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@heliograph.bsky.social
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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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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 3h
...that's just how they do it! ✊
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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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Dr Desirée Kozlowski @pleasurelab.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It's feeling like a summer evening here
Beach shot with the blue sky a nd small clouds reflected by the wet sand. An old wooden jetty stretches across the shot from the right and a shiny white, modern boat is moored in the distance.
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Basic data literacy 😆
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kazuki @gh-fg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What's a tiny daily habit that quietly makes your day better? ✨ #cozy #music
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hislastday.bsky.social @hislastday.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This map shows how far you can drive in 8 hours from central Sydney. If you run from the police you can even make it to Melbourne within the time... Source: buff.ly/dt5Xmck
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
morning person and coffee lover 👋🐨
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Salamik the Cute Pig Enjoys Coffee
ALT: Salamik the Cute Pig Enjoys Coffee
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Jimmy Barnes @jimmybarnes.com · 06/10/2026
Hope you’ve all had a great start to the week after the long weekend. Here’s one of our favourite songs that we posted back when we first stated with the Jane Barnes Band. Have You Ever Seen The Rain by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A brilliant map of Nova Scotia’s lighthouses, showing each coastal light flashing in its real-world rhythm and pattern. A beautiful piece of cartography that turns navigational infrastructure into something almost hypnotic. Source: buff.ly/16Ye3IN
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Menestune @menestune.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I don't generally repost my own stuff. But, the combo that today is World Animal Day and that many of you ask if the animals are ever close to the house... and voila - trail camera montage from a few months ago that maybe you haven't seen. #nature #PNW #Seattle #love #nokings
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
oh wow this is stunning what atmosphere 😯👏
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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A bit of a sunset in Ely this evening.
An intense orange pink and grey blue striped sunset above silhouetted trees and rooftops.
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
in my mind (and discussions) i often replace the word cannabis with coffee or basil when reading those rather pathetic scaremonger pieces
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art #TheOatmeal about #AiArt
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A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#art is emotional nutrition feeding the #senses
The Oatmeal cartoon about Ai "Someone once told me that art is like emotional nutrition. That made sense to me. Art feeds my feelings."
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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 03/10/2026
A couple of Galahs giving me some side eye action on this morning’s walk. The show pony of birds.
A Galah perched in a frangipani tree A Galah, giving side eye, perched in a treeA Galah being cautious as it looks at me A galah cautiously looking at me
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - #Schopenhauer
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
c'mon that's just fineprint look at their name 😅
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 03/10/2026
Tonight's sunset: acceptable
Spoiler: the sunset is actually fucking amazing, with spectacular clouds
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
let me guess you're having buttercream cake for dinner :,P
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
yes #body #choice
Clint Loonier EastCoastItNotes four panel cartoon about an antivaxxer ranting about "no darn vaccine to my body" and a normal person responds "so you agree with a woman's right to choose what to do with her body" the avxx replies dumbfounded "What!?"
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John Nomiddlename Iser @johniser.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"View Of The World From 9th Avenue" by Saul Steinberg (1976):
Cartoon showing a New York street scene which takes up 2/3 of the illustration, then narrow strips above it marked 'Hudson River' and 'Jersey'.

Then a slightly wider strip representing the rest of the United States, with 'Mexico' and 'Canada' on the left and right sides respectively.

Then a strip marked 'Pacific Ocean', with three small strips above it marked 'China', 'Japan', and 'Russia'.
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Another lovely map cartoon by Tom Gauld.
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is a storm bigger than Earth that has been raging for centuries. Astronomers have observed this enormous vortex continuously since at least the 1800s - likely much longer. One hell of a weather system.
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
hah womBUTTS? :'D
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
potato mash! always the #favfood! :,D
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
lol my boss is from #Chile and I will absolutely show this to them 😆
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
and squares 😆
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#vaguelyrelated #wombats theoatmeal.com/comics/wombats
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We need to have a conversation about wombats - The Oatmeal
This comic is about a lot of things, but mostly it is about butts.
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
youtube.com/watch?v=MrRA...
youtube.com
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
abc.net.au
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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the babahuck @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 · 27/09/2026
what about your own #Munich #TSV1860 #München #Sechziger ?! :,D en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSV_186...
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TSV 1860 Munich - Wikipedia
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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
but there there there *waves* you can see my house 👋🥳♡
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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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Heliograph @heliograph.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
we'll be eating astronaut food soon down here in Oz 🙈🧪
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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
yes definitely good to widen the languages horizon :,D but the many dialects are just so puzzling e.g. #auslan is only for Australia etc.
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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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