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
Awful lot of people who don’t live in Tasmania expressing strong opinions about this. None of our business!
A stadium on Hobart's waterfront has gained enough support to pass parliament, after independents Casey Hiscutt, Bec Thomas and Tania Rattray declared they would support the contentious project.
A vote to approve an AFL stadium on Hobart's waterfront will now pass
A stadium on Hobart's waterfront has gained enough support to pass parliament, after independents Casey Hiscutt, Bec Thomas and Tania Rattray declared they would support the contentious project.
www.abc.net.au
December 3, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Awful lot of people who don’t live in Tasmania expressing strong opinions about this. None of our business!
Kinda weird that the Afghanistan war was far more legally and morally justified than the Iraq war, yet Iraq turned out semi-sorta-OK whereas in Afghanistan we spent 20 years burning through lives and money to result in a reversion to the 2001 status quo. May as well’ve stayed home!
December 3, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Kinda weird that the Afghanistan war was far more legally and morally justified than the Iraq war, yet Iraq turned out semi-sorta-OK whereas in Afghanistan we spent 20 years burning through lives and money to result in a reversion to the 2001 status quo. May as well’ve stayed home!
Kind of wild to watch Americans arguing that circling back for a second go after your first extrajudicial murder was a bridge too far
December 3, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Kind of wild to watch Americans arguing that circling back for a second go after your first extrajudicial murder was a bridge too far
“It is presumably our duty to comply with such a request, and it is certainly our pleasure.”
December 2, 2025 at 10:43 AM
“It is presumably our duty to comply with such a request, and it is certainly our pleasure.”
I’m reading War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk, which it’s fair to say is more of a crowdpleasing adventure tale than The Caine Mutiny, but there’s a Holocaust scene in here which is one of the most upsetting pieces of fiction I’ve ever read
December 2, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I’m reading War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk, which it’s fair to say is more of a crowdpleasing adventure tale than The Caine Mutiny, but there’s a Holocaust scene in here which is one of the most upsetting pieces of fiction I’ve ever read
The Guardian’s Experience column is the wildest thing they publish because it alternates between stuff like “I have an eccentric hobby” and “I fell in a woodchipper”
incredible quote lol
November 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The Guardian’s Experience column is the wildest thing they publish because it alternates between stuff like “I have an eccentric hobby” and “I fell in a woodchipper”
Reposted by Shane Carrow
Martin Lewis, “Bay Windows” (1929), drypoint and sand ground, 19.9 x 30 cm.
November 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Martin Lewis, “Bay Windows” (1929), drypoint and sand ground, 19.9 x 30 cm.
1/3rd of Americans have always correctly hated him, 1/3rd of Americans are his base and will never abandon him, and now the 1/3rd of disengaged Americans who don’t pay attention to anything unless it’s in the news every day have started realising what a corrupt and mendacious asshole the guy is
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
1/3rd of Americans have always correctly hated him, 1/3rd of Americans are his base and will never abandon him, and now the 1/3rd of disengaged Americans who don’t pay attention to anything unless it’s in the news every day have started realising what a corrupt and mendacious asshole the guy is
I think if you are a fugitive on the run from the police, we shouldn’t keep paying you the dole.
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I think if you are a fugitive on the run from the police, we shouldn’t keep paying you the dole.
It is correct to note that getting it "right" (loaded term) for everyone is a mathematical impossibility. So why does the first half of the sentence remain?
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
It is correct to note that getting it "right" (loaded term) for everyone is a mathematical impossibility. So why does the first half of the sentence remain?
"Fifth most powerful country in Asia" is a real "second-longest wooden-piled jetty in the southern hemisphere" descriptor
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"Fifth most powerful country in Asia" is a real "second-longest wooden-piled jetty in the southern hemisphere" descriptor
To save you a click, he left overland via the Rafah crossing, the jet ski was the more traditional Libya to Lampedusa voyage
In an extraordinary journey, a Palestinian man used a jet ski to cross the Mediterranean Sea and reach Europe after he fled the war in Gaza.
He left Gaza and fled to Europe on a jet ski. Now he hopes to bring his family
In an extraordinary journey, a Palestinian man used a jet ski to cross the Mediterranean Sea and reach Europe after he fled the war in Gaza.
n.pr
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
To save you a click, he left overland via the Rafah crossing, the jet ski was the more traditional Libya to Lampedusa voyage
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
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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