Funky Gibbon @tonebuddha.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Oh and I passed my PhD, so there’s that. Some minor corrections needed which I hope to process over Easter. If anyone’s interested the archive website is here: splintersarchive.anu.edu.au 011
Reposted by Funky GibbonHelen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Non-HP MG/YA series that are rich in magic & exploration & coming-of-age, & are actually really really good, to share with kids in your life: - Lioness Rampant, Pierce - Chrestomanci, Jones - Percy Jackson - A Wrinkle In Time!!!!! - URSULA LE GUIN’S EARTHSEA BOOKS - Akata Witch / Akata Warrior!!!! 30539114
Reposted by Funky GibbonSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 25/03/2026"Populists now use devotion to the Australian flag as a test of patriotism. They accuse those who raise questions about Australian symbols as being elites with contempt for the values of ordinary people." Patriotic tropes are also used to enforce unity and suppress dissent - "love it or leave it". 1125
Reposted by Funky GibbonRobb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Australia must brace for clusters of natural disasters, not just isolated fires and floods theconversation.com/australia-mu...theconversation.comAustralia must brace for clusters of natural disasters, not just isolated fires and floodsExtreme weather events are increasingly coming in waves, giving communities just days or hours to recover before the next disaster hits. 01610
Funky Gibbon @tonebuddha.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Get your fix of 2026 - new moving I’m loving youtube.com/playlist?lis...youtube.comGet a Fix of 2026 - YouTube 010
Funky Gibbon @tonebuddha.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Hi everyone, back from a little hiatus while on the road in flood ravaged far North Queensland. Who wants to hear bout it lol 000
Funky Gibbon @tonebuddha.bsky.social · 11/01/2026I made a Substack substack.com/@gavfin/note...substack.comGavin 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... 001
Reposted by Funky GibbonTim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 23/12/2025I 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.in-between-days.ghost.ioHolding complexity amidst catastropheI 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... 33276118
Funky Gibbon @tonebuddha.bsky.social · 19/12/2025This is just amazing and powerful from @tomtanuki.bsky.social and I urge you all to watch and share 000
Reposted by Funky GibbonPeter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 19/12/2025After 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 46017
Funky Gibbon @tonebuddha.bsky.social · 19/12/2025So minute organisms on the ocean floor are between us climate destruction and filthy capitalist fuckers want to mine it flip.it/wl82leflip.itA 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. 000
Reposted by Funky Gibbon3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Urgh It seems Peta Credlin has joined us here. That was a very easy “blocked “ decision 9367
Reposted by Funky Gibbontom westland @tomwestland.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Josh 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. 17416112
Funky Gibbon @tonebuddha.bsky.social · 17/12/2025lol flip.it/0SEABxflip.itX was spooked enough by new Twitter to change its terms of serviceX has updated its terms of service and filed a petition to seemingly counter an attempt to remove its control of old Twitter trademarks. 000
Funky Gibbon @tonebuddha.bsky.social · 15/12/2025What would you do? #auspol flip.it/q9Dk.Eflip.itIntervene or run and hide: what should you do during public violence like the attacks at Bondi?Ahmed al Ahmed’s actions almost certainly saved lives, but does bystander intervention go against official advice during mass violence events? 000
Funky Gibbon @tonebuddha.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Just legalise it already #auspol #ausecon flip.it/BS3IxRflip.itAustralia's medicinal cannabis bind is a political hot potatoThere doesn't seem to be much political mileage for the government to do anything at all — whether that is cracking down and forcing cannabis users back onto the black market or fully legalising the s... 192
Funky Gibbon @tonebuddha.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Now the sensible thing to do would be to mandate that all data centres for AI have to be powered by renewable energy #auspol #ausecon 1163
Reposted by Funky GibbonNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/12/2025This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways. 231676450
Reposted by Funky GibbonSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Strong 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. 17327
Reposted by Funky GibbonC. C. Turner (she/they) @ccturner.bsky.social · 11/12/2025What’s the point of a human rights charter then? #auspol 164
Funky Gibbon @tonebuddha.bsky.social · 11/12/2025So, 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...brisbanetimes.com.auFormer senior cop appointed Queensland human rights tsarDeborah Platz AM will replace outgoing commissioner Scott McDougall, with her five-year term to begin at the end of January. 063
Funky Gibbon @tonebuddha.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Basedflip.itWoman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on SubwayA New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero. 000
Funky Gibbon @tonebuddha.bsky.social · 05/12/2025First post, bit of a travel diary ramblesubstack.comGavin 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 ... 000
Reposted by Funky GibbonBK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 05/12/2025This 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...cbsnews.comBaby boy born to brain-dead Georgia mother remains hospitalized nearly 6 months later, family saysAdriana 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 ... 341177448
Funky Gibbon @tonebuddha.bsky.social · 04/12/2025There is no such thing as a “good” billionaire eh @zerobillionaires.bsky.social 000
Funky Gibbon @tonebuddha.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Gave 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. 000
Funky Gibbon @tonebuddha.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Nice story #ausmusic flip.it/7zmYi8flip.itWho is Underbite Girl? Meet the Brisbane artist dressing Amy TaylorWhen it comes to modern punk fashion, no one is doing it like Amy Taylor from Amyl and the Sniffers. She's being dressed by a 21-year-old. 000
Funky Gibbon @tonebuddha.bsky.social · 30/11/2025MBV are touring again. I have been ultra lucky to have seen them twice, in 1991 and 2012. Both times a cathartic experience flip.it/A47jCNflip.itMy Bloody Valentine Live Review: Embrace the VolumeKevin Shields and his bandmates returned, on Tuesday night, to London for their first show in the English capital in seven years. They delivered on the anticipation with laconic focus and heavy, heavy... 010
Funky Gibbon @tonebuddha.bsky.social · 30/11/2025Just in case you have a rello oir friend banging on about youth crime on, the rise, it’s complete BS #aupol 031
Reposted by Funky GibbonLucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 19/10/2025The Camp Sovereignty First Peoples contingent has arrived at the Melbourne #Naarm anti-racist protest. We’re strong together. Work out who is networking the Neo Nazis, the Cookers and the grievance crowd. Watch the organisers. #Auspol 24914
Funky Gibbon @tonebuddha.bsky.social · 30/11/2025More on Epstein as Zionist flip.it/rv2tv8flip.itJeffrey Epstein Aided Alan Dershowitz’s Attack on Mearsheimer and Walt’s “Israel Lobby”Epstein and Alan Dershowitz collaborated on smear campaigns against Mearsheimer, Walt, and an underage assault victim making allegations against Epstein—in the same week. 021
Reposted by Funky GibbonSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news. Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters Down by 140k isn't thought to be. Up by 140k undoubtedly would be. 491025312
Reposted by Funky GibbonGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Good thread - and I don’t disagree. The post on the blog makes the same broader point - if not as well. But also policing is a racial issue 44110
Funky Gibbon @tonebuddha.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Oh noes Labor does a deal with the Greens what will the broekns do. No more whining about 2009 pls 000
Reposted by Funky Gibbonjuliewordsmith.bsky.social @juliewordsmith.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Struggling to settle on a nominee for Crikey’s 20th anniversary of Arsehat of The Year? Join me in a slow clap for Linda Reynolds and ensure she gets the recognition she deserves. www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/25/a...crikey.com.au'[Crikey] should be the recipients of your own childish award': Help us pick our 20th-anniversary Arsehat of the YearWe are determined, with your help, to never keep a prime candidate like Gina Rinehart waiting so long for a nomination ever again. 052
Reposted by Funky GibbonSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/11/2025I’m just impressed that turkeys can make that turkey noise with a beak and a freaky little bird tongue. Like that thing is not nimble enough to make a gobblegobblegobble if you ask me. Real impressive sound work on those turkeys. 1219511
Reposted by Funky GibbonDenise Difficult-Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 25/11/2025The Albanese Labor Government has betrayed us all. Despite all evidence to the contrary they think a single piece of legislation can solve issues with social media - but ignore evidence on solutions for gambling harms. We’ve been betrayed! 😞😞 #auspol #qt 78631
Reposted by Funky GibbonHarmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 25/11/2025I am procrastinating on writing by reading this interview of one of the true pioneers in evolutionary biology (and one of the nicest people I have ever met in my life) Why we should be thinking of Welwitschia. What is Welwitschia you might ask (I did!)? Read on. www.edge.org/conversation...edge.orgGENOMIC IMPRINTING | Edge.org 2328
Funky Gibbon @tonebuddha.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Watching The Harder They Come was life changing flip.it/OUIlh8flip.itJimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now 000
Funky Gibbon @tonebuddha.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Labor has its head in the sand #auspol flip.it/a52KFUflip.itLong-awaited environment laws might get Australia sued. Here’s whyLabor has pledged to pass long-awaited environment laws this week. But the current reforms leave Australia open to legal challenge. 132
Reposted by Funky GibbonCreative Catjk @creativecatjk.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Colour me Socialist. In other words: colour me someone who actually cares about the 'fair go'. Also, colour me someone who believes in science and not building infrastructure which is only used by fossil fuel companies who pay little or no tax. 132
Reposted by Funky GibbonEwart, Dave @davidewart.bsky.social · 24/11/2025youtu.be/EDq1hX2NGEE?.... Ridiculous decision to cut him from Collingwoodyoutu.be'Best list in the competition' | Mason CoxYouTube video by Docker TV 232