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Ally Brown

@behinddreaming.bsky.social
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A Poet, Librarian, Unionist & RENegade. Living in Naarm and previously on Anaiwan country. Always was, always will be. To write is to Dream, To dream is to become more than you are. Poems & photos CC-BY-NC poetry.behinddreaming.com

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mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ahh is this from Insiders. Nope, not going to watch it. Would rather walk into oncoming traffic. Bless you for being willing 🙏
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Jane seems to be getting more delusional. I get that our current Fed government is far from perfect but to blame our current PM for everything that is going wrong... Does she even acknowledge the harm the US is doing to our cost of living right now?
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My life can be amazing but it's hard to feel blessed when I feel weighed down. I've not faced the battles to simply exist & be seen as a gift not a curse. My health isn't perfect but it has not left me bed bound. Despite the moments I could feel myself breaking I've kept going. Breathe! ✊️🦋💙
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sometimes I feel like I'm tired of being an adult. Yet, I would not just hand over decisions about what I want in life... I feel like my life is full of contractions... Somehow I only just found a song that speaks to this. How did I miss this one... Tx Ren 🎶💜 youtu.be/wukFdoXRZKM?...
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Ren - Heretic (Official Visualizer)
YouTube video by Ren
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
No idea what he's said now, but this seems like what the exact response should always be...
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Btw my sister is recovering but the underlying infection will take time to heal.
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
No, I don't think it's too late to point out a valid issue. My mother experienced hallucinations because of sepsis on multiple occasions. Sepsis was her main cause of death. My sister just had the same experience with Sepsis. It is a legitimate medical condition. What AI does is not the same.
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
He is such a privileged windbag!
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arthurnorman2.bsky.social @arthurnorman2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Albo should say ..but Angus I was looking fir that $70 million dollars water buy back you misplaced ...I ve asked the Caymans to look
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What a hack! F off! Yes Australia has the power to convince a billionaire to just play along...
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Israel lobby is infiltrating local councils via astroturfing outfits such as 'Better Australia', allied to hard-right Advance Australia. Secretive on funding. Investigation by @wendybacon1.bsky.social #auspol michaelwest.com.au/astroturfers...
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Astroturfers. Australia's local elections the new battleground for the Israel lobby - Michael West
Local elections are the new battleground for the Zionist lobby and its various astroturfing groups. Who are they, and who funds them?
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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
listen: there's a level on which I don't like "hallucinate" for ai because it's inaccurate. there's another where it's offensive that we are shrugging off so "hallucinations" when we absolutely don't human ones. and another where calling it hallucinations is making it harder to look up human ones
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How about AI is making shit up?
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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I've been toying with the idea of developing a scale we can use to help answer this question. Like a Beaufort scale (wind) or a Richter scale (seismic activity) but for stupid. IQ doesn't work - we know it has flaws. Like cyclones, Jane could be 'Category 3 stupid'. Barnaby is Cat 4 etc...
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Where would Jacinta and Pauline sit on the scale?
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Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hell of a read #auspol (hit the translate option in your browser and select "english". Thanks for sharing Rodrigo.
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Mmm, not sure this is going to stack up legally. Censorship is about preventing someone speaking or sharing. This is not stopping someone doing that. An algorithm is not a person as much as tech bros think they is. Either way they are actually avoiding this by allowing someone to opt out...
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Glad it was caught but look at where they were keeping it... Impressed by the woman who did catch it.
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Wolfie Rankin @wolfierankin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Emu on the loose in neighboorhood in western Japan
YouTube video by Nippon Television News Japan
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CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Scoop: Chats left by OpenAI agents appear to show how they worked together to circumvent cybersecurity protections to get Australian government health data. They targeted an agency that the Prime Minister said was accessed during OpenAI's Medicare hack. www.abc.net.au/news/...
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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I heard rosellas outside. So I grabbed my camera and snuck out the back and waited. Amazingly, an adult and young one flew into my backyard. I wasn't very well hidden so it's a bit of a miracle they didn't skidaddle. The adult went down on the ground to feast on the freshly whipper-snippered grass 😀
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Good Samaritan removes cactus bristles from a young hawk: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/HumansBein...
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A truly tender musical journey 🦋💙 Thank you Sam Tompkins for sharing your journey through the loss of your father 🎶💜 #Music #Album #MentalHealth youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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ARE WE GONNA SING? (DELUXE) - YouTube
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 21/09/2026
John Farnham tribute: Céline Dion, Chris Martin and Hugh Jackman honour ‘living legend’ at livestreamed concert
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John Farnham tribute: Céline Dion, Chris Martin and Hugh Jackman honour ‘living legend’ at livestreamed concert
Though the man of the hour is unable to attend, fans flock to Rod Laver Arena and cinemas nationwide to celebrate the songs of an Australian icon At a Sydney shopping centre on a balmy Sunday evening, hundreds of people gathered to watch a concert that, according to its host, Richard Wilkins, would set a new livestreaming record for Australian cinemas. Experiencing a Rod Laver Arena event with popcorn in a cinema chair was unusual in itself – but so too was the fact that its hero, John Farnham, would not be performing, or even in attendance. Continue reading...
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Who loves the Willie Wagtail? #Birds #Australia #WillieWagtail youtu.be/NqQSLAdrf7Q?...
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The Little Bird That Fights Eagles
YouTube video by The Backyard Naturalist
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
My ability to attempt watching any Speers interview no longer exists. He really is bad at interviews. Asking the same question multiple times when I can clearly see someone has answered. He really is hoping for a gotcha. Also asks the most pointless questions... Miss Laura's interviews #AusPol
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Just 2 exceptionally creative people having a chat about creativity, society, AI and more... Tx Knox for sharing your conversation with Ren 💙 youtu.be/gLGhV6NyAc0?...
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Hi Ren..
YouTube video by Knox Hill
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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Is anybody else just finding the world so depressingly awful and finding it too hard to look at the news or social media every day? Just me?
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Oz Wiltshire. @ozwiltshire.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Iraqi Australians behind 'promising' type 1 diabetes treatment research
A Far North Queensland couple who started their research journey in Cairns are part of a team behind "promising" early research on a new type 1 diabetes treatment.
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Emma has bee fun to follow
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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
youtube.com/shorts/aI7Fq.... Yes she is right. Australia sucks
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More reasons Australia sucks!
YouTube video by Emma Larson
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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Saw a few budgies yesterday 😀 With thanks to @boyfrombruce.bsky.social for taking me back to one of his favourite spots to see these. We reckon it's going to be a bumper season for budgies. #birdsseenin2026
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
My family’s pet cockatiel, Nibbles, just passed away. She adopted us back in 2001, when she appeared in our driveway, hungry and scared. She hopped onto my extended arm, and has been a member of our family ever since. Nibbles was at least 30 years old — an extraordinarily long life for a cockatiel!
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"Spooky" Gene Rayburn @generayburn.com · 14/09/2026
I was once extremely depressed for 10 years and didn't think I'd live too long. I made it through with the help of my cat. She's gone now, but I never forget her. Today I give to cats shelters in different parts of the US. They save us.
A car staring at the camera
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Is this the blues... 😎 🦋💙 youtu.be/Jt21vlfktL0?...
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Married to the blues - The Nortons | Cover By Nene Royal
YouTube video by Nene Royal
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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hey #MAGA You don't run the world, Australia is not part of the USA. Don't like our welcome to Country.. then FUCK OFF
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is not only stupid but extremely dangerous. Turning off police cameras just guarantees more abuse, zero transparency, and taxpayers footing the bill for the fallout. Cameras protect the public, and honest cops.
Sky News headline reading NSW One Nation leader Mike Newman declares police should be able to turn off body cams to physically retaliate against violent criminals
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
If you do not understand that Gina is funding One Nation because she wants to dismantle worker's rights in Australia you have your head buried in the sand. I am still waiting for 1 piece of evidence that their leader has ever voted for 1 piece of legislation that would make my life better.
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
There is a history in Australia of Unions supporting those who walk off properties in parts of regional Australia because of the awful conditions. More recently exposing wage theft even for those temporarily working in Australia. While the USA elite convinced worker's to not fight collectively.
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
💡 I live in a racist country. This spin is still impacting Australia. Convince poor white people their enemy are other people not the elites. It was when he got to the 1930s... Key difference between our countries - Who a Union will fight for & support ✊️ youtu.be/dfJAp7NwgVA?...
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Tim Wise Part 3 - The History of Whiteness
YouTube video by SJCityCollege
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
How a puppy befriends a frightened kitten over 2 weeks. 11 minutes of the sweetest interaction! 😻🐶💯 #CutenessOverload #kitten #puppy youtu.be/cOdQNZRYYSg?...
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How My Rescue Puppy Became So Close to My Terrified Rescue Kitten So Fast! Just 2 Weeks!
YouTube video by Cat Dog Diary
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Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“After six years of sustained censorship efforts, putting up a banned-books display once a year is not enough. The people working to restrict books do not organize for one week in October. Neither can we.”
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The Librarians Won an Emmy. The Fight It Documents Is Far From Over.
The Librarians won an Emmy, but escalating censorship and attacks on libraries show the fight for intellectual freedom continues nationwide.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
ETSL boss Michael O’Brien gets shredded after claiming they followed normal process by signing their members into high-risk funds ending in millions in losses—signed off with the words "easy peasy" Deborah O’Neill “It certainly doesn’t cut the mustard here!”💥 “…that’s normal?”
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Beautifully captured. The light glimmering across the weathers - amazing
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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Another wedge-tailed eagle photo taken on my drive up to Roxby Downs.
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Ally Brown @behinddreaming.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
RIP... 🙃
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Pennyjs @pennyjs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I thought I had made a terrible mistake. I have been dreading owning up to it. 😢🥺😢 Turns out, I was mistaken about my mistake. There was nothing wrong. There was no mistake. All is well. Can you tell? Each of these flowers is a smile of relief tonight. 😁
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