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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

If today’s New York Times editors had been working in London in 1888, they would’ve said Jack the Ripper was “testing societal norms“ and “straining the bounds of propriety.”

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Gail Sanderson @gailsanderson.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Done and done. I used my grown-up inside voice to respond, when all I wanted to do was scream as loudly as I could

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

There's a thread on AskReddit asking, "People who have had to drain their life’s savings on a single event, what happened?" 99% of the answers are depressing American stories about medical bills, 1% is an Australian who found a wombat burrowing under their house.

A wombat undermined our house to build his burrow.

Nearly $50k in foundation repairs, plus $200 in chicken wire to keep him out.

Now he’s done the same thing to the shed, so $5k to build a new shed on the other side of the property.

Here he is, old Fat Bastard himself..

Edit: it’s wild how many people are suggesting we “get rid” him... Apart from it being very much illegal, the idea would just never even cross my mind. It’s his home too.

He’s now settled in his new burrow, and our house is wombat-proofed. The worst he does now is dig up my potatoes.

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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

hearing ABC correspondent Allyson Horne on the Very Important News that there are Israelis at the Jordan crossing who want to go “home” and and are in queues <with babies and without food apparently for hours> we are hearing. The Israelis are starting fistfights and police were called.

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Paul Meek @paulmeekperth.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

German Film Festival today and me and friend went to see Reifenstahl, doco on the director of Triumph of the Will and Olympia. Absolutely fascinating, and she spent the sixty years she had after the war defending that she knew nothing that happened until 1945. And so many parallels to today.

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Gail Sanderson @gailsanderson.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Two that make me puke. Heart's 'All I want to do is make love to you" is pure unadulterated crap. Jefferson Starship's 'We built this city'. Shame on you Grace Slick. As soon as I hear either on the radio? NOPE TO THE NOPE TIMES INFINITY

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Gail Sanderson @gailsanderson.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Friday night in Toowoomba. I'm updating my 'What to do when Gail dies' doc. I go to this track when I need comfort. Hope it soothes and uplifts. Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Sylvian. Rest in eternal peace Ryuichi. You are missed www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtvT...

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Ryuichi Sakamoto feat David Sylvian and Ingrid Chavez - Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II) (1992)

YouTube video by ambient30

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Gail Sanderson @gailsanderson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Friday the 14th of February is my dearly parted heavenly dog's birthday. Hamish MacFluff came racing into our hearts after being dumped by his original parents. Took me weeks to teach him how to play. The simplest things, hey. He absolutely, totally got it in the end

A picture of Hamish MacFfluff, rescued poodle extraordinaire. Mostly milk chocolate, with big chocolate eyes looking upward. He's sitting close to his dad and trying to work out how to steal his dad's socks

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Gail Sanderson @gailsanderson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Sharing one of my favourite Bob Fosse choreographies, this time from Sweet Charity, 1969. Dear lord, it's 56 years old. Introducing The Aloof. Please excuse me while I stretch for a few weeks before attempting this www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1Db...

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Sweet Charity. The Aloof [HD]

YouTube video by Валентин «Merlin» Мирошниченко

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Bridie (EBK) @emergencybk.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Most women have been told (athlete or not) we're not enough, or too much, too ambitious, too emotional, too competitive, too outspoken etc. Nike Super Bowl add (their first in 27 yrs) nails this frustrating & discriminative double standard, many women still face. Fuckem, do it anyway!✊😎

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Gail Sanderson @gailsanderson.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Sam. Kerr. Not. Guilty. It's a hallelujah from me and all my female friends

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Gail Sanderson @gailsanderson.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

And it's not hard to define impartiality. Balanced reporting does not include showcasing diametrically different views, if those views are not facts

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Gail Sanderson @gailsanderson.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Marissa Franks Burt is on this site, and previously Twitter. Superb analysis and tips on how to fight back. I won't snitch tag cos I don't want to assume her consent. She's unashamedly religious and spiritual, and that's one of her core strengths

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Gail Sanderson @gailsanderson.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Reading lots of posts from ppl talking about how they talk to their pets when shite happens. I've done it myself. To my pup 'don't be a dickhead all your life' or 'really?' As a new grad in suburban Toowoomba I believed that the kid next door was called Jesus Leanne

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Kellalena @kellalena.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Emotionally, I am the corner of a fitted sheet that keeps popping up.

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Gail Sanderson @gailsanderson.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Yeah, well now you're just showing off Sorry for the snark. What I want to say is that you and Jo continue to do an extraordinary job of being stewards for your land. Maximum congrats

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Gail Sanderson @gailsanderson.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Love Murdoch media. Courtesy of taste dot com, the latest fashion goes beyond charcuterie plates, or butter plates The new trend is to pile up one type of food on a plate, followed by another and ppl help themselves Looks like A FUCKING BUFFET TO ME JANELLE. Move over Sizzler, coming thru

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Gail Sanderson @gailsanderson.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

New profile pic. Not that I'm obsessed with chooks. I want a beauty who will sit on my head and pretend to be a living hat. Together we would be ungovernable

Pic of an exotic black and white chicken, with its right foot in the air, held very elegantly

Pic of an exotic ginger coloured chicken, in the style of a classical painting. Maybe painted by Rembrandt?

A close up of an exotic chicken, with deep ginger and white feathers framing a regal face. Definitely looks like royalty, so maybe a Duke or Duchess of Chookness?

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Gail Sanderson @gailsanderson.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I always look to your menu plan for inspiration. Thanks so much for doing the hard work. I would devour this in a heartbeat. I'm now planning on making zucchini and dill pikelets tomorrow for a treat. Hot out of the pan, with butter of course

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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Pandemics do not begin with official announcements. They start with quiet deletions, missing reports, and assurances that there is "no cause for concern." Pay attention.

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Henry J Fate @henryjfate.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I did not know And I could not see Who was waiting there, Who was hunting me. By the rivers dark, Where it all goes on; By the rivers dark In Babylon. -Leonard Cohen #lyrics #poem #poetry #writingcommunity #photography #abstract #photoart

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Gail Sanderson @gailsanderson.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Introducing Maz Jovanovich. Most senior female pilot in the RAAF. Commanded 10 Squadron and now a Group Captain. Former test pilot. First Australian in 25 years to attend and graduate from the US Air Force Test Pilot School. Oh and she and her partner have an adorable baby named Angus

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Gail Sanderson @gailsanderson.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I hear the bitter sweet tones in your words. I'm angry as a wet cat rn. I believe there are many players who want to see that here. My fear is that as a country we no longer believe in the collective good. That particular bond is currently hanging by a thread and getting weaker by the second

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Gail Sanderson @gailsanderson.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Huge amount of detailed information available worldwide about menopause in mammals, and lots of interesting research into matrilineal societies. Menopause extends female lives significantly. This research struggled for yonks to get funding. Can't imagine why lololol

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: "imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of 'Yakety Sax'"

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Andy @alreadytaken74.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Guys, I’ve just seen the worst job advert in the world. Absolute state of this.

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Gail Sanderson @gailsanderson.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

My heavenly mini poodles Hamish MacFluff (of the fierce MacFluff clan) and Francine Mary Margaret LaRue (half Catholic schoolgirl, half stripper, 100% hooligan) showing you their fluff butts. Not yet shaved for mushing 😘

Two mini poodles looking through the front door. Hamish MacFluff is to the left, with his butt front and centre. Francine Mary Margaret LaRue is to his right, also with her butt front and centre. The Fluffbutts

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Gail Sanderson @gailsanderson.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I've been v quiet watching events in the US unfold. Two observations. One, it seems clear that the citizenry of South Korea knows why it's important to take immediate action rather than schedule a meeting. Two, all it takes is an idiot with a match to blow up everything just for fun

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Over 50 million years oak trees (Genus: Quercus) have evolved into 500 species on 5 continents Due to variable conditions these include deciduous & evergreen varieties 90 are in North America, but only 2 in Britain because there are not weather extremes to trigger variations

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𝔸𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝔻𝕒𝕨𝕟 @amberdawn1116.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Game of Thrones, Idaho version

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Gail Sanderson @gailsanderson.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Had a chat w an acquaintance today who provides NDIS services. From a shopfront in a major shopping centre. Has big targets for staff but doesn't understand the difference between throughputs and outcomes. Knows how to upsell tho cos she's a beautician. Fills me w so much confidence

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Gail Sanderson @gailsanderson.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I saw Marianne Faithfull at the Tivoli Theatre in Brisbane. January 2010. Intimate show, great sound, brilliant performance, generous playlist. I've had Broken English on full blast all day. Think the neighbours are a tad perplexed by this one www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYmK...

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Marianne Faithfull - Why D'ya Do It?

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lrushfeldt @lrushfeldt.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

For anyone looking to dotwatch… this is #ITIalaska Tim Hewitt. Tim Hewitt walks to Nome. He’s walked the southern route. He’s walked the northern route. He’s walked UNSUPPORTED (carrying all his gear and food from the start in Knik). He holds the 1000foot race record that some say will never fall.

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Gail Sanderson @gailsanderson.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

As soon as I see a picture of Wally with her ball, I instinctively say that to myself. Bit like the law about saying 'big streeeeetchhh'

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Iceland Cricket @icelandcricket.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

We've often thought that one way of shortening Tests to 2 days is just to play the 15 sessions back to back during our summers when it doesn't get dark. Other solutions appear to be available.

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Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Fun fact - the parrots we study vary a lot in how they sit when we take photos! Some (regent, superb and swift parrots) sit up nicely looking like perky little birds🫡 Others (gang gang and OBP) just kind of flop over onto your hand and look like a puddle 🫠 very cute, very silly 🪶🧪🐣🦜🌿🌏

Two Regent parrots sitting nice and upright on a finger

An orange-bellied parrot hunched over and looking terrible for its photo

Perky swift parrots sitting up straight on a finger

A gang-gang cockatoo reclining into the palm of a hand cutely but not photogenically

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bronte lee @brontelee.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

good day to be wearing my @handsomemurri.bsky.social tshirt

a grey tshirt with a cartoon echidna with spikes in black, red and yellow with “don’t be a racist prick” underneath

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Gail Sanderson @gailsanderson.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

It's always a crap decision to make. It never gets easier. Doesn't matter if they're little or large, young or old. Sending the warmest of warm wishes to all at the farm

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.

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