a new train and a new ride...

Wow do I know this feeling...
Finally acknowledged it was time to retire...
I'm only really being a martyr working as I have past my retirement date, especially in a toxic workplace...Not what it used to be...
I am boarding a new 'train' right now...
Enjoy the new ride...😀🙏😀 https://t.co/moYhVq3coJ

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) December 11, 2021

Morrison media advisors...

a snakepit
a murder (as of crows)

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) November 1, 2021

SBS only...

It's SBS and only SBS for me these days...I don't change the channel...That includes programmes beyond the news...The majority...bar a couple...are informative and entertaining...Not a bad average when there's far far worse out there in the channels...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) October 24, 2021

I guess I am getting practised at reading the subtitles/captions fast...That doesn't bother me...(Love the late-night offerings)...Yes...SBS on Demand is great for missed programmes too...

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) October 24, 2021

paper roses?...

paper roses
no sweet scents but
thorns
thankfully
absent #tanka https://t.co/Pg0QIfcRXU

— Gemma Wiseman - on Bunurong land, Kulin Nation (@AuraGem) February 22, 2021

some media have alternative purpose...

Final thing I'll say on this because I'm sure you're all sick of me

In 1989 The Sun tabloid failed Liverpool with its reporting on the Hillsborough tragedy

Liverpool didn't put up with it. To this day you can't buy The Sun there

There no reason we shouldn't do the same here

— David Milner (@DaveMilbo) September 16, 2020

I gather a stash of old 'Herald Sun's. Just the right size as a tablecloth for my furball's food. The tablecloth is changed each day. Leftover food dumped on it, tablecloth screwed up + promptly dumped in the bin...Not sure if my furball finds time to read the headlines or not...

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 16, 2020

the real Melbourne in pandemic mode...

Powerful - stepping behind media fanfare...'Because so much of what’s happening here – practically all of what’s happening here – is just quiet suffering and quiet relief, quiet dignity, and quietly getting on with things.
That’s the real story of life here at the moment.' https://t.co/yLuafDmB0H pic.twitter.com/HgUV9GoCQr

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) September 16, 2020

This is the most extraordinarily good analysis of normality during the pandemic.
Journalists should pay careful note.
We’ve all been sold the anger story in the news, and it was wrong on every level #auspol https://t.co/1zmgWPckO5

— David Henry (@grosvenorstreet) September 15, 2020

This resonates. Yes, it is shit for so many people, for so many reasons, but I look around at my 5km bubble & I see adherence not revolt. Have stopped engaging with most mainstream media outlets because while I have the time, I’ve no appetite for sensationalism https://t.co/whwwtyyILJ

— Fallon Mody (@fallonmody) September 16, 2020

Thank YOU! I live by the market and saw the ‘protesters’ last weekend - there two realities in Melbourne: the one you’ve described so well, & the one used to push a political agenda. A few frustrated & angry people looking for a fight is not a ‘movement’ - it’s a scuffle.

— Ian Laking (@IHLaking) September 16, 2020

Hooray for a journalist who knows it's tough in melb but 'genuinely remarkable' that 5 million of us are getting on with life, quietly drawing on whatever strength we can to cope. Murdoch press stoking indignant right wing nutjobs makes a hard time harder, and helps no one https://t.co/AMvZ86uqP7

— kirstenalex (@kirstenalex) September 15, 2020

Kinda feel like @DaveMilbo is the only writer genuinely reading the room in Melbourne... https://t.co/9ZCyR62qh5

— Andrew Trevillian (@Tres_Villain) September 15, 2020

*Incredibly* kind, thank you. I've definitely used the C word a bit too much, but otherwise that would be cool https://t.co/49lf08hld6

— David Milner (@DaveMilbo) September 15, 2020