Artist, journo, comedian, writer, former political staffer, lawyer and dog lover.
Canberra, Australia
Joined December 2008
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We got your back, New York!
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Several figures here aren’t federal results or NY-specific. The $472B combines US wide pledges: Micron's $250B is nationwide (NY site $100B) Anthropic's $50B covers TX and NY. The 48% murder drop is from NY's state run GIVE program (28 departments, Jan – May 2026).
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Great to see the Democrats making a come back in the US - it will hopefully slow the Big Orange Clump down but we’ve got a while to go before this timeline inevitably has to be rebooted due to clear user errors and we all wake up some time in the 80s.
Cancelling @LinkedIn is almost impossible - no contact email, no way of actually engaging with people - I’ve been double charged for nearly a year for products I didn’t use.
What is the ACCC doing about this stuff? So exhausting being drained by big tech like this.
Matt Caravan is calling for more male teachers - a start would be ending religious schools right to discriminate against LGBTIQ+ folk - I considered becoming a teacher but it was pointed out by teacher mates that as a gay man my career options would be much more limited. #auspol
Hey does anyone have an active @WordPress account? I've just had my personal website go offline due to a screw up on their end and I'm now being told that in order to get any of the old site back I need to upgrade my plan. Elementor seems to be the main problem. Any tips?
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Peggy Dwyer SC nails ex-Catholic Schools NSW CEO Dallas McInerney over wiping his devices right before ICAC hearings. McInerney says he did it due to a banking hack; Dwyer says he did it to deliberately destroy evidence.💥
Corrupt cowards belong in cells.
Hey @qudos - my cards not working - have checked on my end and I’m doing everything right. What’s going on?
Been waiting on hold for a while.
Amazing cake baked my friend’s Simon + Fleur for a bbq - hard to describe how chuffed I felt seeing a painting turned into a cake. It was delicious too! #art #cake #melbourne #nedkelly #weirdhashtags
Because I like making my life hard I’ve registered another art show while I still have one on
I want to show a lot of big, bright abstract landscapes how does this sound: “Luminous Horizons”
AI tells me luminous is cliched (very art blurb) but it also suggested clerestory
Laying out a show with the option of a hanging wire is a new and interesting possibility - unless there’s a lot of people then it’ll become a brilliant but annoying innovation. #art #melbourne
Work in progress for an upcoming show ‘F*g Boy Kelly’ on the 23rd of July at Experiment 29 on Sydney Road #Melbourne.
Trying to balance the top and bottom to capture some of the different mythologies around the life of Ned Kelly. Thoughts?
#art #painting #australia #nedkelly
Dear Melbourne friends - I’ve spent five years painting and have accumulated a lot of work I’m really proud of so I’m very excited to have my first Melbourne show launching at Experiment 29 on Sydney Road Coburg on the 23rd of July. (1/5)
A friend suggested: Outlaw Mask: Queer Dreaming as an alternative and I like that but I think the way ‘F*g Boy Kelly’ reclaims a term of abuse and connects the modern queer experience with one of Australia’s most iconic outlaws captures the essence of the piece. (5/7)
I’m conscious some people may think it’s needlessly provocative or I’m claiming that Kelly was gay - that’s not the point, though as a friend pointed out, he’s a bush ranger who died more than 150 years ago, who robbed banks and killed people - who cares if he’s gay? (4/6)