Reposted by Michael GardnerVera Kober Art @vera-kober-art.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My art flower 925841
Reposted by Michael GardnerDaniel Bowen @danielbowen.au · 21/09/2026I ended up writing a blog pulling apart Alan Kohler's piece on trams.danielbowen.comKohler on tramsAlan Kohler does some terrific finance reporting, helping making complex concepts simple. But I think he missed the mark on this opinion piece on trams last week. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhzxtR5J7RQ He's missed some of the history, which is vital to understanding where we are now. Let's go through some of what he said. "When Melbourne was laying [...] 4296
Reposted by Michael GardnerAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Corporations are not people. Their money is not speech. They should not be able to buy politicians. End Citizens United. 495221275807
Michael Gardner @getmg.dev · 05/08/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAfter five brutal years of Taliban rule, Afghan women and girls need our help – and I have a plan | Gordon BrownEven in the face of appalling repression, girls yearn to fulfil their educational potential. We must set up a global fund to help them, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown 000
Reposted by Michael GardnerPublic Transport Users Association @ptua.org.au · 03/08/2026Arguably it was the $10b North East Link cost blowout that delayed Airport Rail. Better assessment of major projects before they start, including benefits and costs, is vital. Read our letter in The Age today. 1208
Reposted by Michael GardnerEvery Sydney Station @sydneystations.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Has hell frozen over? You know metro has been a smashing success when even the Northern Beaches wants one 58810
Michael Gardner @getmg.dev · 18/05/2026Learning the #piano for the last year and a half, I’m astounded by process of learning, the tangible, physical and mental process of learning. Lately I’ve found that speaking the name of a note in my head as I look at it is helping me remember the notes and identify them faster. 010
Michael Gardner @getmg.dev · 18/04/2026Back on BSKY.app after a long break, here to chat, say hi and meet strangers until they don’t appear like strangers any more.media.tenor.coma cartoon character from the simpsons is holding a clipboard and says hi everybody .ALT: a cartoon character from the simpsons is holding a clipboard and says hi everybody . 000
Michael Gardner @getmg.dev · 12/11/2025Here’s a great article by Dan Vallone over at the American Institute for Boys and Men about how veterans groups build connections among boys and men. It’s a very interesting idea and one I’d like to pursue in my local setting (not for veterans per-se, but for boys and men).aibm.orgBands of brothers: How veterans groups build social connections among men and boysVeterans embody “no one gets left behind,” showing how service and community can fight men’s loneliness and build lasting connection. 010
Michael Gardner @getmg.dev · 09/11/2025This is a good, enlightening interview of Chris Hedges by Antoinette Lattouf. 030
Reposted by Michael GardnerThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 07/11/2025"For essentially the last 25 years every single resources minister, bar one, has left Parliament and gone to work for the resources industry." - Senator Larissa Waters at our Revenue Summit 2025 @larissawaters.bsky.social #auspol 7245123
Michael Gardner @getmg.dev · 07/11/2025Here’s a great article that introduces you to ACT - how to tolerate annoying things. It also has some great follow up reading and resources to help you go deeper.psyche.coHow to tolerate annoying things | Psyche GuidesHassles are part of life, but the way we react often makes them worse. ACT skills can help you handle them with greater ease 010
Michael Gardner @getmg.dev · 07/11/2025There’s some really strange priorities in our planning system right now. 000
Reposted by Michael GardnerYIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 05/11/2025What's the single biggest driver of the housing crisis? According to a new Grattan Institute report, it's our own urban planning rules. The path out of this crisis runs directly through bold reform of these rules. A must-read. 👇 073
Michael Gardner @getmg.dev · 05/11/2025My goodness that’s a long time. I hope there’s no loan costs being paid while they wait. 000
Michael Gardner @getmg.dev · 04/11/2025I think we’ve become so accustomed to saying no with regards to planning that that there’s a whole section of society that simply stopped asking the question in the first place. Let alone why not?? 000
Reposted by Michael GardnerThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 31/10/2025“Gas companies treat tax as optional, and they leave the rest of us with the cleanup bill for the natural disasters that they are turbo charging.” - Australian Greens Leader Larissa Waters at our Revenue Summit 2025 @larissawaters.bsky.social #auspol @thepointau.bsky.social 520979
Reposted by Michael GardnerDr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 29/10/2025thepoint.com.au/opinions/251... Australian gas exports are displacing renewables not coal, great piece by @ketanjoshi.co on @thepointau.bsky.socialthepoint.com.auAustralian gas exports don’t cut coal overseas, and here are the charts to prove itThe point.com.au 15122
Reposted by Michael GardnerGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Listen to the bloke unable to stop his right hand from moving 2117034
Reposted by Michael GardnerYIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 27/10/2025City of Melbourne has taken FIVE years to plan *one* affordable housing project. Melbourne cannot afford these delays. It's time to get on with it. 092
Reposted by Michael GardnerYIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 26/10/2025It just turns out that upzoning expensive areas works? 293
Reposted by Michael GardnerDaniel Bowen @danielbowen.au · 24/10/2025Sorry my friend. We know how this plays out. Years of roadworks disruptions, and then the new lanes will up with traffic within a year or two, and you're back to square one. Ultimately to keep cities moving efficiently, we need to get more people out of cars. Full story: www.theage.com.au/na... ($) 5245
Reposted by Michael GardnerPublic Transport Users Association @ptua.org.au · 22/10/202550 years ago, #Melbourne trains mostly ran every 20 minutes in the evening. Our population has almost doubled since then... but in 2025 they run FEWER evening services, mostly every 30 minutes. Time for State Government to fund #MoreServicesNow 33810
Reposted by Michael GardnerRobyn D - Difficult Woman @koparafallskid.bsky.social · 19/10/2025#Music time!youtu.beMidnight Oil - Beds Are BurningYouTube video by MidnightOilVEVO 0379
Reposted by Michael GardnerYIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 19/10/2025Overly broad application of heritage restrictions: ❌ make housing more expensive ❌ make our neighbourhoods older & less diverse We need to let our neighbourhoods change with the times! 051
Reposted by Michael GardnerThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 16/10/2025New Australia Institute research reveals that QLD has missed out on almost $400 million after Adani sold discounted coal to Indian companies. ‘It’s time Australian governments started charging for Australian resources and stopped giving them away for free.’ @rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol 12229102
Reposted by Michael GardnerYIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 15/10/2025Victoria's new rental reforms are a good step forward. But let's be clear: in a housing shortage, renters have little bargaining power. We need to build more homes AND have robust regulations to truly empower tenants. 081
Reposted by Michael GardnerDoug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Keating makes the point that Labor should spend some political capital. My wish list: Be brave. Ditch AUKUS. Stop worshiping the “market” Fix CGT and -ve gearing. Tackle poverty reduction Housing as a human right. Establish a modern Housing Commission. Build public Housing. . 147931
Reposted by Michael Gardnerparis martineau @paris.nyc · 14/10/2025my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵) www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...consumerreports.orgProtein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer ReportsCR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead. 28461283240
Reposted by Michael GardnerYIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 14/10/2025First they came for Brighton and I didn't speak up because I was not rich... 182
Reposted by Michael GardnerYIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 14/10/2025Great to see the Victorian Government grandstanding for more housing..... 0112
Reposted by Michael GardnerTruck Fump CO @truckfumpco.bsky.social · 02/10/2025This is some of the best messaging I’ve seen so far from the Democratic Party. Please forward far and wide. @indivisible.org @indivisiblenoco.com @indivisible-co.bsky.social NOCO #copolitics @hcrichardson.bsky.social Hold the line - @hickenlooper.senate.gov @bennet.senate.gov 9600219
Michael Gardner @getmg.dev · 28/09/2025psyche.co/turning-poin...psyche.coChina made me ashamed of my body. Cuba taught me to love it | Psyche Turning pointsIn China, I was used to treating my body like a problem. In Cuba, everyone seemed at home in theirs 000
Michael Gardner @getmg.dev · 27/09/2025youtu.be/nQFytGuLD74?...youtu.beKarijini National Park Western Australia YouTube video by Jed Boucher 000
Reposted by Michael GardnerYIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 22/09/2025It's too early to judge the success of Victoria's planning reforms based on permit statistics before the first Townhouse Code-enabled permit was likely even approved! 084
Reposted by Michael GardnerYIMBY Melbourne @yimby.melbourne · 11/09/2025Ten-day subdivisions send clear signal: Victoria can move fast and build things. You love to see it. 051
Reposted by Michael Gardnernullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 03/09/2025The U.S. Secretary of Energy. 1515439
Reposted by Michael Gardnerstranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Pauline Hanson has exploded in the #Senate after Nick McKim said he’d wear the Palestinian flag in parliament, saying it’s “shameful & disgusting!” Hanson “It shows exactly where his loyalties lie…not with Australia!” This you Pauline?👇🤔 1412733
Reposted by Michael GardnerJörg Tittel @newjorg.bsky.social · 25/08/2025I watched this three times in a row. Harrison Ford is a treasure. I hope he’s enjoying his restored toilet seat. 2355
Reposted by Michael GardnerDaniel Bowen @danielbowen.au · 20/08/2025The same reason we never get truly effective on-road priority for buses and trams. 1133
Michael Gardner @getmg.dev · 03/08/2025stephango.com/ramblingsstephango.comIf you're remote, rambleA lightweight way to add ambient social cohesion for remote teams. 010
Michael Gardner @getmg.dev · 01/08/2025If 90% of success in life is showing up, the other 10% depends on what you’re showing up for. – Woody Allen Reading War and Peace, one chapter a day for a whole year (361 chapters). Great idea. I exercise 5 days a week for 20 minutes. This shows the power of just showing up a little bit each day.psyche.coMy year of slow-reading War and Peace | Psyche Notes to SelfReading a chapter a day of War and Peace shows how a manageable, regular habit can build into a much bigger accomplishment 100
Reposted by Michael GardnerDaniel Bowen @danielbowen.au · 29/07/2025We don't quite have the US-style inner-city vs (outer) suburban culture war confected for political purposes. But perhaps M Guy is giving it a red hot go.🤢 "(Campbell Arcade) is just another location in #Melbourne for us to go and get mugged by people who are out on bail" www.youtube.com/watc...youtube.comExperts call for work on the Suburban Rail Loop to be halted | 7NEWSPressure is piling on the Allan government to reveal the opening date for the Metro Tunnel. It comes as the premier digs in her heels on another rail project despite hundreds of fresh objections. Subscribe and set 🔔 » https://7news.link/YTSubscribe | For the latest Australian news and breaking 3152
Reposted by Michael GardnerLarissa Waters @larissawaters.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Adani was given free reign by both major parties to open up dangerous thermal coal mining in the Galilee basin. They got grants, they got royalty holidays, they got favours and public money, and in return, Australians get nothing. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comDespite $22bn promise, Adani has paid zero corporate tax in Australia and experts think it won’t ever pay a centAdani’s Australian assets regularly report annual losses despite strong revenue, in part due to big related-party payments 88850
Reposted by Michael GardnerMichael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Two more gas projects win Fed Environment approval in the last 40 days. They sure are locking it in #auspol Zacharias Szumer reports michaelwest.com.au/more-gas-lab...michaelwest.com.auMore gas. Labor amps it up past twenty fossil fuel approvals - Michael WestTwo more offshore oil and gas projects have been approved in the last 40 days, bringing Albanese's fossil fuel approval tally to 20. 68869