…and while I was at it…

7.5kg of blackberries resulted in around 30 jars of jam. The blackberry picking was a group activity with family and friends.

I’ve been participating in some traditional Tasmanian autumn traditions.

#blackberries #harvest #gleaning #autumn

Trump's economic chaos makes Keynes's idea look attractive In the wake of Trump, the world will now have to revisit the conference that set up the "rules-based world order".

An interesting read, well worth wading through the economic language for.

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Calls to tax super-rich more as number of global billionaires hits record Oxfam Australia is calling on the federal government to tax the super-rich to help tackle growing inequality, as billionaires grow their wealth by more than half a million a day on average.

Tax the rich. Simple.

#auspol

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

One of my all-time favourites

Stunning summer #sunset over kunanyi/Mt Wellington and #Hobart, #Tasmania yesterday evening.

Here’s what I have been reading…

#myyearinbooks

I don’t use Spotify but I do read….

Ding Dong - Font PR Is Gone - Tasmanian Times Former Managing Director Becher Townshend, Brad Stansfield and Mary Massina in their now closed Font PR office

tasmaniantimes.com/2025/12/ding...

Fixing the housing crisis isn’t complicated Australia's housing crisis could easily be addressed if our governments were willing to make the brave decisions needed.

www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

Mainland Media Urges Christmas Boycott Of Salmon - Tasmanian Times The Tasmanian Government’s desperate strategy of secrecy to protect the salmon industry has spectacularly backfired. Instead of shielding the sector, the continued lack of transparency regarding antib...

tasmaniantimes.com/2025/12/main...

Date clash a serious stuff up for Hobart's tourism industry A blog about gourmet travel of interest to those who love wine and food.

Dumb date clash delivers a blow to #tourism businesses in #Tasmania #travel #AFL #DarkMofo #hobart www.gourmetontheroad.com/2025/11/date...

Turns out money really can buy you happiness, or does it? Despite the prevailing US$75,000 happiness myth, higher incomes make us more likely to say we live a good life.

That money can’t buy happiness is a myth.

“Every dollar shaved off rent or power costs has the same effect as raising incomes for those who need it most. When essentials are affordable, stress declines, resilience rises…”

#wellbeing #happiness #thestatsguy

www.thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2025...

‘It’s become a bit meaningless’: why does Australia have so many new Great Walks? Whether a clever marketing ploy or truly great by nature, these walks are attracting hikers in increasing numbers

How many “greats” is too many?

#greatwalks #hiking #australia #tasmania

www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

Port Arthur was a male-only prison. Female convicts were housed in “female factories”, of which there were several around the island.

Something nice about each state and territory Welcome to the demographic equivalent of rival compliments with something nice about every Australian state and territory.

If you can’t say something nice, then don’t say anything at all.

#australia #statsguy

www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

Britain’s appetite for humiliation is insatiable The boundaries between character rights, intellectual property and the increasingly vicious tone of comedy have rarely looked so blurry.

One of the odder stories of the week.

#paddingtonbear #ukpolitics #satireontrial #spittingimage

independentaustralia.net/life/life-di...

Ignoring Experts - Stadium Ignorance, A Trump-esque Folly - Tasmanian Times Ignorance is Bliss The macro and the micro. Watching Trump addressing world leaders last week at the United Nations, attacking and dismissing climate science as coming from ‘stupid people’ and decryin...

Likely #stadium timeline. Satire or Nostradamus-like foresight? You decide.

#tasmania #taspol #tasmaniantimes #nonewstadium

tasmaniantimes.com/2025/10/igno...

We studied 100 years of Australian fatherhood. Here’s how today’s dads differ from their grandfathers Australian fatherhood remains closely tied to ‘breadwinning’. History helps us to understand why.

An interesting read for Father’s Day.

theconversation.com/we-studied-1...

Two frames. Top: March of black-clad ultra nationalists with Aussie flags, placards saying “IMMIGRANTS GO HOME” “AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE” “TOO MANY INDIANS”, facing lone reporter who says, “But aren’t you all descendants of migrants?” Lower frame, same scene with marchers with fists raised replying,”DON’T SAY THAT, BECAUSE IT IRRITATES ME…”

Sore point.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Does the AFL need to be more open when it comes to sport and sexuality? Can any major social enterprise ignore and disrespect the reality of the society in which it seeks to flourish?

Fiona Katsukas’ cartoon from #theguardianaustralia #afl #lgbtqi #loveislove

Seems to be a lot of bots discovering #bluesky lately. Anyone else suddenly being followed by weird junk accounts? It’s what I came here to get away from. (Sighs).

Legendary film critic David Stratton dies aged 85 His family announced his death on Thursday afternoon, saying he died peacefully in hospital near his home in the Blue Mountains.

Vale David Stratton.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

The Article Richard Flanagan Wrote And The Mercury Refused To Run - Tasmanian Times WHICH GOVERNMENT – OUR WORST OR OUR BEST? Richard Flanagan, 5 August 2025 Tasmania is faced with the strangest of choices: a government of our worst —or a government of our best. Our worst? The Libera...

Time for a positive change in #Tasmania.

tasmaniantimes.com/2025/08/the-...

#auspol #taspol #australia

Liberals and Labor, rejected by Tasmanians, must rethink their majority mindset (and it's the only way to ditch the stadium) No matter who governs Tasmania, they still have to deal with the problem of the Hobart stadium. But there is a way forward...

“The retention of minority government in Tasmania enables this fraud — for that is what this process of fake deliberation is — to be short-circuited, if crossbenchers are willing to force the big parties to think outside the majority mindset.”

www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/21/t...

“We urgently need budget repair, alongside ambitious reforms in health, housing, education, sustainability and productivity.”

But is Tasmania going to get what it needs?

#tasmania
#taspol

theconversation.com/tasmania-is-...

#VoteIndependent
#Tasmania
#politas
#NoStadium

Analysis by @simongerman600.bsky.social via @thenewdaily.bsky.social