wil @wilful.bsky.social · 1hHats off to SES volunteers out saving lives and property. Unsung heroes who work in far worse conditions than the CFA yet get too little regard. 041
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 3hI reckon GetUp or whomever could run a very successful campaign highlighting how poisonous natural gas is in the home. Very easy to hit the fear button on giving your kid asthma. 111
Reposted by wilGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 3hSocieties that still have the death penalty have something broken within them. 617422
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 6hIf I was a billionaire, at least I would commission some decent architecture. 010
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 6hInteresting. Were I to do a doctorate (I'm far too sensible/lazy for that) it would be on barriers to sustainable housing. 010
Reposted by wilGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 7hNews corp... tax is a thing for other people to pay (again) 36726
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 7hAs an alternative view, the US leaving the middle east, whether voluntarily or not, is a good thing for them and the world. 010
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 29/09/2026State sanctioned murder is both ethically wrong and always fraught with practical issues. 000
Reposted by wilGreg 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... 7274124
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One of the more amusing historical misunderstandings is the chud belief that the og Nazis were highly competent. 120
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A vampire that isn't Dracula you say? One that isn't even a vampire.static.klipy.comDiplein Vampire CoupleAlt: Vampire's Kiss, Nicholas Cage. 020
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 28/09/2026How well do you know the Pacific? 🌐71 🇬🇺99 🌐76 🌐100 🇵🇫99 🌐67 🌐96 🇵🇫99 🇵🇫100 🌐59 🇻🇺100 🌐50 Final score: 847 www.maptap.gg/m/all-the-island-s-16543jmaptap.gg🎯MapTap Daily Geography GamePlay MapTap - the daily geography game! Find 5 world locations on a 3D globe with historical stories. Free browser-based daily game for geography lovers. 000
Reposted by wilGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Every anti-trans attack is a repeat of the homophobic attacks of the 1960s,70,80s. Every transphobe is a bigot. I have also yet to see a transphobe who is not also racist. The media's coverage of trans hate has been used to make all kinds of bigotry acceptable 517135
Reposted by wilWarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Brovdi, in turn, stated that since the start of the full-scale war, Russians have killed 79 fighters from the "Madyar's Birds" unit. According to the commander's estimates, for every fallen Unmanned Systems Forces soldier, 656 Russians have been killed or wounded. 321117
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The rage I would get trying to deal with some fuckwit's 'AI agent' when I just want to sell an old dining table... Thankfully not on FB. 1104
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 28/09/2026China: the CCP will look after (almost) everyone & nobody is allowed to complain, you'll get locked up. Global North: the oligarchs will look after themselves & you are allowed to complain loudly, but you'll get locked up if you actually threaten anything. 131
Reposted by wilAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map. 9352313204
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Breath testing at 11am on a Monday doesn't seem like the most targeted use of police resources. 230
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Americans outraged that the government is spending public money on partisan advertising ; Australians bemused by what all the fuss is. 050
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Alan Austin is an inveterate ALP booster and I'm fine with that. We're incredibly doomy here on bluesky, while the remaining legacy media is infested with RW propagandists. It's OK to hear a different opinion sometimes. (does Van unblock me now?) 220
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Wallabies are playing smarter than previously. Kiss seems to be unlocking their flair. #AUSvSA 140
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Been trying to work out who's been stealing the eggs, and we have a definite suspect. Look at the innocent face on that raven hanging out the back of the chook run. That fat glossy thing. 5466
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 27/09/2026People complaining that #Insiders is full of shit. When will you learn? 010
Reposted by wilYung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Fri 18 Sep For SHAME‼️ Since 2020, Australia's subsidies for fossil fuels have totalled nearly 6 times the amount of aid given to Pacific neighbours - Minister Talia, Tuvalu There is no version of reduced emissions while extraction [of oil, coal & gas] continues - Minister Regenvanu, Vanuatu 1128
Reposted by wilNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Celebrate #HobbitDay the way J.R.R. Tolkien would have wanted; by diving into an exploration of the political economy of the Shire and what we can learn from that about pre-modern social relations and subsistence patterns.nathangoldwag.wordpress.comThe Moral Economy of the ShireWho paid for this? There’s a certain meme that I see making the rounds on Facebook every so often about the bucolic nature of life in the Shire, from Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord o… 25914
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 25/09/2026About 90% of a kid's year twelve outcome is determined the day they turn up in prep. Family situation and innate ability have far more influence than the latest teaching methods. 050
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 25/09/2026My son's practice English exam (last one before the real ones) was AI slop, the piece had nothing to respond to, one of the worst questions he's seen in his opinion. He complained to the teacher, who agreed but didn't seem to be going to fix it. 161
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Hello we're less than three months from a State election where the unbackable favourite is going to repeal the gas ban. #SpringSt 043
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Interestingly the USA wouldn't sell us the F-22, despite our willingness to commit heaps of war crimes on their behalf, because our security was judged to be too pathetic. 152
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 24/09/2026So for the first time ever, Trump has maybe less than 50% approval amongst white men? 👏 It took soaring fuel prices to lose them. All the racism, hatred, bigotry was fine. 052
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Young Australian women getting an American twang disturbs me. 140
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Isn't it fun how literally everyone agrees that money in politics is a corruption, is unquestionably anti-democratic, has no legitimate defence, yet we carry on with this system with no prospect of reform. 282
Reposted by wilPatrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 22/09/2026Been thinking of this poem a LOT today 35117
Reposted by wilbort @crushbort.bsky.social · 21/09/2026what if ed sheeran channels all his emotions about feeling sad and betrayed by making more songs. not so funny now is it 257891
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Ok I'm no military person, but I can read a map, and Saudi Arabia is right next to Yemen, while the UK not so much. This makes no sense. Also, 'defensive refuelling' isn't Orwellian doublespeak, it's just gobbledygook. 030
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Again, it would be trivial drafting to carve out an exemption for low vision users, but that's not how power is used these days it seems. 150
Reposted by wil3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 22/09/2026theaimn.net/teenagers-ar...theaimn.netTeenagers are bonding with AI: What does it mean for the future of communication?RMIT University Media Release In the United States, one in five teenagers use artificial intelligence chatbots for romantic relationships. Almost half consider AI to be their friend. Teenagers in Aus... 412
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Interestingly the Vic Libs didn't have anything bad to say about the SEC in their policy platform. Looks like it's here to stay. 130
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Ultima IV I had a notepad by the PC (a 286) and squinted at the teatowel map. Civ 2 (i486) I thought I'd better log off when dawn sunlight started coming through the blinds. 000
Reposted by wilstranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 21/09/2026David Pocock fires up on the $10K donation scheme running since 1999 just to get the PM's ear, reserved for people with ‘money & power’ “If you have cash, you can get access” “A nurse who’s lost their brother to a gambling addiction…she doesn’t have $10K” What a crock. Scrap it. 24408139
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 21/09/2026*sigh* most of the crowd will be supporting the bokke, because they haven't fully naturalised, and RA in their wisdom like an away game, not giving Melbourne a single test this year. 010
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I'll readily name Jack Lewis as Headmaster who got all the accolades on retirement, yet knowingly protected a paedophile for decades. Prick, rot in hell. 070
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 21/09/2026TBF I had a holiday at Golden Beach one time and the mozzies were like one of the upper circles of hell. 000
wil @wilful.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Bit of an odd one in the op shop. Absolutely zero notes from the publisher giving context apart from the second pic. 430
