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Pinching myself. My piece placed 3rd in the Strange Days Award, judged by... Helen Garner 😍 "I was struck by its light touch, the vividness of its physical world, its sense of breathless waiting & then of release & gratitude." Gulp. Thx @mvlibraries libraries.mvcc.vic.gov.au/strange-days-l…

Heard a visitor outside. They are my 'fear, meet love' birds. #currawong #invitation #cradlemountain

@wtb_Michael Next level! 👏👏

We've been doing track sessions every tuesday as we build up to the ballarat half and i'm so thrilled at how much faster my 400m reps are getting

@JoTregear @Ticketek_AU How frustrating, Jo. I hope you got it sorted. I had a similar thing happen this week with Myki cards, same, same, no balance showing even though money taken, ffs. Enjoy the footy! Not my fave teams he he, but have fun.

@Ticketek_AU Round 1 & shouldn’t be surprised .. but of course can’t get into my account to share or download tickets for tonight @ MCG Been trying since yesterday Same, same every year! Telling me I have no tickets in my account (I do!) or Try Again. Have tried again 100 times!!

'My #tinnitus has become a barometer for my stress, and while always present, it flares up in times of anxiety, reminding me to slow down.' Interesting piece by Freya Bennett, given my recent constant tinnitus. Definitely *not* music to my ears. 📢theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

@troycassardaley From Pt Lonsdale, Victoria, some shaky iPhone snaps taken standing next to my shaky 90-yr-old mum. She made sure to point out: 'see the eyes of the man in the moon!' 🌙 #BloodMoon

Please share your shots of this tonight I hope I can stay up!!!

George Saunders, A Swim in the Pond in the Rain, on Russian short story writers: '...this is a resistance literature...the resistance in these stories is quiet, at a slant, & comes from perhaps the most radical idea of all: that every human being is worthy of attention...'

@wtb_Michael Amazing! Look at these two #eucalypts bathed in morning sun glow. I saw them on my run–yes, it can happen anytime! I doubled back to admire & photograph. (Don't know their species?)

Saw a good tree (river red gum). This can happen anywhere, any time

My lunchtime companions. United in song. 🎶 #magpies 🤍🖤

@ConversationEDU Loved this piece! '...we can frame consideration of the self as wisdom – a refusal to sacrifice our bodies to an idea of resilience that no longer fits.' Recalibration. ✨

Rachael Mead's body once carried her across Antarctic ice sheets. At 55, she set out to reclaim her resilience – and what she discovered was surprising. theconversation.com/friday-essay-i…

Jessie Buckley on The Voice of Hind Rajab

For those who wish to donate to my b-i-l @ProfRAScolyer he is riding four days in Tassie Tour with his son, his brother (my partner) & his b-i-l to raise funds for Tour De Cure cancer research @tourdecure_aus Here is the link: signaturetour.tourdecure.com.au/t/team-scolyer

@Bundogs What a morning! Brief fire. 🔥

@subbie Wow 😳

Down the old canal #running

Morning meanderings, people in motion. #running #Melbourne #Elwood

Today in 1989, Pat Finucane sat down to Sunday dinner with his wife Geraldine and their three children in their north Belfast home. He was 39 years old. Two gunmen from the Ulster Defence Association smashed their way into the house and fired fourteen shots at close range. His family watched him die at the table. Finucane was one of the most prominent defence solicitors in Northern Ireland, known for representing republican suspects and for challenging the conduct of the security forces in court. In the febrile atmosphere of the late 1980s, insisting on legal rights was enough to mark a man for death. The Stevens Inquiries found evidence of collusion between loyalist paramilitaries and members of the British security forces in connection with his assassination. Intelligence files were leaked and Loyalist informants were protected. Warnings were not properly acted upon. Brian Nelson, an agent within the UDA working for British military intelligence, had access to targeting information. In 2012 the De Silva Review confirmed “shocking levels of collusion,” and Prime Minister David Cameron issued a formal apology in the House of Commons. The picture that formed was not of a rogue killing on the margins of the conflict, but of a murder facilitated by elements of the British state. When a government minister had publicly suggested months earlier that certain solicitors were “unduly sympathetic to the IRA,” the atmosphere was already poisoned. The intention was to intimidate lawyers and silence scrutiny, all to preserve a system in which nationalists experienced structural inequality. But the killing did not crush the human rights movement in Northern Ireland. It strengthened it. The Finucane case became a touchstone, cited internationally as evidence of collusion and impunity, fuelling demands for policing reform and human rights protections that would later be embedded in the Good Friday Agreement.

@urbanmel @lesstenny The 'notice and name 5 senses' at beginning of day, then return to focus on them before sleep has been helpful, also suggested by audiologist. Thanks for the app reminder as I'd lost it!

@lesstenny My audiologist helped by explaining how ⬆️ what the other senses respond to changes the way I experience tinnitus. She also recommended this app and I’m using it everyday and night now. It layers sounds under my nighttime meditation on different devices: apps.apple.com/au/app/resound…

Just trying to find out for my Brother in law , has anyone here had or did have "Somatic Tinnitus" (ringing in the ears) and had it actually fixed.. I'm hearing going to the doctors is a waste of time 😩 it's affecting his mental health. Cheers

@lesstenny Devastating to read most of these responses saying no cure. I've had it now 9 months, non-stop, both ears. All physical causes investigated/ruled out/treated with no improvement. High levels of stress for years so now focusing on methods to shake stress out of body. All the best.

Jumping in! Snapped this pic on my run this morning, longest run (10k) in a while due to December's drunken knee injury. 😬 #running #shippingnews #brighton

@JohnBoyne I recall reading this novel in 2004. It was a heightened experience as I was trying to read it one night while in almost full-blown labour with my daughter. We made it to hospital, just, & her arrival was magnificent. Loved the book too! Thanks for reminder; might do a re-read.