Wendy Harmer
@wendyharmer.bsky.social
Broadcaster, author, columnist,stand-up.
Memoir "Lies My Mirror Told Me" with all you need to know about me (and a lot you don’t) Living in Collaroy-Narrabeen. Northern Beaches. NSW. OZ
Memoir "Lies My Mirror Told Me" with all you need to know about me (and a lot you don’t) Living in Collaroy-Narrabeen. Northern Beaches. NSW. OZ
It's "Giving Tuesday" - so chuck in a few $ for your fave charity.
@edolawyers.bsky.social are doubling donations today.
Making good trouble!
@edolawyers.bsky.social are doubling donations today.
Making good trouble!
December 2, 2025 at 1:41 AM
It's "Giving Tuesday" - so chuck in a few $ for your fave charity.
@edolawyers.bsky.social are doubling donations today.
Making good trouble!
@edolawyers.bsky.social are doubling donations today.
Making good trouble!
Watched "Chopper" again last night.
In the same vein as " Mr Inbetween", our distinctly Australian contribution to crime drama. Darkly comic.
You scold yourself for laughing and feeling sympathy... but when it turns... it's even more horrifying for that.
Both brilliant.
In the same vein as " Mr Inbetween", our distinctly Australian contribution to crime drama. Darkly comic.
You scold yourself for laughing and feeling sympathy... but when it turns... it's even more horrifying for that.
Both brilliant.
December 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Watched "Chopper" again last night.
In the same vein as " Mr Inbetween", our distinctly Australian contribution to crime drama. Darkly comic.
You scold yourself for laughing and feeling sympathy... but when it turns... it's even more horrifying for that.
Both brilliant.
In the same vein as " Mr Inbetween", our distinctly Australian contribution to crime drama. Darkly comic.
You scold yourself for laughing and feeling sympathy... but when it turns... it's even more horrifying for that.
Both brilliant.
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Nesting offences.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
December 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Nesting offences.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
Hard to find this disaster on the front pages of the nation's online news ... our nearest neighbours.
Torrential rain has left Sri Lanka and parts of Indonesia's Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia under water
Floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand leave close to 1,000 dead
Torrential rain has left Sri Lanka and parts of Indonesia's Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia under water
bit.ly
December 1, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Hard to find this disaster on the front pages of the nation's online news ... our nearest neighbours.
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Help! Sign & share the petition to save the State Library of Victoria from rolling crises, gallery closures, harassment/jettisoning of staff & new cuts to destroy services for children & adults. c.org/Hj9G9WSg2f. (Or change.org, search Save The State Library of Victoria.) #StateLibrary #librarians
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Save the State Library of Victoria!
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December 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Help! Sign & share the petition to save the State Library of Victoria from rolling crises, gallery closures, harassment/jettisoning of staff & new cuts to destroy services for children & adults. c.org/Hj9G9WSg2f. (Or change.org, search Save The State Library of Victoria.) #StateLibrary #librarians
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"Even if it were possible, there’s not an age I’d choose to relive,” writes Wendy Harmer. “Every decade comes with its own singular, immutable character. Its achievements, joys, trials and tribulations.”
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The comforts and conundrums of ageing
As the average life span extends ever closer to 100 years, and possibly more in the not too distant future, what are we to do with this extra time on Earth?
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November 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
"Even if it were possible, there’s not an age I’d choose to relive,” writes Wendy Harmer. “Every decade comes with its own singular, immutable character. Its achievements, joys, trials and tribulations.”
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A little something from me @thesaturdaypaper.com.au on ageing.
(Guaranteed zero advice)
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/life/2025/11...
(Guaranteed zero advice)
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/life/2025/11...
The comforts and conundrums of ageing
As the average life span extends ever closer to 100 years, and possibly more in the not too distant future, what are we to do with this extra time on Earth?
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
A little something from me @thesaturdaypaper.com.au on ageing.
(Guaranteed zero advice)
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/life/2025/11...
(Guaranteed zero advice)
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/life/2025/11...
Phew - only three days until I can stop railing about Christmas decorations being up in November.
And I've got about four weeks until I start whingeing about Easter Eggs.
And I've got about four weeks until I start whingeing about Easter Eggs.
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Phew - only three days until I can stop railing about Christmas decorations being up in November.
And I've got about four weeks until I start whingeing about Easter Eggs.
And I've got about four weeks until I start whingeing about Easter Eggs.
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Honestly, the great thing about AI is it’s going to free up so much spare time for us to be misinformed and out of work.
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Honestly, the great thing about AI is it’s going to free up so much spare time for us to be misinformed and out of work.
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This is a very, strong column about recent planning changes in NSW by Elizabeth Farrelly. Strange that this legislation has not had more discussion…
Prohibiting the public interest
The new New South Wales Environmental Planning and Assessment (Planning System Reforms) Bill 2025, which slid through parliament in November with bipartisan support and little press coverage, is “trus...
architectureau.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
This is a very, strong column about recent planning changes in NSW by Elizabeth Farrelly. Strange that this legislation has not had more discussion…
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"...by 2050, Darwin residents can expect to swelter for over a third of the year with temperatures above 35°C, an increase of 92 days...Current climate and environmental policy in Australia is sacrificing the safety and survival of communities for corporate profits..."
I love Northern Australia, and it breaks my heart what's happening and is planned for this region. More people need to know why this place is so special and what's at risk, so I wrote about it. My first article for @australiainstitute.org.au's The Point. thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Northern Australia is extraordinary, and it’s under severe threat
Right now, this region, is under siege, in large part due to insatiable corporate and government desires to ‘develop’ the North.
thepoint.com.au
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"...by 2050, Darwin residents can expect to swelter for over a third of the year with temperatures above 35°C, an increase of 92 days...Current climate and environmental policy in Australia is sacrificing the safety and survival of communities for corporate profits..."
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Yet another political crony-boy cannons into a funds-starved public cultural institution. Weapons lobbyist & previously-not-notably-arts-adjacent political pensioner Christopher Pyne appointed to our National Library Council.
What a brain-dead dumb, completely shite appointment. @tonyburkemp.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Yet another political crony-boy cannons into a funds-starved public cultural institution. Weapons lobbyist & previously-not-notably-arts-adjacent political pensioner Christopher Pyne appointed to our National Library Council.
Well, this is total garbage!
We need MORE R&D, not less, at this critical time... to be out front in innovation.
World leaders.
We have the smarts, the will and the energy.
WTF @albomp.bsky.social !!
We need MORE R&D, not less, at this critical time... to be out front in innovation.
World leaders.
We have the smarts, the will and the energy.
WTF @albomp.bsky.social !!
Who would think that at this point in Australia’s economic transition we should be spending more, not less, on research and development…
Imagine if we taxed the gas industry and pant more on R&D…crazy talk … #cliamte
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Imagine if we taxed the gas industry and pant more on R&D…crazy talk … #cliamte
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research
The announcement this week that CSIRO are to cut 350 research jobs is another damning indictment on Australia’s ongoing failure to prioritise research and development.
thepoint.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Well, this is total garbage!
We need MORE R&D, not less, at this critical time... to be out front in innovation.
World leaders.
We have the smarts, the will and the energy.
WTF @albomp.bsky.social !!
We need MORE R&D, not less, at this critical time... to be out front in innovation.
World leaders.
We have the smarts, the will and the energy.
WTF @albomp.bsky.social !!
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Oh, just saw this ... what a surprise!
Investigative reporter says "heavy" redactions possible in Epstein files release
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Investigative reporter says ‘heavy’ redactions possible in Epstein files release | CNN
Julie K. Brown joins The Lead.
tinyurl.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Oh, just saw this ... what a surprise!
If there's not a team that has been assiduously going through the Epstein Files and expunging any mention of Trump and his cronies ... then I've got a bridge to sell you.
They will be both weaponised and worthless.
They will be both weaponised and worthless.
November 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
If there's not a team that has been assiduously going through the Epstein Files and expunging any mention of Trump and his cronies ... then I've got a bridge to sell you.
They will be both weaponised and worthless.
They will be both weaponised and worthless.
It's always "follow the money" ...
Elon Musk showing back up in Washington for the first time in 6 months for the sole purpose of feting a notorious Saudi murderer is so on brand
Musk Is Back in Politics. Does He Want to Stay a While?
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:39 AM
It's always "follow the money" ...
Is there any oversight ... at all ... where the ubiquitous sushi stalls in every shopping centre, mall, airport, etc. that offer only salmon, source their produce??
It is from diseased Tasmanian salmon farms?
Time to get this industry and its outlets under proper scutiny!
It is from diseased Tasmanian salmon farms?
Time to get this industry and its outlets under proper scutiny!
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Is there any oversight ... at all ... where the ubiquitous sushi stalls in every shopping centre, mall, airport, etc. that offer only salmon, source their produce??
It is from diseased Tasmanian salmon farms?
Time to get this industry and its outlets under proper scutiny!
It is from diseased Tasmanian salmon farms?
Time to get this industry and its outlets under proper scutiny!
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Close the salmon farms. Save the rock lobsters.
New: "Minister Gavin Pearce has confirmed the closure of the commercial rock lobster fishery near diseased salmon pens south of D’Entrecasteaux Channel, citing concerns that antibiotic residues could prompt Japan and China to ban imports of Tasmania’s $90-million southern rock lobster industry."
Minister Confirms Antibiotics Close Rock Lobster Fishery
Japanese and Chinese markets at risk
tasmaniantimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Close the salmon farms. Save the rock lobsters.
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Every time there's a COP, there's more highly paid, well connected and determined fossil lobbyists attedning than anyone else. It's a climate conference for sceintists and government officials.
Can you explain why people paid $billions by the fossil fuel industry want to to attend such an event?
Can you explain why people paid $billions by the fossil fuel industry want to to attend such an event?
More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists granted access to the Cop30 climate negotiations in Belém (Brazil), 12% up from last year’s talks in Baku, Azerbaijan.
What should be the most serious, urgent talks on the planet continue to be a farce.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
What should be the most serious, urgent talks on the planet continue to be a farce.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Every time there's a COP, there's more highly paid, well connected and determined fossil lobbyists attedning than anyone else. It's a climate conference for sceintists and government officials.
Can you explain why people paid $billions by the fossil fuel industry want to to attend such an event?
Can you explain why people paid $billions by the fossil fuel industry want to to attend such an event?
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Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Since many of you enjoyed the "Gillies Report" sketch on The Dismissal... this one on the Royal Commission ('84) into nuclear tests at Maralinga in the 50's.
Tell me why we are still British subjects!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebkF...
Tell me why we are still British subjects!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebkF...
The Gillies Report 03 - Maralinga
YouTube video by Heraklitus1
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November 14, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Since many of you enjoyed the "Gillies Report" sketch on The Dismissal... this one on the Royal Commission ('84) into nuclear tests at Maralinga in the 50's.
Tell me why we are still British subjects!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebkF...
Tell me why we are still British subjects!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebkF...