love and solidarity to you all (to quote Mona Eltahawy - it's her line, but the sentiment can be shared)
Creative, artistic, theatrey, engaged in the world people are my tribe. Reformed analyst.
Love and solidarity to you all (to quote Mona Eltahawy - it's her line, but the sentiment can be shared)
I watched 'The King' this evening. I have been relentlessly watching comedies and dramadies to save myself from the awfulness of everything, but my Beloved is in rebellion against my wall of 'puerile meaninglessness'. So, we watched The King.
And it was good. #streaming
And it was good. #streaming
November 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I watched 'The King' this evening. I have been relentlessly watching comedies and dramadies to save myself from the awfulness of everything, but my Beloved is in rebellion against my wall of 'puerile meaninglessness'. So, we watched The King.
And it was good. #streaming
And it was good. #streaming
I love this column: open.substack.com/pub/aliensid...
And this line: "the trousers have achieved sentience and used it to write a long think piece about disappointment"...
And this line: "the trousers have achieved sentience and used it to write a long think piece about disappointment"...
Aggressively unkempt
I did not expect this particular regret so late in life.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I love this column: open.substack.com/pub/aliensid...
And this line: "the trousers have achieved sentience and used it to write a long think piece about disappointment"...
And this line: "the trousers have achieved sentience and used it to write a long think piece about disappointment"...
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I used to believe that the ABC was unjustly underfunded.
Harder to prosecute that case when you find out how they spent their budget.
Harder to prosecute that case when you find out how they spent their budget.
October 31, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I used to believe that the ABC was unjustly underfunded.
Harder to prosecute that case when you find out how they spent their budget.
Harder to prosecute that case when you find out how they spent their budget.
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"So there was our PM - a man who talks and lives in all lower-case letters - sitting up at the table with the man who lives permanently in an all-caps world."
My latest article in The Shot: Mr Albanese Goes To Washington.
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theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
My latest article in The Shot: Mr Albanese Goes To Washington.
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theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Mr. Albanese goes to Washington - The Shot
Albanese’s pilgrimage to pay homage at the feet of our lords and masters, the United States of America, is over...
theshot.net.au
October 31, 2025 at 5:31 AM
"So there was our PM - a man who talks and lives in all lower-case letters - sitting up at the table with the man who lives permanently in an all-caps world."
My latest article in The Shot: Mr Albanese Goes To Washington.
😎
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
My latest article in The Shot: Mr Albanese Goes To Washington.
😎
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
I empathise most with this: "Like being a dickhead, the soul-crushing weight of this moment clearly operates on a spectrum, too." Yes. Though I quip about disillusionment with politicians, it's actually soul crushing to find that there is NO integrity to be found amongst the majority of your peers.
Here's me. '“People aren’t buying their shit anymore”: They think they can make you forget what you’ve seen'
“People aren't buying their shit anymore”: They think they can make you forget what you’ve seen - The Shot
Like colours, neurodivergence and political ideology, being a dickhead operates on a spectrum. From narcissistic middle managers, to people that...
theshot.net.au
October 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I empathise most with this: "Like being a dickhead, the soul-crushing weight of this moment clearly operates on a spectrum, too." Yes. Though I quip about disillusionment with politicians, it's actually soul crushing to find that there is NO integrity to be found amongst the majority of your peers.
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Well isn’t that just lovely - a shit deal on the environment to ensure the Orange Haemorrhoid is happy
October 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Well isn’t that just lovely - a shit deal on the environment to ensure the Orange Haemorrhoid is happy
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70yo Palestinian woman Alaf Abu Alia was beaten unconscious by illegal Israeli settlers (ie. invaders) while picking olives on her own land in the #WestBank. Israeli violence has escalated over the past 2yrs. Israelis have beaten and shot Palestinian farmers, and destroyed homes. #FreePalestine
October 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
70yo Palestinian woman Alaf Abu Alia was beaten unconscious by illegal Israeli settlers (ie. invaders) while picking olives on her own land in the #WestBank. Israeli violence has escalated over the past 2yrs. Israelis have beaten and shot Palestinian farmers, and destroyed homes. #FreePalestine
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Australians pay 4 times more in HECS repayments than the gas industry pays in Petroleum Resource Rent Tax!
Australia Institute analysis shows replacing the PRRT with a flat 25% tax on gas exports, as suggested by the ACTU, would raise over $17 billion a year.
#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
Australia Institute analysis shows replacing the PRRT with a flat 25% tax on gas exports, as suggested by the ACTU, would raise over $17 billion a year.
#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Australians pay 4 times more in HECS repayments than the gas industry pays in Petroleum Resource Rent Tax!
Australia Institute analysis shows replacing the PRRT with a flat 25% tax on gas exports, as suggested by the ACTU, would raise over $17 billion a year.
#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
Australia Institute analysis shows replacing the PRRT with a flat 25% tax on gas exports, as suggested by the ACTU, would raise over $17 billion a year.
#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
I watched Season 3 of The Diplomat over two nights... Nothing is as compelling as Season One... but I am still enjoying it.
#FaintPraise
#FaintPraise
October 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I watched Season 3 of The Diplomat over two nights... Nothing is as compelling as Season One... but I am still enjoying it.
#FaintPraise
#FaintPraise
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29 international COP climate talks have failed to deliver.
What's needed now is leadership. One major nation to honestly level with the public - then launch a wartime scale emergency program to electrify its economy, cutting emissions and making people better off.
www.nebriefing.org #TimeToStepUp
What's needed now is leadership. One major nation to honestly level with the public - then launch a wartime scale emergency program to electrify its economy, cutting emissions and making people better off.
www.nebriefing.org #TimeToStepUp
October 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
29 international COP climate talks have failed to deliver.
What's needed now is leadership. One major nation to honestly level with the public - then launch a wartime scale emergency program to electrify its economy, cutting emissions and making people better off.
www.nebriefing.org #TimeToStepUp
What's needed now is leadership. One major nation to honestly level with the public - then launch a wartime scale emergency program to electrify its economy, cutting emissions and making people better off.
www.nebriefing.org #TimeToStepUp
"There are only two kinds of politics..."
Which politics is the ALP in? #auspol
Which politics is the ALP in? #auspol
Well I was not expecting BILL NIGHY to be spitting facts today!
observer.co.uk/culture/inte...
observer.co.uk/culture/inte...
October 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"There are only two kinds of politics..."
Which politics is the ALP in? #auspol
Which politics is the ALP in? #auspol
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Barabbas to the Future…
Did Barabbas Loins predict the future of Barnaby Joyce?
Did Barabbas Loins predict the future of Barnaby Joyce?
October 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Barabbas to the Future…
Did Barabbas Loins predict the future of Barnaby Joyce?
Did Barabbas Loins predict the future of Barnaby Joyce?
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🚨 None of the UN IPCC models capture what NASA satellites are seeing.
We should assume and prepare for the worst, as there is a non-zero chance of 3°C of global warming by 2050.
We better assume that it will happen and/or try to make sure that it doesn't happen.
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We should assume and prepare for the worst, as there is a non-zero chance of 3°C of global warming by 2050.
We better assume that it will happen and/or try to make sure that it doesn't happen.
1/
October 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
🚨 None of the UN IPCC models capture what NASA satellites are seeing.
We should assume and prepare for the worst, as there is a non-zero chance of 3°C of global warming by 2050.
We better assume that it will happen and/or try to make sure that it doesn't happen.
1/
We should assume and prepare for the worst, as there is a non-zero chance of 3°C of global warming by 2050.
We better assume that it will happen and/or try to make sure that it doesn't happen.
1/
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Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMV) are preparing to burn 60,000 hectares inside the Snowy National Park.
www.geco.org.au/the_burning_...
www.geco.org.au/the_burning_...
The Burning Industry is Out of Control
Goongerah Environment Centre (GECO) has been working to protect East Gippsland's forests from logging since 1993. Using citizen science, non-violent direct action, political lobbying and public educat...
www.geco.org.au
October 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMV) are preparing to burn 60,000 hectares inside the Snowy National Park.
www.geco.org.au/the_burning_...
www.geco.org.au/the_burning_...
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Didn't even have the bottle to stick with changes to super that affected only the wealthiest 0.5%.
October 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Didn't even have the bottle to stick with changes to super that affected only the wealthiest 0.5%.
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The Great Australian Gambling, Mining and Banning Kids from the Internet Party.
October 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Great Australian Gambling, Mining and Banning Kids from the Internet Party.
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Gotta say @albomp.bsky.social sure does love capitulating to Tories.
October 13, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Gotta say @albomp.bsky.social sure does love capitulating to Tories.
I don't think Lidia Thorpe and I would metaphorically want to "burn it all down" for (exactly) the same reasons...
But I definitely think (literally) policing her for using that expression is over-reach, and not a good use of the AFP's time and resources. #auspol
But I definitely think (literally) policing her for using that expression is over-reach, and not a good use of the AFP's time and resources. #auspol
October 13, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I don't think Lidia Thorpe and I would metaphorically want to "burn it all down" for (exactly) the same reasons...
But I definitely think (literally) policing her for using that expression is over-reach, and not a good use of the AFP's time and resources. #auspol
But I definitely think (literally) policing her for using that expression is over-reach, and not a good use of the AFP's time and resources. #auspol
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They are so pathetic. There isn't a business lobby in existence they can't cave to.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Treasurer announces rework of stalled superannuation tax increase plan
Treasurer Jim Chalmers announces the federal government's stalled superannuation tax increases will be reworked after criticism over the plan.
www.abc.net.au
October 13, 2025 at 2:42 AM
They are so pathetic. There isn't a business lobby in existence they can't cave to.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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🌊 Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:16 AM
🌊 Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...