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Anne

@gentleanne.bsky.social
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Writer, poet and educator. Language, learning & access. Interested in clarity over performance.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Past events exist, after all, only in memory, which is a form of imagination. The event is real now, but once it’s then, its continuing reality is entirely up to us, dependent on our energy and honesty.
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Kate Bielinski @katebielinski.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026
This is a lovely little collection of poetry. Treat yourself.
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Anne @gentleanne.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Looking good.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Didn't see any other coverage of the Pacific Red Lines Read Louise Morris' powerful piece on Pacific Climate Justice Demands
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One Angry Eyebrow… @oneangryeyebrow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Somehow a town with less than 50k people can find accommodation for, or provides serviced camping sites for 200k people. On average there are around 120k homeless people on any given night. All these people with caravans also have houses…
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Cary Elwes as Robin Hood Shrugs
ALT: Cary Elwes as Robin Hood Shrugs
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One Angry Eyebrow… @oneangryeyebrow.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We should have started chasing politicians up trees and setting fire to them when they started the privatization of public services.
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One Angry Eyebrow… @oneangryeyebrow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Next time I am negotiating with Telstra I am going to bring up them paying $3m+ for Steve Buscemi to play a four armed alien for 30 seconds…
Buscemi alien
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One Angry Eyebrow… @oneangryeyebrow.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If someone could pop down to Auckland Harbour and paint a greenpeace symbol on the side of Jeff Bezos big stupid yacht for me that would be great. Let me know when you’re done and I will get some pictures of it off to French intelligence agents ASAP…
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 05/10/2026
“Dave gets on the piss”: Edition #219 The Pass Pinot Gris 2025. A decent drop for around $15 retail. Slightly off dry, a typical Gris from this part of the world (Marlborough NZ) We don’t stock this currently but I might stick it in the range off the back of this taste. Decent value. 89/100
The Pass Pinot Gris
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 06/10/2026
“Dave gets on the piss”: Edition #220 Had these at work today. Tar & Roses Sangiovese, Prosecco and barrel fermented Pinot Gris and a Tyrrell’s Rufus Stone Heathcote Shiraz. No tasting notes but all were very good and I’ve put them all into the range (except the Gris which is limited).
Four bottles of wine on a counter
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 07/10/2026
Why can’t this rep bring me free samples?
Yarra Yering Underhill Shiraz 2024
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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🤔 www.dropsitenews.com/p/cia-report...
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CIA Report Warns Israel Could Head Toward Civil War, Total Collapse
U.S. intelligence raises fears of civil unrest and state breakdown in Israel ahead of October 27 elections.
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Duchess Goldblatt @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Another couple of billion years and we won't even remember what the fuss was all about.
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One Angry Eyebrow… @oneangryeyebrow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The lizard magnets seem to be working.
Lizard on pavers
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Anne @gentleanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Lateral thinking…
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One Angry Eyebrow… @oneangryeyebrow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Me: I figure I have 90days to complete the move. Them: 90days is a long time, you know what might help? Me: Getting a 90 day fiancé. Them: how would that help? Me: I could get an armish one, or someone from the Soviet block just after the fall. Them: I was going to suggest Airtasker
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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sunrise over Weenipagamiksaguygun on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Reflecting, as a settler, on how much better things would be if more people adopted an Indigenous World View and treated the lake and all around us as our relatives.
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Duchess Goldblatt @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Try to get some rest and peace. All this nervous energy is pulling your focus from me.
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 28/09/2026
Have just had one of my staff messaging on the staff chat. Two young fellas came in, got knocked back because their ID was bogus, so they decided to steal the stuff! In their haste, they dropped their mobile phone, so a manager is now calling their parents 🤣
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Andrea Is Sick of Long Covid @andreastudiescovid.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Peter Monk @unfairrobot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just a reminder that this kind of dodgy graft is what PHON live for and that this is how they'll run the country. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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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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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yeah, just to let you know, cops, that you're arresting the wrong people. The war criminal/genocidaire was inside the building. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Susan Sarandon and Hannah Einbinder arrested at anti-Netanyahu protest in New York
Actors detained at Jewish Voice for Peace demonstration against Israeli prime minister’s address to the UN general assembly
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
By my clever and wonderful friend, @jessharwick.bsky.social
Cartoon by Jess Harwood making commentary about the *real* data centres we should support.
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 25/09/2026
The rate of new AIDS infections globally continues to decline, but moves for its eradication have suffered from the Trump administration’s massive cuts to international aid funding. Bianca Nogrady on Australia's progress. trib.al/B4SAwHH
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Australia reaches a major milestone in the effort to end AIDS
Australia has joined a small group of nations in reaching a turning point in the effort to end AIDS, although the benefits are still not shared equally across communities.
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 25/09/2026
The far-right’s “patriotism” is not about honouring service, writes Marcia Langton. It is about controlling the story of who counts as Australian and who does not. trib.al/kjSFNsi
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Who gets to be a traitor?
When Pauline Hanson labelled SAS veteran and Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie a ‘traitor’ eight times, then animated the insult and pinned it to the top of her social media feed, she did more than provoke outrage. She exposed the conditional nature of Australia’s reverence for military service and revealed how brittle our nationalist mythology becomes when it collides with powerful, wealthy political interests.
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Duchess Goldblatt @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Good night, everyone. Keep an eye on things for me. See if you can stall the hellbound handbasketing a little longer.
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One Angry Eyebrow… @oneangryeyebrow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
IKEA is releasing a Pallas Cat plush, and they have nailed the expression…
Soft toy cat
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One Angry Eyebrow… @oneangryeyebrow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Glass Table vs Cat…
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One Angry Eyebrow… @oneangryeyebrow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thoughts running through my head And I feel that love is dead I'm lovin' angles instead…
Rafter angle test
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Anne @gentleanne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Angle stop for table saw, especially if you use a feeder block to keep your fingers safely away from the blade.
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Duchess Goldblatt @duchessgoldblatt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Blessed are those who pre-order books, for they believe in the future and believe in art and conduct themselves accordingly.
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
There is a certain bleakness in finding hope where one expected certainty.
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Anne @gentleanne.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Raelene vs Australian Government - Legal Fund chuffed.org/project/1888...
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Raelene vs Australian Government - Legal Fund
Murujuga is now recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The world has acknowledged what my people have always known: this is one of the most culturally significant places on Earth.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The best piece of news, after a relentless and brutal attempt to destroy a decent person and make an example of her, to scare others to silence. No thanks to the mainstream, which said and did nothing to defend the principle of press freedom and her right to report fact and express an opinion.
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💚🌏Myles🌏💚 @rainbowregionmyles.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Australia's class war has a body count. People on welfare are dying at 9 TIMES the rate of those outside the system. Alcoholic liver disease deaths... 21 TIMES higher. Poverty isn't a personal failure, it's a political choice and it's fucking killing people. #auspol #TaxWealth #EndPoverty
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'Profound' increased death rate for welfare recipients - Michael West
People on disability, unemployment or carers payments had an average mortality rate nine times higher than those outside the welfare system, a study has found.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/09/2026
The alarms are all flashing red.
Screenshot of a thread on X by user Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess) detailing his resignation from Anthropic.
​The first post reads: "I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below."
​The second post reads: "Do not underestimate the power of this technology. These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources. We have all witnessed the progress in each of these domains, and progress is not slowing."
​The third post reads: "The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt. If anything, many executives and senior researchers will couch their phrasing in the press to sound sensible - but I hear the same people express fear privately. No other human activity poses this level of danger."Screenshot continuing the thread on X by Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess).
​The first post reads: "A common response is 'if they truly believe this, why are they still building it?' At OpenAI, many have not deeply internalized the civilizational stakes. At Anthropic, the stakes are well-understood, but they are locked in a race to get there first - they believe no one else will act responsibly, so they must do it themselves, despite the risk."
​The second post reads: "Accepting this race and entering the 'endgame' is a hubristic gamble that should not be launched from a private company's Slack. Attempting to speedrun alignment should require extraordinary confidence that there are no better trajectories available."
​The third post reads: "I am optimistic about the potential for coordination. Warning shots like the Hugging Face attack have made pacing agreements between U.S. labs more viable. I don’t feel like we’re on track to prevent a global race, which may require costly actions such as a temporary ban on improving model capabilities."
​The fourth post reads: "If you are a lab researcher, I urge you to consider what the next few years will actually feel like. Do you want to kick off a superintelligent RL run without a rigorous understanding of its mind? Should you put your head down because 'it’s happening anyway' - or take this moment to call for different conditions?"
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AusPoast @daryltractor.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is beyond diabolical. ‘In Queensland, a state health staffer sent a spreadsheet listing more than 100 examples of “unexpected IAT outcomes” to the federal government on 18 November. In all but a few cases, the algorithm had under-assessed the person’s needs.’
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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Female (or young, I'm not sure) white-winged fairywrens yesterday on the farm. Happy Wrensday!
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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A wedge-tailed eagle between Woomera and Roxby Downs.
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Taggart Rehnn 🇨🇦🍁 @taggartrehnnauthor.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sixty years ago, a trailblazing sci-fi series that wouldn't have existed if Lucille Ball hadn't intervened, and Gene Roddenberry imagined a better society, capable of dealing with whatever existed where no one had gone before, took flight. Happy 60th Anniversary, Star Trek!👽🚀
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This was the video I was looking for yesterday to post. I follow Joshua Wright on instagram because we are both passionate about saving old trees. This was an ancient forest valley that was recently logged on Vancouver Island. They cut down one of the largest Yellow Cedar tree in Canada. 😢
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Winter Ives @winterives.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
An unabashed Trekker, I had the privilege of meeting Mr. Roddenbury when he gave a talk during my uni years and presented the original pilot for series. He said, "I created Star Trek as a message of hope." P.S. Many good things I learnt as a child came from ST. 💙✨💫 #StarTrekDay #FilmSky 💙🎥🪐
Star Trek Star Fleet emblem. 
Courtesy of Star Trek, CBS Studios & 
Gene Roddenbury Enterprises. 

Star Trek and all related marks, logos and characters are solely owned by CBS Studios Inc. 

Intended use, non-commercial, fan based only.
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Eloise Powers @elnopower.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Green Thorntail. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama. Tiny hummingbird with short straight bill. Male all shimmering green with distinctive, long, pointed tail feathers. Female has short tail and a distinctive white mustache. 📸: @javier.chaves.photography
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.:꓅𐌀𐌵:. @lkioni.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Grateful for your contributions to the Star Trek universe and beyond, good sir. Thank you for your continued voice of wisdom and gentle reasoning. Please know how cherished you still are, every day.
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Malcolm P. Johnson @admiralmpj.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Thank you for all your work on the series and the movies and your books. So many people helped make Star Trek happen, and you were one of them, and you continued the mission and the message of Star Trek to this day. You are a LEGEND good sir.
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The Village with All of the Flash Writers @heyflashvillage.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Join us and Sarah Fawn Montgomery on September 12 for the webinar/workshop "Discovering Disabled Forms and Structures"! www.smokelong.com/product/disc...
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Discovering Disabled Forms and Structures with Sarah Fawn Montgomery - SmokeLong Quarterly
The writing workshop is a space where power and privilege often demand disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent writers translate our lived experiences for abled audiences in order to be valued. ...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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One Angry Eyebrow… @oneangryeyebrow.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
As a teen all my news was from reading all the weekend papers from cover to cover, I was a paperboy sitting outside a church on Sunday for 4 hrs. I don’t think that would provide the same quality of information these days. Kids may as well watch TikTok. *Catholics are awful tippers
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Simpsons Old Man Yells at Cloud
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John Birmingham @birmo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This essay is reminding me why I gave up non fiction writing for novels that improve with altitude.
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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Two for one. A southern whiteface strafes a Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo as it tries to take a bath. Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden, Port Augusta. #birdsseenin2026
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