Lisa Brocker

@annabelcrabb This made me laugh out loud and also gave me shivers - amazing work (as always!).

I've started a weekly column on Wednesdays at ABC ... today's is about the #Lehrmann judgment: abc.net.au/news/2024-04-1…

@fakaviani Four times the annual PHD wage for a farewell party!

Bravo @AmyRemeikis …. “unless the women contorting themselves to be seen as worthy by preselectors can transform into a small modular nuclear reactor, it’s hard to see what role women play in the Coalition’s future”

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Thanks to @Dictionarycom, "Greedflation" is now an official English word. It means price hikes "caused by corporate executives or directors, property owners, etc., solely to increase profits that are already healthy or excessive." Greedflation is one reason that despite inflation  coming  down  Americans are still  paying too much for groceries, gas, and medicines.

This is fascinating!

Former public school students speak out on the dangers of adequate funding for public schools.

@BradDesmond2 I read this a while ago and it made me wonder if the societal and psychological discourse may have been different had we utilised inclusive over toxic: #bibr26-00380385231172121" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Great to see the excellent ⁦@bevvo14⁩ channeling Christopher Walken on ⁦@abcnews⁩ The World. 🤭

Scott Morrison lied about #Robodebt, lied about the 5 secret ministries, lied about asylum seeker boats, lied about being friends with a batshit cooker, lied about being in Hawaii while Australia burned, lied about AUKUS (repeatedly), lied to Emmanuel Macron, lied to Malcolm Turnbull, lied to Barnaby Joyce, lied to Julie Bishop, lied about knowing about a rape in Parliament House, lied about being able to play the ukulele, lied about Christian Porter, lied about Novak Djokovic, lied about Gladys Berejiklian, lied about Donald Trump, lied about selling the Port of Darwin, lied about buying #COVID19 vaccines and RATs in a timely manner, lied about supporting Clive Palmer’s court case, lied about personally buying a COVID test kit, lied about transitioning away from fossil fuels, lied about Michael Towke to gain preselection, lied in his jobs previous to being in parliament, lied about giving a shit about women’s issues, lied about electric vehicles, lied about Sam Dastyari, lied about Bill Shorten, and lied that he wasn’t a deadshit fucking liar. In the face of all that, the headline below is nothing less than obscene. #LiarFromTheShire

@BasilZempilas Worst advertisement for #perth ever!

And the full version. Talking about the news up against the tennis.

This is absolutely chilling. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

@bext_words @tomebeyer Can you DM me also - I’m so interested to know!

@tomebeyer Can I dm you?

Many people email me looking for a cure to their #aphantasia. I am sympathetic to idea. For a long time I believed it would be the thing that improved my life.  My perspective fully changed when I came to understand two core ideas about mental imagery: 1. Mental imagery is not necessarily what I thought it was from the non-visualizer perspective. It’s not like a computer screen you have full control over. It can be driven involuntarily, and has a very wide range of phenomenology. When I wanted a cure, did I want perfect, crystal clear imagery? What if it was very blurry and hard to see; would I want that? Did I want movement and holding power? Or only quick static flashes like some experience? Did I want to see it internally in the back of my mind or projected into the space around me? It’s easy to romanticize and want something you don’t have, but the lingering thought in my mind is “be careful what you wish for”. There’s so much more to the imagery experience than seeing be not seeing images 2. The desire for a cure presupposes that aphantasia doesn’t have its own unique strengths and advantages that are worth preserving. I am now certain beyond a doubt there are advantages to this way of thinking, and since there is no known cure, best to identify those strengths within us and allow them to flourish. The reality is that human society needs a diversity of talents, skills and perspectives.

Who thinks Margaret Court Arena should be renamed as Evonne Goolagong Cawley Arena? #AO24 #AusOpen

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BUT THE DRESS! The dress didn’t assault my friend, the dress didn’t make her get raped & the dress is not responsible for being raped If in doubt here’s a little throwback to his patterns of behaviour abc.net.au/news/2021-03-2…

@sianharries_ @loleen_berdahl Take a Squizz at @annabelcrabb ‘s #TheWifeDrought which is right on the topic of this tweet - an informative and wry read.

The secret of success is realising you simply can’t have a full time job/career, kids, elderly/sick family, friends, a clean beautiful house, a social life, balayage highlights and wrinkle free face, sleep 8 hours and go to the gym. It’s hilarious to think that’s what’s expected

@engineers_feed No. Wish I did but I have aphantasia

Book readers, when you read a book do you see what you are reading in your mind?

Private School Funding Model is Increasingly Incoherent, Irrational and Wasteful saveourschools.com.au/funding/privat…

@ATRightMovies Nine days - existential in philosophical sense. Truly profound. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Days…

What is the best existential movie you've ever seen?