Funky Gibbon
@tonebuddha.bsky.social
I’m living on Kuku Yalanji country in the Daintree Rainforest. Musician, event producer, digital archivist and project manager.
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Funky Gibbon
@tonebuddha.bsky.social
· Jan 8
2025 is Alive - YouTube
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2025 is Alive: a new playlist of fresh, raw and rebellious music to help us through this hellscape. Some fabulous young, mostly female and a fair bit of non-Anglo talent. Enjoy! youtube.com/playlist?lis...
I made a Substack substack.com/@gavfin/note...
Gavin Findlay (@gavfin)
Life in the Deep North, January 2026
For those who don’t know, we live in Kaba Kada (settler name Cow Bay) on the Daintree Coast in Far North Queensland. The last week has been dominated by the impen...
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January 11, 2026 at 12:45 AM
I made a Substack substack.com/@gavfin/note...
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I find it incredibly difficult to write about my Jewishness. I didn't want to write this, but I did.
We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.
We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.
Holding complexity amidst catastrophe
I didn't want to write this.
I don't want to write this.
I feel like I need to write something.
I am writing this.
I am not good at writing about my Jewish experience.
I am still writing this, ei...
in-between-days.ghost.io
December 23, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I find it incredibly difficult to write about my Jewishness. I didn't want to write this, but I did.
We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.
We need to re-embrace complexity and nuance in thinking about and discussing the Jewish future.
This is just amazing and powerful from @tomtanuki.bsky.social and I urge you all to watch and share
THE CLOWN SHOW: GRIFTING, LIES & AI AFTER THE BONDI MASSACRE [video]
watch: youtu.be/3nF3j3bK35M
Everyone wants a piece of the Bondi massacre. Here I take a look at some of the factions vying to make the best use of the dead for their own ends, and how they've done it.
watch: youtu.be/3nF3j3bK35M
Everyone wants a piece of the Bondi massacre. Here I take a look at some of the factions vying to make the best use of the dead for their own ends, and how they've done it.
The Clown Show: grifting, lies & AI after the Bondi massacre
YouTube video by Tom Tanuki
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This is just amazing and powerful from @tomtanuki.bsky.social and I urge you all to watch and share
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After the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, rather than political point scoring, Labor Oppn Leader Kim Beazley & Democrats Leader Cheryl Kernot supported Liberal PM John Howard, incl. his gun reforms. In 2025, after the #BondiBeachAttack, Oppn Leader Sussan Ley is attacking PM Anthony Albanese. 😔 #auspol
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
After the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, rather than political point scoring, Labor Oppn Leader Kim Beazley & Democrats Leader Cheryl Kernot supported Liberal PM John Howard, incl. his gun reforms. In 2025, after the #BondiBeachAttack, Oppn Leader Sussan Ley is attacking PM Anthony Albanese. 😔 #auspol
So minute organisms on the ocean floor are between us climate destruction and filthy capitalist fuckers want to mine it flip.it/wl82le
A Deep-Sea Creature Is Pulling Carbon From the Atmosphere. Scientists Didn’t Know It Was There.
Scientists could never square theory with data on how certain organisms fixed carbon. Turns out they were asking the wrong question.
flip.it
December 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
So minute organisms on the ocean floor are between us climate destruction and filthy capitalist fuckers want to mine it flip.it/wl82le
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Urgh
It seems Peta Credlin has joined us here.
That was a very easy “blocked “ decision
It seems Peta Credlin has joined us here.
That was a very easy “blocked “ decision
December 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Urgh
It seems Peta Credlin has joined us here.
That was a very easy “blocked “ decision
It seems Peta Credlin has joined us here.
That was a very easy “blocked “ decision
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Josh Frydenburg climbing over a pile of bodies to launch his political comeback is genuinely one of the most repulsive things I've witnessed in Australian politics. Have some shame.
December 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Josh Frydenburg climbing over a pile of bodies to launch his political comeback is genuinely one of the most repulsive things I've witnessed in Australian politics. Have some shame.
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THAT’S WHEN SHIT STARTED TO GO SERIOUSLY WRONG
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
THAT’S WHEN SHIT STARTED TO GO SERIOUSLY WRONG
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This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 12, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.
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Brittany Higgins has been declared bankrupt, thanks to Linda Reynolds' vengeful legal actions.
What an atrocity.
And we wonder why women don't report sexual assault.
Powerful people always win.
Justice is a myth.
What an atrocity.
And we wonder why women don't report sexual assault.
Powerful people always win.
Justice is a myth.
December 12, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Brittany Higgins has been declared bankrupt, thanks to Linda Reynolds' vengeful legal actions.
What an atrocity.
And we wonder why women don't report sexual assault.
Powerful people always win.
Justice is a myth.
What an atrocity.
And we wonder why women don't report sexual assault.
Powerful people always win.
Justice is a myth.
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Strong argument at @alhr.bsky.social that a key missing element in protecting a healthy environment would be a Human Rights Act in Australia - this is core work for us and we will be pushing for meaningful progress on it in 2026. This can’t wait.
December 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Strong argument at @alhr.bsky.social that a key missing element in protecting a healthy environment would be a Human Rights Act in Australia - this is core work for us and we will be pushing for meaningful progress on it in 2026. This can’t wait.
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What’s the point of a human rights charter then? #auspol
The Victorian government has passed youth crime laws that will see children face adult courts and sentencing – reforms that the attorney-general admits are incompatible with the human rights charter.
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Victorian AG admits youth crime laws violate human rights charter
This week the Victorian government passed youth crime laws that will see children face adult courts and sentencing – reforms the attorney-general admits are incompatible with the human rights charter.
satpa.pe
December 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
What’s the point of a human rights charter then? #auspol
So, Queensland ditches the Human Rights Commissioner who called out detention of children in watch houses and… appoints a cop #auspol www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/que...
Former senior cop appointed Queensland human rights tsar
Deborah Platz AM will replace outgoing commissioner Scott McDougall, with her five-year term to begin at the end of January.
www.brisbanetimes.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
So, Queensland ditches the Human Rights Commissioner who called out detention of children in watch houses and… appoints a cop #auspol www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/que...
First post, bit of a travel diary ramble
Gavin Findlay (@gavfin)
Hey Substack. Working out how I will use this platform. Is it time to tell my stories, is the world really ready for that? Or focus on my projects? Or just post interesting articles? Experiences with ...
substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
First post, bit of a travel diary ramble
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This remains one of the most disturbing stories of the year. A 1st trimester fetus incubated in a dead woman's body against the will of her family until a very early term birth when the corpse could no longer sustain life.
www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...
www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...
Baby boy born to brain-dead Georgia mother remains hospitalized nearly 6 months later, family says
Adriana Smith's pregnancy made national headlines when she was declared brain dead but placed on life support to let her fetus grow. Now her family is sharing an update on the condition of her infant ...
www.cbsnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This remains one of the most disturbing stories of the year. A 1st trimester fetus incubated in a dead woman's body against the will of her family until a very early term birth when the corpse could no longer sustain life.
www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...
www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...
There is no such thing as a “good” billionaire eh @zerobillionaires.bsky.social
I talked to Al Gore about Bill Gates's climate change memo.
He called it "manifestly absurd" and questioned Gates's true motives for releasing it.
"He has a lot of irons in the fire with whoever is in power."
He called it "manifestly absurd" and questioned Gates's true motives for releasing it.
"He has a lot of irons in the fire with whoever is in power."
Al Gore's case for optimism
Gore talks to HEATED about COP30, the Gates memo, and why he thinks billionaires should face far more scrutiny in the climate fight.
heated.world
December 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
There is no such thing as a “good” billionaire eh @zerobillionaires.bsky.social
Gave a paper at the Digital Humanities Australasia conference yesterday in Canberra, about my unfolding plan to make a digital archive service for artists and small arts organisations. The idea is they can be self sufficient and not rely on institutions.
December 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Gave a paper at the Digital Humanities Australasia conference yesterday in Canberra, about my unfolding plan to make a digital archive service for artists and small arts organisations. The idea is they can be self sufficient and not rely on institutions.
Disgusting
Controversial youth justice reforms that allow children to be sentenced to life in prison have passed the Victorian Parliament, despite strong opposition from legal experts and Indigenous organisations
Victorian Parliament passes youth justice laws allowing life sentences for children despite human rights concerns
Controversial youth justice reforms that allow children to be sentenced to life in prison have passed the Victorian Parliament, despite strong opposition from legal experts and Indigenous organisation...
nit.com.au
December 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Disgusting
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As detailed in a book I recently edited, The Far Right and the Media: International Trends and Perspectives, mainstream journalism does not simply cover far-right politics from a critical distance, it also helps define what counts as politically acceptable.
Euphemisms and false balance: how the media is helping to normalise far-right views
The mainstream media doesn’t simply cover far-right politics from a critical distance, it also helps to define what counts as politically acceptable.
theconversation.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
As detailed in a book I recently edited, The Far Right and the Media: International Trends and Perspectives, mainstream journalism does not simply cover far-right politics from a critical distance, it also helps define what counts as politically acceptable.