Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 15hClosed the blinds after dinner tonight & that made me stupidly happy. Summer isn’t far away. 040
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 20hDIL is much better today, but son now has a fever. Apparently it’s impossible to get a temperature reading though, because they only have an in-ear thermometer & he doesn’t like it. He’s 33. FFS.🙄😂 000
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Watching Australian Story: Chrissy Amphlett. Fucking loved this woman, fabulous tracks all through my 20s and she was an icon. 100
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Now watching Emma Thompson & Stanley Tucci in The Children Act. May regret this. 🥹 100
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Watching The Uprising. Good cast, beautifully filmed, but it’s not doing it for me. Me, a British history tragic. 🫠 Black Death, peasant revolts, the not very good king Richard II. Anyway, I’ll stick it out. 100
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026DIL called me this morning, very distressed because she has a fever & has been vomiting constantly for 36 hours. We’re now hanging out in the ED while she has IV fluids & anti nausea meds administered. 130
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Waiting for the earthquake tracker to be updated so I can report and go back to sleep. Hurry up! 🥱 earthquakes.ga.gov.auearthquakes.ga.gov.auEarthquakes@GAGeoscience Australia monitors, analyses and reports on significant earthquakes to alert the Australian Government, State and Territory Governments and the public about earthquakes in Australia and ove... 240
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Forgot to check the rain gauge last night. It overflowed. 😂 Looks like we had around 40mm. At least the veggies don’t need watering. 100
Reposted by Helena HandbasketLadyBusiness @ladybusiness.bsky.social · 30/09/2026On my way to a job interview, smartly leaving the iced coffee at home 1224561619
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Very grateful to have got home from the supermarket minutes before this absolute bullshit weather hit. Also I managed to get every single thing on the list, a rare occurrence. 🙌 030
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is truly fucked. In case you missed it, the NIP has been amended, so most people will now have to pay privately for Covid vaccinations, or cross their fingers and hope they don’t catch a constantly mutating virus. 112
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Had a weird skin thing on my shoulder biopsied this morning & it’s now stinging, one of my arthritic knuckles is giving me hell & my back hurts for no reason. Can I just go back to bed? 110
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Goodness. This sounds ominously familiar and more than a bit fashy. 000
Reposted by Helena HandbasketRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 156164485547
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just went to the chemist & dropped $199 on prescriptions. 🙃 To be fair, one was private & $140. Thank goodness I’m finished that shit for the year, immunotherapy (for grass pollen allergy) is great but bloody exxy. 010
Reposted by Helena HandbasketGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A reminder that this year the unemployment rate has gone up 0.56%pts - roughly an extra 87,000 unemployed. So in 15 min when the RBA raises rates again just remember 35-44yos on Jobseeker are almost 10 times more likely to die than those not on welfare: www.theguardian.com/business/gro... 7274125
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Never have I ever had a plant (or any damn thing) with my name on it. A friend spotted this at the nursery & is buying me one. ❤️ 000
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026lmao, apparently I was doing some manifesting with this post but it’s gone slightly awry. Youngest kid rang today & asked if I can drive him & DIL to the airport on Wednesday. 😂 But also, the new zones don’t open till NEXT week. 000
Reposted by Helena HandbasketSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"A civilization in which one in three women are sexually assaulted, in which 98% of rapists face no consequences, in which nine out of ten women murdered by men are killed by someone they trusted—that civilization is not stable. It is not healthy. It is not just. It is destroying itself." 118381
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Been watching this since last night. What a bunch of knobs, in their silly uniforms, parading round town like they’re somebody. Also hateful, racist pigs, but honestly you just want to laugh at them in that get-up. 010
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Nipped out to the posh nursery and found everything I wanted in one go. 👏 Sure, it costs more, but it beats 5 separate trips to Bunnings for seedlings that have been inconsistently watered. 230
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Caught up on some sleep last night, hallelujah! Bit late getting up, but at least I don’t feel like a smashed crab. 020
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026All the “Melbourne’s best spots” Insta accounts are touting Montsalvat this week. Apparently the wisteria near the pool is in flower, so its a nice spot for selfies. Anyway, I gather it’s hell on earth because it’s so crowded thanks to all these accounts posting about it. 😂 230
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I was looking at walks around the Mornington Peninsula for a future visit & checked Google maps to locate the start of one of them. Looking at the satellite view, I spotted this sign of obscene wealth. 😂 Just imagine being so filthy rich you own a helicopter. 200
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This week I’ve managed to plant tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, lettuce, capsicum, sweet basil & Thai basil. I need to find a couple of specific chilli varieties & some replacement herbs, plus sow beans, and that’s about it. 👀 lol, that’s never “it”. I’ll be squeezing things into pots for weeks yet. 020
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Husband made a batch of sausage rolls and we’re sharing one as a snack. Bloody delicious. He has a chicken & leek pie on the go for dinner too. 😋 020
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Not into footy and definitely not watching the match, but loving the Kylie footage coming through in my feeds. ❤️ What an icon. 040
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I see The Age is still running their hateful misinformation campaign on Melbourne Airport’s changes to drop off & pick up. Misleading headlines, always negative 🙄 & never explaining processes in place to e.g assist people with mobility issues traversing the extra distance to check-in. 100
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I was going to have a peaceful browse at the Bunnings garden centre while all of Melbourne is home watching the footy, but this rain has foiled my plans. 🙄 010
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026My phone notifies me it’s created a slideshow of photo memories for me from “England & Wales”, then proceeds to show exactly one shot from Wales, three from England & dozens from Paris & various locations in Ireland. Close, I guess? 😂 020
Reposted by Helena HandbasketBlonde Matthew, tour guide @blondematthew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Don't show 3AW that the city is actually busy on this public holiday and that shops are open. 1194
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I’m getting a bunch of dodgy accounts following me the past week. No posts, no bio, few or no followers. That’s an instant block. 120
Reposted by Helena HandbasketTim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Probably doesn't matter anyway, as USDA inspection is now just a dowsing rod attached to Grök that labels meat as "based" or "woke." 0134
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Started pruning & weeding, filled two wheelbarrows & I’m not finished, husband removed a flowering creeper that’s filling the garage(!) so now we’re getting a green waste skip. 110
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026“Oh, just replace your very expensive government IDs, no big deal”. 🙄abc.net.auQuest tells customers to replace passports after security breachQuest Apartment Hotels tells customers affected by a security breach in August to replace passports and driver's licences after personal information was exposed. 001
Reposted by Helena HandbasketBen Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 21/09/2026What stage of the AI doom/hype loop are we at when the Financial Times is reminding readers that "if AI really does make humans extinct, every investment goes to zero"? 1311938
Reposted by Helena Handbasketbronte lee @brontelee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026in case you missed it!! new release of @kudelka.bsky.social’s rusted-on bingo tea towels, with $5 from every tea towel sold going to the Jon Kudelka Fund for Glioblastoma Research at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research get yours now!! www.kudelkashop.com/product/rust... 17213129
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I missed this earlier in the week. Cost-cutting that will put lives at risk, fucking ridiculous.abc.net.auCOVID vaccines no longer free for many Australians from next monthOnly some people will continue to get the COVID-19 vaccination for free after October 1. Here's what the changes mean for you. 020
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026How bizarre.theguardian.comMore than 800,000 bees stolen across far north Queensland in ‘sophisticated’ operationApiarists will lose not just the insects but the value of pollination contracts, which can be worth thousands of dollars 030
Reposted by Helena HandbasketThe Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 19/09/2026Just watching an old documentary tonight, something about data centers, ai and robots. 883202704
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I need to earn 10k Qantas points in the next 2 months to hang onto Points Club for its final year. I can get 5-6k just from normal stuff; might have to order a case of wine to get over the line. What a shame. 😇 100
Reposted by Helena HandbasketRailmaps @railmaps.com.au · 19/09/2026European Tram Driver Championships - Live now! 1165
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Me, visiting Lyme Regis in 2023: “I have enjoyed our debates” 😂 010
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026No, of course I’m not watching a Jane Austen adaptation on a Friday night. Why do you ask? 100
Helena Handbasket @kerrynw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Christ. For some reason, I agreed to watch The Mandelorian & Grogu. I’ve been pushing back for months, only because of vibes. Anyway, I saw Star Wars at the cinema when I was 17(?) and loved it, but what is this garbage? Nothing new, same tropes, hate it, boring. 💩 000