Rambling thoughts of an overactive mind

Edvard Munch, The Kiss , colour woodcut, 1902. An early morning poem, and a discussion out of the blue regarding quenched desire ..... Desire You say that we're just friends As it comes to an end No longer a heart that's on fire The touch and the tell Intimacy's sweat-soaked sweet smell As you now say "No!" to desire Desire, desire Like the air that I breathe The love that I need There ain't nothing to take us higher Inside my dreams Together it seemed There was no need to deny her Desire, desire Yet it dissipates As I sit and wait Must I alone look for another? I see it all now As the smiles somehow Mask the sadness of quenched fire Desire, desire ..... ------------------ Ode to Quenched Desire An AI discussion via NotebookLM ..... duration: 11.10 minutes. ------------------- Last updated: 1 October 2025 Michael Organ, Australia  

| Indigenous Archive | Contents Native Title in action Chronology Comments References ------------------------ Abstract : The Queensland Toobeah Aboriginal land transfer of 2025 to the Bigambul Native Title Aboriginal Corporation has provided conservative forces in Australia with the opportunity to attack land rights legislation and Indigenous initiatives in the area of land acquisition and management. The present article provides information on the transfer and examples of right wing reactions and rhetoric which pose a danger to Treaty and Truth Telling in the wake of the 2023 Voice referendum NO vote. ----------------------- 1. Native Title in action During late 2024 and on into 2025 conservative politicians and media outlets such as 2GB in Sydney and Topher Field in Victoria protested the Toobeah, Queensland, land transfer to the Bigambul Native Title Aboriginal Corporation . Opposition to the transfer was led in March 2024 by politicians such as Pau...