#OTD in 1943, Scafati, near Naples, Italy. The field grave of Australian war correspondent William Munday, who died on 30 September, together with his colleagues A.B. Austin of the London Daily Herald and Stewart Sale of Reuter's news agency, due to a shell burst. #WW2 #HISTORY

The New York Times sent this is their newsletter this morning. 'False balance' is an accurate phrase in this case as far as I am concerned. Democracies and independent news services need to be free to have such views

Face painting and balloons Sydney Thunder match North Sydney Oval #WBBL10

This is an article from Penny Wong, Foreign Minister and one of Australia's most respected politicians, on the war in Gaza smh.com.au/world/middle-e…

As of 15 November, the tickets of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii will be personalised and will have the names of visitors on them. There will also be a daily limit of 20 thousand admissions, subdivided into time slots during the summer. pompeiisites.org/en/comunicati/…

I dont know what Blue Sky is but I created an account Bluesky (not sure if I'll use it more than here but anyway) bsky.app/profile/yeolde…

Join us for a fascinating talk! Believed to be Australia’s earliest known colonial-built vessel the Barangaroo Boat was conserved by Sydney Metro and will in the coming years be reassembled and displayed at the Museum. Thurs 12 Dec 2 PM loom.ly/Ikz3UaI 📷 Kieran Hosty

Sunset in Canberra on Christmas Eve. DSS43 with the shadows of the hill ridgeline and a two of the trees growing on the top. Voyager 2 was being supported, Az 219 deg, El 39 deg, sunset 240 deg.

To all the High School students who want to keep insulting me and my mother in class trying to get a reaction from me - my mum died in 2006, and you can say what you want about me. It won't matter.

Merry Christmas

The ABC house band guitarist has this expression that looks like he's not meant to be there. It is very funny, and he is an outstanding musician. Happy New Year #NYESYD

Who among us hasn’t got wind of a major govt decision & traded shares on that? Who among us hasn’t started on cop’s wages & acquired enough money to build a property empire while being a politician? Who among us hasn’t criticised someone else for buying a house? Cast your stone!

World's worst missed forward pass World's greatest smother from the officials #nrlEelsTigers

Ɓunker smothers the ridiculous penalty by going back to a penalty earlier. Disgraceful and yet all too common #NRLStormRaiders

Once more I call upon the ancestors, the gods of our ancestors and ghosts in general to go ruin the sleep of these morons.] theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/m…

My opinion on rugby league game tonight: Boring game No structure for either team in attack Great defence both teams Dumb penalties from Qld especially Hammer's worst game ever #StateOfOrigin

Tyson Frizell with the worst cheap shot I have seen in years. Third man in to the tackle by a long way and forearm to the face. Plenty of criticism of the Bunker officials lately but when I see that it's warranted #nrldragonsknights

.Grok Using an AI tool to alter the historical image of a murdered Auschwitz victim, especially in a mocking way, is not only disrespectful. It is ethically unacceptable. Such a photo is sometimes the last known photograph of a human being who was imprisoned, dehumanized, and

NSW had some driftwood tonight ... Jerome Luai, Zac Lomax, Payne Haas - and then everyone else. Game was gone at 40 min mark, yet still another 13 min before some spark was injectected from Hudson Young and Connor Watson. Too late #Origin2025

Just reading these comments on Isobel's sincerely genuine post is enough to jump off this platform for good. Twitter used to be good - it was wholesome. I remember those days