Robyn McAdam
@rmcadam13.bsky.social
Lover of art, all things Italian, especially Venice, Baroque music, beautiful gardens. Now an arm chair traveller.
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“[The SES] will talk endlessly about how difficult it is to give frank advice. But they wouldn’t know what it was if they fell over it,” former Defence, DFAT and ASIO boss Dennis Richardson says. Lot of cowards, he reckons. www.themandarin.com.au/320340-forme...
Former Defence boss slams SES 'cowardice'
APS elder statesman Dennis Richardson said senior public servants can, and should, push back against their ministers.
www.themandarin.com.au
September 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM
“[The SES] will talk endlessly about how difficult it is to give frank advice. But they wouldn’t know what it was if they fell over it,” former Defence, DFAT and ASIO boss Dennis Richardson says. Lot of cowards, he reckons. www.themandarin.com.au/320340-forme...
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I take it back. Republicans are not just traitors. They are willing PR guys for the conman…just as long as they get their $ cut.
And now we’re giving them $300 billion, lifting sanctions against them, giving them the ability to sell their oil and letting them charge “fees” (don’t you dare call them tolls) so they can completely rebuild their military, complete with missiles and all
June 20, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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I love this!
This artwork is titled "Road Trip" by Canadian painter Rebecca Aldernet. Aldernet is based in Atlantic Canada and creates figurative art often featuring solitary figures, birds, and quiet landscapes.
May 17, 2026 at 12:24 PM
I love this!
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Hospital administrators confirmed that the treatment depicted in the image was not covered under the man’s insurance policy.
theshovel.com.au/2026/04/14/p...
theshovel.com.au/2026/04/14/p...
Patient in Trump’s AI Image Dies After Not Having Adequate Health Insurance — The Shovel
Hospital administrators confirmed that the treatment depicted in the image was not covered under the man's insurance policy.
theshovel.com.au
April 13, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Hospital administrators confirmed that the treatment depicted in the image was not covered under the man’s insurance policy.
theshovel.com.au/2026/04/14/p...
theshovel.com.au/2026/04/14/p...
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The NACC may have cleared Scott Morrison of corruption over Robodebt, but ministerial responsibility still applies. Ministers are accountable for the policies and advice they take to cabinet, Michael Keating writes.
#auspol #Robodebt #PublicAdministration
#auspol #Robodebt #PublicAdministration
Ministerial responsibilities and Robodebt
The principle of ministerial responsibility means a minister must answer for the policies and advice presented to cabinet – including the flawed Robodebt scheme.
johnmenadue.com
March 16, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The NACC may have cleared Scott Morrison of corruption over Robodebt, but ministerial responsibility still applies. Ministers are accountable for the policies and advice they take to cabinet, Michael Keating writes.
#auspol #Robodebt #PublicAdministration
#auspol #Robodebt #PublicAdministration
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'Iran Is Not Gaza': Read Arundhati Roy's Scathing Speech on the US-Israeli War
Exclusive: The award-winning Indian novelist warns that the world is on the brink of nuclear calamity and economic collapse, and laments her own government's gutlessness.
Exclusive: The award-winning Indian novelist warns that the world is on the brink of nuclear calamity and economic collapse, and laments her own government's gutlessness.
'Iran Is Not Gaza': Read Arundhati Roy's Scathing Speech on the US-Israeli War
Exclusive: The award-winning Indian novelist warns that the world is on the brink of nuclear calamity and economic collapse, and laments her own government's gutlessness.
zeteo.com
March 11, 2026 at 11:20 PM
'Iran Is Not Gaza': Read Arundhati Roy's Scathing Speech on the US-Israeli War
Exclusive: The award-winning Indian novelist warns that the world is on the brink of nuclear calamity and economic collapse, and laments her own government's gutlessness.
Exclusive: The award-winning Indian novelist warns that the world is on the brink of nuclear calamity and economic collapse, and laments her own government's gutlessness.
Small joys. I woke up this morning to two pairs of Gang Gangs in the garden feasting on pine nuts. A rare event these days. Sorry for poor quality photo taken on my phone.
January 16, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Small joys. I woke up this morning to two pairs of Gang Gangs in the garden feasting on pine nuts. A rare event these days. Sorry for poor quality photo taken on my phone.
Merry Christmas to all on Bluesky.
December 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Merry Christmas to all on Bluesky.
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In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
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He called it a “treehouse for learning.” The story behind Frank Gehry’s only southern hemisphere project and how Sydney’s UTS Business School came to be, recalls Roy Green.
#Architecture #Sydney #UTS #FrankGehry #AustralianCities
#Architecture #Sydney #UTS #FrankGehry #AustralianCities
‘This will be my dream project’: How we got Frank Gehry to design the UTS ‘paper bag’
“I’m up for it” was the response of arguably the most famous architect in the world to our hesitant inquiry. “This will be my dream project,” he said.
johnmenadue.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
He called it a “treehouse for learning.” The story behind Frank Gehry’s only southern hemisphere project and how Sydney’s UTS Business School came to be, recalls Roy Green.
#Architecture #Sydney #UTS #FrankGehry #AustralianCities
#Architecture #Sydney #UTS #FrankGehry #AustralianCities
Vale Frank Gehrey. Genius architect.
Frank Gehry, legendary Canadian-American architect, dies aged 96
The architect, whose work included the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA, died after a brief illness
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Vale Frank Gehrey. Genius architect.
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I think award season is now over. Mean Streak just won the Walkley Book Award to cap it off and I’m so thankful. Buy or borrow, the story is more fucked up than you think.
November 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I think award season is now over. Mean Streak just won the Walkley Book Award to cap it off and I’m so thankful. Buy or borrow, the story is more fucked up than you think.
@squigglyrick.bsky.social
More accolades for Mean Streak this time a Walkley award. Congratulations Rick. Very well deserved.
More accolades for Mean Streak this time a Walkley award. Congratulations Rick. Very well deserved.
November 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
@squigglyrick.bsky.social
More accolades for Mean Streak this time a Walkley award. Congratulations Rick. Very well deserved.
More accolades for Mean Streak this time a Walkley award. Congratulations Rick. Very well deserved.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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This month’s micro joy. My azalea Alba Magnifica in full bloom. It looks like thousands of white butterflies have landed on it.
October 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This month’s micro joy. My azalea Alba Magnifica in full bloom. It looks like thousands of white butterflies have landed on it.
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September 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Call me obsessive!
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I don't post political stuff on here but there comes a time at which you have to say : this is wrong. Hunger is being used as a weapon. That is not being "political". That is simply stating that by any reasonable measure of humanity what is happening here is evil.
‘We faced hunger before, but never like this’: skeletal children fill hospital wards as starvation grips Gaza
For months Israel kept food shipments to Gaza far below starvation rations. Now the death toll is rising rapidly
www.theguardian.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I don't post political stuff on here but there comes a time at which you have to say : this is wrong. Hunger is being used as a weapon. That is not being "political". That is simply stating that by any reasonable measure of humanity what is happening here is evil.
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“You could of course experiment with other lower-quality products made locally in the US, but you’d risk looking fucking ridiculous,” the Aussie PM threatened.
theshovel.com.au/2025/02/11/t...
theshovel.com.au/2025/02/11/t...
Trump Caves on Tariffs After Albo Reminds Him US Relies on Australia For Copper Face Toner — The Shovel
“You can’t get that florescent orange look from just anywhere mate. That’s 100% Australian copper, mined in the Pilbara region, crushed into a fine dust and then shipped directly to the US"
theshovel.com.au
July 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
“You could of course experiment with other lower-quality products made locally in the US, but you’d risk looking fucking ridiculous,” the Aussie PM threatened.
theshovel.com.au/2025/02/11/t...
theshovel.com.au/2025/02/11/t...
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Today I went to an artist’s talk in Canberra with Sharon Field talking about her extraordinary and beautiful project 3000 days and counting….
www.belcoarts.com.au/3000-days/
www.belcoarts.com.au/3000-days/
Belco Arts - Exhibitions Now Showing - 3000 days … and counting …
An exhibition of Sharon Field's epic challenge of a drawing/painting a day for 3000 days as a visual record of the plants we are in danger of losing to climate change.
www.belcoarts.com.au
February 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Today I went to an artist’s talk in Canberra with Sharon Field talking about her extraordinary and beautiful project 3000 days and counting….
www.belcoarts.com.au/3000-days/
www.belcoarts.com.au/3000-days/
First day on Bluesky. Good to see many people I know from Twitter/X. Arrivederci Elon. He has blotted his copy book once too often.
January 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
First day on Bluesky. Good to see many people I know from Twitter/X. Arrivederci Elon. He has blotted his copy book once too often.