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johngrey

@johngrey@bne.social

Ex-jg_rat on bird site.
Digital & social media manager, #journalist, #editor, #actor, #director #playwright. My opinions only.
I live, work and play on unceded Jagera and Turrabul land.
Avatar is me with cornflour all over my face and a dodgy angel halo, being dead Obiwan in Bard Wars: Hope Renew'd at Brisbane Arts Theatre.
Header image is live Obiwan being all #theatrical.
Pronouns he/him
#lefty #vegetarian #youknowthetype

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johngrey, to random
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Off to Hammer Barn

johngrey,
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Went for potting mix, ended up with lots of stuff including a pullover for the dog. Came home & went all gender normative - me stripped down to a wife beater wrestling with a flat pack & watching baseball while A is making icecream in the kitchen.

johngrey,
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(I'm making amends with a sewing and ironing session)

johngrey, to random
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HAHAHAHaaaaaaggghh what a pack of fragile dickheads

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/08/cumberland-city-council-sydney-steve-christou-same-sex-book-ban

anathema_device, to random
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What's in the same-sex parenting book banned by Cumberland City councillors in Western Sydney - ABC News

"The book explains that there are "many different types of family" and canvases topics including how some children in the book refer to their parents and surrogacy in general terms.

One chapter says "people may be unkind" if you are a child in a same-sex family. "

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-08/same-sex-parenting-book-banned-from-libraries/103819476

johngrey,
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@anathema_device councillors = creepy

eivind, to histodons
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OTD, 7 May 1945, the Norwegian paper Aftenposten published literary Nobel laureate Knut Hamsun's Hitler obituray. @histodons

johngrey,
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@jemmesedi @eivind @histodons I read it as a young man. It was annoying, as I recall.

johngrey, to random
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My Glasshouse Mountains painting has arrived!

See more of the artist's original canvases at
https://bluethumb.com.au/artworks/search/Amy-grey

johngrey, to random
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A calm and informed discussion about taxing businesses disguised as churches. https://theconversation.com/australian-churches-collectively-raise-billions-of-dollars-a-year-why-arent-they-taxed-228901

johngrey, to brisbane
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Nice soft, cool day in

johngrey,
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@anathema_device we just performed the annual winter clothes boxes opening and sorting

johngrey,
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@anathema_device clothes we could not have borne to look at a few weeks ago.

pvonhellermannn, to random
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We Are Living in the Pyrocene—At Our Peril.

Ancient prophecies of worlds destroyed by fire are becoming realities. How will we respond?

"Mythology has morphed into ecology. We’re witnessing a slow-motion Ragnarok—a story from Norse mythology in which a great battle burns the world. Climate history is becoming a subnarrative of fire history".

By Steve Pyne, a historical ecologist working on fire.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-are-living-in-the-pyrocene-at-our-peril/

johngrey,
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@pvonhellermannn Doomsday prophecies aside, this is a fascinating and well argued perspective and a great read.

johngrey, to animals
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Kittensitting for a few days. Kipo knows when I should stop working.

Da_Gut, to bookstodon
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The Many Colored Land by Julian May.... from back in 1982.

How is it?

@bookstodon

johngrey,
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@Da_Gut @bookstodon ignore nonsense; this series is brilliant.

anathema_device, to random
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This disgusting human being :(

Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial: Channel Seven reimbursed Lehrmann for drugs and sex workers, court documents allege | Defamation law (Australia) | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2024/apr/02/bruce-lehrmann-defamation-trial-channel-seven-reimbursed-lehrmann-for-drugs-and-sex-workers-court-documents-allege-nfbntw

johngrey,
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@anathema_device and this is in a case defending his character lol

johngrey, to brisbane
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I don't think I've ever been brought to tears in an art gallery before. Highly recommend Judy Watson's extraordinary exhibit at Qld Art Gallery https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/exhibition/mudunama-kundana-wandaraba-jarribirri-judy-watson/

johngrey, to random
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Gee the Hervey Bay tourism promotion people don't mess about

fifischwarz, to scifi Dutch
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'Everybody needed a cup of tea sometimes.'

8/52 ★★★★☆

Delightful, wholesome, heart-warming.

@boeken
@bookstodon

johngrey,
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@fifischwarz @boeken @bookstodon I love this series

johngrey,
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@fifischwarz @boeken @bookstodon Yes. She is my new Leguin

johngrey, to random
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In a webinar touting the wonders of AI. I am now officially a grumpy old man.

johngrey,
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Summary:

  • Gee whiz isn’t this all awesome.
  • Look, how great is this.
  • Here’s some more awesome.
  • ........................................There are some ethical issues.
  • Don’t you worry about that it’ll be fine come relax and join us

One of the videos they showed even used Thus Spake Zarathustra (the theme from 2001). Without a touch of irony.

johngrey, to random
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Well shit. We recently moved to Suncorp because its ethics were better than the big 4. Now it's going to be part of one of them. The worst one in terms of fossil fuel funding.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/20/anz-suncorp-bank-merger-decision-approved-accc-tribunal-appeal

johngrey, to random
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Mossies by the millions: Queenslanders warned about 'very high' risk of Ross River Fever

https://inqld.com.au/news/2024/02/12/mossies-by-the-millions-queenslanders-warned-about-very-high-risk-of-ross-river-fever/

johngrey, to brisbane
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We have a house guest
#Brisbane #wildlife #floof

Close up of a suspicious furry lump above rafters.
Brush tail possum wakes up above rafters

dannotdaniel, (edited ) to random
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did this happen or is my mind just making shit up this point

conservative wingnuts screaming about Cookie Monster

johngrey,
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@dannotdaniel Well, there was this from 2014 ... https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/cookie-monster-corrupted-neo-nazis-lure-kids-n74666

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