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Photography from the antipodes. Based in #Dharawal #Gadi =o= #Sydney #Fediverse. Walker. Fond of oceans. Civility. Tests code for a living. Next life a Trill 🤞🖖 #loveswalking

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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
youtube.com/watch?v=MrRA...
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AUSTRALIA'S DEADLIEST ANIMALS (SONG)
YouTube video by Van Vuuren Bros
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
hello cashed-up rich people here's your most recent payrise www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09... 🤬 #rba #thanksforNothing
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The RBA just raised rates. It affects more than your home loan
While the RBA's decisions are most felt through mortgage repayments, their impact extends well beyond home loans.
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Dr Desirée Kozlowski @pleasurelab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Not a bushfire, just the ordinary flaming glory of a brand new day 😍
View across bushland toward the distant sea. On the left, the gentle rise of a hill, beyond which the golden sun pierces through a gap in thick cloud, appearing like flames.
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Every glaciated region on the planet lost ice for four years in a row now. From 2023–2025 alone, glaciers lost around 1,400 gigatonnes of ice, equivalent to roughly 560 million Olympic swimming pools (the official weird measure for anything water related). Source: bit.ly/WMOStateofWa...
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This map by @econovisuals shows the global migration hotpots. Migrants flow towards economic opportunity in high income nations. Pretty obvious... Source: buff.ly/WwpC7aG
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The internet & #SocialMedia gave everyone the ability to publish & reach a mass audience. Everyone having a microphone is a democratic achievement. But everyone believing their microphone makes them an authority is a democratic vulnerability." www.aspistrategist.org.au/australias-n... #classwar
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Australia's next class war may be fought over reality | The Strategist
Australia’s next class war may not principally be fought over wealth, but over truth. For most of modern history, democratic societies have argued about competing interests: wages and profits; taxatio...
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huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
bad news babe a rogue openai agent must have hacked our refrigerator last night and drank 15 beers
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
even worse on a #monday #urgh 🙈
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Dr Desirée Kozlowski @pleasurelab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage. This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country. #CommitToALivingWage
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#Yoshua #Bengio #YoshuaBengio we should all listen to him and not that total #cretin idiot of #murica 😬 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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'Need the world to wake up': AI 'Godfather's' stark warning after Trump's speech
Donald Trump may not be keen on implementing AI guardrails but one of the 'Godfathers of AI' Yoshua Bengio is siding with nations who want to slow the acceleration of the technology.
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Buckle up if you live in a brown or dark blue area on this map. Source: buff.ly/NPKPBPo
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
still true on #thursday 😅
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It’s great that suicide rates fell significantly across the world. It’s still baffling just how much higher the rate is in high income countries compared to low income countries.
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
matching post for International Day of #Sign #Languages :D www.daysoftheyear.com/days/interna...
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International Day of Sign Languages | Days Of The Year
It's the expressive art of communicating through movement and gesture, a language that can be felt and seen by all.
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
An absolute banger by @chronocarta. Simple idea. Great fun to look at. New World vs Old World.
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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 23/09/2026
Today is the 17-year anniversary of when we woke up here in Sydney, and it felt like we were on Mars. The 2009 Sydney Dust Storm was unlike anything this many people had ever experienced. It was so eerie and confusing. The entire sky was orange! 📸 T. Wimborne / Reuters / D. Payne / Getty Images
Sydney Harbour Bridge with small palm trees in front. Red light and dust envelope everything.The Sydney Opera House during the dust storm with red light enveloping the skyA monorail train passes over people walking across a bridge during the dust stormThe famous face of Luna Park theme park, enveloped in red light and dust
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#lesigh #wednesday #notfriday #sobs
sticky note comic by artist Chaz Hutton that compares deep time to the wait for the weekend showing the past timeline with a T-Rex labelled "67 million years" ago, the present with a small stick figure standing at "Now." and the future as the remaining time until "Friday, with bottle and glass" labelled as "fucking ages"
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Dr Desirée Kozlowski @pleasurelab.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
And, just for a sweet moment, everything felt new and fresh and possible
The sun rising above a dark horizon, silhouettes of trees on the right and a hill on the left with the ocean in the distance and a very clear sky.
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Comprehensive work by @leahfiles attempting to quantify how corrupt US presidents have been. Before complaining, read her Substack. This well and truly is shocking even to the most cynical mind. Source: buff.ly/mylWjnf
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MsPraxis @mspraxis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Bit bloody cold this morning 3c 🥶
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Dr Desirée Kozlowski @pleasurelab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
An Australian morning scene 😊
A wooden outdoor table and chairs with two colourful lorikeets perched on the table. Dappled morning sunshine lights the scene.
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Whale Tales @whaletalesorg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Rottnest Island Eco Tour. Read the full story here: buff.ly/NM2zhOU Photo by Whale Watch Western Australia This is an encounter from 2019 #WhaleTales #humpback
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#notsureyouknew #soup of all things can be an important commodity 🌙 #heavens #earth
TOM GAULD cartoon for NEW SCIENTIST
showing a night scene with halfmoon and a lab person handing a bowl to a horned devil-like creature and the words "THANKS TO A TYPO IN THE CONTRACT, THE PROFESSOR GAINED COMPLETE MASTERY OF ALL THE KNOWLEDGE IN THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS SOUP."
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
this is going to be my favourite #earth #map version now 🐨🌏🦘 #equalEarth #mercator #topography #australia
Earth map but with Australia & NZ seen in the center and Africa and the Americas to each side
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
#immigration is not the problem and never was 😬 #corporateTax #billionaires #fundingcuts
Monochrome @davewalker illustration titled "Possible causes of your problems", with two columns Yes + No. The "Yes" side is showing funding removed from local communities; growing gap between rich and poor; multinational companies not paying their taxes; lack of affordable housing; government not sufficiently investing in schools and healthcare. The "No" side shows a tiny crowded boat on water and the text "people fleeing horrific situations that you and I can't imagine".
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
red alert everyone ✨️ IT IS #STARTREK DAY TODAY ✨️ 🖖 👽️ 🌌 🚀 #trek #trektuesday #llap www.daysoftheyear.com/days/star-tr...
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Star Trek Day | Days Of The Year
Binge Star Trek: The Original Series, or whichever series you like best, to honor the progressive cultural touchstone created by Gene Roddenberry in the 1960s.
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
good morning & happy dad's day or whatever else you might celebrate this glorious #goldenrod #sunday 🌞🤖
Star Wars meme of two Ewoks standing at a doorway wearing white dress shirts and narrow ties to mimic door-to-door missionaries. Their text: "Excuse us But do you have time to talk about the the lord and saviour Goldenrod?" One Ewok holds a parody magazine labelled Awake! featuring C-3PO. Han Solo famously called C-3PO "goldenrod," hence the joke about him being a lord and saviour.
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
#immigration is not the problem and never was 😬 #corporateTax #billionaires #fundingcuts
Monochrome @davewalker illustration titled "Possible causes of your problems", with two columns Yes + No. The "Yes" side is showing funding removed from local communities; growing gap between rich and poor; multinational companies not paying their taxes; lack of affordable housing; government not sufficiently investing in schools and healthcare. The "No" side shows a tiny crowded boat on water and the text "people fleeing horrific situations that you and I can't imagine".
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Jacquelyn Rhys 🍂 @fuliginflipflops.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
in Australia they twist their oreos apart in the opposite direction, it’s called the Oreolis Effect
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
this is going to be my favourite #earth #map version now 🐨🌏🦘 #equalEarth #mercator #topography #australia
Earth map but with Australia & NZ seen in the center and Africa and the Americas to each side
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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 31/08/2026
From tomorrow, customers of Ausgrid 🇦🇺, the DSO for Sydney and parts of NSW, can opt for a dynamic grid tariff. This will enable customers with flexible energy resources (such as batteries or EVs) in particular to help support the local grid and save on costs.
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Project Edith
Project Edith trials dynamic network pricing to help customers use solar, batteries and EVs to support the grid and earn rewards for flexible energy use.
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
it's #blessings day :D #spring #seasons #achoo
four panel MRLOVENSTEIN.COM comic showing a little red baby devil saying "bless you" after their dad sneezes, which annoys the dad devil.
DD "We've talked about this"
BD "sorry"
DD "I'll let it slide... this time"
BD to which the baby devil responds "oh thank god" thus making it all even worse
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
beautiful morning 👋🐨 happy #Friday everyone
early morning sunrise sky above the trees outside my house
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
good crisp early morning bluesters 👋🐨 may your #wednesday be short and painless (*and mine too)
early morning orange sunrise sky above the tall trees outside my house
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
the only good news 🐨 #thursday
word meme saying "Hey smiley tomorrow is Friday!!"
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Winkypop @winkypop.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
All the people with all the access and resources - said NO to people in remote areas with littles access and few resources. Slow clap Australia you are racist #auspol
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carpenter22.bsky.social @carpenter22.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... ‘More than just objects’: Australian book sellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI
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‘More than just objects’: Australian book sellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI
Secondhand booksellers believe they may have been caught up in the AI supply chain that sees old books scanned then destroyed
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
crispy fresh #sunday morning folks 👋🌬️🌴🌊
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Spökulv @spookulv.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Australian life is wild
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
#stupidity knows no bounds (and has no awareness)
comic strip featuring two men talking on a city street, one saying "Of course you can make jokes about stupid people. They're clearly not part of a minority."
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"There are more rules in Australia that regulate opening a cafe or pouring a beer than for the operation of cutting-edge AI systems." Must read from Cam. Crazy that we don't yet have the most basic obligations on companies who are producing tools with massive potential for harm. #AI #auspol
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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
It started with the theme from Jaws, and then.. 🐎💕🐬 A close encounter between a horse and a dolphin in the crystal-clear waters of Forrest Beach, Western Australia. Rider Emma Gibbons, was guiding her young horse, Wolf, during a beach ride when the dolphin approached just meters from the shore.
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
good morning & happy #Sunday blueskyeurs 👋🌞🦕
monochrome drawing of of two dinosaurs, the smaller one asking "Dad, does god exist?" and dad answering "Not yet."
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
#bowlpeople ✊

Two-panel cartoon of Tom and Spike the dog sword-fighting "People who put the milk first" and "People who put the cereal first." 
The bottom panel shows a wide-eyed, annoyed Jerry the mouse "People who put the bowl first."
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
don't let this #tuesday tell you anything different #whatsreallygoingOn
Internet meme contrasting a photo of swimming capybaras with a revealing illustration.The top panel shows a family line of capybaras swimming. The bottom panel uncovers capybaras are actually riding underwater bicycles which explains their aligned swimming formation.
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
good morning tinopeners and nontinopeners 😼 #caturday #breakfast #openthetin
2019 Pia Guerra & Ian Boothby NYer cartoon of a black cat bringing a lawyer to tjheir owner's bedside to demand breakfast. Caption reads: "Fine, I'll get up and feed you! No need to get the lawyers involved".
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
captain #introvert 😆✊ #kriegundfreitag #introvertsUnite
@KriegundFreitag meme titled "Captain Introvert" of two stick figures with capes, one saying "That was excellent! Lets do this again next weekend!" and the other replying "What? Meet again already?? ... but I thought we were friends?!"
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Post your warning sign
hand drawn illustration of parasites showing a dog tick, and deer tick, and a luna tick in the shape of trump
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Jay Waters @jaywaters.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
The President of the United States is a liar.
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CrazyMyra @outonthemoors.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Post your warning sign
Slightly rusting sign, with red letters on white, alongside a footpath.
It reads:
"If you cannot be positive, 
Then at least be quiet"
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