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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/11/2026

Yesterday's walk was 'down the spur to the lake, then turn around and come back up like the utter idiots we are'. Found a lovely tiny orchid, a new one to me. Nice. But also this honking great thing, A WEDGE-TAILED EAGLES' NEST. The scale is too difficult to work […] [Original post on aus.social]

Looking up from below at a wedge-tailed eagles' nest. A mass of sticks rests in the fork of a half-dea scribbly gum.

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/10/2026

back at Mort St lovely chitchat All the phlebotomists are wearing lolly themed T shirts "for halloween". Weird but nice. #lifebloodau

diagram showing leg exercises to do while donating plasma

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/10/2026

Smiling Mulga Bore Hard Rock utterly joyful boys w. guitars #TheKidsAreAllRight

A Spotify album 'cover'
Title: Sweet home mulga bore
By: Mulga Bore Hard Rock

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/10/2026

Our shingleback lunch companions today. He (on the left) is being very bold coming up to her as an equal. Before I took this, he was diligently in position following 8cm behind her in the fashion of shingleback formal courting. The trouble is, they both know me […] [Original post on aus.social]

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2026

[#AusPol] It just struck me, forgive me I am slow. UnAustralian:

Australian PM Albanese smiles enthusiastically next to the over inflated orange teeth balloon monster head of Donald Trump

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

Go over to the Public Domain Review. Now.

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Lovely day flying a Raytheon Learjet from Nowra to Canberra via a few wave-top buzzes off Moruya. Don't let anyone tell you that arms selling ain't fun, kids. Weeee!

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

[Good news. Some things we can fix.] [Oddly thinkerating this morning, I am not sure why. Blue cheese for dinner? IDK.] Preamble: In 1978, my grandfather, always going at some windmill, formed a lobby group called 'Save A Life A Day 79'. (SALAD79) winceable - he […] [Original post on aus.social]

A graph with a decline from 3.5 in 1979 to 0.7 in 2006

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Back in #Australia, and waiting in the letterbox is a Government demand for me to send in my poo on two sticks. girt! girt! girt! #Straya

an unopened envelope bearing the arms of the Commonwealth of Australia, a decent the words: national bowl cancer screening program.

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

In #Greece, Σερίφος in particular anyway - there are scribbly gums without the bugs that scribble. It's a really weird look. I wonder how the tree feels without its friends? Since we're in the place of serifs, perhaps these are sanscribbley gums? #Australia #Serifis

phote taken on a pseudart angle, of a tree trunk. There's makes feet, crossed at the ankles in the foreground, resting on the table

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

One of the things #Venice offers is pissing in a public toilet for the completely normal rate of €1.50. The cheaper end of the entertainments available in a really quite expensive city.

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

@stib I was looking at the #Nokia N95 in this image just now (I had one once). I just googled this image, showing that the slider went TWO ways, one way exposed the 0-9 digits and the other uncovered multimedia keys. I am almost certain that I never realised it […] [Original post on aus.social]

A Nokia N95 with slider drawn to expose a play/pause, prev, next and stop buttons.

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

[#AusPol Climate Catastrophe] Sure, no need to worry about gas and coal mining #ALP, no reason at all. #ClimateCrisis #Thredbo #AusPol #woodside #Santos #VoteGreens

A blurry photo of a pathetic ski run at Thredbo in August, with a couple of small patches of snow

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

Swing and miss at #lifebloodau. They've given me a detention! Second one ever, and it is 43 years between. Can one of you have a bash and see if you can get it right instead? Hugs.

Note saying "stay in the donor centre for 30 minutes"

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

Wattles planted as seeds about two months ago. The 15 pots on the left were blanched for 5 seconds and cooled. The 15 on the right were just soaked for that time in cold water. All planted in Yates native seeding mix with a teaspoon of fire ash. All have a minimum […] [Original post on aus.social]

A grid of seedling pots. Feathery leaves are visible.

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

Also Clactonian Maybe Count Binface has travelled through time as well as space? "It's coming home"? #BinWin #Clacton #clactonbyelection

Page corner on p292 of Macquarie Ninth ed. "Clactonian ... of a lower paleolithic culture..."

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

There's just lovely words in the dictionary Coccidioidomycosis sounds nice, but you don't want one.

An page corner entry in the Macquarie Ninth, p306.

"coccidioidomycosis ... a fungus infection characterised by infective granulomas...."

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

Decision made. The #Scrabble set is too tired (also the homemade A and I tiles, they are not great) and will be retired to a quiet paddock with good grass and a shady corner. --- #wanted to #buy A Scrabble set, with wooden tiles, and a calm-coloured board. --- […] [Original post on aus.social]

Scrabble board and some tiles. A hand is placing a new tile.

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026

At #lifebloodau catching up on Commonwealth Games news. The bastards took one extra mL. I'll charge them double for carelessness. ;-)

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026

[#AusPol tax Climate Catastrophe] When people talk about fuel prices and about Fuel Tax Credits, they are talking about lowering tax for mining companies, (and of those, coal mining is a significant part). Of all credits, mining receives 45% of the benefit […] [Original post on aus.social]

A table showing statistics about claimers of FTC for the 2020/21 tax year

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026

#scrabble Looked hard at our two letter word list. It has 'ch' on it. I did not know why. Turned to that page and found the definition 'chain' (the surveyor's measure). Well! if obscure measures are in the dictionary, then what about the commoner ones? Added […] [Original post on aus.social]

A band drawn list of legal two letter words found in the Macquarie Dictionary Ninth Edition

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026

Off to New Zealand to see my Mum. Small grateful game: I can fly. It's just too weird. Amazing really. All that STUFF that's needed to do it, at all, let alone safely and well. Amazing

Seatback display with a map of the Tasman sea and a line joining Sydney to Auckland. A plane icon is over Sydney

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026

"I know exactly this much about computerpication, but these guys really do have shitloads of money to donate to the party."

Anthony Albanese holds up one hand with a gap between his thumb and forefinger. Wisely, I think, I have avoided a penis size joke.

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/06/2026

Poor kids these days had to reinvent Leo Sayer. old people, leave the world a better place than you found it. Don't lead the kids into the maw of Hell, they deserve our best, not .... THIS

A Scissor Sister track "I don't feel like dancin'"

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/06/2026

I listen to Death to Art by TISM on Spotify because when I bought the (signed) album, I expected some common-enough medium and did not, of course I did not, I mean really, who would, check the product description. IT IS A DISC OF PRESSED VINYL WITH A PAIR OF […] [Original post on aus.social]

Spottify album tile. Reads; Album, Death Tto Art, TISM, 2024, 29 songs in 1hr 20min

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026

I have a water heater in the ceiling. I need the space for a new thing. Options are; demolish part of house to get the tank out intact, or demolish the tank to get it out in pieces. Now, I'm good with either, but the goal of "intact" seems moot to me since this […] [Original post on aus.social]

Hot water heater manufacturers plate. Has details stamped into its metal surface

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

[Rude word but it's etymology, innit?] I'm very much hoping that the person who wrote this entry into the Macquarie Dictionary Ninth Edition got a gold star or a smiley stamp. And, good on you, wee Eddie, living to 104 years. Be more like Edgar

A dictionary entry. Reads: Edgar Britt n. Colloq. 1 the act of defecating. 2. (pl) diarrhoea [rhyming slang, Edgar Britt (Australianjockey, 1913 - 2017) shit]

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/06/2026

Of all the English 1970s bands, Hot Chocolate will always have a place in my heart. Try-hard, but self-knowingly so, really nice people, in it for the camp, the funk, the buzz bass, the big big clothes. God I love them. Special shoutout to #TheDarkness is due […] [Original post on aus.social]

A spotify track graphic. Cover art of record show the band dressed all in white suits in a faux Morrocan (?) setting.

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026

[ABC and American English] [ABC, I know you're not here, butr this is the void I shout into most days, so it'll have to do.] Not a "pay cheque". Certainly never a "pay check". In #Australia, where our #ABC should pride itself in using our national language, it […] [Original post on aus.social]

I havbe never been paid using a cheque, I think. I used to be paid like this - a buff coloured envelope with cash inside. But I never received a plastic $100 in such a packet.

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

I have a filter for that guy, an American, who did that Nazi salute thing, who heads an electric car company and a rocket company and a satellite based internet company. Fortunately for me, both his first and last names are distinctive, so I can ban both. I do […] [Original post on aus.social]

Pink extruded lollies from sunshineconfectionary.com.au

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/05/2026

Security engineering is a shitstorm of barely understandable sloblock. I want to use this key to: 1. Test login to all work systems (salesforce, google workspace and ssh to linux hosts). 2. Eventually, to setup something similar for all my coworkers to get to a […] [Original post on aus.social]

A Yubikey attached to a keyring which also carries a UTS student union bottleopener. All are worn, but still perfectly functional.

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Sam O'Var @heterokromia.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/05/2026

This thing. When you wear one, I think: 1. You are from the USA, where common sense and sunshine are in very short supply. 2. You want to sadvertise the thing embroidered on the front, perhaps you are a shareholder? Fuck me 'NY', 'LA' and 'Nike' must have a lot […] [Original post on aus.social]

Line drawing of a hat. It is a 'tractor hat' a 'baseball cap' or 'a fucking stupid hat', depending on your terminology.

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