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Chris Adee

@chrisadee.bsky.social
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Cat lady, retired web developer, lefty AF. Brisbane / Meanjin Married. Autistic. Atheist. She/her. My cats are Shula (black) and Jana (tortie)

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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 41m
House prices falling by a percentage not seen in 40 years does not mean house prices have fallen to affordable levels - it is just that we have seen them increase so much year on year, that falls seem significant BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE HOUSING AFFORDABLE IT JUST MEANS THE HOUSING MARKET HAS BEEN BROKEN
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LucyParkerPaul🦉🇦🇺 @lucyparkerpaul.bsky.social · 2h
This Pacific Baza appeared totally oblivious to us as it hunted its breakfast. It's the first time I've seen one with a frog and definitely one of the highlights of today's 55 species early morning walk. #birds #wildoz #brisbane
A Pacific Baza eating a small green tree frog. It took it a while to get the frog down, but as soon as it did it was off hunting again, tracking movements with its bright yellow eyes.
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 12h
They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”
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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 4h
For the most part, driving is super inefficient but at least it's really expensive and also quite dangerous.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 5h
The only answer to “will we need a recession to get inflation back to 2.5%?” Is “No, what a stupid thing to ask”. Michele Bullock did not give that answer. My column www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
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If turbocharged petrol prices are driving up inflation, then why are Australia’s unemployed on the line? | Greg Jericho
Avoiding a rise in unemployment is important for the RBA – but apparently not a dealbreaker
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 4h
“Biggest improvement in housing affordability for 40 years”
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 4h
Richard Marles’ best mate talking about “shared values”
A photo on 3 Sep of two utter losers.

Marles and Hegseth.
Marles smiling like a complete idiot.
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jane phượng, Ph.D (she/her) Ngunnawal Country @janephuong.bsky.social · 4h
Baby's update
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Kenny Campbell @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social · 3h
I swear, if Hegseth goes any deeper into the closet he'll stumble into fucking Narnia
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Ask a Manager @askamanager.org · 8h
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the cup meltdown, the “Lost” finale, and other tantrums you’ve witnessed at work
Recently we talked about coworkers throwing tantrums at work, and here are 15 of my favorite stories you shared. 1. The cup My office kitchen has a dish drying rack next to the sink. We don’t have office-supplied dishes, just people bringing in dishes from home and a random collection of stuff that’s been left […] The post the cup meltdown, the “Lost” finale, and other tantrums you’ve witnessed at work appeared first on Ask a Manager.
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 7h
Humanists UK mourns Dame Esther Rantzen (1940–2026) Esther was a great champion of human dignity. She approached her final years with the same fearless determination that defined her career of advocacy, using her own experience to shine a light on the suffering caused by our outdated laws.
Esther Rantzen smiling wearing a blue-and-red feathered fascinator and red coat, with headline text noting her years (1940–2026).
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Ryan @lost-in-botany.bsky.social · 16h
Another roadside rarity! The Scott River Jugflower, Adenanthos detmoldii, a priority 4 species mostly confined to road sides around swampy habitats! This species can also hybridise with A. obovata! This hybrid often co-occurs with A. detmoldii, which I saw as we left, but didn’t have time to stop 🥲
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 15h
This deserves an honourary knighthood
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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 9h
Our friend the Togo Toad lives in western Africa from Sierra Leone to Togo! They are a moderately sized toad, with males growing to about 2.5 inches long! A population in Sierra Leone was once known as the Tingi Hills Toad but is now considered synonymous with the Togo Toad! (photo by Alex Rebelo)
A rather stout looking brown toad with strong looking legs and very rough skin! They are covered in lots of warty bumps and have long, skinny parotoid glands!
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Chris @leftychris.bsky.social · 6h
I think he/she is an only child - quite unusual for this mum and dad. Blending in with dad in the second pic. Again, photos are taken from far away on max zoom (see third pic). I’m a bit in awe of this camera’s oomph given how numpty-friendly it is.
Tawny frogmouth chick cuddled up to dad on a branch and looking in the direction of the camera. Chick now sitting in amongst the front of dad, such that you can barely discern him/her.Photo of nest in tree with no zoom (the nest is in the yard behind our next door neighbour’s yard), taken from our back deck.
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Wendy&Co @wendy59.bsky.social · 6h
Good morning! A new month begins. #Clouds #Sunrise
A morning sunrise with tree outlines showing black against orange & pink clouds.
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jane phượng, Ph.D (she/her) Ngunnawal Country @janephuong.bsky.social · 6h
Hello #InsectThursday
A spider on red leaves.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 6h
One of the most harrowing things about academia, when you're a grad student, is how vulnerable you are to how you're perceived by more senior researchers. Your career advancement depends on confidential letters of reference & private discussions amongst faculty. You have no information or control.
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jane phượng, Ph.D (she/her) Ngunnawal Country @janephuong.bsky.social · 6h
For #YellowThu with a friend
A snail on a yellow flower.
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 16h
The beaches around the southwest of Western Australia are always good for a spot of beach combing or rock pooling. I think this large marine snail found today might a Turbo kenwilliamsi 🐚 #wildoz #beach #Dunsborough #gastropods #marine
Photo of a very rocky foreshore with a calm sea in the foreground and big waves further out. The sky is filled with white clouds and only small patches of blueLarge shell of a marine snail sitting on a sandy beach
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There's just way too much to be very cross about, today. The Australian government investing OUR MONEY in EllenMusk's stupid space project and weapons companies is next level crap. I've disagreed with governments before but I've never been this disappointed in one.
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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 18h
Bogong moths! Are they a sign from god? Probably. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The bogong moths are back! Perhaps they are a sign that all is not lost | First Dog on the Moon
Remember – these moths are not an inconvenience they are a blessing
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jane phượng, Ph.D (she/her) Ngunnawal Country @janephuong.bsky.social · 19h
A black-faced cuckoo-shrike?
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jane phượng, Ph.D (she/her) Ngunnawal Country @janephuong.bsky.social · 19h
Wind? What wind? #GangGang
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jane phượng, Ph.D (she/her) Ngunnawal Country @janephuong.bsky.social · 19h
These babies were just hatched
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Neil Cameron @neilcam57.bsky.social · 19h
Rob Crank Photography's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfTheMonth I didn't get out & shoot much this past month, but i did get a female and male Australian King-Parrot. #ECK #birds #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #wildlife #nature #Photography #Nikon #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky
 Female Australian King-Parrot (Alisterus scapularis) at Waramanga, Canberra, ACT.Male Australian King-Parrot (Alisterus scapularis) at Waramanga, Canberra, ACT.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 21h
"It's my first day"
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jane phượng, Ph.D (she/her) Ngunnawal Country @janephuong.bsky.social · 23h
UC bird
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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 21h
Neither is being a college professor.
Screen cap from New York Times op-ed piece saying, “I’m a college professor writing isn’t as important as we think.”
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David C. Simon @davidcsimon.bsky.social · 21h
Swamp Wallaby mother and joey.
Photo of two Swamp Wallabies at Sydney Zoo. One is an adult female, the other is a joey that is poking its head and tail out of the female's pouch. They resemble small Kangaroos, with shorter legs and faces, and rounder bodies. They are brown and orange with a black eye mask, black paws and feet, black ear tips, and a dark brown tail.Close up photo of the mother wallaby's head, side view.Close up photo of the joey's face as it looks directly at the viewer. With dark brown eyes.
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Chris Adee @chrisadee.bsky.social · 20h
The Queensland government department delivering the state's first cyber security strategy lost more than $800,000 in a cyber attack, a new report has revealed. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Queensland government department loses $800k in cyber attack
The review, released on Friday, said no government data or sensitive information was compromised during the incident.
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6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#BREAKING 🚨 NSW senator David Shoebridge has been elected the new leader of the Greens, following the resignation of Larissa Waters Shoebridge ran on a joint ticket with Victorian senator Steph Hodgins-May as his deputy
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A hell of a career. And unlike others of his Gen, (*cough*Gottliebsen*cough*) did not become a cranky climate change denying loon as he got older.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Norway's sovereign wealth fund has been prohibited from investing in a number of companies that the Future Fund invests in. Norway's exclusions list includes Airbus SE, BAE Systems, Boeing, Caterpillar, Elbit Systems, General Dynamics — all of which the Future Fund invests in"
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Chris Adee @chrisadee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
again, huh --- Suspect in RAF Fairford case called police to report incident | UK news | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Suspect in RAF Fairford case called police to report incident
Man dialled 999 before he and four others were arrested near military base in Gloucestershire, it has emerged
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Caladenia paludosa - Swamp Spider Orchid Often found growing in dense coastal heathland in areas that are swampy in winter, hence its common name. Endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. #orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling 🌿
Picture of a single orchid flower that has long, thin petals and sepals that are greenish yellow in colour with a deep red tip to the central labellum. The labellum has long red-tipped fringing. The ends of the three sepals have think brown tips.
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Glen Ryan @silverdory.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Caladenia hillmanii (purple-heart fingers) near Hyams Beach, NSW. This is a good location to see this early spring-flowering orchid with some nice variations out from as early as late August. #Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Botany #Spring #InTheField #Caladenia #BloomScrolling #WildFlowers
Caladenia hillmanii (purple-heart fingers) near Hyams Beach, NSW.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 29/09/2026
Thinking a lot lately about the men I know who are willfully ignorant about power dynamics and how I don’t *know* they’ve done anything specifically worse than be willfully ignorant about power dynamics but also if I had to guess which of my acquaintances had, I’d guess them first.
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The Chaser @chaser.com.au · 29/09/2026
"As I said to the help while they cleaned my mansion, we all need to be ready to make sacrifices,” said the RBA boss. chaser.com.au/general-news...
RBA tells working class people to stop wasting money on ‘luxuries’ like food, shelter and transport - The Chaser
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Chris Adee @chrisadee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
huh
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Aussie Moths @wa-moths.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lots of vibrant Green Scarab Beetles (Diphucephala colaspidoides) around at the moment, making the most of the abundant spring wildflowers 💚 #ausinverts #wildoz #beetles #Coleoptera #bugsky #inaturalist
Bright green, shiny beetle on a bright yellow flowerTwo bright green, shiny beetles on a cluster of bright yellow fluffy flowers
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jane phượng, Ph.D (she/her) Ngunnawal Country @janephuong.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hakea flowers of Australia anpsa.org.au/plant_profil...
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Aussie Moths @wa-moths.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The increase in spring wildflowers has brought an increase in the number of these day flying Forester Moths (Pollanisus cupreus) that are around at the minute. #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist
Picture of a moth with shimmery brown wings and greenish yellow neck sitting on grassy plant
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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Stylidium petiolare - Horn Triggerplant One of triggerplants endemic to the southwest if WA. Like all triggerplants, this one has a sensitive floral column that snaps forward when touched by an insect daubing it with pollen 🌿 #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist #bloomscrolling #spring
Picture of two small pale pink flowers with four petals, two at the top and two at the bottom the flowers centre
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Jess Zafarris @jesszafarris.com · 29/09/2026
Someone hit me with the whole "fuck is an acronym" myth yesterday, so here's a reminder of why that claim makes absolutely no fucking sense. (And shit isn't an acronym either!) uselessetymology.com/2026/09/29/f...
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“Fuck” Isn’t an Acronym, and Other Etymological Fuckery
The following is a modified excerpt from my second book, Words from Hell. Many armchair etymologists like to claim that the infamous F-bomb is an acronym, standing for phrases such as “fornication …
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article. And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear:
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Pope can’t resist his pizza.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So don't be disabled or have a family. Wilson really leaning into the "Just don't be poor" vibe he reeks of.
Wilson says Coalition would find savings by cutting NDIS, aged care, childcare

By Emily Kaine

Shadow treasurer Tim Wilson says a Coalition government will seek to make savings by cutting back on NDIS, aged care and childcare, as he argues spending on the schemes is out of control.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I give you the annotated version of the RBA statement (just in case you want to know what they really mean) thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
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The RBA has raised rates again. Here’s what its statement really means
Greg Jericho, Chief Economist at the Australia Institute, annotates the RBA’s latest statement, breaking down what the central bank is really telling us.
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Kate loves a walk. @katelovesawalk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Having a great time in Rome. This is the first time to Europe for my travel partner. So doing the main tourist sights first. Up at 6 and out for a cool walk before the tourists. #rome #roma
Colosseum at sunrise. Morning sun just touching the upper colosseum Arch of Constantine Arch of Constantine in the distance
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