Kent Parkstreet, Laird of Doofus
@kentparkskeet.bsky.social
Musician, thoughtful chap, legally blind so limited to skeeting some stuff and replying when I can.
I don’t respond to replies in the form of quoteskeets.
Messing about in words: http://parkstreetpoetry.blogspot.com/
Naarm, Australia
I don’t respond to replies in the form of quoteskeets.
Messing about in words: http://parkstreetpoetry.blogspot.com/
Naarm, Australia
Pinned
Increase peace spending.
Imagine being a National Party member? You’ve stuck with Joyce through all his drunken foolishness, his falling asleep as a slobbering mess in the chamber, his drunken ramblings as a slobbering mess on a Canberra street, then he repays your loyalty with a glib “ok fellas, I’m orf”.
#AusPol
#AusPol
November 27, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Imagine being a National Party member? You’ve stuck with Joyce through all his drunken foolishness, his falling asleep as a slobbering mess in the chamber, his drunken ramblings as a slobbering mess on a Canberra street, then he repays your loyalty with a glib “ok fellas, I’m orf”.
#AusPol
#AusPol
Everyone who donates to the Catholic Church supports the protection of men who rape children.
Vatican records first surplus in years, driven by $421m in donations
Donations to the Holy See in 2024 helped it turn around a 51 million euro deficit to record its first surplus in years, according to the Vatican's economic secretariat.
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Everyone who donates to the Catholic Church supports the protection of men who rape children.
Does anyone remember the small bar under the stairs at the Sebel Townhouse Elizabeth Bay?
For me that was the last of the great small bars in Sydney.
For me that was the last of the great small bars in Sydney.
November 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Does anyone remember the small bar under the stairs at the Sebel Townhouse Elizabeth Bay?
For me that was the last of the great small bars in Sydney.
For me that was the last of the great small bars in Sydney.
Banning teenagers from social media to protect them from harm.
Not banning teenagers from churches to protect them from harm.
Not banning teenagers from churches to protect them from harm.
November 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Banning teenagers from social media to protect them from harm.
Not banning teenagers from churches to protect them from harm.
Not banning teenagers from churches to protect them from harm.
Let them melt down every silver candlestick until they’ve paid every cent.
Let them sell the churches.
Everyone who places money in the plate needs to think about the rapes they have aided and abetted over decades.
No backwards steps, take them for everything they have.
Let them sell the churches.
Everyone who places money in the plate needs to think about the rapes they have aided and abetted over decades.
No backwards steps, take them for everything they have.
Anglican Diocese of Ballarat under financial strain from abuse payouts
An Anglican bishop says regional dioceses around Australia are facing financial pressure and potential closure due to having to pay millions of dollars to abuse victim-survivors.
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Let them melt down every silver candlestick until they’ve paid every cent.
Let them sell the churches.
Everyone who places money in the plate needs to think about the rapes they have aided and abetted over decades.
No backwards steps, take them for everything they have.
Let them sell the churches.
Everyone who places money in the plate needs to think about the rapes they have aided and abetted over decades.
No backwards steps, take them for everything they have.
“inaccuracy”
$800,000 per annum, plus massive perks, should buy us accuracy.
Or did he just lie, then get caught?
#AusPol
$800,000 per annum, plus massive perks, should buy us accuracy.
Or did he just lie, then get caught?
#AusPol
NACC chief executive apologises to parliament for inaccurate evidence
National Anti-Corruption Commission chief executive Philip Reed writes to parliament apologising for inaccuracies in evidence given during Senate estimates.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“inaccuracy”
$800,000 per annum, plus massive perks, should buy us accuracy.
Or did he just lie, then get caught?
#AusPol
$800,000 per annum, plus massive perks, should buy us accuracy.
Or did he just lie, then get caught?
#AusPol
The US has the right to withdraw funding to whatever it likes. It also has a responsibility to withdraw that money sensibly and in a way that gives other nations time to step in.
This is another Trump mass murder.
This is another Trump mass murder.
UNAIDS says Trump's cuts have killed people and left millions without medicine
The United Nations body charged with fighting the spread of HIV says the Trump administration's cuts to the US foreign aid budget have sent the global aid response into "crisis mode".
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The US has the right to withdraw funding to whatever it likes. It also has a responsibility to withdraw that money sensibly and in a way that gives other nations time to step in.
This is another Trump mass murder.
This is another Trump mass murder.
Bolsonaro serving the die in prison sentence Trump should have received.
Heartwarming.
Heartwarming.
Brazil: Bolsonaro ordered to start serving 27-year prison sentence for coup plot
The Supreme Court says the former leader has exhausted his appeals and will start his prison term at a police station in Brasilia.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Bolsonaro serving the die in prison sentence Trump should have received.
Heartwarming.
Heartwarming.
Can’t imagine why our ABC published the video and photo provided by Hanson and Joyce.
If a politician hands a journalist any PR material that journalist should ask why, not publish it.
If a politician hands a journalist any PR material that journalist should ask why, not publish it.
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Can’t imagine why our ABC published the video and photo provided by Hanson and Joyce.
If a politician hands a journalist any PR material that journalist should ask why, not publish it.
If a politician hands a journalist any PR material that journalist should ask why, not publish it.
Two gentlemen of a certain age approaching an outside table at the Grosvenor. One takes a seat, the other, about to head inside to order drinks, asks, “are we going to be sensible?”.
The reply from the seated fellow, “up to you mate”.
Bloody brilliant.
The reply from the seated fellow, “up to you mate”.
Bloody brilliant.
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Two gentlemen of a certain age approaching an outside table at the Grosvenor. One takes a seat, the other, about to head inside to order drinks, asks, “are we going to be sensible?”.
The reply from the seated fellow, “up to you mate”.
Bloody brilliant.
The reply from the seated fellow, “up to you mate”.
Bloody brilliant.
Reposted by Kent Parkstreet, Laird of Doofus
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Jimmy Cliff died, the heart of the world skipped a beat, social media hardly blinked.
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Jimmy Cliff died, the heart of the world skipped a beat, social media hardly blinked.
Good news everyone.
Hunter syndrome: Boy with rare condition amazes doctors after world-first gene therapy
Oliver has an inherited condition called Hunter syndrome, which causes progressive damage to the body and brain.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Good news everyone.
This is Senator Malcolm Roberts in our senate today, as his boss poses in a burka.
The fellow isn’t smart enough to know how to dress himself properly, so it’s not surprising that he just sat there and did nothing as Hanson mocked our upper house.
Roberts is a shit bloke.
#AusPol
The fellow isn’t smart enough to know how to dress himself properly, so it’s not surprising that he just sat there and did nothing as Hanson mocked our upper house.
Roberts is a shit bloke.
#AusPol
November 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
This is Senator Malcolm Roberts in our senate today, as his boss poses in a burka.
The fellow isn’t smart enough to know how to dress himself properly, so it’s not surprising that he just sat there and did nothing as Hanson mocked our upper house.
Roberts is a shit bloke.
#AusPol
The fellow isn’t smart enough to know how to dress himself properly, so it’s not surprising that he just sat there and did nothing as Hanson mocked our upper house.
Roberts is a shit bloke.
#AusPol
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
This is Senator Malcolm Roberts in our senate today, as his boss poses in a burka.
The fellow isn’t smart enough to know how to dress himself properly, so it’s not surprising that he just sat there and did nothing as Hanson mocked our upper house.
Roberts is a shit bloke.
#AusPol
The fellow isn’t smart enough to know how to dress himself properly, so it’s not surprising that he just sat there and did nothing as Hanson mocked our upper house.
Roberts is a shit bloke.
#AusPol
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 AM