James Clough

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238 Posts
Indigenous PlacenameNaarm
LocationMelbourne, Australia

After much pacing the ledge this morning we have a second Collins Street Falcon fledging. One to go!

#collinsstfalcons #367CollinsFalcons #melbourne #PeregrineFalcons

The police decided someone was suspicious, and pursued him, without good reason

He is now dead because they pursued him and did not follow correct procedures.

In what situation is that acceptable?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-13/coroner-finds-unreasonable-force-bradley-balzan-police-shooting/106004690

Police used unreasonable force in fatal shooting of Bradley Balzan, coroner finds

A coroner finds police used an unreasonable level of force during the fatal shooting of Sydney man Bradley Balzan, prompting sweeping recommendations to overhaul proactive policing practices in NSW.

ABC News

Melbourne coasters have arrived!

I'll admit that the main city rectangle isn't as distinct as I'd like due to the tram and train tracks that carve their way through the roads, but the backlit view might still justify all the hours I spent redrawing the rail lines...

#pcb #map #melbourne

Brilliant bumper sticker ❤️

Getting old is your 20-year tongue scraper finally breaking, and then ordering multiple replacements to find something that is anywhere near as good as the old one.

Also, realising you grew up in a bubble of relative peace and progressive values that has left you woefully unprepared for the rapid rise of fascism.

But mostly the tongue scraper thing.

@nicopap @pluralistic this, so much. Want to make the orange lunatic back down? Hit him where it hurts. Allow anyone to bypass code security and produce plugins, mods, addons to US tech. Watch the US tech industry strong arm him back into a deal.

The Victorian government is crazy not to be jumping in and fixing the local bus network in those western suburbs – they are very underserved. Would be a popular thing to do, and relatively inexpensive.

#vicpol #SpringSt Cc @danielbowen https://social.chinwag.org/@abc_bot/113935657464708038

Unofficial ABC News Bot (@[email protected])

Why the previously safe seat of Werribee is one to watch this weekend https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-03/werribee-by-election-wyndham-labor-liberal-greens-voting/104872972 #StateandTerritoryElections #LiberalPartyofAustralia #AustralianGreens #ALP

Chinwag Social

2006: XBox 360🕹️ and Happy Feet🐧 released, Adam Goodes won the Brownlow🏈, and on 3rd Feb, the first VLocity trains ran on the Geelong line.🎉

19+ years later they're still making VLocities. They've served us well, but it's time to look for a more modern design of train🚄⚡️

The fact that cars per capita is growing and not shrinking is a massive policy failure in Australia.

It's financially unsustainable and shows a clear lack of investment in active and public transport. It also show you that we're mostly allowing population growth only in car orientated areas.

Cars per capita in inner city Melbourne is dropping a lot but this is being balanced by huge suburban developments.

#vicpol #SpringSt #CarsRuinCities

We have climate signs for you to put up on your house. Free to a good home. Three large designs, two small designs. For pickup at Merri Food Hub at #fawkner Senior citizens Centre today till 4pm. And Next week. And each Friday.

You can even give us a pat and we promise not to bite - unless you are a big dog in which case Juliet might snap. -Indiana Jones and Juliet🐶🐶

#ChihuahuasForClimateAction
#JulietandJones
#MerriFoodHub
#LifeInFawkner
#climatestall
#Chihuahuas
#CAMerribek
#Willsvotes
#Voteclimate
#NoNewCoal
#nonewgas