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@emustar.bsky.social
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Retired librarian, artist, small farm, fibre arts, citizen scientist. NSW Australia.

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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Orange moon above clouds
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Nright light this dawn but rain clouds are heading this way. Expecting a balmy 15 degrees C today.
The sky at dawn, golden light shining on clouds above treetops and distant hills
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
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Using Kagi Search With Low Vision | Veronica With Four Eyes
How I'm using Kagi Search with low vision to manage visual fatigue, plus my favorite Kagi accessibility features for low vision + CVI and Kagi low vision theme
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
My android phone updated itself and changed the function of the power button to launching Google's AI assistant. A search on Reddit finally told me what's going on and how to revert to the original function. #android
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
A lot of people don't like ibises - and they do hang out at the tip eating rubbish. But they are beautiful when you see them flying and wading in the dam. They are probably eating the little frogs though. #ausbirds #photography #southerntablelands #ibis
4 ibises on the edge of a dam1 ibis walking along edge of a dam
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Difficult. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Title “Grace under fire?”
Reporter stands beside PM Albanese who is tied into a knot. Albo says; “What I meant to say is, being me can be difficult.”
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Airbnb account deleted due to new privacy policy and use of data for AI
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Questions Ladybird never answered. Was Granny being subversive? Artist: AN Buchanan (1968)
A table is set for a meal. Six children are gathered around it and mother stands leading the saying of grace. Everybody lowers their heads in prayer heads except granny, sitting in the corner who looks up with a crafty expression.
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Living with a border collie - my favourite magazine
Torn up magazine
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Sunset tonight - interesting clouds #sunset #clouds
Gum trees silhouetted in front of the sky with sun setting at the horizon and lighting puffy little clouds crossing the sky diagonally
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
The noisy friarbird again, looking jaunty. The other bird a fantail or sparrow. Has been over 40 degrees this week and the bordbaths are getting a workout. #auswildlife #birds #climate
2 birds perched on the edge of a birdbath under a tree. Pne os a sparrow or fantail, the other is twice as big and has a bump on its beak, tail up in the air
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Noisy Friarbird sharing a drink on this 40 degree day
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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Try finding a comfortable spot and staying there quietly for just ten minutes. It's worth it, we promise.
A Pied Oystercatcher with distinctive black and white plumage, bright orange-red bill, and pink legs stands on rocky coastal terrain with water visible in the background. White text reads "PRACTICE STAYING STILL" as the headline, with instructions to find a comfortable spot and stay quietly for ten minutes. Text in the lower right reads "It's worth it, we promise." Photo credit: "Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris) by james_birdtourasia on iNaturalist."
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
New Year's Eve, just before the 9pm fireworks started, Grey-headed Flying Foxes crossed the Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra to go to their roosts in the trees.
Flying foxes in a dark, cloudy sky
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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
This striking bat, the Grey-headed Flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus), is found only in Australia. They're also critical pollinators & seed dispersers for over 100 native tree & plant species! 📷 lawrencehylton on iNaturalist 📍 Australia 🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ObservationOfTheDay
A dark brown bat glides over water.A dark brown bat glides over water, and splashes where it's just grazed the water fly into the air.
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
As I approached the kangaroo it hopped behind the bottlebrush tree and hid there #auswildlife
Kangaroo sitting behind a fence next to a bottlebrush tree
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
So many birds flying around in the wind before the heatwave! 5 species of birds were together at one birdbath. Didn't get a photo though. But interesting clouds after the wind changed direction. #aussieheatwave #heatwave #wind #clouds #ausbirds
Sunshine on paddock with some large low clouds and lots of little round cloudsTreetops with blue sky and a big cloud with feathery fingers reaching down towards the treesMore of the same
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Lovely morning for a walk. Not a soul to be seen, just dogs barking, birds, a wallaby and a red bellied black snake crossing the road. The bird here is a Noisy Friarbird, it has a bump on top of its beak. #ausbirds #auswildlife #xmasday #bordercollie
Border Collie and labradoodle on leash walking on the roadBorder Collie sleeping on black leather couchNoisy Friarbird perched in fork of a eucalyptus tree
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Yesterday's thunderstorm approaching.
Storm clouds over a paddock with light shining down from the sun behind the cloudsStorm clouds over the paddock with rain about to start
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
The lunar eclipse from NSW Australia at about 3:30 am #astronomy #eclipse #moon
The full moon looking 3D and orange because of the eclipse
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Scary looking orange-footed centipede found under a rotting log. Apparently a voracious predator but mildly toxic to humans. #auswildlife #ausinverts
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Sunrise
Orange light coming up behind hills under a cloudy sky
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Disaster Geek @monicalea.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
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Engineers Redesign the 180 Year Old Speculum
YouTube video by Today I Learned Science
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TARA SMITHSON -Wildlife & Nature Photographer 📸 @tarasmithson.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Dinner time here in Australia. 🍽️😋🇦🇺 Ibis in a low tide lagoon. Seafood is on the menu. 🐦🌊🏖️ 🦞🐚 Sweet dreams, world. 😴✨🌍 #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #naturephotography #birding #birdwatching #birdwatchers #Canon #R5 #Australia
The photograph, taken from a low angle at eye level, presents a flock of Australian white ibis birds wading in the shallow, sandy waters of a light blue lagoon. The blurry background features a light-brown, sandy bank and additional ibis birds in the distance. In the foreground, four birds take centre stage. On the left, two birds are intently searching for sustenance, their long, downward-curving beaks either submerged or close to the water's surface. To the right, two more ibis birds have their beaks open, seemingly in search of food. The birds' bodies are predominantly white, contrasted by black feathers on their backs and black, featherless heads and necks. Their legs and beaks are also black. The scene is bathed in the warm light of sunset.
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Keith Horton @keithhortonphotos.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
A Rainbow Lorikeet taking off from a Swamp Banksia flower spike Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia #Australianphotography #birds #australianbirds #WildOz #nature #flight #birdsinflight #banksias
The head of the rainbow lorikeet is deep blue with a greenish-yellow nuchal collar, and the rest of the upper parts (wings, back and tail) are green. The chest is orange/yellow. The belly is deep blue, and the thighs and rump are green. The flower spike is a lime green colour. In the distance the sea can be just made out.
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
See reply to post below, I forgot about the character limit.
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
I just got a new laptop with Windows 11. During setup there is a screen to log into your Microsoft account. No way to bypass it or opt out. So I logged into my account (which I have from registering MS Office 2019).
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
On #YorkshireDay, enjoy this lovely railway poster of the Yorkshire Dales by Ladybird artist Ronald Lampitt
A lovely vintage railway poster, in a limited palette range based on green, looking down into a village in a dale
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Free book at Project Gutenberg: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/236 Tired of paying for books to read on Kindle? Download free books at Project Gutenberg and send to your Kindle. #kindle #reading #ebooks #Gutenberg
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The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Yellow thornbills, tiny twittering little birds hanging out in the wattles and casuarinas. #auswildlife #ausbirds
Small brown bird with yellow chest and underbelly perching on a branch
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
See alt text for full description. #photography #bordercollie #nature
It's nighttime and I am walking my puppy. The full moon is shining through clouds and big old gumtrees are silhouttted in front. It is 10 degrees Celsius, not too cold if you are rugged up. We saw one small kangaroo hopping away.
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Walking at sunrise with puppy after a rainy night. #photography #sunrise #naturephotography
Pink clouds at horizon reflected on road. Trees beside road.Sky lightening and gum trees at sodes of curving road.
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Pink mist this morning! And a heavy frost.
Sunrise theough mist, trees and hills
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Arty shots of evening light reflected on surface of wooden coffee table. #photography
Coffee table surface relecting light from outside window. Pink clouds, mouuntains in distance, wooden verandah behind window.Same with blue skySame showing table legs
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Frost, fog and roos this morning #auswildlife ]
Big male Eastern grey kangaroo in paddock5 Eastern grey kangaroos, hravel driveway flanked by gumtrees
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Play, walk, play, sleep. Freezing wind and rain, 6 degrees centigrade outside, nice to come home to the fire. #bordercollie
Border collie puppy curled up in a director chair in front of the fireplace
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Puppy had a busy morning shredding her blankets
Border collie sleeping on couch covered in torn blankets
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Breakfast sorted! Orange, lemon, lime and mandarin marmalade. 50% wholemeal sourdough. Tried a longer fermentation and it has risen better this time.
2 loaves of bread and 4 jars of orange marmalade
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Ghost moths - they are attracted to lights at night but seem to like sleeping in the sun during the day. #auswildlife #Australianinvertebrates
Large moth on grassSide view of moth on wooden verandah
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
2 Peron's tree frogs in the sheep 'bathtubs trough when I went to scrub off some of the algae. #auswildlife #frogs
A little frog with one front leg stretching up, showing distinctive webbed toes and lemon-yellow inner thighs.  Green algae on the surface it's reaching up to.
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Morning sky #sunrise
Sunrise over paddocks and hills
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emustar.bsky.social @emustar.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Straw necked ibis and sulphur crested cockatoos vying for a tree to roost in at dusk #auswildlife #birds
2 eucalyptus trees with ibis and cockatoos flying around them
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