#sydney — Public Fediverse posts

The targeting of Divine Playhouse is a frustrating reminder of why I left the Church - a blog post by @notsidney

> What surprises me most in writing this is not just how angry I am as part of the queer community, but how I’m also angry for Christians, as these men join a long line of posers throughout history who have used the Christian faith for their own self-interest and destroy the reputation of Christianity as a whole.

https://sidneynotsydney.substack.com/p/the-targeting-of-divine-playhouse

#sydney #divineplayhouse #heapsgay #australia

The targeting of Divine Playhouse is a frustrating reminder of why I left the Church - a blog post by @notsidney

> What surprises me most in writing this is not just how angry I am as part of the queer community, but how I’m also angry for Christians, as these men join a long line of posers throughout history who have used the Christian faith for their own self-interest and destroy the reputation of Christianity as a whole.

https://sidneynotsydney.substack.com/p/the-targeting-of-divine-playhouse

#sydney #divineplayhouse #heapsgay #australia

Sydney, you were a dream of warmth and ease. When I returned to wintry Melbourne, time collapsed – and the city was still romantic
By Brigid Delaney

A few years after graduating, I moved north and got lucky. It was like riding a smooth, perfect wave that would never hit the shore

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/01/sydney-you-were-a-dream-of-warmth-and-ease-when-i-returned-to-wintry-melbourne-time-collapsed-and-the-city-was-still-romantic

#Sydney #Melbourne #NewSouthWales #Renting #Housing #Youngpeople #Gigeconomy #Australianmedia #Australianews #Australianlifestyle #Victoria #TheGuardian #BrigidDelaney

Sydney, you were a dream of warmth and ease. When I returned to wintry Melbourne, time collapsed – and the city was still romantic https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/01/sydney-you-were-a-dream-of-warmth-and-ease-when-i-returned-to-wintry-melbourne-time-collapsed-and-the-city-was-still-romantic #Sydney #Melbourne #NewSouthWales #Renting #Housing #YoungPeople #GigEconomy #AustralianMedia #AustraliaNews #AustralianLifestyle #Victoria

@decryption 12 hours in a sleeper would be perfect on the ~5th busiest flight route in the world!

A great story would be ‘polling’ the TfNSW line each night to ask if a bed is available: occupancy isn’t reported on the website. Anecdotally they all fill up - yet we’re *reducing* the number of sleeper beds in replacement stock to 0!

I’d love to know why we can’t just buy some old #nightjet stock - or build capsule hotels on wheels.

cc. @timrichards

#trains #melbourne #sydney #nsw

@decryption 12 hours in a sleeper would be perfect on the ~5th busiest flight route in the world!

A great story would be ‘polling’ the TfNSW line each night to ask if a bed is available: occupancy isn’t reported on the website. Anecdotally they all fill up - yet we’re *reducing* the number of sleeper beds in replacement stock to 0!

I’d love to know why we can’t just buy some old #nightjet stock - or build capsule hotels on wheels.

cc. @timrichards

#trains #melbourne #sydney #nsw

#TV #News #Interview #Sydney https://www.deviantart.com/alexandriabrangwin/art/Sydney-Royal-Easter-Show-1362670579

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Waterlily Pond, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia

http://welchwrite.com/agn/2026/07/30/waterlily/

#waterlily #pond #water #sydney #australia #garden #plants #botanicgarden

Waterlily Pond, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia

http://welchwrite.com/agn/2026/07/30/waterlily/

#waterlily #pond #water #sydney #australia #garden #plants #botanicgarden

It took Christopher Nolan two years to bring his blockbuster The Odyssey to the IMAX screen, but the Powerhouse Museum’s new million-dollar documentary – destined for its archives and slated for possible theatrical and public broadcaster release – has been a much longer epic.
https://archive.ph/zHDyL #globalmuseum #museums #Sydney

It took Christopher Nolan two years to bring his blockbuster The Odyssey to the IMAX screen, but the Powerhouse Museum’s new million-dollar documentary – destined for its archives and slated for possible theatrical and public broadcaster release – has been a much longer epic.
https://archive.ph/zHDyL #globalmuseum #museums #Sydney

Why would I waste my precious holiday time going to a zoo in another country? | James Colley
By James Colley

I can hear the howls of disagreement now but we’ve got zoos – complete with giraffes and elephants – at home. Seen one, you’ve seen them all

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/31/why-would-i-waste-my-precious-holiday-time-going-to-a-zoo-in-another-country

#Zoos #Animals #Sydney #TheGuardian #JamesColley

Why would I waste my precious holiday time going to a zoo in another country? | James Colley https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/31/why-would-i-waste-my-precious-holiday-time-going-to-a-zoo-in-another-country #Zoos #Animals #Sydney

After eight months, Bikram Lama’s body is going home to Nepal. ‘My heart will finally find some peace,’ his mother says
By Christopher Knaus, and Gaurav Pokharel in Kathmandu

Exclusive: A funeral director confirms that the remains of Sydney’s ‘birdman’ – a former international student who died while sleeping rough in Hyde Park – will be placed on a plane in the coming days

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/30/bikram-lama-sydney-homeless-birdman-death-body-going-home-nepal-repatriated-ntwnfb

#Sydney #Nepal #Homelessness #NewSouthWales #Australianews #Deathanddying #SouthandcentralAsia #TheGuardian #ChristopherKnaus #GauravPokharelinKathmandu

Icac hits paydirt as Reformers’ ‘shit sheets’ are given a very public airing
By Anne Davies

Dirt files are always damaging – not least those originating in the secretive rightwing Reformers sub-faction of the party

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/29/icac-hits-paydirt-as-reformers-shit-sheets-are-given-a-very-public-airing

#IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #NewSouthWales #Sydney #Australianews #Liberalparty #TheGuardian #AnneDavies

Icac hits paydirt as Reformers’ ‘shit sheets’ are given a very public airing https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/29/icac-hits-paydirt-as-reformers-shit-sheets-are-given-a-very-public-airing #IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #NewSouthWales #Sydney #AustraliaNews #LiberalParty

Icac hits paydirt as Reformers’ ‘shit sheets’ are given a very public airing https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/29/icac-hits-paydirt-as-reformers-shit-sheets-are-given-a-very-public-airing #IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #NewSouthWales #Sydney #AustraliaNews #LiberalParty

"#Antisemitism in our seven countries is no longer a surge; it is our new normal,” the organization said in a statement. “Governments must stop reacting after #Jews are attacked and start acting before, with real #securityfunding, stronger laws and #socialmedia platforms that enforce their own rules.”

Fifteen Jews were #murdered at a #Hanukkah celebration on #BondiBeach in #Sydney, two were #killed at #HeatonPark #Synagogue in #Manchester on #YomKippur, two were killed at the Capital #Jewish Museum in #WashingtonDC, and one was killed in #Boulder, #Colorado.

The figure was the highest since 1994, when 85 people — including 67 Jews — were killed in the #AMIA #bombing in #Argentina."

https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-deadliest-year-in-decades-for-diaspora-jews-task-force-warns-hate-is-our-new-normal/

"#Antisemitism in our seven countries is no longer a surge; it is our new normal,” the organization said in a statement. “Governments must stop reacting after #Jews are attacked and start acting before, with real #securityfunding, stronger laws and #socialmedia platforms that enforce their own rules.”

Fifteen Jews were #murdered at a #Hanukkah celebration on #BondiBeach in #Sydney, two were #killed at #HeatonPark #Synagogue in #Manchester on #YomKippur, two were killed at the Capital #Jewish Museum in #WashingtonDC, and one was killed in #Boulder, #Colorado.

The figure was the highest since 1994, when 85 people — including 67 Jews — were killed in the #AMIA #bombing in #Argentina."

https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-deadliest-year-in-decades-for-diaspora-jews-task-force-warns-hate-is-our-new-normal/

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🌲🏗️ #Sydney’s Atlassian Central, a 39 story hybrid timber tower, has become the world’s tallest at 180 meters.

Architects SHoP and BVN designed the #building as seven stacked “habitats” with exposed #wood, planted terraces, and natural ventilation. Developer Dexus claims 50% less embodied #carbon than a conventional tower.

👉 https://www.zmescience.com/future/tallest-timber-building-2/

#skyscrapers #engineering #architecture #sustainablility #construction #cities

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🌲🏗️ #Sydney’s Atlassian Central, a 39 story hybrid timber tower, has become the world’s tallest at 180 meters.

Architects SHoP and BVN designed the #building as seven stacked “habitats” with exposed #wood, planted terraces, and natural ventilation. Developer Dexus claims 50% less embodied #carbon than a conventional tower.

👉 https://www.zmescience.com/future/tallest-timber-building-2/

#skyscrapers #engineering #architecture #sustainablility #construction #cities

Doryanthes palmeri Flowers, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia

http://welchwrite.com/agn/2026/07/28/doryanthes/

Follow My Photos on Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch/987792619280014113

#Doryanthespalmeri #Doryanthes #flowers #sydney #australia #garden #plants #botanicgarden

#FotoVorschlag 'Im Hafen'

Sydney Hafen (#DarlingHarbour) von der Terrasse des Maritime Museums aus, sofern ich mich richtig erinnere. Das ist ein uraltes Foto aus unserer Australien-Zeit. Dreieinhalb Jahre haben wir in #Sydney gelebt und ich wäre wirklich gerne länger geblieben, bzw. wäre gerne nach Melbourne übergesiedelt. Aber tja, jetzt sind wir hier und hier ist ja auch ganz schön.

Hotelier stopped funding NSW Liberal ‘Reformers’ after deciding Morrison and Perrottet had ‘gone woke’, Icac hears
By Penry Buckley

Michael O’Hara also tells corruption watchdog he was wrong to support young Liberals alleged to have solicited illegal donations, saying ‘I made a mistake’

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/28/icac-nsw-liberals-reformers-morrison-perrottet-woke-alleged-payments-angus-taylor-ntwnfb

#IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #NewSouthWales #Sydney #Liberalparty #Australianews #Laborparty #TheGuardian #PenryBuckley

Hotelier stopped funding NSW Liberal ‘Reformers’ after deciding Morrison and Perrottet had ‘gone woke’, Icac hears https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/28/icac-nsw-liberals-reformers-morrison-perrottet-woke-alleged-payments-angus-taylor-ntwnfb #IndependentCommissionAgainstCorruption #NewSouthWales #Sydney #LiberalParty #AustraliaNews #LaborParty