Jacqui Thorburn

Resolutions Omar Sakr Tomorrow, I will address my flaws. Tomorrow, I will set the future to my tiller. Tomorrow, I will free Palestine single-handed. Tomorrow, I will save the coral reef. Tomorrow, I will destroy the saint within and leave only the human. Tomorrow, I will free myself of small delusions and entertain only the grand. Tomorrow I set my sights on kissing the moon's dusty cheek, if she will have me. Tomorrow, I will finally replace the old water tank. Tomorrow, I murder the mould in my house. Tomorrow, I adequately thank all who have lent me a hand, a kind word, a meal. It will take a thousand years. Tomorrow I live for a thousand years of gratitude. Tomorrow, I write a less embarrassing poem. Tomorrow, I scour my ego until it is perfect, small and shiny as a pickled egg. Tomorrow, remind me, won't you, to order my thoughts into a practical and functional list. Tomorrow, when my son is free of cancer, O tomorrow, then I will be able to plan.

Resolutions.

My socialist bird t shirt is still on constant rotation. I love it and your tea towels ⭐️

'Diplomatic maturity': Australia must find its place in the global order Australia must take a proper look at the global order, its place in it and why it remains caught in the slipstream of competing interests.

'Diplomatic maturity': Australia in the global order

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Helen Clark on how NZ should approach Trump, reassess Five Eyes | Q+A 2025 YouTube video by Q+A with Jack Tame

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If Australia was smart we’d be throwing wads of cash into vaccine development and production.

(Not confident we are smart.)

Wilcox nails it

Bezos' talk about "personal liberties" reminds me of a very popular thread I once wrote over on the Bad Place, about libertarians and what they mean by "freedom."

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Going to hell with a handy basket

Affirmative Action for Dictators American Foreign Policy seen from Munich

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Just a week after announcing award-winning Lebanese Australian artist Khaled Sabsabi as Australia’s pick for the 2026 Venice Biennale, Creative Australia has capitulated to media and political pressure and dumped him.

I note with extreme interest, the ABC has spent millions settling cases in the past few years with white men that they clearly have not wanted to enter into an open court battle with.

The ABC however, is happy to aggressively witch-hunt a Lebanese woman to the ends of the earth.

Why?

#LatouffvABC

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I just finished my very first book club meeting as an author, (I've done it as a reader, but usually talking too much at meet-ups & pretending I've read the book)

Thank you so, so much to 9 fascinating, enthusiastic, warm and witty women who made the entire experience so joyful.

xxxx

#Gunnawah

Can't help but notice that the four arguably most articulate and resonant voices coming out of the US at the moment, resisting the new regime with passion, wisdom and courage, are women.

Mariann Edgar Budde

Tanya Chutkin

Jennifer Rubin

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alia Parker on Substack One of my most popular posts early on in my first year on Substack was this parody of Robert’s Frost A Road Not Taken, in which I translate the poem into Australian. I hope it gives you a bit of a lau...

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Babar and the Parable of the Crows the road will only ever be wide

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I’ll be on David Astle’s ABC Melbourne outside broadcast really soon.

Book: Australian Gospel by Lech Blaine

Turns out my partner was right. This IS absolutely brilliant

Kirsty Webeck - I’ll Be the Judge of That (FULL COMEDY SPECIAL) YouTube video by Comedy Republic

Can we hit 5,000 views on my new free YouTube special, “I’ll Be The Judge Of That” by Christmas Day?

I reckon we can!

Please help me spread the word and give it a watch today if you haven’t yet!

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In Iceland, on Christmas Eve, people give each other books so they can spend the evening drinking cocoa & reading. It’s called, Jolabokaflod, the Christmas book flood. I’ve never been more in love with Iceland than I am right now ♥️♥️

When fascism arrives in America it won’t know how to spell it.

Intermission Tired of the Trump Show? Time to change the way you watch.

"I don't want to be influenced: I want to be informed."
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Jane Austen toaster settings:

• Indisposed
• In a small way
• No better than he ought to be
• Discernibly young
• Very nearly pretty
• Five thousand a year