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Dougie Herd

@dougie_herd

Bits and pieces of me, my personal opinions, people, places and points of interest. Nothing more than that.

Joined January 2011
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Time to pack up and leave this ruined place. I shall shut this feed in a bit. Heading to bluesky here. bsky.app/profile/dougie… Can't explain why but K D Lang singing Leonard Cohen in Sydney sorta fits. youtube.com/watch?v=ZvhD1c…


Twenty-five years ago today. I arrived in Australia to join the ranks of the Scottish diaspora. Naturally, this vain old fool wrote about it here: dougieherd.com/post/if-a-tree…


Powerful, excellent, timely #WaitingForGodot last night @thestreetcbr Cast, direction, staging, lights, sound & super-friendly venue team were all brilliant. Until 24/11. Go if you can. thestreet.org.au/shows/waiting-…


Artists' Talk | Urban Biome | Civic Square, Canberra Friday 8/11/24 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. craftanddesigncanberrafestival.org/program/artist…


Decent Americans .... folk just like you and me and a gazillion other decent people around the world... have had their fill of the orange guy. They see through him at last. @KamalaHarris will win on Tuesday. Something new is on the way. It's called the future.

It’s time to turn the page.



Dear @JeffBezos your moral fortitude and replacement backbone should be delivered to your business address in 4 to 7 working days. theguardian.com/media/2024/oct…


Aapparently, less-than-the-lettuce is downunder, handing out advice to Australian Tories. Meanwhile, in the land where even her friends abandoned her, the triumph of the vegetable that outlasted her is commemorated in blue. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…


My partner @SpikeDeane is collaborating with Thor Diesendorf & David Taylor on 'Urban Biome -- a site-specific modular art installation' in Civic Square, Canberra. Throughout November. Free. Sponsored by @craft_act craftanddesigncanberrafestival.org/program/exhibi…


"It is hard to imagine a candidate more unworthy to serve as president of the United States than Donald Trump." @nytimes Editorial Board nytimes.com/2024/09/30/opi…


These thoughts came to me this morning. "Not long after you break your neck in three places (in a not-swimming-well-enough accident) people tend to ask a lot of questions. Top of most people's list is, “doctor, will I walk again?” Not me." In my blog: dougieherd.com/post/poetic-ju…


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Q: So you still don’t have a health care plan? Trump: I have... concepts of a plan


Hey @auspost ... I explicitly wrote on my disability items supplier order form "leave at door". Got your email message today telling me you've taken parcel to a collection site because no one is at home. More difficult for me, now. And against my wishes. What is the point of you?


Congratulations to Louise Glanville -- my former boss (when I worked at NDIA during #NDIS launch phase). We need a strong & effective Commission to protect rights and promote quality that isn't just about ticking boxes. Good choices @billshortenmp

I'm pleased to announce Louise Glanville as the new Commissioner of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, starting 30 September 2024.   Acting Commissioner Mike Phelan has also engaged leading disability rights lawyer Natalie Wade to assist with registration and reform. 1/2

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Dougie Herd - in his new disguise as a garden fucking gnome - dresses for another balmy evening in sub-tropical Australia.

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I’m Kamala Harris, and I’m running for President of the United States.



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