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@anneberra.bsky.social
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 16h
Uh oh
Screenshot - severe weather warning
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 16h
A stormy day. Went for a walk this morning between showers.
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 17h
Went to an early music concert. Heard a theorbo. Beautiful sound.
A young man dressed in concert blacks holds a stringed instrument with a very long neck. The very poor photographer (me) has cut-off the top of the instrument.
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Kerry Jaggers 🇦🇺 @kerryjaggers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Women don't have compassion fatigue. We're exhausted. Our outrage has little effect. Only men can stop this. Good men need to step up. "Sometimes we do need to march. Sometimes anger and grief is what forces governments to listen. Such public outrage can have enormous political force." #auspol #vaw
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
True to form.
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I don’t know when I started greeting insects, but this morning when I found a bogong moth fluttering in the spare room I exclaimed, “hello beautiful!”. I gently enclosed it in a cage of fingers and carried it carefully outside, where it found a hiding place between the fence and the shed.
en.wikipedia.org
Bogong moth - Wikipedia
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Pauline Hanson and her party of rorters. Morally and ethically bankrupt.
theguardian.com
One Nation admits using party funds to build $56,000 shed on James Ashby’s private property
Email to members says money lent to a party-linked company to establish a micro distillery
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Got a new floor. Loathed the carpet downstairs - I’m too much of a gardening grub for high traffic areas to be carpeted. I have been living like a squatter. Removalists bringing the furniture back now. One of them is a giant - he can barely fit through the door.
A tv sits on a concrete floor. The display is paused on an episode of 30 Rock. I think I chose okay with the plank. It was a bit nerve wracking!
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What a brilliant example for little Aussie kids. Even if you grow up in public housing you can still aspire to stand next to a corrupt pathological narcissist, compulsive liar, sex abusing bully who’s destroying the world order, the global economy and the environment, smile and get a selfie
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Horrible awful afternoon at work. I have a week off now. Would happily never return. Sometimes I just want to flip the desk over and burn things, but the training module I’d have to do afterwards puts me off the idea.
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Oh goody
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
On Sundays I video call my sister and we do dinner and a quiz. She remembers things that happened in the 1950s and is quite well travelled. I’m okay with literature, mythology and lucky guesses. Tonight we got 23 out of 25 so to celebrate drinking weak white wine and boating to Bluesky.
A pen in a sheet of paper bearing
The numbers 1-25 with some random answers and ticks and crosses. 
Close examination will reveal that struggled to spell the word ‘Buddhist’. 
You may also notice that the answer to the question about a maiden over has been annotated as sexist. 
At the top of the page is written the word Newgrange because my sister was talking about it before we started quizzing. It has nothing to do with the quiz.
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loveaspurpose.bsky.social @loveaspurpose.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“We are 'Yennibu' — we are one. When we were asked by the British, Who are you? What tribe?', my ancestors used their four fingers to point to the ground and say ‘lyora’ in other words, we are from here” — What the Colonists Never Knew. From the National Museum Australia ~ Dennis Foley, Peter Read.
A river with trees and grassland either side - Blue skyA black currawong with some white markings is looking amongst green grass along a path Currawong in long green grass and yellow flowers
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Broccoli pruning team are back.
On a shadowed wall, above a large bushy broccoli going to seed, two sulphur crested cockatoos look to the right. One of them has its crest erect because a mynah has been harassing them.
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Fifty two years today since mum died. I wish there was someone around to give me a hug.
A copy of a photo of my mum stuck on a page of printer paper. A poem I wrote for her is printed at the top:
Marie
A spark
A glimpse glint of light in water
I have learned to be the daughter of this loss
Through all the tears 
Just seven years I had with you
And
A lifetime since of longing.
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Kent Parkstreet @kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I’m legally blind and on the other side of the planet, but even I can see that’s a rug. #TheThingOnTrumpsHead
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SallyRCbra @srpassesiton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
NZ 😖
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Tim Goodacre - Writer @timgoodacre.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The climate shitshow that has hit the northern hemisphere's summer is coming for Australia. Yesterday, Sydney had a 32C day with violent winds. That's a film trailer for the feature film that is to come. #AusPol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
The strongest El Niño in living memory is starting to show its might
The dark, red tongue spreading in the Pacific is growing at a rate not seen in living memory. The uncertainty over what is driving it has alarmed experts.
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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
These are the biggest since 1888.
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
So exciting! That’s the weekend’s entertainment sorted! @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
The cover of a book, illustrated with a monolithic cliff towering over a figure on a beach. A house can be seen perched lonely on the hills sloping down to the shore. 
The hand holding the book is old and unmanicured. I have never been to one of those nail salons. 
In the background of the photo is a garden, the reason why I never bother with a manicure.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Margaret Preston (1875 – 1963), Australian painter, printmaker and writer, one of Australia's leading modernists #Womensart
Print a plant with large dark red blossoms against a cream background
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I can’t hold the enormity of death and doom in my brain, so here are invisible jumpers. invisiblejumpers.com/collection/i...
invisiblejumpers.com
Joseph Ford fine art photographs - Invisible Jumpers
Fine art limited edition photographs from Joseph Ford and Nina Dodd's Invisible Jumpers series, featuring custom hand-made knitting blending people into their backgrounds
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Just around the corner from home. A group of cyclists training for a triathlon. Devastating.
abc.net.au
32yo rider dead after five cyclists struck by car in Canberra's north
A female cyclist has died in a crash involving five cyclists on Gungahlin Drive, closing the road in both directions.
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
When wrens attack.
A male Superb Fairy Wren takes flight from its perch in the small fig tree.
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Fairy wren pest patrol. Why I won’t spray for caterpillars or aphids.
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
If you're like me, mass bird deaths break your heart every day, and governments everywhere seem to become crueller by the hour, but have you tried watching Trainwreck: Poop Cruise?
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
After Plymouth Brethren Director Lloyd Grimshaw tries washing his hands of election interference to benefit the Liberal Party, Corinne Mulholland corners him with hard evidence, “You, yourself, are a member of these chats!”💥 #auspol
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING: ASIO no. 2 is being rushed through parliament this week. This is the bill that allows warrantless questioning by ASIO, without a lawyer, and you can't tell a soul without being sent to prison. Share this widely and make some noise.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Happy 10 year anniversary of the best mic drop on Twitter. Hard to believe it’s been so long! Congrats @astrokatie.com

Katie Mack @AstroKatie
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Honestly climate change scares the heck out of me and it makes me so sad to see what we're losing because of it.

Gary P Jackson (RAT) @gary4205
@AstroKatie Maybe you should learn some actual SCIENCE then, and stop listening to the criminals pushing the #GlobalWarming SCAM!

Katie Mack @AstroKatie
@gary4205 | dunno, man, I already went and got a PhD in astrophysics.
Seems like more than that would be overkill at this point.
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This is beautiful work.
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Are consultancies inherently corrupt?
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Oh fuh fuh ksakes.
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Best illustration of the societal effects of AI that I have seen.
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John Holmes @jhaue.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Bird flu is a huge disaster and it’s normal to find it distressing and sad. How can we deal with this grief? First Dog on the Moon Firstly you can just grieve – it’s not your fault because you used a plastic straw that one time www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Bird flu is a huge disaster and it’s normal to find it distressing and sad. How can we deal with this grief? | First Dog on the Moon
Firstly you can just grieve – it’s not your fault because you used a plastic straw that one time
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
It is not funny it’s very sad.
theguardian.com
Making fun of the English is an Australian national pastime but the drought in Britain isn’t funny at all | First Dog on the Moon
38C is hot by anyone’s standards
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I love Australian wildlife.
abc.net.au
Male redback's bizarre death somersault during sex is in its genes
Male redback spiders somersault onto the female's fangs while mating and are killed. Researchers cross-bred the Aussie spiders with their NZ cousins to find out why.
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
So much of my job is just reminding people to do things I’ve already asked them about. Shits me to tears. Grateful to have a job but also fmd it can be very annoying.
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Strawberry Conserve. Difference between jam and conserve? With conserve, you layer the fruit with sugar for 24 hours before adding lemon juice, pith and peel. For jam you just add sugar and juice to fruit and heat until the juice runs. Smells divine, and makes a satisfying crackle when it’s ready.
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Strawberries were only $6.00 per kilo if you bought them by the tray. It wasn’t very convenient to bring home on the bicycle, but now I have jam!
This photo is a closeup of two jars of jam - you can just see another behind it. 
Whole fruit is suspended in the red jelly.
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John Holmes @jhaue.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I feel deep sadness about bird flu and environmental loss. Is this normal? theconversation.com/i-feel-deep-...
theconversation.com
I feel deep sadness about bird flu and environmental loss. Is this normal?
Grief is an understandable response to witnessing harm to places and species that matter to us.
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micchiato 🎋 @micchiato.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This seems bad.
@RyanWeather
Update: This "Super El Niño" will be perhaps the strongest in 500 to 1000 years, and could legitimately be the most extreme global weather or climate event experienced by humanity since the invention of the printing press. Only more extreme situation is a volcanic winter.
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Truth
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
There’s been a bit of to and fro about my position description. I just want to write ‘foetal’ and get on with the work. #collapse
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/08/2026
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Lake Mungo 1972
A blue station wagon is parked beneath a small, leaning over eucalyptus. A five year old Anne stands in front of the car. 
Everything is a bit blurry.
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
There is such a tender feeling to this painting. It really moved me.
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I’ve read 60 job applications today. So this is what it feels like to lose the will to live.
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
It was a beautiful day in the mountains, over the swamp, with a fire and a dog.
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I found where the red back spiders live.
They’re hiding in there, watching their eggs. Venomous spiders. Never leave your boots outside. Beat your gloves before you put them on. But leave them alone - goodness knows it’s hard enough being a spider in the Anthropocene.
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Anne @anneberra.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Cold ride home.
Screenshot from weather app showing temperature of 4.4 degrees Celsius, with feels like temp of -1.2
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