Susan Owens
@susanowens
Writer | Reporter | Former correspondent London 🇬🇧Paris 🇫🇷 I follow people with full names. 🔹 Book in the works - modernist architect Roy Simpson (1914-1997) Profile illustration: Thierry Perez
Pauline’s on brand - she just won’t know it. In 2018 a Dolce & Gabbana ad was slammed as “racist and culturally insulting”- it showed an Asian model eating pizza with chopsticks. Chinese celebs boycotted D&G Shanghai show, e-com sites dropped the label, the ad was pulled & the founders apologised
Paris: July 14 military parade Champs Élysées - ‘Coalition of Volunteers’ (also known as ‘Coalition of the Willing) is led by Australia 🇦🇺 Around 500 allied troops from the coalition marched alongside 25 Ukrainian soldiers. Via @bfmtv.com
Not a meme…Aussie’s have fallen for the Count because he reminds us of Ned Kelly…
What does it mean for Anthropic, OpenAI and related AI companies preparing their stock market debuts? Graph: @data.ft.com
…and the damage they cause in our suburbs. Constant council repairs as drivers take chunks out of roads. #autobesity
I’d never heard of a UFC fight. Turns out it will be two fellas normalising violence on the White House lawns in a ‘sport’ where the path to victory is to beat your opponent’s head to the point of incapacitation. 🔹#UFC just confirmed ERIKA KIRK will host the White House Fight Night on June 14. 🔹
5,000 BYD’s arrived in Melbourne this week. Big week for China exports…
So Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social + her podcast @pivotpod.bsky.social (with @profgalloway.com) may go to ‘a’ Murdoch - just not Rupert. James in advanced talks to acquire New York Magazine + podcast division @vox.com
Hello James #Comey… 😉 my Easter Sunday table….seashore is ever and only joyous..
That’s a winning smile Dave. Meet David Brat, Trump’s nomination for next 🇺🇸US Ambassador to 🇦🇺Australia. Ultra-conservative, rigid ideology, anti-immigration views.
Meg O’Neill in the FT: “told staff on Tuesday that BP would be reorganised into a business focused on oil and gas production and another covering refining, distribution and retail…” No words..
Yes! HousingFirst demolishing Glenloch, a set of buildings (Melb) that once had 36+ apartments for the elderly. Those residents who thought they had ‘a home for life’…re-housed
King Charles & Queen Camilla’s US visit has the appearance of legitimising a war that European leaders (largely) view as illegal. Plus ca change. As it was with Wallace and Edward VIII. Charles is #notmyking
BBC reports from *London* and *Sydney*….fugitive shot dead in rural Australian town…
Not an airport bookshop…possum calls my balcony home. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Another historic Melbourne house demolition. Ken-Aitsa, designed in 1933 by Arnaud E Wright at Avalon Road, Armadale. Developer David Joachim of Third Street has its future in hand. 🔽 thirdstreet.com.au/about/about-... #Architecturedestroyed #Heritage @philipthalis.bsky.social
…FFS the AFR ran a full page ad…Well, we know MSM needs advertising, I regret the days when the ad manager said; “No”…